2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 01/19/2026

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Virginia Tech 3 3 -33 -11.00 0 -8 0 0 0
1 UCLA 3 3 53 17.67 0 27 3 3 1
3 South Carolina 3 4 -15 -3.75 0 2 0 0 0
3 New Mexico 2 4 13 3.25 0 11 1 1 0
5 Michigan 4 5 -16 -3.20 0 10 1 1 0
6 Iowa 4 6 -12 -2.00 0 9 1 0 0
6 Fresno State 6 6 5 0.83 0 8 1 0 0
6 Arkansas State 4 6 9 1.50 0 11 2 2 0
6 Oregon State 5 6 10 1.67 0 6 0 0 0
6 FIU 6 6 11 1.83 0 12 2 2 0
6 Michigan State 4 6 19 3.17 0 23 1 1 1
6 Illinois 6 6 21 3.50 0 9 1 0 0
6 North Carolina 6 6 28 4.67 0 21 3 1 1
14 Georgia Tech 4 7 -7 -1.00 0 5 0 0 0
14 Colorado State 4 7 18 2.57 0 9 1 0 0
14 Georgia State 6 7 20 2.86 0 43 1 1 1
14 Iowa State 4 7 26 3.71 0 13 1 1 0
14 NC State 6 7 26 3.71 0 18 2 2 0
14 Boston College 5 7 27 3.86 0 19 3 2 0
14 Wyoming 6 7 42 6.00 0 23 2 2 1
14 TCU 5 7 69 9.86 0 54 2 2 2
22 UNLV 6 8 -27 -3.38 0 4 0 0 0
22 Kansas 7 8 -19 -2.38 0 25 1 1 1
22 Louisiana 5 8 -9 -1.13 0 6 0 0 0
22 Florida State 6 8 -5 -0.63 0 6 0 0 0
22 Washington State 5 8 9 1.13 0 9 1 0 0
22 San Jose State 4 8 24 3.00 0 7 0 0 0
22 Clemson 7 8 29 3.63 0 24 4 2 1
22 Louisiana Tech 5 8 34 4.25 1 19 3 3 0
22 Eastern Michigan 6 8 45 5.63 0 17 2 1 0
22 Army 5 8 48 6.00 1 37 2 2 1
22 Northern Illinois 6 8 63 7.88 1 31 3 3 1
22 Georgia Southern 6 8 66 8.25 1 17 5 3 0
22 Syracuse 5 8 102 12.75 3 36 4 3 3
35 East Carolina 8 9 -21 -2.33 0 6 0 0 0
35 Arizona State 8 9 -13 -1.44 0 15 1 1 0
35 Connecticut 6 9 -7 -0.78 0 11 1 1 0
35 Oklahoma 6 9 -5 -0.56 0 10 1 1 0
35 Washington 8 9 4 0.44 0 7 0 0 0
35 Minnesota 6 9 11 1.22 0 8 1 0 0
35 Central Michigan 7 9 11 1.22 0 13 2 1 0
35 Georgia 8 9 12 1.33 1 10 1 1 0
35 UAB 6 9 14 1.56 0 17 2 1 0
35 Baylor 6 9 37 4.11 0 12 2 1 0
35 Missouri 7 9 39 4.33 0 18 3 3 0
35 Rice 5 9 46 5.11 0 16 3 3 0
35 Northwestern 5 9 53 5.89 0 32 3 1 1
35 Cincinnati 7 9 64 7.11 0 40 1 1 1
35 Rutgers 6 9 84 9.33 1 54 3 3 2
50 Toledo 8 10 -32 -3.20 0 9 1 0 0
50 Ohio State 8 10 -29 -2.90 0 10 1 1 0
50 Kent State 8 10 12 1.20 0 27 2 1 1
50 Kansas State 8 10 13 1.30 0 10 1 1 0
50 Temple 7 10 23 2.30 0 10 3 1 0
50 Tulsa 8 10 23 2.30 0 12 1 1 0
50 UTEP 8 10 27 2.70 0 10 2 1 0
50 Arkansas 7 10 29 2.90 0 15 4 2 0
50 South Alabama 8 10 29 2.90 2 16 1 1 0
50 Utah 7 10 31 3.10 0 14 3 2 0
50 Tulane 7 10 39 3.90 1 14 5 2 0
50 Wisconsin 8 10 44 4.40 1 19 3 3 0
50 Nevada 6 10 45 4.50 1 13 3 1 0
50 Louisiana-Monroe 7 10 48 4.80 1 39 1 1 1
50 Penn State 6 10 53 5.30 1 52 2 2 1
50 Massachusetts 7 10 57 5.70 1 22 2 3 1
66 Old Dominion 8 11 -29 -2.64 0 10 2 2 0
66 Akron 5 11 1 0.09 0 11 3 1 0
66 Kentucky 6 11 18 1.64 0 14 2 1 0
66 Middle Tennessee State 9 11 23 2.09 0 7 0 0 0
66 Ohio 10 11 23 2.09 0 10 4 1 0
66 Sam Houston State 7 11 24 2.18 0 11 3 2 0
66 Colorado 9 11 34 3.09 0 25 4 4 1
66 Appalachian State 8 11 43 3.91 1 23 1 1 1
66 Liberty 9 11 46 4.18 1 29 2 2 2
66 Air Force 6 11 63 5.73 1 24 5 2 1
66 Ball State 7 11 127 11.55 2 67 3 3 2
77 California 10 12 -14 -1.17 0 11 1 1 0
77 Houston 8 12 0 0.00 0 11 3 2 0
77 Nebraska 8 12 10 0.83 1 11 1 1 0
77 Texas 11 12 11 0.92 0 8 1 0 0
77 Western Kentucky 7 12 18 1.50 0 9 4 0 0
77 Miami (OH) 8 12 24 2.00 0 17 4 2 0
77 Vanderbilt 9 12 30 2.50 0 44 2 2 1
77 Florida Atlantic 7 12 44 3.67 2 19 1 1 0
77 Western Michigan 8 12 64 5.33 1 43 3 2 2
77 Delaware 9 12 84 7.00 1 43 3 3 2
77 North Texas 6 12 91 7.58 3 25 4 4 1
77 Southern Miss 8 12 93 7.75 3 21 7 4 1
77 Coastal Carolina 7 12 146 12.17 1 50 5 5 3
90 Memphis 10 13 -51 -3.92 0 13 2 1 0
90 Hawaii 9 13 -46 -3.54 0 12 1 1 0
90 BYU 10 13 7 0.54 0 7 0 0 0
90 Pittsburgh 9 13 13 1.00 0 12 2 2 0
90 Wake Forest 10 13 15 1.15 0 12 3 3 0
90 West Virginia 5 13 29 2.23 0 15 3 2 0
90 SMU 10 13 33 2.54 0 13 4 3 0
90 Notre Dame 9 13 34 2.62 0 30 3 1 1
90 Indiana 10 13 38 2.92 0 9 3 0 0
90 Oregon 7 13 53 4.08 1 21 4 3 2
90 Purdue 8 13 54 4.15 0 12 4 3 0
90 Mississippi State 8 13 71 5.46 0 28 6 4 1
102 Utah State 9 14 -33 -2.36 0 10 1 1 0
102 Buffalo 9 14 -30 -2.14 0 11 2 2 0
102 USC 11 14 0 0.00 0 10 2 1 0
102 Tennessee 8 14 3 0.21 0 22 1 1 1
102 Texas State 9 14 16 1.14 1 13 3 2 0
102 Ole Miss 8 14 40 2.86 1 17 5 4 0
102 Miami (FL) 7 14 41 2.93 0 20 3 2 1
102 Missouri State 8 14 65 4.64 2 24 5 3 1
110 Alabama 12 15 -2 -0.13 0 8 1 0 0
110 New Mexico State 9 15 1 0.07 0 10 1 1 0
110 Stanford 10 15 10 0.67 0 15 1 1 0
110 Troy 9 15 21 1.40 1 12 2 2 0
110 LSU 12 15 31 2.07 0 13 3 3 0
110 Florida 10 15 33 2.20 0 20 3 3 1
110 Charlotte 9 15 34 2.27 0 9 2 0 0
110 Bowling Green 7 15 35 2.33 1 15 2 2 0
110 Arizona 9 15 51 3.40 0 33 2 2 1
110 Jacksonville State 10 15 55 3.67 0 24 3 3 1
110 Oklahoma State 9 15 79 5.27 0 22 6 4 1
121 Texas Tech 11 16 -8 -0.50 0 11 2 1 0
121 Louisville 9 16 24 1.50 0 17 3 3 0
121 Texas A&M 10 16 28 1.75 0 24 1 1 1
121 Duke 10 16 48 3.00 0 29 1 2 1
121 UCF 8 16 51 3.19 0 16 5 3 0
126 Auburn 8 17 -18 -1.06 1 9 1 0 0
126 Boise State 9 17 43 2.53 1 11 4 4 0
126 Virginia 8 17 49 2.88 0 11 2 1 0
129 Navy 9 18 76 4.22 0 16 5 3 0
130 Maryland 10 19 8 0.42 1 12 2 2 0
130 USF 9 19 138 7.26 2 76 6 3 2
132 San Diego State 12 20 30 1.50 1 14 2 1 0
132 Marshall 9 20 79 3.95 0 14 6 4 0
132 Kennesaw State 12 20 95 4.75 1 43 6 6 2
135 James Madison 10 21 38 1.81 0 10 4 2 0
136 UTSA 11 24 51 2.13 1 18 2 1 0
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards