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 2020 leaderboard, the visible range runs 8.17 to 6.00, with Colorado setting the pace.
College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
Colorado (8.17)
Best Season
Oregon State 2019 (8.75)
Scope
Pac-12 • 2020
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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 2020 leaderboard, the visible range runs 8.17 to 6.00, with Colorado setting the pace.
Pac-12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Oregon State is the latest winner at 5.25.
The gap from No. 1 Colorado to No. 5 Arizona State is 2.17, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark improved from 5.00 in 2024 to 5.25 in 2025, a swing of 0.25. Colorado's current mark of 8.17 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 6.22 held by Utah.
Top 13 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Colorado | Pac-12 Conference | 2020 | 8.17 |
| 2 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 2020 | 7.50 |
| 3 | UCLA | Pac-12 Conference | 2020 | 6.57 |
| 4 | Washington State | Pac-12 Conference | 2020 | 6.25 |
| 5 | Arizona State | Pac-12 Conference | 2020 | 6.00 |
| 6 | USC | Pac-12 Conference | 2020 | 5.67 |
| 7 | Utah | Pac-12 Conference | 2020 | 5.40 |
| 8 | Arizona | Pac-12 Conference | 2020 | 5.00 |
| 9 | California | Pac-12 Conference | 2020 | 5.00 |
| 10 | Oregon | Pac-12 Conference | 2020 | 5.00 |
| 11 | Stanford | Pac-12 Conference | 2020 | 4.83 |
| 12 | Washington | Pac-12 Conference | 2020 | 4.50 |
| 13 | Oregon State | Pac-12 Conference | 2020 | 3.86 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oregon State | Pac-12 Conference | 5.25 |
| 2024 | Washington State | Pac-12 Conference | 5.00 |
| 2023 | UCLA | Pac-12 Conference | 8.08 |
| 2022 | Utah | Pac-12 Conference | 5.86 |
| 2021 | Utah | Pac-12 Conference | 7.00 |
| 2020 | Colorado | Pac-12 Conference | 8.17 |
| 2019 | Oregon State | Pac-12 Conference | 8.75 |
| 2018 | Utah | Pac-12 Conference | 7.64 |
| 2017 | Oregon | Pac-12 Conference | 7.23 |
| 2016 | Utah | Pac-12 Conference | 7.77 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.22 | 2016 (7.77) |
| 2 | Arizona State | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.12 | 2019 (8.00) |
| 3 | UCLA | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.02 | 2023 (8.08) |
| 4 | Fresno State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.84 | 2019 (7.58) |
| 5 | USC | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.71 | 2019 (7.23) |
| 6 | Washington State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.70 | 2017 (7.08) |
| 7 | Colorado | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.59 | 2020 (8.17) |
| 8 | Arizona | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.51 | 2019 (6.58) |
| 9 | Oregon | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.50 | 2019 (7.86) |
| 10 | Washington | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.40 | 2019 (6.85) |
| 11 | Stanford | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.35 | 2019 (7.75) |
| 12 | California | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.25 | 2019 (8.08) |
| 13 | Oregon State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.05 | 2019 (8.75) |
Colorado ranks first at 8.17 in 2020.
Utah owns the strongest all-time average at 6.22 across 8 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Oregon State 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.