2017 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games on the Road/Neutral Site Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan State | 6 | 156 | 613 | 3.93 | 7 | 26.00 | 102.17 | 
| 2 | Penn State | 6 | 167 | 652 | 3.90 | 7 | 27.83 | 108.67 | 
| 3 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 176 | 786 | 4.47 | 12 | 35.20 | 157.20 | 
| 4 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 179 | 969 | 5.41 | 8 | 35.80 | 193.80 | 
| 5 | Minnesota | 5 | 180 | 985 | 5.47 | 10 | 36.00 | 197.00 | 
| 6 | Kansas State | 6 | 187 | 571 | 3.05 | 8 | 31.17 | 95.17 | 
| 6 | East Carolina | 5 | 187 | 1114 | 5.96 | 18 | 37.40 | 222.80 | 
| 8 | New Mexico | 6 | 191 | 912 | 4.77 | 12 | 31.83 | 152.00 | 
| 9 | UTSA | 6 | 195 | 664 | 3.41 | 6 | 32.50 | 110.67 | 
| 9 | Arizona State | 6 | 195 | 936 | 4.80 | 17 | 32.50 | 156.00 | 
| 11 | Syracuse | 5 | 196 | 1161 | 5.92 | 14 | 39.20 | 232.20 | 
| 12 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 199 | 952 | 4.78 | 8 | 39.80 | 190.40 | 
| 12 | Nebraska | 5 | 199 | 1165 | 5.85 | 15 | 39.80 | 233.00 | 
| 14 | Utah | 6 | 201 | 936 | 4.66 | 8 | 33.50 | 156.00 | 
| 15 | Rutgers | 5 | 206 | 974 | 4.73 | 12 | 41.20 | 194.80 | 
| 16 | South Alabama | 6 | 207 | 804 | 3.88 | 9 | 34.50 | 134.00 | 
| 17 | Michigan | 7 | 209 | 768 | 3.67 | 8 | 29.86 | 109.71 | 
| 17 | Kansas | 5 | 209 | 773 | 3.70 | 14 | 41.80 | 154.60 | 
| 17 | Florida | 5 | 209 | 1074 | 5.14 | 12 | 41.80 | 214.80 | 
| 20 | Connecticut | 6 | 211 | 1145 | 5.43 | 16 | 35.17 | 190.83 | 
| 20 | Memphis | 5 | 211 | 1133 | 5.37 | 14 | 42.20 | 226.60 | 
| 22 | Air Force | 6 | 212 | 1437 | 6.78 | 16 | 35.33 | 239.50 | 
| 23 | Northwestern | 6 | 213 | 704 | 3.31 | 9 | 35.50 | 117.33 | 
| 24 | Hawaii | 6 | 215 | 1134 | 5.27 | 13 | 35.83 | 189.00 | 
| 25 | Wisconsin | 7 | 216 | 870 | 4.03 | 4 | 30.86 | 124.29 | 
| 26 | Indiana | 6 | 219 | 662 | 3.02 | 8 | 36.50 | 110.33 | 
| 26 | Ball State | 6 | 219 | 873 | 3.99 | 14 | 36.50 | 145.50 | 
| 28 | Arkansas | 6 | 220 | 1228 | 5.58 | 14 | 36.67 | 204.67 | 
| 29 | Miami (FL) | 5 | 221 | 791 | 3.58 | 6 | 44.20 | 158.20 | 
| 30 | Georgia State | 7 | 223 | 766 | 3.43 | 6 | 31.86 | 109.43 | 
| 31 | Iowa | 6 | 225 | 844 | 3.75 | 6 | 37.50 | 140.67 | 
| 31 | Tulane | 6 | 225 | 1132 | 5.03 | 13 | 37.50 | 188.67 | 
| 33 | Ohio State | 7 | 226 | 638 | 2.82 | 5 | 32.29 | 91.14 | 
| 33 | Boise State | 7 | 226 | 671 | 2.97 | 10 | 32.29 | 95.86 | 
| 33 | Texas State | 6 | 226 | 731 | 3.23 | 10 | 37.67 | 121.83 | 
| 33 | Notre Dame | 6 | 226 | 981 | 4.34 | 4 | 37.67 | 163.50 | 
| 33 | Kentucky | 6 | 226 | 1165 | 5.15 | 13 | 37.67 | 194.17 | 
| 38 | Washington | 6 | 227 | 799 | 3.52 | 9 | 37.83 | 133.17 | 
| 38 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 227 | 1082 | 4.77 | 15 | 37.83 | 180.33 | 
| 40 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 229 | 655 | 2.86 | 11 | 32.71 | 93.57 | 
| 40 | Troy | 7 | 229 | 672 | 2.93 | 2 | 32.71 | 96.00 | 
| 42 | Marshall | 7 | 231 | 762 | 3.30 | 9 | 33.00 | 108.86 | 
| 42 | Baylor | 6 | 231 | 1076 | 4.66 | 14 | 38.50 | 179.33 | 
| 44 | LSU | 7 | 232 | 933 | 4.02 | 8 | 33.14 | 133.29 | 
| 44 | Navy | 7 | 232 | 978 | 4.22 | 7 | 33.14 | 139.71 | 
| 44 | Mississippi State | 6 | 232 | 979 | 4.22 | 11 | 38.67 | 163.17 | 
| 44 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 232 | 1040 | 4.48 | 11 | 38.67 | 173.33 | 
| 44 | Idaho | 6 | 232 | 1081 | 4.66 | 12 | 38.67 | 180.17 | 
| 49 | Army | 7 | 233 | 1470 | 6.31 | 15 | 33.29 | 210.00 | 
| 50 | Missouri | 6 | 234 | 976 | 4.17 | 13 | 39.00 | 162.67 | 
| 51 | North Carolina | 5 | 235 | 1245 | 5.30 | 13 | 47.00 | 249.00 | 
| 52 | Clemson | 7 | 236 | 847 | 3.59 | 2 | 33.71 | 121.00 | 
| 53 | Texas | 7 | 237 | 640 | 2.70 | 6 | 33.86 | 91.43 | 
| 53 | USF | 6 | 237 | 852 | 3.59 | 9 | 39.50 | 142.00 | 
| 55 | Ohio | 7 | 238 | 960 | 4.03 | 7 | 34.00 | 137.14 | 
| 55 | UCF | 6 | 238 | 895 | 3.76 | 7 | 39.67 | 149.17 | 
| 55 | Miami (OH) | 6 | 238 | 1118 | 4.70 | 9 | 39.67 | 186.33 | 
| 58 | Nevada | 6 | 239 | 1056 | 4.42 | 12 | 39.83 | 176.00 | 
| 59 | Duke | 6 | 240 | 869 | 3.62 | 6 | 40.00 | 144.83 | 
| 59 | Washington State | 6 | 240 | 1165 | 4.85 | 16 | 40.00 | 194.17 | 
| 61 | Iowa State | 7 | 241 | 860 | 3.57 | 5 | 34.43 | 122.86 | 
| 61 | Appalachian State | 7 | 241 | 991 | 4.11 | 10 | 34.43 | 141.57 | 
| 61 | Western Michigan | 6 | 241 | 1170 | 4.85 | 17 | 40.17 | 195.00 | 
| 64 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 242 | 1027 | 4.24 | 5 | 34.57 | 146.71 | 
| 64 | Colorado State | 7 | 242 | 1308 | 5.40 | 10 | 34.57 | 186.86 | 
| 66 | NC State | 7 | 245 | 988 | 4.03 | 8 | 35.00 | 141.14 | 
| 66 | Rice | 7 | 245 | 1240 | 5.06 | 17 | 35.00 | 177.14 | 
| 66 | Oregon State | 6 | 245 | 1496 | 6.11 | 19 | 40.83 | 249.33 | 
| 69 | South Carolina | 6 | 246 | 940 | 3.82 | 7 | 41.00 | 156.67 | 
| 70 | Oregon | 6 | 249 | 1008 | 4.05 | 12 | 41.50 | 168.00 | 
| 70 | Ole Miss | 5 | 249 | 1367 | 5.49 | 14 | 49.80 | 273.40 | 
| 72 | Texas Tech | 7 | 250 | 1074 | 4.30 | 8 | 35.71 | 153.43 | 
| 72 | USC | 7 | 250 | 1115 | 4.46 | 13 | 35.71 | 159.29 | 
| 72 | Maryland | 6 | 250 | 1184 | 4.74 | 14 | 41.67 | 197.33 | 
| 72 | Virginia | 6 | 250 | 1315 | 5.26 | 17 | 41.67 | 219.17 | 
| 76 | Wyoming | 6 | 252 | 802 | 3.18 | 7 | 42.00 | 133.67 | 
| 77 | San Diego State | 6 | 253 | 883 | 3.49 | 10 | 42.17 | 147.17 | 
| 78 | Texas A&M | 6 | 254 | 1223 | 4.81 | 11 | 42.33 | 203.83 | 
| 79 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 255 | 1178 | 4.62 | 12 | 42.50 | 196.33 | 
| 79 | Colorado | 6 | 255 | 1348 | 5.29 | 13 | 42.50 | 224.67 | 
| 81 | Tulsa | 6 | 257 | 1604 | 6.24 | 18 | 42.83 | 267.33 | 
| 81 | Tennessee | 5 | 257 | 1697 | 6.60 | 16 | 51.40 | 339.40 | 
| 83 | Louisville | 7 | 258 | 1045 | 4.05 | 12 | 36.86 | 149.29 | 
| 83 | Charlotte | 6 | 258 | 1296 | 5.02 | 15 | 43.00 | 216.00 | 
| 85 | Alabama | 7 | 259 | 688 | 2.66 | 7 | 37.00 | 98.29 | 
| 85 | Auburn | 7 | 259 | 1098 | 4.24 | 7 | 37.00 | 156.86 | 
| 85 | Old Dominion | 6 | 259 | 1180 | 4.56 | 11 | 43.17 | 196.67 | 
| 88 | FIU | 7 | 261 | 1118 | 4.28 | 15 | 37.29 | 159.71 | 
| 89 | Southern Miss | 7 | 262 | 1118 | 4.27 | 13 | 37.43 | 159.71 | 
| 89 | Buffalo | 6 | 262 | 1057 | 4.03 | 8 | 43.67 | 176.17 | 
| 89 | Cincinnati | 6 | 262 | 1290 | 4.92 | 10 | 43.67 | 215.00 | 
| 89 | Illinois | 5 | 262 | 1393 | 5.32 | 10 | 52.40 | 278.60 | 
| 93 | Boston College | 7 | 263 | 1303 | 4.95 | 13 | 37.57 | 186.14 | 
| 94 | Purdue | 7 | 266 | 945 | 3.55 | 5 | 38.00 | 135.00 | 
| 95 | California | 6 | 267 | 1171 | 4.39 | 14 | 44.50 | 195.17 | 
| 96 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 268 | 961 | 3.59 | 10 | 38.29 | 137.29 | 
| 97 | Oklahoma | 8 | 269 | 1279 | 4.75 | 14 | 33.63 | 159.88 | 
| 97 | Massachusetts | 7 | 269 | 1398 | 5.20 | 16 | 38.43 | 199.71 | 
| 99 | Florida State | 7 | 270 | 1075 | 3.98 | 13 | 38.57 | 153.57 | 
| 99 | Houston | 6 | 270 | 1016 | 3.76 | 11 | 45.00 | 169.33 | 
| 101 | UNLV | 6 | 273 | 1453 | 5.32 | 14 | 45.50 | 242.17 | 
| 102 | Fresno State | 8 | 274 | 1046 | 3.82 | 8 | 34.25 | 130.75 | 
| 103 | BYU | 7 | 278 | 1115 | 4.01 | 11 | 39.71 | 159.29 | 
| 104 | UAB | 7 | 281 | 1393 | 4.96 | 14 | 40.14 | 199.00 | 
| 105 | UTEP | 7 | 282 | 1558 | 5.52 | 17 | 40.29 | 222.57 | 
| 106 | TCU | 8 | 283 | 1102 | 3.89 | 6 | 35.38 | 137.75 | 
| 107 | Kent State | 7 | 285 | 1578 | 5.54 | 19 | 40.71 | 225.43 | 
| 108 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 286 | 1156 | 4.04 | 14 | 40.86 | 165.14 | 
| 109 | Arkansas State | 7 | 287 | 1157 | 4.03 | 15 | 41.00 | 165.29 | 
| 109 | SMU | 6 | 287 | 1801 | 6.28 | 20 | 47.83 | 300.17 | 
| 111 | Toledo | 8 | 292 | 1544 | 5.29 | 17 | 36.50 | 193.00 | 
| 111 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 292 | 1743 | 5.97 | 21 | 41.71 | 249.00 | 
| 113 | Middle Tennessee State | 7 | 294 | 1114 | 3.79 | 13 | 42.00 | 159.14 | 
| 114 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 295 | 1207 | 4.09 | 14 | 42.14 | 172.43 | 
| 115 | Wake Forest | 7 | 299 | 1554 | 5.20 | 15 | 42.71 | 222.00 | 
| 116 | Bowling Green | 7 | 301 | 1585 | 5.27 | 15 | 43.00 | 226.43 | 
| 117 | West Virginia | 7 | 303 | 1581 | 5.22 | 19 | 43.29 | 225.86 | 
| 118 | Stanford | 8 | 307 | 1317 | 4.29 | 10 | 38.38 | 164.63 | 
| 119 | Temple | 7 | 308 | 1602 | 5.20 | 14 | 44.00 | 228.86 | 
| 120 | Arizona | 7 | 310 | 1559 | 5.03 | 21 | 44.29 | 222.71 | 
| 121 | Louisiana | 7 | 312 | 1662 | 5.33 | 23 | 44.57 | 237.43 | 
| 122 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 313 | 1929 | 6.16 | 18 | 39.13 | 241.13 | 
| 123 | San Jose State | 7 | 329 | 1928 | 5.86 | 22 | 47.00 | 275.43 | 
| 124 | North Texas | 8 | 333 | 1662 | 4.99 | 23 | 41.63 | 207.75 | 
| 125 | Akron | 8 | 335 | 1905 | 5.69 | 15 | 41.88 | 238.13 | 
| 126 | Georgia | 9 | 336 | 1329 | 3.96 | 6 | 37.33 | 147.67 | 
| 127 | UCLA | 7 | 341 | 2126 | 6.23 | 23 | 48.71 | 303.71 | 
| 128 | New Mexico State | 8 | 344 | 1656 | 4.81 | 19 | 43.00 | 207.00 | 
| 129 | Central Michigan | 8 | 354 | 1552 | 4.38 | 16 | 44.25 | 194.00 | 
| 130 | Utah State | 7 | 362 | 1854 | 5.12 | 17 | 51.71 | 264.86 |