College Football Rankings by Stuff Rate (runs Stopped at or Behind the Line), 2026

Miami ranks first in FBS in stuff rate (runs stopped at or behind the line) at 8.9%, ahead of Air Force (9.4%) and Oregon State (10.8%). The middle of FBS is about 17.7%, and Old Dominion is last of 138 (32.3%). Lower is better.

What's stuff rate (runs stopped at or behind the line)?

Stuff rate: share of runs stopped at or behind the line of scrimmage. 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.

Every FBS team by stuff rate (runs stopped at or behind the line)

Rank	Team	Conference	Stuff rate (runs stopped at or behind the line)
1	Miami	ACC	8.9%
2	Air Force	Mountain West	9.4%
3	Oregon State	Pac-12	10.8%
4	Ohio	Mid-American	10.9%
5	Boise State	Pac-12	11.1%
6	Army	American Athletic	11.1%
7	Navy	American Athletic	11.8%
8	Illinois	Big Ten	12.1%
9	Georgia	SEC	12.2%
10	Florida State	ACC	12.5%
11	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	12.6%
12	Liberty	Conference USA	12.8%
13	Notre Dame	Independents	13.0%
14	New Mexico State	Conference USA	13.6%
15	Wyoming	Mountain West	13.6%
16	Kansas	Big 12	13.7%
17	Central Michigan	Mid-American	13.8%
18	UCLA	Big Ten	13.9%
19	Rutgers	Big Ten	13.9%
20	Penn State	Big Ten	14.0%
21	Texas State	Pac-12	14.0%
22	James Madison	Sun Belt	14.2%
23	Tulsa	American Athletic	14.2%
24	Memphis	American Athletic	14.2%
25	South Alabama	Sun Belt	14.6%
26	Pittsburgh	ACC	14.7%
27	South Carolina	SEC	14.7%
28	Houston	Big 12	14.8%
28	Wake Forest	ACC	14.8%
30	Tennessee	SEC	14.9%
31	Oklahoma State	Big 12	15.1%
32	Virginia	ACC	15.5%
33	Indiana	Big Ten	15.6%
34	Michigan	Big Ten	15.7%
35	North Carolina	ACC	15.8%
36	Toledo	Mid-American	15.9%
37	New Mexico	Mountain West	15.9%
38	Wisconsin	Big Ten	16.0%
39	Auburn	SEC	16.0%
39	Ohio State	Big Ten	16.0%
41	Akron	Mid-American	16.0%
42	Louisiana	Sun Belt	16.1%
43	Western Michigan	Mid-American	16.1%
44	West Virginia	Big 12	16.1%
45	Colorado State	Pac-12	16.2%
46	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	16.3%
47	Arkansas	SEC	16.3%
48	Cincinnati	Big 12	16.4%
49	UAB	American Athletic	16.4%
50	Kansas State	Big 12	16.4%
51	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	16.5%
52	BYU	Big 12	16.5%
53	Iowa	Big Ten	16.6%
54	Massachusetts	Mid-American	16.6%
55	Baylor	Big 12	16.6%
56	Kentucky	SEC	16.7%
57	UNLV	Mountain West	16.7%
58	LSU	SEC	16.8%
59	Temple	American Athletic	16.8%
59	Texas A&M	SEC	16.8%
61	Troy	Sun Belt	16.9%
62	Georgia State	Sun Belt	17.0%
63	Buffalo	Mid-American	17.1%
64	Duke	ACC	17.1%
65	Arizona	Big 12	17.1%
65	Ole Miss	SEC	17.1%
67	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	17.6%
68	Syracuse	ACC	17.6%
69	Michigan State	Big Ten	17.7%
69	Vanderbilt	SEC	17.7%
71	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	17.7%
72	UTSA	American Athletic	17.8%
73	San José State	Mountain West	17.8%
74	Ball State	Mid-American	17.9%
75	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	17.9%
76	Marshall	Sun Belt	18.0%
77	Missouri State	Conference USA	18.1%
78	East Carolina	American Athletic	18.3%
78	UConn	Independents	18.3%
80	Florida International	Conference USA	18.3%
81	Hawai'i	Mountain West	18.3%
82	Rice	American Athletic	18.3%
83	Texas Tech	Big 12	18.4%
84	North Texas	American Athletic	18.5%
85	NC State	ACC	18.5%
86	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	18.6%
87	Nebraska	Big Ten	18.7%
88	Alabama	SEC	18.7%
88	Purdue	Big Ten	18.7%
88	Tulane	American Athletic	18.7%
91	Colorado	Big 12	19.0%
92	Northwestern	Big Ten	19.1%
93	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	19.1%
94	UCF	Big 12	19.5%
95	SMU	ACC	19.6%
96	USC	Big Ten	19.6%
97	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	19.7%
98	San Diego State	Pac-12	19.7%
99	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	19.9%
100	North Dakota State	Mountain West	19.9%
101	Georgia Tech	ACC	20.0%
101	Oregon	Big Ten	20.0%
103	Mississippi State	SEC	20.1%
104	TCU	Big 12	20.2%
105	Florida	SEC	20.3%
106	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	20.3%
107	Texas	SEC	20.3%
108	Missouri	SEC	20.4%
109	Arizona State	Big 12	20.9%
110	Stanford	ACC	21.2%
111	South Florida	American Athletic	21.3%
112	Iowa State	Big 12	21.3%
113	Washington	Big Ten	21.3%
114	Bowling Green	Mid-American	21.4%
114	Kent State	Mid-American	21.4%
114	Nevada	Mountain West	21.4%
117	Utah	Big 12	21.5%
118	Clemson	ACC	21.6%
119	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	21.8%
120	Oklahoma	SEC	21.9%
121	UTEP	Mountain West	22.0%
122	Utah State	Pac-12	22.1%
123	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	22.1%
124	App State	Sun Belt	22.2%
125	Washington State	Pac-12	22.3%
126	California	ACC	23.0%
127	Boston College	ACC	23.1%
128	Virginia Tech	ACC	23.1%
129	Maryland	Big Ten	23.2%
130	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	23.5%
131	Louisville	ACC	23.7%
132	Delaware	Conference USA	24.0%
133	Fresno State	Pac-12	24.1%
134	Charlotte	American Athletic	24.3%
135	Sam Houston	Conference USA	25.8%
136	Minnesota	Big Ten	26.1%
137	Sacramento State	Mid-American	26.8%
138	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	32.3%

The best team in each conference

ACC: Miami (8.9%, 1st); Mountain West: Air Force (9.4%, 2nd); Pac-12: Oregon State (10.8%, 3rd); Mid-American: Ohio (10.9%, 4th); American Athletic: Army (11.1%, 6th); Big Ten: Illinois (12.1%, 8th); SEC: Georgia (12.2%, 9th); Sun Belt: Southern Miss (12.6%, 11th); Conference USA: Liberty (12.8%, 12th); Independents: Notre Dame (13.0%, 13th); Big 12: Kansas (13.7%, 16th).

College Football Rankings by Stuff Rate (runs Stopped at or Behind the Line), 2026

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Every FBS team by stuff rate (runs stopped at or behind the line)

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