2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 2nd Down through 10/29/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | 8 | 74 | 162 | 2.19 | 3 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Auburn | 8 | 83 | 167 | 2.01 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Texas Tech | 8 | 72 | 177 | 2.46 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Georgia | 7 | 72 | 183 | 2.54 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Texas | 8 | 89 | 184 | 2.07 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 75 | 187 | 2.49 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Maryland | 7 | 64 | 196 | 3.06 | 0 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 90 | 197 | 2.19 | 1 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | Western Michigan | 8 | 81 | 197 | 2.43 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 7 | 86 | 199 | 2.31 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Missouri | 8 | 65 | 203 | 3.12 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
| 12 | San Diego State | 7 | 70 | 206 | 2.94 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| 13 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 64 | 208 | 3.25 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 14 | Ohio State | 7 | 74 | 218 | 2.95 | 0 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | Duke | 7 | 66 | 219 | 3.32 | 4 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| 16 | Florida | 7 | 78 | 222 | 2.85 | 5 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 2 |
| 16 | USF | 8 | 70 | 222 | 3.17 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | Indiana | 8 | 66 | 222 | 3.36 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 |
| 19 | Notre Dame | 7 | 65 | 223 | 3.43 | 2 | 54 | 16 | 7 | 2 |
| 20 | Minnesota | 8 | 75 | 227 | 3.03 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | Wake Forest | 7 | 88 | 230 | 2.61 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 81 | 231 | 2.85 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | Clemson | 7 | 70 | 240 | 3.43 | 2 | 35 | 22 | 7 | 2 |
| 24 | East Carolina | 7 | 82 | 249 | 3.04 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 0 |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 8 | 82 | 255 | 3.11 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 |
| 26 | Army | 7 | 73 | 257 | 3.52 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | UCF | 7 | 78 | 259 | 3.32 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 1 |
| 28 | Florida State | 7 | 83 | 261 | 3.14 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 29 | James Madison | 8 | 71 | 262 | 3.69 | 1 | 78 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| 30 | San Jose State | 7 | 69 | 266 | 3.86 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| 31 | Wisconsin | 8 | 72 | 269 | 3.74 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 1 |
| 32 | Iowa | 8 | 86 | 275 | 3.20 | 2 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 1 |
| 33 | Tulane | 7 | 93 | 277 | 2.98 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 0 |
| 33 | Louisville | 7 | 69 | 277 | 4.01 | 3 | 75 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 35 | Toledo | 8 | 98 | 280 | 2.86 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | Penn State | 7 | 93 | 284 | 3.05 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 3 |
| 37 | NC State | 8 | 86 | 285 | 3.31 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 1 |
| 38 | Texas A&M | 8 | 78 | 290 | 3.72 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 3 |
| 39 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 68 | 291 | 4.28 | 0 | 48 | 14 | 10 | 3 |
| 40 | Navy | 7 | 70 | 295 | 4.21 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| 41 | Nevada | 8 | 91 | 296 | 3.25 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 2 |
| 42 | UTSA | 7 | 72 | 297 | 4.13 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| 43 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 106 | 300 | 2.83 | 1 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 2 |
| 44 | SMU | 8 | 92 | 301 | 3.27 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| 45 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 89 | 302 | 3.39 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 3 |
| 45 | New Mexico State | 7 | 80 | 302 | 3.78 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 1 |
| 45 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 79 | 302 | 3.82 | 3 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 3 |
| 48 | Marshall | 7 | 91 | 303 | 3.33 | 5 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| 48 | Washington | 8 | 72 | 303 | 4.21 | 2 | 51 | 16 | 7 | 2 |
| 50 | Utah | 8 | 87 | 307 | 3.53 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 1 |
| 51 | Central Michigan | 8 | 82 | 308 | 3.76 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 3 |
| 52 | Washington State | 8 | 85 | 312 | 3.67 | 2 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 2 |
| 53 | Iowa State | 8 | 84 | 321 | 3.82 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| 54 | Fresno State | 8 | 83 | 332 | 4.00 | 4 | 73 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 55 | TCU | 8 | 86 | 337 | 3.92 | 2 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 3 |
| 56 | Ohio | 8 | 80 | 339 | 4.24 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 9 | 2 |
| 56 | Missouri State | 8 | 72 | 339 | 4.71 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 2 |
| 58 | Kennesaw State | 8 | 90 | 340 | 3.78 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 1 |
| 59 | Oregon State | 8 | 88 | 343 | 3.90 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 10 | 5 |
| 60 | West Virginia | 8 | 94 | 345 | 3.67 | 3 | 83 | 28 | 10 | 2 |
| 61 | Appalachian State | 8 | 91 | 346 | 3.80 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 7 | 3 |
| 62 | Houston | 8 | 102 | 348 | 3.41 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 1 |
| 63 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 104 | 352 | 3.38 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 0 |
| 64 | Rice | 8 | 78 | 354 | 4.54 | 1 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 3 |
| 65 | Cincinnati | 8 | 97 | 357 | 3.68 | 2 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 1 |
| 65 | Stanford | 8 | 77 | 357 | 4.64 | 3 | 87 | 22 | 7 | 1 |
| 67 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 84 | 365 | 4.35 | 2 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 2 |
| 68 | USC | 7 | 72 | 367 | 5.10 | 2 | 63 | 24 | 12 | 3 |
| 69 | Virginia | 8 | 85 | 368 | 4.33 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 14 | 3 |
| 70 | Bowling Green | 8 | 86 | 370 | 4.30 | 2 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 2 |
| 71 | UNLV | 7 | 73 | 371 | 5.08 | 1 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 |
| 72 | BYU | 8 | 81 | 372 | 4.59 | 2 | 29 | 25 | 8 | 2 |
| 73 | Temple | 8 | 88 | 377 | 4.28 | 6 | 41 | 23 | 15 | 1 |
| 74 | Northwestern | 8 | 91 | 379 | 4.16 | 2 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 2 |
| 75 | Arizona State | 8 | 90 | 383 | 4.26 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 4 |
| 76 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 96 | 384 | 4.00 | 7 | 59 | 21 | 8 | 2 |
| 77 | Tennessee | 8 | 102 | 387 | 3.79 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 1 |
| 78 | Hawaii | 8 | 77 | 388 | 5.04 | 3 | 54 | 22 | 10 | 4 |
| 79 | Troy | 8 | 101 | 391 | 3.87 | 3 | 59 | 18 | 8 | 2 |
| 79 | Liberty | 7 | 90 | 391 | 4.34 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 4 |
| 81 | Purdue | 8 | 93 | 392 | 4.22 | 2 | 19 | 27 | 14 | 0 |
| 82 | Kentucky | 7 | 84 | 393 | 4.68 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 3 |
| 83 | Illinois | 8 | 88 | 398 | 4.52 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 13 | 4 |
| 84 | Buffalo | 8 | 106 | 400 | 3.77 | 0 | 38 | 23 | 8 | 1 |
| 84 | UAB | 7 | 100 | 400 | 4.00 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 10 | 1 |
| 84 | Mississippi State | 8 | 93 | 400 | 4.30 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 10 | 4 |
| 87 | Wyoming | 8 | 90 | 401 | 4.46 | 2 | 35 | 25 | 13 | 6 |
| 88 | Oregon | 8 | 98 | 405 | 4.13 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 0 |
| 89 | California | 8 | 91 | 407 | 4.47 | 5 | 46 | 29 | 12 | 4 |
| 90 | Ole Miss | 8 | 85 | 408 | 4.80 | 7 | 47 | 27 | 7 | 3 |
| 91 | South Carolina | 8 | 101 | 411 | 4.07 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 13 | 2 |
| 92 | Memphis | 8 | 84 | 414 | 4.93 | 3 | 81 | 20 | 13 | 3 |
| 92 | Syracuse | 8 | 79 | 414 | 5.24 | 1 | 47 | 28 | 11 | 4 |
| 94 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 108 | 416 | 3.85 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 2 |
| 95 | UTEP | 8 | 113 | 423 | 3.74 | 2 | 18 | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| 96 | Arizona | 7 | 88 | 424 | 4.82 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 2 |
| 97 | Kansas | 8 | 92 | 426 | 4.63 | 4 | 63 | 26 | 11 | 4 |
| 98 | New Mexico | 8 | 95 | 427 | 4.49 | 4 | 56 | 25 | 10 | 2 |
| 99 | UCLA | 8 | 90 | 431 | 4.79 | 5 | 54 | 24 | 11 | 4 |
| 100 | Rutgers | 8 | 81 | 432 | 5.33 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 16 | 5 |
| 101 | Delaware | 7 | 81 | 439 | 5.42 | 3 | 66 | 20 | 11 | 5 |
| 102 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 93 | 440 | 4.73 | 6 | 46 | 21 | 11 | 7 |
| 103 | LSU | 8 | 92 | 441 | 4.79 | 4 | 41 | 36 | 19 | 3 |
| 104 | Nebraska | 8 | 88 | 443 | 5.03 | 4 | 71 | 26 | 17 | 5 |
| 105 | Ball State | 8 | 97 | 445 | 4.59 | 4 | 46 | 24 | 14 | 3 |
| 106 | Southern Miss | 8 | 110 | 448 | 4.07 | 4 | 47 | 29 | 15 | 3 |
| 107 | Tulsa | 8 | 118 | 451 | 3.82 | 3 | 35 | 31 | 12 | 2 |
| 108 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 112 | 453 | 4.04 | 7 | 47 | 26 | 13 | 6 |
| 108 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 104 | 453 | 4.36 | 3 | 55 | 17 | 12 | 5 |
| 110 | Baylor | 8 | 115 | 463 | 4.03 | 5 | 23 | 41 | 10 | 2 |
| 111 | Air Force | 7 | 76 | 464 | 6.11 | 8 | 59 | 20 | 17 | 6 |
| 112 | Michigan State | 8 | 86 | 469 | 5.45 | 8 | 66 | 26 | 12 | 5 |
| 113 | Arkansas | 8 | 97 | 470 | 4.85 | 3 | 25 | 34 | 18 | 5 |
| 114 | Old Dominion | 8 | 107 | 474 | 4.43 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 4 |
| 115 | Kansas State | 8 | 106 | 475 | 4.48 | 7 | 54 | 34 | 17 | 5 |
| 116 | Sam Houston State | 7 | 92 | 477 | 5.18 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 17 | 2 |
| 117 | FIU | 8 | 86 | 494 | 5.74 | 3 | 42 | 28 | 18 | 5 |
| 118 | Arkansas State | 8 | 104 | 495 | 4.76 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 18 | 4 |
| 119 | North Texas | 8 | 118 | 510 | 4.32 | 5 | 37 | 36 | 17 | 4 |
| 120 | South Alabama | 8 | 108 | 513 | 4.75 | 2 | 56 | 35 | 19 | 2 |
| 121 | Colorado State | 8 | 95 | 520 | 5.47 | 4 | 37 | 30 | 20 | 5 |
| 122 | Utah State | 8 | 113 | 529 | 4.68 | 4 | 49 | 28 | 16 | 5 |
| 123 | Charlotte | 8 | 103 | 541 | 5.25 | 7 | 50 | 32 | 18 | 4 |
| 124 | Texas State | 8 | 105 | 549 | 5.23 | 3 | 75 | 29 | 24 | 7 |
| 124 | Boise State | 8 | 83 | 549 | 6.61 | 4 | 64 | 17 | 17 | 8 |
| 126 | Boston College | 8 | 99 | 553 | 5.59 | 5 | 67 | 28 | 17 | 3 |
| 127 | Massachusetts | 8 | 119 | 554 | 4.66 | 6 | 25 | 41 | 17 | 3 |
| 128 | Kent State | 8 | 108 | 568 | 5.26 | 4 | 36 | 38 | 20 | 4 |
| 129 | Colorado | 8 | 110 | 585 | 5.32 | 2 | 50 | 34 | 20 | 6 |
| 130 | Akron | 9 | 120 | 597 | 4.98 | 9 | 69 | 37 | 18 | 5 |
| 131 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 104 | 598 | 5.75 | 5 | 36 | 37 | 23 | 7 |
| 132 | Connecticut | 8 | 118 | 617 | 5.23 | 6 | 70 | 36 | 20 | 4 |
| 133 | Georgia State | 8 | 109 | 666 | 6.11 | 12 | 60 | 36 | 19 | 4 |
| 134 | Alabama | 8 | 93 | 673 | 7.24 | 7 | 65 | 29 | 22 | 9 |
| 135 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 127 | 700 | 5.51 | 7 | 58 | 36 | 16 | 6 |
| 136 | Louisiana | 8 | 128 | 703 | 5.49 | 6 | 71 | 48 | 23 | 4 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||