2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When The Game Is Tied through 10/29/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Tech | 5 | 18 | -3 | -0.17 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | UTSA | 4 | 17 | 21 | 1.24 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ole Miss | 7 | 23 | 66 | 2.87 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 5 | 28 | 70 | 2.50 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Bowling Green | 6 | 18 | 77 | 4.28 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Central Michigan | 7 | 20 | 83 | 4.15 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | USC | 3 | 18 | 85 | 4.72 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 5 | 21 | 86 | 4.10 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 5 | 27 | 89 | 3.30 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Wake Forest | 5 | 24 | 94 | 3.92 | 1 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Utah State | 7 | 27 | 95 | 3.52 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Utah | 4 | 29 | 109 | 3.76 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Toledo | 5 | 41 | 110 | 2.68 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Georgia | 5 | 33 | 111 | 3.36 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | East Carolina | 5 | 25 | 113 | 4.52 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | SMU | 7 | 50 | 119 | 2.38 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 17 | LSU | 7 | 34 | 120 | 3.53 | 2 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | Appalachian State | 6 | 33 | 121 | 3.67 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 41 | 126 | 3.07 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 20 | Auburn | 7 | 48 | 128 | 2.67 | 2 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 41 | 129 | 3.15 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Miami (FL) | 6 | 36 | 129 | 3.58 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 23 | Notre Dame | 7 | 45 | 137 | 3.04 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | Navy | 6 | 39 | 138 | 3.54 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 25 | Texas State | 6 | 53 | 140 | 2.64 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 25 | BYU | 8 | 43 | 140 | 3.26 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | New Mexico | 7 | 41 | 142 | 3.46 | 2 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Duke | 6 | 47 | 143 | 3.04 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | Old Dominion | 7 | 50 | 145 | 2.90 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | Kentucky | 5 | 39 | 145 | 3.72 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | Stanford | 7 | 36 | 147 | 4.08 | 2 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | Hawaii | 7 | 44 | 148 | 3.36 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | Michigan State | 6 | 46 | 150 | 3.26 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | New Mexico State | 7 | 43 | 150 | 3.49 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Missouri State | 6 | 42 | 150 | 3.57 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 33 | Boise State | 6 | 34 | 150 | 4.41 | 1 | 64 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 33 | Delaware | 5 | 34 | 150 | 4.41 | 3 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 38 | Rutgers | 5 | 33 | 151 | 4.58 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 39 | North Carolina | 5 | 56 | 153 | 2.73 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | Maryland | 7 | 44 | 155 | 3.52 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 40 | Clemson | 5 | 34 | 155 | 4.56 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| 42 | West Virginia | 8 | 37 | 156 | 4.22 | 1 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 43 | Purdue | 6 | 35 | 157 | 4.49 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | Northwestern | 6 | 37 | 167 | 4.51 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | UNLV | 5 | 28 | 168 | 6.00 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 46 | Houston | 7 | 65 | 171 | 2.63 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| 46 | Troy | 6 | 57 | 171 | 3.00 | 4 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 48 | Arizona | 5 | 36 | 173 | 4.81 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 49 | Middle Tennessee State | 7 | 44 | 177 | 4.02 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 49 | Florida | 6 | 35 | 177 | 5.06 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 51 | Indiana | 7 | 41 | 178 | 4.34 | 1 | 75 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 52 | Miami (OH) | 7 | 43 | 181 | 4.21 | 1 | 76 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | Arkansas | 3 | 36 | 181 | 5.03 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 54 | Rice | 8 | 48 | 182 | 3.79 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| 54 | Memphis | 5 | 40 | 182 | 4.55 | 1 | 44 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 56 | Wisconsin | 8 | 57 | 183 | 3.21 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| 57 | Nevada | 7 | 63 | 184 | 2.92 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 58 | Illinois | 7 | 36 | 185 | 5.14 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 59 | Kennesaw State | 7 | 47 | 186 | 3.96 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 59 | Washington | 6 | 31 | 186 | 6.00 | 1 | 51 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 61 | Marshall | 6 | 48 | 190 | 3.96 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 62 | Michigan | 6 | 55 | 191 | 3.47 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 62 | Arizona State | 8 | 48 | 191 | 3.98 | 3 | 50 | 11 | 9 | 1 |
| 64 | UCLA | 6 | 46 | 193 | 4.20 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 64 | Nebraska | 6 | 38 | 193 | 5.08 | 2 | 75 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 66 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 53 | 194 | 3.66 | 1 | 48 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| 66 | NC State | 6 | 40 | 194 | 4.85 | 5 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 68 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 48 | 196 | 4.08 | 5 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 69 | TCU | 7 | 67 | 197 | 2.94 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 69 | Washington State | 8 | 49 | 197 | 4.02 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| 69 | Penn State | 6 | 45 | 197 | 4.38 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 72 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 46 | 198 | 4.30 | 0 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 72 | Massachusetts | 5 | 27 | 198 | 7.33 | 3 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 74 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 38 | 199 | 5.24 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
| 75 | Temple | 7 | 38 | 201 | 5.29 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 |
| 76 | James Madison | 8 | 80 | 205 | 2.56 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 28 | 207 | 7.39 | 3 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 78 | Louisville | 5 | 65 | 211 | 3.25 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| 78 | Texas A&M | 8 | 38 | 211 | 5.55 | 2 | 48 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| 80 | Iowa State | 7 | 48 | 216 | 4.50 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 81 | Western Michigan | 8 | 56 | 218 | 3.89 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 81 | Kent State | 7 | 44 | 218 | 4.95 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| 83 | San Diego State | 6 | 68 | 221 | 3.25 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 84 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 73 | 223 | 3.05 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 2 |
| 85 | Alabama | 7 | 41 | 224 | 5.46 | 2 | 65 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| 86 | Texas | 8 | 80 | 227 | 2.84 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 86 | Georgia State | 6 | 49 | 227 | 4.63 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| 88 | Tennessee | 4 | 53 | 228 | 4.30 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 |
| 88 | Boston College | 4 | 50 | 228 | 4.56 | 1 | 75 | 11 | 9 | 1 |
| 90 | UTEP | 8 | 42 | 229 | 5.45 | 3 | 72 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 91 | Minnesota | 6 | 58 | 231 | 3.98 | 4 | 40 | 11 | 10 | 3 |
| 92 | Army | 7 | 73 | 232 | 3.18 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 0 |
| 93 | Oregon State | 8 | 45 | 233 | 5.18 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 94 | Oregon | 5 | 63 | 235 | 3.73 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 95 | USF | 6 | 46 | 236 | 5.13 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 96 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 25 | 240 | 9.60 | 2 | 59 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| 97 | Syracuse | 7 | 39 | 241 | 6.18 | 2 | 49 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 98 | UCF | 5 | 59 | 242 | 4.10 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| 99 | Iowa | 5 | 68 | 252 | 3.71 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 0 |
| 100 | Sam Houston State | 7 | 51 | 253 | 4.96 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| 101 | Missouri | 8 | 73 | 257 | 3.52 | 3 | 80 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 101 | FIU | 7 | 54 | 257 | 4.76 | 3 | 41 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 103 | Southern Miss | 8 | 78 | 258 | 3.31 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 1 |
| 104 | Kansas | 6 | 40 | 260 | 6.50 | 3 | 71 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 105 | Fresno State | 5 | 38 | 264 | 6.95 | 3 | 73 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 106 | Tulsa | 8 | 61 | 268 | 4.39 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| 107 | California | 6 | 48 | 269 | 5.60 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 3 |
| 108 | Charlotte | 6 | 44 | 270 | 6.14 | 4 | 50 | 12 | 9 | 2 |
| 109 | Wyoming | 8 | 66 | 279 | 4.23 | 1 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 2 |
| 110 | Akron | 8 | 63 | 281 | 4.46 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| 111 | San Jose State | 5 | 55 | 282 | 5.13 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 3 |
| 112 | Connecticut | 8 | 75 | 284 | 3.79 | 4 | 70 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| 113 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 77 | 288 | 3.74 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 4 |
| 114 | South Carolina | 7 | 61 | 289 | 4.74 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| 115 | North Texas | 5 | 59 | 291 | 4.93 | 2 | 72 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| 116 | Mississippi State | 6 | 50 | 298 | 5.96 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 3 |
| 117 | Kansas State | 7 | 76 | 300 | 3.95 | 3 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 1 |
| 118 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 77 | 301 | 3.91 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 0 |
| 118 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 64 | 301 | 4.70 | 3 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
| 120 | Florida State | 5 | 82 | 303 | 3.70 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 0 |
| 121 | Air Force | 7 | 49 | 317 | 6.47 | 5 | 59 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| 122 | Virginia | 7 | 81 | 329 | 4.06 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 |
| 123 | Tulane | 7 | 84 | 333 | 3.96 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 1 |
| 124 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 48 | 334 | 6.96 | 6 | 68 | 14 | 11 | 4 |
| 125 | Ohio | 8 | 61 | 340 | 5.57 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 2 |
| 126 | UAB | 6 | 77 | 371 | 4.82 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 0 |
| 127 | South Alabama | 8 | 82 | 387 | 4.72 | 6 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 1 |
| 128 | Colorado | 7 | 71 | 397 | 5.59 | 3 | 63 | 19 | 13 | 3 |
| 129 | Colorado State | 7 | 75 | 401 | 5.35 | 6 | 76 | 13 | 8 | 4 |
| 130 | Baylor | 6 | 83 | 403 | 4.86 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 10 | 3 |
| 130 | Arkansas State | 7 | 64 | 403 | 6.30 | 5 | 63 | 20 | 8 | 3 |
| 132 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 62 | 409 | 6.60 | 5 | 65 | 17 | 10 | 6 |
| 133 | Liberty | 7 | 71 | 425 | 5.99 | 3 | 77 | 17 | 7 | 5 |
| 134 | Buffalo | 8 | 85 | 433 | 5.09 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 11 | 2 |
| 135 | Ball State | 8 | 72 | 455 | 6.32 | 5 | 53 | 19 | 10 | 6 |
| 136 | Louisiana | 8 | 112 | 568 | 5.07 | 5 | 68 | 36 | 14 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||