2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - From Opponent's 1 To 20 Yard Line through 12/06/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 28 | 53 | 1.89 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | New Mexico | 11 | 28 | 73 | 2.61 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | San Jose State | 10 | 23 | 75 | 3.26 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Auburn | 11 | 29 | 77 | 2.66 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Clemson | 10 | 32 | 79 | 2.47 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Louisiana | 10 | 32 | 82 | 2.56 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | BYU | 9 | 34 | 90 | 2.65 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 11 | 36 | 94 | 2.61 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 12 | 34 | 99 | 2.91 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Michigan | 11 | 33 | 101 | 3.06 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Wake Forest | 11 | 42 | 102 | 2.43 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Miami (OH) | 12 | 52 | 104 | 2.00 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Navy | 10 | 39 | 104 | 2.67 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 33 | 104 | 3.15 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | Oklahoma | 12 | 61 | 106 | 1.74 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | Penn State | 11 | 42 | 107 | 2.55 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Appalachian State | 11 | 29 | 112 | 3.86 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Arizona | 10 | 35 | 113 | 3.23 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Washington | 7 | 23 | 116 | 5.04 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | LSU | 11 | 40 | 117 | 2.93 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | Texas | 12 | 52 | 123 | 2.37 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Army | 10 | 37 | 124 | 3.35 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | Texas State | 11 | 33 | 124 | 3.76 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | Air Force | 9 | 28 | 126 | 4.50 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | Ole Miss | 11 | 30 | 127 | 4.23 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | Florida | 12 | 34 | 131 | 3.85 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Tulane | 11 | 36 | 132 | 3.67 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | Tennessee | 11 | 39 | 133 | 3.41 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | James Madison | 12 | 51 | 135 | 2.65 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | UCLA | 9 | 29 | 136 | 4.69 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | North Carolina | 10 | 38 | 137 | 3.61 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Cincinnati | 11 | 37 | 138 | 3.73 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Arizona State | 11 | 31 | 139 | 4.48 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 45 | 140 | 3.11 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 35 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 41 | 141 | 3.44 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 35 | SMU | 12 | 28 | 141 | 5.04 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 37 | Ball State | 11 | 37 | 142 | 3.84 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| 38 | South Alabama | 11 | 35 | 145 | 4.14 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | Oregon State | 11 | 49 | 146 | 2.98 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 39 | Georgia | 12 | 49 | 146 | 2.98 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 41 | USF | 10 | 37 | 149 | 4.03 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 41 | Michigan State | 9 | 34 | 149 | 4.38 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 43 | Oregon | 11 | 46 | 150 | 3.26 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 37 | 154 | 4.16 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 44 | Indiana | 11 | 32 | 154 | 4.81 | 0 | 64 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 46 | UCF | 12 | 55 | 159 | 2.89 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 46 | Boise State | 13 | 50 | 159 | 3.18 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 48 | Mississippi State | 11 | 32 | 160 | 5.00 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| 49 | Alabama | 11 | 43 | 161 | 3.74 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| 50 | Bowling Green | 10 | 44 | 162 | 3.68 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| 50 | Charlotte | 11 | 30 | 162 | 5.40 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| 52 | Kentucky | 9 | 39 | 165 | 4.23 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 53 | Texas Tech | 13 | 44 | 169 | 3.84 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| 53 | Houston | 10 | 41 | 169 | 4.12 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 53 | Florida State | 11 | 40 | 169 | 4.23 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 56 | Utah State | 11 | 39 | 172 | 4.41 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 57 | Wisconsin | 11 | 41 | 173 | 4.22 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 58 | Nebraska | 12 | 46 | 174 | 3.78 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 59 | Tulsa | 12 | 50 | 177 | 3.54 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 59 | New Mexico State | 11 | 40 | 177 | 4.43 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 59 | East Carolina | 11 | 38 | 177 | 4.66 | 1 | 84 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 62 | North Texas | 10 | 43 | 178 | 4.14 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 62 | Memphis | 11 | 41 | 178 | 4.34 | 1 | 81 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 64 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 42 | 179 | 4.26 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 65 | FIU | 11 | 39 | 181 | 4.64 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 66 | USC | 11 | 30 | 182 | 6.07 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 66 | Illinois | 11 | 29 | 182 | 6.28 | 1 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 68 | Louisville | 12 | 51 | 187 | 3.67 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 69 | Connecticut | 12 | 55 | 190 | 3.45 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 70 | Texas A&M | 11 | 53 | 191 | 3.60 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 70 | Washington State | 11 | 45 | 191 | 4.24 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 72 | Arkansas | 10 | 42 | 192 | 4.57 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| 73 | South Carolina | 9 | 46 | 193 | 4.20 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 74 | UAB | 7 | 25 | 194 | 7.76 | 0 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 75 | Toledo | 12 | 57 | 196 | 3.44 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 75 | Western Michigan | 13 | 52 | 196 | 3.77 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| 77 | Middle Tennessee State | 11 | 66 | 197 | 2.98 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | Virginia | 13 | 57 | 197 | 3.46 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| 79 | Central Michigan | 8 | 43 | 203 | 4.72 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 80 | Colorado State | 11 | 43 | 206 | 4.79 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 80 | Ohio | 12 | 40 | 206 | 5.15 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 80 | Minnesota | 11 | 36 | 206 | 5.72 | 0 | 85 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 80 | Kansas State | 12 | 34 | 206 | 6.06 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| 84 | Liberty | 10 | 41 | 210 | 5.12 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 85 | Duke | 12 | 47 | 213 | 4.53 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 85 | TCU | 11 | 44 | 213 | 4.84 | 0 | 54 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 87 | Baylor | 12 | 48 | 217 | 4.52 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 88 | San Diego State | 12 | 58 | 222 | 3.83 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 89 | Hawaii | 11 | 56 | 226 | 4.04 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 90 | Old Dominion | 12 | 64 | 228 | 3.56 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| 91 | Utah | 12 | 38 | 230 | 6.05 | 1 | 80 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 92 | California | 12 | 48 | 237 | 4.94 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 93 | Rutgers | 11 | 39 | 238 | 6.10 | 0 | 67 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 93 | Northwestern | 11 | 36 | 238 | 6.61 | 0 | 55 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 95 | Delaware | 10 | 32 | 240 | 7.50 | 0 | 78 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| 96 | UNLV | 12 | 41 | 244 | 5.95 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| 97 | Fresno State | 12 | 55 | 246 | 4.47 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 98 | Marshall | 12 | 62 | 248 | 4.00 | 1 | 92 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 98 | Syracuse | 11 | 40 | 248 | 6.20 | 0 | 44 | 10 | 8 | 4 |
| 100 | Temple | 11 | 56 | 249 | 4.45 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| 101 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 32 | 251 | 7.84 | 0 | 84 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 102 | NC State | 12 | 41 | 257 | 6.27 | 0 | 85 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 103 | Jacksonville State | 11 | 50 | 258 | 5.16 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 104 | West Virginia | 12 | 51 | 260 | 5.10 | 1 | 83 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| 104 | Kent State | 12 | 46 | 260 | 5.65 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 10 | 3 |
| 106 | Iowa | 11 | 46 | 263 | 5.72 | 0 | 49 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| 107 | Kansas | 11 | 54 | 266 | 4.93 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 108 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 35 | 267 | 7.63 | 1 | 80 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 109 | Purdue | 12 | 53 | 269 | 5.08 | 1 | 82 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| 110 | UTSA | 11 | 46 | 271 | 5.89 | 1 | 81 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| 111 | Maryland | 10 | 41 | 273 | 6.66 | 0 | 53 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| 112 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 44 | 275 | 6.25 | 0 | 73 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 113 | Wyoming | 12 | 59 | 276 | 4.68 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 |
| 113 | Iowa State | 11 | 47 | 276 | 5.87 | 1 | 88 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| 113 | Akron | 11 | 43 | 276 | 6.42 | 0 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| 116 | Rice | 12 | 31 | 277 | 8.94 | 0 | 65 | 9 | 10 | 3 |
| 117 | Nevada | 11 | 49 | 279 | 5.69 | 0 | 68 | 11 | 10 | 4 |
| 117 | Missouri | 9 | 36 | 279 | 7.75 | 2 | 84 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 119 | Kennesaw State | 12 | 52 | 282 | 5.42 | 1 | 95 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 119 | Stanford | 11 | 32 | 282 | 8.81 | 1 | 87 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| 121 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 42 | 283 | 6.74 | 0 | 49 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| 122 | Georgia Southern | 12 | 41 | 285 | 6.95 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 4 |
| 123 | Boston College | 11 | 36 | 292 | 8.11 | 1 | 94 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 124 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 55 | 294 | 5.35 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| 125 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 45 | 295 | 6.56 | 1 | 90 | 10 | 8 | 4 |
| 126 | Georgia State | 12 | 40 | 297 | 7.43 | 1 | 85 | 13 | 10 | 4 |
| 127 | Troy | 13 | 68 | 299 | 4.40 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 127 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 53 | 299 | 5.64 | 1 | 80 | 11 | 12 | 3 |
| 129 | UTEP | 12 | 47 | 300 | 6.38 | 0 | 72 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| 130 | Missouri State | 12 | 43 | 309 | 7.19 | 1 | 98 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 131 | Southern Miss | 11 | 63 | 332 | 5.27 | 0 | 61 | 15 | 14 | 2 |
| 132 | Buffalo | 12 | 71 | 338 | 4.76 | 1 | 90 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| 133 | Massachusetts | 11 | 58 | 350 | 6.03 | 0 | 55 | 19 | 8 | 1 |
| 134 | Colorado | 11 | 39 | 361 | 9.26 | 1 | 88 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| 135 | Arkansas State | 12 | 58 | 420 | 7.24 | 0 | 56 | 16 | 13 | 4 |
| 136 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 53 | 428 | 8.08 | 0 | 55 | 17 | 15 | 7 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||