College Football Stat Leaders

2025 Tackles For Loss Per Game Leaders

Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

Oklahoma (9.46)

Best Season

South Florida 2019 (12.83)

Scope

All Conferences • 2025

Browse Metrics

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Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameYards Allowed Per GameSacks Per GameTackles For Loss Per GameThird Down Conversion RatePoints Per OpportunityOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Tackles For Loss Per Game Reads

Tackles for loss per game measures how often a defense creates negative snaps before an offense can stay on schedule. On this 2025 leaderboard, the visible range runs 9.46 to 7.69, with Oklahoma setting the pace.

Conference Context

Southeastern Conference places 2 of the current top 5 teams, while Southeastern Conference owns the most recent yearly winner slot in the trend table.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Oklahoma to No. 5 Pittsburgh is 1.77, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 9.23 in 2024 to 9.46 in 2025, a swing of 0.23. Oklahoma's current mark of 9.46 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 8.02 held by Miami.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.

1OklahomaSoutheastern Conference20259.46
2Texas A&MSoutheastern Conference20258.46
3IndianaBig Ten Conference20258.06
4East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference20257.77
5PittsburghAtlantic Coast Conference20257.69
6Texas TechBig 12 Conference20257.57
7Wake ForestAtlantic Coast Conference20257.38
8Texas StateSun Belt Conference20257.23
9MinnesotaBig Ten Conference20257.08
10ToledoMid-American Conference20257.08
11MissouriSoutheastern Conference20256.92
12Old DominionSun Belt20256.92
13UTEPConference USA20256.83
14DukeAtlantic Coast Conference20256.71
15West VirginiaBig 12 Conference20256.67
16Arizona StateBig 12 Conference20256.62
17TennesseeSoutheastern Conference20256.62
18AuburnSoutheastern Conference20256.58
19ClemsonAtlantic Coast Conference20256.54
20South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference20256.46
21Kennesaw StateConference USA20256.43
22MiamiAtlantic Coast Conference20256.38
23SMUAtlantic Coast Conference20256.31
24TexasSoutheastern Conference20256.31
25UtahBig 12 Conference20256.31

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Line chart. Line chart with 1 data series: Tackles For Loss Per Game. Categories include 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 6 more.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025OklahomaSoutheastern Conference9.46
2024Ole MissSoutheastern Conference9.23
2023James MadisonSun Belt Conference8.85
2022James MadisonSun Belt Conference8.73
2021Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference8.43
2020Colorado StateMountain West Conference10.50
2019South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference12.83
2018MiamiAtlantic Coast Conference10.31
2017Northern IllinoisMid-American Conference8.85
2016Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference10.15

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Miami2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20168.022019 (11.54)
2Clemson2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.772019 (9.27)
3James Madison2025, 2024, 2023, 20227.682023 (8.85)
4Penn State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.532019 (9.15)
5Pittsburgh2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.382020 (10.00)
6Texas A&M2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.282016 (8.54)
7Oklahoma2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.232019 (9.93)
8UTSA2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.082019 (9.75)
9South Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.022019 (12.83)
10Troy2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.952017 (8.62)
11Arkansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.942016 (10.15)
12Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.872021 (8.43)
13SMU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.852019 (10.62)
14UCF2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.842019 (10.92)
15Ohio State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.822019 (9.64)
16Texas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.822019 (7.92)
17Tennessee2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.802021 (7.92)
18Central Michigan2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.772019 (9.71)
19Wake Forest2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.742017 (8.08)
20Virginia Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.722019 (8.46)
21Alabama2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.682021 (7.93)
22NC State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.642019 (8.50)
23Western Michigan2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.642019 (9.46)
24Ole Miss2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.572024 (9.23)
25Missouri2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.492017 (7.92)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads college football in tackles for loss per game in 2025?

Oklahoma ranks first at 9.46 in 2025.

Which team has the best all-time average in tackles for loss per game?

Miami leads the historical average leaderboard at 8.02 across 10 seasons.

Who won the most recent tackles for loss per game season?

Oklahoma finished first in 2025 with 9.46.