2024 National Leaders Rushing Defense - In All Plays through 11/20/2024

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Indiana 10 293 722 2.46 8 75 54 23 6
2 Army 9 229 743 3.24 3 21 58 23 1
3 Mississippi 10 358 799 2.23 5 42 60 34 4
4 Ohio State 10 325 907 2.79 6 38 55 25 7
5 Penn State 10 306 986 3.22 4 75 65 36 8
6 SMU 10 335 990 2.96 10 53 53 24 6
7 Tennessee 10 353 1006 2.85 8 50 65 39 7
7 UCLA 10 303 1006 3.32 17 30 62 30 2
9 Kansas State 10 325 1018 3.13 10 41 59 32 12
10 Michigan 10 305 1024 3.36 10 65 67 26 8
11 UTSA 10 323 1036 3.21 16 79 53 33 12
12 Auburn 10 353 1045 2.96 12 48 66 36 9
13 Pittsburgh 10 369 1046 2.83 13 71 66 36 10
14 Boise State 10 319 1048 3.29 12 71 68 42 12
15 California 10 326 1052 3.23 14 72 54 34 5
16 Georgia Tech 10 297 1081 3.64 8 71 68 33 10
17 Oklahoma 10 377 1090 2.89 8 43 63 29 6
18 Nebraska 10 313 1105 3.53 6 57 60 37 8
19 South Carolina 10 360 1109 3.08 14 56 71 36 8
20 UNLV 10 324 1115 3.44 14 71 63 41 9
21 Ohio 11 346 1122 3.24 11 58 65 41 11
22 Texas 10 344 1123 3.26 9 53 64 29 1
23 Miami (Florida) 10 286 1128 3.94 11 71 57 40 15
24 Georgia 10 337 1145 3.40 9 38 64 33 9
25 Northwestern 10 319 1146 3.59 13 41 64 30 7
26 Louisiana Tech 10 357 1150 3.22 14 40 66 39 6
27 Maryland 10 320 1154 3.61 13 51 71 39 6
28 UCF 10 326 1159 3.56 11 57 65 32 10
29 Iowa 10 304 1168 3.84 2 31 70 40 4
30 Memphis 11 313 1190 3.80 17 90 57 31 11
31 James Madison 10 334 1198 3.59 10 51 67 44 11
31 Minnesota 10 320 1198 3.74 11 42 64 41 11
33 Vanderbilt 10 312 1220 3.91 11 64 72 36 11
34 Arizona State 10 318 1223 3.85 16 55 72 43 13
35 Northern Illinois 11 354 1229 3.47 8 66 74 43 9
36 Arkansas 10 346 1230 3.55 10 53 61 25 10
37 Sam Houston State 10 339 1241 3.66 11 26 73 35 3
38 Texas A&M 10 320 1244 3.89 9 52 68 41 15
39 Tulane 11 307 1246 4.06 11 75 59 42 13
40 Clemson 10 297 1248 4.20 10 47 70 48 16
41 Utah 10 321 1257 3.92 9 54 62 43 11
42 Notre Dame 10 359 1262 3.52 7 60 71 34 10
43 South Alabama 10 321 1276 3.98 14 86 65 43 9
44 North Carolina 10 349 1285 3.68 15 68 78 37 11
45 Michigan State 10 337 1297 3.85 15 75 65 35 8
46 Oregon 11 337 1304 3.87 11 70 69 37 11
46 Boston College 10 329 1304 3.96 12 83 73 40 11
48 Missouri 10 340 1310 3.85 10 75 67 41 12
49 West Virginia 10 347 1312 3.78 19 51 80 43 11
50 USC 10 311 1320 4.24 15 63 71 35 9
51 Houston 10 328 1321 4.03 11 77 69 36 8
52 Alabama 10 363 1322 3.64 8 45 74 39 8
53 Kentucky 10 338 1334 3.95 14 50 73 43 9
54 Connecticut 10 350 1372 3.92 12 55 72 40 15
55 Colorado 10 379 1387 3.66 11 62 88 50 15
56 Liberty 9 335 1390 4.15 19 75 72 45 8
57 BYU 10 326 1392 4.27 13 54 72 47 11
58 Texas State 10 383 1395 3.64 15 64 78 58 14
58 Louisville 10 368 1395 3.79 14 59 83 47 13
60 North Carolina State 10 318 1403 4.41 19 67 73 49 17
61 Colorado State 10 342 1419 4.15 13 62 70 35 11
62 Virginia 10 347 1430 4.12 15 76 82 34 8
63 Texas Tech 10 332 1454 4.38 20 68 69 43 13
64 Stanford 10 327 1465 4.48 21 94 75 41 9
65 LSU 10 331 1470 4.44 22 75 76 45 15
66 Illinois 10 334 1473 4.41 9 35 88 46 8
67 Rutgers 10 304 1484 4.88 19 73 81 46 12
68 Fresno State 10 365 1490 4.08 11 53 91 42 11
68 Tulsa 10 352 1490 4.23 19 75 77 46 16
70 Duke 10 390 1493 3.83 10 66 83 56 10
71 Miami (Ohio) 11 391 1496 3.83 15 65 84 45 10
72 Kansas 10 349 1507 4.32 8 54 96 57 8
73 Louisiana-Lafayette 10 330 1530 4.64 17 60 89 49 11
74 San Jose State 10 414 1531 3.70 18 36 99 43 11
75 East Carolina 10 419 1540 3.68 16 66 79 41 14
76 Cincinnati 10 342 1547 4.52 10 39 70 44 16
77 Toledo 11 425 1551 3.65 13 45 86 50 13
78 South Florida 10 387 1552 4.01 19 91 83 56 13
79 Baylor 10 407 1559 3.83 13 51 84 49 15
80 Wake Forest 10 356 1560 4.38 16 60 101 59 14
81 Syracuse 10 310 1566 5.05 14 75 76 52 15
82 Virginia Tech 10 398 1585 3.98 13 69 85 44 11
83 Bowling Green 10 360 1609 4.47 11 44 82 51 16
84 Wisconsin 10 353 1617 4.58 15 35 88 50 10
85 Troy 10 343 1618 4.72 20 69 80 49 19
86 Navy 10 374 1627 4.35 16 64 87 48 9
86 Air Force 10 343 1627 4.74 21 57 74 51 12
88 Rice 10 407 1628 4.00 14 68 91 53 14
89 Florida 10 406 1634 4.02 16 45 100 48 12
90 Buffalo 11 396 1638 4.14 17 54 87 45 13
91 Arizona 10 352 1660 4.72 16 55 92 54 13
92 Old Dominion 10 404 1663 4.12 15 68 93 49 12
93 Washington 11 391 1675 4.28 14 78 103 46 13
94 Hawai'i 11 377 1683 4.46 16 86 85 50 13
95 Kennesaw State 10 377 1705 4.52 21 58 98 54 17
96 UTEP 10 406 1710 4.21 20 73 77 54 18
97 TCU 10 401 1721 4.29 19 71 105 60 12
98 Eastern Michigan 11 386 1724 4.47 17 66 88 60 14
99 Ball State 10 322 1731 5.38 21 76 82 48 23
100 Marshall 10 400 1741 4.35 15 86 91 55 14
101 Washington State 10 318 1780 5.60 18 72 81 51 20
102 Appalachian State 9 333 1816 5.45 21 83 93 55 19
103 Georgia Southern 10 352 1818 5.16 20 77 87 60 17
104 Oregon State 10 343 1826 5.32 22 67 90 53 18
105 Nevada 11 387 1838 4.75 26 80 98 54 16
106 Jacksonville State 10 428 1845 4.31 17 59 93 51 11
106 Iowa State 10 356 1845 5.18 13 80 87 61 12
108 Western Kentucky 10 411 1851 4.50 14 85 105 58 13
109 Coastal Carolina 10 409 1870 4.57 16 75 105 59 15
110 Central Michigan 11 403 1874 4.65 17 75 89 60 25
111 San Diego State 10 407 1889 4.64 19 68 103 53 15
112 Massachusetts 10 376 1914 5.09 27 72 101 55 18
113 Florida State 10 410 1924 4.69 19 65 101 66 19
114 Louisiana-Monroe 10 411 1991 4.84 23 47 121 67 12
115 Florida International 10 425 2003 4.71 24 72 110 49 10
116 Wyoming 10 357 2012 5.64 18 85 92 65 20
117 North Texas 10 414 2014 4.86 21 83 104 57 17
118 Akron 11 434 2025 4.67 23 71 93 55 17
119 Western Michigan 11 426 2033 4.77 24 68 106 60 14
119 Purdue 10 390 2033 5.21 29 70 107 71 19
121 Arkansas State 10 369 2044 5.54 26 81 103 72 16
122 New Mexico State 10 401 2052 5.12 26 72 98 57 17
123 Middle Tennessee 10 390 2075 5.32 23 65 111 74 20
124 Florida Atlantic 10 398 2092 5.26 18 64 104 66 23
124 Georgia State 10 393 2092 5.32 24 88 102 67 16
126 Charlotte 10 398 2117 5.32 26 54 115 73 18
127 Mississippi State 10 416 2145 5.16 19 75 107 65 14
128 Temple 10 413 2151 5.21 24 65 101 55 18
129 UAB 10 445 2300 5.17 28 51 127 73 14
130 Utah State 10 411 2302 5.60 25 75 98 62 21
131 Southern Mississippi 10 403 2339 5.80 25 73 109 77 28
132 Oklahoma State 10 409 2408 5.89 24 66 122 81 26
133 New Mexico 11 445 2453 5.51 27 93 122 66 23
134 Kent State 11 487 2926 6.01 33 92 144 90 29
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards