2018 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 4-6 Yards To Go through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 11 | -31 | -2.82 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Washington State | 11 | 13 | -35 | -2.69 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Stanford | 8 | 13 | -25 | -1.92 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 7 | 8 | -7 | -0.88 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | UAB | 7 | 10 | -8 | -0.80 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | North Texas | 9 | 15 | -11 | -0.73 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | BYU | 8 | 13 | -8 | -0.62 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Iowa State | 9 | 13 | -7 | -0.54 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Penn State | 7 | 15 | -8 | -0.53 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Texas Tech | 3 | 5 | -2 | -0.40 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Alabama | 10 | 16 | -6 | -0.38 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 7 | 14 | -1 | -0.07 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Marshall | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0.21 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Akron | 10 | 21 | 5 | 0.24 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | West Virginia | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0.30 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Troy | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0.31 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Notre Dame | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0.36 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Nevada | 11 | 16 | 8 | 0.50 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Georgia | 8 | 18 | 15 | 0.83 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | USC | 8 | 15 | 15 | 1.00 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Charlotte | 6 | 15 | 17 | 1.13 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Florida State | 8 | 11 | 13 | 1.18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Clemson | 12 | 30 | 36 | 1.20 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Army | 8 | 14 | 17 | 1.21 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Middle Tennessee State | 9 | 22 | 28 | 1.27 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Miami (FL) | 9 | 17 | 23 | 1.35 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Wyoming | 7 | 11 | 15 | 1.36 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Tulane | 12 | 22 | 30 | 1.36 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Southern Miss | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Louisiana | 10 | 16 | 23 | 1.44 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Ohio State | 8 | 9 | 14 | 1.56 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Texas State | 10 | 22 | 39 | 1.77 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 14 | 25 | 1.79 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 34 | Colorado State | 7 | 14 | 26 | 1.86 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Maryland | 10 | 15 | 28 | 1.87 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Buffalo | 11 | 28 | 53 | 1.89 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 37 | Utah | 7 | 10 | 19 | 1.90 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | California | 7 | 11 | 21 | 1.91 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 23 | 44 | 1.91 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Cincinnati | 7 | 13 | 25 | 1.92 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Air Force | 7 | 15 | 30 | 2.00 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Missouri | 11 | 15 | 30 | 2.00 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Michigan State | 9 | 15 | 30 | 2.00 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 15 | 31 | 2.07 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 45 | Mississippi State | 6 | 12 | 26 | 2.17 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | Georgia State | 6 | 12 | 27 | 2.25 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Liberty | 8 | 15 | 34 | 2.27 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | UTSA | 10 | 21 | 48 | 2.29 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | UNLV | 7 | 12 | 28 | 2.33 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Ohio | 9 | 10 | 24 | 2.40 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | SMU | 10 | 23 | 56 | 2.43 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 52 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 20 | 49 | 2.45 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | Navy | 8 | 19 | 49 | 2.58 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 54 | San Diego State | 6 | 8 | 21 | 2.63 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | Colorado | 8 | 15 | 40 | 2.67 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 56 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 13 | 35 | 2.69 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Illinois | 5 | 8 | 22 | 2.75 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | Texas A&M | 7 | 13 | 36 | 2.77 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Arkansas | 8 | 10 | 28 | 2.80 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Houston | 10 | 17 | 48 | 2.82 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | UTEP | 6 | 12 | 35 | 2.92 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | Nebraska | 8 | 9 | 27 | 3.00 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Louisville | 8 | 17 | 53 | 3.12 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | LSU | 10 | 16 | 50 | 3.13 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 65 | Central Michigan | 11 | 23 | 73 | 3.17 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 66 | Fresno State | 10 | 20 | 67 | 3.35 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 67 | Syracuse | 5 | 8 | 27 | 3.38 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 68 | Old Dominion | 8 | 12 | 43 | 3.58 | 1 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 | NC State | 8 | 17 | 62 | 3.65 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 70 | Massachusetts | 10 | 16 | 60 | 3.75 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 71 | Utah State | 11 | 23 | 87 | 3.78 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 72 | Indiana | 9 | 14 | 53 | 3.79 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 73 | Iowa | 10 | 15 | 57 | 3.80 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 74 | Rice | 10 | 16 | 61 | 3.81 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 75 | Ball State | 9 | 20 | 77 | 3.85 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | Purdue | 9 | 15 | 59 | 3.93 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 76 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 29 | 114 | 3.93 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 78 | Kansas | 9 | 16 | 63 | 3.94 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 79 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 26 | 105 | 4.04 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 80 | Minnesota | 11 | 20 | 81 | 4.05 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 81 | FIU | 11 | 21 | 86 | 4.10 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 82 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 14 | 58 | 4.14 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 83 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 9 | 38 | 4.22 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Arkansas State | 10 | 14 | 60 | 4.29 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 84 | Boise State | 10 | 17 | 73 | 4.29 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 86 | Duke | 12 | 20 | 86 | 4.30 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 87 | Kansas State | 7 | 10 | 44 | 4.40 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | Boston College | 9 | 19 | 84 | 4.42 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 89 | Florida | 7 | 11 | 49 | 4.45 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 90 | South Carolina | 10 | 17 | 76 | 4.47 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 91 | Auburn | 7 | 18 | 81 | 4.50 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 92 | Kent State | 8 | 16 | 74 | 4.63 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 93 | Hawaii | 8 | 19 | 89 | 4.68 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 94 | Tulsa | 9 | 22 | 106 | 4.82 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| 95 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 26 | 127 | 4.88 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 96 | San Jose State | 9 | 22 | 108 | 4.91 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | Memphis | 8 | 18 | 89 | 4.94 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 98 | Michigan | 6 | 12 | 61 | 5.08 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 99 | USF | 10 | 22 | 112 | 5.09 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| 100 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 9 | 47 | 5.22 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 101 | Washington | 12 | 22 | 117 | 5.32 | 1 | 69 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 102 | Oregon | 7 | 9 | 48 | 5.33 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 103 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 14 | 75 | 5.36 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 104 | Arizona State | 7 | 12 | 65 | 5.42 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 105 | Wisconsin | 8 | 17 | 95 | 5.59 | 2 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 106 | Appalachian State | 12 | 21 | 118 | 5.62 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 107 | Texas | 9 | 13 | 74 | 5.69 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 107 | Toledo | 7 | 13 | 74 | 5.69 | 1 | 76 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 109 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 14 | 82 | 5.86 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 110 | Oklahoma | 6 | 15 | 89 | 5.93 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 111 | New Mexico | 10 | 19 | 113 | 5.95 | 1 | 58 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 112 | Rutgers | 9 | 19 | 114 | 6.00 | 3 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 113 | Northwestern | 6 | 13 | 79 | 6.08 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 114 | Ole Miss | 8 | 13 | 81 | 6.23 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 115 | Temple | 8 | 20 | 125 | 6.25 | 1 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 116 | Baylor | 11 | 16 | 102 | 6.38 | 1 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 116 | New Mexico State | 9 | 21 | 134 | 6.38 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| 118 | South Alabama | 8 | 15 | 96 | 6.40 | 2 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 119 | TCU | 8 | 15 | 97 | 6.47 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 120 | East Carolina | 11 | 20 | 141 | 7.05 | 1 | 74 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 121 | Bowling Green | 5 | 13 | 96 | 7.38 | 3 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 122 | Western Michigan | 8 | 12 | 90 | 7.50 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 123 | Arizona | 8 | 13 | 102 | 7.85 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 124 | UCLA | 6 | 16 | 129 | 8.06 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 125 | Oregon State | 10 | 15 | 121 | 8.07 | 0 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 126 | UCF | 12 | 25 | 218 | 8.72 | 1 | 70 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| 127 | North Carolina | 8 | 16 | 152 | 9.50 | 1 | 61 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 128 | Wake Forest | 10 | 21 | 220 | 10.48 | 3 | 52 | 12 | 11 | 3 |
| 129 | Virginia | 6 | 11 | 131 | 11.91 | 0 | 70 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 130 | Connecticut | 8 | 14 | 185 | 13.21 | 1 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||