college football teams with most defensive turnovers in a single year

The Washington State Cougars have the most opponent turnovers by a team in a season, with 48 opponent turnovers in 2003.

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	TEAM	OPP TOV	SEASON	OPP LOST	OPP INT	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Washington State	48	2003	24	24	13	10	3	0	45	394	30.3	257	19.8	249
2	Nebraska	47	2003	15	32	13	10	3	0	40	322	24.8	188	14.5	236
3	Miami	45	2001	18	27	11	11	0	0	59	475	43.2	103	9.4	242
4	Oklahoma State	44	2011	20	24	13	12	1	0	81	633	48.7	348	26.8	337
5	Tulane	43	2002	21	22	13	8	5	0	43	361	27.8	282	21.7	247
6	Louisiana Tech	42	2014	16	26	14	9	5	0	68	523	37.4	346	24.7	288	40.6	66.7
7	Cincinnati	42	2007	16	26	13	10	3	0	63	472	36.3	244	18.8	283
8	South Florida	42	2007	19	23	13	9	4	0	56	451	34.7	304	23.4	277
9	USC	42	2003	20	22	13	12	1	0	68	534	41.1	239	18.4	280
10	TCU	42	2002	20	22	12	10	2	0	41	361	30.1	222	18.5	216
11	Houston	41	2013	16	25	13	8	5	0	54	431	33.2	283	21.8	304	35.6	23.5
12	TCU	40	2014	14	26	13	12	1	0	77	604	46.5	247	19.0	352	42.9	50.0
13	Oregon	40	2012	14	26	13	12	1	0	89	645	49.6	281	21.6	356
14	TCU	40	2005	14	26	12	11	1	0	50	398	33.2	223	18.6	255
15	Arizona State	40	2002	18	22	14	8	6	0	54	452	32.3	407	29.1	285
16	Florida	40	2000	16	24	12	10	2	0	58	448	37.3	236	19.7	255
17	NC State	39	2011	12	27	13	8	5	0	48	367	28.2	321	24.7	239
18	Miami (OH)	39	2003	18	21	14	13	1	0	82	602	43.0	272	19.4	370
19	Wyoming	38	2017	18	20	13	8	5	0	37	305	23.5	228	17.5	198	32.8	64.3
20	Kent State	38	2012	15	23	14	11	3	0	58	463	33.1	343	24.5	264
21	Hawaii	38	2010	15	23	14	10	4	0	72	554	39.6	357	25.5	334
22	USC	38	2005	16	22	13	12	1	0	87	638	49.1	297	22.8	376
23	USC	38	2004	16	22	13	13	0	0	64	496	38.2	169	13.0	292
24	San José State	38	2002	15	23	13	6	7	0	49	376	28.9	467	35.9	253
25	Louisville	38	2000	11	27	11	9	2	0	51	388	35.3	246	22.4	222

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More Washington State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

952

Pinnick

RUSH

275

Vorhees

REC

401

Ganashamoorthy

Team Rankings

PPG

18.9

142nd

OPP PPG

27.6

108th

RUSH YDS/G

120.4

137th

PASS YDS/G

179.3

144th

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	San Diego State	2-2	3-5
5	Fresno State	1-2	4-3
6	Colorado State	1-2	3-4
7	Utah State	1-2	2-5
8	Washington State	0-4	1-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	WSU	@	SDSU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/14	CSU	@	WSU	10:30 PM
Sat 11/21	WSU	@	TXST	6:00 PM

Last Game

Boise State

6 - 1

Final

Washington State

1 - 7

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Delaware	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286