2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 4th Down through 11/19/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 6 | 11 | -35 | -3.18 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 2 | -34 | -17.00 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Old Dominion | 6 | 11 | -28 | -2.55 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Iowa | 5 | 9 | -24 | -2.67 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Western Michigan | 6 | 9 | -19 | -2.11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Ole Miss | 7 | 10 | -18 | -1.80 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Akron | 8 | 14 | -16 | -1.14 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Rice | 5 | 8 | -14 | -1.75 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Texas State | 6 | 10 | -14 | -1.40 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 7 | 10 | -12 | -1.20 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Washington State | 6 | 8 | -10 | -1.25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Syracuse | 7 | 10 | -10 | -1.00 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Texas Tech | 8 | 12 | -10 | -0.83 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Buffalo | 9 | 16 | -8 | -0.50 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Oregon | 9 | 18 | -8 | -0.44 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | James Madison | 6 | 11 | -7 | -0.64 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 7 | 8 | -6 | -0.75 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FIU | 5 | 9 | -6 | -0.67 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Louisville | 6 | 10 | -6 | -0.60 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | East Carolina | 8 | 16 | -5 | -0.31 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Mississippi State | 4 | 8 | -3 | -0.38 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Michigan | 7 | 9 | -1 | -0.11 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Kansas State | 6 | 13 | -1 | -0.08 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Washington | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | LSU | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | UTSA | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Boston College | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0.25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0.38 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0.29 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Toledo | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0.40 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0.42 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | San Diego State | 7 | 12 | 6 | 0.50 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Rutgers | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Wake Forest | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kent State | 6 | 13 | 8 | 0.62 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Kentucky | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0.67 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Indiana | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1.00 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | New Mexico State | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Clemson | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Bowling Green | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1.80 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Connecticut | 6 | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Arkansas | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1.57 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Memphis | 5 | 6 | 12 | 2.00 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Hawaii | 6 | 9 | 13 | 1.44 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | SMU | 9 | 20 | 14 | 0.70 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Appalachian State | 6 | 7 | 14 | 2.00 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1.67 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | New Mexico | 7 | 12 | 16 | 1.33 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Purdue | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Alabama | 6 | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Virginia | 10 | 13 | 17 | 1.31 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Colorado | 6 | 9 | 17 | 1.89 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Illinois | 6 | 7 | 17 | 2.43 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1.50 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Liberty | 7 | 15 | 19 | 1.27 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Massachusetts | 6 | 12 | 19 | 1.58 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Troy | 5 | 9 | 19 | 2.11 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Georgia | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | USC | 6 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Arkansas State | 6 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Northwestern | 7 | 12 | 21 | 1.75 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | Louisiana | 9 | 14 | 22 | 1.57 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Air Force | 6 | 8 | 22 | 2.75 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | Michigan State | 5 | 10 | 23 | 2.30 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 66 | Middle Tennessee State | 5 | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | West Virginia | 8 | 13 | 24 | 1.85 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Jacksonville State | 7 | 12 | 24 | 2.00 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Tulane | 5 | 11 | 24 | 2.18 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Florida | 5 | 9 | 24 | 2.67 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Maryland | 7 | 15 | 25 | 1.67 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | TCU | 9 | 15 | 25 | 1.67 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | UTEP | 9 | 15 | 25 | 1.67 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Oregon State | 6 | 8 | 25 | 3.13 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 76 | Penn State | 7 | 11 | 27 | 2.45 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 76 | NC State | 6 | 8 | 27 | 3.38 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 10 | 28 | 2.80 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Southern Miss | 6 | 9 | 28 | 3.11 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | Ohio State | 8 | 15 | 29 | 1.93 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 80 | Central Michigan | 7 | 14 | 29 | 2.07 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 80 | Arizona | 8 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | Wyoming | 6 | 9 | 29 | 3.22 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 85 | Utah State | 8 | 17 | 30 | 1.76 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Nevada | 8 | 15 | 30 | 2.00 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | USF | 8 | 13 | 30 | 2.31 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Stanford | 6 | 10 | 30 | 3.00 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Fresno State | 7 | 9 | 30 | 3.33 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | Florida State | 9 | 15 | 31 | 2.07 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Tulsa | 9 | 20 | 33 | 1.65 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | Kennesaw State | 7 | 13 | 33 | 2.54 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | Marshall | 4 | 7 | 34 | 4.86 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 9 | 35 | 3.89 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | North Carolina | 7 | 13 | 36 | 2.77 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | San Jose State | 9 | 16 | 37 | 2.31 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Iowa State | 7 | 9 | 37 | 4.11 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 98 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 11 | 38 | 3.45 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | California | 7 | 7 | 38 | 5.43 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 100 | Nebraska | 7 | 15 | 39 | 2.60 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 101 | Cincinnati | 8 | 15 | 40 | 2.67 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | Tennessee | 8 | 9 | 40 | 4.44 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 103 | Auburn | 7 | 9 | 41 | 4.56 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 104 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 17 | 42 | 2.47 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 104 | South Alabama | 6 | 9 | 42 | 4.67 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 14 | 43 | 3.07 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 106 | Army | 7 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 106 | Baylor | 6 | 7 | 43 | 6.14 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 106 | Missouri State | 4 | 5 | 43 | 8.60 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 106 | Missouri | 3 | 4 | 43 | 10.75 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 106 | Minnesota | 4 | 4 | 43 | 10.75 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 112 | Oklahoma | 6 | 11 | 44 | 4.00 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 113 | Duke | 8 | 11 | 46 | 4.18 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 113 | Boise State | 7 | 9 | 46 | 5.11 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 115 | UCLA | 7 | 13 | 51 | 3.92 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 115 | North Texas | 7 | 12 | 51 | 4.25 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 117 | BYU | 5 | 11 | 52 | 4.73 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 118 | Colorado State | 7 | 9 | 53 | 5.89 | 3 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 119 | Ball State | 10 | 15 | 57 | 3.80 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 119 | South Carolina | 3 | 4 | 57 | 14.25 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 121 | UAB | 8 | 16 | 58 | 3.63 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 122 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 9 | 59 | 6.56 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 123 | Texas A&M | 5 | 10 | 60 | 6.00 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 124 | Charlotte | 8 | 10 | 67 | 6.70 | 2 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 125 | Houston | 8 | 15 | 68 | 4.53 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 126 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 14 | 74 | 5.29 | 3 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 127 | Utah | 8 | 18 | 75 | 4.17 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 128 | UCF | 6 | 14 | 80 | 5.71 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 129 | Kansas | 6 | 9 | 82 | 9.11 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 130 | Ohio | 8 | 14 | 83 | 5.93 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 131 | Navy | 7 | 14 | 87 | 6.21 | 2 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 132 | UNLV | 9 | 17 | 88 | 5.18 | 2 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 132 | Georgia State | 9 | 14 | 88 | 6.29 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 134 | Arizona State | 8 | 14 | 90 | 6.43 | 2 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 135 | Delaware | 5 | 8 | 93 | 11.63 | 1 | 53 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 136 | Temple | 6 | 13 | 114 | 8.77 | 1 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||