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

598

Sayin

RUSH

157

Jackson

REC

315

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

39.5

42nd

OPP PPG

13.5

38th

RUSH YDS/G

165.5

80th

PASS YDS/G

356.0

5th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Illinois	0-0	1-1
13	Minnesota	0-0	1-1
14	Ohio State	0-0	1-1
15	Oregon	0-0	1-1
16	Purdue	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Sat 10/17	OSU	@	IND	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ohio State

1 - 1

Final

Texas

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

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

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333