2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Winning By 15+ Pts through 10/29/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 2 | -4 | -2.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 2 | Oregon State | 1 | 7 | -12 | -1.71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 3 | Boston College | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0.08 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 
| 4 | New Mexico State | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 5 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 13 | 7 | 0.54 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 6 | Western Michigan | 3 | 38 | 21 | 0.55 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 
| 7 | Kent State | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0.56 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 
| 7 | UTEP | 2 | 27 | 15 | 0.56 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 9 | Wisconsin | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0.80 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 
| 10 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 12 | 13 | 1.08 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 
| 11 | Michigan State | 2 | 20 | 22 | 1.10 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 
| 12 | Oklahoma | 4 | 73 | 86 | 1.18 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 
| 13 | Louisiana | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| 14 | James Madison | 5 | 67 | 82 | 1.22 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 
| 15 | Minnesota | 2 | 24 | 30 | 1.25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| 16 | Buffalo | 2 | 21 | 29 | 1.38 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 
| 17 | Washington | 5 | 41 | 60 | 1.46 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 
| 18 | Troy | 3 | 12 | 18 | 1.50 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 
| 19 | Toledo | 5 | 81 | 128 | 1.58 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 
| 20 | San Diego State | 5 | 84 | 143 | 1.70 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 
| 21 | Air Force | 1 | 23 | 40 | 1.74 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 
| 22 | Iowa | 4 | 86 | 154 | 1.79 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 
| 23 | Auburn | 2 | 46 | 83 | 1.80 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 
| 24 | Texas | 4 | 50 | 92 | 1.84 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 
| 25 | San Jose State | 1 | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 25 | Arkansas State | 1 | 14 | 26 | 1.86 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| 25 | Liberty | 2 | 14 | 26 | 1.86 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 
| 25 | Fresno State | 3 | 36 | 67 | 1.86 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 
| 29 | Michigan | 4 | 53 | 103 | 1.94 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 
| 30 | Duke | 3 | 21 | 41 | 1.95 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| 31 | Florida | 2 | 29 | 58 | 2.00 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 
| 31 | NC State | 2 | 35 | 70 | 2.00 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 
| 33 | Georgia | 3 | 47 | 96 | 2.04 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 
| 34 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 25 | 52 | 2.08 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 
| 34 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 37 | 77 | 2.08 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 
| 36 | Virginia | 3 | 61 | 129 | 2.11 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 
| 37 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 76 | 162 | 2.13 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 
| 38 | BYU | 4 | 64 | 139 | 2.17 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 
| 39 | Baylor | 2 | 24 | 54 | 2.25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| 40 | South Carolina | 2 | 33 | 75 | 2.27 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 
| 41 | Texas Tech | 7 | 137 | 318 | 2.32 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 
| 42 | Missouri State | 1 | 18 | 42 | 2.33 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 
| 43 | Maryland | 4 | 75 | 179 | 2.39 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 
| 44 | Florida State | 3 | 56 | 135 | 2.41 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 
| 45 | Penn State | 3 | 65 | 158 | 2.43 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 
| 46 | Connecticut | 3 | 52 | 127 | 2.44 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 
| 47 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 56 | 140 | 2.50 | 0 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 
| 48 | Army | 2 | 17 | 43 | 2.53 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 
| 49 | Texas State | 3 | 54 | 138 | 2.56 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 
| 50 | Texas A&M | 6 | 50 | 130 | 2.60 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 
| 51 | West Virginia | 1 | 13 | 34 | 2.62 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 
| 52 | Arizona | 3 | 66 | 175 | 2.65 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 
| 53 | Miami (FL) | 5 | 61 | 162 | 2.66 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 
| 54 | SMU | 4 | 57 | 154 | 2.70 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 
| 55 | USF | 5 | 97 | 263 | 2.71 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 
| 56 | Wyoming | 2 | 23 | 63 | 2.74 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 
| 56 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 47 | 129 | 2.74 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 
| 58 | Notre Dame | 4 | 48 | 135 | 2.81 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 
| 59 | Houston | 5 | 66 | 187 | 2.83 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 
| 60 | Wake Forest | 3 | 67 | 191 | 2.85 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 
| 60 | UCF | 3 | 74 | 211 | 2.85 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 
| 60 | Ohio State | 6 | 107 | 305 | 2.85 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 
| 63 | Clemson | 2 | 29 | 83 | 2.86 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 
| 64 | FIU | 3 | 43 | 124 | 2.88 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 
| 65 | UCLA | 2 | 21 | 61 | 2.90 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 
| 65 | Jacksonville State | 2 | 29 | 84 | 2.90 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 
| 67 | Tennessee | 5 | 98 | 287 | 2.93 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 
| 68 | Memphis | 5 | 53 | 158 | 2.98 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 
| 69 | Mississippi State | 5 | 51 | 153 | 3.00 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 
| 70 | Cincinnati | 6 | 127 | 383 | 3.02 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 
| 71 | Washington State | 2 | 38 | 115 | 3.03 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 
| 72 | USC | 5 | 68 | 209 | 3.07 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 
| 73 | Georgia State | 1 | 26 | 82 | 3.15 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 
| 74 | Marshall | 3 | 50 | 158 | 3.16 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 
| 74 | Old Dominion | 4 | 67 | 212 | 3.16 | 1 | 46 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 
| 76 | North Carolina | 2 | 47 | 149 | 3.17 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 
| 77 | Northwestern | 4 | 55 | 175 | 3.18 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 
| 77 | TCU | 4 | 56 | 178 | 3.18 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 
| 79 | UTSA | 2 | 64 | 206 | 3.22 | 1 | 57 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 
| 79 | East Carolina | 4 | 86 | 277 | 3.22 | 1 | 60 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 
| 81 | Central Michigan | 4 | 63 | 208 | 3.30 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 
| 82 | Oregon | 6 | 131 | 435 | 3.32 | 4 | 79 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 
| 83 | LSU | 2 | 29 | 99 | 3.41 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 
| 84 | Hawaii | 4 | 20 | 69 | 3.45 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 
| 84 | Bowling Green | 3 | 29 | 100 | 3.45 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 
| 84 | Illinois | 4 | 51 | 176 | 3.45 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 
| 84 | Kansas | 4 | 69 | 238 | 3.45 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 
| 88 | Colorado | 2 | 39 | 135 | 3.46 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 
| 89 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 27 | 94 | 3.48 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 
| 90 | California | 2 | 18 | 63 | 3.50 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 
| 91 | Temple | 3 | 60 | 212 | 3.53 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 
| 92 | Navy | 4 | 33 | 117 | 3.55 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 
| 93 | Utah State | 3 | 57 | 203 | 3.56 | 4 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 
| 94 | Indiana | 6 | 87 | 312 | 3.59 | 1 | 78 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 
| 95 | Appalachian State | 3 | 29 | 107 | 3.69 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 
| 96 | Purdue | 2 | 34 | 126 | 3.71 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 
| 97 | Arizona State | 2 | 37 | 138 | 3.73 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 
| 98 | Tulane | 4 | 41 | 156 | 3.80 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 
| 99 | Kentucky | 2 | 25 | 96 | 3.84 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 
| 100 | Syracuse | 2 | 29 | 112 | 3.86 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 
| 101 | Nebraska | 4 | 64 | 249 | 3.89 | 3 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 
| 102 | Delaware | 2 | 32 | 125 | 3.91 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 
| 103 | Arkansas | 3 | 58 | 229 | 3.95 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 
| 104 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 45 | 178 | 3.96 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 
| 105 | Utah | 6 | 145 | 585 | 4.03 | 4 | 68 | 33 | 23 | 6 | 
| 106 | Rice | 2 | 24 | 99 | 4.13 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 
| 107 | Colorado State | 1 | 14 | 58 | 4.14 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 
| 107 | Iowa State | 2 | 29 | 120 | 4.14 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 
| 109 | Missouri | 3 | 56 | 235 | 4.20 | 1 | 84 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 
| 110 | Alabama | 3 | 62 | 261 | 4.21 | 2 | 44 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 
| 111 | North Texas | 5 | 73 | 311 | 4.26 | 2 | 75 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 
| 112 | Kennesaw State | 5 | 48 | 209 | 4.35 | 3 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 
| 112 | Louisville | 2 | 51 | 222 | 4.35 | 2 | 75 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 
| 114 | Rutgers | 3 | 31 | 142 | 4.58 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 
| 115 | Ohio | 3 | 34 | 156 | 4.59 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 
| 116 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 88 | 426 | 4.84 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 
| 117 | Ole Miss | 2 | 43 | 218 | 5.07 | 0 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 
| 118 | Southern Miss | 5 | 86 | 440 | 5.12 | 6 | 73 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 
| 119 | UNLV | 3 | 44 | 244 | 5.55 | 3 | 53 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 
| 120 | Kansas State | 3 | 21 | 117 | 5.57 | 1 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 
| 121 | Boise State | 5 | 59 | 334 | 5.66 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 
| 122 | Tulsa | 2 | 23 | 131 | 5.70 | 2 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 
| 123 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 15 | 91 | 6.07 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 
| 124 | New Mexico | 3 | 22 | 136 | 6.18 | 1 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 
| 125 | South Alabama | 1 | 15 | 93 | 6.20 | 2 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 
| 126 | Akron | 2 | 41 | 256 | 6.24 | 2 | 74 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 
| 127 | Massachusetts | 1 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||