2016 National Leaders Turnover Margin - Games in October Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Fum. Gain | Int. Gain | Total Gain | Fum. Lost | Int. Lost | Total Lost | Margin | Margin/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idaho | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.60 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2.25 |
| 6 | BYU | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2.00 |
| 6 | UTSA | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1.75 |
| 6 | Wyoming | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1.75 |
| 6 | Kent State | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1.60 |
| 6 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.25 |
| 6 | Virginia | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1.25 |
| 6 | Old Dominion | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 6 | Georgia | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 6 | Toledo | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 6 | Washington | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 6 | Iowa | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 6 | California | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 6 | Northwestern | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 6 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.40 |
| 6 | Marshall | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.20 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.20 |
| 6 | Indiana | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 6 | Connecticut | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 6 | UNLV | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 6 | Nebraska | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | -0.25 |
| 6 | Nevada | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | -0.25 |
| 6 | Oregon State | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -2 | -0.40 |
| 6 | Ball State | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | -0.75 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | -0.75 |
| 31 | Colorado | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 31 | Minnesota | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1.40 |
| 31 | Baylor | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 |
| 31 | Auburn | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1.25 |
| 31 | Western Michigan | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1.25 |
| 31 | Penn State | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1.25 |
| 31 | UCF | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 31 | Appalachian State | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 31 | Rice | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 31 | Michigan | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 31 | Navy | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.25 |
| 31 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 |
| 31 | Colorado State | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.25 |
| 31 | Kansas State | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.20 |
| 31 | Wake Forest | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 31 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 31 | Buffalo | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 31 | Florida | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 31 | West Virginia | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 31 | LSU | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 31 | Akron | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | -0.20 |
| 31 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | -0.25 |
| 31 | Arizona State | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | -0.40 |
| 31 | Iowa State | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | -0.75 |
| 31 | Utah State | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | -0.75 |
| 31 | Purdue | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -6 | -1.20 |
| 31 | Bowling Green | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -5 | -1.25 |
| 31 | Texas Tech | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | -1.25 |
| 31 | Fresno State | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -8 | -1.60 |
| 60 | Utah | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1.60 |
| 60 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 60 | Washington State | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0.80 |
| 60 | Texas | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0.60 |
| 60 | San Diego State | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.60 |
| 60 | Syracuse | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.25 |
| 60 | Florida State | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.25 |
| 60 | North Carolina State | 5 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0.20 |
| 60 | Mississippi State | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 60 | SMU | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 60 | South Alabama | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 60 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 60 | Missouri | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 60 | Troy | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 60 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 60 | TCU | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | -0.25 |
| 60 | Texas State | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | -0.25 |
| 60 | Cincinnati | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | -0.25 |
| 60 | New Mexico | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | -0.40 |
| 60 | Michigan State | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | -0.60 |
| 60 | Arkansas State | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | -0.67 |
| 60 | East Carolina | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | -0.75 |
| 60 | Oregon | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | -0.75 |
| 60 | UTEP | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | -0.75 |
| 60 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -5 | -1.00 |
| 60 | Florida International | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | -1.00 |
| 60 | Kansas | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | -1.75 |
| 87 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0.80 |
| 87 | Texas A&M | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 87 | Tulane | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 87 | Ohio | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0.60 |
| 87 | Alabama | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 87 | North Texas | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 87 | Tulsa | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 87 | Air Force | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0.20 |
| 87 | Temple | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 87 | New Mexico State | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 87 | South Florida | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -1 | -0.20 |
| 87 | Arkansas | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -1 | -0.25 |
| 87 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -1 | -0.25 |
| 87 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | -0.40 |
| 87 | Notre Dame | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | -0.50 |
| 87 | Massachusetts | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | -0.60 |
| 87 | Duke | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | -0.75 |
| 87 | Stanford | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | -1.00 |
| 87 | Central Michigan | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | -1.00 |
| 87 | UCLA | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -6 | -1.50 |
| 87 | Arizona | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | -2.25 |
| 108 | South Carolina | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 108 | Illinois | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0.60 |
| 108 | USC | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.25 |
| 108 | Boston College | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 108 | Hawai'i | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 108 | Oklahoma | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -1 | -0.20 |
| 108 | Charlotte | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -1 | -0.25 |
| 108 | Georgia State | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | -0.40 |
| 108 | North Carolina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -3 | -0.75 |
| 108 | Boise State | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -6 | -1.20 |
| 118 | Louisville | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 118 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -2 | -0.40 |
| 118 | Clemson | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -4 | -1.00 |
| 118 | Rutgers | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -4 | -1.00 |
| 118 | Houston | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -5 | -1.25 |
| 118 | Kentucky | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | -5 | -1.25 |
| 118 | Maryland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -7 | -1.40 |
| 118 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | -7 | -1.75 |
| 126 | Memphis | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -4 | -0.80 |
| 126 | Army | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -6 | -1.50 |
| 128 | Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -7 | -1.75 |