2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 01/01/2026

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Virginia Tech 3 3 -33 -11.00 0 -8 0 0 0
2 Memphis 10 13 -51 -3.92 0 13 2 1 0
3 South Carolina 3 4 -15 -3.75 0 2 0 0 0
4 Hawaii 9 13 -46 -3.54 0 12 1 1 0
5 UNLV 6 8 -27 -3.38 0 4 0 0 0
6 Toledo 8 10 -32 -3.20 0 9 1 0 0
6 Michigan 4 5 -16 -3.20 0 10 1 1 0
8 Ohio State 8 10 -29 -2.90 0 10 1 1 0
9 Old Dominion 8 11 -29 -2.64 0 10 2 2 0
10 Kansas 7 8 -19 -2.38 0 25 1 1 1
11 Utah State 9 14 -33 -2.36 0 10 1 1 0
12 East Carolina 8 9 -21 -2.33 0 6 0 0 0
13 Buffalo 9 14 -30 -2.14 0 11 2 2 0
14 Iowa 4 6 -12 -2.00 0 9 1 0 0
15 Arizona State 8 9 -13 -1.44 0 15 1 1 0
16 California 10 12 -14 -1.17 0 11 1 1 0
17 Louisiana 5 8 -9 -1.13 0 6 0 0 0
18 Auburn 8 17 -18 -1.06 1 9 1 0 0
19 Georgia Tech 4 7 -7 -1.00 0 5 0 0 0
20 Connecticut 6 9 -7 -0.78 0 11 1 1 0
21 Florida State 6 8 -5 -0.63 0 6 0 0 0
22 Oklahoma 6 9 -5 -0.56 0 10 1 1 0
23 Texas Tech 11 16 -8 -0.50 0 11 2 1 0
24 Alabama 12 15 -2 -0.13 0 8 1 0 0
25 Houston 8 12 0 0.00 0 11 3 2 0
25 USC 11 14 0 0.00 0 10 2 1 0
27 New Mexico State 9 15 1 0.07 0 10 1 1 0
28 Akron 5 11 1 0.09 0 11 3 1 0
29 Tennessee 8 14 3 0.21 0 22 1 1 1
30 Maryland 10 19 8 0.42 1 12 2 2 0
31 Washington 8 9 4 0.44 0 7 0 0 0
32 BYU 10 13 7 0.54 0 7 0 0 0
33 Stanford 10 15 10 0.67 0 15 1 1 0
34 Fresno State 6 6 5 0.83 0 8 1 0 0
34 Nebraska 8 12 10 0.83 1 11 1 1 0
36 Texas 11 12 11 0.92 0 8 1 0 0
37 Pittsburgh 9 13 13 1.00 0 12 2 2 0
38 Texas State 8 11 12 1.09 1 13 3 2 0
39 Washington State 5 8 9 1.13 0 9 1 0 0
40 Wake Forest 10 13 15 1.15 0 12 3 3 0
41 Kent State 8 10 12 1.20 0 27 2 1 1
42 Minnesota 6 9 11 1.22 0 8 1 0 0
42 Central Michigan 7 9 11 1.22 0 13 2 1 0
44 Kansas State 8 10 13 1.30 0 10 1 1 0
45 Georgia 8 9 12 1.33 1 10 1 1 0
46 Troy 9 15 21 1.40 1 12 2 2 0
47 Arkansas State 4 6 9 1.50 0 11 2 2 0
47 Western Kentucky 7 12 18 1.50 0 9 4 0 0
47 Louisville 9 16 24 1.50 0 17 3 3 0
47 San Diego State 12 20 30 1.50 1 14 2 1 0
51 UAB 6 9 14 1.56 0 17 2 1 0
52 Kentucky 6 11 18 1.64 0 14 2 1 0
53 Oregon State 5 6 10 1.67 0 6 0 0 0
54 SMU 9 12 21 1.75 0 13 3 2 0
54 Texas A&M 10 16 28 1.75 0 24 1 1 1
56 James Madison 10 21 38 1.81 0 10 4 2 0
57 FIU 6 6 11 1.83 0 12 2 2 0
58 Miami (OH) 8 12 24 2.00 0 17 4 2 0
59 LSU 12 15 31 2.07 0 13 3 3 0
60 Middle Tennessee State 9 11 23 2.09 0 7 0 0 0
60 Ohio 10 11 23 2.09 0 10 4 1 0
62 UTSA 11 24 51 2.13 1 18 2 1 0
63 Sam Houston State 7 11 24 2.18 0 11 3 2 0
64 Florida 10 15 33 2.20 0 20 3 3 1
65 West Virginia 5 13 29 2.23 0 15 3 2 0
66 Charlotte 9 15 34 2.27 0 9 2 0 0
67 Temple 7 10 23 2.30 0 10 3 1 0
67 Tulsa 8 10 23 2.30 0 12 1 1 0
69 Bowling Green 7 15 35 2.33 1 15 2 2 0
70 Miami (FL) 6 12 29 2.42 0 13 2 1 0
71 Indiana 9 12 30 2.50 0 9 3 0 0
71 Vanderbilt 9 12 30 2.50 0 44 2 2 1
73 Boise State 9 17 43 2.53 1 11 4 4 0
74 Colorado State 4 7 18 2.57 0 9 1 0 0
75 Notre Dame 9 13 34 2.62 0 30 3 1 1
75 Ole Miss 7 13 34 2.62 1 17 5 4 0
77 UTEP 8 10 27 2.70 0 10 2 1 0
78 Georgia State 6 7 20 2.86 0 43 1 1 1
79 Virginia 8 17 49 2.88 0 11 2 1 0
80 Arkansas 7 10 29 2.90 0 15 4 2 0
80 South Alabama 8 10 29 2.90 2 16 1 1 0
82 San Jose State 4 8 24 3.00 0 7 0 0 0
82 Duke 10 16 48 3.00 0 29 1 2 1
84 Colorado 9 11 34 3.09 0 25 4 4 1
85 Utah 7 10 31 3.10 0 14 3 2 0
86 Michigan State 4 6 19 3.17 0 23 1 1 1
87 UCF 8 16 51 3.19 0 16 5 3 0
88 New Mexico 2 4 13 3.25 0 11 1 1 0
89 Oregon 6 10 34 3.40 1 20 2 1 1
89 Arizona 9 15 51 3.40 0 33 2 2 1
91 Illinois 6 6 21 3.50 0 9 1 0 0
92 Clemson 7 8 29 3.63 0 24 4 2 1
93 Florida Atlantic 7 12 44 3.67 2 19 1 1 0
93 Jacksonville State 10 15 55 3.67 0 24 3 3 1
95 Iowa State 4 7 26 3.71 0 13 1 1 0
95 NC State 6 7 26 3.71 0 18 2 2 0
97 Boston College 5 7 27 3.86 0 19 3 2 0
98 Tulane 7 10 39 3.90 1 14 5 2 0
99 Appalachian State 8 11 43 3.91 1 23 1 1 1
100 Marshall 9 20 79 3.95 0 14 6 4 0
101 Navy 8 16 64 4.00 0 16 4 2 0
102 Baylor 6 9 37 4.11 0 12 2 1 0
103 Purdue 8 13 54 4.15 0 12 4 3 0
104 Liberty 9 11 46 4.18 1 29 2 2 2
105 Louisiana Tech 5 8 34 4.25 1 19 3 3 0
106 Missouri 7 9 39 4.33 0 18 3 3 0
107 Wisconsin 8 10 44 4.40 1 19 3 3 0
108 Nevada 6 10 45 4.50 1 13 3 1 0
109 Missouri State 8 14 65 4.64 2 24 5 3 1
110 North Carolina 6 6 28 4.67 0 21 3 1 1
111 Kennesaw State 12 20 95 4.75 1 43 6 6 2
112 Louisiana-Monroe 7 10 48 4.80 1 39 1 1 1
113 Oklahoma State 9 15 79 5.27 0 22 6 4 1
114 Penn State 6 10 53 5.30 1 52 2 2 1
115 Western Michigan 8 12 64 5.33 1 43 3 2 2
116 Eastern Michigan 6 8 45 5.63 0 17 2 1 0
117 Massachusetts 7 10 57 5.70 1 22 2 3 1
118 Air Force 6 11 63 5.73 1 24 5 2 1
119 Northwestern 5 9 53 5.89 0 32 3 1 1
120 Mississippi State 7 11 65 5.91 0 28 5 4 1
121 Wyoming 6 7 42 6.00 0 23 2 2 1
121 Rice 4 8 48 6.00 0 16 3 3 0
121 Army 5 8 48 6.00 1 37 2 2 1
124 Delaware 9 12 84 7.00 1 43 3 3 2
125 Cincinnati 7 9 64 7.11 0 40 1 1 1
126 USF 9 19 138 7.26 2 76 6 3 2
127 North Texas 6 12 91 7.58 3 25 4 4 1
128 Southern Miss 8 12 93 7.75 3 21 7 4 1
129 Northern Illinois 6 8 63 7.88 1 31 3 3 1
130 Georgia Southern 6 8 66 8.25 1 17 5 3 0
131 Rutgers 6 9 84 9.33 1 54 3 3 2
132 TCU 5 7 69 9.86 0 54 2 2 2
133 Ball State 7 11 127 11.55 2 67 3 3 2
134 Coastal Carolina 7 12 146 12.17 1 50 5 5 3
135 Syracuse 5 8 102 12.75 3 36 4 3 3
136 UCLA 3 3 53 17.67 0 27 3 3 1
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards