2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 1st Down through 11/19/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky | 10 | 168 | 535 | 3.18 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 10 | 157 | 475 | 3.03 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 1 |
| 3 | Texas Tech | 11 | 150 | 353 | 2.35 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
| 4 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 177 | 694 | 3.92 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 4 |
| 5 | Texas | 10 | 148 | 479 | 3.24 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 1 |
| 5 | Louisville | 10 | 156 | 535 | 3.43 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 2 |
| 5 | Illinois | 10 | 147 | 537 | 3.65 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 10 | 124 | 425 | 3.43 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 8 | Florida State | 10 | 172 | 556 | 3.23 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| 10 | Georgia | 10 | 137 | 425 | 3.10 | 5 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | SMU | 10 | 150 | 566 | 3.77 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 3 |
| 10 | Iowa | 10 | 154 | 577 | 3.75 | 5 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 1 |
| 13 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 154 | 408 | 2.65 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | Arizona State | 10 | 153 | 513 | 3.35 | 5 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 |
| 15 | Connecticut | 11 | 215 | 1008 | 4.69 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 6 |
| 16 | Clemson | 10 | 156 | 634 | 4.06 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 21 | 5 |
| 17 | San Diego State | 10 | 151 | 437 | 2.89 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 3 |
| 17 | James Madison | 10 | 143 | 456 | 3.19 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| 17 | Washington | 10 | 149 | 493 | 3.31 | 5 | 31 | 10 | 11 | 3 |
| 17 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 197 | 978 | 4.96 | 14 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 12 |
| 21 | USC | 10 | 166 | 723 | 4.36 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 28 | 3 |
| 21 | San Jose State | 10 | 187 | 800 | 4.28 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 27 | 5 |
| 23 | Iowa State | 10 | 165 | 777 | 4.71 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 28 | 7 |
| 24 | TCU | 10 | 190 | 677 | 3.56 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 18 | 3 |
| 24 | Tulane | 10 | 172 | 696 | 4.05 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 21 | 7 |
| 26 | Alabama | 10 | 146 | 526 | 3.60 | 4 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 6 |
| 26 | Washington State | 10 | 161 | 730 | 4.53 | 6 | 37 | 19 | 19 | 6 |
| 28 | Auburn | 10 | 178 | 584 | 3.28 | 6 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 4 |
| 28 | Houston | 10 | 167 | 621 | 3.72 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 16 | 3 |
| 28 | USF | 10 | 187 | 723 | 3.87 | 10 | 38 | 27 | 27 | 7 |
| 31 | Army | 9 | 145 | 705 | 4.86 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 22 | 5 |
| 32 | Duke | 10 | 189 | 768 | 4.06 | 11 | 42 | 22 | 22 | 9 |
| 32 | South Alabama | 10 | 177 | 970 | 5.48 | 13 | 42 | 27 | 28 | 7 |
| 34 | LSU | 10 | 162 | 594 | 3.67 | 5 | 43 | 17 | 18 | 3 |
| 34 | Wisconsin | 10 | 153 | 602 | 3.93 | 5 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 6 |
| 34 | Tennessee | 10 | 196 | 708 | 3.61 | 9 | 43 | 19 | 19 | 6 |
| 34 | Central Michigan | 11 | 180 | 729 | 4.05 | 7 | 43 | 20 | 22 | 6 |
| 34 | Wake Forest | 10 | 162 | 794 | 4.90 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 19 | 7 |
| 34 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 183 | 849 | 4.64 | 6 | 43 | 28 | 28 | 4 |
| 34 | UCLA | 10 | 185 | 938 | 5.07 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| 34 | Mississippi State | 11 | 212 | 1060 | 5.00 | 11 | 43 | 29 | 31 | 6 |
| 42 | Charlotte | 10 | 196 | 1086 | 5.54 | 8 | 44 | 29 | 34 | 8 |
| 43 | New Mexico State | 10 | 184 | 788 | 4.28 | 6 | 45 | 15 | 16 | 5 |
| 43 | Bowling Green | 11 | 196 | 921 | 4.70 | 11 | 45 | 32 | 36 | 7 |
| 45 | Fresno State | 10 | 156 | 629 | 4.03 | 1 | 46 | 16 | 16 | 6 |
| 45 | Old Dominion | 10 | 191 | 744 | 3.90 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 18 | 5 |
| 45 | Arkansas | 10 | 202 | 971 | 4.81 | 13 | 46 | 33 | 33 | 8 |
| 48 | Michigan | 10 | 154 | 553 | 3.59 | 6 | 47 | 10 | 11 | 4 |
| 48 | Stanford | 10 | 164 | 723 | 4.41 | 6 | 47 | 18 | 21 | 5 |
| 48 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 219 | 1263 | 5.77 | 16 | 47 | 41 | 42 | 13 |
| 51 | Boise State | 10 | 170 | 730 | 4.29 | 7 | 49 | 19 | 20 | 8 |
| 51 | Michigan State | 10 | 162 | 815 | 5.03 | 8 | 49 | 23 | 24 | 8 |
| 51 | Syracuse | 10 | 183 | 882 | 4.82 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 31 | 7 |
| 51 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 210 | 977 | 4.65 | 7 | 49 | 27 | 27 | 6 |
| 55 | Cincinnati | 10 | 182 | 828 | 4.55 | 5 | 50 | 21 | 21 | 7 |
| 56 | Delaware | 10 | 177 | 729 | 4.12 | 9 | 51 | 20 | 19 | 7 |
| 56 | Air Force | 10 | 151 | 838 | 5.55 | 9 | 51 | 23 | 24 | 9 |
| 56 | Utah State | 10 | 157 | 874 | 5.57 | 6 | 51 | 22 | 23 | 7 |
| 59 | Jacksonville State | 10 | 177 | 780 | 4.41 | 8 | 52 | 23 | 23 | 7 |
| 60 | UTSA | 10 | 166 | 700 | 4.22 | 4 | 54 | 22 | 21 | 6 |
| 60 | Ball State | 10 | 178 | 746 | 4.19 | 4 | 54 | 18 | 20 | 7 |
| 62 | Maryland | 10 | 189 | 856 | 4.53 | 4 | 55 | 22 | 22 | 6 |
| 63 | South Carolina | 10 | 180 | 764 | 4.24 | 4 | 56 | 18 | 19 | 6 |
| 64 | Virginia | 11 | 176 | 642 | 3.65 | 8 | 57 | 15 | 15 | 3 |
| 64 | Colorado State | 10 | 189 | 878 | 4.65 | 7 | 57 | 18 | 20 | 8 |
| 66 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 148 | 571 | 3.86 | 3 | 58 | 18 | 18 | 5 |
| 66 | Wyoming | 10 | 181 | 884 | 4.88 | 7 | 58 | 23 | 25 | 9 |
| 66 | Massachusetts | 11 | 227 | 1110 | 4.89 | 9 | 58 | 25 | 25 | 9 |
| 69 | Appalachian State | 10 | 180 | 757 | 4.21 | 8 | 59 | 16 | 16 | 7 |
| 70 | Kansas State | 10 | 174 | 717 | 4.12 | 3 | 60 | 19 | 20 | 5 |
| 70 | UAB | 10 | 192 | 929 | 4.84 | 13 | 60 | 25 | 25 | 4 |
| 72 | Navy | 10 | 171 | 777 | 4.54 | 9 | 61 | 20 | 21 | 4 |
| 72 | Temple | 10 | 190 | 1031 | 5.43 | 9 | 61 | 23 | 22 | 8 |
| 74 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 188 | 893 | 4.75 | 13 | 62 | 23 | 26 | 10 |
| 74 | West Virginia | 11 | 212 | 935 | 4.41 | 6 | 62 | 26 | 26 | 9 |
| 74 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 194 | 1065 | 5.49 | 8 | 62 | 35 | 34 | 11 |
| 77 | Western Michigan | 11 | 173 | 770 | 4.45 | 9 | 63 | 26 | 25 | 8 |
| 78 | New Mexico | 10 | 138 | 472 | 3.42 | 6 | 64 | 13 | 13 | 3 |
| 78 | Hawaii | 10 | 168 | 724 | 4.31 | 8 | 64 | 19 | 20 | 6 |
| 78 | Ohio | 11 | 175 | 931 | 5.32 | 7 | 64 | 32 | 31 | 8 |
| 78 | Kent State | 11 | 209 | 986 | 4.72 | 9 | 64 | 28 | 29 | 9 |
| 78 | Arkansas State | 10 | 183 | 986 | 5.39 | 7 | 64 | 22 | 22 | 9 |
| 83 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 164 | 545 | 3.32 | 3 | 65 | 13 | 13 | 4 |
| 83 | Florida | 10 | 175 | 723 | 4.13 | 7 | 65 | 11 | 12 | 4 |
| 83 | Rice | 10 | 161 | 734 | 4.56 | 10 | 65 | 19 | 19 | 5 |
| 83 | BYU | 10 | 177 | 746 | 4.21 | 6 | 65 | 21 | 20 | 8 |
| 83 | Ole Miss | 11 | 177 | 815 | 4.60 | 4 | 65 | 22 | 22 | 6 |
| 83 | Troy | 10 | 183 | 1002 | 5.48 | 9 | 65 | 29 | 29 | 12 |
| 83 | UNLV | 10 | 170 | 1069 | 6.29 | 12 | 65 | 36 | 37 | 13 |
| 90 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 190 | 935 | 4.92 | 8 | 66 | 24 | 24 | 11 |
| 90 | Oregon State | 11 | 207 | 1020 | 4.93 | 7 | 66 | 34 | 34 | 10 |
| 92 | FIU | 10 | 158 | 709 | 4.49 | 6 | 67 | 25 | 26 | 7 |
| 92 | Penn State | 10 | 164 | 761 | 4.64 | 3 | 67 | 17 | 18 | 6 |
| 92 | Rutgers | 10 | 151 | 1013 | 6.71 | 9 | 67 | 28 | 28 | 14 |
| 95 | Utah | 10 | 172 | 775 | 4.51 | 5 | 68 | 25 | 25 | 7 |
| 95 | Louisiana | 10 | 183 | 844 | 4.61 | 9 | 68 | 19 | 21 | 4 |
| 95 | Nevada | 10 | 180 | 852 | 4.73 | 8 | 68 | 23 | 23 | 6 |
| 95 | Purdue | 11 | 203 | 1018 | 5.01 | 13 | 68 | 29 | 32 | 8 |
| 95 | Colorado | 10 | 213 | 1191 | 5.59 | 12 | 68 | 33 | 35 | 9 |
| 100 | Northwestern | 10 | 152 | 853 | 5.61 | 8 | 69 | 20 | 20 | 4 |
| 100 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 160 | 944 | 5.90 | 6 | 69 | 24 | 24 | 13 |
| 102 | California | 10 | 166 | 838 | 5.05 | 7 | 71 | 26 | 26 | 6 |
| 102 | Kansas | 10 | 176 | 946 | 5.38 | 11 | 71 | 29 | 28 | 11 |
| 104 | Marshall | 10 | 171 | 802 | 4.69 | 8 | 72 | 20 | 22 | 7 |
| 104 | UTEP | 10 | 207 | 886 | 4.28 | 9 | 72 | 23 | 25 | 4 |
| 104 | Tulsa | 10 | 182 | 938 | 5.15 | 8 | 72 | 28 | 28 | 7 |
| 107 | Memphis | 11 | 183 | 757 | 4.14 | 8 | 73 | 22 | 23 | 4 |
| 107 | Southern Miss | 10 | 206 | 822 | 3.99 | 8 | 73 | 23 | 23 | 5 |
| 107 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 201 | 1139 | 5.67 | 16 | 73 | 32 | 34 | 9 |
| 110 | Akron | 12 | 212 | 905 | 4.27 | 3 | 74 | 23 | 23 | 7 |
| 110 | Baylor | 10 | 196 | 1062 | 5.42 | 14 | 74 | 25 | 26 | 8 |
| 112 | Oklahoma | 10 | 157 | 361 | 2.30 | 2 | 75 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 112 | Indiana | 11 | 134 | 431 | 3.22 | 2 | 75 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| 112 | Texas A&M | 10 | 152 | 628 | 4.13 | 5 | 75 | 22 | 22 | 6 |
| 112 | North Carolina | 10 | 161 | 681 | 4.23 | 5 | 75 | 16 | 16 | 5 |
| 112 | Missouri State | 10 | 153 | 718 | 4.69 | 9 | 75 | 18 | 18 | 6 |
| 112 | Nebraska | 10 | 160 | 755 | 4.72 | 12 | 75 | 23 | 21 | 4 |
| 112 | Arizona | 10 | 176 | 769 | 4.37 | 8 | 75 | 14 | 15 | 6 |
| 112 | Texas State | 10 | 182 | 818 | 4.49 | 13 | 75 | 22 | 23 | 7 |
| 112 | UCF | 10 | 187 | 838 | 4.48 | 8 | 75 | 28 | 28 | 4 |
| 112 | Kennesaw State | 10 | 188 | 845 | 4.49 | 7 | 75 | 24 | 26 | 8 |
| 112 | North Texas | 10 | 196 | 1021 | 5.21 | 6 | 75 | 20 | 21 | 10 |
| 123 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 167 | 674 | 4.04 | 5 | 76 | 20 | 20 | 6 |
| 124 | Liberty | 10 | 168 | 889 | 5.29 | 4 | 77 | 22 | 22 | 8 |
| 125 | Toledo | 10 | 157 | 446 | 2.84 | 3 | 79 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 125 | Oregon | 10 | 142 | 489 | 3.44 | 5 | 79 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 127 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 163 | 599 | 3.67 | 4 | 80 | 20 | 21 | 3 |
| 127 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 225 | 1379 | 6.13 | 15 | 80 | 37 | 37 | 17 |
| 129 | Missouri | 10 | 161 | 618 | 3.84 | 5 | 84 | 15 | 15 | 3 |
| 129 | East Carolina | 10 | 146 | 677 | 4.64 | 2 | 84 | 24 | 24 | 7 |
| 129 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 156 | 946 | 6.06 | 5 | 84 | 26 | 27 | 12 |
| 132 | Minnesota | 10 | 163 | 685 | 4.20 | 5 | 85 | 24 | 24 | 5 |
| 132 | NC State | 10 | 169 | 773 | 4.57 | 5 | 85 | 23 | 24 | 5 |
| 132 | Georgia State | 10 | 196 | 927 | 4.73 | 13 | 85 | 25 | 25 | 6 |
| 135 | Buffalo | 11 | 193 | 796 | 4.12 | 8 | 90 | 18 | 18 | 5 |
| 136 | Boston College | 11 | 184 | 1022 | 5.55 | 12 | 94 | 20 | 20 | 8 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||