College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
Iowa State (7.38)
Best Season
Baylor 2019 (10.64)
Scope
Big 12 • 2017
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
Tackles for loss per game measures how often a defense creates negative snaps before an offense can stay on schedule. On this 2017 leaderboard, the visible range runs 7.38 to 6.57, with Iowa State setting the pace.
Big 12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Texas Tech is the latest winner at 7.57.
The gap from No. 1 Iowa State to No. 5 TCU is 0.81, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark improved from 7.15 in 2024 to 7.57 in 2025, a swing of 0.42. Iowa State's current mark of 7.38 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 6.94 held by Oklahoma.
Top 10 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Iowa State | Big 12 Conference | 2017 | 7.38 |
| 2 | Kansas | Big 12 Conference | 2017 | 7.33 |
| 3 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 Conference | 2017 | 7.31 |
| 4 | Baylor | Big 12 Conference | 2017 | 6.92 |
| 5 | TCU | Big 12 Conference | 2017 | 6.57 |
| 6 | West Virginia | Big 12 Conference | 2017 | 6.54 |
| 7 | Texas | Big 12 Conference | 2017 | 6.38 |
| 8 | Kansas State | Big 12 Conference | 2017 | 5.00 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | Big 12 Conference | 2017 | 4.93 |
| 10 | Texas Tech | Big 12 Conference | 2017 | 4.15 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas Tech | Big 12 Conference | 7.57 |
| 2024 | Colorado | Big 12 Conference | 7.15 |
| 2023 | Oklahoma | Big 12 Conference | 7.23 |
| 2022 | Oklahoma | Big 12 Conference | 7.77 |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 Conference | 8.43 |
| 2020 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 Conference | 8.00 |
| 2019 | Baylor | Big 12 Conference | 10.64 |
| 2018 | West Virginia | Big 12 Conference | 7.75 |
| 2017 | Iowa State | Big 12 Conference | 7.38 |
| 2016 | Texas | Big 12 Conference | 7.75 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.94 | 2019 (9.93) |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.87 | 2021 (8.43) |
| 3 | Texas | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.86 | 2019 (7.92) |
| 4 | West Virginia | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.36 | 2019 (8.50) |
| 5 | Utah | 2025, 2024 | 6.36 | 2024 (6.42) |
| 6 | Baylor | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.27 | 2019 (10.64) |
| 7 | Iowa State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.21 | 2019 (7.62) |
| 8 | Colorado | 2025, 2024 | 6.08 | 2024 (7.15) |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.77 | 2019 (9.00) |
| 10 | TCU | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.75 | 2020 (7.70) |
| 11 | Kansas | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.74 | 2019 (7.50) |
| 12 | Kansas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.69 | 2021 (6.92) |
| 13 | Arizona State | 2025, 2024 | 5.63 | 2025 (6.62) |
| 14 | UCF | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 5.58 | 2024 (6.92) |
| 15 | Arizona | 2025, 2024 | 5.49 | 2025 (6.23) |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 5.10 | 2023 (5.67) |
| 17 | Houston | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 5.09 | 2024 (5.58) |
| 18 | BYU | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 4.77 | 2025 (5.29) |
Iowa State ranks first at 7.38 in 2017.
Oklahoma owns the strongest all-time average at 6.94 across 8 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Texas Tech 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.