2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When The Game Is Tied through 11/19/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Tech | 7 | 23 | 63 | 2.74 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | UTSA | 6 | 25 | 58 | 2.32 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Central Michigan | 10 | 25 | 78 | 3.12 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 25 | 240 | 9.60 | 2 | 59 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| 5 | Ole Miss | 9 | 27 | 80 | 2.96 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 29 | 208 | 7.17 | 3 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | Utah State | 8 | 33 | 131 | 3.97 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Wake Forest | 7 | 34 | 110 | 3.24 | 2 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | USC | 6 | 35 | 166 | 4.74 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | Utah | 6 | 36 | 153 | 4.25 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Bowling Green | 9 | 37 | 177 | 4.78 | 3 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| 12 | Ohio State | 8 | 38 | 138 | 3.63 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 7 | 39 | 207 | 5.31 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | Appalachian State | 7 | 40 | 153 | 3.83 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | Nebraska | 8 | 40 | 199 | 4.98 | 2 | 75 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 8 | 41 | 293 | 7.15 | 4 | 58 | 12 | 8 | 3 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 7 | 44 | 85 | 1.93 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 17 | Arkansas | 5 | 44 | 194 | 4.41 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | Fresno State | 6 | 44 | 281 | 6.39 | 3 | 73 | 12 | 10 | 3 |
| 20 | Maryland | 8 | 45 | 157 | 3.49 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 20 | Delaware | 7 | 45 | 184 | 4.09 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| 20 | NC State | 7 | 45 | 205 | 4.56 | 5 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 20 | Illinois | 9 | 45 | 223 | 4.96 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| 20 | Rutgers | 7 | 45 | 328 | 7.29 | 1 | 73 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| 25 | Stanford | 9 | 46 | 156 | 3.39 | 2 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Clemson | 7 | 46 | 218 | 4.74 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 |
| 25 | Texas A&M | 10 | 46 | 293 | 6.37 | 2 | 48 | 17 | 11 | 3 |
| 28 | BYU | 9 | 47 | 116 | 2.47 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | LSU | 9 | 48 | 163 | 3.40 | 3 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 48 | 193 | 4.02 | 3 | 56 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| 29 | Alabama | 9 | 48 | 246 | 5.13 | 2 | 65 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 32 | West Virginia | 11 | 49 | 143 | 2.92 | 1 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 32 | Kennesaw State | 8 | 49 | 188 | 3.84 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 34 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 50 | 229 | 4.58 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| 34 | USF | 7 | 50 | 324 | 6.48 | 5 | 76 | 18 | 9 | 2 |
| 36 | Missouri State | 8 | 51 | 211 | 4.14 | 2 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| 36 | Arizona | 7 | 51 | 293 | 5.75 | 3 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 3 |
| 36 | East Carolina | 6 | 51 | 312 | 6.12 | 2 | 84 | 14 | 10 | 2 |
| 36 | Kansas | 8 | 51 | 316 | 6.20 | 3 | 71 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| 40 | Florida | 9 | 53 | 205 | 3.87 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | Charlotte | 8 | 53 | 299 | 5.64 | 5 | 50 | 16 | 9 | 2 |
| 40 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 53 | 360 | 6.79 | 7 | 68 | 15 | 12 | 4 |
| 43 | Hawaii | 9 | 54 | 199 | 3.69 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 43 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 54 | 220 | 4.07 | 5 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 45 | Old Dominion | 9 | 55 | 157 | 2.85 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 46 | Toledo | 6 | 56 | 161 | 2.88 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 46 | Kentucky | 8 | 56 | 183 | 3.27 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 46 | Georgia | 8 | 56 | 194 | 3.46 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| 46 | Rice | 10 | 56 | 197 | 3.52 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| 46 | New Mexico State | 10 | 56 | 211 | 3.77 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 46 | Middle Tennessee State | 9 | 56 | 221 | 3.95 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 52 | Iowa State | 9 | 57 | 257 | 4.51 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 52 | Syracuse | 9 | 57 | 295 | 5.18 | 2 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| 54 | Notre Dame | 10 | 58 | 145 | 2.50 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 54 | New Mexico | 9 | 58 | 167 | 2.88 | 2 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | Tennessee | 6 | 58 | 246 | 4.24 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 |
| 57 | Indiana | 10 | 59 | 209 | 3.54 | 1 | 75 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 57 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 59 | 264 | 4.47 | 4 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 4 |
| 57 | UCLA | 8 | 59 | 269 | 4.56 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 0 |
| 57 | North Texas | 5 | 59 | 291 | 4.93 | 2 | 72 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| 61 | Texas State | 7 | 60 | 200 | 3.33 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 3 |
| 61 | Navy | 9 | 60 | 228 | 3.80 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| 61 | Marshall | 9 | 60 | 315 | 5.25 | 5 | 92 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| 61 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 60 | 319 | 5.32 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 65 | Purdue | 9 | 61 | 312 | 5.11 | 5 | 54 | 15 | 11 | 1 |
| 65 | Washington | 8 | 61 | 315 | 5.16 | 1 | 51 | 14 | 10 | 2 |
| 65 | Mississippi State | 8 | 61 | 371 | 6.08 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 |
| 68 | Northwestern | 8 | 62 | 288 | 4.65 | 6 | 55 | 16 | 8 | 1 |
| 68 | UNLV | 8 | 62 | 306 | 4.94 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
| 70 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 63 | 189 | 3.00 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| 70 | Oregon State | 10 | 63 | 314 | 4.98 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 5 |
| 72 | Tulsa | 10 | 64 | 292 | 4.56 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 73 | Michigan State | 8 | 65 | 219 | 3.37 | 3 | 49 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 73 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 65 | 233 | 3.58 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
| 73 | South Carolina | 8 | 65 | 328 | 5.05 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 3 |
| 76 | San Jose State | 8 | 66 | 307 | 4.65 | 5 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 3 |
| 76 | Kent State | 10 | 66 | 316 | 4.79 | 1 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 3 |
| 76 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 66 | 411 | 6.23 | 5 | 65 | 17 | 10 | 6 |
| 79 | Nevada | 9 | 67 | 190 | 2.84 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 79 | Boise State | 8 | 67 | 352 | 5.25 | 4 | 64 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| 81 | Iowa | 5 | 68 | 252 | 3.71 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 0 |
| 81 | Arizona State | 10 | 68 | 304 | 4.47 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 12 | 2 |
| 81 | California | 8 | 68 | 388 | 5.71 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 5 |
| 84 | Oregon | 6 | 69 | 216 | 3.13 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 84 | Washington State | 10 | 69 | 275 | 3.99 | 1 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 |
| 84 | Arkansas State | 9 | 69 | 415 | 6.01 | 5 | 63 | 21 | 8 | 3 |
| 87 | Troy | 8 | 70 | 258 | 3.69 | 4 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 |
| 88 | Michigan | 8 | 71 | 234 | 3.30 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| 89 | North Carolina | 8 | 72 | 222 | 3.08 | 4 | 51 | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| 90 | TCU | 9 | 73 | 219 | 3.00 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 90 | Penn State | 9 | 73 | 355 | 4.86 | 2 | 57 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
| 90 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 73 | 370 | 5.07 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 0 |
| 93 | Wisconsin | 10 | 74 | 196 | 2.65 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| 93 | Boston College | 7 | 74 | 335 | 4.53 | 3 | 75 | 16 | 12 | 2 |
| 93 | Georgia State | 8 | 74 | 425 | 5.74 | 5 | 85 | 19 | 10 | 2 |
| 93 | Air Force | 10 | 74 | 426 | 5.76 | 7 | 59 | 21 | 12 | 5 |
| 93 | UTEP | 10 | 74 | 434 | 5.86 | 5 | 72 | 20 | 12 | 4 |
| 98 | Memphis | 8 | 75 | 305 | 4.07 | 4 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 2 |
| 98 | Liberty | 9 | 75 | 438 | 5.84 | 3 | 77 | 18 | 8 | 5 |
| 100 | Auburn | 9 | 76 | 213 | 2.80 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| 100 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 76 | 471 | 6.20 | 5 | 62 | 22 | 8 | 6 |
| 102 | Duke | 9 | 77 | 264 | 3.43 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 0 |
| 102 | FIU | 9 | 77 | 357 | 4.64 | 5 | 41 | 22 | 12 | 4 |
| 104 | SMU | 9 | 78 | 212 | 2.72 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| 105 | Wyoming | 10 | 79 | 363 | 4.59 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 8 | 3 |
| 105 | Temple | 9 | 79 | 406 | 5.14 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
| 107 | Texas | 8 | 80 | 227 | 2.84 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 107 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 80 | 241 | 3.01 | 0 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 2 |
| 107 | Colorado | 9 | 80 | 406 | 5.08 | 3 | 63 | 20 | 14 | 3 |
| 110 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 81 | 305 | 3.77 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 0 |
| 110 | Minnesota | 8 | 81 | 360 | 4.44 | 6 | 85 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
| 112 | Missouri | 10 | 83 | 259 | 3.12 | 3 | 80 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 113 | Akron | 11 | 84 | 316 | 3.76 | 1 | 47 | 18 | 8 | 2 |
| 113 | Virginia | 8 | 84 | 353 | 4.20 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 2 |
| 115 | UCF | 8 | 85 | 367 | 4.32 | 3 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 3 |
| 115 | Connecticut | 11 | 85 | 372 | 4.38 | 5 | 70 | 17 | 9 | 2 |
| 115 | Ball State | 10 | 85 | 492 | 5.79 | 6 | 53 | 20 | 10 | 6 |
| 118 | Southern Miss | 9 | 86 | 297 | 3.45 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 1 |
| 118 | Kansas State | 9 | 86 | 364 | 4.23 | 3 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 2 |
| 120 | Louisville | 8 | 87 | 272 | 3.13 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 0 |
| 121 | James Madison | 10 | 88 | 229 | 2.60 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| 122 | Houston | 9 | 89 | 258 | 2.90 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 1 |
| 122 | San Diego State | 9 | 89 | 304 | 3.42 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 3 |
| 122 | Miami (OH) | 10 | 89 | 336 | 3.78 | 2 | 76 | 20 | 8 | 1 |
| 122 | Tulane | 9 | 89 | 340 | 3.82 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 1 |
| 122 | Western Michigan | 11 | 89 | 372 | 4.18 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 5 |
| 127 | South Alabama | 10 | 92 | 446 | 4.85 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 13 | 2 |
| 128 | Army | 9 | 94 | 325 | 3.46 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 1 |
| 128 | Baylor | 7 | 94 | 446 | 4.74 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 3 |
| 128 | Buffalo | 9 | 94 | 464 | 4.94 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 12 | 2 |
| 128 | Colorado State | 8 | 94 | 476 | 5.06 | 8 | 76 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
| 132 | Ohio | 11 | 100 | 446 | 4.46 | 4 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 3 |
| 133 | Florida State | 8 | 110 | 476 | 4.33 | 4 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 2 |
| 134 | UAB | 9 | 112 | 487 | 4.35 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 16 | 1 |
| 135 | Jacksonville State | 10 | 117 | 436 | 3.73 | 4 | 41 | 30 | 16 | 5 |
| 136 | Louisiana | 10 | 118 | 597 | 5.06 | 5 | 68 | 39 | 15 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||