top 25 highest sacks in one game in college football

The Ohio State Buckeyes have the most sacks by a team in a game when in the AP top 25, with 12 sacks against Michigan State on October 15, 2005.

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top 25 highest defensive sacks in one game in college football

	TEAM	SCK	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Ohio State	12.0	10/15/2005	OSU	vs	MSU	W 35-24	47	50	97		0	0	0		0	1
2	Clemson	11.0	9/9/2017	CLEM	vs	AUB	W 14-6	55	23	78	72	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	Utah	11.0	11/10/2016	UTAH	@	ASU	W 49-26	60	1	61	80	2	49	1	0	0	0
4	Alabama	11.0	11/14/2015	ALA	@	MSST	W 31-6	58	21	79	57	1	29	0	3	1	0
5	Auburn	11.0	11/19/2005	AUB	vs	ALA	W 28-18	30	38	68		0	0	0		0	0
6	Oregon	10.0	11/30/2024	ORE	vs	WASH	W 49-21	36	41	77	49	0	0	0	1	1	0
7	Baylor	10.0	1/1/2022	BAY	@	MISS	W 21-7	68	14	82	69	3	112	1	0	0	0
8	Ohio State	10.0	9/25/2021	OSU	vs	AKR	W 59-7	45	24	69	47	2	70	1	0	0	0
9	Penn State	10.0	10/5/2019	PSU	vs	PUR	W 35-7	41	14	55	86	0	0	0	2	1	0
10	Florida	10.0	8/24/2019	FLA	vs	MIA	W 24-20	50	17	67	54	0	0	0	2	1	0
11	Army	10.0	12/22/2018	ARMY	vs	HOU	W 70-14	65	12	77	71	0	0	0	3	2	0
12	Texas Tech	9.0	10/11/2025	TTU	vs	KU	W 42-17	42	46	88	92	0	0	0	3	1	0
13	Oklahoma	9.0	9/20/2025	OKLA	vs	AUB	W 24-17	45	30	75	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	SMU	9.0	11/23/2024	SMU	@	UVA	W 33-7	44	28	72	69	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	Ole Miss	9.0	10/26/2024	MISS	vs	OKLA	W 26-14	60	30	90	50	0	0	0	2	2	0
16	Boise State	9.0	10/12/2024	BSU	@	HAW	W 28-7	41	10	51	46	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	North Carolina	9.0	9/2/2023	UNC	@	SC	W 31-17	51	26	77	65	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Ole Miss	9.0	11/6/2021	MISS	vs	LIB	W 27-14	47	58	105	55	2	19	0	2	0	0
19	Oklahoma	9.0	11/7/2020	OKLA	vs	KU	W 62-9	55	22	77	73	2	37	0	0	0	0
20	Oklahoma	9.0	10/12/2019	OKLA	@	TEX	W 34-27	61	11	72	53	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Wisconsin	9.0	10/5/2019	WIS	vs	KENT	W 48-0	37	2	39	47	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Baylor	9.0	8/31/2014	BAY	vs	SMU	W 45-0	17	4	21	71	1	0	0	4	2	0
23	Arizona State	9.0	11/23/2013	ASU	@	UCLA	W 38-33	27	2	29	60	2	18	1	0	0	0
24	Penn State	9.0	11/5/2005	PSU	vs	WIS	W 35-14	35	38	73		2	0	0		0	0
25	Florida State	9.0	9/5/2005	FSU	vs	MIA	W 10-7	30	52	82		2	25	0		1	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

320

Sayin

RUSH

83

Jackson

REC

151

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

56.0

20th

OPP PPG

3.0

10th

RUSH YDS/G

237.0

40th

PASS YDS/G

434.0

3rd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Nebraska	0-0	1-0
10	Northwestern	0-0	1-0
11	Ohio State	0-0	1-0
12	Oregon	0-0	1-0
13	Penn State	0-0	1-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	OSU	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	MD	@	OSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ball State

0 - 1

Final

Ohio State

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

639

Kienholz

635

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

333

Duff

330

Toney

237

Olugbode

Pass TD Leaders

8

Mensah

8

Hoover

7

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

4

Wilson

3

Robinson

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Becker

4

Williams

QB Rating Leaders

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

271.7

Mensah

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

702.5

681.0

671.0

660.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

427.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
9	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
10	UCF	1	0	1.000
11	Utah	1	0	1.000
12	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
13	Kansas	1	1	.500
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

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

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	Virginia	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Louisville	1	1	.500
12	California	0	1	.000
13	Clemson	0	1	.000
14	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	1	1	.500

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

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	0	1	.000
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000