2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 1-3 Yards To Go through 11/19/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami (FL) | 9 | 18 | 30 | 1.67 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Tennessee | 9 | 19 | 32 | 1.68 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | SMU | 9 | 30 | 35 | 1.17 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 23 | 35 | 1.52 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | East Carolina | 8 | 21 | 38 | 1.81 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Oregon State | 9 | 18 | 38 | 2.11 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 8 | 23 | 46 | 2.00 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Minnesota | 8 | 21 | 46 | 2.19 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Memphis | 11 | 26 | 47 | 1.81 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Florida State | 10 | 27 | 48 | 1.78 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Marshall | 8 | 23 | 48 | 2.09 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Utah | 9 | 21 | 49 | 2.33 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Virginia | 10 | 27 | 50 | 1.85 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Purdue | 10 | 31 | 51 | 1.65 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Oregon | 10 | 28 | 52 | 1.86 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ohio State | 9 | 25 | 54 | 2.16 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 8 | 24 | 54 | 2.25 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 29 | 55 | 1.90 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Texas | 9 | 22 | 55 | 2.50 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Fresno State | 9 | 25 | 56 | 2.24 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Washington | 10 | 21 | 57 | 2.71 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Ohio | 9 | 25 | 58 | 2.32 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Auburn | 9 | 21 | 58 | 2.76 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Middle Tennessee State | 9 | 31 | 59 | 1.90 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | BYU | 10 | 28 | 60 | 2.14 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | West Virginia | 10 | 28 | 60 | 2.14 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Boise State | 9 | 26 | 61 | 2.35 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | James Madison | 9 | 24 | 61 | 2.54 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Iowa | 8 | 23 | 61 | 2.65 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Alabama | 10 | 25 | 62 | 2.48 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Nevada | 9 | 22 | 62 | 2.82 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Louisville | 9 | 23 | 64 | 2.78 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | USF | 8 | 21 | 64 | 3.05 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | TCU | 9 | 25 | 65 | 2.60 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Notre Dame | 8 | 25 | 66 | 2.64 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Clemson | 9 | 16 | 66 | 4.13 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Iowa State | 10 | 24 | 69 | 2.88 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 20 | 69 | 3.45 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Navy | 10 | 26 | 70 | 2.69 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Northwestern | 10 | 24 | 70 | 2.92 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Mississippi State | 10 | 26 | 72 | 2.77 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 25 | 73 | 2.92 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| 43 | Missouri | 8 | 25 | 75 | 3.00 | 4 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | Michigan | 9 | 27 | 76 | 2.81 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 45 | San Diego State | 10 | 28 | 77 | 2.75 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | Michigan State | 9 | 28 | 77 | 2.75 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | Toledo | 10 | 28 | 79 | 2.82 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Wisconsin | 10 | 27 | 79 | 2.93 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | Army | 8 | 27 | 79 | 2.93 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | Wyoming | 10 | 26 | 79 | 3.04 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Colorado | 10 | 26 | 79 | 3.04 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Arkansas State | 10 | 28 | 80 | 2.86 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | San Jose State | 9 | 27 | 80 | 2.96 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| 52 | USC | 10 | 21 | 80 | 3.81 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 55 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 28 | 82 | 2.93 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Western Michigan | 11 | 28 | 82 | 2.93 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| 55 | Arizona | 9 | 26 | 82 | 3.15 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 58 | Delaware | 10 | 22 | 84 | 3.82 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| 59 | South Alabama | 9 | 25 | 85 | 3.40 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | Buffalo | 10 | 36 | 87 | 2.42 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | Georgia | 10 | 30 | 87 | 2.90 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| 60 | Jacksonville State | 10 | 27 | 87 | 3.22 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| 63 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 36 | 90 | 2.50 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | UTSA | 10 | 23 | 90 | 3.91 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| 63 | Hawaii | 8 | 18 | 90 | 5.00 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 66 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 30 | 92 | 3.07 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | Kennesaw State | 10 | 30 | 92 | 3.07 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 66 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 16 | 92 | 5.75 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 69 | North Carolina | 10 | 29 | 94 | 3.24 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | Stanford | 7 | 23 | 94 | 4.09 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Bowling Green | 11 | 25 | 98 | 3.92 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 72 | Ole Miss | 11 | 30 | 99 | 3.30 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | UCF | 10 | 28 | 101 | 3.61 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| 73 | Liberty | 9 | 28 | 101 | 3.61 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| 75 | Appalachian State | 10 | 22 | 103 | 4.68 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 1 |
| 76 | New Mexico | 10 | 30 | 104 | 3.47 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | UNLV | 9 | 23 | 104 | 4.52 | 1 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 78 | Charlotte | 10 | 31 | 105 | 3.39 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 37 | 107 | 2.89 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Rice | 10 | 29 | 107 | 3.69 | 3 | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 22 | 107 | 4.86 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 1 |
| 82 | Louisiana | 10 | 32 | 109 | 3.41 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 82 | Nebraska | 9 | 25 | 109 | 4.36 | 1 | 56 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Cincinnati | 10 | 30 | 111 | 3.70 | 2 | 39 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | Tulsa | 9 | 37 | 112 | 3.03 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | Ball State | 10 | 31 | 112 | 3.61 | 2 | 53 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 87 | Kansas State | 9 | 27 | 113 | 4.19 | 5 | 41 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 88 | Washington State | 9 | 31 | 114 | 3.68 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 1 |
| 88 | UTEP | 9 | 21 | 114 | 5.43 | 0 | 63 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 90 | Wake Forest | 10 | 27 | 116 | 4.30 | 2 | 54 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| 90 | FIU | 10 | 22 | 116 | 5.27 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 92 | Illinois | 10 | 31 | 117 | 3.77 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 93 | Georgia State | 10 | 32 | 119 | 3.72 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 93 | UAB | 9 | 29 | 119 | 4.10 | 1 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 93 | Temple | 10 | 28 | 119 | 4.25 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| 96 | Kent State | 11 | 39 | 122 | 3.13 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 1 |
| 97 | Maryland | 10 | 32 | 123 | 3.84 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 97 | New Mexico State | 9 | 27 | 123 | 4.56 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 2 |
| 97 | Air Force | 10 | 27 | 123 | 4.56 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| 100 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 28 | 125 | 4.46 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 100 | Arizona State | 9 | 27 | 125 | 4.63 | 2 | 50 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| 102 | California | 10 | 25 | 127 | 5.08 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| 102 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 21 | 127 | 6.05 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| 104 | Kentucky | 10 | 30 | 130 | 4.33 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 105 | Southern Miss | 10 | 30 | 131 | 4.37 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 1 |
| 105 | LSU | 10 | 22 | 131 | 5.95 | 1 | 72 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 107 | Penn State | 10 | 24 | 132 | 5.50 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 108 | North Texas | 10 | 34 | 134 | 3.94 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| 109 | Texas Tech | 11 | 29 | 135 | 4.66 | 1 | 46 | 19 | 4 | 2 |
| 109 | Duke | 10 | 24 | 135 | 5.63 | 4 | 78 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 109 | Rutgers | 9 | 18 | 135 | 7.50 | 1 | 68 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 112 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 26 | 140 | 5.38 | 5 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| 113 | Missouri State | 9 | 21 | 143 | 6.81 | 1 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 3 |
| 114 | Arkansas | 10 | 28 | 146 | 5.21 | 1 | 64 | 18 | 5 | 1 |
| 115 | Texas A&M | 8 | 15 | 147 | 9.80 | 0 | 57 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 116 | Utah State | 9 | 33 | 148 | 4.48 | 4 | 66 | 19 | 3 | 2 |
| 117 | Texas State | 10 | 31 | 149 | 4.81 | 2 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 1 |
| 117 | Houston | 9 | 30 | 149 | 4.97 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 2 |
| 119 | Troy | 10 | 38 | 151 | 3.97 | 2 | 62 | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| 120 | Florida | 9 | 29 | 152 | 5.24 | 4 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| 120 | Colorado State | 10 | 24 | 152 | 6.33 | 4 | 76 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| 122 | Central Michigan | 11 | 26 | 157 | 6.04 | 1 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| 123 | Connecticut | 11 | 37 | 159 | 4.30 | 2 | 73 | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| 124 | Syracuse | 10 | 25 | 160 | 6.40 | 3 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 2 |
| 125 | Old Dominion | 10 | 36 | 164 | 4.56 | 3 | 58 | 24 | 5 | 1 |
| 126 | Boston College | 9 | 33 | 175 | 5.30 | 3 | 53 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| 127 | Tulane | 9 | 35 | 181 | 5.17 | 2 | 41 | 21 | 6 | 2 |
| 128 | Kansas | 10 | 32 | 182 | 5.69 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 2 |
| 129 | Massachusetts | 11 | 37 | 183 | 4.95 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 1 |
| 129 | Akron | 10 | 34 | 183 | 5.38 | 5 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 4 |
| 131 | Indiana | 9 | 22 | 184 | 8.36 | 1 | 78 | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| 131 | NC State | 10 | 21 | 184 | 8.76 | 4 | 66 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| 133 | UCLA | 10 | 40 | 225 | 5.63 | 3 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 2 |
| 134 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 39 | 229 | 5.87 | 4 | 66 | 27 | 6 | 2 |
| 135 | Baylor | 9 | 30 | 239 | 7.97 | 3 | 67 | 26 | 5 | 2 |
| 136 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 32 | 310 | 9.69 | 3 | 90 | 25 | 5 | 3 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||