College Football Leaderboards · 2024

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.

Early season. 134 of 138 FBS teams have played enough for these numbers to exist, so this ranks the teams that have — not the country.

Defense · success rate allowed

1	James Madison	Sun Belt	33.9%
2	UTSA	American Athletic	34.5%
3	Ole Miss	SEC	34.7%
4	Utah	Big 12	35.3%
5	Oklahoma	SEC	35.6%
6	Rice	American Athletic	35.9%
7	Kansas State	Big 12	35.9%
8	Ohio State	Big Ten	36.7%
9	SMU	ACC	36.7%
10	Alabama	SEC	37.2%
11	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	37.2%
12	Ohio	Mid-American	37.3%
13	UNLV	Mountain West	37.4%
14	Bowling Green	Mid-American	37.6%
15	Tennessee	SEC	37.6%
16	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	37.7%
17	Auburn	SEC	37.8%
18	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	37.9%
19	Texas A&M	SEC	37.9%
20	Indiana	Big Ten	38.1%
21	Pittsburgh	ACC	38.1%
22	Miami	ACC	38.1%
23	Michigan	Big Ten	38.3%
24	Liberty	Conference USA	38.3%
25	Minnesota	Big Ten	38.4%
26	Oregon	Big Ten	38.4%
27	Boise State	Pac-12	38.4%
28	Colorado	Big 12	38.4%
29	Tulane	American Athletic	38.4%
30	Texas	SEC	38.5%

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