College Football Leaderboards

The best units in the country by opponent-adjusted, garbage-time-clean advanced metrics — the same numbers behind every team page, ranked across all of FBS.

Defense · success rate allowed

1	Michigan	Big Ten	32.7%
2	Clemson	ACC	33.0%
3	James Madison	Sun Belt	33.2%
4	Penn State	Big Ten	33.8%
5	East Carolina	American Athletic	34.1%
6	Iowa	Big Ten	34.7%
7	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	34.9%
8	Ohio	Mid-American	35.2%
9	SMU	American Athletic	35.7%
10	Alabama	SEC	35.7%
11	Florida State	ACC	35.8%
12	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	35.9%
13	Ohio State	Big Ten	35.9%
14	Louisville	ACC	36.3%
15	Utah	Pac-12	36.4%
16	South Alabama	Sun Belt	36.8%
17	Texas A&M	SEC	36.9%
18	Missouri	SEC	37.0%
19	UCLA	Pac-12	37.0%
20	Texas	Big 12	37.5%
21	UTSA	American Athletic	37.6%
22	Nebraska	Big Ten	37.8%
23	Virginia Tech	ACC	37.8%
24	Kansas State	Big 12	37.9%
25	Florida	SEC	37.9%
26	Marshall	Sun Belt	37.9%
27	NC State	ACC	38.2%
28	Tennessee	SEC	38.2%
29	Georgia	SEC	38.2%
30	Troy	Sun Belt	38.3%

Opponent-adjusted, garbage-time excluded. Top 30 shown. Tap a team for its full profile. Source: CollegeFootballData.