2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - In All Plays through 01/01/2026
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Tech | 14 | 434 | 954 | 2.20 | 8 | 46 | 71 | 32 | 5 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 13 | 420 | 1005 | 2.39 | 7 | 75 | 56 | 27 | 13 |
| 3 | Indiana | 14 | 366 | 1032 | 2.82 | 5 | 78 | 58 | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Georgia | 14 | 388 | 1141 | 2.94 | 14 | 27 | 70 | 27 | 5 |
| 5 | Miami (FL) | 14 | 418 | 1176 | 2.81 | 9 | 38 | 83 | 43 | 11 |
| 6 | James Madison | 14 | 426 | 1191 | 2.80 | 9 | 78 | 73 | 33 | 9 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 12 | 402 | 1191 | 2.96 | 8 | 54 | 77 | 37 | 6 |
| 8 | Auburn | 12 | 417 | 1192 | 2.86 | 12 | 38 | 64 | 37 | 9 |
| 9 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 454 | 1236 | 2.72 | 12 | 65 | 88 | 40 | 8 |
| 10 | Ohio State | 14 | 425 | 1251 | 2.94 | 5 | 37 | 76 | 36 | 8 |
| 11 | Toledo | 13 | 467 | 1252 | 2.68 | 11 | 79 | 82 | 33 | 4 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 12 | 372 | 1263 | 3.40 | 12 | 49 | 81 | 36 | 10 |
| 13 | SMU | 12 | 420 | 1271 | 3.03 | 5 | 32 | 78 | 36 | 6 |
| 14 | Washington | 13 | 398 | 1301 | 3.27 | 9 | 51 | 70 | 34 | 6 |
| 15 | Missouri | 13 | 418 | 1350 | 3.23 | 12 | 84 | 76 | 37 | 8 |
| 16 | Texas | 13 | 430 | 1351 | 3.14 | 13 | 41 | 83 | 48 | 10 |
| 17 | Clemson | 13 | 387 | 1371 | 3.54 | 10 | 35 | 88 | 49 | 12 |
| 18 | Iowa | 13 | 406 | 1400 | 3.45 | 12 | 70 | 85 | 34 | 7 |
| 19 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 382 | 1406 | 3.68 | 10 | 58 | 84 | 49 | 12 |
| 20 | Stanford | 12 | 381 | 1431 | 3.76 | 17 | 87 | 76 | 39 | 7 |
| 21 | Michigan | 13 | 427 | 1455 | 3.41 | 14 | 60 | 89 | 43 | 13 |
| 22 | New Mexico | 13 | 434 | 1466 | 3.38 | 14 | 64 | 102 | 42 | 7 |
| 23 | Wake Forest | 12 | 425 | 1467 | 3.45 | 17 | 54 | 85 | 43 | 10 |
| 24 | Louisville | 13 | 427 | 1486 | 3.48 | 13 | 75 | 88 | 45 | 7 |
| 25 | North Carolina | 12 | 433 | 1508 | 3.48 | 19 | 75 | 100 | 40 | 10 |
| 26 | Oregon | 14 | 468 | 1551 | 3.31 | 11 | 79 | 94 | 32 | 7 |
| 27 | East Carolina | 13 | 435 | 1563 | 3.59 | 11 | 84 | 96 | 59 | 13 |
| 28 | Minnesota | 13 | 423 | 1574 | 3.72 | 16 | 85 | 99 | 58 | 12 |
| 29 | Virginia | 14 | 465 | 1603 | 3.45 | 17 | 57 | 89 | 45 | 8 |
| 30 | Kentucky | 12 | 440 | 1611 | 3.66 | 20 | 33 | 101 | 49 | 7 |
| 31 | Arizona State | 13 | 447 | 1612 | 3.61 | 20 | 60 | 96 | 47 | 13 |
| 32 | LSU | 13 | 433 | 1613 | 3.73 | 15 | 72 | 93 | 56 | 13 |
| 33 | Washington State | 13 | 429 | 1627 | 3.79 | 15 | 58 | 100 | 57 | 12 |
| 34 | South Carolina | 12 | 433 | 1632 | 3.77 | 13 | 56 | 91 | 48 | 12 |
| 35 | Illinois | 13 | 417 | 1645 | 3.94 | 17 | 84 | 91 | 40 | 11 |
| 36 | Iowa State | 12 | 373 | 1656 | 4.44 | 14 | 88 | 81 | 54 | 12 |
| 37 | Florida State | 12 | 461 | 1657 | 3.59 | 12 | 40 | 99 | 45 | 11 |
| 38 | Houston | 13 | 452 | 1677 | 3.71 | 17 | 38 | 110 | 50 | 10 |
| 39 | San Diego State | 13 | 458 | 1684 | 3.68 | 9 | 54 | 88 | 41 | 13 |
| 40 | Navy | 12 | 414 | 1695 | 4.09 | 19 | 61 | 89 | 48 | 13 |
| 41 | Bowling Green | 12 | 411 | 1697 | 4.13 | 17 | 45 | 91 | 63 | 11 |
| 42 | Texas A&M | 13 | 406 | 1700 | 4.19 | 13 | 75 | 90 | 65 | 21 |
| 43 | Memphis | 13 | 460 | 1714 | 3.73 | 22 | 81 | 89 | 54 | 12 |
| 44 | Fresno State | 13 | 422 | 1715 | 4.06 | 9 | 73 | 93 | 49 | 12 |
| 45 | Tulane | 14 | 480 | 1716 | 3.58 | 18 | 41 | 116 | 61 | 11 |
| 46 | Middle Tennessee State | 12 | 440 | 1717 | 3.90 | 17 | 66 | 97 | 50 | 16 |
| 47 | BYU | 14 | 460 | 1718 | 3.73 | 13 | 65 | 104 | 47 | 13 |
| 48 | TCU | 13 | 466 | 1724 | 3.70 | 10 | 54 | 97 | 48 | 14 |
| 49 | West Virginia | 12 | 479 | 1725 | 3.60 | 15 | 83 | 98 | 54 | 15 |
| 50 | Hawaii | 13 | 419 | 1740 | 4.15 | 19 | 64 | 92 | 53 | 16 |
| 51 | Arizona | 12 | 441 | 1748 | 3.96 | 16 | 75 | 93 | 46 | 12 |
| 52 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 416 | 1749 | 4.20 | 13 | 80 | 96 | 67 | 14 |
| 53 | Western Michigan | 14 | 469 | 1758 | 3.75 | 16 | 63 | 95 | 59 | 18 |
| 54 | Michigan State | 12 | 394 | 1768 | 4.49 | 21 | 66 | 99 | 50 | 17 |
| 55 | Northwestern | 13 | 412 | 1771 | 4.30 | 18 | 69 | 91 | 50 | 11 |
| 56 | Marshall | 12 | 459 | 1787 | 3.89 | 21 | 92 | 86 | 51 | 12 |
| 57 | Nevada | 12 | 429 | 1795 | 4.18 | 24 | 68 | 101 | 59 | 11 |
| 58 | NC State | 13 | 418 | 1804 | 4.32 | 17 | 85 | 92 | 61 | 11 |
| 59 | UCF | 12 | 460 | 1808 | 3.93 | 18 | 75 | 117 | 58 | 10 |
| 60 | Old Dominion | 13 | 496 | 1821 | 3.67 | 13 | 58 | 96 | 53 | 13 |
| 61 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 427 | 1839 | 4.31 | 25 | 62 | 100 | 58 | 15 |
| 62 | Florida | 12 | 463 | 1847 | 3.99 | 21 | 65 | 96 | 47 | 14 |
| 63 | Penn State | 13 | 457 | 1853 | 4.05 | 16 | 67 | 106 | 54 | 16 |
| 64 | USC | 13 | 428 | 1862 | 4.35 | 15 | 63 | 110 | 64 | 12 |
| 65 | Akron | 12 | 435 | 1863 | 4.28 | 18 | 74 | 102 | 50 | 18 |
| 66 | USF | 13 | 500 | 1868 | 3.74 | 21 | 76 | 113 | 59 | 17 |
| 67 | Ohio | 13 | 429 | 1872 | 4.36 | 15 | 64 | 109 | 62 | 14 |
| 68 | Miami (OH) | 14 | 502 | 1876 | 3.74 | 12 | 76 | 103 | 47 | 15 |
| 69 | Buffalo | 12 | 499 | 1886 | 3.78 | 16 | 90 | 106 | 50 | 13 |
| 70 | Rice | 12 | 417 | 1887 | 4.53 | 24 | 65 | 102 | 59 | 17 |
| 71 | Oregon State | 12 | 410 | 1889 | 4.61 | 17 | 66 | 95 | 59 | 21 |
| 72 | San Jose State | 12 | 469 | 1891 | 4.03 | 25 | 39 | 104 | 55 | 11 |
| 73 | Central Michigan | 13 | 445 | 1894 | 4.26 | 18 | 44 | 105 | 59 | 19 |
| 74 | Air Force | 12 | 367 | 1902 | 5.18 | 27 | 59 | 99 | 57 | 18 |
| 75 | Alabama | 15 | 509 | 1903 | 3.74 | 17 | 65 | 105 | 56 | 19 |
| 76 | Appalachian State | 13 | 469 | 1909 | 4.07 | 23 | 59 | 96 | 49 | 16 |
| 77 | UTSA | 13 | 458 | 1945 | 4.25 | 16 | 81 | 89 | 53 | 17 |
| 78 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 455 | 1951 | 4.29 | 23 | 76 | 93 | 49 | 18 |
| 79 | Kansas State | 12 | 484 | 1965 | 4.06 | 23 | 60 | 119 | 65 | 17 |
| 80 | New Mexico State | 12 | 451 | 1977 | 4.38 | 14 | 64 | 99 | 52 | 18 |
| 81 | Tennessee | 13 | 488 | 1981 | 4.06 | 24 | 43 | 118 | 64 | 17 |
| 82 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 458 | 1991 | 4.35 | 18 | 59 | 103 | 57 | 14 |
| 82 | Army | 13 | 443 | 1991 | 4.49 | 18 | 41 | 111 | 55 | 15 |
| 84 | Missouri State | 13 | 429 | 1993 | 4.65 | 26 | 98 | 100 | 60 | 20 |
| 85 | Jacksonville State | 14 | 506 | 2020 | 3.99 | 22 | 52 | 123 | 64 | 21 |
| 86 | Wyoming | 12 | 443 | 2025 | 4.57 | 13 | 58 | 107 | 64 | 19 |
| 87 | UTEP | 12 | 496 | 2034 | 4.10 | 17 | 72 | 98 | 63 | 13 |
| 88 | California | 13 | 431 | 2036 | 4.72 | 24 | 71 | 113 | 62 | 17 |
| 89 | Texas State | 12 | 461 | 2041 | 4.43 | 25 | 75 | 115 | 77 | 19 |
| 90 | Ole Miss | 14 | 488 | 2045 | 4.19 | 18 | 65 | 117 | 57 | 16 |
| 91 | Duke | 14 | 482 | 2064 | 4.28 | 29 | 78 | 111 | 69 | 20 |
| 92 | Delaware | 13 | 454 | 2076 | 4.57 | 25 | 78 | 96 | 60 | 23 |
| 93 | Kansas | 12 | 438 | 2077 | 4.74 | 19 | 71 | 107 | 66 | 21 |
| 94 | Cincinnati | 12 | 486 | 2083 | 4.29 | 17 | 51 | 128 | 54 | 14 |
| 95 | Syracuse | 12 | 398 | 2099 | 5.27 | 24 | 68 | 109 | 69 | 23 |
| 96 | FIU | 13 | 446 | 2101 | 4.71 | 20 | 67 | 117 | 79 | 20 |
| 97 | Maryland | 12 | 479 | 2107 | 4.40 | 13 | 74 | 118 | 56 | 17 |
| 98 | South Alabama | 12 | 444 | 2119 | 4.77 | 25 | 56 | 117 | 64 | 11 |
| 99 | Boston College | 12 | 423 | 2131 | 5.04 | 25 | 94 | 96 | 48 | 15 |
| 100 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 467 | 2136 | 4.57 | 21 | 69 | 110 | 60 | 21 |
| 101 | Ball State | 12 | 453 | 2146 | 4.74 | 21 | 67 | 108 | 65 | 21 |
| 102 | Liberty | 12 | 455 | 2149 | 4.72 | 23 | 77 | 116 | 64 | 20 |
| 103 | Purdue | 12 | 461 | 2182 | 4.73 | 29 | 82 | 117 | 70 | 14 |
| 104 | Tulsa | 12 | 510 | 2189 | 4.29 | 22 | 72 | 124 | 62 | 16 |
| 104 | Arkansas State | 13 | 495 | 2189 | 4.42 | 24 | 64 | 115 | 70 | 19 |
| 106 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 479 | 2200 | 4.59 | 21 | 66 | 118 | 65 | 16 |
| 107 | Arkansas | 12 | 475 | 2231 | 4.70 | 24 | 64 | 127 | 80 | 20 |
| 108 | Boise State | 14 | 473 | 2259 | 4.78 | 25 | 64 | 105 | 75 | 30 |
| 109 | Southern Miss | 13 | 543 | 2273 | 4.19 | 31 | 73 | 135 | 71 | 15 |
| 110 | Mississippi State | 12 | 462 | 2274 | 4.92 | 17 | 72 | 115 | 68 | 18 |
| 111 | Nebraska | 13 | 473 | 2280 | 4.82 | 30 | 75 | 126 | 69 | 18 |
| 112 | UCLA | 12 | 440 | 2285 | 5.19 | 26 | 54 | 134 | 70 | 21 |
| 113 | Kent State | 12 | 494 | 2291 | 4.64 | 22 | 64 | 130 | 74 | 21 |
| 114 | UAB | 12 | 495 | 2293 | 4.63 | 31 | 60 | 121 | 63 | 13 |
| 115 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 466 | 2295 | 4.92 | 14 | 84 | 96 | 66 | 27 |
| 116 | Utah | 13 | 488 | 2355 | 4.83 | 18 | 80 | 122 | 80 | 23 |
| 117 | Utah State | 13 | 488 | 2356 | 4.83 | 19 | 69 | 119 | 66 | 22 |
| 118 | Baylor | 12 | 482 | 2366 | 4.91 | 30 | 74 | 127 | 61 | 16 |
| 119 | Temple | 12 | 473 | 2368 | 5.01 | 27 | 61 | 120 | 69 | 17 |
| 120 | Charlotte | 12 | 484 | 2403 | 4.96 | 30 | 59 | 136 | 73 | 17 |
| 121 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 508 | 2404 | 4.73 | 35 | 90 | 128 | 72 | 25 |
| 122 | Louisiana | 13 | 516 | 2427 | 4.70 | 25 | 71 | 143 | 71 | 14 |
| 123 | Colorado State | 12 | 491 | 2459 | 5.01 | 30 | 76 | 115 | 65 | 23 |
| 124 | Troy | 14 | 545 | 2475 | 4.54 | 22 | 73 | 121 | 67 | 25 |
| 125 | UNLV | 14 | 476 | 2484 | 5.22 | 24 | 65 | 124 | 78 | 29 |
| 126 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 461 | 2491 | 5.40 | 33 | 73 | 120 | 82 | 22 |
| 127 | Georgia State | 12 | 498 | 2497 | 5.01 | 31 | 85 | 132 | 75 | 19 |
| 128 | Rutgers | 12 | 371 | 2519 | 6.79 | 25 | 73 | 108 | 78 | 33 |
| 129 | Kennesaw State | 14 | 556 | 2584 | 4.65 | 25 | 95 | 128 | 76 | 23 |
| 130 | Connecticut | 13 | 547 | 2594 | 4.74 | 28 | 73 | 149 | 82 | 15 |
| 131 | Massachusetts | 12 | 527 | 2656 | 5.04 | 30 | 58 | 136 | 73 | 22 |
| 132 | Colorado | 12 | 509 | 2670 | 5.25 | 25 | 88 | 127 | 83 | 21 |
| 133 | Coastal Carolina | 13 | 530 | 2704 | 5.10 | 23 | 73 | 136 | 86 | 27 |
| 134 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 505 | 2785 | 5.51 | 29 | 80 | 132 | 77 | 28 |
| 135 | Georgia Southern | 13 | 500 | 2835 | 5.67 | 35 | 47 | 145 | 102 | 33 |
| 136 | North Texas | 14 | 608 | 3020 | 4.97 | 28 | 75 | 162 | 76 | 25 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||