2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - In The 2nd Quarter through 11/19/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Tech | 11 | 92 | 154 | 1.67 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Toledo | 10 | 98 | 175 | 1.79 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 10 | 85 | 154 | 1.81 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 10 | 89 | 199 | 2.24 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 10 | 84 | 194 | 2.31 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Missouri | 10 | 75 | 175 | 2.33 | 2 | 84 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | LSU | 10 | 84 | 204 | 2.43 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Fresno State | 10 | 94 | 232 | 2.47 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Illinois | 10 | 72 | 181 | 2.51 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | Georgia | 10 | 78 | 206 | 2.64 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | Texas | 10 | 88 | 235 | 2.67 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 12 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 78 | 212 | 2.72 | 0 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| 13 | Indiana | 11 | 96 | 263 | 2.74 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 |
| 14 | USF | 10 | 88 | 245 | 2.78 | 5 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 3 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 89 | 249 | 2.80 | 4 | 65 | 18 | 7 | 2 |
| 16 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 100 | 281 | 2.81 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 |
| 17 | Oregon | 10 | 79 | 229 | 2.90 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 10 | 77 | 226 | 2.94 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 1 |
| 19 | Ball State | 10 | 98 | 294 | 3.00 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 2 |
| 20 | Michigan | 10 | 102 | 307 | 3.01 | 4 | 49 | 21 | 6 | 1 |
| 20 | Old Dominion | 10 | 107 | 322 | 3.01 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 2 |
| 22 | Virginia | 11 | 102 | 314 | 3.08 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 1 |
| 22 | San Jose State | 10 | 111 | 342 | 3.08 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 1 |
| 24 | Louisville | 10 | 87 | 270 | 3.10 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 2 |
| 25 | Arkansas State | 10 | 87 | 273 | 3.14 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 1 |
| 25 | Auburn | 10 | 88 | 276 | 3.14 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 2 |
| 27 | San Diego State | 10 | 97 | 307 | 3.16 | 1 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 4 |
| 27 | Duke | 10 | 108 | 341 | 3.16 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 3 |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 77 | 246 | 3.19 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| 30 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 90 | 288 | 3.20 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 2 |
| 31 | Tennessee | 10 | 100 | 328 | 3.28 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 3 |
| 32 | Washington | 10 | 82 | 274 | 3.34 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| 33 | Arizona State | 10 | 86 | 288 | 3.35 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 3 |
| 34 | Troy | 10 | 84 | 282 | 3.36 | 4 | 50 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
| 35 | Bowling Green | 11 | 89 | 300 | 3.37 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 0 |
| 36 | Florida State | 10 | 94 | 318 | 3.38 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 1 |
| 37 | TCU | 10 | 89 | 305 | 3.43 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 2 |
| 37 | Florida | 10 | 98 | 336 | 3.43 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 |
| 39 | Houston | 10 | 97 | 334 | 3.44 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 1 |
| 39 | Utah | 10 | 100 | 344 | 3.44 | 0 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 3 |
| 41 | Navy | 10 | 103 | 355 | 3.45 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 2 |
| 42 | James Madison | 10 | 90 | 314 | 3.49 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 1 |
| 43 | Arizona | 10 | 86 | 301 | 3.50 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 1 |
| 43 | Kentucky | 10 | 103 | 361 | 3.50 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 3 |
| 45 | NC State | 10 | 91 | 321 | 3.53 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 2 |
| 46 | Penn State | 10 | 84 | 298 | 3.55 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 3 |
| 47 | Buffalo | 11 | 122 | 434 | 3.56 | 4 | 90 | 26 | 10 | 3 |
| 48 | BYU | 10 | 94 | 336 | 3.57 | 3 | 43 | 23 | 12 | 3 |
| 49 | Air Force | 10 | 79 | 283 | 3.58 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| 50 | Jacksonville State | 10 | 101 | 363 | 3.59 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 11 | 5 |
| 51 | South Carolina | 10 | 97 | 349 | 3.60 | 2 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 3 |
| 52 | Appalachian State | 10 | 88 | 321 | 3.65 | 6 | 41 | 21 | 5 | 4 |
| 53 | Clemson | 10 | 79 | 289 | 3.66 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 3 |
| 53 | Mississippi State | 11 | 117 | 428 | 3.66 | 3 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 1 |
| 55 | West Virginia | 11 | 112 | 412 | 3.68 | 4 | 46 | 28 | 15 | 5 |
| 56 | SMU | 10 | 80 | 297 | 3.71 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 1 |
| 56 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 89 | 330 | 3.71 | 6 | 36 | 20 | 13 | 4 |
| 56 | Ohio | 11 | 91 | 338 | 3.71 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 15 | 3 |
| 59 | Western Michigan | 11 | 93 | 349 | 3.75 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 13 | 3 |
| 60 | Kansas State | 10 | 102 | 386 | 3.78 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 18 | 2 |
| 61 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 96 | 364 | 3.79 | 4 | 54 | 20 | 11 | 3 |
| 61 | UTEP | 10 | 97 | 368 | 3.79 | 2 | 51 | 21 | 12 | 1 |
| 63 | North Texas | 10 | 117 | 447 | 3.82 | 3 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 5 |
| 64 | Akron | 12 | 100 | 383 | 3.83 | 2 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 3 |
| 65 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 69 | 266 | 3.86 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 2 |
| 65 | Minnesota | 10 | 83 | 320 | 3.86 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 14 | 2 |
| 67 | Kent State | 11 | 98 | 379 | 3.87 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 2 |
| 68 | Maryland | 10 | 106 | 412 | 3.89 | 2 | 55 | 21 | 12 | 3 |
| 69 | Iowa | 10 | 84 | 329 | 3.92 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 2 |
| 70 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 107 | 423 | 3.95 | 3 | 64 | 19 | 12 | 3 |
| 71 | Wake Forest | 10 | 98 | 391 | 3.99 | 2 | 54 | 18 | 10 | 4 |
| 72 | Notre Dame | 10 | 91 | 364 | 4.00 | 6 | 54 | 20 | 13 | 3 |
| 73 | Hawaii | 10 | 83 | 333 | 4.01 | 4 | 54 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| 74 | Iowa State | 10 | 92 | 372 | 4.04 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 1 |
| 75 | South Alabama | 10 | 103 | 418 | 4.06 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 1 |
| 76 | Wyoming | 10 | 90 | 367 | 4.08 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 3 |
| 76 | Tulane | 10 | 91 | 371 | 4.08 | 2 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 3 |
| 76 | Cincinnati | 10 | 110 | 449 | 4.08 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 11 | 2 |
| 79 | Temple | 10 | 108 | 442 | 4.09 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 2 |
| 80 | Missouri State | 10 | 83 | 341 | 4.11 | 7 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 3 |
| 80 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 97 | 399 | 4.11 | 7 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 5 |
| 82 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 83 | 344 | 4.14 | 3 | 43 | 18 | 9 | 2 |
| 83 | California | 10 | 98 | 407 | 4.15 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 2 |
| 84 | Memphis | 11 | 99 | 418 | 4.22 | 5 | 60 | 22 | 18 | 4 |
| 85 | Delaware | 10 | 73 | 309 | 4.23 | 7 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 5 |
| 85 | Southern Miss | 10 | 98 | 415 | 4.23 | 4 | 61 | 19 | 10 | 4 |
| 87 | Texas State | 10 | 95 | 404 | 4.25 | 6 | 51 | 26 | 15 | 3 |
| 88 | Boston College | 11 | 90 | 383 | 4.26 | 7 | 62 | 20 | 8 | 2 |
| 89 | Washington State | 10 | 84 | 359 | 4.27 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 2 |
| 90 | New Mexico | 10 | 83 | 355 | 4.28 | 3 | 64 | 26 | 11 | 2 |
| 91 | Liberty | 10 | 96 | 413 | 4.30 | 3 | 77 | 21 | 10 | 4 |
| 91 | UCF | 10 | 103 | 443 | 4.30 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 17 | 1 |
| 91 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 105 | 452 | 4.30 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 3 |
| 94 | Colorado | 10 | 101 | 437 | 4.33 | 5 | 50 | 21 | 15 | 4 |
| 95 | Kennesaw State | 10 | 94 | 409 | 4.35 | 5 | 48 | 20 | 15 | 4 |
| 96 | Central Michigan | 11 | 106 | 462 | 4.36 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 6 |
| 97 | Arkansas | 10 | 98 | 428 | 4.37 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 16 | 3 |
| 98 | FIU | 10 | 71 | 311 | 4.38 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 15 | 2 |
| 99 | New Mexico State | 10 | 104 | 460 | 4.42 | 2 | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 |
| 100 | Nevada | 10 | 95 | 421 | 4.43 | 5 | 68 | 22 | 15 | 2 |
| 101 | Rice | 10 | 97 | 432 | 4.45 | 5 | 54 | 24 | 12 | 4 |
| 102 | Alabama | 10 | 92 | 410 | 4.46 | 3 | 43 | 24 | 12 | 6 |
| 103 | Michigan State | 10 | 76 | 343 | 4.51 | 2 | 66 | 17 | 10 | 5 |
| 104 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 99 | 448 | 4.53 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 5 |
| 105 | Boise State | 10 | 97 | 445 | 4.59 | 8 | 38 | 24 | 17 | 6 |
| 106 | USC | 10 | 96 | 442 | 4.60 | 4 | 37 | 27 | 18 | 2 |
| 107 | Army | 9 | 71 | 327 | 4.61 | 1 | 40 | 21 | 11 | 2 |
| 108 | Kansas | 10 | 84 | 389 | 4.63 | 1 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 3 |
| 109 | Tulsa | 10 | 103 | 478 | 4.64 | 6 | 72 | 28 | 12 | 4 |
| 110 | Texas A&M | 10 | 86 | 404 | 4.70 | 3 | 57 | 21 | 16 | 7 |
| 111 | Stanford | 10 | 88 | 416 | 4.73 | 5 | 87 | 23 | 13 | 2 |
| 111 | UAB | 10 | 110 | 520 | 4.73 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 14 | 2 |
| 113 | East Carolina | 10 | 88 | 418 | 4.75 | 3 | 84 | 23 | 13 | 4 |
| 114 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 114 | 544 | 4.77 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 19 | 7 |
| 114 | Connecticut | 11 | 125 | 596 | 4.77 | 3 | 73 | 34 | 20 | 5 |
| 116 | Charlotte | 10 | 114 | 545 | 4.78 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 18 | 2 |
| 117 | Georgia State | 10 | 118 | 568 | 4.81 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 20 | 3 |
| 118 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 107 | 517 | 4.83 | 8 | 50 | 25 | 18 | 4 |
| 119 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 94 | 460 | 4.89 | 4 | 49 | 23 | 16 | 3 |
| 120 | Oregon State | 11 | 92 | 451 | 4.90 | 5 | 44 | 25 | 15 | 6 |
| 121 | Massachusetts | 11 | 120 | 611 | 5.09 | 8 | 55 | 31 | 19 | 4 |
| 122 | Marshall | 10 | 85 | 440 | 5.18 | 7 | 59 | 21 | 15 | 4 |
| 122 | Purdue | 11 | 125 | 648 | 5.18 | 13 | 68 | 39 | 25 | 5 |
| 124 | Utah State | 10 | 101 | 525 | 5.20 | 6 | 51 | 26 | 14 | 5 |
| 125 | Northwestern | 10 | 97 | 509 | 5.25 | 6 | 69 | 27 | 16 | 4 |
| 126 | Baylor | 10 | 105 | 557 | 5.30 | 7 | 67 | 31 | 17 | 2 |
| 127 | Louisiana | 10 | 106 | 565 | 5.33 | 9 | 71 | 30 | 21 | 3 |
| 128 | Ole Miss | 11 | 85 | 470 | 5.53 | 5 | 47 | 22 | 15 | 7 |
| 129 | Nebraska | 10 | 81 | 459 | 5.67 | 4 | 75 | 25 | 16 | 5 |
| 130 | UTSA | 10 | 75 | 432 | 5.76 | 6 | 59 | 19 | 13 | 7 |
| 131 | UNLV | 10 | 92 | 538 | 5.85 | 5 | 65 | 29 | 18 | 6 |
| 132 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 121 | 711 | 5.88 | 4 | 57 | 34 | 24 | 9 |
| 133 | Colorado State | 10 | 101 | 598 | 5.92 | 8 | 76 | 21 | 15 | 5 |
| 134 | UCLA | 10 | 80 | 490 | 6.13 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 6 |
| 135 | Syracuse | 10 | 80 | 528 | 6.60 | 2 | 47 | 23 | 17 | 7 |
| 136 | Rutgers | 10 | 84 | 670 | 7.98 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 22 | 9 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||