College Football Stat Leaders

2025 Big 12 Tackles For Loss Per Game Leaders

Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

Texas Tech (7.57)

Best Season

Baylor 2019 (10.64)

Scope

Big 12 • 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 7.57 to 6.25, with Texas Tech setting the pace.

Big 12 Context

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.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Texas Tech to No. 5 Kansas is 1.32, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 7.15 in 2024 to 7.57 in 2025, a swing of 0.42. Texas Tech's current mark of 7.57 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 6.94 held by Oklahoma.

Leaderboard

Top 16 rows for the current route scope.

1Texas TechBig 12 Conference20257.57
2West VirginiaBig 12 Conference20256.67
3Arizona StateBig 12 Conference20256.62
4UtahBig 12 Conference20256.31
5KansasBig 12 Conference20256.25
6ArizonaBig 12 Conference20256.23
7Kansas StateBig 12 Conference20256.00
8Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference20255.58
9UCFBig 12 Conference20255.58
10BYUBig 12 Conference20255.29
11TCUBig 12 Conference20255.23
12ColoradoBig 12 Conference20255.00
13Iowa StateBig 12 Conference20255.00
14HoustonBig 12 Conference20254.69
15CincinnatiBig 12 Conference20254.23
16BaylorBig 12 Conference20254.00

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
2025Texas TechBig 12 Conference7.57
2024ColoradoBig 12 Conference7.15
2023OklahomaBig 12 Conference7.23
2022OklahomaBig 12 Conference7.77
2021Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference8.43
2020Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference8.00
2019BaylorBig 12 Conference10.64
2018West VirginiaBig 12 Conference7.75
2017Iowa StateBig 12 Conference7.38
2016TexasBig 12 Conference7.75

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.942019 (9.93)
2Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.872021 (8.43)
3Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.862019 (7.92)
4West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.362019 (8.50)
5Utah2025, 20246.362024 (6.42)
6Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.272019 (10.64)
7Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.212019 (7.62)
8Colorado2025, 20246.082024 (7.15)
9Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.772019 (9.00)
10TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.752020 (7.70)
11Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.742019 (7.50)
12Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.692021 (6.92)
13Arizona State2025, 20245.632025 (6.62)
14UCF2025, 2024, 20235.582024 (6.92)
15Arizona2025, 20245.492025 (6.23)
16Cincinnati2025, 2024, 20235.102023 (5.67)
17Houston2025, 2024, 20235.092024 (5.58)
18BYU2025, 2024, 20234.772025 (5.29)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 tackles for loss per game leaderboard in 2025?

Texas Tech ranks first at 7.57 in 2025.

Which Big 12 program has the best long-term tackles for loss per game profile?

Oklahoma owns the strongest all-time average at 6.94 across 8 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big 12 race compare with the recent trend?

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.