College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
Central Michigan (9.71)
Best Season
Central Michigan 2019 (9.71)
Scope
MAC
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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 MAC leaderboard, the visible range runs 9.71 to 8.50, with Central Michigan setting the pace.
MAC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Toledo is the latest winner at 7.08.
The gap from No. 1 Central Michigan to No. 5 Western Michigan is 1.21, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 7.67 in 2024 to 7.08 in 2025, a swing of 0.59. Central Michigan's current mark of 9.71 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 6.77 held by Central Michigan.
Top 25 rows for the current route scope.
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Toledo | Mid-American Conference | 7.08 |
| 2024 | Central Michigan | Mid-American Conference | 7.67 |
| 2023 | Ohio | Mid-American Conference | 7.38 |
| 2022 | Central Michigan | Mid-American Conference | 8.25 |
| 2021 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American Conference | 7.85 |
| 2020 | Western Michigan | Mid-American Conference | 8.50 |
| 2019 | Central Michigan | Mid-American Conference | 9.71 |
| 2018 | Western Michigan | Mid-American Conference | 7.00 |
| 2017 | Northern Illinois | Mid-American Conference | 8.85 |
| 2016 | Ohio | Mid-American Conference | 7.36 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Michigan | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.77 | 2019 (9.71) |
| 2 | Western Michigan | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.64 | 2019 (9.46) |
| 3 | Toledo | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.42 | 2019 (8.00) |
| 4 | Miami (OH) | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.14 | 2019 (9.57) |
| 5 | Buffalo | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.98 | 2019 (7.31) |
| 6 | Ohio | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.86 | 2023 (7.38) |
| 7 | Ball State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.84 | 2019 (7.58) |
| 8 | Kent State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.62 | 2019 (7.31) |
| 9 | Northern Illinois | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.49 | 2017 (8.85) |
| 10 | Bowling Green | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.47 | 2021 (6.83) |
| 11 | Massachusetts | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.27 | 2020 (7.75) |
| 12 | Akron | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 4.95 | 2018 (6.75) |
| 13 | Eastern Michigan | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 4.80 | 2024 (5.92) |
Central Michigan ranks first at 9.71.
Central Michigan owns the strongest all-time average at 6.77 across 10 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Toledo 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.