Up front
Notre Dame ranks first in FBS in front-seven havoc allowed at 3.9%, ahead of BYU (4.0%) and Air Force (4.4%). The middle of FBS is about 9.0%, and Old Dominion is last of 138 (20.0%). Lower is better.
Front-seven havoc allowed: plays where the defense's linemen and linebackers make a tackle for loss, sack the quarterback, force a fumble or bat down a pass. Lower is better on offense.
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. Download the table (CSV).
| Rank | Team | Conference | Front-seven havoc allowed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | Independents | 3.9% |
| 2 | BYU | Big 12 | 4.0% |
| 3 | Air Force | Mountain West | 4.4% |
| 4 | Miami | ACC | 4.6% |
| 5 | Army | American Athletic | 4.9% |
| 6 | Duke | ACC | 5.0% |
| 7 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 5.3% |
| 7 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 5.3% |
| 9 | Houston | Big 12 | 5.4% |
| 9 | Illinois | Big Ten | 5.4% |
| 9 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 5.4% |
| 12 | Ole Miss | SEC | 6.0% |
| 13 | North Texas | American Athletic | 6.1% |
| 14 | Penn State | Big Ten | 6.2% |
| 15 | Iowa | Big Ten | 6.3% |
| 15 | James Madison | Sun Belt | 6.3% |
| 15 | USC | Big Ten | 6.3% |
| 18 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 6.6% |
| 19 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 6.7% |
| 20 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 6.8% |
| 21 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 7.0% |
| 21 | Stanford | ACC | 7.0% |
| 21 | UCLA | Big Ten | 7.0% |
| 24 | Wake Forest | ACC | 7.1% |
| 25 | Texas A&M | SEC | 7.2% |
| 26 | Florida International | Conference USA | 7.3% |
| 26 | Georgia | SEC | 7.3% |
| 26 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 7.3% |
| 29 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 7.4% |
| 30 | Kennesaw State | Conference USA | 7.5% |
| 31 | Indiana | Big Ten | 7.6% |
| 31 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 7.6% |
| 33 | Toledo | Mid-American | 7.7% |
| 34 | Kentucky | SEC | 7.8% |
| 35 | Memphis | American Athletic | 7.9% |
| 35 | Temple | American Athletic | 7.9% |
| 35 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 7.9% |
| 35 | UTSA | American Athletic | 7.9% |
| 39 | Florida | SEC | 8.0% |
| 40 | Florida State | ACC | 8.1% |
| 40 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 8.1% |
| 42 | Maryland | Big Ten | 8.2% |
| 42 | Nevada | Mountain West | 8.2% |
| 44 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 8.3% |
| 44 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 8.3% |
| 46 | Arizona | Big 12 | 8.4% |
| 46 | Syracuse | ACC | 8.4% |
| 48 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 8.5% |
| 48 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 8.5% |
| 48 | LSU | SEC | 8.5% |
| 48 | NC State | ACC | 8.5% |
| 48 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 8.5% |
| 53 | Kansas | Big 12 | 8.6% |
| 53 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 8.6% |
| 53 | North Carolina | ACC | 8.6% |
| 53 | SMU | ACC | 8.6% |
| 57 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 8.7% |
| 57 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 8.7% |
| 57 | Missouri | SEC | 8.7% |
| 57 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 8.7% |
| 61 | Liberty | Conference USA | 8.8% |
| 61 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 8.8% |
| 61 | Ohio | Mid-American | 8.8% |
| 64 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 8.9% |
| 64 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 8.9% |
| 64 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 8.9% |
| 64 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 8.9% |
| 68 | Baylor | Big 12 | 9.0% |
| 68 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 9.0% |
| 68 | Troy | Sun Belt | 9.0% |
| 71 | Utah | Big 12 | 9.1% |
| 72 | Arkansas | SEC | 9.2% |
| 72 | North Dakota State | Mountain West | 9.2% |
| 72 | Purdue | Big Ten | 9.2% |
| 72 | South Carolina | SEC | 9.2% |
| 72 | UConn | Independents | 9.2% |
| 77 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 9.3% |
| 78 | App State | Sun Belt | 9.4% |
| 78 | Kent State | Mid-American | 9.4% |
| 78 | Mississippi State | SEC | 9.4% |
| 78 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 9.4% |
| 78 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 9.4% |
| 83 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 9.5% |
| 83 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 9.5% |
| 83 | San José State | Mountain West | 9.5% |
| 83 | South Florida | American Athletic | 9.5% |
| 83 | UNLV | Mountain West | 9.5% |
| 83 | Virginia | ACC | 9.5% |
| 89 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 9.6% |
| 89 | Delaware | Conference USA | 9.6% |
| 91 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 9.9% |
| 91 | Michigan | Big Ten | 9.9% |
| 91 | Sacramento State | Mid-American | 9.9% |
| 91 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 9.9% |
| 95 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 10.0% |
| 95 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 10.0% |
| 97 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 10.1% |
| 97 | Navy | American Athletic | 10.1% |
| 99 | Washington | Big Ten | 10.2% |
| 100 | Akron | Mid-American | 10.3% |
| 100 | Colorado | Big 12 | 10.3% |
| 100 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 10.3% |
| 100 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 10.3% |
| 104 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 10.4% |
| 104 | Tennessee | SEC | 10.4% |
| 106 | Oregon | Big Ten | 10.5% |
| 107 | UCF | Big 12 | 10.6% |
| 108 | California | ACC | 10.7% |
| 108 | Louisiana Tech | Sun Belt | 10.7% |
| 108 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 10.7% |
| 111 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 10.8% |
| 112 | Ball State | Mid-American | 10.9% |
| 112 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 10.9% |
| 112 | Oklahoma | SEC | 10.9% |
| 112 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 10.9% |
| 116 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 11.0% |
| 117 | Alabama | SEC | 11.1% |
| 117 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 11.1% |
| 119 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 11.2% |
| 120 | Tulane | American Athletic | 11.3% |
| 120 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 11.3% |
| 122 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 11.4% |
| 123 | Missouri State | Conference USA | 11.5% |
| 124 | Auburn | SEC | 11.6% |
| 124 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 11.6% |
| 124 | UAB | American Athletic | 11.6% |
| 127 | Boston College | ACC | 12.1% |
| 127 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 12.1% |
| 129 | Charlotte | American Athletic | 12.2% |
| 130 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 12.4% |
| 131 | Louisville | ACC | 12.6% |
| 131 | TCU | Big 12 | 12.6% |
| 133 | Sam Houston | Conference USA | 13.0% |
| 134 | Rice | American Athletic | 13.2% |
| 135 | Texas | SEC | 13.3% |
| 136 | Clemson | ACC | 13.8% |
| 137 | UTEP | Mountain West | 18.0% |
| 138 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 20.0% |
Independents: Notre Dame (3.9%, 1st); Big 12: BYU (4.0%, 2nd); Mountain West: Air Force (4.4%, 3rd); ACC: Miami (4.6%, 4th); American Athletic: Army (4.9%, 5th); Pac-12: Boise State (5.3%, 7th); Big Ten: Illinois (5.4%, 9th); SEC: Ole Miss (6.0%, 12th); Sun Belt: James Madison (6.3%, 15th); Conference USA: Florida International (7.3%, 26th); Mid-American: Toledo (7.7%, 33rd).