College Football Rankings by Big Uglies: Defensive Front, 2026

New Mexico ranks first in FBS in Big Uglies: defensive front at 76.0, ahead of Virginia Tech (73.9) and LSU (72.1). The middle of FBS is about 49.9, and Colorado State is last of 138 (33.2).

What's Big Uglies: defensive front?

Big Uglies for the defensive front: adjusted line yards allowed (30%), stuff rate (20%), power success allowed (15%), sack rate (20%) and front-seven havoc (15%), against every FBS front. 50 is average; every 10 points is a standard deviation. Higher is better.

The lines. Big Uglies is our rating for each offensive line and each defensive front: adjusted line yards (30%), stuff rate (20%), power success (15%), sack rate (20%) and front-seven havoc (15%), against every FBS team. 50 is average, and every 10 points is a standard deviation. Line stats from CollegeFootballData.com, garbage time out.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. Ranks are among the 138 FBS teams with the number.

Every FBS team by Big Uglies: defensive front

Rank	Team	Conference	Big Uglies: defensive front
1	New Mexico	Mountain West	76.0
2	Virginia Tech	ACC	73.9
3	LSU	SEC	72.1
4	East Carolina	American Athletic	67.8
5	Indiana	Big Ten	67.4
6	Alabama	SEC	65.5
7	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	64.1
8	Pittsburgh	ACC	63.6
9	Colorado	Big 12	62.3
10	Baylor	Big 12	60.7
10	Iowa	Big Ten	60.7
12	SMU	ACC	60.2
13	Tennessee	SEC	59.6
13	Texas	SEC	59.6
15	Oklahoma	SEC	59.4
16	Wake Forest	ACC	57.9
16	Washington	Big Ten	57.9
18	Toledo	Mid-American	57.8
19	Kansas State	Big 12	57.7
20	Missouri	SEC	57.3
20	Notre Dame	Independents	57.3
22	UCLA	Big Ten	57.2
23	Duke	ACC	56.9
24	Michigan	Big Ten	56.6
25	South Florida	American Athletic	56.5
26	Liberty	Conference USA	56.4
27	Syracuse	ACC	56.1
28	Boise State	Pac-12	55.7
29	South Carolina	SEC	55.5
30	North Dakota State	Mountain West	55.1
31	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	55.0
32	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	54.7
33	Arizona	Big 12	54.4
33	Texas Tech	Big 12	54.4
35	Rice	American Athletic	54.3
36	Florida	SEC	53.9
36	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	53.9
38	Miami	ACC	53.8
39	North Texas	American Athletic	53.7
39	Oklahoma State	Big 12	53.7
41	Navy	American Athletic	53.6
42	New Mexico State	Conference USA	53.5
43	Florida International	Conference USA	53.2
43	Kansas	Big 12	53.2
45	Georgia	SEC	53.0
45	TCU	Big 12	53.0
47	Utah	Big 12	52.8
48	Nebraska	Big Ten	52.6
48	Ole Miss	SEC	52.6
48	Oregon	Big Ten	52.6
51	Kentucky	SEC	52.4
52	Boston College	ACC	52.3
53	BYU	Big 12	52.2
54	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	52.1
55	West Virginia	Big 12	52.0
56	Ohio State	Big Ten	51.9
57	James Madison	Sun Belt	51.6
57	Penn State	Big Ten	51.6
59	Minnesota	Big Ten	51.3
59	Utah State	Pac-12	51.3
61	Texas State	Pac-12	50.8
61	UCF	Big 12	50.8
63	Arizona State	Big 12	50.7
64	Georgia State	Sun Belt	50.6
65	San José State	Mountain West	50.3
66	Houston	Big 12	50.1
66	Maryland	Big Ten	50.1
68	Louisiana	Sun Belt	50.0
69	Ohio	Mid-American	49.9
70	Michigan State	Big Ten	49.7
71	Delaware	Conference USA	49.4
72	Fresno State	Pac-12	49.2
73	Oregon State	Pac-12	48.9
74	Wisconsin	Big Ten	48.8
75	Iowa State	Big 12	48.7
75	Kent State	Mid-American	48.7
77	Auburn	SEC	48.5
77	Ball State	Mid-American	48.5
77	Memphis	American Athletic	48.5
77	Nevada	Mountain West	48.5
77	Tulsa	American Athletic	48.5
82	Sam Houston	Conference USA	48.4
82	Texas A&M	SEC	48.4
84	USC	Big Ten	47.9
85	Bowling Green	Mid-American	47.2
86	Clemson	ACC	47.0
87	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	46.8
88	Cincinnati	Big 12	46.6
88	Louisville	ACC	46.6
88	NC State	ACC	46.6
91	Virginia	ACC	46.4
92	Charlotte	American Athletic	46.3
93	South Alabama	Sun Belt	46.1
94	App State	Sun Belt	46.0
95	UAB	American Athletic	45.7
96	Massachusetts	Mid-American	45.2
97	Tulane	American Athletic	45.1
97	UConn	Independents	45.1
99	Florida State	ACC	45.0
100	Air Force	Mountain West	44.9
100	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	44.9
102	Hawai'i	Mountain West	44.4
102	Mississippi State	SEC	44.4
102	UTSA	American Athletic	44.4
105	Buffalo	Mid-American	44.3
106	Rutgers	Big Ten	44.1
107	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	44.0
107	Troy	Sun Belt	44.0
107	Vanderbilt	SEC	44.0
110	Washington State	Pac-12	43.9
111	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	43.8
112	Marshall	Sun Belt	43.7
113	Western Michigan	Mid-American	43.6
114	Illinois	Big Ten	43.3
115	Northwestern	Big Ten	43.1
116	UTEP	Mountain West	42.9
117	Georgia Tech	ACC	42.7
117	Purdue	Big Ten	42.7
119	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	42.6
120	Missouri State	Conference USA	42.3
121	Temple	American Athletic	41.4
122	UNLV	Mountain West	41.0
123	North Carolina	ACC	40.8
124	Arkansas	SEC	40.5
124	Sacramento State	Mid-American	40.5
126	California	ACC	39.7
126	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	39.7
128	Wyoming	Mountain West	39.6
129	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	38.1
130	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	37.7
131	Akron	Mid-American	37.6
132	Army	American Athletic	37.2
132	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	37.2
134	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	37.1
135	San Diego State	Pac-12	37.0
136	Stanford	ACC	36.4
137	Central Michigan	Mid-American	35.7
138	Colorado State	Pac-12	33.2

The best team in each conference

Mountain West: New Mexico (76.0, 1st); ACC: Virginia Tech (73.9, 2nd); SEC: LSU (72.1, 3rd); American Athletic: East Carolina (67.8, 4th); Big Ten: Indiana (67.4, 5th); Sun Belt: Louisiana Tech (64.1, 7th); Big 12: Colorado (62.3, 9th); Mid-American: Toledo (57.8, 18th); Independents: Notre Dame (57.3, 20th); Conference USA: Liberty (56.4, 26th); Pac-12: Boise State (55.7, 28th).

College Football Rankings by Big Uglies: Defensive Front, 2026

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