Total Tackles Leaders
| TACKLES | SACKS | INTERCEPTIONS | |||||||||
| RK | TEAM | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACK | YDSL | PD | INT | YDS | LONG | TD |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 523 | 416 | 939 | 20.0 | 122 | 34 | 12 | 93 | 29 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston | 465 | 465 | 930 | 22.0 | 188 | 52 | 8 | 109 | 33 | 1 |
| 3 | Iowa State | 507 | 420 | 927 | 14.0 | 86 | 35 | 14 | 111 | 41 | 0 |
| 4 | Baylor | 463 | 430 | 893 | 17.0 | 131 | 32 | 9 | 157 | 66 | 3 |
| Iowa | 389 | 504 | 893 | 28.0 | 169 | 63 | 20 | 294 | 86 | 1 | |
| 6 | New Mexico | 447 | 444 | 891 | 22.0 | 176 | 26 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 1 |
| 7 | Miami (OH) | 405 | 478 | 883 | 14.0 | 114 | 35 | 6 | 62 | 30 | 1 |
| 8 | Michigan | 453 | 423 | 876 | 21.0 | 151 | 29 | 11 | 80 | 40 | 1 |
| 9 | UTEP | 425 | 447 | 872 | 14.0 | 113 | 33 | 8 | 121 | 49 | 1 |
| 10 | Michigan State | 433 | 438 | 871 | 34.0 | 213 | 33 | 5 | 65 | 45 | 1 |
| TACKLES | SACKS | INTERCEPTIONS | |||||||||
| RK | TEAM | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACK | YDSL | PD | INT | YDS | LONG | TD |
| 11 | Florida International | 476 | 391 | 867 | 16.0 | 130 | 43 | 10 | 95 | 26 | 1 |
| 12 | Southern Miss | 426 | 431 | 857 | 33.0 | 269 | 44 | 12 | 84 | 46 | 0 |
| 13 | Minnesota | 510 | 344 | 854 | 20.0 | 153 | 50 | 10 | 158 | 37 | 0 |
| 14 | LSU | 402 | 450 | 852 | 17.0 | 121 | 48 | 12 | 135 | 38 | 2 |
| 15 | Tulsa | 443 | 404 | 847 | 25.0 | 159 | 27 | 8 | 111 | 33 | 0 |
| 16 | Clemson | 428 | 406 | 834 | 33.0 | 213 | 35 | 20 | 367 | 77 | 1 |
| 17 | Middle Tennessee State | 500 | 328 | 828 | 33.0 | 227 | 39 | 14 | 153 | 36 | 1 |
| 18 | Indiana | 562 | 264 | 826 | 25.0 | 168 | 27 | 16 | 255 | 46 | 0 |
| 19 | Arkansas | 414 | 410 | 824 | 24.0 | 168 | 29 | 10 | 126 | 50 | 1 |
| 20 | UAB | 423 | 400 | 823 | 18.0 | 120 | 36 | 9 | 243 | 99 | 2 |
| TACKLES | SACKS | INTERCEPTIONS | |||||||||
| RK | TEAM | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACK | YDSL | PD | INT | YDS | LONG | TD |
| 21 | Penn State | 405 | 417 | 822 | 35.0 | 203 | 45 | 13 | 273 | 73 | 1 |
| Virginia Tech | 328 | 494 | 822 | 28.0 | 199 | 41 | 10 | 71 | 28 | 1 | |
| 23 | Ball State | 387 | 434 | 821 | 14.0 | 68 | 21 | 6 | 91 | 57 | 0 |
| 24 | Tulane | 457 | 361 | 818 | 13.0 | 93 | 23 | 5 | 54 | 40 | 0 |
| 25 | Wyoming | 354 | 458 | 812 | 16.0 | 110 | 37 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | Ohio State | 399 | 412 | 811 | 28.0 | 188 | 32 | 23 | 317 | 89 | 2 |
| 27 | Air Force | 401 | 408 | 809 | 23.0 | 158 | 29 | 14 | 225 | 67 | 3 |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech | 388 | 420 | 808 | 18.0 | 130 | 30 | 10 | 156 | 75 | 2 |
| 29 | Virginia | 472 | 335 | 807 | 20.0 | 125 | 34 | 11 | 171 | 58 | 2 |
| 30 | UNLV | 445 | 352 | 797 | 12.0 | 100 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TACKLES | SACKS | INTERCEPTIONS | |||||||||
| RK | TEAM | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACK | YDSL | PD | INT | YDS | LONG | TD |
| Purdue | 539 | 258 | 797 | 31.0 | 201 | 35 | 12 | 89 | 23 | 0 | |
| 32 | Utah | 377 | 416 | 793 | 22.0 | 159 | 38 | 15 | 188 | 96 | 2 |
| 33 | Akron | 438 | 354 | 792 | 9.0 | 62 | 35 | 11 | 118 | 37 | 1 |
| 34 | Kent State | 491 | 300 | 791 | 29.0 | 165 | 47 | 13 | 73 | 17 | 0 |
| Toledo | 421 | 370 | 791 | 20.0 | 158 | 29 | 12 | 69 | 67 | 0 | |
| 36 | Colorado State | 392 | 398 | 790 | 20.0 | 146 | 31 | 11 | 227 | 97 | 1 |
| Marshall | 358 | 432 | 790 | 23.0 | 112 | 54 | 8 | 106 | 65 | 0 | |
| 38 | Central Michigan | 427 | 362 | 789 | 19.0 | 110 | 35 | 9 | 66 | 50 | 0 |
| 39 | Texas A&M | 438 | 348 | 786 | 34.0 | 243 | 30 | 11 | 153 | 39 | 0 |
| Western Michigan | 464 | 322 | 786 | 17.0 | 104 | 31 | 9 | 87 | 45 | 0 | |
Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau
