2018 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 1st Down through 01/07/2019

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Michigan State 13 192 556 2.90 3 78 15 17 3
2 Utah 14 227 564 2.48 3 37 16 18 2
3 San Diego State 13 217 569 2.62 6 15 7 7 0
4 Charlotte 12 192 578 3.01 11 52 16 16 4
5 Southern Mississippi 11 164 635 3.87 5 62 15 15 2
6 Texas A&M 13 184 653 3.55 7 46 18 22 5
7 Air Force 12 191 660 3.46 10 70 18 18 3
8 Marshall 13 214 664 3.10 4 37 18 21 3
9 Appalachian State 13 208 716 3.44 2 27 22 23 7
10 Iowa State 13 238 722 3.03 4 39 21 22 3
11 Northern Illinois 14 274 757 2.76 6 23 20 20 3
12 Mississippi State 13 220 773 3.51 4 36 29 27 6
13 Clemson 15 249 781 3.14 3 53 22 23 8
13 Michigan 13 217 781 3.60 8 80 20 21 7
15 California 13 230 790 3.43 7 74 14 13 5
16 UAB 14 240 791 3.30 5 48 29 30 9
16 North Carolina State 13 190 791 4.16 6 93 22 22 9
18 Nevada 13 240 797 3.32 5 88 18 20 5
19 Iowa 13 201 815 4.05 4 33 22 24 2
20 Army 13 178 817 4.59 5 50 23 24 7
21 North Texas 13 217 821 3.78 8 68 23 23 6
21 Wyoming 12 209 821 3.93 7 44 25 26 3
23 Troy 13 243 822 3.38 6 58 24 24 9
24 Alabama 15 242 843 3.48 7 45 19 18 6
24 Cincinnati 13 202 843 4.17 2 37 18 18 7
26 Ohio 13 194 854 4.40 9 75 30 29 4
27 Washington 14 230 861 3.74 6 28 24 24 3
28 USC 12 214 879 4.11 7 61 17 18 6
29 Colorado 12 231 883 3.82 5 44 27 28 6
30 Virginia 13 188 884 4.70 8 75 21 22 5
31 Miami (Ohio) 12 238 899 3.78 12 46 29 29 4
32 Utah State 13 258 907 3.52 3 29 23 25 4
32 Texas 14 233 907 3.89 6 67 21 22 6
34 Florida State 12 249 916 3.68 7 74 24 24 4
35 Fresno State 14 228 928 4.07 3 24 27 27 2
36 Notre Dame 13 228 930 4.08 6 58 21 22 5
37 Tennessee 12 225 933 4.15 8 47 24 23 6
38 Auburn 13 243 936 3.85 2 45 34 31 6
38 BYU 13 214 936 4.37 11 37 22 22 6
40 Kansas 12 229 937 4.09 4 47 32 35 5
41 TCU 13 259 945 3.65 8 51 33 33 6
42 LSU 13 216 950 4.40 6 40 28 32 8
43 Arizona 12 239 951 3.98 8 39 26 30 11
44 Missouri 13 222 952 4.29 7 33 29 30 10
44 Georgia Tech 13 211 952 4.51 9 28 30 30 3
46 Northwestern 14 232 957 4.13 8 48 24 25 8
47 Buffalo 14 233 962 4.13 7 31 26 26 5
48 Washington State 13 215 966 4.49 12 64 25 25 10
49 Texas State 12 227 968 4.26 10 64 22 23 3
50 Florida 13 231 971 4.20 6 44 24 23 12
51 Kansas State 12 193 974 5.05 6 37 31 32 9
52 East Carolina 12 220 983 4.47 7 86 31 31 8
53 Boston College 12 241 986 4.09 6 55 32 32 7
54 Stanford 13 225 992 4.41 7 48 27 27 8
55 West Virginia 12 224 993 4.43 9 30 34 40 7
56 Oklahoma 14 245 1003 4.09 11 42 22 24 7
57 Oregon 13 250 1004 4.02 8 64 26 27 9
58 Arkansas 12 243 1011 4.16 11 32 33 34 6
59 Georgia Southern 13 226 1029 4.55 10 61 34 36 6
60 Texas Tech 12 236 1031 4.37 10 65 26 27 8
61 Georgia 14 221 1033 4.67 10 59 25 25 5
62 Tulane 13 240 1036 4.32 7 81 32 32 6
62 Boise State 13 217 1036 4.77 8 75 27 27 8
64 Memphis 14 275 1050 3.82 14 59 32 31 6
65 UTSA 12 245 1058 4.32 9 35 35 38 5
66 Ohio State 14 245 1061 4.33 12 80 36 36 8
67 Indiana 12 236 1068 4.53 10 75 24 27 5
68 Miami (Florida) 13 238 1071 4.50 7 75 38 38 10
69 Kentucky 13 211 1080 5.12 4 75 31 33 12
70 Minnesota 13 204 1092 5.35 10 81 29 32 11
71 UNLV 12 240 1113 4.64 11 45 35 37 12
72 Syracuse 13 244 1148 4.70 7 75 35 35 12
73 Middle Tennessee 14 245 1150 4.69 7 62 32 33 11
74 Wake Forest 13 242 1151 4.76 17 70 29 30 11
75 Louisiana Tech 13 231 1152 4.99 9 62 42 42 11
76 Duke 13 262 1155 4.41 9 84 33 33 8
77 Louisiana-Monroe 12 248 1162 4.69 12 82 37 40 12
78 Wisconsin 13 215 1163 5.41 6 81 29 29 10
79 Kent State 12 252 1171 4.65 17 69 24 25 10
80 Tulsa 12 266 1173 4.41 8 61 25 29 9
81 Temple 13 290 1177 4.06 8 53 37 40 8
82 North Carolina 11 242 1188 4.91 14 56 36 36 13
83 Arizona State 13 257 1193 4.64 5 41 35 37 8
83 Central Michigan 12 257 1193 4.64 14 70 28 29 12
85 Purdue 13 251 1195 4.76 6 80 33 33 6
86 San Jose State 12 263 1203 4.57 11 58 30 34 10
87 Arkansas State 13 253 1207 4.77 8 72 35 38 12
88 Western Kentucky 12 228 1210 5.31 11 77 32 33 10
89 Maryland 12 245 1211 4.94 12 80 28 27 9
90 Florida Atlantic 12 240 1212 5.05 11 92 37 38 9
91 Penn State 13 264 1214 4.60 8 63 38 38 11
92 SMU 12 255 1238 4.85 3 50 39 40 10
93 Western Michigan 13 262 1260 4.81 19 74 42 44 13
94 Eastern Michigan 13 257 1266 4.93 5 80 27 27 7
95 Florida International 13 245 1275 5.20 7 37 41 41 12
96 Virginia Tech 13 257 1284 5.00 17 97 40 42 12
97 Akron 12 255 1298 5.09 10 44 44 47 12
98 Toledo 13 236 1308 5.54 16 66 36 38 14
99 Pittsburgh 14 252 1312 5.21 12 75 41 41 15
100 Baylor 13 216 1336 6.19 15 79 34 32 13
101 New Mexico 12 271 1337 4.93 13 90 33 34 6
102 UTEP 12 244 1343 5.50 13 81 41 43 11
103 Nebraska 12 240 1350 5.63 15 88 29 31 14
104 Ball State 12 271 1356 5.00 16 47 34 35 8
105 Oklahoma State 13 265 1378 5.20 13 83 35 35 13
106 Old Dominion 12 251 1379 5.49 18 87 32 32 11
107 UCLA 12 261 1382 5.30 13 72 32 36 6
108 Rice 13 236 1386 5.87 21 51 45 44 14
109 Navy 13 243 1400 5.76 10 75 46 47 12
110 Illinois 12 252 1405 5.58 14 66 47 50 10
111 Georgia State 12 221 1416 6.41 11 92 26 26 17
112 UCF 13 304 1424 4.68 11 62 48 51 12
113 Liberty 12 248 1435 5.79 12 59 41 42 15
114 Vanderbilt 13 261 1437 5.51 9 75 47 47 13
115 South Alabama 12 241 1451 6.02 15 61 43 45 14
116 South Carolina 13 290 1476 5.09 14 41 42 43 10
117 Louisiana-Lafayette 14 300 1487 4.96 17 59 41 42 8
118 Rutgers 12 246 1499 6.09 11 73 41 41 21
119 Colorado State 12 255 1539 6.04 13 68 40 42 13
120 Hawai'i 14 275 1566 5.69 17 76 38 39 18
121 Mississippi 12 268 1599 5.97 13 69 53 55 13
122 South Florida 13 313 1657 5.29 16 73 53 55 18
123 Houston 13 313 1668 5.33 21 60 52 56 11
123 Bowling Green 12 284 1668 5.87 17 68 47 49 9
125 New Mexico State 12 310 1676 5.41 17 74 48 48 14
126 Louisville 12 267 1681 6.30 10 74 41 41 13
127 Oregon State 12 258 1720 6.67 14 75 46 47 18
128 Massachusetts 12 285 1730 6.07 22 76 58 60 19
129 Coastal Carolina 12 234 1767 7.55 16 75 53 53 24
130 Connecticut 12 275 2073 7.54 22 79 65 67 29
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards