2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - From Own 39 To 21 Yard Line through 11/19/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Tech | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 9 | 27 | 66 | 2.44 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Missouri | 9 | 35 | 44 | 1.26 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Indiana | 8 | 37 | 52 | 1.41 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | James Madison | 8 | 29 | 76 | 2.62 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Hawaii | 9 | 37 | 91 | 2.46 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Toledo | 10 | 50 | 116 | 2.32 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Iowa | 8 | 35 | 136 | 3.89 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Oregon | 9 | 47 | 148 | 3.15 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 10 | 63 | 71 | 1.13 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 41 | 86 | 2.10 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 10 | 41 | 93 | 2.27 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | 10 | 42 | 108 | 2.57 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Alabama | 9 | 48 | 128 | 2.67 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Northwestern | 10 | 72 | 163 | 2.26 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Western Michigan | 10 | 50 | 179 | 3.58 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Georgia | 9 | 54 | 199 | 3.69 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | Texas | 9 | 47 | 102 | 2.17 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 18 | East Carolina | 10 | 40 | 136 | 3.40 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | New Mexico | 10 | 62 | 142 | 2.29 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Louisville | 10 | 43 | 149 | 3.47 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | Florida State | 8 | 61 | 182 | 2.98 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | Rice | 10 | 61 | 150 | 2.46 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | San Diego State | 9 | 50 | 155 | 3.10 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 10 | 52 | 171 | 3.29 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 58 | 200 | 3.45 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 3 |
| 23 | Michigan | 10 | 58 | 207 | 3.57 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | Ole Miss | 11 | 64 | 210 | 3.28 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | Liberty | 9 | 57 | 213 | 3.74 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | TCU | 10 | 74 | 215 | 2.91 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | North Carolina | 10 | 65 | 234 | 3.60 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 79 | 235 | 2.97 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | Nevada | 10 | 55 | 239 | 4.35 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | Virginia | 11 | 59 | 253 | 4.29 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 2 |
| 35 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 35 | 114 | 3.26 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 35 | Auburn | 10 | 58 | 158 | 2.72 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 35 | South Carolina | 10 | 48 | 190 | 3.96 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| 35 | Old Dominion | 10 | 40 | 194 | 4.85 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 35 | Penn State | 10 | 37 | 196 | 5.30 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 35 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 69 | 210 | 3.04 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | UTSA | 10 | 49 | 216 | 4.41 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 35 | Temple | 9 | 63 | 220 | 3.49 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 1 |
| 35 | Buffalo | 11 | 75 | 221 | 2.95 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| 35 | Fresno State | 10 | 58 | 243 | 4.19 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| 35 | Kennesaw State | 10 | 61 | 248 | 4.07 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
| 35 | Tulane | 10 | 55 | 255 | 4.64 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 2 |
| 47 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 43 | 151 | 3.51 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 47 | Arizona | 10 | 52 | 172 | 3.31 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| 47 | Clemson | 10 | 75 | 198 | 2.64 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 3 |
| 47 | NC State | 10 | 62 | 217 | 3.50 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| 47 | SMU | 9 | 79 | 227 | 2.87 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 1 |
| 47 | Washington | 10 | 47 | 229 | 4.87 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| 47 | Stanford | 9 | 67 | 253 | 3.78 | 0 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 2 |
| 47 | UTEP | 10 | 83 | 272 | 3.28 | 0 | 37 | 18 | 7 | 1 |
| 47 | Colorado | 10 | 81 | 287 | 3.54 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 1 |
| 47 | Louisiana | 10 | 82 | 304 | 3.71 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 2 |
| 47 | Florida | 9 | 76 | 314 | 4.13 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 3 |
| 47 | Army | 9 | 74 | 383 | 5.18 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 7 | 4 |
| 59 | USF | 10 | 65 | 194 | 2.98 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 2 |
| 59 | Navy | 10 | 60 | 197 | 3.28 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| 59 | LSU | 10 | 66 | 247 | 3.74 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| 59 | Arizona State | 10 | 55 | 256 | 4.65 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 3 |
| 59 | New Mexico State | 10 | 62 | 264 | 4.26 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 4 |
| 59 | Kansas State | 10 | 65 | 269 | 4.14 | 0 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 1 |
| 59 | Iowa State | 10 | 67 | 276 | 4.12 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 1 |
| 59 | Maryland | 10 | 63 | 280 | 4.44 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 59 | Illinois | 10 | 59 | 307 | 5.20 | 1 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 2 |
| 59 | Ball State | 10 | 66 | 317 | 4.80 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 4 |
| 59 | California | 10 | 71 | 321 | 4.52 | 2 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 3 |
| 59 | North Texas | 10 | 68 | 340 | 5.00 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 4 |
| 59 | San Jose State | 10 | 78 | 346 | 4.44 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 2 |
| 72 | USC | 10 | 64 | 221 | 3.45 | 1 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 2 |
| 72 | Utah | 10 | 58 | 237 | 4.09 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| 72 | Marshall | 10 | 53 | 237 | 4.47 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 1 |
| 72 | Kentucky | 10 | 62 | 250 | 4.03 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 0 |
| 72 | Utah State | 9 | 52 | 256 | 4.92 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 72 | Boise State | 10 | 52 | 257 | 4.94 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 3 |
| 72 | Minnesota | 9 | 52 | 258 | 4.96 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 4 |
| 72 | Bowling Green | 11 | 65 | 260 | 4.00 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| 72 | Michigan State | 10 | 61 | 269 | 4.41 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 |
| 72 | Southern Miss | 10 | 65 | 271 | 4.17 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 4 |
| 72 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 58 | 275 | 4.74 | 1 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 4 |
| 72 | Wake Forest | 9 | 66 | 279 | 4.23 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 1 |
| 72 | BYU | 10 | 62 | 288 | 4.65 | 1 | 36 | 20 | 9 | 2 |
| 72 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 52 | 289 | 5.56 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 5 |
| 72 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 53 | 326 | 6.15 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 |
| 87 | Tulsa | 10 | 60 | 243 | 4.05 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| 87 | Missouri State | 10 | 51 | 248 | 4.86 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| 87 | Duke | 9 | 46 | 259 | 5.63 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 4 |
| 87 | Washington State | 10 | 60 | 267 | 4.45 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 3 |
| 87 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 64 | 269 | 4.20 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 3 |
| 87 | UCF | 10 | 74 | 277 | 3.74 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 3 |
| 87 | Mississippi State | 11 | 63 | 291 | 4.62 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| 87 | Troy | 10 | 74 | 297 | 4.01 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 3 |
| 87 | Appalachian State | 10 | 65 | 298 | 4.58 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 3 |
| 87 | Boston College | 11 | 78 | 305 | 3.91 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 2 |
| 87 | Houston | 9 | 56 | 311 | 5.55 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
| 87 | UCLA | 10 | 75 | 315 | 4.20 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 4 |
| 87 | Wyoming | 10 | 64 | 330 | 5.16 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 6 |
| 87 | Air Force | 10 | 61 | 337 | 5.52 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 |
| 87 | Cincinnati | 10 | 79 | 353 | 4.47 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 4 |
| 87 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 83 | 383 | 4.61 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 10 | 5 |
| 103 | Memphis | 9 | 42 | 219 | 5.21 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 3 |
| 103 | Tennessee | 10 | 58 | 225 | 3.88 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| 103 | Arkansas State | 10 | 56 | 245 | 4.38 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 4 |
| 103 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 64 | 289 | 4.52 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 6 |
| 103 | Delaware | 10 | 66 | 298 | 4.52 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 5 |
| 103 | Kansas | 9 | 54 | 299 | 5.54 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 11 | 4 |
| 103 | FIU | 9 | 63 | 310 | 4.92 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 4 |
| 103 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 66 | 327 | 4.95 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 3 |
| 103 | Oregon State | 11 | 74 | 354 | 4.78 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 5 |
| 103 | UAB | 10 | 99 | 422 | 4.26 | 1 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 2 |
| 103 | Baylor | 10 | 85 | 486 | 5.72 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 6 |
| 114 | West Virginia | 10 | 80 | 263 | 3.29 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 1 |
| 114 | Syracuse | 10 | 64 | 296 | 4.63 | 1 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 2 |
| 114 | Ohio | 11 | 69 | 309 | 4.48 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 2 |
| 114 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 66 | 353 | 5.35 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 |
| 114 | Central Michigan | 11 | 72 | 366 | 5.08 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 1 |
| 114 | Akron | 12 | 86 | 377 | 4.38 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 6 |
| 114 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 75 | 410 | 5.47 | 2 | 36 | 23 | 12 | 5 |
| 121 | Texas State | 10 | 77 | 293 | 3.81 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 4 |
| 121 | Rutgers | 9 | 47 | 330 | 7.02 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 4 |
| 121 | UNLV | 10 | 68 | 352 | 5.18 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 8 |
| 124 | Nebraska | 10 | 63 | 291 | 4.62 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 3 |
| 124 | Kent State | 11 | 86 | 357 | 4.15 | 2 | 38 | 23 | 14 | 5 |
| 124 | Colorado State | 10 | 79 | 372 | 4.71 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 4 |
| 124 | Arkansas | 10 | 96 | 397 | 4.14 | 1 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 3 |
| 124 | Georgia State | 10 | 96 | 460 | 4.79 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 5 |
| 129 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 93 | 405 | 4.35 | 0 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 2 |
| 129 | South Alabama | 10 | 72 | 437 | 6.07 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 5 |
| 129 | Massachusetts | 11 | 91 | 519 | 5.70 | 3 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 8 |
| 132 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 79 | 436 | 5.52 | 2 | 34 | 27 | 16 | 2 |
| 132 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 87 | 475 | 5.46 | 2 | 38 | 23 | 16 | 7 |
| 134 | Connecticut | 11 | 83 | 386 | 4.65 | 2 | 32 | 28 | 18 | 5 |
| 134 | Purdue | 11 | 79 | 397 | 5.03 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 2 |
| 136 | Charlotte | 10 | 97 | 588 | 6.06 | 3 | 37 | 30 | 20 | 7 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||