College Football Leaderboards · 2026

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	LSU	SEC	11.8%
2	Iowa	Big Ten	22.1%
3	Georgia	SEC	22.4%
4	New Mexico	Mountain West	22.4%
5	Virginia Tech	ACC	24.0%
6	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	24.4%
7	Missouri	SEC	24.5%
8	Kansas State	Big 12	25.0%
9	Maryland	Big Ten	27.4%
10	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	27.5%
11	South Carolina	SEC	27.6%
12	Texas Tech	Big 12	27.6%
13	Pittsburgh	ACC	28.0%
14	UCF	Big 12	28.7%
15	Alabama	SEC	29.2%
16	Baylor	Big 12	29.5%
17	Kansas	Big 12	30.1%
18	Indiana	Big Ten	30.2%
19	James Madison	Sun Belt	30.6%
20	Texas A&M	SEC	30.6%
21	Delaware	Conference USA	31.3%
22	Washington	Big Ten	31.3%
23	Oklahoma	SEC	31.6%
24	Utah	Big 12	31.6%
25	SMU	ACC	32.0%
26	USC	Big Ten	32.1%
27	UCLA	Big Ten	32.2%
28	Air Force	Mountain West	32.7%
29	Colorado	Big 12	32.7%
30	Vanderbilt	SEC	32.8%

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