most sacks by a team in college football history

The Clemson Tigers have the most sacks by a team all-time, with 561 sacks.

	TEAM	SCK	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Clemson	561.0	183	7,282	2,677	9,959	3,563	196	2,521	25	161	126	14
2	Alabama	517.0	186	7,247	3,102	10,349	3,429	187	3,172	34	162	113	11
3	Ohio State	511.0	178	7,248	2,678	9,926	3,371	172	2,485	29	154	114	20
4	Penn State	502.0	172	7,121	2,650	9,771	3,427	157	2,061	16	180	121	6
5	Pittsburgh	491.0	171	6,331	2,510	8,841	3,475	150	2,214	24	136	86	9
6	Miami	481.0	172	6,406	2,181	8,587	3,162	167	2,098	15	144	117	9
7	Utah	464.0	167	6,199	2,137	8,336	3,248	168	2,687	32	139	113	9
8	Texas	443.0	172	7,027	2,496	9,523	2,892	172	2,063	15	158	110	7
9	Michigan	438.0	169	6,597	2,551	9,148	3,140	144	2,001	22	104	82	6
10	Virginia Tech	438.0	169	5,909	2,562	8,471	2,953	144	1,353	9	145	103	10
11	Texas A&M	437.0	168	6,434	2,304	8,738	2,675	127	1,425	16	151	94	8
12	Oklahoma	435.0	174	7,046	2,842	9,888	2,826	161	2,313	20	136	93	14
13	Boise State	427.0	174	6,154	2,242	8,396	2,694	152	2,003	18	139	97	10
14	LSU	427.0	171	6,128	2,895	9,023	2,857	155	1,600	15	130	94	4
15	Florida	422.0	167	6,689	2,637	9,326	2,689	158	2,069	19	146	112	8
16	Louisville	422.0	171	6,233	2,491	8,724	2,910	170	2,005	11	153	111	10
17	Oklahoma State	421.0	171	7,528	2,231	9,759	2,683	162	2,222	16	136	104	12
18	Florida State	417.0	168	6,463	2,879	9,342	2,597	151	1,680	14	134	88	9
19	Missouri	416.0	169	6,436	2,265	8,701	2,693	139	1,970	20	139	97	12
20	Georgia	415.0	181	7,121	2,533	9,654	2,982	149	1,872	11	146	108	16
21	Marshall	415.0	170	6,034	3,414	9,448	2,585	141	1,786	17	144	110	10
22	SMU	412.0	166	6,671	2,158	8,829	2,624	152	2,022	18	136	108	6
23	Notre Dame	405.0	173	7,035	2,590	9,625	2,748	168	2,372	23	174	113	12
24	USC	404.0	169	6,270	1,910	8,180	2,605	164	2,250	19	123	93	6
25	Tennessee	404.0	167	6,768	2,781	9,549	2,532	148	2,397	25	121	104	7

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More Clemson Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

521

Reynolds

RUSH

346

Davidson

REC

196

Moore

Team Rankings

PPG

21.0

127th

OPP PPG

22.0

69th

RUSH YDS/G

158.3

82nd

PASS YDS/G

155.8

165th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Miami	2-0	4-0
2	Clemson	2-0	3-1
3	Duke	1-0	4-0
4	Pittsburgh	1-0	4-0
5	Virginia Tech	1-0	4-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MIA	@	CLEM	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	CHSO	@	CLEM	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	VT	@	CLEM	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	CLEM	@	FSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	CLEM	@	SYR	1:00 PM

Last Game

Clemson

3 - 1

Final

California

2 - 2

Fri 25 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

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

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

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	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

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