2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 1-3 Yards To Go through 10/04/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | 3 | 5 | -1 | -0.20 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0.67 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 5 | 17 | 8 | 0.47 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0.69 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1.00 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1.20 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 5 | 15 | 14 | 0.93 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1.36 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1.50 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1.67 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 5 | 14 | 16 | 1.14 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 5 | 14 | 16 | 1.14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1.33 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 4 | 10 | 16 | 1.60 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 6 | 15 | 19 | 1.27 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Duke | 6 | 12 | 19 | 1.58 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 13 | 21 | 1.62 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 3 | 10 | 21 | 2.10 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 9 | 22 | 2.44 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 4 | 11 | 23 | 2.09 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 8 | 23 | 2.88 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 5 | 12 | 24 | 2.00 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 5 | 13 | 25 | 1.92 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 5 | 11 | 25 | 2.27 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 11 | 25 | 2.27 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | TCU | 4 | 10 | 25 | 2.50 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 4 | 9 | 26 | 2.89 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | USF | 5 | 12 | 27 | 2.25 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 10 | 27 | 2.70 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 5 | 14 | 28 | 2.00 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | California | 6 | 12 | 28 | 2.33 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 6 | 17 | 29 | 1.71 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 5 | 14 | 29 | 2.07 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 6 | 16 | 30 | 1.88 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 9 | 31 | 3.44 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 5 | 13 | 32 | 2.46 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 5 | 13 | 32 | 2.46 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 15 | 33 | 2.20 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 5 | 17 | 34 | 2.00 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 2 | 7 | 34 | 4.86 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 5 | 14 | 35 | 2.50 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 6 | 14 | 35 | 2.50 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 5 | 13 | 35 | 2.69 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Navy | 5 | 13 | 35 | 2.69 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 5 | 12 | 35 | 2.92 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 5 | 10 | 35 | 3.50 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | UCF | 5 | 13 | 36 | 2.77 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 5 | 13 | 36 | 2.77 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 11 | 36 | 3.27 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Temple | 5 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 17 | 37 | 2.18 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 5 | 15 | 37 | 2.47 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 5 | 16 | 38 | 2.38 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 5 | 14 | 39 | 2.79 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 4 | 12 | 39 | 3.25 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 5 | 17 | 41 | 2.41 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 5 | 12 | 41 | 3.42 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 5 | 12 | 42 | 3.50 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Troy | 5 | 18 | 43 | 2.39 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 5 | 16 | 43 | 2.69 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 5 | 14 | 43 | 3.07 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 5 | 16 | 44 | 2.75 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 3 | 12 | 45 | 3.75 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 5 | 12 | 47 | 3.92 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 18 | 48 | 2.67 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 5 | 16 | 48 | 3.00 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 5 | 12 | 48 | 4.00 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 10 | 48 | 4.80 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana | 5 | 16 | 49 | 3.06 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 5 | 14 | 49 | 3.50 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 23 | 51 | 2.22 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 5 | 15 | 52 | 3.47 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 6 | 14 | 52 | 3.71 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 5 | 16 | 54 | 3.38 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 6 | 16 | 55 | 3.44 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 5 | 15 | 58 | 3.87 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 16 | 59 | 3.69 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 12 | 59 | 4.92 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Ole Miss | 5 | 16 | 60 | 3.75 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 6 | 19 | 61 | 3.21 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 6 | 18 | 62 | 3.44 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 4 | 14 | 62 | 4.43 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 5 | 17 | 63 | 3.71 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Hawaii | 5 | 13 | 76 | 5.85 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 5 | 15 | 77 | 5.13 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 6 | 24 | 80 | 3.33 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 5 | 21 | 87 | 4.14 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 5 | 17 | 87 | 5.12 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | FIU | 5 | 13 | 90 | 6.92 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 5 | 15 | 93 | 6.20 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | UTSA | 5 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | UNLV | 4 | 10 | 37 | 3.70 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Notre Dame | 4 | 15 | 43 | 2.87 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Wisconsin | 5 | 11 | 44 | 4.00 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | Texas A&M | 4 | 7 | 47 | 6.71 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | Utah State | 5 | 21 | 48 | 2.29 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Appalachian State | 5 | 12 | 50 | 4.17 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 15 | 52 | 3.47 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Army | 5 | 14 | 52 | 3.71 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | USC | 5 | 10 | 52 | 5.20 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | San Diego State | 5 | 15 | 54 | 3.60 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 9 | 55 | 6.11 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Southern Miss | 5 | 16 | 63 | 3.94 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 95 | Tulsa | 5 | 20 | 64 | 3.20 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Kennesaw State | 5 | 14 | 64 | 4.57 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Central Michigan | 6 | 8 | 65 | 8.13 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | Missouri State | 5 | 8 | 65 | 8.13 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | Air Force | 5 | 12 | 67 | 5.58 | 1 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 13 | 70 | 5.38 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | UAB | 4 | 16 | 73 | 4.56 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 8 | 73 | 9.13 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 95 | Liberty | 5 | 19 | 75 | 3.95 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 95 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 11 | 77 | 7.00 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 95 | Houston | 5 | 18 | 79 | 4.39 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Washington State | 5 | 17 | 80 | 4.71 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| 95 | Illinois | 6 | 16 | 84 | 5.25 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Indiana | 3 | 5 | 86 | 17.20 | 1 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Baylor | 5 | 16 | 96 | 6.00 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | Rice | 6 | 19 | 97 | 5.11 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | Arkansas | 5 | 17 | 99 | 5.82 | 1 | 64 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 95 | North Texas | 5 | 24 | 106 | 4.42 | 1 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | Colorado State | 5 | 16 | 108 | 6.75 | 3 | 76 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | UCLA | 5 | 24 | 134 | 5.58 | 1 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 1 |
| 128 | Delaware | 5 | 10 | 56 | 5.60 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 128 | Western Michigan | 6 | 14 | 77 | 5.50 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 128 | Kansas | 6 | 18 | 97 | 5.39 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 128 | Syracuse | 6 | 13 | 107 | 8.23 | 2 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 128 | Florida | 4 | 12 | 108 | 9.00 | 1 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 128 | Tulane | 4 | 14 | 118 | 8.43 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| 128 | NC State | 6 | 14 | 156 | 11.14 | 3 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 135 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 15 | 241 | 16.07 | 3 | 90 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| 136 | Akron | 6 | 21 | 168 | 8.00 | 5 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 4 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||