defensive tackle with the most sacks in a single season in college

Nate Orchard has the most sacks by a defensive lineman in a season, with 18.5 sacks in 2014.

	NAME	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Nate Orchard N. Orchard	18.5	2014	UTAH	11	21	3	24	128	0	0	0	3	1	0
2	Jaylon Ferguson J. Ferguson	17.5	2018	LT	11	31	10	41	111.5				2	1	0
3	Mike Green M. Green	17.0	2024	MRSH	13	49	33	82	144	0	0	0	3	1	0
4	Donovan Ezeiruaku D. Ezeiruaku	16.5	2024	BC	12	46	34	80	107.5	0	0	0	3	0	0
5	Chase Young C. Young	16.5	2019	OSU	12	38	7	45	117				6	0	0
6	Harold Landry H. Landry	16.5	2016	BC	12	34	8	42	143	1	20	0	7	0	0
7	Antwaun Powell-Ryland A. Powell-Ryland	16.0	2024	VT	12	31	13	44	101.5	0	0	0	3	3	0
8	Javon Solomon J. Solomon	16.0	2023	TROY	14	27	28	55	103	0	0	0	3	2	0
9	Demarcus Walker D. Walker	16.0	2016	FSU	12	47	6	53	116				3	2	0
10	Jalen Green J. Green	15.5	2023	JMU	9	22	26	48	119	1	24	1	2	0	0
11	Gregory Rousseau G. Rousseau	15.5	2019	MIA	13	42	11	53	94	0	0	0	2	1	0
12	Carl Nassib C. Nassib	15.5	2015	PSU	11	34	3	37	107	1	10	0	6	0	0
13	Sutton Smith S. Smith	15.0	2018	NIU	11	38	5	43	102	0	0	0	4	3	1
14	Nadame Tucker N. Tucker	14.5	2025	WMU	13	34	21	55	118.5	0	0	0	4	0	0
15	Hunter Dimick H. Dimick	14.5	2016	UTAH	12	36	5	41	73				1	2	0
16	Jaylon Ferguson J. Ferguson	14.5	2016	LT	13	33	11	44	92				4	2	0
17	Shane Ray S. Ray	14.5	2014	MIZ	12	19	3	22	96				3	0	0
18	Marcus Smith M. Smith	14.5	2013	LOU	12	26	4	30	116	0	0	0	4	2	0
19	Aidan Hutchinson A. Hutchinson	14.0	2021	MICH	14	38	24	62	72	0	0	0	2	1	0
20	Alex Highsmith A. Highsmith	14.0	2019	CHAR	13	57	18	75	83				1	0	0
21	Joe Ostman J. Ostman	14.0	2017	CMU	10	46	5	51	71	0	0	0	4	0	0
22	Sutton Smith S. Smith	14.0	2017	NIU	13	46	13	59	93.5	0	0	0	3	3	2
23	Jackson Jeffcoat J. Jeffcoat	14.0	2013	TEX	9	24	2	26	74	1	5	0	2	2	0
24	Tuli Tuipulotu T. Tuipulotu	13.5	2022	USC	14	34	7	41	94	0	0	0	2	0	0
25	James Lynch J. Lynch	13.5	2019	BAY	14	26	7	33	82	0	0	0	3	2	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

896

Dampier

RUSH

328

Parker

REC

264

Pegan

Team Rankings

PPG

43.3

12th

OPP PPG

10.3

7th

RUSH YDS/G

225.8

23rd

PASS YDS/G

265.5

43rd

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Cincinnati	1-0	4-0
2	Texas Tech	1-0	4-0
3	Utah	1-0	4-0
4	BYU	1-0	3-0
5	Baylor	1-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	KU	@	UTAH	10:15 PM
Sat 10/17	UTAH	@	COLO	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	UTAH	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	BYU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM

Last Game

Utah

4 - 0

Final

Iowa State

2 - 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
3	Liberty	3	1	.750
4	Delaware	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250