2024 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 1st Down through 12/20/2024

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Mississippi 12 191 495 2.59 2 30 14 15 2
2 Michigan 12 184 547 2.97 5 55 14 14 3
3 Nebraska 12 187 572 3.06 3 21 14 16 2
4 Miami (Florida) 12 169 584 3.46 4 71 19 20 7
5 UTSA 12 196 604 3.08 8 79 17 17 6
6 UCF 12 198 609 3.08 7 35 20 19 5
7 UCLA 12 176 616 3.50 11 24 15 16 2
8 Oklahoma 12 204 620 3.04 6 50 15 15 5
9 Ohio State 12 188 621 3.30 5 28 15 14 3
10 Kansas State 12 191 635 3.32 5 41 20 22 9
11 Tennessee 12 208 640 3.08 5 50 24 24 5
12 SMU 13 221 656 2.97 2 25 18 17 3
13 South Carolina 12 198 657 3.32 3 27 19 20 3
14 California 13 218 670 3.07 10 28 15 17 3
14 Texas A&M 12 193 670 3.47 0 29 23 24 4
16 James Madison 13 215 685 3.19 7 31 26 26 4
17 Texas 13 212 700 3.30 5 53 14 15 2
18 Indiana 13 170 701 4.12 5 98 17 18 7
19 Louisville 12 201 702 3.49 6 30 21 22 4
20 Minnesota 12 189 714 3.78 4 40 21 22 5
21 Boise State 13 178 718 4.03 4 86 22 23 8
22 UNLV 14 220 721 3.28 9 48 20 22 5
23 Army 13 155 722 4.66 5 68 20 22 4
24 Ohio 14 208 727 3.50 11 58 23 24 9
25 Auburn 12 216 728 3.37 4 23 21 21 5
26 Penn State 13 198 729 3.68 3 75 24 24 6
27 Toledo 12 216 734 3.40 6 29 19 21 6
28 Arkansas 12 202 739 3.66 6 38 13 14 4
29 Liberty 11 198 744 3.76 11 75 21 20 5
30 Louisiana Tech 12 212 746 3.52 6 40 23 25 3
31 Memphis 13 172 751 4.37 8 90 15 15 4
32 Baylor 12 208 757 3.64 3 51 18 20 3
33 Iowa 12 189 759 4.02 3 29 22 23 3
34 Georgia Tech 12 166 778 4.69 6 71 23 24 8
35 Utah 12 192 781 4.07 7 54 22 24 6
35 North Carolina State 12 188 781 4.15 10 75 24 26 9
37 Georgia 13 213 783 3.68 7 68 15 16 6
38 Connecticut 12 211 791 3.75 7 48 20 21 6
38 Vanderbilt 12 197 791 4.02 7 39 25 26 5
40 Central Michigan 12 214 795 3.71 10 53 27 28 9
41 Pittsburgh 12 222 800 3.60 12 71 22 22 8
41 Northern Illinois 12 196 800 4.08 3 34 26 26 5
43 Bowling Green 12 190 803 4.23 7 41 25 26 7
44 Maryland 12 208 812 3.90 11 68 24 24 4
45 Northwestern 12 191 814 4.26 16 47 19 21 8
46 Arizona State 13 189 821 4.34 7 55 25 26 11
47 Virginia 12 210 822 3.91 8 76 21 20 3
48 Boston College 12 197 828 4.20 12 83 24 25 7
49 Colorado 12 224 846 3.78 5 31 27 25 9
50 Wyoming 12 192 849 4.42 3 46 23 23 7
51 Kansas 12 201 853 4.24 5 50 26 26 5
51 Oregon 13 196 853 4.35 8 70 23 23 9
53 Duke 12 237 864 3.65 7 29 30 30 5
54 BYU 12 190 868 4.57 8 54 25 27 4
55 Navy 12 197 869 4.41 5 64 17 19 2
56 Air Force 12 197 870 4.42 12 31 22 24 4
57 Houston 12 196 873 4.45 6 54 17 16 5
58 Missouri 12 183 878 4.80 8 75 20 22 6
59 Miami (Ohio) 13 208 888 4.27 9 65 22 22 6
60 Stanford 12 183 889 4.86 10 94 19 19 7
61 North Carolina 12 236 890 3.77 10 38 26 26 6
62 Sam Houston State 13 217 891 4.11 6 33 27 28 2
62 LSU 12 189 891 4.71 13 75 29 30 8
64 Illinois 12 199 894 4.49 6 35 24 24 7
65 Texas Tech 12 211 896 4.25 17 68 26 27 8
66 Colorado State 12 203 901 4.44 6 43 20 22 10
67 Alabama 12 209 905 4.33 4 40 27 27 6
68 Texas State 12 223 912 4.09 13 49 39 41 10
69 Notre Dame 13 213 917 4.31 2 60 19 21 9
70 Syracuse 12 188 924 4.91 5 53 24 26 9
71 Fresno State 12 202 927 4.59 6 53 21 22 7
72 San Jose State 12 235 930 3.96 11 36 28 28 7
73 South Florida 12 241 932 3.87 13 77 26 26 7
74 Buffalo 12 199 938 4.71 8 46 24 26 8
75 TCU 12 216 940 4.35 12 40 34 35 5
76 Michigan State 12 209 953 4.56 7 75 26 28 9
77 Rice 12 223 958 4.30 5 68 28 28 8
78 Virginia Tech 12 218 961 4.41 8 69 25 25 7
79 Rutgers 12 184 962 5.23 8 55 28 28 6
80 Wake Forest 12 205 964 4.70 4 60 32 34 8
81 West Virginia 13 222 968 4.36 14 46 31 31 11
82 UTEP 12 241 973 4.04 10 42 26 27 6
83 Wisconsin 12 209 980 4.69 6 35 24 25 7
84 Kentucky 12 215 985 4.58 10 58 26 26 6
85 Kennesaw State 12 204 992 4.86 12 46 28 28 9
86 Old Dominion 12 222 995 4.48 7 68 26 27 11
87 East Carolina 12 244 996 4.08 7 65 21 23 13
88 USC 12 192 1007 5.24 7 53 29 29 9
89 Clemson 13 205 1008 4.92 9 47 32 33 11
90 Troy 12 209 1013 4.85 10 69 25 29 11
91 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 214 1027 4.80 4 33 31 32 7
92 Florida 13 231 1035 4.48 7 45 25 26 7
93 Florida International 12 223 1043 4.68 8 59 23 22 5
94 Washington State 12 191 1052 5.51 9 59 30 32 6
95 Ball State 12 212 1057 4.99 11 71 28 30 15
96 Coastal Carolina 12 231 1060 4.59 7 56 33 35 9
97 Akron 12 234 1075 4.59 12 71 27 28 7
98 Arizona 12 209 1076 5.15 7 55 30 32 11
99 South Alabama 13 224 1079 4.82 10 86 36 38 9
100 Cincinnati 12 202 1081 5.35 7 39 28 30 10
101 Tulane 14 225 1084 4.82 9 75 32 32 12
101 Appalachian State 11 202 1084 5.37 10 37 39 39 10
103 Oregon State 12 216 1095 5.07 9 67 31 32 11
104 Tulsa 12 232 1096 4.72 14 93 28 31 10
105 Florida Atlantic 12 214 1110 5.19 9 64 30 30 13
106 Hawai'i 12 203 1128 5.56 12 86 31 35 10
107 Washington 12 197 1141 5.79 10 78 30 30 10
108 Charlotte 12 233 1150 4.94 14 58 35 36 7
109 Purdue 12 243 1168 4.81 14 70 45 45 10
110 Western Michigan 13 233 1169 5.02 13 49 31 35 5
111 Iowa State 13 222 1170 5.27 7 80 34 37 11
112 Georgia State 12 232 1174 5.06 8 88 36 36 7
113 Marshall 13 247 1211 4.90 12 86 32 34 9
114 Louisiana-Monroe 12 231 1213 5.25 11 45 35 38 9
114 Arkansas State 12 229 1213 5.30 17 92 37 40 13
116 Massachusetts 12 234 1236 5.28 15 66 37 37 10
117 Georgia Southern 13 234 1248 5.33 9 77 34 35 9
117 Eastern Michigan 12 216 1248 5.78 9 66 42 43 14
119 Jacksonville State 14 282 1256 4.45 10 59 37 38 6
120 Florida State 12 232 1258 5.42 11 65 38 38 14
121 New Mexico 12 226 1285 5.69 13 93 31 30 11
122 New Mexico State 12 229 1290 5.63 15 71 39 41 9
123 Oklahoma State 12 226 1315 5.82 9 62 48 48 14
124 UAB 12 239 1317 5.51 12 51 38 38 9
125 Nevada 13 239 1327 5.55 14 80 36 36 12
126 North Texas 12 245 1334 5.44 13 83 36 37 13
127 Temple 12 229 1335 5.83 17 75 30 32 13
128 San Diego State 12 244 1337 5.48 13 68 35 35 13
129 Mississippi State 12 248 1355 5.46 13 89 30 37 8
130 Middle Tennessee 12 246 1381 5.61 10 65 46 46 15
131 Southern Mississippi 12 230 1437 6.25 17 73 47 48 17
132 Utah State 12 241 1496 6.21 14 75 35 36 15
133 Western Kentucky 14 293 1546 5.28 11 85 43 45 9
134 Kent State 12 274 1683 6.14 18 92 53 54 17
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards