College Football Team Offensive Plays Rankings

Offensive plays count official snaps run by a team’s offense. Last updated

What Are Offensive Plays?

Offensive plays count official snaps run by a team’s offense. This table ranks college football teams for the selected season and displays the applicable minimum qualifier where one is used.

Which teams have the highest offensive plays in college football in 2026?

LSU ranks first in college football in offensive plays at 636 through games played October 29, 2026. James Madison is second at 629 & Florida Atlantic third at 619. LSU's total is 7 plays above second place & 102 plays above the 25th-ranked team.

Only 68 plays separate first from tenth. Eastern Michigan is fourth at 603, West Virginia fifth at 598, Buffalo sixth at 584, Western Kentucky seventh at 582, Virginia Tech eighth at 578 & North Texas ninth at 575. Toledo & Hawai'i are tied for tenth at 568.

Three separate ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one team. Memphis is 12th at 567, Syracuse 13th at 566 & Houston 14th at 563. Pittsburgh, Troy & California are tied 15th at 561.

Nine teams sit inside 8 plays of each other from tenth to 18th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. USC is 18th at 560, Tennessee 19th at 559 & Baylor 20th at 557. Louisiana & Texas A&M are tied 21st at 545. Virginia is 23rd at 543, UTSA 24th at 538 & Texas State 25th at 534.

How this ranking is measured

Of the 138 FBS teams ranked in the 2026 regular season, the top 25 are listed above. Offensive plays count official snaps run by a team’s offense. Only FBS teams are ranked. Figures are as of October 29, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.