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 9.46 to 6.58, with Oklahoma setting the pace.
College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
Oklahoma (9.46)
Best Season
Oklahoma 2025 (9.46)
Scope
SEC • 2025
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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 2025 leaderboard, the visible range runs 9.46 to 6.58, with Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma to No. 5 Auburn is 2.88, 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. Oklahoma's current mark of 9.46 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 8.42 held by Oklahoma.
Top 16 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Oklahoma | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 9.46 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 8.46 |
| 3 | Missouri | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 6.92 |
| 4 | Tennessee | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 6.62 |
| 5 | Auburn | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 6.58 |
| 6 | Texas | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 6.31 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 6.23 |
| 8 | Kentucky | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 5.75 |
| 9 | Alabama | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 5.73 |
| 10 | Ole Miss | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 5.53 |
| 11 | Arkansas | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 5.42 |
| 12 | South Carolina | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 5.33 |
| 13 | LSU | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 5.23 |
| 14 | Florida | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 5.00 |
| 15 | Mississippi State | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 4.31 |
| 16 | Georgia | Southeastern Conference | 2025 | 4.14 |
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) |
Oklahoma ranks first at 9.46 in 2025.
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.