most tackles in a season by a defensive back

Clayton Fejedelem has the most tackles by a defensive back in a season, with 95 tackles in 2015.

	NAME	TKL	SEASON	TM	GP	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Clayton Fejedelem C. Fejedelem	95	2015	ILL	10	15	110	0.0	0	2	18	0	1	0	0
2	Jamal Hicks J. Hicks	94	2019	CSU	12	21	115	1.5	13.5				0	0
3	Travin Howard T. Howard	92	2016	TCU	12	30	122	1.5	7.5	1	5	0	1	2	0
4	Andrew Wingard A. Wingard	92	2015	WYO	12	12	104	0.0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
5	Alijah Halliburton A. Halliburton	90	2019	WYO	13	21	111	2.0	16	2	23	0	0	1	0
6	Andrew Wingard A. Wingard	89	2016	WYO	11	14	103	2.0	25	2	33	0	2	0	0
7	Jovante Moffatt J. Moffatt	88	2019	MTSU	12	11	99	0.0	0	3	30	0	0	0
8	Grant Stuard G. Stuard	88	2019	HOU	12	11	99	1.0	10				0	0
9	Godwin Igwebuike G. Igwebuike	85	2016	NW	13	17	102	0.0	0	2	15	0	1	1	0
10	Branden Leston B. Leston	84	2016	WKU	14	9	93	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Quin Blanding Q. Blanding	83	2015	UVA	12	21	104	0.0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
12	Rashad Wisdom R. Wisdom	81	2020	UTSA	12	10	91	0.0	0	4	107	1	2	0	0
13	Darreon Jackson D. Jackson	80	2019	ARST	11	20	100	1.0	5	2	63	0	0	0
14	Stratton Brown S. Brown	79	2016	FRES	11	14	93	1.0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0
15	Anthony Smithson A. Smithson	79	2016	KU	12	7	86	1.0	6	4	5	0	2	1	0
16	Maurice McKnight M. McKnight	79	2015	SJSU	12	6	85	0.5	4.5	1	54	0	1	0	0
17	Antoine Winfield Jr. A. Winfield Jr.	78	2019	MINN	13	10	88	3.0	22	7	111	1	2	0	0
18	Marquavis Gibbs M. Gibbs	77	2019	CHAR	13	26	103	0.5	1	1	34	0	0	0
19	Delarrin Turner-Yell D. Turner-Yell	77	2019	OKLA	14	2	79	0.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
20	Damar Hamlin D. Hamlin	77	2018	PITT	13	10	87	0.0	0	2	79	0	0	1	0
21	Ty Benefield T. Benefield	76	2025	BSU	14	29	105	0.0	0	2	37	0	1	1	0
22	Keith Gallmon Jr. K. Gallmon Jr.	76	2020	USA	11	11	87	0.0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0
23	Myles Dorn M. Dorn	76	2019	UNC	13	7	83	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
24	JaCoby Stevens J. Stevens	76	2019	LSU	15	18	94	5.0	28	3	9	0	0	0
25	Jessie Bates J. Bates	76	2016	WAKE	13	6	82	0.0	0	5	158	2	1	1	0

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PASS

3,007

Altmyer

RUSH

614

Valentine

REC

864

Beatty

Team Rankings

PPG

29.3

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OPP PPG

23.3

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RUSH YDS/G

131.2

118th

PASS YDS/G

239.1

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2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	USC	7-2	9-4
6	Iowa	6-3	9-4
7	Illinois	5-4	9-4
8	Minnesota	5-4	8-5
9	Washington	5-4	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/3	UAB	@	ILL	9:00 PM
Sat 9/12	DUKE	@	ILL	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	SIU	@	ILL	2:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	PUR	@	ILL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Tennessee

0 - 1

Final

Illinois

1 - 0

Tue 30 Dec 2025

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Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

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Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

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11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

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Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

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Sack Leaders

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45.0

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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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
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