College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive sacks recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
Colorado State (3.25)
Best Season
Colorado State 2020 (4.00)
Scope
Mountain West • 2021
Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.
Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
Sacks per game captures pass-rush production and the ability to end opponent drives with negative plays, though it should be read with opponent pass volume and game script. On this 2021 leaderboard, the visible range runs 3.25 to 2.33, with Colorado State setting the pace.
Mountain West teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and New Mexico is the latest winner at 2.77.
The gap from No. 1 Colorado State to No. 5 Boise State is 0.92, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 3.93 in 2024 to 2.77 in 2025, a swing of 1.16. Colorado State's current mark of 3.25 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 2.76 held by Boise State.
Top 11 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Colorado State | Mountain West Conference | 2021 | 3.25 |
| 2 | Nevada | Mountain West Conference | 2021 | 3.15 |
| 3 | San Diego State | Mountain West Conference | 2021 | 2.93 |
| 4 | Air Force | Mountain West Conference | 2021 | 2.85 |
| 5 | Boise State | Mountain West Conference | 2021 | 2.33 |
| 6 | Utah State | Mountain West Conference | 2021 | 2.29 |
| 7 | San José State | Mountain West | 2021 | 2.25 |
| 8 | New Mexico | Mountain West Conference | 2021 | 2.08 |
| 9 | Hawai'i | Mountain West Conference | 2021 | 2.08 |
| 10 | Wyoming | Mountain West Conference | 2021 | 1.85 |
| 11 | UNLV | Mountain West Conference | 2021 | 1.75 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | Mountain West Conference | 2.77 |
| 2024 | Boise State | Mountain West Conference | 3.93 |
| 2023 | Colorado State | Mountain West Conference | 2.75 |
| 2022 | San José State | Mountain West | 3.33 |
| 2021 | Colorado State | Mountain West Conference | 3.25 |
| 2020 | Colorado State | Mountain West Conference | 4.00 |
| 2019 | Boise State | Mountain West Conference | 3.79 |
| 2018 | Boise State | Mountain West Conference | 2.85 |
| 2017 | Wyoming | Mountain West Conference | 2.46 |
| 2016 | Boise State | Mountain West Conference | 3.15 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boise State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.76 | 2024 (3.93) |
| 2 | San Diego State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.43 | 2019 (3.15) |
| 3 | Colorado State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.29 | 2020 (4.00) |
| 4 | Utah State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.24 | 2022 (2.69) |
| 5 | Wyoming | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.11 | 2019 (3.38) |
| 6 | New Mexico | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.03 | 2025 (2.77) |
| 7 | San José State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.01 | 2022 (3.33) |
| 8 | Nevada | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.98 | 2021 (3.15) |
| 9 | Hawai'i | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.93 | 2016 (2.29) |
| 10 | UNLV | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.92 | 2024 (2.93) |
| 11 | Air Force | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.73 | 2021 (2.85) |
Colorado State ranks first at 3.25 in 2021.
Boise State owns the strongest all-time average at 2.76 across 10 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
New Mexico is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.