2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - From Opponent's 21 To 39 Yard Line through 10/29/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | 7 | 64 | 135 | 2.11 | 1 | 75 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 
| 1 | Central Michigan | 7 | 73 | 239 | 3.27 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 
| 3 | Louisville | 7 | 86 | 256 | 2.98 | 1 | 75 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 
| 3 | Army | 7 | 52 | 257 | 4.94 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 
| 5 | Missouri | 8 | 76 | 208 | 2.74 | 0 | 41 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 
| 5 | Florida | 7 | 77 | 247 | 3.21 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 
| 5 | Illinois | 8 | 70 | 276 | 3.94 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 
| 5 | Sam Houston State | 7 | 62 | 330 | 5.32 | 0 | 50 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 
| 9 | Stanford | 8 | 73 | 171 | 2.34 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 
| 9 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 90 | 196 | 2.18 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 
| 9 | San Diego State | 7 | 89 | 228 | 2.56 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 
| 9 | Appalachian State | 8 | 76 | 238 | 3.13 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 
| 9 | Oklahoma | 8 | 91 | 279 | 3.07 | 1 | 75 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 
| 14 | Georgia | 7 | 70 | 204 | 2.91 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 
| 14 | Wisconsin | 8 | 62 | 222 | 3.58 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 
| 14 | Texas | 8 | 98 | 227 | 2.32 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 
| 14 | Washington | 8 | 77 | 275 | 3.57 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 
| 14 | Navy | 7 | 65 | 341 | 5.25 | 0 | 61 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 
| 19 | Minnesota | 8 | 78 | 172 | 2.21 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 
| 19 | SMU | 8 | 83 | 256 | 3.08 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 
| 19 | San Jose State | 7 | 73 | 259 | 3.55 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 
| 19 | Missouri State | 8 | 77 | 288 | 3.74 | 1 | 75 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 
| 19 | Michigan State | 8 | 72 | 312 | 4.33 | 0 | 66 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 
| 19 | Western Michigan | 8 | 79 | 320 | 4.05 | 1 | 63 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 
| 19 | Air Force | 7 | 74 | 345 | 4.66 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 
| 19 | Colorado State | 8 | 78 | 389 | 4.99 | 1 | 76 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 
| 27 | Duke | 7 | 78 | 202 | 2.59 | 0 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 
| 27 | Auburn | 8 | 94 | 233 | 2.48 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 
| 27 | Texas Tech | 8 | 111 | 249 | 2.24 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 
| 27 | Tennessee | 8 | 110 | 273 | 2.48 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 
| 27 | Florida State | 7 | 92 | 277 | 3.01 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 
| 27 | Wake Forest | 7 | 70 | 305 | 4.36 | 0 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 
| 27 | Michigan | 8 | 89 | 317 | 3.56 | 0 | 49 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 
| 27 | Fresno State | 8 | 79 | 341 | 4.32 | 1 | 73 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 
| 27 | Marshall | 7 | 85 | 362 | 4.26 | 0 | 72 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 
| 36 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 75 | 274 | 3.65 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 
| 36 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 78 | 284 | 3.64 | 0 | 58 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 
| 36 | Arizona State | 8 | 67 | 288 | 4.30 | 0 | 50 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 
| 36 | Massachusetts | 8 | 82 | 352 | 4.29 | 0 | 58 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 
| 36 | Maryland | 7 | 77 | 364 | 4.73 | 1 | 74 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 
| 41 | Kentucky | 7 | 80 | 224 | 2.80 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 
| 41 | Washington State | 8 | 78 | 305 | 3.91 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 
| 41 | Iowa State | 8 | 70 | 341 | 4.87 | 0 | 33 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 
| 41 | BYU | 8 | 105 | 352 | 3.35 | 0 | 65 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 
| 41 | UTSA | 7 | 93 | 400 | 4.30 | 0 | 37 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 
| 41 | Kent State | 8 | 79 | 486 | 6.15 | 1 | 64 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 
| 47 | USF | 8 | 77 | 260 | 3.38 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 
| 47 | Toledo | 8 | 118 | 292 | 2.47 | 1 | 79 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 
| 47 | Iowa | 8 | 101 | 317 | 3.14 | 0 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 
| 47 | UAB | 7 | 73 | 360 | 4.93 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 
| 47 | Temple | 8 | 80 | 379 | 4.74 | 0 | 61 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 
| 47 | Indiana | 8 | 104 | 381 | 3.66 | 2 | 78 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 
| 47 | Notre Dame | 7 | 77 | 382 | 4.96 | 0 | 54 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 
| 47 | Arkansas State | 8 | 89 | 385 | 4.33 | 1 | 64 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 
| 47 | East Carolina | 7 | 73 | 385 | 5.27 | 0 | 60 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 
| 47 | Northwestern | 8 | 74 | 405 | 5.47 | 2 | 69 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 
| 47 | Boston College | 8 | 71 | 474 | 6.68 | 2 | 73 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 
| 58 | New Mexico State | 7 | 86 | 316 | 3.67 | 0 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 
| 58 | Ohio State | 7 | 105 | 318 | 3.03 | 0 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 
| 58 | New Mexico | 8 | 84 | 349 | 4.15 | 1 | 64 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 
| 58 | Buffalo | 8 | 110 | 356 | 3.24 | 0 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 
| 58 | Syracuse | 8 | 69 | 357 | 5.17 | 0 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 
| 58 | Georgia State | 8 | 65 | 357 | 5.49 | 0 | 51 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 
| 58 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 79 | 360 | 4.56 | 1 | 66 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 
| 58 | South Carolina | 8 | 92 | 361 | 3.92 | 0 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 
| 58 | Memphis | 8 | 92 | 419 | 4.55 | 1 | 73 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 
| 58 | Arizona | 7 | 93 | 420 | 4.52 | 1 | 75 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 
| 58 | Delaware | 7 | 87 | 433 | 4.98 | 0 | 66 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 
| 58 | Bowling Green | 8 | 103 | 439 | 4.26 | 0 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 
| 58 | NC State | 8 | 75 | 452 | 6.03 | 2 | 66 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 
| 71 | Purdue | 8 | 81 | 292 | 3.60 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 
| 71 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 114 | 320 | 2.81 | 1 | 65 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 
| 71 | UTEP | 8 | 97 | 321 | 3.31 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 
| 71 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 79 | 330 | 4.18 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 
| 71 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 85 | 344 | 4.05 | 0 | 62 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 
| 71 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 78 | 369 | 4.73 | 0 | 41 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 
| 71 | Wyoming | 8 | 82 | 370 | 4.51 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 
| 71 | USC | 7 | 85 | 383 | 4.51 | 0 | 63 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 
| 71 | Old Dominion | 8 | 101 | 391 | 3.87 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 
| 71 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 86 | 418 | 4.86 | 1 | 76 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 
| 71 | Charlotte | 8 | 88 | 435 | 4.94 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 
| 71 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 84 | 436 | 5.19 | 1 | 68 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 
| 71 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 98 | 449 | 4.58 | 0 | 42 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 
| 71 | UCF | 7 | 86 | 461 | 5.36 | 1 | 75 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 
| 71 | Ball State | 8 | 84 | 472 | 5.62 | 1 | 67 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 
| 71 | Liberty | 7 | 72 | 531 | 7.38 | 1 | 77 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 
| 71 | Rutgers | 8 | 78 | 541 | 6.94 | 1 | 68 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 
| 88 | Houston | 8 | 112 | 308 | 2.75 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 
| 88 | Rice | 8 | 95 | 352 | 3.71 | 0 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 
| 88 | Nevada | 8 | 92 | 395 | 4.29 | 0 | 54 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 
| 88 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 76 | 399 | 5.25 | 0 | 54 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 
| 88 | West Virginia | 8 | 78 | 409 | 5.24 | 1 | 62 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 
| 93 | TCU | 8 | 93 | 327 | 3.52 | 0 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 
| 93 | Clemson | 7 | 71 | 346 | 4.87 | 0 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 
| 93 | Virginia | 8 | 98 | 348 | 3.55 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 
| 93 | LSU | 8 | 84 | 372 | 4.43 | 1 | 72 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 
| 93 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 78 | 433 | 5.55 | 0 | 53 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 
| 93 | Nebraska | 8 | 90 | 448 | 4.98 | 1 | 75 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 
| 93 | Texas A&M | 8 | 96 | 450 | 4.69 | 1 | 75 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 
| 93 | Troy | 8 | 91 | 466 | 5.12 | 1 | 62 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 
| 93 | Penn State | 7 | 96 | 513 | 5.34 | 0 | 67 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 
| 102 | Hawaii | 8 | 86 | 354 | 4.12 | 0 | 64 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 
| 102 | California | 8 | 73 | 354 | 4.85 | 1 | 71 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 
| 102 | Kansas State | 8 | 105 | 377 | 3.59 | 0 | 60 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 
| 102 | Tulane | 7 | 92 | 384 | 4.17 | 0 | 35 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 
| 102 | Oregon | 8 | 103 | 395 | 3.83 | 1 | 79 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 
| 102 | Baylor | 8 | 96 | 401 | 4.18 | 1 | 65 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 
| 102 | Ohio | 8 | 83 | 455 | 5.48 | 0 | 64 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 
| 102 | Alabama | 8 | 107 | 478 | 4.47 | 1 | 65 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 
| 102 | UNLV | 7 | 74 | 495 | 6.69 | 0 | 65 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 
| 102 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 96 | 600 | 6.25 | 1 | 75 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 
| 112 | James Madison | 8 | 117 | 358 | 3.06 | 1 | 78 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 
| 112 | Mississippi State | 8 | 108 | 469 | 4.34 | 0 | 32 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 
| 112 | South Alabama | 8 | 93 | 499 | 5.37 | 0 | 56 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 
| 112 | Oregon State | 8 | 82 | 559 | 6.82 | 1 | 66 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 
| 112 | Boise State | 8 | 94 | 563 | 5.99 | 0 | 64 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 
| 117 | FIU | 8 | 77 | 436 | 5.66 | 1 | 67 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 
| 117 | UCLA | 8 | 77 | 439 | 5.70 | 0 | 54 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 
| 117 | Kansas | 8 | 104 | 514 | 4.94 | 2 | 71 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 
| 117 | Colorado | 8 | 91 | 544 | 5.98 | 1 | 63 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 
| 117 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 95 | 555 | 5.84 | 1 | 64 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 
| 117 | Akron | 9 | 99 | 559 | 5.65 | 1 | 74 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 
| 117 | North Texas | 8 | 107 | 567 | 5.30 | 1 | 75 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 
| 124 | Southern Miss | 8 | 121 | 500 | 4.13 | 0 | 73 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 
| 124 | Utah | 8 | 108 | 544 | 5.04 | 0 | 68 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 
| 126 | Cincinnati | 8 | 90 | 448 | 4.98 | 0 | 41 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 
| 126 | Kennesaw State | 8 | 101 | 494 | 4.89 | 1 | 75 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 
| 128 | Texas State | 8 | 91 | 484 | 5.32 | 2 | 75 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 
| 129 | Arkansas | 8 | 86 | 527 | 6.13 | 1 | 64 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 
| 130 | Ole Miss | 8 | 96 | 553 | 5.76 | 1 | 65 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 
| 130 | Utah State | 8 | 111 | 590 | 5.32 | 1 | 66 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 
| 132 | Tulsa | 8 | 92 | 542 | 5.89 | 0 | 72 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 
| 132 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 89 | 582 | 6.54 | 0 | 35 | 31 | 22 | 7 | 
| 134 | Louisiana | 8 | 94 | 583 | 6.20 | 2 | 71 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 
| 134 | Connecticut | 8 | 111 | 702 | 6.32 | 3 | 73 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 
| 136 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 118 | 776 | 6.58 | 1 | 65 | 38 | 20 | 10 | 
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||