2016 National Leaders Rushing Defense - In The 3rd Quarter through 01/09/2017

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Houston 13 90 225 2.50 1 32 17 9 2
2 Alabama 15 125 261 2.09 0 46 16 14 3
3 BYU 13 96 279 2.91 2 29 15 9 1
4 Florida State 13 93 282 3.03 3 48 12 9 3
5 Ohio State 13 104 324 3.12 1 31 21 11 3
6 Washington State 13 87 325 3.74 4 75 15 10 3
7 Oklahoma 13 108 327 3.03 2 45 18 6 2
8 Wisconsin 14 112 332 2.96 2 30 22 11 4
9 Louisville 13 112 348 3.11 3 70 17 11 2
10 Minnesota 13 116 356 3.07 3 28 29 15 2
11 Idaho 13 119 358 3.01 3 26 18 11 3
12 Miami (Florida) 13 118 359 3.04 4 38 24 16 6
13 Pittsburgh 13 103 360 3.50 6 42 22 13 3
14 Georgia Southern 12 87 369 4.24 2 55 19 11 3
15 Boston College 13 91 372 4.09 3 53 17 14 4
16 North Carolina State 13 100 373 3.73 7 30 20 15 2
17 Air Force 13 114 376 3.30 2 58 20 8 2
18 Appalachian State 13 103 380 3.69 5 51 18 9 2
19 Ohio 14 129 383 2.97 4 38 22 14 4
20 Kansas State 12 84 394 4.69 1 31 22 15 2
21 San Diego State 14 111 396 3.57 2 66 21 9 2
22 Miami (Ohio) 13 114 398 3.49 4 44 24 10 3
23 Charlotte 12 92 401 4.36 5 37 19 13 2
24 Michigan 13 120 405 3.38 2 34 23 12 5
25 West Virginia 13 113 408 3.61 3 51 18 11 3
26 LSU 12 111 414 3.73 2 33 20 13 2
27 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 115 419 3.64 1 35 24 9 3
28 Northwestern 13 127 420 3.31 3 57 29 18 3
29 Western Kentucky 14 118 425 3.60 7 71 25 13 4
30 New Mexico 13 103 433 4.20 7 75 25 9 4
31 Wake Forest 13 106 448 4.23 3 55 21 16 6
32 Arkansas State 13 133 450 3.38 3 61 31 18 5
33 Georgia Tech 13 99 457 4.62 7 73 24 14 4
34 Ball State 12 107 461 4.31 3 39 29 12 6
34 Western Michigan 14 105 461 4.39 2 47 26 14 5
36 Mississippi State 13 113 462 4.09 1 68 19 10 5
37 Tulane 12 99 468 4.73 3 62 20 15 4
37 Southern Mississippi 13 94 468 4.98 6 67 22 17 7
39 Utah 13 104 470 4.52 2 37 24 17 4
40 Auburn 13 114 474 4.16 3 35 22 17 4
41 Old Dominion 13 120 483 4.03 4 36 25 22 3
42 Nebraska 13 105 484 4.61 3 42 22 14 7
43 Florida 13 127 486 3.83 2 36 20 18 6
44 Connecticut 12 130 490 3.77 3 26 29 15 2
45 Northern Illinois 12 122 492 4.03 1 31 24 10 3
46 Texas A&M 13 139 496 3.57 3 45 30 15 4
47 Akron 12 110 499 4.54 3 54 23 12 2
48 Washington 14 121 506 4.18 2 75 27 15 4
49 Michigan State 12 113 508 4.50 4 64 22 11 4
50 Georgia 13 122 513 4.20 5 41 28 15 5
51 Vanderbilt 13 104 514 4.94 3 37 26 19 5
52 UTSA 13 117 519 4.44 4 80 30 16 6
53 Marshall 12 108 522 4.83 3 72 24 16 7
54 Indiana 13 128 525 4.10 4 39 26 20 6
55 Louisiana Tech 14 125 530 4.24 3 46 31 21 5
56 UNLV 12 110 536 4.87 4 43 23 18 6
57 Wyoming 14 117 540 4.62 6 37 26 20 4
58 Iowa 13 110 542 4.93 4 58 26 12 3
59 Temple 14 112 543 4.85 5 71 24 13 5
60 Arkansas 13 119 548 4.61 7 53 29 20 3
61 Boise State 13 143 553 3.87 4 45 35 16 2
62 Duke 12 106 556 5.25 5 80 27 20 5
63 Texas State 12 134 562 4.19 8 27 29 17 4
64 Army 13 112 563 5.03 8 59 28 19 6
65 USC 13 103 564 5.48 7 79 23 11 3
66 Illinois 12 131 568 4.34 4 54 28 18 5
67 Clemson 15 135 570 4.22 4 70 30 24 5
68 Notre Dame 12 137 572 4.18 6 73 30 17 6
68 Central Michigan 13 105 572 5.45 3 72 24 14 5
70 Colorado 14 126 582 4.62 5 42 22 15 6
71 Massachusetts 12 124 583 4.70 6 36 25 17 4
72 Maryland 13 143 584 4.08 7 36 32 18 4
73 UCF 13 145 586 4.04 5 62 30 19 5
74 Virginia 12 111 587 5.29 3 85 26 18 3
75 Tennessee 13 135 588 4.36 5 42 34 21 6
76 Troy 13 119 598 5.03 6 70 30 21 7
77 SMU 12 114 606 5.32 5 55 24 16 7
78 Arizona State 12 86 607 7.06 8 82 21 14 7
79 Kent State 12 116 608 5.24 3 85 29 16 3
80 Purdue 12 130 617 4.75 5 76 28 16 7
81 Navy 14 121 620 5.12 5 81 29 16 4
82 Penn State 14 149 621 4.17 5 74 29 18 7
82 Cincinnati 12 135 621 4.60 2 67 35 21 5
84 Virginia Tech 14 140 624 4.46 5 67 29 22 8
85 Eastern Michigan 13 116 625 5.39 4 60 30 11 4
86 Tulsa 13 147 646 4.39 6 43 31 22 6
87 San Jose State 12 134 647 4.83 7 73 36 18 5
88 Oregon State 12 102 648 6.35 4 75 28 19 8
89 Utah State 12 140 653 4.66 5 38 38 17 5
90 UCLA 12 147 666 4.53 9 64 32 17 5
91 Memphis 13 125 668 5.34 5 61 36 22 4
92 East Carolina 12 116 671 5.78 8 55 28 18 6
93 North Carolina 13 150 673 4.49 7 59 33 18 6
94 UTEP 12 103 675 6.55 7 33 36 25 6
95 Toledo 13 128 681 5.32 6 62 30 24 9
96 Florida Atlantic 12 127 690 5.43 6 53 36 20 8
97 TCU 13 130 691 5.32 6 65 31 21 7
98 South Florida 13 152 694 4.57 8 42 43 22 6
99 New Mexico State 12 132 695 5.27 9 47 34 20 5
100 Texas 12 140 699 4.99 6 41 37 25 11
101 Stanford 13 139 707 5.09 6 52 35 20 5
102 South Carolina 13 130 710 5.46 3 49 36 26 5
103 Bowling Green 12 152 711 4.68 8 32 40 26 4
103 Missouri 12 134 711 5.31 6 32 31 22 10
105 Georgia State 12 146 717 4.91 10 45 35 21 7
106 Oklahoma State 13 137 718 5.24 6 66 30 22 9
107 Rice 12 121 720 5.95 7 75 33 23 6
108 Florida International 12 122 732 6.00 8 61 39 17 6
109 Kansas 12 144 733 5.09 8 57 40 27 6
110 Arizona 12 137 743 5.42 9 44 40 26 6
111 Buffalo 12 147 747 5.08 5 80 37 21 3
112 Kentucky 13 148 756 5.11 7 61 35 20 4
113 Middle Tennessee 13 151 763 5.05 6 30 46 23 5
114 South Alabama 13 146 770 5.27 5 42 41 28 6
115 Louisiana-Monroe 12 143 779 5.45 7 80 41 25 10
116 Iowa State 12 129 797 6.18 8 43 43 29 8
117 Fresno State 12 139 814 5.86 4 91 40 24 3
118 Mississippi 12 148 818 5.53 10 78 39 27 6
119 Rutgers 12 136 823 6.05 11 57 33 23 7
120 Baylor 13 170 839 4.94 9 63 43 22 6
121 Texas Tech 12 119 843 7.08 8 57 44 31 10
122 Hawai'i 14 142 861 6.06 6 73 40 23 10
123 Syracuse 12 124 891 7.19 11 77 32 25 11
124 Oregon 12 151 896 5.93 9 66 50 36 7
125 Nevada 12 147 906 6.16 9 72 44 26 8
126 Colorado State 13 167 936 5.60 9 80 44 26 10
127 California 12 137 1010 7.37 10 90 44 25 10
128 North Texas 13 148 1012 6.84 6 69 42 29 13
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards