2024 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/20/2025

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Att/G Yards/G
1 University of Michigan 7 195 488 2.50 4 27.86 69.71
2 University of Kansas 6 215 991 4.61 6 35.83 165.17
3 Purdue University 6 241 1090 4.52 13 40.17 181.67
4 Vanderbilt University 8 242 931 3.85 6 30.25 116.38
4 Mississippi State University 6 242 1215 5.02 11 40.33 202.50
6 University of Oklahoma 7 246 820 3.33 4 35.14 117.14
7 University of California, Los Angeles 9 250 793 3.17 12 27.78 88.11
8 University of Central Florida 8 251 709 2.82 6 31.38 88.63
8 University of Kentucky 7 251 1234 4.92 12 35.86 176.29
10 Stanford University 8 255 1018 3.99 13 31.88 127.25
11 University of Nebraska 9 265 855 3.23 3 29.44 95.00
12 University of Georgia 7 267 1103 4.13 8 38.14 157.57
13 Michigan State University 8 269 843 3.13 10 33.63 105.38
13 Georgia Institute of Technology 9 269 1090 4.05 11 29.89 121.11
15 University of South Carolina 8 271 749 2.76 6 33.88 93.63
16 University of Oregon 9 276 853 3.09 6 30.67 94.78
16 University of Utah 8 276 1069 3.87 3 34.50 133.63
18 Florida State University 7 282 1251 4.44 12 40.29 178.71
19 Texas A&M University 9 285 965 3.39 8 31.67 107.22
20 Northwestern University 9 286 1025 3.58 14 31.78 113.89
21 University of Houston 9 291 1007 3.46 10 32.33 111.89
22 Louisiana State University 10 294 1087 3.70 15 29.40 108.70
23 University of California, Berkeley 9 295 884 3.00 11 32.78 98.22
24 Wake Forest University 9 296 1163 3.93 12 32.89 129.22
25 University of Arkansas 9 297 1041 3.51 9 33.00 115.67
26 Oregon State University 9 299 1532 5.12 18 33.22 170.22
27 University of Cincinnati 9 300 1486 4.95 8 33.33 165.11
28 Pennsylvania State University 10 301 954 3.17 5 30.10 95.40
29 The Ohio State University 9 304 804 2.64 5 33.78 89.33
30 Boise State University 10 305 982 3.22 11 30.50 98.20
30 University of Iowa 10 305 1118 3.67 2 30.50 111.80
30 University of Maryland 9 305 1091 3.58 11 33.89 121.22
33 Kansas State University 9 306 1170 3.82 12 34.00 130.00
34 University of Virginia 9 311 1204 3.87 13 34.56 133.78
34 North Carolina State University 10 311 1445 4.65 17 31.10 144.50
36 University of Louisville 9 313 975 3.12 6 34.78 108.33
36 University of Wyoming 9 313 1734 5.54 17 34.78 192.67
38 Boston College 10 315 1139 3.62 12 31.50 113.90
39 Indiana University 11 317 735 2.32 8 28.82 66.82
40 University of Wisconsin 9 319 1490 4.67 15 35.44 165.56
41 University of Arizona 9 324 1512 4.67 19 36.00 168.00
42 University of Illinois 10 325 1331 4.10 6 32.50 133.10
42 Clemson University 10 325 1367 4.21 9 32.50 136.70
44 University of Miami 11 326 1222 3.75 11 29.64 111.09
45 West Virginia University 10 327 1346 4.12 21 32.70 134.60
45 Brigham Young University 10 327 1369 4.19 15 32.70 136.90
47 University of Washington 10 332 1428 4.30 9 33.20 142.80
48 Syracuse University 11 333 1672 5.02 15 30.27 152.00
49 University of Southern California 11 335 1460 4.36 15 30.45 132.73
50 Auburn University 9 336 990 2.95 10 37.33 110.00
50 University of Hawaii 10 336 1465 4.36 17 33.60 146.50
52 University of Florida 8 337 1159 3.44 8 42.13 144.88
53 University of Alabama 9 340 1199 3.53 5 37.78 133.22
54 University of Texas at San Antonio 10 345 955 2.77 15 34.50 95.50
54 University of Minnesota 11 345 1182 3.43 11 31.36 107.45
54 Arizona State University 11 345 1307 3.79 16 31.36 118.82
57 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 347 1073 3.09 10 31.55 97.55
58 Texas Tech University 10 348 1690 4.86 24 34.80 169.00
59 Tulane University 12 351 1470 4.19 13 29.25 122.50
60 U.S. Military Academy 13 352 1295 3.68 7 27.08 99.62
61 University of Tennessee 10 357 1014 2.84 6 35.70 101.40
62 U.S. Air Force Academy 11 360 1634 4.54 21 32.73 148.55
63 University of Missouri 11 362 1391 3.84 11 32.91 126.45
64 Oklahoma State University 9 363 2067 5.69 21 40.33 229.67
65 Washington State University 11 365 1808 4.95 17 33.18 164.36
66 University of Memphis 13 367 1453 3.96 21 28.23 111.77
67 Baylor University 10 368 1471 4.00 10 36.80 147.10
68 U.S. Naval Academy 10 370 1377 3.72 9 37.00 137.70
68 Rutgers University 12 370 1934 5.23 23 30.83 161.17
70 Ball State University 11 373 1861 4.99 22 33.91 169.18
70 University of Nevada 10 373 1782 4.78 24 37.30 178.20
72 Rice University 10 374 1432 3.83 12 37.40 143.20
73 Southern Methodist University 11 376 1016 2.70 9 34.18 92.36
73 Troy University 11 376 1533 4.08 20 34.18 139.36
73 Georgia Southern University 11 376 1620 4.31 13 34.18 147.27
76 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 10 377 1450 3.85 13 37.70 145.00
76 Appalachian State University 10 377 1922 5.10 20 37.70 192.20
78 University of Texas 11 378 1134 3.00 6 34.36 103.09
79 University of Massachusetts Amherst 10 379 1936 5.11 25 37.90 193.60
80 University of Mississippi 11 380 836 2.20 6 34.55 76.00
81 Northern Illinois University 12 384 1335 3.48 8 32.00 111.25
81 University of Pittsburgh 10 384 1241 3.23 11 38.40 124.10
83 University of Notre Dame 11 387 1459 3.77 9 35.18 132.64
84 Utah State University 10 389 1965 5.05 20 38.90 196.50
85 University of Akron 10 390 1757 4.51 17 39.00 175.70
86 Middle Tennessee State University 10 391 1920 4.91 17 39.10 192.00
87 Florida Atlantic University 11 392 1797 4.58 16 35.64 163.36
88 The University of North Carolina at Charlotte 10 394 2090 5.30 21 39.40 209.00
89 Colorado State University 11 397 1778 4.48 18 36.09 161.64
90 Ohio University 13 400 1142 2.86 13 30.77 87.85
91 Duke University 10 405 1457 3.60 8 40.50 145.70
92 Bowling Green State University 12 406 1663 4.10 12 33.83 138.58
93 The University of Tulsa 11 407 1848 4.54 22 37.00 168.00
94 University of South Florida 10 408 1532 3.75 17 40.80 153.20
95 University of Alabama at Birmingham 10 409 1915 4.68 23 40.90 191.50
96 Iowa State University 12 415 2084 5.02 14 34.58 173.67
97 Central Michigan University 11 416 1900 4.57 19 37.82 172.73
97 San Diego State University 10 416 2015 4.84 18 41.60 201.50
99 University of Connecticut 12 420 1652 3.93 14 35.00 137.67
100 University at Buffalo 12 426 1651 3.88 12 35.50 137.58
101 Louisiana Tech University 12 427 1441 3.37 17 35.58 120.08
102 Old Dominion University 11 429 1897 4.42 16 39.00 172.45
103 James Madison University 13 430 1500 3.49 13 33.08 115.38
104 Temple University 11 433 2296 5.30 25 39.36 208.73
105 Kent State University 10 434 2414 5.56 27 43.40 241.40
106 California State University, Fresno 12 435 1560 3.59 11 36.25 130.00
106 Arkansas State University 12 435 2515 5.78 27 36.25 209.58
108 Texas State University 12 436 1758 4.03 21 36.33 146.50
108 Eastern Michigan University 12 436 1954 4.48 19 36.33 162.83
110 San Jose State University 11 439 1544 3.52 19 39.91 140.36
111 University of Louisiana Monroe 11 442 2162 4.89 22 40.18 196.55
112 University of North Texas 11 448 2047 4.57 20 40.73 186.09
113 Florida International University 11 452 2062 4.56 25 41.09 187.45
114 Texas Christian University 12 454 1848 4.07 18 37.83 154.00
115 Miami University 13 455 1650 3.63 17 35.00 126.92
115 University of South Alabama 13 455 1848 4.06 19 35.00 142.15
117 Kennesaw State University 12 458 2111 4.61 25 38.17 175.92
118 New Mexico State University 12 459 2343 5.10 29 38.25 195.25
119 Western Michigan University 12 461 2229 4.84 22 38.42 185.75
120 Liberty University 12 462 1849 4.00 21 38.50 154.08
120 University of Texas at El Paso 11 462 1911 4.14 21 42.00 173.73
122 University of Colorado 12 467 1788 3.83 14 38.92 149.00
123 University of New Mexico 12 471 2555 5.42 27 39.25 212.92
124 The University of Southern Mississippi 12 474 2792 5.89 31 39.50 232.67
125 Sam Houston State University 13 475 1879 3.96 17 36.54 144.54
126 University of Louisiana at Lafayette 14 477 2159 4.53 20 34.07 154.21
127 Georgia State University 12 483 2524 5.23 28 40.25 210.33
128 East Carolina University 12 487 1913 3.93 16 40.58 159.42
129 University of North Carolina 13 493 1943 3.94 21 37.92 149.46
130 Marshall University 12 496 2047 4.13 16 41.33 170.58
131 Coastal Carolina University 13 512 2419 4.72 22 39.38 186.08
132 University of Toledo 13 525 1959 3.73 16 40.38 150.69
133 Western Kentucky University 13 572 2763 4.83 20 44.00 212.54
134 Jacksonville State University 14 574 2447 4.26 21 41.00 174.79