Will McDonald and Jordan Strachan were tied for the most sacks in 2020, with 10.5 sacks.

Interpreted as:

Who led ncaa in defensive sacks in 2020?

	NAME	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Will McDonald W. McDonald	10.5	2020	ISU	12	24	5	29	57				2	0	0
2	Jordan Strachan J. Strachan	10.5	2020	GAST	10	31	9	40	58.5	0	0	0	3	2	0
3	Cade Hall C. Hall	10.0	2020	SJSU	7	20	7	27	57.5				0	1	0
4	Patrick Johnson P. Johnson	10.0	2020	TULN	11	32	6	38	67	0	0	0	2	0	0
5	Azeez Ojulari A. Ojulari	9.5	2020	UGA	10	28	3	31	78				5	1	0
6	Nik Bonitto N. Bonitto	9.0	2020	OKLA	10	25	8	33	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Patrick Jones II P. Jones II	9.0	2020	PITT	11	29	14	43	84	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	Ochaun Mathis O. Mathis	9.0	2020	TCU	10	36	11	47	62				1	1	0
9	Wyatt Hubert W. Hubert	8.5	2020	KSU	10	24	2	26	41				2	0	0
10	Tarron Jackson T. Jackson	8.5	2020	CCAR	12	34	17	51	50	0	0	0	3	1	0
11	Durrell Johnson D. Johnson	8.5	2020	LIB	11	31	5	36	65.5	1	18	0	1	0	0
12	Christian Barmore C. Barmore	8.0	2020	ALA	12	26	11	37	42	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	Leighton McCarthy L. McCarthy	8.0	2020	FAU	9	25	13	38	49				1	0	0
14	Jaelan Phillips J. Phillips	8.0	2020	MIA	10	33	14	47	38.5	1	0	0	0	0
15	Chris Rumph II C. Rumph II	8.0	2020	DUKE	11	37	16	53	54				1	1	0
16	Victor Dimukeje V. Dimukeje	7.5	2020	DUKE	11	30	15	45	54				2	1	0
17	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	7.5	2020	OKLA	11	23	7	30	55	0	0	0	1	2	0
18	Rashad Weaver R. Weaver	7.5	2020	PITT	9	26	6	32	37	0	0	0	3	1	0
19	JaQuan Bailey J. Bailey	7.0	2020	ISU	12	22	10	32	54.5				1	2	0
20	Calvin Bundage C. Bundage	7.0	2020	OKST	11	13	6	19	47.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Tomon Fox T. Fox	7.0	2020	UNC	12	28	10	38	41				1	0	0
22	Morris Joseph Jr. M. Joseph Jr.	7.0	2020	MEM	11	45	7	52	43				0	0
23	Adetokunbo Ogundeji A. Ogundeji	7.0	2020	ND	12	19	4	23	28	0	0	0	1	1	0
24	Justin Rice J. Rice	7.0	2020	ARST	11	70	7	77	70				0	0
25	Myjai Sanders M. Sanders	7.0	2020	CIN	10	24	5	29	47.5				0	0

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PASS

2,584

Becht

RUSH

952

Hansen

REC

526

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Team Rankings

PPG

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OPP PPG

20.2

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RUSH YDS/G

174.7

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PASS YDS/G

221.4

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2025 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Arizona	6-3	9-4
6	Arizona State	6-3	8-5
7	Iowa State	5-4	8-4
8	Kansas State	5-4	6-6
9	TCU	5-4	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	SEMO	@	ISU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ISU	@	IOWA	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	BGSU	@	ISU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	UTAH	@	ISU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	WVU	@	ISU	1:00 PM

Last Game

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Final

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1 - 11

Sat 29 Nov 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

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1,278

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1,264

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41

Mendoza

34

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34

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Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

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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

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PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

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9.3

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

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Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

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Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

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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