2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Winning By 15+ Pts through 12/06/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 2 | -4 | -2.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Stanford | 1 | 4 | -31 | -7.75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 4 | -3 | -0.75 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 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 | Kent State | 2 | 18 | 21 | 1.17 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Fresno State | 6 | 57 | 113 | 1.98 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | UTEP | 3 | 32 | 23 | 0.72 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Minnesota | 3 | 28 | 31 | 1.11 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | West Virginia | 1 | 13 | 34 | 2.62 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Air Force | 2 | 24 | 42 | 1.75 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Wyoming | 2 | 23 | 63 | 2.74 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Massachusetts | 1 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 4 | 53 | 178 | 3.36 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Troy | 3 | 12 | 18 | 1.50 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | UCLA | 2 | 21 | 61 | 2.90 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Iowa | 5 | 97 | 190 | 1.96 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 25 | 52 | 2.08 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Colorado State | 1 | 14 | 58 | 4.14 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | San Jose State | 2 | 17 | 63 | 3.71 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Mississippi State | 5 | 51 | 153 | 3.00 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | Virginia | 5 | 76 | 161 | 2.12 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0.80 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Arkansas State | 2 | 38 | 41 | 1.08 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Army | 2 | 17 | 43 | 2.53 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Missouri State | 2 | 31 | 87 | 2.81 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Colorado | 2 | 39 | 135 | 3.46 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | South Carolina | 4 | 67 | 152 | 2.27 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Northwestern | 4 | 55 | 175 | 3.18 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | San Diego State | 7 | 103 | 193 | 1.87 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | BYU | 6 | 101 | 276 | 2.73 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 22 | 53 | 2.41 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Baylor | 3 | 42 | 109 | 2.60 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Georgia State | 1 | 26 | 82 | 3.15 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Washington State | 4 | 66 | 154 | 2.33 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 0 |
| 34 | Ohio | 5 | 43 | 196 | 4.56 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 37 | Duke | 4 | 30 | 96 | 3.20 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | Bowling Green | 4 | 43 | 158 | 3.67 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 39 | Oklahoma | 4 | 73 | 86 | 1.18 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 39 | James Madison | 9 | 98 | 109 | 1.11 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Western Michigan | 6 | 69 | 130 | 1.88 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| 42 | Purdue | 2 | 34 | 126 | 3.71 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 42 | Auburn | 3 | 69 | 128 | 1.86 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 42 | Kentucky | 4 | 63 | 257 | 4.08 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 1 |
| 42 | Memphis | 6 | 89 | 274 | 3.08 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 2 |
| 46 | Rice | 2 | 24 | 99 | 4.13 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 46 | Navy | 5 | 42 | 166 | 3.95 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 46 | Penn State | 5 | 84 | 204 | 2.43 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 1 |
| 46 | Florida State | 5 | 82 | 206 | 2.51 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| 46 | Arizona | 6 | 119 | 358 | 3.01 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 2 |
| 51 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 14 | 36 | 2.57 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 51 | Michigan State | 3 | 24 | 52 | 2.17 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 51 | Nevada | 1 | 21 | 110 | 5.24 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 51 | Michigan | 5 | 65 | 133 | 2.05 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 51 | NC State | 4 | 53 | 169 | 3.19 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| 51 | Maryland | 4 | 75 | 179 | 2.39 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 1 |
| 51 | Georgia | 7 | 88 | 183 | 2.08 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 51 | Arkansas | 3 | 58 | 229 | 3.95 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 2 |
| 51 | Central Michigan | 6 | 72 | 245 | 3.40 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
| 51 | Ohio State | 11 | 164 | 405 | 2.47 | 2 | 23 | 31 | 15 | 2 |
| 61 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 61 | Buffalo | 3 | 41 | 97 | 2.37 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 61 | Iowa State | 3 | 44 | 217 | 4.93 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| 61 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 104 | 246 | 2.37 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 1 |
| 65 | LSU | 2 | 29 | 99 | 3.41 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 65 | Rutgers | 4 | 32 | 147 | 4.59 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 65 | Texas | 6 | 78 | 176 | 2.26 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 1 |
| 68 | Boston College | 2 | 27 | 71 | 2.63 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 68 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 38 | 131 | 3.45 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 68 | Clemson | 4 | 65 | 219 | 3.37 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 68 | Toledo | 9 | 148 | 343 | 2.32 | 1 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 1 |
| 72 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 37 | 132 | 3.57 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 72 | Arizona State | 3 | 38 | 141 | 3.71 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| 74 | Oregon State | 2 | 9 | 14 | 1.56 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 74 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 72 | 193 | 2.68 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 76 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 64 | 119 | 1.86 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 76 | Houston | 6 | 76 | 222 | 2.92 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 2 |
| 76 | Texas Tech | 12 | 192 | 447 | 2.33 | 1 | 29 | 31 | 14 | 3 |
| 79 | Appalachian State | 3 | 29 | 107 | 3.69 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Marshall | 3 | 50 | 158 | 3.16 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 79 | USF | 8 | 162 | 472 | 2.91 | 4 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 5 |
| 82 | Liberty | 4 | 35 | 112 | 3.20 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 82 | Washington | 7 | 71 | 145 | 2.04 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 82 | Wake Forest | 4 | 89 | 249 | 2.80 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 2 |
| 85 | SMU | 6 | 91 | 263 | 2.89 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| 85 | Kansas | 5 | 78 | 266 | 3.41 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 87 | Temple | 3 | 60 | 212 | 3.53 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 87 | FIU | 5 | 75 | 268 | 3.57 | 0 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 |
| 87 | Texas State | 6 | 94 | 412 | 4.38 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 13 | 3 |
| 90 | California | 3 | 26 | 149 | 5.73 | 3 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 90 | Tulane | 9 | 95 | 311 | 3.27 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 16 | 3 |
| 92 | Florida | 3 | 40 | 126 | 3.15 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 92 | Tulsa | 3 | 42 | 175 | 4.17 | 2 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| 92 | USC | 7 | 73 | 213 | 2.92 | 2 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 2 |
| 95 | Miami (FL) | 9 | 118 | 328 | 2.78 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 15 | 3 |
| 95 | Tennessee | 7 | 147 | 437 | 2.97 | 6 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 2 |
| 97 | Connecticut | 6 | 86 | 311 | 3.62 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 3 |
| 98 | Cincinnati | 6 | 127 | 383 | 3.02 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 5 | 3 |
| 99 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 34 | 167 | 4.91 | 1 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 99 | TCU | 5 | 64 | 222 | 3.47 | 1 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 1 |
| 99 | Illinois | 6 | 72 | 238 | 3.31 | 2 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 99 | Hawaii | 6 | 60 | 253 | 4.22 | 0 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 3 |
| 103 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 88 | 426 | 4.84 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 4 |
| 104 | Kennesaw State | 6 | 74 | 265 | 3.58 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 12 | 2 |
| 104 | Boise State | 7 | 82 | 464 | 5.66 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 15 | 6 |
| 106 | Syracuse | 2 | 29 | 112 | 3.86 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 106 | UCF | 3 | 74 | 211 | 2.85 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| 106 | Alabama | 5 | 89 | 307 | 3.45 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| 109 | Nebraska | 5 | 66 | 241 | 3.65 | 3 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 2 |
| 109 | Texas A&M | 8 | 90 | 260 | 2.89 | 3 | 45 | 16 | 8 | 3 |
| 111 | Old Dominion | 8 | 142 | 383 | 2.70 | 1 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 2 |
| 112 | Louisiana | 3 | 28 | 144 | 5.14 | 2 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 112 | Ole Miss | 5 | 88 | 379 | 4.31 | 1 | 49 | 18 | 12 | 5 |
| 114 | Utah State | 4 | 85 | 320 | 3.76 | 4 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 115 | Delaware | 3 | 45 | 143 | 3.18 | 0 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 116 | Kansas State | 3 | 21 | 117 | 5.57 | 1 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 116 | Notre Dame | 9 | 160 | 439 | 2.74 | 1 | 54 | 30 | 14 | 2 |
| 118 | South Alabama | 2 | 25 | 124 | 4.96 | 3 | 56 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 119 | UTSA | 5 | 99 | 373 | 3.77 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 10 | 5 |
| 120 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 67 | 152 | 2.27 | 0 | 58 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 120 | UNLV | 6 | 91 | 441 | 4.85 | 5 | 58 | 22 | 15 | 4 |
| 122 | East Carolina | 7 | 143 | 359 | 2.51 | 1 | 60 | 28 | 15 | 4 |
| 123 | New Mexico | 5 | 67 | 255 | 3.81 | 1 | 64 | 18 | 6 | 1 |
| 124 | Utah | 8 | 177 | 709 | 4.01 | 4 | 68 | 40 | 27 | 7 |
| 125 | Southern Miss | 5 | 86 | 440 | 5.12 | 6 | 73 | 26 | 14 | 3 |
| 126 | Akron | 3 | 51 | 269 | 5.27 | 2 | 74 | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 127 | Louisville | 3 | 65 | 239 | 3.68 | 2 | 75 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 127 | North Texas | 9 | 149 | 746 | 5.01 | 6 | 75 | 40 | 21 | 7 |
| 129 | Indiana | 9 | 120 | 395 | 3.29 | 1 | 78 | 21 | 11 | 4 |
| 130 | Oregon | 8 | 153 | 505 | 3.30 | 4 | 79 | 26 | 7 | 2 |
| 131 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 72 | 450 | 6.25 | 2 | 80 | 20 | 17 | 5 |
| 132 | Missouri | 4 | 73 | 290 | 3.97 | 1 | 84 | 16 | 9 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||