2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 1-3 Yards To Go through 12/06/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 20 | 31 | 1.55 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | SMU | 11 | 36 | 35 | 0.97 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 24 | 37 | 1.54 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | East Carolina | 10 | 25 | 45 | 1.80 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Memphis | 12 | 32 | 49 | 1.53 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 10 | 27 | 53 | 1.96 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Middle Tennessee State | 11 | 35 | 54 | 1.54 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Purdue | 11 | 32 | 58 | 1.81 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Washington | 12 | 25 | 60 | 2.40 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Ohio | 10 | 26 | 61 | 2.35 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Ohio State | 11 | 31 | 62 | 2.00 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | West Virginia | 11 | 30 | 62 | 2.07 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Oregon | 12 | 32 | 63 | 1.97 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Boise State | 11 | 29 | 64 | 2.21 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Utah | 11 | 28 | 64 | 2.29 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 11 | 24 | 65 | 2.71 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | James Madison | 12 | 33 | 66 | 2.00 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Oregon State | 10 | 23 | 66 | 2.87 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Alabama | 13 | 31 | 70 | 2.26 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Clemson | 10 | 17 | 70 | 4.12 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Marshall | 10 | 32 | 71 | 2.22 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Fresno State | 11 | 31 | 72 | 2.32 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | TCU | 10 | 29 | 72 | 2.48 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Iowa State | 12 | 26 | 72 | 2.77 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Mississippi State | 11 | 27 | 73 | 2.70 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Navy | 11 | 27 | 75 | 2.78 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Louisville | 10 | 25 | 75 | 3.00 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Nevada | 10 | 27 | 76 | 2.81 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | South Carolina | 10 | 34 | 78 | 2.29 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Arizona | 11 | 32 | 79 | 2.47 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | San Diego State | 12 | 30 | 80 | 2.67 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Michigan State | 10 | 29 | 80 | 2.76 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 23 | 80 | 3.48 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Notre Dame | 10 | 31 | 81 | 2.61 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Toledo | 12 | 35 | 82 | 2.34 | 1 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 34 | 82 | 2.41 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | Northwestern | 12 | 29 | 82 | 2.83 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Missouri | 10 | 28 | 83 | 2.96 | 4 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Wisconsin | 12 | 30 | 84 | 2.80 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | Colorado | 12 | 29 | 84 | 2.90 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Texas | 11 | 27 | 84 | 3.11 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 39 | Auburn | 10 | 22 | 84 | 3.82 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| 43 | USC | 11 | 24 | 85 | 3.54 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | Oklahoma | 10 | 28 | 86 | 3.07 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | Virginia | 12 | 34 | 89 | 2.62 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | Florida State | 12 | 37 | 90 | 2.43 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 34 | 91 | 2.68 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 12 | 31 | 92 | 2.97 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Iowa | 10 | 28 | 94 | 3.36 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 50 | Army | 10 | 32 | 95 | 2.97 | 1 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 51 | Jacksonville State | 13 | 33 | 97 | 2.94 | 1 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | Delaware | 12 | 25 | 98 | 3.92 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| 53 | Michigan | 11 | 36 | 99 | 2.75 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 1 |
| 53 | San Jose State | 11 | 36 | 99 | 2.75 | 2 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| 53 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 22 | 99 | 4.50 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | Georgia | 13 | 35 | 100 | 2.86 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 0 |
| 56 | Western Michigan | 12 | 32 | 100 | 3.13 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 2 |
| 56 | UTSA | 12 | 29 | 100 | 3.45 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 2 |
| 59 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 34 | 102 | 3.00 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Buffalo | 11 | 39 | 104 | 2.67 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 61 | Bowling Green | 12 | 30 | 106 | 3.53 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 62 | UNLV | 12 | 32 | 109 | 3.41 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| 63 | Hawaii | 10 | 24 | 111 | 4.63 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 64 | Ole Miss | 12 | 33 | 112 | 3.39 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 34 | 113 | 3.32 | 1 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | South Alabama | 11 | 30 | 113 | 3.77 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | USF | 10 | 30 | 113 | 3.77 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 68 | Coastal Carolina | 12 | 46 | 114 | 2.48 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| 68 | UCF | 12 | 32 | 114 | 3.56 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| 70 | Cincinnati | 12 | 36 | 116 | 3.22 | 2 | 39 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| 71 | Wake Forest | 12 | 31 | 119 | 3.84 | 2 | 54 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 71 | UTEP | 11 | 25 | 119 | 4.76 | 0 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 73 | LSU | 12 | 24 | 120 | 5.00 | 1 | 72 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 74 | Rice | 12 | 36 | 123 | 3.42 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| 74 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 26 | 123 | 4.73 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 1 |
| 76 | New Mexico | 12 | 36 | 124 | 3.44 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | Illinois | 12 | 35 | 124 | 3.54 | 3 | 40 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 76 | Arkansas State | 12 | 33 | 124 | 3.76 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Nebraska | 11 | 30 | 126 | 4.20 | 1 | 56 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 80 | North Carolina | 12 | 36 | 127 | 3.53 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | Ball State | 12 | 36 | 127 | 3.53 | 3 | 53 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 82 | Charlotte | 12 | 38 | 129 | 3.39 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | FIU | 12 | 25 | 130 | 5.20 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 0 |
| 84 | Kansas State | 11 | 35 | 131 | 3.74 | 8 | 41 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 28 | 131 | 4.68 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 2 |
| 86 | Kentucky | 12 | 37 | 134 | 3.62 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 0 |
| 86 | Appalachian State | 12 | 26 | 134 | 5.15 | 0 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 1 |
| 88 | Kennesaw State | 13 | 40 | 135 | 3.38 | 1 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| 88 | BYU | 13 | 38 | 135 | 3.55 | 0 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 1 |
| 88 | Temple | 12 | 34 | 135 | 3.97 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 1 |
| 91 | Liberty | 11 | 35 | 137 | 3.91 | 9 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| 92 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 43 | 138 | 3.21 | 4 | 23 | 26 | 3 | 1 |
| 93 | Tulsa | 11 | 46 | 140 | 3.04 | 2 | 21 | 26 | 3 | 1 |
| 94 | Texas Tech | 13 | 34 | 141 | 4.15 | 1 | 46 | 22 | 4 | 2 |
| 95 | Louisiana | 12 | 39 | 143 | 3.67 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 0 |
| 96 | Georgia State | 12 | 41 | 144 | 3.51 | 2 | 24 | 27 | 3 | 1 |
| 96 | Air Force | 11 | 31 | 144 | 4.65 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 4 | 1 |
| 98 | Rutgers | 10 | 21 | 145 | 6.90 | 2 | 68 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 99 | Maryland | 12 | 39 | 147 | 3.77 | 1 | 20 | 27 | 2 | 1 |
| 99 | Washington State | 11 | 36 | 147 | 4.08 | 3 | 26 | 28 | 6 | 2 |
| 101 | Kent State | 12 | 44 | 153 | 3.48 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 2 |
| 101 | North Texas | 13 | 41 | 153 | 3.73 | 2 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 1 |
| 103 | Houston | 11 | 34 | 155 | 4.56 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 4 | 2 |
| 104 | UAB | 11 | 33 | 156 | 4.73 | 2 | 32 | 23 | 4 | 2 |
| 105 | Old Dominion | 12 | 39 | 157 | 4.03 | 3 | 58 | 24 | 5 | 1 |
| 105 | Arkansas | 12 | 32 | 157 | 4.91 | 1 | 64 | 20 | 5 | 1 |
| 107 | Missouri State | 11 | 27 | 160 | 5.93 | 1 | 37 | 20 | 6 | 3 |
| 108 | Troy | 13 | 45 | 161 | 3.58 | 2 | 62 | 26 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 | Utah State | 11 | 40 | 162 | 4.05 | 4 | 66 | 23 | 4 | 2 |
| 109 | California | 12 | 30 | 162 | 5.40 | 2 | 35 | 23 | 3 | 2 |
| 109 | Central Michigan | 12 | 29 | 162 | 5.59 | 1 | 36 | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| 112 | Stanford | 9 | 27 | 164 | 6.07 | 1 | 51 | 18 | 4 | 1 |
| 113 | Southern Miss | 12 | 38 | 166 | 4.37 | 3 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 1 |
| 113 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 29 | 166 | 5.72 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 5 | 2 |
| 115 | Connecticut | 12 | 39 | 167 | 4.28 | 2 | 73 | 24 | 3 | 1 |
| 115 | Tulane | 11 | 37 | 167 | 4.51 | 2 | 41 | 22 | 6 | 2 |
| 117 | Texas State | 12 | 36 | 170 | 4.72 | 2 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 1 |
| 118 | Duke | 13 | 31 | 174 | 5.61 | 5 | 78 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 119 | Colorado State | 12 | 34 | 176 | 5.18 | 7 | 76 | 20 | 4 | 2 |
| 120 | Arizona State | 11 | 37 | 177 | 4.78 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 3 | 2 |
| 121 | Texas A&M | 9 | 16 | 182 | 11.38 | 1 | 57 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
| 122 | Massachusetts | 11 | 37 | 183 | 4.95 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 1 |
| 122 | Akron | 10 | 34 | 183 | 5.38 | 5 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 4 |
| 124 | Florida | 11 | 42 | 185 | 4.40 | 5 | 51 | 24 | 3 | 2 |
| 125 | Indiana | 10 | 24 | 186 | 7.75 | 1 | 78 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| 126 | New Mexico State | 11 | 33 | 189 | 5.73 | 2 | 56 | 22 | 4 | 3 |
| 126 | NC State | 12 | 26 | 189 | 7.27 | 4 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| 128 | Boston College | 10 | 36 | 195 | 5.42 | 3 | 53 | 24 | 3 | 2 |
| 129 | Kansas | 12 | 40 | 196 | 4.90 | 1 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 2 |
| 130 | Miami (OH) | 13 | 35 | 207 | 5.91 | 5 | 67 | 25 | 3 | 3 |
| 131 | Penn State | 12 | 32 | 221 | 6.91 | 1 | 52 | 20 | 7 | 2 |
| 132 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 42 | 227 | 5.40 | 4 | 66 | 28 | 6 | 2 |
| 133 | Syracuse | 12 | 27 | 229 | 8.48 | 4 | 68 | 17 | 6 | 3 |
| 134 | UCLA | 12 | 46 | 251 | 5.46 | 3 | 21 | 36 | 8 | 3 |
| 135 | Baylor | 11 | 34 | 270 | 7.94 | 3 | 67 | 29 | 6 | 2 |
| 136 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 39 | 341 | 8.74 | 3 | 90 | 31 | 5 | 3 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||