College Football Leaderboards · 2026
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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 |  Iowa | Big Ten | 4.5% |
| 2 |  Kennesaw State | Conference USA | 12.0% |
| 3 |  LSU | SEC | 12.9% |
| 4 |  Louisiana Tech | Sun Belt | 13.0% |
| 5 |  Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 15.6% |
| 6 |  Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 17.1% |
| 7 |  Tennessee | SEC | 19.4% |
| 8 |  Ohio State | Big Ten | 19.4% |
| 9 |  Georgia | SEC | 22.4% |
| 10 |  New Mexico | Mountain West | 22.4% |
| 11 |  Virginia Tech | ACC | 24.0% |
| 12 |  Georgia State | Sun Belt | 24.1% |
| 13 |  Air Force | Mountain West | 24.3% |
| 14 |  Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 24.4% |
| 15 |  Texas Tech | Big 12 | 24.4% |
| 16 |  Missouri | SEC | 24.5% |
| 17 |  Kansas State | Big 12 | 25.0% |
| 18 |  Arkansas | SEC | 26.7% |
| 19 |  Iowa State | Big 12 | 26.9% |
| 20 |  Maryland | Big Ten | 27.4% |
| 21 |  Pittsburgh | ACC | 28.0% |
| 22 |  North Dakota State | Mountain West | 28.2% |
| 23 |  UCF | Big 12 | 28.7% |
| 24 |  Buffalo | Mid-American | 29.2% |
| 25 |  Alabama | SEC | 29.2% |
| 26 |  Tulane | American Athletic | 29.5% |
| 27 |  Kansas | Big 12 | 30.1% |
| 28 |  Indiana | Big Ten | 30.2% |
| 29 |  South Carolina | SEC | 30.3% |
| 30 |  James Madison | Sun Belt | 30.6% |
Opponent-adjusted, garbage-time excluded. Top 30 shown. Tap a team for its full profile. Source: CollegeFootballData.