2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Winning By 1-7 Pts through 10/29/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Carolina | 5 | 10 | 17 | 1.70 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 3 | 12 | 19 | 1.58 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Michigan | 6 | 36 | 23 | 0.64 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Colorado State | 2 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Syracuse | 3 | 7 | 26 | 3.71 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 20 | 38 | 1.90 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | West Virginia | 3 | 39 | 41 | 1.05 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Ball State | 3 | 23 | 53 | 2.30 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | USF | 7 | 39 | 60 | 1.54 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | San Diego State | 5 | 16 | 65 | 4.06 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Houston | 6 | 23 | 73 | 3.17 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Miami (FL) | 6 | 35 | 75 | 2.14 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 29 | 85 | 2.93 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Toledo | 6 | 36 | 86 | 2.39 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Utah | 7 | 42 | 92 | 2.19 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | Kent State | 5 | 35 | 93 | 2.66 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | UCLA | 3 | 16 | 98 | 6.13 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | James Madison | 8 | 43 | 100 | 2.33 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Ohio State | 7 | 34 | 100 | 2.94 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Florida State | 6 | 30 | 100 | 3.33 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 21 | Northwestern | 4 | 29 | 105 | 3.62 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 3 | 26 | 106 | 4.08 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Texas Tech | 7 | 38 | 107 | 2.82 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 63 | 112 | 1.78 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Auburn | 7 | 52 | 112 | 2.15 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Appalachian State | 6 | 51 | 114 | 2.24 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Louisville | 7 | 44 | 114 | 2.59 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Georgia | 6 | 35 | 116 | 3.31 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Indiana | 8 | 59 | 117 | 1.98 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 30 | Arkansas State | 5 | 36 | 119 | 3.31 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | Iowa | 7 | 31 | 121 | 3.90 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Purdue | 5 | 49 | 124 | 2.53 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Nevada | 5 | 41 | 128 | 3.12 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 40 | 128 | 3.20 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | Kennesaw State | 7 | 56 | 129 | 2.30 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Illinois | 6 | 37 | 132 | 3.57 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Texas | 5 | 49 | 133 | 2.71 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 38 | Liberty | 4 | 30 | 134 | 4.47 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 39 | UCF | 5 | 38 | 137 | 3.61 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | Massachusetts | 4 | 50 | 139 | 2.78 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Duke | 6 | 39 | 141 | 3.62 | 2 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 41 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 33 | 141 | 4.27 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 43 | Kentucky | 4 | 36 | 142 | 3.94 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 44 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 55 | 147 | 2.67 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| 44 | Western Michigan | 6 | 35 | 147 | 4.20 | 3 | 46 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 46 | UTEP | 4 | 37 | 151 | 4.08 | 3 | 58 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 47 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 40 | 154 | 3.85 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 48 | Arizona State | 5 | 42 | 158 | 3.76 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| 49 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 45 | 164 | 3.64 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| 50 | Oregon | 8 | 40 | 165 | 4.13 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 51 | Missouri | 8 | 52 | 166 | 3.19 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 52 | San Jose State | 5 | 62 | 168 | 2.71 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 52 | Fresno State | 5 | 55 | 168 | 3.05 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 52 | Clemson | 5 | 48 | 168 | 3.50 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 | SMU | 8 | 52 | 169 | 3.25 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 56 | Texas A&M | 8 | 78 | 170 | 2.18 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| 56 | Michigan State | 7 | 37 | 170 | 4.59 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 56 | Oregon State | 3 | 30 | 170 | 5.67 | 1 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 59 | Minnesota | 7 | 51 | 171 | 3.35 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
| 60 | FIU | 4 | 30 | 178 | 5.93 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| 61 | Jacksonville State | 7 | 64 | 180 | 2.81 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 61 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 39 | 180 | 4.62 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| 63 | Charlotte | 4 | 31 | 186 | 6.00 | 3 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 64 | Alabama | 8 | 68 | 191 | 2.81 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
| 65 | Stanford | 5 | 63 | 192 | 3.05 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 65 | Florida | 6 | 53 | 192 | 3.62 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 67 | Washington | 5 | 40 | 193 | 4.83 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 67 | Central Michigan | 6 | 37 | 193 | 5.22 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| 69 | Rice | 6 | 44 | 194 | 4.41 | 2 | 54 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 70 | Bowling Green | 6 | 64 | 198 | 3.09 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 71 | Southern Miss | 6 | 48 | 200 | 4.17 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| 72 | Tulsa | 5 | 49 | 203 | 4.14 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| 73 | Notre Dame | 6 | 69 | 216 | 3.13 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| 74 | Kansas | 7 | 70 | 218 | 3.11 | 4 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| 74 | Baylor | 6 | 43 | 218 | 5.07 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| 76 | Middle Tennessee State | 6 | 71 | 229 | 3.23 | 2 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| 77 | Ohio | 6 | 60 | 231 | 3.85 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 78 | New Mexico | 6 | 65 | 232 | 3.57 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| 79 | Tulane | 6 | 58 | 235 | 4.05 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| 79 | Wyoming | 5 | 48 | 235 | 4.90 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| 81 | Nebraska | 7 | 62 | 236 | 3.81 | 3 | 71 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 82 | Arizona | 6 | 62 | 237 | 3.82 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| 83 | UAB | 3 | 51 | 239 | 4.69 | 2 | 60 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| 84 | Army | 4 | 41 | 240 | 5.85 | 2 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 85 | Marshall | 6 | 73 | 245 | 3.36 | 4 | 72 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| 86 | Memphis | 7 | 62 | 248 | 4.00 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 2 |
| 87 | Maryland | 7 | 56 | 252 | 4.50 | 2 | 55 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| 88 | TCU | 8 | 62 | 253 | 4.08 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 2 |
| 89 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 52 | 259 | 4.98 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| 90 | Buffalo | 6 | 78 | 267 | 3.42 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 |
| 91 | New Mexico State | 5 | 98 | 269 | 2.74 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 2 |
| 92 | Air Force | 5 | 37 | 271 | 7.32 | 5 | 51 | 11 | 10 | 3 |
| 93 | Utah State | 6 | 67 | 272 | 4.06 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 0 |
| 94 | North Texas | 7 | 71 | 273 | 3.85 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| 95 | Delaware | 5 | 50 | 279 | 5.58 | 4 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 96 | South Carolina | 6 | 62 | 281 | 4.53 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 2 |
| 97 | USC | 7 | 48 | 289 | 6.02 | 2 | 63 | 17 | 9 | 2 |
| 98 | Oklahoma | 7 | 86 | 294 | 3.42 | 1 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 |
| 99 | Boise State | 8 | 76 | 303 | 3.99 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 2 |
| 100 | Penn State | 5 | 67 | 306 | 4.57 | 3 | 67 | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| 101 | Washington State | 6 | 76 | 308 | 4.05 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
| 102 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 82 | 311 | 3.79 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| 102 | Missouri State | 8 | 73 | 311 | 4.26 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 2 |
| 104 | Boston College | 6 | 52 | 312 | 6.00 | 4 | 73 | 13 | 8 | 2 |
| 105 | Akron | 5 | 51 | 316 | 6.20 | 4 | 69 | 15 | 11 | 4 |
| 106 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 80 | 318 | 3.98 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 2 |
| 107 | Mississippi State | 8 | 95 | 320 | 3.37 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 0 |
| 108 | Navy | 7 | 71 | 323 | 4.55 | 4 | 61 | 18 | 9 | 3 |
| 109 | Cincinnati | 8 | 64 | 332 | 5.19 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 2 |
| 110 | NC State | 6 | 56 | 348 | 6.21 | 3 | 85 | 16 | 12 | 3 |
| 111 | South Alabama | 7 | 69 | 349 | 5.06 | 2 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 1 |
| 112 | UTSA | 6 | 61 | 350 | 5.74 | 3 | 54 | 14 | 9 | 4 |
| 113 | Tennessee | 7 | 88 | 353 | 4.01 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 1 |
| 113 | Temple | 6 | 71 | 353 | 4.97 | 2 | 51 | 16 | 11 | 2 |
| 115 | Virginia | 7 | 71 | 354 | 4.99 | 6 | 57 | 18 | 10 | 3 |
| 116 | Hawaii | 7 | 82 | 367 | 4.48 | 3 | 64 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| 117 | California | 7 | 79 | 371 | 4.70 | 4 | 71 | 19 | 11 | 3 |
| 118 | Louisiana | 7 | 71 | 375 | 5.28 | 6 | 49 | 19 | 11 | 3 |
| 119 | Troy | 6 | 79 | 382 | 4.84 | 1 | 56 | 18 | 8 | 3 |
| 120 | Old Dominion | 6 | 60 | 385 | 6.42 | 2 | 58 | 17 | 11 | 5 |
| 121 | Iowa State | 6 | 93 | 393 | 4.23 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 14 | 2 |
| 122 | Rutgers | 8 | 62 | 402 | 6.48 | 6 | 68 | 15 | 10 | 6 |
| 123 | Arkansas | 7 | 58 | 403 | 6.95 | 5 | 64 | 24 | 17 | 3 |
| 124 | UNLV | 6 | 63 | 408 | 6.48 | 7 | 43 | 21 | 13 | 5 |
| 125 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 76 | 410 | 5.39 | 2 | 55 | 18 | 12 | 7 |
| 126 | Georgia State | 6 | 68 | 415 | 6.10 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 3 |
| 127 | Wake Forest | 6 | 113 | 438 | 3.88 | 3 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 2 |
| 127 | BYU | 8 | 79 | 438 | 5.54 | 1 | 65 | 23 | 10 | 4 |
| 129 | LSU | 7 | 102 | 448 | 4.39 | 5 | 72 | 31 | 15 | 2 |
| 130 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 88 | 456 | 5.18 | 4 | 80 | 22 | 11 | 3 |
| 131 | Colorado | 6 | 76 | 488 | 6.42 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 12 | 7 |
| 132 | Texas State | 6 | 86 | 525 | 6.10 | 5 | 75 | 26 | 18 | 5 |
| 133 | Kansas State | 7 | 114 | 533 | 4.68 | 7 | 60 | 32 | 18 | 4 |
| 134 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 106 | 535 | 5.05 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 21 | 5 |
| 135 | Ole Miss | 8 | 116 | 625 | 5.39 | 7 | 47 | 35 | 18 | 5 |
| 136 | Connecticut | 8 | 134 | 692 | 5.16 | 7 | 73 | 40 | 23 | 4 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||