2016 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/09/2017

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Att/G Yards/G
1 Alabama 14 446 889 1.99 5 31.86 63.50
2 Ohio 13 456 1272 2.79 10 35.08 97.85
3 Western Kentucky 13 410 1275 3.11 16 31.54 98.08
4 Wisconsin 14 421 1383 3.29 9 30.07 98.79
5 Houston 12 419 1287 3.07 16 34.92 107.25
6 San Diego State 13 449 1409 3.14 10 34.54 108.38
7 North Carolina State 12 396 1350 3.41 17 33.00 112.50
8 Boston College 12 400 1366 3.42 14 33.33 113.83
9 Louisville 13 483 1497 3.10 7 37.15 115.15
10 Air Force 12 405 1398 3.45 20 33.75 116.50
11 LSU 11 395 1287 3.26 7 35.91 117.00
12 Minnesota 12 420 1423 3.39 12 35.00 118.58
13 Michigan 13 481 1550 3.22 9 37.00 119.23
14 BYU 12 413 1446 3.50 14 34.42 120.50
15 Kansas State 12 383 1465 3.83 11 31.92 122.08
16 Troy 12 421 1469 3.49 13 35.08 122.42
17 Ohio State 13 481 1610 3.35 8 37.00 123.85
18 Pittsburgh 12 403 1502 3.73 28 33.58 125.17
19 Appalachian State 13 415 1637 3.94 15 31.92 125.92
20 Florida State 12 418 1512 3.62 19 34.83 126.00
21 Utah 12 396 1557 3.93 13 33.00 129.75
22 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 448 1580 3.53 17 37.33 131.67
23 Clemson 14 493 1896 3.85 20 35.21 135.43
24 Washington State 12 403 1635 4.06 20 33.58 136.25
25 Temple 13 476 1776 3.73 17 36.62 136.62
26 USC 13 448 1815 4.05 16 34.46 139.62
27 Army 11 355 1538 4.33 16 32.27 139.82
28 Miami (Florida) 12 457 1689 3.70 10 38.08 140.75
29 Auburn 12 438 1699 3.88 8 36.50 141.58
30 Washington 13 472 1841 3.90 16 36.31 141.62
31 Iowa 12 443 1708 3.86 9 36.92 142.33
32 Northwestern 12 448 1724 3.85 19 37.33 143.67
33 Florida 13 488 1875 3.84 16 37.54 144.23
34 Virginia Tech 13 489 1877 3.84 21 37.62 144.38
35 Stanford 13 457 1878 4.11 15 35.15 144.46
36 Miami (Ohio) 12 433 1735 4.01 21 36.08 144.58
37 Georgia 12 430 1743 4.05 23 35.83 145.25
38 Louisiana Tech 13 485 1891 3.90 26 37.31 145.46
39 Arkansas State 12 476 1752 3.68 12 39.67 146.00
40 Charlotte 11 371 1624 4.38 22 33.73 147.64
41 Nebraska 13 433 1922 4.44 22 33.31 147.85
42 Idaho 12 407 1778 4.37 16 33.92 148.17
43 Wake Forest 12 463 1795 3.88 18 38.58 149.58
44 Penn State 14 551 2118 3.84 22 39.36 151.29
45 Connecticut 11 429 1713 3.99 19 39.00 155.73
46 Western Michigan 13 425 2044 4.81 16 32.69 157.23
47 Colorado 13 499 2056 4.12 13 38.38 158.15
48 Indiana 13 554 2085 3.76 20 42.62 160.38
49 Southern Mississippi 12 398 1938 4.87 28 33.17 161.50
50 Oklahoma 13 465 2114 4.55 15 35.77 162.62
51 Old Dominion 12 462 1953 4.23 23 38.50 162.75
52 UTSA 12 450 1967 4.37 20 37.50 163.92
53 Ball State 11 378 1804 4.77 14 34.36 164.00
54 Michigan State 11 427 1817 4.26 20 38.82 165.18
55 Vanderbilt 12 432 2001 4.63 14 36.00 166.75
56 West Virginia 12 476 2002 4.21 12 39.67 166.83
57 Tulane 11 449 1857 4.14 20 40.82 168.82
58 UCLA 12 503 2058 4.09 21 41.92 171.50
59 New Mexico 12 428 2059 4.81 27 35.67 171.58
60 Arizona State 11 365 1901 5.21 25 33.18 172.82
61 Toledo 12 432 2115 4.90 15 36.00 176.25
62 UCF 12 544 2119 3.90 22 45.33 176.58
63 Boise State 13 533 2298 4.31 12 41.00 176.77
64 Mississippi State 12 451 2149 4.76 16 37.58 179.08
65 Georgia Southern 11 419 1971 4.70 21 38.09 179.18
66 Central Michigan 12 441 2153 4.88 15 36.75 179.42
67 Georgia Tech 12 445 2154 4.84 24 37.08 179.50
68 Eastern Michigan 12 470 2155 4.59 22 39.17 179.58
69 Tulsa 12 487 2167 4.45 27 40.58 180.58
70 Navy 13 510 2357 4.62 23 39.23 181.31
71 Notre Dame 12 529 2189 4.14 23 44.08 182.42
72 Duke 11 440 2061 4.68 19 40.00 187.36
73 Texas 12 550 2277 4.14 23 45.83 189.75
74 Virginia 11 444 2093 4.71 19 40.36 190.27
75 Cincinnati 11 513 2098 4.09 17 46.64 190.73
76 TCU 12 544 2313 4.25 21 45.33 192.75
77 Bowling Green 11 461 2124 4.61 27 41.91 193.09
78 UNLV 11 449 2135 4.76 30 40.82 194.09
79 Florida International 12 457 2385 5.22 26 38.08 198.75
80 South Carolina 12 507 2406 4.75 17 42.25 200.50
81 Oklahoma State 12 502 2418 4.82 21 41.83 201.50
82 South Florida 12 521 2427 4.66 27 43.42 202.25
83 Kent State 10 457 2043 4.47 21 45.70 204.30
84 Massachusetts 11 460 2250 4.89 23 41.82 204.55
85 Texas A&M 12 545 2461 4.52 21 45.42 205.08
86 Arizona 11 460 2270 4.93 26 41.82 206.36
87 Northern Illinois 11 484 2279 4.71 21 44.00 207.18
88 Middle Tennessee 12 550 2491 4.53 37 45.83 207.58
89 Arkansas 12 414 2516 6.08 38 34.50 209.67
90 Utah State 11 517 2332 4.51 18 47.00 212.00
91 Memphis 12 501 2554 5.10 27 41.75 212.83
92 Baylor 12 580 2562 4.42 29 48.33 213.50
93 Wyoming 13 511 2777 5.43 34 39.31 213.62
94 Georgia State 11 545 2371 4.35 25 49.55 215.55
95 Marshall 11 452 2374 5.25 28 41.09 215.82
96 Iowa State 11 468 2386 5.10 21 42.55 216.91
97 UTEP 11 444 2387 5.38 23 40.36 217.00
98 North Carolina 11 537 2402 4.47 24 48.82 218.36
99 Rice 11 445 2423 5.44 27 40.45 220.27
100 SMU 11 462 2429 5.26 29 42.00 220.82
101 South Alabama 11 498 2440 4.90 24 45.27 221.82
102 Colorado State 12 543 2689 4.95 33 45.25 224.08
103 Texas State 11 511 2477 4.85 31 46.45 225.18
104 Oregon State 11 469 2480 5.29 24 42.64 225.45
105 Kentucky 12 523 2709 5.18 24 43.58 225.75
106 Maryland 12 551 2723 4.94 31 45.92 226.92
107 Tennessee 12 530 2781 5.25 28 44.17 231.75
108 Hawai'i 13 577 3065 5.31 30 44.38 235.77
109 East Carolina 11 468 2594 5.54 33 42.55 235.82
110 Akron 11 489 2610 5.34 26 44.45 237.27
111 Illinois 11 543 2640 4.86 35 49.36 240.00
112 Syracuse 11 465 2655 5.71 35 42.27 241.36
113 Kansas 11 509 2667 5.24 27 46.27 242.45
114 Purdue 11 498 2685 5.39 34 45.27 244.09
115 New Mexico State 12 549 2931 5.34 31 45.75 244.25
116 North Texas 12 556 2957 5.32 30 46.33 246.42
117 Mississippi 11 489 2723 5.57 30 44.45 247.55
118 Missouri 11 505 2750 5.45 28 45.91 250.00
119 San Jose State 11 498 2758 5.54 30 45.27 250.73
120 Florida Atlantic 11 503 2802 5.57 35 45.73 254.73
121 Texas Tech 11 465 2805 6.03 37 42.27 255.00
122 Oregon 11 489 2869 5.87 34 44.45 260.82
123 Fresno State 11 567 2873 5.07 25 51.55 261.18
124 Louisiana-Monroe 11 499 2884 5.78 30 45.36 262.18
125 Buffalo 11 564 2914 5.17 28 51.27 264.91
126 California 12 532 3274 6.15 32 44.33 272.83
127 Rutgers 11 517 3020 5.84 32 47.00 274.55
128 Nevada 11 514 3188 6.20 29 46.73 289.82