2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - From Own 20 To 1 Yard Line (Red Zone) through 01/02/2026
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toledo | 10 | 49 | 31 | 0.63 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | West Virginia | 11 | 78 | 82 | 1.05 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 12 | 43 | 46 | 1.07 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Indiana | 10 | 31 | 39 | 1.26 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Michigan | 13 | 72 | 94 | 1.31 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Missouri | 12 | 84 | 116 | 1.38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 11 | 52 | 81 | 1.56 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 82 | 130 | 1.59 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 56 | 92 | 1.64 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | SMU | 13 | 76 | 130 | 1.71 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | East Carolina | 12 | 75 | 135 | 1.80 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 63 | 115 | 1.83 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Washington | 11 | 74 | 138 | 1.86 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | San Diego State | 11 | 49 | 93 | 1.90 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Auburn | 12 | 66 | 132 | 2.00 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Florida | 11 | 89 | 179 | 2.01 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Oregon State | 12 | 58 | 117 | 2.02 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Texas Tech | 11 | 40 | 83 | 2.08 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Akron | 12 | 72 | 150 | 2.08 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Appalachian State | 13 | 100 | 208 | 2.08 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | NC State | 12 | 79 | 165 | 2.09 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Delaware | 13 | 85 | 178 | 2.09 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | Arizona State | 13 | 101 | 211 | 2.09 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Penn State | 13 | 97 | 205 | 2.11 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | Wake Forest | 13 | 104 | 220 | 2.12 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Tulane | 14 | 90 | 193 | 2.14 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| 27 | Notre Dame | 11 | 46 | 99 | 2.15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Clemson | 11 | 39 | 85 | 2.18 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | James Madison | 13 | 54 | 118 | 2.19 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Minnesota | 11 | 78 | 171 | 2.19 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| 31 | Miami (FL) | 14 | 64 | 142 | 2.22 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 73 | 162 | 2.22 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Fresno State | 12 | 56 | 125 | 2.23 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 87 | 195 | 2.24 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Texas | 11 | 58 | 131 | 2.26 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | Georgia | 13 | 68 | 154 | 2.26 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Troy | 14 | 78 | 178 | 2.28 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 111 | 255 | 2.30 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| 39 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 85 | 196 | 2.31 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | UTEP | 12 | 76 | 177 | 2.33 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
| 41 | Louisville | 11 | 62 | 145 | 2.34 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Wyoming | 12 | 55 | 129 | 2.35 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | FIU | 13 | 76 | 179 | 2.36 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 |
| 44 | Buffalo | 11 | 54 | 128 | 2.37 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | TCU | 13 | 70 | 167 | 2.39 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 46 | BYU | 13 | 79 | 192 | 2.43 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | Ole Miss | 13 | 63 | 154 | 2.44 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | Jacksonville State | 14 | 87 | 212 | 2.44 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 49 | Utah | 11 | 59 | 146 | 2.47 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | Illinois | 13 | 79 | 198 | 2.51 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 51 | Kansas State | 12 | 87 | 221 | 2.54 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 1 |
| 52 | Memphis | 12 | 75 | 192 | 2.56 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 53 | Kent State | 12 | 90 | 231 | 2.57 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 0 |
| 54 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 82 | 212 | 2.59 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 55 | Utah State | 12 | 69 | 180 | 2.61 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 56 | Boston College | 12 | 78 | 204 | 2.62 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | South Carolina | 12 | 64 | 168 | 2.63 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| 58 | Army | 13 | 80 | 211 | 2.64 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 58 | Maryland | 12 | 84 | 222 | 2.64 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 60 | Cincinnati | 12 | 89 | 236 | 2.65 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| 61 | Arizona | 12 | 64 | 170 | 2.66 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | Kansas | 11 | 68 | 181 | 2.66 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 61 | North Carolina | 12 | 74 | 197 | 2.66 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 64 | UTSA | 12 | 63 | 168 | 2.67 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 65 | Oregon | 13 | 50 | 134 | 2.68 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | Old Dominion | 12 | 78 | 209 | 2.68 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 67 | Ball State | 12 | 77 | 207 | 2.69 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 87 | 234 | 2.69 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| 69 | Wisconsin | 11 | 51 | 138 | 2.71 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 70 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 89 | 242 | 2.72 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
| 70 | Kennesaw State | 14 | 93 | 253 | 2.72 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| 72 | Florida State | 11 | 71 | 194 | 2.73 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| 73 | USF | 13 | 89 | 244 | 2.74 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 1 |
| 74 | LSU | 10 | 71 | 197 | 2.77 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| 75 | Northwestern | 12 | 67 | 186 | 2.78 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 75 | Marshall | 12 | 83 | 231 | 2.78 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| 77 | Western Michigan | 13 | 65 | 182 | 2.80 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| 78 | Alabama | 13 | 73 | 206 | 2.82 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 79 | UAB | 12 | 98 | 277 | 2.83 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| 80 | Virginia | 13 | 68 | 194 | 2.85 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 81 | Nebraska | 12 | 73 | 209 | 2.86 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| 81 | Duke | 14 | 98 | 280 | 2.86 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 1 |
| 81 | Tennessee | 13 | 100 | 286 | 2.86 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 1 |
| 84 | Iowa | 11 | 53 | 152 | 2.87 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 84 | Washington State | 11 | 53 | 152 | 2.87 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 84 | Stanford | 12 | 79 | 227 | 2.87 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| 87 | New Mexico | 11 | 65 | 187 | 2.88 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | Texas A&M | 12 | 53 | 154 | 2.91 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 89 | Central Michigan | 13 | 73 | 214 | 2.93 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| 90 | Purdue | 11 | 109 | 320 | 2.94 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 0 |
| 91 | Arkansas State | 13 | 78 | 230 | 2.95 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 0 |
| 92 | Nevada | 12 | 97 | 291 | 3.00 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 0 |
| 93 | New Mexico State | 12 | 62 | 188 | 3.03 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | San Jose State | 12 | 100 | 312 | 3.12 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
| 95 | Navy | 12 | 80 | 250 | 3.13 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| 96 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 59 | 186 | 3.15 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 97 | UNLV | 13 | 61 | 193 | 3.16 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
| 98 | Texas State | 13 | 92 | 292 | 3.17 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 0 |
| 99 | Tulsa | 12 | 103 | 329 | 3.19 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 1 |
| 100 | Boise State | 14 | 79 | 254 | 3.22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| 101 | Colorado State | 11 | 94 | 304 | 3.23 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 1 |
| 102 | Kentucky | 12 | 85 | 275 | 3.24 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| 103 | Syracuse | 12 | 68 | 221 | 3.25 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 0 |
| 104 | Ohio | 13 | 62 | 203 | 3.27 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 0 |
| 105 | Air Force | 12 | 70 | 230 | 3.29 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
| 106 | Houston | 10 | 69 | 228 | 3.30 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| 107 | Arkansas | 12 | 95 | 317 | 3.34 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 1 |
| 108 | California | 12 | 65 | 218 | 3.35 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| 109 | Baylor | 12 | 73 | 246 | 3.37 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 0 |
| 109 | Connecticut | 12 | 83 | 280 | 3.37 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 0 |
| 111 | Southern Miss | 13 | 97 | 330 | 3.40 | 26 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 0 |
| 112 | Michigan State | 11 | 76 | 260 | 3.42 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| 112 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 100 | 342 | 3.42 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 0 |
| 114 | UCF | 12 | 69 | 237 | 3.43 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 0 |
| 115 | Liberty | 11 | 85 | 292 | 3.44 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 0 |
| 116 | Charlotte | 12 | 70 | 242 | 3.46 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 117 | Georgia State | 12 | 111 | 394 | 3.55 | 28 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 0 |
| 118 | Louisiana | 13 | 90 | 323 | 3.59 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 0 |
| 119 | Iowa State | 12 | 52 | 189 | 3.63 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 119 | Colorado | 12 | 94 | 341 | 3.63 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 0 |
| 121 | Mississippi State | 12 | 73 | 268 | 3.67 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| 121 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 96 | 352 | 3.67 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 0 |
| 123 | Temple | 12 | 85 | 314 | 3.69 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 0 |
| 124 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 52 | 193 | 3.71 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| 125 | Missouri State | 12 | 82 | 305 | 3.72 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 125 | UCLA | 12 | 99 | 368 | 3.72 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 1 |
| 127 | Hawaii | 11 | 72 | 273 | 3.79 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 1 |
| 128 | North Texas | 13 | 119 | 453 | 3.81 | 23 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 0 |
| 129 | Rice | 12 | 71 | 271 | 3.82 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 0 |
| 130 | USC | 12 | 72 | 279 | 3.88 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 0 |
| 130 | Massachusetts | 12 | 102 | 396 | 3.88 | 26 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 1 |
| 132 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 95 | 371 | 3.91 | 30 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 0 |
| 133 | Georgia Southern | 13 | 95 | 400 | 4.21 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 1 |
| 134 | South Alabama | 11 | 73 | 313 | 4.29 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| 135 | Bowling Green | 12 | 46 | 204 | 4.43 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| 136 | Rutgers | 11 | 65 | 289 | 4.45 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||