2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Winning By 8-14 Pts through 01/01/2026
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisconsin | 3 | 12 | -8 | -0.67 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 26 | -7 | -0.27 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 1 | 2 | -4 | -2.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 2 | 10 | 19 | 1.90 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 3 | 18 | 24 | 1.33 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 6 | 20 | 40 | 2.00 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 5 | 26 | 46 | 1.77 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | LSU | 6 | 34 | 48 | 1.41 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 1 | 12 | 52 | 4.33 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 6 | 33 | 54 | 1.64 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | BYU | 10 | 48 | 56 | 1.17 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 6 | 22 | 60 | 2.73 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 8 | 41 | 62 | 1.51 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 13 | 65 | 5.00 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 22 | 91 | 4.14 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 24 | 96 | 4.00 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | NC State | 8 | 41 | 99 | 2.41 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah | 10 | 45 | 101 | 2.24 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Nevada | 3 | 27 | 110 | 4.07 | 0 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | UTEP | 2 | 15 | 117 | 7.80 | 0 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 2 | 17 | 122 | 7.18 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 9 | 39 | 128 | 3.28 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 1 | Ball State | 3 | 33 | 139 | 4.21 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 40 | 144 | 3.60 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Kent State | 5 | 36 | 145 | 4.03 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 8 | 69 | 185 | 2.68 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 6 | 48 | 187 | 3.90 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 46 | 207 | 4.50 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 7 | 69 | 225 | 3.26 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 10 | 48 | 248 | 5.17 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 1 |
| 1 | Tulane | 10 | 83 | 249 | 3.00 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 13 | 91 | 296 | 3.25 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 0 |
| 34 | Memphis | 6 | 30 | 34 | 1.13 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 15 | 57 | 3.80 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Stanford | 4 | 21 | 62 | 2.95 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 32 | 67 | 2.09 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Georgia State | 2 | 15 | 69 | 4.60 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | Clemson | 6 | 42 | 70 | 1.67 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 34 | Akron | 5 | 28 | 72 | 2.57 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Toledo | 8 | 57 | 75 | 1.32 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Kentucky | 4 | 24 | 75 | 3.13 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Oregon State | 2 | 24 | 88 | 3.67 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Wyoming | 4 | 23 | 92 | 4.00 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Louisiana | 3 | 28 | 101 | 3.61 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Bowling Green | 4 | 32 | 105 | 3.28 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 34 | Rice | 4 | 28 | 108 | 3.86 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 34 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 50 | 115 | 2.30 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 34 | Baylor | 3 | 27 | 118 | 4.37 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Michigan State | 4 | 17 | 119 | 7.00 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | FIU | 6 | 24 | 121 | 5.04 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Purdue | 3 | 38 | 124 | 3.26 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | Colorado | 4 | 26 | 125 | 4.81 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 34 | Washington | 7 | 49 | 127 | 2.59 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 34 | Indiana | 11 | 42 | 129 | 3.07 | 1 | 59 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | Old Dominion | 9 | 54 | 138 | 2.56 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Georgia | 10 | 58 | 139 | 2.40 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Arkansas State | 6 | 44 | 139 | 3.16 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 34 | USC | 8 | 57 | 142 | 2.49 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 34 | Mississippi State | 5 | 32 | 144 | 4.50 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 34 | Tulsa | 4 | 37 | 149 | 4.03 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 34 | USF | 8 | 47 | 151 | 3.21 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| 34 | Auburn | 7 | 42 | 158 | 3.76 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 34 | Northwestern | 5 | 40 | 161 | 4.03 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 34 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 31 | 172 | 5.55 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 34 | Wake Forest | 6 | 45 | 181 | 4.02 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| 34 | UTSA | 8 | 37 | 195 | 5.27 | 1 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Maryland | 5 | 43 | 196 | 4.56 | 1 | 74 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 34 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 76 | 218 | 2.87 | 1 | 65 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| 34 | SMU | 8 | 84 | 220 | 2.62 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| 34 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 53 | 221 | 4.17 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
| 34 | South Alabama | 6 | 43 | 228 | 5.30 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| 34 | James Madison | 10 | 65 | 236 | 3.63 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| 34 | Army | 7 | 40 | 273 | 6.83 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 4 |
| 34 | Cincinnati | 6 | 58 | 280 | 4.83 | 1 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 2 |
| 34 | Navy | 7 | 68 | 287 | 4.22 | 1 | 60 | 16 | 5 | 2 |
| 77 | Boston College | 5 | 32 | 65 | 2.03 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Missouri | 5 | 28 | 69 | 2.46 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Texas Tech | 12 | 66 | 102 | 1.55 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | Missouri State | 5 | 32 | 122 | 3.81 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | Iowa State | 7 | 46 | 123 | 2.67 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Ohio State | 11 | 74 | 124 | 1.68 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | San Jose State | 4 | 37 | 133 | 3.59 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | Penn State | 7 | 39 | 138 | 3.54 | 2 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 77 | Arizona | 9 | 29 | 140 | 4.83 | 2 | 75 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 77 | West Virginia | 4 | 56 | 143 | 2.55 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| 77 | UCLA | 2 | 23 | 148 | 6.43 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 77 | Air Force | 5 | 34 | 150 | 4.41 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Iowa | 6 | 35 | 155 | 4.43 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 77 | UAB | 3 | 35 | 167 | 4.77 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Oklahoma | 9 | 62 | 169 | 2.73 | 2 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | Arizona State | 6 | 53 | 172 | 3.25 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 77 | Liberty | 6 | 44 | 177 | 4.02 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| 77 | Michigan | 9 | 70 | 195 | 2.79 | 2 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| 77 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 59 | 200 | 3.39 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 77 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 48 | 201 | 4.19 | 2 | 56 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 77 | East Carolina | 7 | 65 | 204 | 3.14 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 1 |
| 77 | Washington State | 8 | 65 | 234 | 3.60 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1 |
| 77 | Kansas State | 9 | 79 | 288 | 3.65 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 2 |
| 77 | Alabama | 11 | 81 | 343 | 4.23 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 10 | 4 |
| 77 | TCU | 9 | 90 | 352 | 3.91 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 4 |
| 77 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 96 | 354 | 3.69 | 2 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 3 |
| 103 | Louisville | 7 | 36 | 64 | 1.78 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 103 | Temple | 4 | 27 | 89 | 3.30 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 103 | Florida | 4 | 42 | 102 | 2.43 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 103 | Texas | 8 | 41 | 153 | 3.73 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 103 | Illinois | 7 | 51 | 167 | 3.27 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 103 | Hawaii | 7 | 64 | 173 | 2.70 | 3 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 103 | Notre Dame | 11 | 52 | 182 | 3.50 | 3 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 103 | Appalachian State | 5 | 55 | 193 | 3.51 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 3 |
| 103 | Delaware | 8 | 59 | 200 | 3.39 | 3 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 103 | California | 8 | 71 | 236 | 3.32 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 0 |
| 103 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 44 | 239 | 5.43 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| 103 | Marshall | 8 | 53 | 240 | 4.53 | 3 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 103 | Rutgers | 6 | 42 | 242 | 5.76 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 5 |
| 103 | Duke | 8 | 60 | 262 | 4.37 | 3 | 51 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| 103 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 71 | 277 | 3.90 | 3 | 52 | 14 | 9 | 4 |
| 103 | Utah State | 8 | 63 | 285 | 4.52 | 3 | 66 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 103 | Troy | 6 | 62 | 290 | 4.68 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 13 | 4 |
| 103 | Ohio | 8 | 88 | 309 | 3.51 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 3 |
| 103 | Southern Miss | 7 | 89 | 353 | 3.97 | 3 | 47 | 20 | 13 | 4 |
| 103 | Connecticut | 7 | 71 | 373 | 5.25 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 3 |
| 123 | New Mexico | 9 | 43 | 139 | 3.23 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 123 | Virginia | 9 | 59 | 155 | 2.63 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| 123 | UCF | 6 | 49 | 185 | 3.78 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| 123 | Houston | 8 | 47 | 199 | 4.23 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 123 | Arkansas | 6 | 49 | 248 | 5.06 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 123 | Boise State | 8 | 71 | 283 | 3.99 | 4 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| 123 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 45 | 287 | 6.38 | 4 | 52 | 14 | 10 | 5 |
| 123 | Texas A&M | 9 | 60 | 344 | 5.73 | 4 | 75 | 14 | 11 | 6 |
| 123 | Kennesaw State | 9 | 104 | 425 | 4.09 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 13 | 2 |
| 123 | Ole Miss | 14 | 121 | 488 | 4.03 | 4 | 65 | 32 | 13 | 2 |
| 133 | Nebraska | 8 | 68 | 397 | 5.84 | 5 | 56 | 26 | 17 | 4 |
| 134 | Texas State | 8 | 72 | 298 | 4.14 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 5 |
| 134 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 91 | 450 | 4.95 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 4 |
| 134 | North Texas | 11 | 132 | 648 | 4.91 | 6 | 37 | 36 | 17 | 7 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||