2015 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/11/2016
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent State | 1 | 28 | -38 | -1.36 | 0 | 28.00 | -38.00 |
| 2 | Rutgers | 1 | 23 | -3 | -0.13 | 0 | 23.00 | -3.00 |
| 3 | Syracuse | 1 | 20 | 4 | 0.20 | 0 | 20.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 20 | 5 | 0.25 | 0 | 20.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 | Boston College | 2 | 48 | 14 | 0.29 | 0 | 24.00 | 7.00 |
| 6 | South Florida | 1 | 34 | 12 | 0.35 | 0 | 34.00 | 12.00 |
| 7 | Washington | 1 | 26 | 11 | 0.42 | 0 | 26.00 | 11.00 |
| 8 | Memphis | 1 | 30 | 18 | 0.60 | 0 | 30.00 | 18.00 |
| 9 | New Mexico | 1 | 40 | 26 | 0.65 | 0 | 40.00 | 26.00 |
| 10 | Houston | 1 | 33 | 29 | 0.88 | 1 | 33.00 | 29.00 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 30 | 34 | 1.13 | 0 | 30.00 | 34.00 |
| 12 | Fresno State | 1 | 29 | 34 | 1.17 | 1 | 29.00 | 34.00 |
| 13 | Appalachian State | 1 | 30 | 36 | 1.20 | 0 | 30.00 | 36.00 |
| 14 | Iowa | 1 | 28 | 35 | 1.25 | 0 | 28.00 | 35.00 |
| 15 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 35 | 53 | 1.51 | 0 | 35.00 | 53.00 |
| 16 | North Carolina State | 1 | 23 | 35 | 1.52 | 0 | 23.00 | 35.00 |
| 17 | Air Force | 1 | 34 | 53 | 1.56 | 1 | 34.00 | 53.00 |
| 18 | Boise State | 1 | 22 | 36 | 1.64 | 0 | 22.00 | 36.00 |
| 19 | Florida International | 1 | 23 | 38 | 1.65 | 1 | 23.00 | 38.00 |
| 20 | Kansas State | 1 | 36 | 61 | 1.69 | 0 | 36.00 | 61.00 |
| 20 | Colorado State | 1 | 49 | 83 | 1.69 | 1 | 49.00 | 83.00 |
| 22 | Utah State | 1 | 30 | 52 | 1.73 | 0 | 30.00 | 52.00 |
| 23 | Arizona | 1 | 43 | 75 | 1.74 | 0 | 43.00 | 75.00 |
| 24 | UCF | 1 | 28 | 54 | 1.93 | 1 | 28.00 | 54.00 |
| 25 | Duke | 1 | 27 | 54 | 2.00 | 0 | 27.00 | 54.00 |
| 25 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 48 | 96 | 2.00 | 0 | 48.00 | 96.00 |
| 27 | Maryland | 1 | 27 | 56 | 2.07 | 3 | 27.00 | 56.00 |
| 28 | San Diego State | 1 | 38 | 79 | 2.08 | 0 | 38.00 | 79.00 |
| 29 | Texas State | 1 | 37 | 79 | 2.14 | 1 | 37.00 | 79.00 |
| 30 | Central Michigan | 1 | 31 | 67 | 2.16 | 1 | 31.00 | 67.00 |
| 31 | Akron | 1 | 34 | 74 | 2.18 | 0 | 34.00 | 74.00 |
| 32 | Rice | 1 | 37 | 86 | 2.32 | 0 | 37.00 | 86.00 |
| 33 | Alabama | 1 | 36 | 85 | 2.36 | 1 | 36.00 | 85.00 |
| 33 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 39 | 92 | 2.36 | 0 | 39.00 | 92.00 |
| 35 | Northwestern | 1 | 29 | 70 | 2.41 | 0 | 29.00 | 70.00 |
| 36 | BYU | 1 | 36 | 89 | 2.47 | 1 | 36.00 | 89.00 |
| 37 | Charlotte | 1 | 41 | 103 | 2.51 | 1 | 41.00 | 103.00 |
| 38 | Louisville | 1 | 27 | 71 | 2.63 | 0 | 27.00 | 71.00 |
| 38 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 35 | 92 | 2.63 | 0 | 35.00 | 92.00 |
| 40 | Cincinnati | 1 | 37 | 98 | 2.65 | 0 | 37.00 | 98.00 |
| 41 | Wake Forest | 1 | 19 | 51 | 2.68 | 0 | 19.00 | 51.00 |
| 42 | Clemson | 1 | 45 | 123 | 2.73 | 1 | 45.00 | 123.00 |
| 43 | Marshall | 1 | 35 | 96 | 2.74 | 0 | 35.00 | 96.00 |
| 44 | Tulane | 1 | 33 | 93 | 2.82 | 1 | 33.00 | 93.00 |
| 45 | Mississippi State | 1 | 50 | 146 | 2.92 | 1 | 50.00 | 146.00 |
| 46 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 32 | 94 | 2.94 | 1 | 32.00 | 94.00 |
| 47 | Mississippi | 1 | 39 | 116 | 2.97 | 0 | 39.00 | 116.00 |
| 48 | Western Michigan | 1 | 21 | 63 | 3.00 | 2 | 21.00 | 63.00 |
| 48 | Georgia | 1 | 35 | 105 | 3.00 | 1 | 35.00 | 105.00 |
| 50 | UNLV | 1 | 30 | 91 | 3.03 | 0 | 30.00 | 91.00 |
| 51 | Iowa State | 1 | 41 | 126 | 3.07 | 0 | 41.00 | 126.00 |
| 52 | Illinois | 1 | 29 | 92 | 3.17 | 0 | 29.00 | 92.00 |
| 52 | Connecticut | 1 | 36 | 114 | 3.17 | 1 | 36.00 | 114.00 |
| 54 | Oregon State | 1 | 18 | 58 | 3.22 | 0 | 18.00 | 58.00 |
| 55 | West Virginia | 1 | 28 | 92 | 3.29 | 1 | 28.00 | 92.00 |
| 56 | Nevada | 1 | 27 | 89 | 3.30 | 1 | 27.00 | 89.00 |
| 57 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 41 | 136 | 3.32 | 0 | 41.00 | 136.00 |
| 58 | South Alabama | 1 | 53 | 177 | 3.34 | 0 | 53.00 | 177.00 |
| 59 | Missouri | 1 | 42 | 145 | 3.45 | 0 | 42.00 | 145.00 |
| 60 | Auburn | 1 | 46 | 161 | 3.50 | 1 | 46.00 | 161.00 |
| 61 | Kentucky | 1 | 51 | 180 | 3.53 | 2 | 51.00 | 180.00 |
| 62 | Ball State | 1 | 29 | 103 | 3.55 | 2 | 29.00 | 103.00 |
| 63 | Oregon | 1 | 31 | 111 | 3.58 | 1 | 31.00 | 111.00 |
| 64 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 44 | 159 | 3.61 | 0 | 44.00 | 159.00 |
| 65 | Hawai'i | 1 | 46 | 169 | 3.67 | 1 | 46.00 | 169.00 |
| 66 | Ohio | 1 | 40 | 148 | 3.70 | 0 | 40.00 | 148.00 |
| 67 | Colorado | 1 | 34 | 126 | 3.71 | 0 | 34.00 | 126.00 |
| 68 | Virginia | 1 | 39 | 145 | 3.72 | 0 | 39.00 | 145.00 |
| 69 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 41 | 155 | 3.78 | 1 | 41.00 | 155.00 |
| 70 | California | 1 | 33 | 127 | 3.85 | 1 | 33.00 | 127.00 |
| 71 | Purdue | 1 | 41 | 160 | 3.90 | 0 | 41.00 | 160.00 |
| 72 | Army | 2 | 58 | 227 | 3.91 | 4 | 29.00 | 113.50 |
| 73 | Arizona State | 1 | 71 | 284 | 4.00 | 2 | 71.00 | 284.00 |
| 74 | Baylor | 1 | 43 | 173 | 4.02 | 3 | 43.00 | 173.00 |
| 75 | Buffalo | 1 | 35 | 141 | 4.03 | 1 | 35.00 | 141.00 |
| 76 | East Carolina | 1 | 44 | 179 | 4.07 | 1 | 44.00 | 179.00 |
| 77 | UTEP | 1 | 29 | 119 | 4.10 | 0 | 29.00 | 119.00 |
| 78 | Navy | 1 | 48 | 198 | 4.13 | 0 | 48.00 | 198.00 |
| 79 | Florida State | 1 | 39 | 165 | 4.23 | 1 | 39.00 | 165.00 |
| 80 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 55 | 234 | 4.25 | 1 | 55.00 | 234.00 |
| 81 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 39 | 166 | 4.26 | 1 | 39.00 | 166.00 |
| 82 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 30 | 129 | 4.30 | 2 | 30.00 | 129.00 |
| 83 | Kansas | 1 | 39 | 170 | 4.36 | 2 | 39.00 | 170.00 |
| 84 | Troy | 1 | 60 | 263 | 4.38 | 0 | 60.00 | 263.00 |
| 85 | Old Dominion | 1 | 23 | 103 | 4.48 | 0 | 23.00 | 103.00 |
| 86 | North Carolina | 2 | 90 | 434 | 4.82 | 3 | 45.00 | 217.00 |
| 87 | Arkansas State | 1 | 37 | 179 | 4.84 | 1 | 37.00 | 179.00 |
| 88 | San Jose State | 1 | 26 | 126 | 4.85 | 2 | 26.00 | 126.00 |
| 88 | Washington State | 1 | 48 | 233 | 4.85 | 3 | 48.00 | 233.00 |
| 90 | TCU | 1 | 29 | 146 | 5.03 | 1 | 29.00 | 146.00 |
| 91 | Texas A&M | 1 | 27 | 137 | 5.07 | 0 | 27.00 | 137.00 |
| 92 | Wyoming | 1 | 54 | 276 | 5.11 | 3 | 54.00 | 276.00 |
| 93 | Georgia State | 1 | 49 | 260 | 5.31 | 5 | 49.00 | 260.00 |
| 94 | Indiana | 1 | 46 | 248 | 5.39 | 1 | 46.00 | 248.00 |
| 95 | Tennessee | 1 | 33 | 189 | 5.73 | 1 | 33.00 | 189.00 |
| 96 | South Carolina | 1 | 61 | 350 | 5.74 | 3 | 61.00 | 350.00 |
| 97 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 54 | 313 | 5.80 | 2 | 54.00 | 313.00 |
| 98 | Arkansas | 1 | 23 | 139 | 6.04 | 3 | 23.00 | 139.00 |
| 99 | Texas Tech | 1 | 46 | 317 | 6.89 | 5 | 46.00 | 317.00 |
| 100 | Idaho | 1 | 44 | 326 | 7.41 | 4 | 44.00 | 326.00 |
| 101 | North Texas | 1 | 47 | 368 | 7.83 | 6 | 47.00 | 368.00 |
| 102 | SMU | 1 | 52 | 440 | 8.46 | 3 | 52.00 | 440.00 |