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 6.30 to 5.64, with Texas A&M setting the pace.
College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
Texas A&M (6.30)
Best Season
Oklahoma 2025 (9.46)
Scope
SEC • 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 6.30 to 5.64, with Texas A&M setting the pace.
SEC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Oklahoma is the latest winner at 9.46.
The gap from No. 1 Texas A&M to No. 5 Auburn is 0.66, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark improved from 9.23 in 2024 to 9.46 in 2025, a swing of 0.23. Texas A&M's current mark of 6.30 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 8.42 held by Oklahoma.
Top 14 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Texas A&M | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 6.30 |
| 2 | LSU | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 6.20 |
| 3 | Georgia | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 6.10 |
| 4 | Florida | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 6.00 |
| 5 | Auburn | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 5.64 |
| 6 | Mississippi State | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 5.55 |
| 7 | Tennessee | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 5.50 |
| 8 | Alabama | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 5.46 |
| 9 | Arkansas | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 5.00 |
| 10 | Missouri | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 5.00 |
| 11 | Kentucky | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 4.91 |
| 12 | Ole Miss | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 4.70 |
| 13 | South Carolina | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 3.90 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | Southeastern Conference | 2020 | 3.67 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oklahoma | Southeastern Conference | 9.46 |
| 2024 | Ole Miss | Southeastern Conference | 9.23 |
| 2023 | Tennessee | Southeastern Conference | 7.77 |
| 2022 | Missouri | Southeastern Conference | 7.00 |
| 2021 | Alabama | Southeastern Conference | 7.93 |
| 2020 | Texas A&M | Southeastern Conference | 6.30 |
| 2019 | Ole Miss | Southeastern Conference | 9.00 |
| 2018 | Texas A&M | Southeastern Conference | 7.62 |
| 2017 | Missouri | Southeastern Conference | 7.92 |
| 2016 | Texas A&M | Southeastern Conference | 8.54 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | 2025, 2024 | 8.42 | 2025 (9.46) |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 7.28 | 2016 (8.54) |
| 3 | Tennessee | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.80 | 2021 (7.92) |
| 4 | Texas | 2025, 2024 | 6.69 | 2024 (7.06) |
| 5 | Alabama | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.68 | 2021 (7.93) |
| 6 | Ole Miss | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.57 | 2024 (9.23) |
| 7 | Missouri | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.49 | 2017 (7.92) |
| 8 | Auburn | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.38 | 2019 (8.54) |
| 9 | Florida | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.20 | 2019 (8.31) |
| 10 | LSU | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.12 | 2019 (7.87) |
| 11 | Mississippi State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.82 | 2018 (7.38) |
| 12 | Kentucky | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.57 | 2018 (6.92) |
| 13 | Georgia | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.45 | 2021 (6.60) |
| 14 | Arkansas | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.37 | 2019 (6.33) |
| 15 | South Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.37 | 2019 (7.92) |
| 16 | Vanderbilt | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.34 | 2019 (7.50) |
Texas A&M ranks first at 6.30 in 2020.
Oklahoma owns the strongest all-time average at 8.42 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Oklahoma 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.