2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down through 09/11/2025

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Notre Dame 1 5 -6 -1.20 0 1 0 0 0
2 Tennessee 2 10 -33 -3.30 1 3 1 0 0
2 FIU 2 7 -1 -0.14 0 3 0 0 0
2 North Carolina 2 7 5 0.71 0 3 5 0 0
2 Oregon State 2 5 7 1.40 0 3 1 0 0
6 TCU 1 4 0 0.00 0 4 0 0 0
6 Arizona State 2 12 9 0.75 0 4 4 0 0
8 Troy 2 9 -17 -1.89 0 5 3 0 0
8 Houston 2 12 6 0.50 1 5 3 0 0
8 New Mexico 2 9 23 2.56 1 5 7 0 0
11 Virginia 2 9 1 0.11 0 6 0 0 0
11 LSU 2 9 3 0.33 0 6 1 0 0
11 Miami (FL) 2 9 8 0.89 0 6 2 0 0
11 James Madison 2 12 9 0.75 0 6 4 0 0
11 Stanford 2 8 9 1.13 0 6 3 0 0
11 Texas 2 10 17 1.70 0 6 0 0 0
11 Illinois 2 10 17 1.70 0 6 2 0 0
18 Memphis 2 12 -25 -2.08 0 7 1 0 0
18 Utah 2 13 -6 -0.46 0 7 2 0 0
18 Kansas 3 20 3 0.15 0 7 5 0 0
18 Northern Illinois 2 10 3 0.30 0 7 4 0 0
18 Ohio 2 11 4 0.36 0 7 1 0 0
18 Massachusetts 2 4 4 1.00 0 7 2 0 0
18 Toledo 2 10 15 1.50 1 7 8 0 0
18 Arkansas State 2 9 17 1.89 1 7 5 0 0
18 USF 2 10 18 1.80 0 7 3 0 0
27 BYU 2 7 -19 -2.71 0 8 1 0 0
27 Minnesota 2 12 6 0.50 0 8 2 0 0
27 Missouri 2 13 25 1.92 1 8 1 0 0
27 Northwestern 2 11 32 2.91 0 8 5 0 0
27 Louisiana 2 14 34 2.43 1 8 7 0 0
32 Appalachian State 2 14 -14 -1.00 0 9 3 0 0
32 Wisconsin 2 12 5 0.42 0 9 4 0 0
32 Bowling Green 2 10 9 0.90 1 9 2 0 0
32 Buffalo 2 10 11 1.10 0 9 5 0 0
32 Navy 2 10 19 1.90 0 9 4 0 0
32 Iowa 2 10 26 2.60 0 9 4 0 0
38 UTEP 2 15 -15 -1.00 0 10 1 1 0
38 Pittsburgh 2 12 1 0.08 1 10 2 1 0
38 Purdue 2 14 4 0.29 0 10 4 1 0
38 Washington 2 8 11 1.38 0 10 2 1 0
38 Clemson 2 7 21 3.00 0 10 4 1 0
38 Iowa State 3 14 33 2.36 1 10 6 1 0
38 Alabama 2 13 46 3.54 0 10 5 1 0
45 Oregon 2 13 6 0.46 0 11 2 1 0
45 Arizona 2 10 7 0.70 0 11 2 1 0
45 Air Force 1 7 11 1.57 0 11 2 1 0
45 Sam Houston State 3 17 15 0.88 0 11 6 1 0
45 Colorado State 2 17 17 1.00 1 11 6 1 0
45 Georgia 2 14 19 1.36 0 11 3 2 0
45 Liberty 2 10 19 1.90 4 11 3 1 0
45 Michigan 2 11 21 1.91 0 11 3 1 0
45 California 2 6 21 3.50 0 11 3 2 0
45 New Mexico State 2 20 37 1.85 0 11 5 3 0
45 Charlotte 2 14 41 2.93 0 11 6 1 0
45 Marshall 2 13 48 3.69 1 11 5 1 0
45 Washington State 2 16 57 3.56 1 11 9 3 0
58 Ball State 2 14 16 1.14 1 12 5 1 0
58 Wyoming 2 9 19 2.11 0 12 4 2 0
58 Temple 2 6 22 3.67 0 12 2 1 0
58 South Carolina 2 13 27 2.08 0 12 6 2 0
58 Arkansas 2 13 28 2.15 0 12 5 2 0
58 Cincinnati 2 14 41 2.93 1 12 6 1 0
58 Mississippi State 2 15 45 3.00 0 12 7 2 0
58 Middle Tennessee State 2 14 54 3.86 0 12 4 1 0
66 Louisville 2 19 15 0.79 0 13 6 2 0
66 Hawaii 3 18 25 1.39 2 13 8 2 0
66 Louisiana Tech 2 16 31 1.94 1 13 6 2 0
66 Florida Atlantic 2 7 31 4.43 0 13 2 1 0
66 East Carolina 2 13 34 2.62 1 13 5 3 0
66 Ohio State 2 11 35 3.18 0 13 6 1 0
66 Ole Miss 2 10 52 5.20 0 13 5 2 0
66 UAB 2 16 64 4.00 1 13 10 1 0
66 Nevada 2 14 64 4.57 1 13 5 3 0
66 Tulane 2 14 72 5.14 0 13 7 3 0
76 Kentucky 2 13 21 1.62 2 14 4 1 0
76 Texas State 2 9 24 2.67 0 14 4 1 0
76 Old Dominion 2 17 36 2.12 2 14 8 2 0
76 San Jose State 2 14 37 2.64 0 14 3 1 0
76 Texas Tech 2 15 40 2.67 0 14 3 1 0
76 Fresno State 3 18 62 3.44 0 14 8 2 0
76 Kansas State 3 32 93 2.91 2 14 11 2 0
83 West Virginia 2 14 39 2.79 1 15 4 2 0
83 SMU 2 17 43 2.53 1 15 7 2 0
85 Georgia Tech 2 16 28 1.75 1 16 4 2 0
85 Virginia Tech 2 8 45 5.63 1 16 3 3 0
85 Georgia State 2 12 60 5.00 0 16 7 2 0
85 Penn State 2 17 69 4.06 0 16 6 4 0
85 UCLA 2 16 87 5.44 2 16 14 2 0
90 Nebraska 2 12 34 2.83 0 17 4 2 0
90 Missouri State 2 11 70 6.36 2 17 6 3 0
92 Auburn 2 8 -1 -0.13 0 18 1 1 0
92 Connecticut 2 12 24 2.00 0 18 3 2 0
94 Boston College 2 7 17 2.43 0 19 3 2 0
94 Wake Forest 3 25 41 1.64 1 19 8 3 0
96 Eastern Michigan 2 13 111 8.54 1 20 9 6 1
97 Texas A&M 2 13 22 1.69 0 21 4 2 1
97 Utah State 2 14 24 1.71 1 21 5 1 1
97 Tulsa 2 15 40 2.67 0 21 4 2 1
97 Southern Miss 2 16 73 4.56 3 21 9 4 1
101 Florida State 2 16 65 4.06 0 22 5 2 1
101 Florida 2 15 75 5.00 0 22 4 3 2
101 Oklahoma State 2 18 78 4.33 0 22 10 2 1
101 South Alabama 2 15 80 5.33 2 22 6 5 1
105 USC 2 10 9 0.90 0 23 3 1 1
105 Michigan State 2 9 11 1.22 0 23 3 1 1
105 Delaware 2 15 36 2.40 1 23 3 4 3
105 Boise State 2 13 57 4.38 2 23 6 2 1
109 Oklahoma 2 9 37 4.11 0 24 3 1 1
109 Jacksonville State 2 14 67 4.79 0 24 7 3 2
109 Western Kentucky 3 16 87 5.44 0 24 7 4 1
112 Kent State 2 12 34 2.83 0 25 3 1 1
112 Colorado 2 9 63 7.00 1 25 6 1 1
112 North Texas 2 21 79 3.76 1 25 11 2 1
115 Vanderbilt 2 9 24 2.67 0 27 4 2 1
116 UTSA 2 14 51 3.64 1 28 5 1 1
116 Army 2 9 53 5.89 0 28 2 2 1
116 Coastal Carolina 2 16 57 3.56 1 28 7 1 1
116 Rutgers 2 8 60 7.50 0 28 4 3 1
116 Western Michigan 2 12 112 9.33 0 28 4 6 3
121 Kennesaw State 2 19 73 3.84 1 29 6 2 1
122 UNLV 3 12 38 3.17 1 30 4 1 1
123 San Diego State 2 15 41 2.73 1 31 4 1 1
123 Central Michigan 2 7 49 7.00 0 31 4 1 1
125 Miami (OH) 2 16 93 5.81 1 35 9 2 1
125 Georgia Southern 2 9 117 13.00 2 35 8 5 2
127 Baylor 2 16 66 4.13 1 40 7 1 1
128 Duke 2 18 43 2.39 1 44 5 1 1
128 UCF 2 19 65 3.42 0 44 6 2 1
130 Syracuse 2 10 70 7.00 1 45 5 2 1
131 Akron 2 17 163 9.59 3 47 11 3 3
132 Rice 2 18 180 10.00 3 54 12 6 3
133 Louisiana-Monroe 2 5 69 13.80 1 56 1 1 1
134 NC State 3 16 114 7.13 3 66 7 3 2
135 Maryland 2 19 150 7.89 1 74 7 5 2
136 Indiana 2 9 89 9.89 1 78 3 1 1
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards