Opponent-adjusted

College Football Rankings by Adjusted Open-field Yards Allowed per Carry, 2026

San Diego State ranks first in FBS in adjusted open-field yards allowed per carry at 0.74, ahead of Western Michigan (0.76) and Notre Dame (0.81). The middle of FBS is about 1.12, and Florida Atlantic is last of 138 (1.90). 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. Download the table (CSV).

Every FBS team by adjusted open-field yards allowed per carry

Rank	Team	Conference	Open-field yards allowed per carry (adjusted)
1	San Diego State	Pac-12	0.74
2	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0.76
3	Notre Dame	Independents	0.81
4	Michigan	Big Ten	0.82
5	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0.85
6	Iowa	Big Ten	0.86
7	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	0.87
8	Indiana	Big Ten	0.87
9	Pittsburgh	ACC	0.88
10	UConn	Independents	0.88
11	Wake Forest	ACC	0.89
12	UCLA	Big Ten	0.89
13	North Dakota State	Mountain West	0.90
14	Ohio State	Big Ten	0.92
15	Missouri	SEC	0.94
16	Miami	ACC	0.96
17	James Madison	Sun Belt	0.96
18	San José State	Mountain West	0.96
19	Mississippi State	SEC	0.96
20	Baylor	Big 12	0.96
21	App State	Sun Belt	0.97
22	TCU	Big 12	0.97
23	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0.97
24	Arizona	Big 12	0.97
25	Nevada	Mountain West	0.98
26	Utah	Big 12	0.98
27	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	0.98
28	UAB	American Athletic	0.98
29	Texas State	Pac-12	0.98
30	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	0.99
31	Colorado	Big 12	0.99
31	East Carolina	American Athletic	0.99
33	Navy	American Athletic	1.00
34	BYU	Big 12	1.00
35	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1.00
36	Louisville	ACC	1.01
37	Texas	SEC	1.01
38	Nebraska	Big Ten	1.01
39	UCF	Big 12	1.01
40	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1.02
41	Clemson	ACC	1.03
42	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1.03
43	Auburn	SEC	1.03
44	Florida International	Conference USA	1.03
45	Kentucky	SEC	1.04
46	LSU	SEC	1.04
47	North Carolina	ACC	1.05
48	Minnesota	Big Ten	1.05
49	Buffalo	Mid-American	1.05
50	Alabama	SEC	1.06
51	South Carolina	SEC	1.06
52	Massachusetts	Mid-American	1.07
53	Illinois	Big Ten	1.07
54	Texas A&M	SEC	1.08
55	Cincinnati	Big 12	1.08
56	Oklahoma	SEC	1.09
57	Houston	Big 12	1.10
58	Temple	American Athletic	1.10
59	Boston College	ACC	1.10
60	Wyoming	Mountain West	1.11
61	South Florida	American Athletic	1.11
61	Texas Tech	Big 12	1.11
63	Kent State	Mid-American	1.11
64	Tulane	American Athletic	1.11
65	USC	Big Ten	1.11
66	Vanderbilt	SEC	1.11
67	Duke	ACC	1.12
67	Tennessee	SEC	1.12
69	Utah State	Pac-12	1.12
70	Michigan State	Big Ten	1.12
71	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1.12
72	Maryland	Big Ten	1.13
73	New Mexico	Mountain West	1.13
74	Delaware	Conference USA	1.14
75	Arkansas	SEC	1.14
76	Liberty	Conference USA	1.15
77	Ohio	Mid-American	1.15
78	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1.15
79	UTSA	American Athletic	1.16
80	Oregon	Big Ten	1.16
81	Troy	Sun Belt	1.16
82	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1.16
83	Charlotte	American Athletic	1.17
84	Ole Miss	SEC	1.18
85	Oregon State	Pac-12	1.18
86	Virginia	ACC	1.18
87	Tulsa	American Athletic	1.19
88	Washington	Big Ten	1.19
89	Toledo	Mid-American	1.19
90	Florida	SEC	1.19
91	Air Force	Mountain West	1.20
92	New Mexico State	Conference USA	1.20
93	Georgia	SEC	1.21
94	Missouri State	Conference USA	1.23
95	UNLV	Mountain West	1.23
96	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1.24
97	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1.24
98	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1.25
99	Iowa State	Big 12	1.25
100	North Texas	American Athletic	1.26
101	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1.27
102	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1.27
103	Kansas State	Big 12	1.28
103	Washington State	Pac-12	1.28
105	Fresno State	Pac-12	1.28
106	SMU	ACC	1.28
107	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1.28
108	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1.30
109	Virginia Tech	ACC	1.30
110	Rice	American Athletic	1.30
111	NC State	ACC	1.30
112	West Virginia	Big 12	1.30
113	Arizona State	Big 12	1.31
114	Syracuse	ACC	1.32
115	Stanford	ACC	1.32
116	Penn State	Big Ten	1.32
117	Marshall	Sun Belt	1.33
118	Georgia Tech	ACC	1.34
119	Purdue	Big Ten	1.34
120	Ball State	Mid-American	1.34
121	UTEP	Mountain West	1.35
122	Boise State	Pac-12	1.36
123	Kansas	Big 12	1.37
124	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1.37
125	Memphis	American Athletic	1.38
126	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.38
127	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	1.39
128	Army	American Athletic	1.39
129	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1.40
130	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1.41
131	Florida State	ACC	1.44
132	California	ACC	1.46
133	Rutgers	Big Ten	1.47
134	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1.50
135	Akron	Mid-American	1.53
136	Colorado State	Pac-12	1.57
137	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1.63
138	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	1.90

The best team in each conference

Pac-12: San Diego State (0.74, 1st); Mid-American: Western Michigan (0.76, 2nd); Independents: Notre Dame (0.81, 3rd); Big Ten: Michigan (0.82, 4th); Sun Belt: Old Dominion (0.87, 7th); ACC: Pittsburgh (0.88, 9th); Mountain West: North Dakota State (0.90, 13th); SEC: Missouri (0.94, 15th); Big 12: Baylor (0.96, 20th); Conference USA: Jacksonville State (0.98, 27th); American Athletic: UAB (0.98, 28th).

College Football Rankings by Adjusted Open-field Yards Allowed per Carry, 2026

Every FBS team by adjusted open-field yards allowed per carry

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