College Football Rankings by Fumbles Recovered / Game, 2026

UCLA ranks first in FBS in fumbles recovered / game at 1.43, ahead of New Mexico (1.14) and Notre Dame (1.14). The middle of FBS is about 0.50, and Virginia Tech is last of 138 (0.00).

What's fumbles recovered / game?

Opponent fumbles the defense recovered per game. Higher is better.

Per game, from play-by-play.

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

Every FBS team by fumbles recovered / game

Rank	Team	Conference	Fumbles recovered / game
1	UCLA	Big Ten	1.43
2	New Mexico	Mountain West	1.14
2	Notre Dame	Independents	1.14
4	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1.13
5	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1.00
5	Georgia	SEC	1.00
5	Memphis	American Athletic	1.00
5	Tulsa	American Athletic	1.00
9	Alabama	SEC	0.88
9	Delaware	Conference USA	0.88
9	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	0.88
12	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	0.86
12	Iowa State	Big 12	0.86
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	0.86
15	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0.75
15	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0.75
15	Kentucky	SEC	0.75
15	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0.75
15	North Texas	American Athletic	0.75
15	Tennessee	SEC	0.75
15	Toledo	Mid-American	0.75
15	Troy	Sun Belt	0.75
15	UTSA	American Athletic	0.75
24	Cincinnati	Big 12	0.71
24	Colorado State	Pac-12	0.71
24	Duke	ACC	0.71
24	Florida	SEC	0.71
24	Fresno State	Pac-12	0.71
24	Hawai'i	Mountain West	0.71
24	Kansas	Big 12	0.71
24	Miami	ACC	0.71
24	Minnesota	Big Ten	0.71
24	NC State	ACC	0.71
24	South Alabama	Sun Belt	0.71
24	TCU	Big 12	0.71
24	UAB	American Athletic	0.71
24	UTEP	Mountain West	0.71
38	James Madison	Sun Belt	0.67
39	Akron	Mid-American	0.63
39	Baylor	Big 12	0.63
39	Buffalo	Mid-American	0.63
39	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0.63
39	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	0.63
39	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	0.63
39	Missouri State	Conference USA	0.63
39	Texas A&M	SEC	0.63
39	Tulane	American Athletic	0.63
39	UCF	Big 12	0.63
39	West Virginia	Big 12	0.63
39	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0.63
51	Arizona	Big 12	0.57
51	Arkansas	SEC	0.57
51	East Carolina	American Athletic	0.57
51	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0.57
51	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	0.57
51	Louisville	ACC	0.57
51	Maryland	Big Ten	0.57
51	Mississippi State	SEC	0.57
51	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.57
51	Oklahoma	SEC	0.57
51	Penn State	Big Ten	0.57
51	Syracuse	ACC	0.57
51	Temple	American Athletic	0.57
51	Utah State	Pac-12	0.57
65	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0.50
65	Houston	Big 12	0.50
65	Sacramento State	Mid-American	0.50
65	San Diego State	Pac-12	0.50
65	Wyoming	Mountain West	0.50
70	Kent State	Mid-American	0.44
71	Arizona State	Big 12	0.43
71	Auburn	SEC	0.43
71	Boston College	ACC	0.43
71	Clemson	ACC	0.43
71	Colorado	Big 12	0.43
71	Florida International	Conference USA	0.43
71	Kansas State	Big 12	0.43
71	Liberty	Conference USA	0.43
71	Missouri	SEC	0.43
71	Nebraska	Big Ten	0.43
71	North Carolina	ACC	0.43
71	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0.43
71	Ole Miss	SEC	0.43
71	Oregon	Big Ten	0.43
71	Oregon State	Pac-12	0.43
71	Purdue	Big Ten	0.43
71	SMU	ACC	0.43
71	UConn	Independents	0.43
71	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0.43
71	Utah	Big 12	0.43
91	Charlotte	American Athletic	0.38
91	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0.38
91	Michigan State	Big Ten	0.38
91	Sam Houston	Conference USA	0.38
91	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0.38
96	Air Force	Mountain West	0.29
96	App State	Sun Belt	0.29
96	Army	American Athletic	0.29
96	BYU	Big 12	0.29
96	Georgia Tech	ACC	0.29
96	Illinois	Big Ten	0.29
96	Marshall	Sun Belt	0.29
96	Michigan	Big Ten	0.29
96	Nevada	Mountain West	0.29
96	New Mexico State	Conference USA	0.29
96	North Dakota State	Mountain West	0.29
96	Rutgers	Big Ten	0.29
96	South Carolina	SEC	0.29
96	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	0.29
96	Stanford	ACC	0.29
96	Texas	SEC	0.29
96	USC	Big Ten	0.29
96	Wake Forest	ACC	0.29
96	Washington	Big Ten	0.29
115	Ball State	Mid-American	0.25
115	California	ACC	0.25
115	LSU	SEC	0.25
115	Ohio	Mid-American	0.25
115	Pittsburgh	ACC	0.25
115	Rice	American Athletic	0.25
115	Vanderbilt	SEC	0.25
115	Washington State	Pac-12	0.25
123	Boise State	Pac-12	0.14
123	Iowa	Big Ten	0.14
123	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0.14
123	San José State	Mountain West	0.14
123	Texas State	Pac-12	0.14
123	Texas Tech	Big 12	0.14
123	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0.14
130	Indiana	Big Ten	0.13
130	Virginia	ACC	0.13
132	Florida State	ACC	0.00
132	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	0.00
132	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	0.00
132	Navy	American Athletic	0.00
132	South Florida	American Athletic	0.00
132	UNLV	Mountain West	0.00
132	Virginia Tech	ACC	0.00

The best team in each conference

Big Ten: UCLA (1.43, 1st); Mountain West: New Mexico (1.14, 2nd); Independents: Notre Dame (1.14, 2nd); Sun Belt: Louisiana (1.13, 4th); SEC: Georgia (1.00, 5th); American Athletic: Memphis (1.00, 5th); Conference USA: Delaware (0.88, 9th); Big 12: Iowa State (0.86, 12th); Mid-American: Bowling Green (0.75, 15th); Pac-12: Colorado State (0.71, 24th); ACC: Duke (0.71, 24th).

College Football Rankings by Fumbles Recovered / Game, 2026

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