which team has the least yards per game allowed in college football since 2016

Since 2016, the North Dakota State Bison have the fewest opponent yards per game played by a team, with 250.13.

	TEAM	OPP YDS/GP	OPP YDS	GP	OPP TD	PASS OPP YDS	OPP SCKY	PASS OPP TD	RUSH OPP YDS	RUSH OPP TD	RET OPP YDS	RET OPP TD
1	North Dakota State	250.13	2,001	8	13	1,029	79	4	972	6	333	3
2	Michigan	294.6	39,476	134	289	24,248	2,477	143	15,228	131	5,507	15
3	Georgia	299.45	43,420	145	281	28,480	2,466	151	14,940	117	4,828	13
4	Ohio State	302.43	42,038	139	287	26,422	2,581	139	15,616	130	6,938	18
5	Wisconsin	302.7	39,957	132	290	25,308	2,257	149	14,649	120	5,423	21
6	Alabama	307.57	45,520	148	304	28,890	2,785	168	16,630	123	7,356	13
7	Iowa	308.79	41,378	134	255	25,845	2,054	157	15,533	87	4,988	11
8	James Madison	310.02	18,291	59	138	12,726	1,118	79	5,565	48	2,787	11
9	Clemson	314.38	45,585	145	314	28,763	2,789	165	16,822	123	6,582	26
10	Penn State	325.69	44,619	137	305	27,262	2,697	142	17,357	151	5,811	12
11	Army	327.01	44,146	135	347	24,800	1,475	165	19,346	170	8,052	12
12	Notre Dame	328.68	45,029	137	316	26,780	2,235	150	18,249	143	8,530	23
13	Minnesota	329.97	42,896	130	346	25,516	1,858	165	17,380	164	5,366	17
14	Utah	330.83	43,670	132	328	28,352	2,478	174	15,318	136	8,111	18
15	Air Force	331.92	41,822	126	366	25,705	1,578	169	16,117	183	6,336	14
16	Miami	336.72	45,794	136	349	28,832	2,663	184	16,962	147	6,513	18
17	Washington	337.69	44,237	131	327	26,629	1,879	151	17,608	159	8,822	17
18	San Diego State	338.74	45,053	133	356	28,501	2,015	192	16,552	148	6,875	16
19	Boise State	352.06	48,232	137	383	29,612	2,257	181	18,620	179	8,070	23
20	Indiana	352.25	46,145	131	389	28,420	2,090	200	17,725	164	7,426	25
21	Texas A&M	352.59	46,894	133	365	28,263	2,237	203	18,631	135	6,027	27
22	Appalachian State	352.65	47,960	136	387	28,473	2,059	169	19,487	192	7,928	26
23	UAB	354.39	42,173	119	400	23,179	1,590	186	18,994	194	6,911	20
24	Iowa State	355.47	47,633	134	381	28,820	1,620	208	18,813	143	9,252	30
25	LSU	355.62	48,720	137	381	30,227	2,399	180	18,493	183	6,026	18

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More North Dakota State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,470

Hayes

RUSH

388

Mitchell

REC

503

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

27.8

80th

OPP PPG

12.5

4th

RUSH YDS/G

159.5

73rd

PASS YDS/G

188.6

133rd

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Wyoming	4-1	5-3
3	UNLV	2-1	4-3
4	North Dakota State	3-2	6-2
5	Air Force	3-2	5-2
6	Nevada	2-2	3-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	UTEP	@	NDSU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	NDSU	@	HAW	11:00 PM
Sat 11/21	NIU	@	NDSU	4:00 PM
Fri 11/27	NDSU	@	SJSU	3:30 PM

Last Game

North Dakota State

6 - 2

Final

New Mexico

6 - 1

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
4	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
5	Delaware	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286