Opponent-adjusted

College Football Rankings by Adjusted Line Yards Allowed per Carry, 2026

Virginia Tech ranks first in FBS in adjusted line yards allowed per carry at 2.37, ahead of Pittsburgh (2.43) and Alabama (2.48). The middle of FBS is about 2.96, and Central Michigan is last of 138 (3.35). Lower is better.

The same efficiency numbers, adjusted for the offenses and defenses each team has faced (CollegeFootballData.com). A good number against a soft schedule shrinks; one against a hard schedule grows.

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

Every FBS team by adjusted line yards allowed per carry

Rank	Team	Conference	Line yards allowed per carry (adjusted)
1	Virginia Tech	ACC	2.37
2	Pittsburgh	ACC	2.43
3	Alabama	SEC	2.48
4	New Mexico	Mountain West	2.52
5	Indiana	Big Ten	2.53
6	LSU	SEC	2.59
7	Texas	SEC	2.67
8	East Carolina	American Athletic	2.69
9	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	2.70
10	Navy	American Athletic	2.71
11	Oregon	Big Ten	2.71
12	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2.71
13	UCF	Big 12	2.72
14	Notre Dame	Independents	2.73
15	Colorado	Big 12	2.73
16	Iowa	Big Ten	2.75
17	Missouri	SEC	2.75
18	UCLA	Big Ten	2.76
19	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2.76
20	Ohio State	Big Ten	2.76
21	Miami	ACC	2.77
22	Rice	American Athletic	2.78
23	New Mexico State	Conference USA	2.79
24	South Carolina	SEC	2.80
25	Toledo	Mid-American	2.80
26	Utah State	Pac-12	2.80
27	North Texas	American Athletic	2.82
28	Oklahoma	SEC	2.82
29	SMU	ACC	2.82
30	Florida	SEC	2.82
31	Wake Forest	ACC	2.82
32	Michigan	Big Ten	2.84
33	Arizona	Big 12	2.84
34	Syracuse	ACC	2.84
35	Washington	Big Ten	2.85
36	Duke	ACC	2.85
37	Utah	Big 12	2.85
38	North Dakota State	Mountain West	2.85
39	Ole Miss	SEC	2.87
40	USC	Big Ten	2.87
41	Texas A&M	SEC	2.87
42	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	2.87
43	Kansas	Big 12	2.88
44	Maryland	Big Ten	2.88
45	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2.88
46	Tulsa	American Athletic	2.89
47	Boise State	Pac-12	2.89
48	Texas Tech	Big 12	2.89
49	Baylor	Big 12	2.89
50	Arizona State	Big 12	2.90
51	Penn State	Big Ten	2.90
52	BYU	Big 12	2.90
53	TCU	Big 12	2.90
54	Florida International	Conference USA	2.90
55	Kentucky	SEC	2.91
56	Auburn	SEC	2.92
57	South Florida	American Athletic	2.92
58	Georgia	SEC	2.92
59	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2.93
60	Michigan State	Big Ten	2.93
61	Tennessee	SEC	2.93
62	Houston	Big 12	2.93
63	Liberty	Conference USA	2.93
64	Texas State	Pac-12	2.94
65	Nebraska	Big Ten	2.94
66	App State	Sun Belt	2.95
67	West Virginia	Big 12	2.95
68	Fresno State	Pac-12	2.95
69	Delaware	Conference USA	2.96
70	Vanderbilt	SEC	2.96
71	James Madison	Sun Belt	2.97
72	Oregon State	Pac-12	2.97
73	Memphis	American Athletic	2.98
74	Iowa State	Big 12	2.98
75	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2.98
76	NC State	ACC	2.98
77	UTSA	American Athletic	2.99
78	Ball State	Mid-American	3.00
79	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3.00
80	North Carolina	ACC	3.00
81	Temple	American Athletic	3.00
82	San José State	Mountain West	3.00
83	Charlotte	American Athletic	3.01
84	Ohio	Mid-American	3.01
85	Washington State	Pac-12	3.01
86	Virginia	ACC	3.02
87	UConn	Independents	3.02
88	Kansas State	Big 12	3.02
89	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3.02
90	Kent State	Mid-American	3.02
91	Minnesota	Big Ten	3.02
92	Louisville	ACC	3.03
93	Boston College	ACC	3.03
94	Mississippi State	SEC	3.03
95	Illinois	Big Ten	3.03
96	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	3.05
97	Arkansas	SEC	3.05
98	Troy	Sun Belt	3.05
99	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3.06
100	Air Force	Mountain West	3.06
101	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	3.06
102	Cincinnati	Big 12	3.06
103	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	3.06
104	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3.06
105	Purdue	Big Ten	3.07
106	Tulane	American Athletic	3.07
107	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3.07
108	Northwestern	Big Ten	3.08
109	Buffalo	Mid-American	3.09
110	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	3.09
111	UTEP	Mountain West	3.09
112	Nevada	Mountain West	3.10
113	Sam Houston	Conference USA	3.10
114	Marshall	Sun Belt	3.10
115	Florida State	ACC	3.11
116	Rutgers	Big Ten	3.12
117	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	3.13
118	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	3.14
119	Sacramento State	Mid-American	3.14
120	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	3.16
121	UAB	American Athletic	3.16
122	San Diego State	Pac-12	3.17
123	Massachusetts	Mid-American	3.17
124	Missouri State	Conference USA	3.17
125	Stanford	ACC	3.18
126	Georgia Tech	ACC	3.19
127	California	ACC	3.20
128	Army	American Athletic	3.20
129	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3.20
130	Clemson	ACC	3.21
131	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3.22
132	UNLV	Mountain West	3.22
133	Akron	Mid-American	3.23
134	Wyoming	Mountain West	3.25
135	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	3.26
136	Colorado State	Pac-12	3.30
137	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3.34
138	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3.35

The best team in each conference

ACC: Virginia Tech (2.37, 1st); SEC: Alabama (2.48, 3rd); Mountain West: New Mexico (2.52, 4th); Big Ten: Indiana (2.53, 5th); American Athletic: East Carolina (2.69, 8th); Sun Belt: Louisiana Tech (2.70, 9th); Mid-American: Miami (OH) (2.71, 12th); Big 12: UCF (2.72, 13th); Independents: Notre Dame (2.73, 14th); Conference USA: New Mexico State (2.79, 23rd); Pac-12: Utah State (2.80, 26th).

College Football Rankings by Adjusted Line Yards Allowed per Carry, 2026

Every FBS team by adjusted line yards allowed per carry

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