most sacks by a defensive tackle in a season ever

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

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most defensive sacks by a defensive tackle in a season ever

	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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1	Texas Tech	8-1	12-2
2	BYU	8-1	12-2
3	Utah	7-2	11-2
4	Houston	6-3	10-3
5	Arizona	6-3	9-4

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/3	IDHO	@	UTAH	9:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ARK	@	UTAH	10:15 PM
Sat 9/19	USU	@	UTAH	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	UTAH	@	ISU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	KU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM

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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

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1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167