2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 4-6 Yards To Go through 01/01/2026
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | 8 | 11 | -17 | -1.55 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Indiana | 11 | 21 | -24 | -1.14 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Auburn | 8 | 10 | -4 | -0.40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Miami (OH) | 10 | 17 | -1 | -0.06 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | UTEP | 8 | 20 | -1 | -0.05 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0.12 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Delaware | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Stanford | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0.35 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Toledo | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0.50 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Arkansas State | 9 | 16 | 8 | 0.50 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Georgia | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0.67 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Missouri State | 9 | 17 | 13 | 0.76 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Illinois | 9 | 16 | 16 | 1.00 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Minnesota | 9 | 21 | 22 | 1.05 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Michigan State | 8 | 15 | 16 | 1.07 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Tulane | 12 | 19 | 21 | 1.11 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Syracuse | 11 | 17 | 21 | 1.24 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 11 | 14 | 1.27 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Northwestern | 11 | 18 | 23 | 1.28 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 14 | 18 | 1.29 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | SMU | 9 | 14 | 18 | 1.29 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Kansas | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1.43 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Troy | 9 | 20 | 29 | 1.45 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | USC | 9 | 10 | 15 | 1.50 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Texas A&M | 8 | 12 | 20 | 1.67 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Louisville | 11 | 20 | 34 | 1.70 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Texas | 9 | 14 | 24 | 1.71 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Arizona State | 7 | 12 | 21 | 1.75 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Alabama | 9 | 12 | 21 | 1.75 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 8 | 16 | 28 | 1.75 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 20 | 35 | 1.75 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Temple | 8 | 14 | 26 | 1.86 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Utah | 11 | 21 | 39 | 1.86 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Ohio State | 6 | 10 | 19 | 1.90 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Michigan | 10 | 21 | 41 | 1.95 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Kennesaw State | 9 | 13 | 26 | 2.00 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Missouri | 11 | 26 | 52 | 2.00 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 38 | Purdue | 9 | 18 | 38 | 2.11 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Boston College | 5 | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | New Mexico | 10 | 15 | 32 | 2.13 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Texas Tech | 8 | 13 | 28 | 2.15 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 11 | 24 | 2.18 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Western Michigan | 12 | 27 | 60 | 2.22 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | James Madison | 9 | 19 | 43 | 2.26 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 19 | 43 | 2.26 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | Cincinnati | 10 | 21 | 48 | 2.29 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 8 | 19 | 2.38 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Connecticut | 10 | 24 | 58 | 2.42 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 49 | Buffalo | 11 | 28 | 68 | 2.43 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 50 | Texas State | 8 | 13 | 32 | 2.46 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | San Jose State | 9 | 15 | 38 | 2.53 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | USF | 11 | 19 | 48 | 2.53 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | Baylor | 9 | 16 | 41 | 2.56 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Washington State | 10 | 14 | 36 | 2.57 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 55 | Iowa | 8 | 17 | 44 | 2.59 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Oregon State | 5 | 8 | 21 | 2.63 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Hawaii | 7 | 8 | 21 | 2.63 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | North Carolina | 6 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | Virginia | 9 | 18 | 48 | 2.67 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | Penn State | 12 | 21 | 57 | 2.71 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | South Carolina | 11 | 19 | 52 | 2.74 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 62 | Duke | 7 | 12 | 33 | 2.75 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Liberty | 9 | 14 | 39 | 2.79 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 11 | 31 | 2.82 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 19 | 54 | 2.84 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | Wyoming | 7 | 12 | 36 | 3.00 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | Appalachian State | 8 | 12 | 36 | 3.00 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 66 | TCU | 9 | 21 | 63 | 3.00 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 69 | Old Dominion | 10 | 18 | 55 | 3.06 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 | Air Force | 7 | 10 | 31 | 3.10 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Notre Dame | 5 | 9 | 29 | 3.22 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 13 | 43 | 3.31 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | San Diego State | 9 | 11 | 37 | 3.36 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | Tulsa | 5 | 17 | 58 | 3.41 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 75 | Bowling Green | 5 | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | UTSA | 11 | 21 | 72 | 3.43 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | East Carolina | 8 | 18 | 63 | 3.50 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | Kansas State | 10 | 26 | 94 | 3.62 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 79 | New Mexico State | 9 | 18 | 66 | 3.67 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 80 | LSU | 6 | 9 | 34 | 3.78 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Maryland | 8 | 14 | 53 | 3.79 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | Wisconsin | 8 | 16 | 63 | 3.94 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 82 | Nevada | 7 | 16 | 63 | 3.94 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Clemson | 6 | 8 | 32 | 4.00 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Akron | 5 | 10 | 42 | 4.20 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Louisiana | 10 | 20 | 84 | 4.20 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 87 | BYU | 7 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Houston | 6 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | Kent State | 8 | 13 | 56 | 4.31 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 90 | Memphis | 7 | 14 | 61 | 4.36 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | Southern Miss | 10 | 19 | 83 | 4.37 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | Charlotte | 8 | 18 | 80 | 4.44 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | Colorado | 10 | 15 | 67 | 4.47 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 94 | Central Michigan | 8 | 15 | 68 | 4.53 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | Georgia State | 6 | 13 | 60 | 4.62 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | NC State | 8 | 13 | 60 | 4.62 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 95 | South Alabama | 7 | 13 | 60 | 4.62 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 98 | West Virginia | 9 | 15 | 70 | 4.67 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FIU | 8 | 17 | 80 | 4.71 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 100 | Ole Miss | 10 | 19 | 90 | 4.74 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 101 | Florida State | 9 | 19 | 92 | 4.84 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 102 | Wake Forest | 8 | 16 | 80 | 5.00 | 5 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 103 | Arkansas | 9 | 13 | 67 | 5.15 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 104 | North Texas | 11 | 25 | 129 | 5.16 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 105 | Rutgers | 4 | 6 | 31 | 5.17 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 106 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 107 | Fresno State | 7 | 11 | 58 | 5.27 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 108 | Oregon | 9 | 15 | 82 | 5.47 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 109 | Mississippi State | 8 | 14 | 77 | 5.50 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 | Boise State | 9 | 16 | 88 | 5.50 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 111 | Arizona | 8 | 16 | 90 | 5.63 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 112 | Ohio | 10 | 17 | 97 | 5.71 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 112 | Utah State | 8 | 17 | 97 | 5.71 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 114 | California | 9 | 15 | 87 | 5.80 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 114 | Nebraska | 9 | 20 | 116 | 5.80 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 116 | Colorado State | 8 | 16 | 94 | 5.88 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 117 | Rice | 10 | 20 | 119 | 5.95 | 2 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 118 | Massachusetts | 7 | 19 | 114 | 6.00 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 119 | UAB | 11 | 27 | 164 | 6.07 | 1 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 120 | Marshall | 5 | 7 | 44 | 6.29 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 121 | UCF | 9 | 14 | 89 | 6.36 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 122 | Washington | 9 | 16 | 104 | 6.50 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 123 | Florida | 8 | 15 | 98 | 6.53 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 123 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 15 | 98 | 6.53 | 1 | 70 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 125 | UCLA | 7 | 13 | 87 | 6.69 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 126 | Georgia Southern | 9 | 14 | 96 | 6.86 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 127 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 12 | 83 | 6.92 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 128 | Navy | 8 | 13 | 94 | 7.23 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 128 | Tennessee | 7 | 13 | 94 | 7.23 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 130 | Army | 10 | 16 | 119 | 7.44 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 131 | UNLV | 7 | 11 | 83 | 7.55 | 1 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 132 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 18 | 142 | 7.89 | 2 | 56 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 133 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 13 | 104 | 8.00 | 1 | 51 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 134 | Ball State | 5 | 16 | 134 | 8.38 | 2 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 135 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 9 | 90 | 10.00 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 136 | Iowa State | 5 | 9 | 127 | 14.11 | 2 | 88 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||