2016 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games at Home Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | 6 | 199 | 412 | 2.07 | 7 | 33.17 | 68.67 | 
| 2 | Alabama | 7 | 217 | 521 | 2.40 | 0 | 31.00 | 74.43 | 
| 3 | Washington | 7 | 251 | 608 | 2.42 | 5 | 35.86 | 86.86 | 
| 4 | Florida | 5 | 173 | 435 | 2.51 | 5 | 34.60 | 87.00 | 
| 5 | Ohio State | 7 | 239 | 620 | 2.59 | 2 | 34.14 | 88.57 | 
| 6 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 216 | 589 | 2.73 | 9 | 30.86 | 84.14 | 
| 6 | Miami (FL) | 6 | 222 | 605 | 2.73 | 2 | 37.00 | 100.83 | 
| 8 | Arizona State | 6 | 157 | 435 | 2.77 | 6 | 26.17 | 72.50 | 
| 9 | Louisville | 6 | 230 | 645 | 2.80 | 2 | 38.33 | 107.50 | 
| 10 | Michigan | 8 | 269 | 780 | 2.90 | 3 | 33.63 | 97.50 | 
| 11 | BYU | 6 | 190 | 558 | 2.94 | 5 | 31.67 | 93.00 | 
| 12 | Troy | 6 | 215 | 643 | 2.99 | 6 | 35.83 | 107.17 | 
| 13 | Air Force | 6 | 169 | 514 | 3.04 | 8 | 28.17 | 85.67 | 
| 14 | NC State | 7 | 219 | 667 | 3.05 | 8 | 31.29 | 95.29 | 
| 14 | Minnesota | 7 | 253 | 771 | 3.05 | 4 | 36.14 | 110.14 | 
| 16 | Florida State | 6 | 205 | 640 | 3.12 | 5 | 34.17 | 106.67 | 
| 16 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 216 | 674 | 3.12 | 4 | 36.00 | 112.33 | 
| 18 | Ohio | 6 | 222 | 698 | 3.14 | 5 | 37.00 | 116.33 | 
| 19 | LSU | 7 | 246 | 783 | 3.18 | 4 | 35.14 | 111.86 | 
| 20 | Colorado | 6 | 168 | 546 | 3.25 | 1 | 28.00 | 91.00 | 
| 20 | USC | 6 | 185 | 601 | 3.25 | 5 | 30.83 | 100.17 | 
| 22 | Kansas State | 6 | 173 | 578 | 3.34 | 6 | 28.83 | 96.33 | 
| 23 | Penn State | 7 | 263 | 893 | 3.40 | 6 | 37.57 | 127.57 | 
| 24 | Indiana | 7 | 303 | 1035 | 3.42 | 10 | 43.29 | 147.86 | 
| 25 | Louisiana | 6 | 227 | 787 | 3.47 | 11 | 37.83 | 131.17 | 
| 26 | Connecticut | 7 | 229 | 798 | 3.48 | 7 | 32.71 | 114.00 | 
| 27 | Old Dominion | 6 | 225 | 785 | 3.49 | 9 | 37.50 | 130.83 | 
| 28 | Arkansas State | 6 | 249 | 876 | 3.52 | 6 | 41.50 | 146.00 | 
| 29 | San Diego State | 6 | 190 | 672 | 3.54 | 3 | 31.67 | 112.00 | 
| 29 | Duke | 6 | 236 | 835 | 3.54 | 7 | 39.33 | 139.17 | 
| 31 | Wisconsin | 6 | 193 | 685 | 3.55 | 6 | 32.17 | 114.17 | 
| 31 | Auburn | 8 | 268 | 952 | 3.55 | 4 | 33.50 | 119.00 | 
| 33 | Southern Miss | 6 | 210 | 748 | 3.56 | 9 | 35.00 | 124.67 | 
| 34 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 245 | 875 | 3.57 | 13 | 35.00 | 125.00 | 
| 34 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 182 | 649 | 3.57 | 6 | 36.40 | 129.80 | 
| 36 | Nebraska | 7 | 206 | 742 | 3.60 | 9 | 29.43 | 106.00 | 
| 37 | Idaho | 5 | 158 | 573 | 3.63 | 3 | 31.60 | 114.60 | 
| 38 | Wake Forest | 7 | 286 | 1050 | 3.67 | 11 | 40.86 | 150.00 | 
| 39 | Boston College | 6 | 164 | 603 | 3.68 | 8 | 27.33 | 100.50 | 
| 39 | Tulane | 6 | 265 | 974 | 3.68 | 11 | 44.17 | 162.33 | 
| 41 | Army | 5 | 157 | 581 | 3.70 | 8 | 31.40 | 116.20 | 
| 42 | Bowling Green | 6 | 223 | 827 | 3.71 | 8 | 37.17 | 137.83 | 
| 42 | Notre Dame | 6 | 246 | 913 | 3.71 | 9 | 41.00 | 152.17 | 
| 44 | Temple | 7 | 257 | 972 | 3.78 | 8 | 36.71 | 138.86 | 
| 45 | Cincinnati | 7 | 328 | 1248 | 3.80 | 11 | 46.86 | 178.29 | 
| 46 | Miami (OH) | 6 | 230 | 879 | 3.82 | 7 | 38.33 | 146.50 | 
| 47 | Iowa | 7 | 281 | 1076 | 3.83 | 6 | 40.14 | 153.71 | 
| 48 | Appalachian State | 6 | 185 | 711 | 3.84 | 7 | 30.83 | 118.50 | 
| 48 | Texas A&M | 7 | 288 | 1106 | 3.84 | 10 | 41.14 | 158.00 | 
| 50 | New Mexico | 6 | 207 | 801 | 3.87 | 14 | 34.50 | 133.50 | 
| 50 | Northwestern | 7 | 269 | 1041 | 3.87 | 10 | 38.43 | 148.71 | 
| 52 | Charlotte | 6 | 198 | 777 | 3.92 | 11 | 33.00 | 129.50 | 
| 53 | UTSA | 6 | 215 | 848 | 3.94 | 7 | 35.83 | 141.33 | 
| 53 | Tulsa | 6 | 218 | 859 | 3.94 | 8 | 36.33 | 143.17 | 
| 55 | Clemson | 7 | 242 | 962 | 3.98 | 6 | 34.57 | 137.43 | 
| 55 | Kent State | 6 | 283 | 1127 | 3.98 | 15 | 47.17 | 187.83 | 
| 57 | Michigan State | 7 | 297 | 1203 | 4.05 | 13 | 42.43 | 171.86 | 
| 58 | Baylor | 6 | 291 | 1187 | 4.08 | 17 | 48.50 | 197.83 | 
| 59 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 171 | 700 | 4.09 | 4 | 28.50 | 116.67 | 
| 59 | Washington State | 7 | 213 | 871 | 4.09 | 8 | 30.43 | 124.43 | 
| 59 | Colorado State | 6 | 238 | 974 | 4.09 | 9 | 39.67 | 162.33 | 
| 62 | Georgia | 6 | 230 | 943 | 4.10 | 12 | 38.33 | 157.17 | 
| 63 | Maryland | 6 | 237 | 978 | 4.13 | 11 | 39.50 | 163.00 | 
| 64 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 242 | 1003 | 4.14 | 12 | 40.33 | 167.17 | 
| 65 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 248 | 1032 | 4.16 | 9 | 35.43 | 147.43 | 
| 66 | Utah State | 6 | 277 | 1154 | 4.17 | 9 | 46.17 | 192.33 | 
| 67 | Stanford | 6 | 198 | 830 | 4.19 | 6 | 33.00 | 138.33 | 
| 67 | Navy | 6 | 208 | 871 | 4.19 | 7 | 34.67 | 145.17 | 
| 69 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 177 | 750 | 4.24 | 10 | 35.40 | 150.00 | 
| 70 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 302 | 1282 | 4.25 | 13 | 43.14 | 183.14 | 
| 71 | Boise State | 6 | 196 | 836 | 4.27 | 5 | 32.67 | 139.33 | 
| 71 | UNLV | 6 | 234 | 1000 | 4.27 | 13 | 39.00 | 166.67 | 
| 71 | Middle Tennessee State | 5 | 213 | 909 | 4.27 | 15 | 42.60 | 181.80 | 
| 74 | Toledo | 6 | 206 | 887 | 4.31 | 2 | 34.33 | 147.83 | 
| 74 | Fresno State | 6 | 304 | 1311 | 4.31 | 8 | 50.67 | 218.50 | 
| 76 | Missouri | 7 | 298 | 1288 | 4.32 | 12 | 42.57 | 184.00 | 
| 76 | West Virginia | 7 | 301 | 1299 | 4.32 | 10 | 43.00 | 185.57 | 
| 78 | Georgia State | 6 | 265 | 1153 | 4.35 | 16 | 44.17 | 192.17 | 
| 79 | Oklahoma | 6 | 219 | 957 | 4.37 | 5 | 36.50 | 159.50 | 
| 79 | UCF | 6 | 289 | 1263 | 4.37 | 9 | 48.17 | 210.50 | 
| 81 | Virginia | 6 | 236 | 1036 | 4.39 | 9 | 39.33 | 172.67 | 
| 82 | Wyoming | 7 | 237 | 1046 | 4.41 | 12 | 33.86 | 149.43 | 
| 82 | Illinois | 7 | 298 | 1313 | 4.41 | 20 | 42.57 | 187.57 | 
| 84 | USF | 7 | 313 | 1383 | 4.42 | 19 | 44.71 | 197.57 | 
| 85 | Mississippi State | 6 | 223 | 989 | 4.43 | 11 | 37.17 | 164.83 | 
| 85 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 195 | 864 | 4.43 | 9 | 39.00 | 172.80 | 
| 87 | Central Michigan | 6 | 229 | 1023 | 4.47 | 9 | 38.17 | 170.50 | 
| 88 | Massachusetts | 6 | 252 | 1129 | 4.48 | 9 | 42.00 | 188.17 | 
| 88 | Texas | 6 | 281 | 1260 | 4.48 | 10 | 46.83 | 210.00 | 
| 90 | Texas State | 6 | 253 | 1156 | 4.57 | 20 | 42.17 | 192.67 | 
| 91 | North Carolina | 6 | 355 | 1656 | 4.66 | 14 | 59.17 | 276.00 | 
| 92 | South Alabama | 7 | 319 | 1489 | 4.67 | 13 | 45.57 | 212.71 | 
| 93 | Kentucky | 7 | 314 | 1470 | 4.68 | 12 | 44.86 | 210.00 | 
| 94 | North Texas | 6 | 222 | 1048 | 4.72 | 9 | 37.00 | 174.67 | 
| 95 | Marshall | 7 | 257 | 1222 | 4.75 | 15 | 36.71 | 174.57 | 
| 96 | Kansas | 6 | 286 | 1363 | 4.77 | 12 | 47.67 | 227.17 | 
| 97 | TCU | 7 | 317 | 1515 | 4.78 | 17 | 45.29 | 216.43 | 
| 98 | South Carolina | 7 | 275 | 1338 | 4.87 | 12 | 39.29 | 191.14 | 
| 98 | Arizona | 7 | 294 | 1432 | 4.87 | 16 | 42.00 | 204.57 | 
| 100 | Iowa State | 7 | 333 | 1630 | 4.89 | 12 | 47.57 | 232.86 | 
| 101 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 207 | 1015 | 4.90 | 10 | 41.40 | 203.00 | 
| 102 | Arkansas | 7 | 217 | 1072 | 4.94 | 14 | 31.00 | 153.14 | 
| 103 | Western Michigan | 6 | 212 | 1056 | 4.98 | 9 | 35.33 | 176.00 | 
| 103 | Hawaii | 6 | 254 | 1264 | 4.98 | 13 | 42.33 | 210.67 | 
| 105 | Akron | 6 | 278 | 1386 | 4.99 | 15 | 46.33 | 231.00 | 
| 106 | Purdue | 7 | 319 | 1602 | 5.02 | 19 | 45.57 | 228.86 | 
| 107 | Utah | 6 | 209 | 1052 | 5.03 | 7 | 34.83 | 175.33 | 
| 107 | UCLA | 6 | 262 | 1319 | 5.03 | 11 | 43.67 | 219.83 | 
| 109 | New Mexico State | 5 | 240 | 1210 | 5.04 | 10 | 48.00 | 242.00 | 
| 110 | UTEP | 7 | 275 | 1400 | 5.09 | 13 | 39.29 | 200.00 | 
| 111 | FIU | 7 | 261 | 1351 | 5.18 | 13 | 37.29 | 193.00 | 
| 111 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 251 | 1300 | 5.18 | 9 | 41.83 | 216.67 | 
| 113 | Ball State | 5 | 168 | 875 | 5.21 | 11 | 33.60 | 175.00 | 
| 114 | Memphis | 7 | 253 | 1323 | 5.23 | 15 | 36.14 | 189.00 | 
| 115 | California | 6 | 268 | 1403 | 5.24 | 14 | 44.67 | 233.83 | 
| 116 | SMU | 6 | 232 | 1230 | 5.30 | 14 | 38.67 | 205.00 | 
| 117 | East Carolina | 6 | 259 | 1389 | 5.36 | 19 | 43.17 | 231.50 | 
| 118 | Rice | 6 | 226 | 1214 | 5.37 | 14 | 37.67 | 202.33 | 
| 119 | San Jose State | 6 | 247 | 1335 | 5.40 | 14 | 41.17 | 222.50 | 
| 120 | Oregon | 6 | 248 | 1341 | 5.41 | 19 | 41.33 | 223.50 | 
| 121 | Buffalo | 6 | 285 | 1550 | 5.44 | 12 | 47.50 | 258.33 | 
| 122 | Tennessee | 7 | 312 | 1710 | 5.48 | 14 | 44.57 | 244.29 | 
| 123 | Oregon State | 7 | 265 | 1472 | 5.55 | 12 | 37.86 | 210.29 | 
| 124 | Rutgers | 7 | 325 | 1831 | 5.63 | 20 | 46.43 | 261.57 | 
| 125 | Syracuse | 6 | 240 | 1372 | 5.72 | 19 | 40.00 | 228.67 | 
| 126 | Ole Miss | 7 | 338 | 1947 | 5.76 | 19 | 48.29 | 278.14 | 
| 127 | Texas Tech | 6 | 235 | 1420 | 6.04 | 14 | 39.17 | 236.67 | 
| 128 | Nevada | 6 | 303 | 2130 | 7.03 | 18 | 50.50 | 355.00 |