2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - In All Plays through 11/19/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Tech | 11 | 335 | 790 | 2.36 | 5 | 46 | 57 | 27 | 4 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 10 | 295 | 814 | 2.76 | 3 | 34 | 55 | 24 | 4 |
| 3 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 301 | 818 | 2.72 | 6 | 30 | 58 | 30 | 8 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 10 | 331 | 822 | 2.48 | 6 | 75 | 47 | 23 | 10 |
| 5 | Texas | 10 | 327 | 832 | 2.54 | 7 | 30 | 55 | 30 | 5 |
| 6 | Toledo | 10 | 349 | 885 | 2.54 | 9 | 79 | 55 | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | James Madison | 10 | 313 | 891 | 2.85 | 4 | 78 | 55 | 22 | 5 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 340 | 903 | 2.66 | 9 | 65 | 64 | 33 | 7 |
| 9 | Indiana | 11 | 296 | 907 | 3.06 | 5 | 78 | 49 | 21 | 9 |
| 10 | Auburn | 10 | 338 | 919 | 2.72 | 11 | 38 | 51 | 30 | 6 |
| 11 | Georgia | 10 | 305 | 925 | 3.03 | 12 | 27 | 56 | 22 | 5 |
| 12 | Michigan | 10 | 322 | 963 | 2.99 | 11 | 49 | 60 | 26 | 7 |
| 13 | Notre Dame | 10 | 322 | 993 | 3.08 | 7 | 54 | 64 | 34 | 5 |
| 14 | San Diego State | 10 | 338 | 1002 | 2.96 | 3 | 37 | 56 | 23 | 7 |
| 15 | SMU | 10 | 354 | 1021 | 2.88 | 4 | 32 | 66 | 30 | 5 |
| 16 | Iowa | 10 | 321 | 1038 | 3.23 | 10 | 49 | 65 | 24 | 4 |
| 17 | New Mexico | 10 | 312 | 1058 | 3.39 | 12 | 64 | 71 | 28 | 5 |
| 18 | Missouri | 10 | 320 | 1076 | 3.36 | 11 | 84 | 57 | 29 | 8 |
| 19 | Washington | 10 | 306 | 1079 | 3.53 | 8 | 51 | 57 | 30 | 5 |
| 20 | Oregon | 10 | 342 | 1081 | 3.16 | 9 | 79 | 70 | 20 | 3 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 10 | 311 | 1085 | 3.49 | 10 | 43 | 67 | 29 | 9 |
| 22 | Louisville | 10 | 325 | 1099 | 3.38 | 10 | 75 | 64 | 32 | 4 |
| 23 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 295 | 1125 | 3.81 | 6 | 58 | 67 | 41 | 9 |
| 24 | Clemson | 10 | 299 | 1127 | 3.77 | 10 | 35 | 70 | 41 | 11 |
| 25 | North Carolina | 10 | 348 | 1146 | 3.29 | 12 | 75 | 78 | 30 | 8 |
| 26 | Minnesota | 10 | 318 | 1152 | 3.62 | 14 | 85 | 72 | 42 | 8 |
| 27 | Arizona State | 10 | 337 | 1177 | 3.49 | 16 | 50 | 77 | 37 | 9 |
| 28 | Virginia | 11 | 358 | 1188 | 3.32 | 15 | 57 | 70 | 34 | 6 |
| 28 | Illinois | 10 | 307 | 1188 | 3.87 | 11 | 41 | 70 | 29 | 8 |
| 30 | East Carolina | 10 | 334 | 1194 | 3.57 | 10 | 84 | 70 | 46 | 10 |
| 31 | Stanford | 10 | 317 | 1232 | 3.89 | 12 | 87 | 68 | 33 | 6 |
| 32 | Florida State | 10 | 374 | 1251 | 3.34 | 9 | 40 | 77 | 32 | 7 |
| 33 | Fresno State | 10 | 323 | 1256 | 3.89 | 6 | 73 | 67 | 34 | 10 |
| 34 | TCU | 10 | 374 | 1267 | 3.39 | 9 | 35 | 79 | 36 | 8 |
| 35 | Army | 9 | 299 | 1272 | 4.25 | 13 | 40 | 70 | 34 | 9 |
| 36 | Texas A&M | 10 | 312 | 1276 | 4.09 | 11 | 75 | 70 | 49 | 16 |
| 37 | Kentucky | 10 | 365 | 1288 | 3.53 | 17 | 33 | 79 | 37 | 5 |
| 38 | Wake Forest | 10 | 357 | 1290 | 3.61 | 12 | 54 | 72 | 39 | 9 |
| 39 | BYU | 10 | 349 | 1299 | 3.72 | 11 | 65 | 78 | 36 | 11 |
| 39 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 320 | 1299 | 4.06 | 9 | 80 | 70 | 49 | 8 |
| 41 | Tennessee | 10 | 382 | 1301 | 3.41 | 18 | 43 | 80 | 41 | 10 |
| 42 | LSU | 10 | 336 | 1309 | 3.90 | 14 | 72 | 77 | 47 | 9 |
| 43 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 361 | 1310 | 3.63 | 9 | 76 | 79 | 37 | 11 |
| 44 | Hawaii | 10 | 322 | 1325 | 4.11 | 14 | 64 | 67 | 39 | 13 |
| 45 | Alabama | 10 | 319 | 1326 | 4.16 | 12 | 65 | 71 | 42 | 16 |
| 46 | USF | 10 | 362 | 1329 | 3.67 | 16 | 76 | 87 | 44 | 11 |
| 47 | Appalachian State | 10 | 357 | 1350 | 3.78 | 17 | 59 | 72 | 34 | 12 |
| 48 | Washington State | 10 | 342 | 1352 | 3.95 | 13 | 37 | 84 | 48 | 10 |
| 49 | Houston | 10 | 366 | 1355 | 3.70 | 15 | 38 | 88 | 40 | 8 |
| 50 | Western Michigan | 11 | 381 | 1382 | 3.63 | 14 | 63 | 74 | 45 | 14 |
| 51 | Memphis | 11 | 367 | 1398 | 3.81 | 17 | 81 | 71 | 45 | 10 |
| 52 | NC State | 10 | 324 | 1405 | 4.34 | 17 | 85 | 66 | 45 | 11 |
| 53 | Missouri State | 10 | 308 | 1421 | 4.61 | 19 | 75 | 72 | 45 | 13 |
| 54 | Tulane | 10 | 371 | 1427 | 3.85 | 13 | 41 | 94 | 47 | 9 |
| 55 | Florida | 10 | 375 | 1432 | 3.82 | 17 | 65 | 69 | 35 | 10 |
| 55 | Utah | 10 | 358 | 1432 | 4.00 | 9 | 68 | 79 | 57 | 13 |
| 57 | Rice | 10 | 336 | 1444 | 4.30 | 17 | 65 | 76 | 47 | 12 |
| 58 | South Carolina | 10 | 364 | 1447 | 3.98 | 11 | 56 | 77 | 45 | 12 |
| 59 | Jacksonville State | 10 | 361 | 1454 | 4.03 | 16 | 52 | 90 | 46 | 14 |
| 60 | USC | 10 | 330 | 1458 | 4.42 | 9 | 63 | 88 | 51 | 10 |
| 61 | Navy | 10 | 351 | 1459 | 4.16 | 18 | 61 | 76 | 42 | 10 |
| 62 | San Jose State | 10 | 372 | 1465 | 3.94 | 19 | 32 | 83 | 45 | 9 |
| 62 | Duke | 10 | 359 | 1465 | 4.08 | 23 | 78 | 78 | 43 | 16 |
| 64 | Arizona | 10 | 369 | 1467 | 3.98 | 14 | 75 | 77 | 39 | 8 |
| 65 | FIU | 10 | 322 | 1468 | 4.56 | 14 | 67 | 86 | 56 | 13 |
| 66 | Marshall | 10 | 368 | 1472 | 4.00 | 19 | 92 | 65 | 41 | 11 |
| 67 | UTSA | 10 | 347 | 1475 | 4.25 | 14 | 59 | 70 | 42 | 15 |
| 68 | Penn State | 10 | 358 | 1484 | 4.15 | 12 | 67 | 79 | 42 | 14 |
| 69 | Iowa State | 10 | 329 | 1497 | 4.55 | 12 | 88 | 74 | 51 | 10 |
| 70 | Nevada | 10 | 373 | 1501 | 4.02 | 19 | 68 | 85 | 45 | 9 |
| 70 | Northwestern | 10 | 325 | 1501 | 4.62 | 15 | 69 | 76 | 43 | 8 |
| 72 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 374 | 1518 | 4.06 | 19 | 56 | 74 | 38 | 13 |
| 73 | Kansas State | 10 | 387 | 1522 | 3.93 | 16 | 60 | 94 | 48 | 12 |
| 74 | Buffalo | 11 | 445 | 1527 | 3.43 | 14 | 90 | 90 | 38 | 9 |
| 75 | New Mexico State | 10 | 384 | 1530 | 3.98 | 11 | 45 | 84 | 41 | 11 |
| 76 | West Virginia | 11 | 425 | 1537 | 3.62 | 13 | 83 | 88 | 48 | 12 |
| 77 | Michigan State | 10 | 339 | 1539 | 4.54 | 20 | 66 | 87 | 43 | 16 |
| 78 | Ole Miss | 11 | 374 | 1544 | 4.13 | 14 | 65 | 92 | 41 | 11 |
| 79 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 389 | 1555 | 4.00 | 16 | 66 | 89 | 43 | 15 |
| 80 | California | 10 | 340 | 1557 | 4.58 | 20 | 71 | 87 | 48 | 13 |
| 81 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 350 | 1559 | 4.45 | 23 | 62 | 85 | 53 | 15 |
| 82 | Cincinnati | 10 | 385 | 1580 | 4.10 | 12 | 50 | 97 | 40 | 11 |
| 83 | UCF | 10 | 390 | 1586 | 4.07 | 14 | 75 | 104 | 54 | 9 |
| 84 | Kennesaw State | 10 | 387 | 1589 | 4.11 | 15 | 75 | 85 | 50 | 13 |
| 85 | Old Dominion | 10 | 412 | 1591 | 3.86 | 13 | 58 | 79 | 46 | 12 |
| 86 | Nebraska | 10 | 343 | 1611 | 4.70 | 18 | 75 | 94 | 55 | 12 |
| 87 | Central Michigan | 11 | 382 | 1612 | 4.22 | 15 | 44 | 89 | 52 | 16 |
| 88 | Liberty | 10 | 357 | 1618 | 4.53 | 15 | 77 | 89 | 48 | 15 |
| 89 | UTEP | 10 | 420 | 1624 | 3.87 | 13 | 72 | 84 | 53 | 7 |
| 90 | Bowling Green | 11 | 382 | 1628 | 4.26 | 17 | 45 | 84 | 60 | 10 |
| 91 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 374 | 1633 | 4.37 | 17 | 59 | 84 | 49 | 11 |
| 91 | Syracuse | 10 | 345 | 1633 | 4.73 | 14 | 49 | 93 | 56 | 16 |
| 93 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 357 | 1660 | 4.65 | 16 | 69 | 80 | 44 | 17 |
| 94 | Ohio | 11 | 368 | 1675 | 4.55 | 12 | 64 | 94 | 56 | 13 |
| 95 | Delaware | 10 | 348 | 1683 | 4.84 | 22 | 72 | 75 | 50 | 21 |
| 96 | Wyoming | 10 | 370 | 1684 | 4.55 | 12 | 58 | 90 | 49 | 17 |
| 97 | Boise State | 10 | 354 | 1688 | 4.77 | 18 | 64 | 77 | 53 | 19 |
| 98 | Kansas | 10 | 357 | 1695 | 4.75 | 17 | 71 | 87 | 53 | 18 |
| 99 | Texas State | 10 | 388 | 1702 | 4.39 | 20 | 75 | 96 | 61 | 15 |
| 100 | Oregon State | 11 | 376 | 1703 | 4.53 | 14 | 66 | 87 | 54 | 20 |
| 101 | Tulsa | 10 | 400 | 1713 | 4.28 | 17 | 72 | 98 | 51 | 12 |
| 102 | Maryland | 10 | 398 | 1718 | 4.32 | 9 | 74 | 95 | 47 | 15 |
| 102 | Air Force | 10 | 318 | 1718 | 5.40 | 24 | 59 | 84 | 52 | 17 |
| 104 | Southern Miss | 10 | 420 | 1723 | 4.10 | 21 | 73 | 102 | 54 | 11 |
| 105 | Ball State | 10 | 381 | 1728 | 4.54 | 18 | 67 | 87 | 49 | 17 |
| 106 | Utah State | 10 | 374 | 1752 | 4.68 | 16 | 66 | 93 | 50 | 14 |
| 107 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 345 | 1757 | 5.09 | 12 | 84 | 74 | 49 | 21 |
| 108 | Arkansas State | 10 | 376 | 1758 | 4.68 | 20 | 64 | 89 | 53 | 14 |
| 109 | Troy | 10 | 395 | 1801 | 4.56 | 17 | 67 | 87 | 48 | 18 |
| 110 | Arkansas | 10 | 389 | 1812 | 4.66 | 20 | 64 | 105 | 67 | 17 |
| 111 | South Alabama | 10 | 378 | 1815 | 4.80 | 20 | 56 | 96 | 56 | 10 |
| 112 | Purdue | 11 | 424 | 1827 | 4.31 | 24 | 68 | 103 | 61 | 10 |
| 113 | UNLV | 10 | 336 | 1845 | 5.49 | 18 | 65 | 92 | 61 | 23 |
| 114 | Akron | 12 | 435 | 1863 | 4.28 | 18 | 74 | 102 | 50 | 18 |
| 115 | Colorado State | 10 | 372 | 1864 | 5.01 | 20 | 76 | 79 | 53 | 18 |
| 116 | UAB | 10 | 419 | 1904 | 4.54 | 26 | 60 | 100 | 51 | 9 |
| 117 | Louisiana | 10 | 408 | 1926 | 4.72 | 22 | 71 | 111 | 55 | 10 |
| 118 | Boston College | 11 | 382 | 1942 | 5.08 | 24 | 94 | 88 | 43 | 13 |
| 118 | UCLA | 10 | 375 | 1942 | 5.18 | 21 | 54 | 115 | 57 | 17 |
| 120 | Temple | 10 | 394 | 1954 | 4.96 | 22 | 61 | 97 | 55 | 14 |
| 121 | Rutgers | 10 | 300 | 1965 | 6.55 | 18 | 73 | 87 | 60 | 26 |
| 122 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 443 | 1969 | 4.44 | 19 | 66 | 106 | 57 | 12 |
| 123 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 396 | 1973 | 4.98 | 15 | 62 | 104 | 64 | 21 |
| 124 | Baylor | 10 | 399 | 1978 | 4.96 | 23 | 74 | 109 | 47 | 13 |
| 125 | Kent State | 11 | 436 | 1984 | 4.55 | 18 | 64 | 113 | 65 | 19 |
| 126 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 419 | 1996 | 4.76 | 28 | 90 | 103 | 62 | 22 |
| 126 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 389 | 1996 | 5.13 | 26 | 73 | 102 | 68 | 14 |
| 128 | North Texas | 10 | 420 | 2027 | 4.83 | 17 | 75 | 108 | 52 | 19 |
| 129 | Connecticut | 11 | 459 | 2033 | 4.43 | 19 | 73 | 122 | 69 | 12 |
| 130 | Charlotte | 10 | 407 | 2060 | 5.06 | 22 | 59 | 112 | 63 | 14 |
| 131 | Mississippi State | 11 | 421 | 2088 | 4.96 | 16 | 72 | 106 | 63 | 17 |
| 132 | Colorado | 10 | 421 | 2109 | 5.01 | 19 | 68 | 105 | 67 | 16 |
| 133 | Georgia State | 10 | 412 | 2132 | 5.17 | 28 | 85 | 110 | 63 | 15 |
| 134 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 394 | 2208 | 5.60 | 28 | 47 | 112 | 79 | 24 |
| 135 | Massachusetts | 11 | 479 | 2378 | 4.96 | 27 | 58 | 122 | 66 | 20 |
| 136 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 456 | 2507 | 5.50 | 25 | 80 | 119 | 70 | 25 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||