College Football Rankings by Takeaways / Game, 2026

New Mexico ranks first in FBS in takeaways / game at 3.29, ahead of UCLA (3.14) and Alabama (2.38). The middle of FBS is about 1.14, and Virginia Tech is last of 138 (0.25).

What's takeaways / game?

Interceptions plus fumbles 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 takeaways / game

Rank	Team	Conference	Takeaways / game
1	New Mexico	Mountain West	3.29
2	UCLA	Big Ten	3.14
3	Alabama	SEC	2.38
4	Notre Dame	Independents	2.29
5	Kentucky	SEC	2.25
6	Colorado State	Pac-12	2.00
6	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	2.00
6	Texas Tech	Big 12	2.00
9	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1.88
9	Tulsa	American Athletic	1.88
11	Boston College	ACC	1.86
11	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1.86
13	Baylor	Big 12	1.75
13	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1.75
13	Tennessee	SEC	1.75
16	App State	Sun Belt	1.71
16	Fresno State	Pac-12	1.71
16	Memphis	American Athletic	1.71
16	Minnesota	Big Ten	1.71
16	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.71
16	Oregon	Big Ten	1.71
22	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1.63
22	Delaware	Conference USA	1.63
22	Massachusetts	Mid-American	1.63
22	Troy	Sun Belt	1.63
22	UTSA	American Athletic	1.63
27	Auburn	SEC	1.57
27	Georgia	SEC	1.57
27	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1.57
27	Louisville	ACC	1.57
27	North Dakota State	Mountain West	1.57
27	Penn State	Big Ten	1.57
27	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1.57
27	Utah	Big 12	1.57
27	Washington	Big Ten	1.57
36	Houston	Big 12	1.50
36	North Texas	American Athletic	1.50
36	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1.50
36	UCF	Big 12	1.50
40	James Madison	Sun Belt	1.44
41	Cincinnati	Big 12	1.43
41	Liberty	Conference USA	1.43
41	Maryland	Big Ten	1.43
41	Nebraska	Big Ten	1.43
41	Ohio State	Big Ten	1.43
41	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1.43
41	Ole Miss	SEC	1.43
41	Purdue	Big Ten	1.43
41	UAB	American Athletic	1.43
50	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	1.38
50	Pittsburgh	ACC	1.38
50	Texas A&M	SEC	1.38
50	Toledo	Mid-American	1.38
54	UNLV	Mountain West	1.33
55	Arkansas	SEC	1.29
55	East Carolina	American Athletic	1.29
55	Florida	SEC	1.29
55	Miami	ACC	1.29
55	Michigan	Big Ten	1.29
55	Missouri	SEC	1.29
55	Oregon State	Pac-12	1.29
55	TCU	Big 12	1.29
63	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	1.25
63	San Diego State	Pac-12	1.25
63	Tulane	American Athletic	1.25
63	West Virginia	Big 12	1.25
67	BYU	Big 12	1.14
67	Florida International	Conference USA	1.14
67	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1.14
67	Iowa State	Big 12	1.14
67	NC State	ACC	1.14
67	New Mexico State	Conference USA	1.14
67	North Carolina	ACC	1.14
67	Oklahoma	SEC	1.14
67	San José State	Mountain West	1.14
67	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1.14
67	Syracuse	ACC	1.14
67	Texas	SEC	1.14
67	UTEP	Mountain West	1.14
67	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.14
81	Buffalo	Mid-American	1.13
81	California	ACC	1.13
81	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1.13
81	LSU	SEC	1.13
81	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1.13
81	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1.13
81	Virginia	ACC	1.13
81	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1.13
89	Air Force	Mountain West	1.00
89	Akron	Mid-American	1.00
89	Boise State	Pac-12	1.00
89	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1.00
89	Clemson	ACC	1.00
89	Colorado	Big 12	1.00
89	Duke	ACC	1.00
89	Indiana	Big Ten	1.00
89	Kansas	Big 12	1.00
89	Kent State	Mid-American	1.00
89	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1.00
89	Missouri State	Conference USA	1.00
89	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	1.00
89	Rutgers	Big Ten	1.00
89	UConn	Independents	1.00
89	Utah State	Pac-12	1.00
105	Vanderbilt	SEC	0.88
105	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0.88
105	Wyoming	Mountain West	0.88
108	Arizona	Big 12	0.86
108	Arizona State	Big 12	0.86
108	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0.86
108	Iowa	Big Ten	0.86
108	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	0.86
108	Marshall	Sun Belt	0.86
108	Mississippi State	SEC	0.86
108	South Carolina	SEC	0.86
108	Temple	American Athletic	0.86
108	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0.86
118	Ball State	Mid-American	0.75
118	Charlotte	American Athletic	0.75
118	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	0.75
118	Ohio	Mid-American	0.75
122	Army	American Athletic	0.71
122	SMU	ACC	0.71
122	Stanford	ACC	0.71
122	Texas State	Pac-12	0.71
126	Michigan State	Big Ten	0.63
126	Rice	American Athletic	0.63
126	Washington State	Pac-12	0.63
129	Illinois	Big Ten	0.57
129	Kansas State	Big 12	0.57
129	Navy	American Athletic	0.57
129	USC	Big Ten	0.57
129	Wake Forest	ACC	0.57
134	Florida State	ACC	0.50
135	Georgia Tech	ACC	0.43
135	Nevada	Mountain West	0.43
137	South Florida	American Athletic	0.25
137	Virginia Tech	ACC	0.25

The best team in each conference

Mountain West: New Mexico (3.29, 1st); Big Ten: UCLA (3.14, 2nd); SEC: Alabama (2.38, 3rd); Independents: Notre Dame (2.29, 4th); Pac-12: Colorado State (2.00, 6th); Sun Belt: Louisiana Tech (2.00, 6th); Big 12: Texas Tech (2.00, 6th); American Athletic: Tulsa (1.88, 9th); ACC: Boston College (1.86, 11th); Mid-American: Central Michigan (1.75, 13th); Conference USA: Delaware (1.63, 22nd).

College Football Rankings by Takeaways / Game, 2026

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