2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Winning By 15+ Pts through 11/19/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 2 | -4 | -2.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 4 | -3 | -0.75 | 1 | 4 | 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 | Western Michigan | 4 | 44 | 17 | 0.39 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 13 | 7 | 0.54 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | UTEP | 2 | 27 | 15 | 0.56 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0.80 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Arkansas State | 2 | 38 | 41 | 1.08 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Michigan State | 2 | 20 | 22 | 1.10 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Kent State | 2 | 18 | 21 | 1.17 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 4 | 73 | 86 | 1.18 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 13 | Minnesota | 2 | 24 | 30 | 1.25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Fresno State | 5 | 42 | 56 | 1.33 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | James Madison | 7 | 83 | 113 | 1.36 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Troy | 3 | 12 | 18 | 1.50 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Oregon State | 2 | 9 | 14 | 1.56 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | San Diego State | 6 | 85 | 134 | 1.58 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Air Force | 1 | 23 | 40 | 1.74 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Toledo | 7 | 118 | 207 | 1.75 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Iowa | 4 | 86 | 154 | 1.79 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Auburn | 2 | 46 | 83 | 1.80 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 86 | 157 | 1.83 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 1 |
| 24 | Virginia | 4 | 69 | 131 | 1.90 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Michigan | 4 | 53 | 103 | 1.94 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | Duke | 3 | 21 | 41 | 1.95 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 41 | 81 | 1.98 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 20 | 40 | 2.00 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Florida | 2 | 29 | 58 | 2.00 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | Liberty | 3 | 30 | 62 | 2.07 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 25 | 52 | 2.08 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Texas | 5 | 66 | 141 | 2.14 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 33 | Washington | 6 | 60 | 130 | 2.17 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | Penn State | 4 | 66 | 149 | 2.26 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| 35 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 94 | 216 | 2.30 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 1 |
| 36 | Georgia | 5 | 68 | 159 | 2.34 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 36 | Texas Tech | 10 | 170 | 398 | 2.34 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 2 |
| 38 | Buffalo | 3 | 41 | 97 | 2.37 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 39 | Maryland | 4 | 75 | 179 | 2.39 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 1 |
| 40 | Tennessee | 6 | 121 | 291 | 2.40 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 1 |
| 41 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 56 | 140 | 2.50 | 0 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 42 | SMU | 5 | 72 | 181 | 2.51 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| 42 | Florida State | 5 | 82 | 206 | 2.51 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| 44 | Army | 2 | 17 | 43 | 2.53 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | Ohio State | 9 | 146 | 371 | 2.54 | 1 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 2 |
| 46 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 14 | 36 | 2.57 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | USF | 6 | 121 | 312 | 2.58 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 3 |
| 48 | FIU | 4 | 46 | 119 | 2.59 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| 49 | Baylor | 3 | 42 | 109 | 2.60 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | West Virginia | 1 | 13 | 34 | 2.62 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | East Carolina | 6 | 121 | 320 | 2.64 | 1 | 60 | 22 | 14 | 4 |
| 52 | Old Dominion | 6 | 127 | 338 | 2.66 | 1 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 2 |
| 53 | BYU | 5 | 94 | 251 | 2.67 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 54 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 72 | 193 | 2.68 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 55 | Wyoming | 2 | 23 | 63 | 2.74 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | Missouri State | 2 | 31 | 87 | 2.81 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 57 | South Carolina | 3 | 41 | 116 | 2.83 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 57 | Houston | 5 | 66 | 187 | 2.83 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| 59 | NC State | 3 | 39 | 111 | 2.85 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 59 | Wake Forest | 3 | 67 | 191 | 2.85 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| 59 | UCF | 3 | 74 | 211 | 2.85 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| 62 | UCLA | 2 | 21 | 61 | 2.90 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 62 | Notre Dame | 7 | 87 | 252 | 2.90 | 0 | 54 | 18 | 11 | 1 |
| 64 | USC | 6 | 71 | 208 | 2.93 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 2 |
| 65 | Arizona | 4 | 106 | 317 | 2.99 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 1 |
| 66 | Mississippi State | 5 | 51 | 153 | 3.00 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 67 | Cincinnati | 6 | 127 | 383 | 3.02 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 5 | 3 |
| 68 | Memphis | 6 | 89 | 274 | 3.08 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 2 |
| 69 | Georgia State | 1 | 26 | 82 | 3.15 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 69 | Texas State | 4 | 73 | 230 | 3.15 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 1 |
| 71 | Marshall | 3 | 50 | 158 | 3.16 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 72 | Northwestern | 4 | 55 | 175 | 3.18 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 72 | TCU | 4 | 56 | 178 | 3.18 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 74 | Connecticut | 5 | 83 | 272 | 3.28 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 2 |
| 75 | Washington State | 3 | 45 | 148 | 3.29 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
| 76 | Illinois | 6 | 72 | 238 | 3.31 | 2 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 76 | UTSA | 4 | 77 | 255 | 3.31 | 1 | 57 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 76 | Oregon | 7 | 151 | 500 | 3.31 | 4 | 79 | 26 | 7 | 2 |
| 79 | North Carolina | 4 | 53 | 178 | 3.36 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 80 | Central Michigan | 6 | 72 | 245 | 3.40 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
| 81 | LSU | 2 | 29 | 99 | 3.41 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 81 | Kansas | 5 | 78 | 266 | 3.41 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 83 | Indiana | 8 | 105 | 361 | 3.44 | 1 | 78 | 18 | 11 | 4 |
| 84 | Bowling Green | 3 | 29 | 100 | 3.45 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 84 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 38 | 131 | 3.45 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 86 | Colorado | 2 | 39 | 135 | 3.46 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 87 | California | 2 | 18 | 63 | 3.50 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | Temple | 3 | 60 | 212 | 3.53 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 89 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 37 | 132 | 3.57 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 90 | Kennesaw State | 6 | 74 | 265 | 3.58 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 12 | 2 |
| 91 | Tulane | 6 | 63 | 228 | 3.62 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 3 |
| 92 | Nebraska | 5 | 66 | 241 | 3.65 | 3 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 2 |
| 93 | Appalachian State | 3 | 29 | 107 | 3.69 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 94 | Texas A&M | 7 | 64 | 237 | 3.70 | 3 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| 95 | San Jose State | 2 | 17 | 63 | 3.71 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | 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 | Utah State | 4 | 85 | 320 | 3.76 | 4 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 99 | Clemson | 3 | 39 | 147 | 3.77 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 100 | Syracuse | 2 | 29 | 112 | 3.86 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 101 | Ole Miss | 4 | 78 | 303 | 3.88 | 0 | 49 | 14 | 9 | 3 |
| 102 | Delaware | 2 | 32 | 125 | 3.91 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 103 | Navy | 5 | 42 | 166 | 3.95 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 103 | Arkansas | 3 | 58 | 229 | 3.95 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 2 |
| 105 | Missouri | 4 | 73 | 290 | 3.97 | 1 | 84 | 16 | 9 | 1 |
| 106 | Utah | 8 | 177 | 709 | 4.01 | 4 | 68 | 40 | 27 | 7 |
| 107 | Kentucky | 4 | 63 | 257 | 4.08 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 1 |
| 108 | Rice | 2 | 24 | 99 | 4.13 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 109 | Colorado State | 1 | 14 | 58 | 4.14 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | Iowa State | 2 | 29 | 120 | 4.14 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 111 | Tulsa | 3 | 42 | 175 | 4.17 | 2 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| 112 | Alabama | 3 | 62 | 261 | 4.21 | 2 | 44 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| 113 | Louisville | 2 | 51 | 222 | 4.35 | 2 | 75 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 114 | Hawaii | 5 | 46 | 206 | 4.48 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 115 | Rutgers | 4 | 32 | 147 | 4.59 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 116 | Ohio | 4 | 38 | 181 | 4.76 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 117 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 88 | 426 | 4.84 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 4 |
| 117 | North Texas | 7 | 110 | 532 | 4.84 | 5 | 75 | 27 | 15 | 6 |
| 119 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 34 | 167 | 4.91 | 1 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 120 | UNLV | 4 | 53 | 262 | 4.94 | 3 | 53 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| 121 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 122 | Southern Miss | 5 | 86 | 440 | 5.12 | 6 | 73 | 26 | 14 | 3 |
| 123 | Louisiana | 3 | 28 | 144 | 5.14 | 2 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 124 | Nevada | 1 | 21 | 110 | 5.24 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 125 | Akron | 3 | 51 | 269 | 5.27 | 2 | 74 | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 126 | Kansas State | 3 | 21 | 117 | 5.57 | 1 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 127 | Boise State | 5 | 59 | 334 | 5.66 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 4 |
| 128 | New Mexico | 4 | 25 | 144 | 5.76 | 1 | 64 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 129 | South Alabama | 1 | 15 | 93 | 6.20 | 2 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 130 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 72 | 450 | 6.25 | 2 | 80 | 20 | 17 | 5 |
| 131 | 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 | ||||||||||