2017 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU | 6 | 8 | -40 | -5.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 14 | -59 | -4.21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Appalachian State | 10 | 13 | -48 | -3.69 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Missouri | 5 | 7 | -21 | -3.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 7 | 16 | -42 | -2.63 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Mississippi | 8 | 14 | -36 | -2.57 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Fresno State | 4 | 8 | -18 | -2.25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | New Mexico State | 6 | 11 | -23 | -2.09 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 10 | -18 | -1.80 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | 9 | 14 | -25 | -1.79 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Arkansas | 4 | 6 | -10 | -1.67 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 10 | 13 | -20 | -1.54 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | BYU | 5 | 9 | -13 | -1.44 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 8 | -11 | -1.38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Washington | 7 | 13 | -17 | -1.31 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 11 | 16 | -18 | -1.13 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Tulsa | 6 | 8 | -7 | -0.88 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Texas State | 10 | 14 | -11 | -0.79 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | USC | 9 | 12 | -9 | -0.75 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Rice | 9 | 10 | -7 | -0.70 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Stanford | 4 | 6 | -2 | -0.33 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Michigan | 11 | 16 | -5 | -0.31 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Washington State | 7 | 10 | -3 | -0.30 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Akron | 6 | 10 | -2 | -0.20 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 12 | -2 | -0.17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Kansas State | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Texas Tech | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Navy | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Mississippi State | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | California | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0.10 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Minnesota | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0.18 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Purdue | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0.33 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | TCU | 9 | 20 | 8 | 0.40 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Alabama | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0.42 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Western Michigan | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Ohio | 10 | 14 | 9 | 0.64 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Louisville | 9 | 15 | 12 | 0.80 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 38 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 16 | 16 | 1.00 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Toledo | 9 | 14 | 16 | 1.14 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Indiana | 7 | 14 | 18 | 1.29 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Georgia State | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1.40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Oregon | 8 | 9 | 13 | 1.44 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Bowling Green | 6 | 13 | 19 | 1.46 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Auburn | 8 | 18 | 28 | 1.56 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Florida International | 11 | 17 | 27 | 1.59 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | Cincinnati | 7 | 13 | 21 | 1.62 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Duke | 10 | 17 | 28 | 1.65 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Troy | 7 | 12 | 20 | 1.67 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Clemson | 7 | 15 | 25 | 1.67 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Illinois | 6 | 7 | 12 | 1.71 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 12 | 22 | 1.83 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | UTSA | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Arizona State | 9 | 14 | 26 | 1.86 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 54 | Utah State | 10 | 22 | 42 | 1.91 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 | Arkansas State | 6 | 15 | 31 | 2.07 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 56 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 13 | 28 | 2.15 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 15 | 33 | 2.20 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 58 | Arizona | 8 | 9 | 20 | 2.22 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Penn State | 8 | 12 | 27 | 2.25 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 60 | Nevada | 7 | 9 | 21 | 2.33 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | North Texas | 10 | 16 | 39 | 2.44 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 62 | Boise State | 11 | 15 | 37 | 2.47 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 63 | Kentucky | 10 | 24 | 60 | 2.50 | 2 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 64 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 13 | 35 | 2.69 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | Wyoming | 9 | 16 | 43 | 2.69 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 66 | Michigan State | 7 | 12 | 33 | 2.75 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 66 | Kansas | 10 | 16 | 44 | 2.75 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | Temple | 11 | 16 | 45 | 2.81 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 69 | Army | 6 | 11 | 31 | 2.82 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 | Syracuse | 9 | 10 | 29 | 2.90 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | UCLA | 8 | 14 | 41 | 2.93 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 72 | Iowa | 6 | 10 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 72 | Florida | 6 | 10 | 30 | 3.00 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | North Carolina | 9 | 13 | 39 | 3.00 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | North Carolina State | 8 | 11 | 36 | 3.27 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 76 | Hawai'i | 9 | 11 | 37 | 3.36 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 77 | Charlotte | 9 | 15 | 51 | 3.40 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 9 | 31 | 3.44 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 78 | Nebraska | 6 | 9 | 31 | 3.44 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 80 | Idaho | 9 | 13 | 45 | 3.46 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 81 | Central Michigan | 9 | 19 | 66 | 3.47 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | San Diego State | 7 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | South Alabama | 6 | 9 | 32 | 3.56 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Georgia | 10 | 21 | 79 | 3.76 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 85 | San Jose State | 10 | 13 | 49 | 3.77 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 9 | 34 | 3.78 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 87 | Virginia | 10 | 18 | 72 | 4.00 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | Notre Dame | 8 | 15 | 62 | 4.13 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Iowa State | 8 | 16 | 66 | 4.13 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 90 | Buffalo | 8 | 17 | 76 | 4.47 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 91 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 91 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 10 | 45 | 4.50 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 91 | Baylor | 7 | 12 | 54 | 4.50 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 94 | Utah | 6 | 7 | 32 | 4.57 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 12 | 55 | 4.58 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | Connecticut | 7 | 12 | 55 | 4.58 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 97 | Maryland | 5 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 98 | Rutgers | 7 | 10 | 48 | 4.80 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Air Force | 11 | 17 | 84 | 4.94 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 100 | Colorado | 5 | 7 | 35 | 5.00 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 100 | Colorado State | 8 | 8 | 40 | 5.00 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 102 | Wake Forest | 10 | 14 | 73 | 5.21 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 103 | Northwestern | 6 | 9 | 47 | 5.22 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 104 | West Virginia | 7 | 15 | 79 | 5.27 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 105 | South Florida | 4 | 8 | 43 | 5.38 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 106 | New Mexico | 10 | 16 | 87 | 5.44 | 1 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 107 | Kent State | 7 | 16 | 88 | 5.50 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 107 | South Carolina | 9 | 16 | 88 | 5.50 | 0 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 | Oregon State | 8 | 13 | 75 | 5.77 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 110 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 14 | 83 | 5.93 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 111 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 9 | 54 | 6.00 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 111 | Ball State | 6 | 10 | 60 | 6.00 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 113 | UAB | 9 | 18 | 109 | 6.06 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 114 | Houston | 6 | 11 | 67 | 6.09 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 115 | Tulane | 5 | 8 | 52 | 6.50 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 116 | Massachusetts | 7 | 13 | 88 | 6.77 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 117 | East Carolina | 4 | 5 | 35 | 7.00 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 117 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 5 | 35 | 7.00 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 119 | Texas | 8 | 13 | 92 | 7.08 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 120 | Tennessee | 8 | 15 | 107 | 7.13 | 1 | 64 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 121 | Florida State | 9 | 12 | 86 | 7.17 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 121 | Oklahoma | 9 | 12 | 86 | 7.17 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 123 | UCF | 8 | 10 | 72 | 7.20 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 123 | UTEP | 7 | 10 | 72 | 7.20 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 125 | Memphis | 8 | 14 | 101 | 7.21 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 126 | UNLV | 5 | 7 | 59 | 8.43 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 127 | Boston College | 8 | 13 | 110 | 8.46 | 1 | 65 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 128 | Marshall | 7 | 9 | 81 | 9.00 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 129 | Old Dominion | 10 | 17 | 158 | 9.29 | 3 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 130 | SMU | 6 | 9 | 86 | 9.56 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||