2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 1st Down through 01/01/2026
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Tech | 14 | 195 | 427 | 2.19 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 2 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 13 | 201 | 470 | 2.34 | 2 | 75 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 12 | 196 | 564 | 2.88 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 1 |
| 4 | Miami (FL) | 14 | 215 | 637 | 2.96 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 22 | 7 |
| 5 | Indiana | 14 | 163 | 493 | 3.02 | 2 | 75 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| 6 | James Madison | 14 | 201 | 611 | 3.04 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 5 |
| 7 | Washington | 13 | 192 | 615 | 3.20 | 5 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 3 |
| 8 | Georgia | 14 | 172 | 558 | 3.24 | 5 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 9 | Alabama | 15 | 230 | 758 | 3.30 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 21 | 7 |
| 10 | Auburn | 12 | 218 | 729 | 3.34 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 23 | 5 |
| 11 | Toledo | 13 | 219 | 733 | 3.35 | 5 | 79 | 15 | 15 | 3 |
| 12 | San Diego State | 13 | 205 | 696 | 3.40 | 3 | 49 | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | Kentucky | 12 | 200 | 681 | 3.41 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
| 13 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 224 | 763 | 3.41 | 5 | 65 | 17 | 16 | 5 |
| 15 | Louisville | 13 | 204 | 704 | 3.45 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 4 |
| 16 | New Mexico | 13 | 188 | 650 | 3.46 | 6 | 64 | 18 | 18 | 4 |
| 17 | Oregon | 14 | 196 | 682 | 3.48 | 5 | 79 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| 18 | Missouri | 13 | 202 | 707 | 3.50 | 6 | 84 | 17 | 16 | 3 |
| 19 | Arizona State | 13 | 205 | 729 | 3.56 | 7 | 39 | 15 | 17 | 4 |
| 20 | Florida State | 12 | 211 | 774 | 3.67 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 5 |
| 21 | Illinois | 13 | 200 | 741 | 3.71 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 3 |
| 22 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 191 | 711 | 3.72 | 4 | 58 | 21 | 21 | 7 |
| 23 | Old Dominion | 13 | 230 | 859 | 3.73 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 20 | 5 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 12 | 176 | 662 | 3.76 | 5 | 43 | 17 | 17 | 6 |
| 25 | SMU | 12 | 182 | 691 | 3.80 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| 26 | Virginia | 14 | 222 | 857 | 3.86 | 8 | 57 | 20 | 21 | 4 |
| 27 | Clemson | 13 | 198 | 766 | 3.87 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 24 | 5 |
| 27 | LSU | 13 | 205 | 794 | 3.87 | 6 | 43 | 23 | 24 | 7 |
| 29 | Texas | 13 | 189 | 734 | 3.88 | 5 | 41 | 22 | 23 | 4 |
| 30 | Ohio State | 14 | 190 | 739 | 3.89 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 17 | 4 |
| 31 | TCU | 13 | 233 | 908 | 3.90 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 24 | 6 |
| 32 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 217 | 852 | 3.93 | 6 | 42 | 21 | 20 | 6 |
| 32 | Tulane | 14 | 228 | 896 | 3.93 | 6 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 9 |
| 34 | Western Michigan | 14 | 214 | 862 | 4.03 | 10 | 63 | 29 | 27 | 8 |
| 35 | South Carolina | 12 | 212 | 857 | 4.04 | 4 | 56 | 19 | 20 | 6 |
| 35 | BYU | 14 | 227 | 917 | 4.04 | 7 | 65 | 27 | 26 | 9 |
| 37 | North Carolina | 12 | 206 | 834 | 4.05 | 7 | 75 | 19 | 19 | 5 |
| 38 | Miami (OH) | 14 | 229 | 930 | 4.06 | 5 | 76 | 25 | 25 | 7 |
| 39 | Iowa | 13 | 192 | 784 | 4.08 | 6 | 70 | 14 | 16 | 3 |
| 40 | Delaware | 13 | 231 | 945 | 4.09 | 11 | 78 | 25 | 24 | 8 |
| 41 | Houston | 13 | 208 | 852 | 4.10 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 23 | 5 |
| 42 | USF | 13 | 248 | 1020 | 4.11 | 12 | 51 | 34 | 34 | 10 |
| 43 | Minnesota | 13 | 212 | 874 | 4.12 | 5 | 85 | 31 | 32 | 6 |
| 44 | Stanford | 12 | 194 | 804 | 4.14 | 7 | 47 | 19 | 22 | 5 |
| 44 | Memphis | 13 | 229 | 949 | 4.14 | 9 | 73 | 28 | 29 | 5 |
| 46 | UTSA | 13 | 213 | 884 | 4.15 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 26 | 6 |
| 47 | San Jose State | 12 | 228 | 951 | 4.17 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 5 |
| 48 | Southern Miss | 13 | 262 | 1094 | 4.18 | 12 | 73 | 32 | 31 | 7 |
| 49 | Michigan | 13 | 195 | 817 | 4.19 | 8 | 60 | 17 | 18 | 7 |
| 50 | West Virginia | 12 | 239 | 1004 | 4.20 | 7 | 62 | 28 | 28 | 10 |
| 51 | Buffalo | 12 | 216 | 912 | 4.22 | 8 | 90 | 22 | 22 | 6 |
| 52 | Arizona | 12 | 209 | 887 | 4.24 | 9 | 75 | 15 | 17 | 7 |
| 52 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 220 | 932 | 4.24 | 7 | 80 | 32 | 33 | 7 |
| 52 | Jacksonville State | 14 | 247 | 1048 | 4.24 | 9 | 52 | 30 | 30 | 11 |
| 55 | UCF | 12 | 219 | 931 | 4.25 | 11 | 75 | 29 | 29 | 4 |
| 56 | Fresno State | 13 | 200 | 851 | 4.26 | 2 | 46 | 24 | 24 | 6 |
| 57 | Akron | 12 | 212 | 905 | 4.27 | 3 | 74 | 23 | 23 | 7 |
| 57 | Duke | 14 | 248 | 1058 | 4.27 | 14 | 44 | 32 | 35 | 11 |
| 59 | Washington State | 13 | 205 | 879 | 4.29 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 24 | 6 |
| 60 | Central Michigan | 13 | 210 | 910 | 4.33 | 9 | 43 | 25 | 27 | 8 |
| 61 | Kansas State | 12 | 214 | 928 | 4.34 | 5 | 60 | 28 | 29 | 8 |
| 61 | Tennessee | 13 | 248 | 1076 | 4.34 | 13 | 43 | 31 | 32 | 10 |
| 63 | Texas A&M | 13 | 194 | 845 | 4.36 | 6 | 75 | 29 | 29 | 8 |
| 63 | Florida | 12 | 213 | 929 | 4.36 | 10 | 65 | 19 | 20 | 6 |
| 63 | NC State | 13 | 214 | 934 | 4.36 | 5 | 85 | 27 | 28 | 5 |
| 66 | Navy | 12 | 196 | 857 | 4.37 | 9 | 61 | 21 | 22 | 4 |
| 67 | USC | 13 | 216 | 951 | 4.40 | 8 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 4 |
| 67 | UTEP | 12 | 246 | 1082 | 4.40 | 11 | 72 | 27 | 29 | 7 |
| 69 | Hawaii | 13 | 215 | 949 | 4.41 | 11 | 64 | 25 | 27 | 8 |
| 70 | Texas State | 12 | 216 | 972 | 4.50 | 15 | 75 | 29 | 31 | 8 |
| 71 | Ole Miss | 14 | 235 | 1060 | 4.51 | 6 | 65 | 31 | 31 | 7 |
| 71 | Colorado State | 12 | 245 | 1106 | 4.51 | 10 | 57 | 20 | 22 | 8 |
| 73 | Wake Forest | 12 | 189 | 854 | 4.52 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 20 | 7 |
| 73 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 220 | 995 | 4.52 | 13 | 62 | 25 | 28 | 10 |
| 75 | Penn State | 13 | 213 | 968 | 4.54 | 5 | 67 | 23 | 24 | 7 |
| 76 | New Mexico State | 12 | 215 | 978 | 4.55 | 7 | 45 | 20 | 21 | 9 |
| 77 | Marshall | 12 | 207 | 945 | 4.57 | 9 | 72 | 24 | 26 | 7 |
| 78 | Rice | 12 | 202 | 926 | 4.58 | 13 | 65 | 25 | 25 | 6 |
| 79 | Bowling Green | 12 | 207 | 952 | 4.60 | 11 | 45 | 33 | 37 | 7 |
| 80 | Ball State | 12 | 219 | 1020 | 4.66 | 4 | 54 | 29 | 31 | 11 |
| 81 | Boise State | 14 | 231 | 1082 | 4.68 | 10 | 56 | 31 | 33 | 15 |
| 81 | Connecticut | 13 | 257 | 1204 | 4.68 | 13 | 29 | 35 | 37 | 6 |
| 83 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 228 | 1070 | 4.69 | 7 | 49 | 30 | 30 | 7 |
| 84 | Iowa State | 12 | 185 | 869 | 4.70 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 30 | 8 |
| 84 | Appalachian State | 13 | 241 | 1132 | 4.70 | 12 | 59 | 23 | 23 | 9 |
| 86 | Nebraska | 13 | 222 | 1046 | 4.71 | 16 | 75 | 28 | 26 | 6 |
| 87 | Nevada | 12 | 210 | 994 | 4.73 | 11 | 68 | 28 | 28 | 7 |
| 87 | Middle Tennessee State | 12 | 215 | 1018 | 4.73 | 9 | 66 | 26 | 26 | 11 |
| 89 | Kent State | 12 | 237 | 1124 | 4.74 | 11 | 64 | 31 | 32 | 9 |
| 89 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 238 | 1127 | 4.74 | 16 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 13 |
| 91 | East Carolina | 13 | 199 | 946 | 4.75 | 2 | 84 | 36 | 36 | 10 |
| 92 | FIU | 13 | 219 | 1044 | 4.77 | 8 | 67 | 35 | 36 | 10 |
| 93 | UAB | 12 | 227 | 1086 | 4.78 | 16 | 60 | 28 | 28 | 6 |
| 94 | Mississippi State | 12 | 234 | 1121 | 4.79 | 11 | 43 | 30 | 32 | 6 |
| 95 | Louisiana | 13 | 229 | 1100 | 4.80 | 9 | 68 | 29 | 31 | 6 |
| 96 | Maryland | 12 | 231 | 1112 | 4.81 | 6 | 55 | 28 | 29 | 8 |
| 97 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 222 | 1069 | 4.82 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 32 | 6 |
| 98 | Cincinnati | 12 | 231 | 1118 | 4.84 | 6 | 51 | 31 | 31 | 9 |
| 99 | Kennesaw State | 14 | 266 | 1290 | 4.85 | 12 | 75 | 33 | 37 | 12 |
| 100 | Missouri State | 13 | 215 | 1047 | 4.87 | 13 | 98 | 25 | 26 | 10 |
| 101 | Georgia State | 12 | 241 | 1177 | 4.88 | 16 | 85 | 34 | 34 | 9 |
| 101 | Massachusetts | 12 | 252 | 1230 | 4.88 | 10 | 58 | 27 | 27 | 10 |
| 103 | Michigan State | 12 | 190 | 936 | 4.93 | 9 | 49 | 26 | 27 | 9 |
| 104 | Ohio | 13 | 203 | 1007 | 4.96 | 7 | 64 | 34 | 33 | 8 |
| 105 | California | 13 | 210 | 1044 | 4.97 | 9 | 71 | 30 | 30 | 7 |
| 105 | UCLA | 12 | 219 | 1088 | 4.97 | 11 | 43 | 35 | 35 | 7 |
| 105 | Wyoming | 12 | 225 | 1119 | 4.97 | 8 | 58 | 31 | 34 | 11 |
| 108 | Army | 13 | 212 | 1060 | 5.00 | 5 | 41 | 31 | 32 | 7 |
| 108 | Oregon State | 12 | 224 | 1121 | 5.00 | 9 | 66 | 37 | 37 | 11 |
| 110 | Northwestern | 13 | 196 | 1000 | 5.10 | 10 | 69 | 25 | 25 | 5 |
| 111 | Arkansas State | 13 | 242 | 1241 | 5.13 | 9 | 64 | 29 | 29 | 12 |
| 112 | Tulsa | 12 | 229 | 1176 | 5.14 | 11 | 72 | 34 | 34 | 10 |
| 113 | Arkansas | 12 | 248 | 1278 | 5.15 | 14 | 53 | 43 | 42 | 10 |
| 114 | Baylor | 12 | 236 | 1217 | 5.16 | 17 | 74 | 30 | 31 | 9 |
| 115 | South Alabama | 12 | 203 | 1062 | 5.23 | 15 | 42 | 28 | 29 | 7 |
| 116 | North Texas | 14 | 284 | 1494 | 5.26 | 9 | 75 | 30 | 30 | 13 |
| 117 | Kansas | 12 | 217 | 1147 | 5.29 | 12 | 71 | 36 | 35 | 12 |
| 118 | Liberty | 12 | 216 | 1161 | 5.38 | 5 | 77 | 32 | 32 | 11 |
| 119 | Purdue | 12 | 226 | 1223 | 5.41 | 16 | 68 | 35 | 38 | 11 |
| 120 | Syracuse | 12 | 212 | 1150 | 5.42 | 12 | 58 | 39 | 38 | 11 |
| 121 | Coastal Carolina | 13 | 257 | 1395 | 5.43 | 8 | 62 | 43 | 42 | 14 |
| 122 | Air Force | 12 | 170 | 927 | 5.45 | 9 | 51 | 25 | 26 | 10 |
| 123 | Boston College | 12 | 204 | 1114 | 5.46 | 12 | 94 | 21 | 22 | 8 |
| 123 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 205 | 1120 | 5.46 | 9 | 69 | 29 | 29 | 14 |
| 125 | Utah | 13 | 232 | 1270 | 5.47 | 7 | 80 | 37 | 37 | 12 |
| 126 | Charlotte | 12 | 233 | 1278 | 5.48 | 11 | 44 | 35 | 40 | 10 |
| 127 | Troy | 14 | 258 | 1425 | 5.52 | 12 | 73 | 41 | 41 | 18 |
| 128 | Georgia Southern | 13 | 275 | 1526 | 5.55 | 19 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 16 |
| 129 | Temple | 12 | 233 | 1306 | 5.61 | 13 | 61 | 30 | 30 | 11 |
| 130 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 215 | 1214 | 5.65 | 6 | 84 | 33 | 34 | 14 |
| 131 | Colorado | 12 | 263 | 1489 | 5.66 | 15 | 88 | 39 | 42 | 12 |
| 132 | Utah State | 13 | 214 | 1216 | 5.68 | 8 | 69 | 28 | 29 | 11 |
| 133 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 246 | 1457 | 5.92 | 17 | 80 | 38 | 38 | 18 |
| 134 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 242 | 1483 | 6.13 | 21 | 73 | 42 | 44 | 14 |
| 135 | UNLV | 14 | 242 | 1516 | 6.26 | 15 | 65 | 47 | 48 | 17 |
| 136 | Rutgers | 12 | 197 | 1380 | 7.01 | 12 | 67 | 40 | 40 | 18 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||