2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 1st Down through 12/06/2025

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Texas Tech 13 175 400 2.29 0 29 11 13 2
2 Oklahoma 12 187 441 2.36 2 75 6 6 3
3 James Madison 13 182 479 2.63 3 31 11 11 3
4 Indiana 13 157 483 3.08 2 75 9 9 3
5 Georgia 13 161 509 3.16 5 27 9 9 2
6 Toledo 12 197 550 2.79 3 79 7 7 1
7 San Diego State 12 186 556 2.99 1 31 12 13 3
8 Notre Dame 12 196 564 2.88 1 20 11 12 1
9 Miami (FL) 12 182 576 3.16 4 38 20 20 7
10 Washington 12 180 578 3.21 5 31 10 11 3
11 New Mexico 12 173 601 3.47 6 64 17 17 3
12 Oregon 12 173 603 3.49 5 79 10 10 1
13 Louisville 12 184 618 3.36 3 25 14 14 3
14 Vanderbilt 12 173 634 3.66 4 58 20 20 6
15 Ohio State 13 168 642 3.82 1 37 14 14 4
16 Illinois 12 180 644 3.58 4 25 13 13 2
17 Arizona State 12 187 646 3.45 6 39 13 15 4
17 Texas 12 174 646 3.71 5 41 20 21 4
19 Alabama 13 191 647 3.39 4 37 17 19 6
20 Wisconsin 12 176 662 3.76 5 43 17 17 6
21 LSU 12 186 672 3.61 5 43 20 21 4
22 Kentucky 12 200 681 3.41 8 22 18 17 1
23 SMU 12 182 691 3.80 2 27 14 15 4
24 Missouri 12 188 694 3.69 5 84 16 16 3
25 Michigan 12 183 709 3.87 6 47 13 14 6
26 Texas A&M 12 177 713 4.03 6 75 24 24 7
27 Auburn 12 218 729 3.34 6 38 22 23 5
28 Clemson 12 180 733 4.07 5 30 23 24 5
29 Pittsburgh 12 209 734 3.51 5 65 17 16 5
30 Iowa 12 181 757 4.18 6 70 13 15 3
31 Virginia 13 207 761 3.68 8 57 17 18 3
32 Florida State 12 211 774 3.67 4 26 20 21 5
33 Houston 12 198 782 3.95 3 38 19 20 4
34 Fresno State 12 188 790 4.20 2 46 22 22 6
35 Western Michigan 13 198 799 4.04 10 63 28 26 8
36 Tulane 13 210 801 3.81 4 35 26 26 7
37 Stanford 12 194 804 4.14 7 47 19 22 5
38 Navy 11 181 805 4.45 9 61 20 21 4
39 Minnesota 12 196 819 4.18 5 85 27 27 6
40 Washington State 12 188 826 4.39 6 37 23 23 6
41 USF 12 224 832 3.71 10 38 29 29 8
41 Old Dominion 12 215 832 3.87 3 46 18 19 5
43 North Carolina 12 206 834 4.05 7 75 19 19 5
44 East Carolina 12 176 846 4.81 2 84 32 32 9
45 UTSA 12 201 848 4.22 4 54 27 25 6
46 Louisiana-Monroe 12 217 852 3.93 6 42 21 20 6
47 Miami (OH) 13 206 854 4.15 5 76 25 25 7
47 Wake Forest 12 189 854 4.52 4 43 19 20 7
49 TCU 12 215 855 3.98 3 38 22 23 6
50 BYU 13 213 856 4.02 7 65 25 24 9
51 South Carolina 12 212 857 4.04 4 56 19 20 6
52 Hawaii 12 197 866 4.40 9 64 23 25 8
53 Iowa State 12 185 869 4.70 9 33 27 30 8
54 NC State 12 198 870 4.39 5 85 25 26 5
55 Ole Miss 12 199 875 4.40 4 65 23 23 7
56 Central Michigan 12 198 878 4.43 9 43 24 26 8
57 Arizona 12 209 887 4.24 9 75 15 17 7
58 Louisiana Tech 12 203 891 4.39 7 80 31 32 7
59 Akron 12 212 905 4.27 3 74 23 23 7
60 Memphis 12 212 908 4.28 9 73 27 28 5
61 Buffalo 12 216 912 4.22 8 90 22 22 6
62 Delaware 12 213 914 4.29 11 78 25 24 8
63 Army 11 177 917 5.18 4 41 27 28 6
64 USC 12 202 922 4.56 7 32 33 34 4
65 Rice 12 202 926 4.58 13 65 25 25 6
66 Air Force 12 170 927 5.45 9 51 25 26 10
67 Kansas State 12 214 928 4.34 5 60 28 29 8
68 Florida 12 213 929 4.36 10 65 19 20 6
69 Duke 13 229 930 4.06 13 42 29 31 9
70 UCF 12 219 931 4.25 11 75 29 29 4
70 Penn State 12 203 931 4.59 4 67 21 22 7
72 Michigan State 12 190 936 4.93 9 49 26 27 9
73 Nebraska 12 200 939 4.70 16 75 26 24 5
74 FIU 12 198 941 4.75 6 67 32 33 9
75 Marshall 12 207 945 4.57 9 72 24 26 7
76 San Jose State 12 228 951 4.17 9 32 28 29 5
77 Bowling Green 12 207 952 4.60 11 45 33 37 7
78 Northwestern 12 179 956 5.34 10 69 24 24 5
79 Appalachian State 12 224 962 4.29 11 59 21 21 7
80 Ohio 12 189 969 5.13 7 64 32 31 8
81 Texas State 12 216 972 4.50 15 75 29 31 8
82 New Mexico State 12 215 978 4.55 7 45 20 21 9
83 Tennessee 12 229 979 4.28 12 43 28 29 10
84 California 12 199 986 4.95 9 71 29 29 7
85 Jacksonville State 13 230 987 4.29 9 52 28 28 11
86 Nevada 12 210 994 4.73 11 68 28 28 7
87 Virginia Tech 12 220 995 4.52 13 62 25 28 10
88 Missouri State 12 198 996 5.03 12 98 23 24 9
89 West Virginia 12 239 1004 4.20 7 62 28 28 10
90 Middle Tennessee State 12 215 1018 4.73 9 66 26 26 11
91 Ball State 12 219 1020 4.66 4 54 29 31 11
92 Southern Miss 12 246 1026 4.17 11 73 30 29 6
93 Boise State 13 216 1031 4.77 10 56 29 31 14
94 Louisiana 12 219 1057 4.83 9 68 27 29 6
95 South Alabama 12 203 1062 5.23 15 42 28 29 7
96 Oklahoma State 12 222 1069 4.82 7 43 32 32 6
97 Northern Illinois 12 228 1070 4.69 7 49 30 30 7
98 Utah State 12 194 1074 5.54 8 69 26 27 9
99 Connecticut 12 232 1079 4.65 11 29 33 35 6
100 UTEP 12 246 1082 4.40 11 72 27 29 7
101 UAB 12 227 1086 4.78 16 60 28 28 6
102 UCLA 12 219 1088 4.97 11 43 35 35 7
103 Georgia Tech 12 196 1089 5.56 9 69 28 28 14
104 Colorado State 12 245 1106 4.51 10 57 20 22 8
105 Maryland 12 231 1112 4.81 6 55 28 29 8
106 Kennesaw State 13 246 1114 4.53 11 75 30 33 10
106 Boston College 12 204 1114 5.46 12 94 21 22 8
108 Cincinnati 12 231 1118 4.84 6 51 31 31 9
109 Wyoming 12 225 1119 4.97 8 58 31 34 11
110 Mississippi State 12 234 1121 4.79 11 43 30 32 6
110 Oregon State 12 224 1121 5.00 9 66 37 37 11
112 Kent State 12 237 1124 4.74 11 64 31 32 9
113 Florida Atlantic 12 238 1127 4.74 16 31 34 36 13
114 Kansas 12 217 1147 5.29 12 71 36 35 12
115 Syracuse 12 212 1150 5.42 12 58 39 38 11
116 Liberty 12 216 1161 5.38 5 77 32 32 11
116 Western Kentucky 12 197 1161 5.89 6 84 32 33 14
118 Tulsa 12 229 1176 5.14 11 72 34 34 10
119 Georgia State 12 241 1177 4.88 16 85 34 34 9
120 Arkansas State 12 227 1197 5.27 9 64 27 27 12
121 Utah 12 217 1198 5.52 6 80 35 35 11
122 Baylor 12 236 1217 5.16 17 74 30 31 9
123 Purdue 12 226 1223 5.41 16 68 35 38 11
124 Massachusetts 12 252 1230 4.88 10 58 27 27 10
125 Arkansas 12 248 1278 5.15 14 53 43 42 10
125 Charlotte 12 233 1278 5.48 11 44 35 40 10
127 Coastal Carolina 12 234 1295 5.53 8 62 41 40 13
128 Temple 12 233 1306 5.61 13 61 30 30 11
129 North Texas 13 261 1310 5.02 7 75 26 26 11
130 Rutgers 12 197 1380 7.01 12 67 40 40 18
131 Troy 13 239 1384 5.79 12 73 40 40 18
132 UNLV 13 223 1401 6.28 14 65 44 45 15
133 Georgia Southern 12 256 1415 5.53 19 47 46 47 14
134 Eastern Michigan 12 246 1457 5.92 17 80 38 38 18
135 Sam Houston State 12 242 1483 6.13 21 73 42 44 14
136 Colorado 12 263 1489 5.66 15 88 39 42 12
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards