2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When The Game Is Tied through 09/11/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas State | 1 | 3 | -27 | -9.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 1 | 3 | -10 | -3.33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | California | 1 | 1 | -7 | -7.00 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 1 | 2 | -5 | -2.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 1 | 6 | -1 | -0.17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Duke | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0.58 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1.30 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 8 | 13 | 1.63 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 1 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 1 | 12 | 15 | 1.25 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 6 | 15 | 2.50 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 2 | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 2 | 8 | 18 | 2.25 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Rice | 2 | 14 | 20 | 1.43 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 2 | 9 | 21 | 2.33 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana | 2 | 14 | 22 | 1.57 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Navy | 2 | 10 | 23 | 2.30 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 2 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 1 | 4 | 23 | 5.75 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 2 | 9 | 24 | 2.67 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 1 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 1 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | USC | 1 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 2 | 10 | 27 | 2.70 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 1 | 7 | 27 | 3.86 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 2 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 2 | 16 | 29 | 1.81 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 2 | 19 | 31 | 1.63 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 2 | 14 | 31 | 2.21 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 1 | 12 | 32 | 2.67 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida | 2 | 8 | 33 | 4.13 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 2 | 10 | 34 | 3.40 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Auburn | 2 | 12 | 36 | 3.00 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 1 | 10 | 37 | 3.70 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 2 | 10 | 38 | 3.80 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 2 | 10 | 41 | 4.10 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 1 | 20 | 43 | 2.15 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston | 2 | 20 | 44 | 2.20 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 2 | 11 | 45 | 4.09 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 2 | 10 | 45 | 4.50 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 1 | 8 | 46 | 5.75 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 1 | 8 | 47 | 5.88 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 6 | 47 | 7.83 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 1 | 5 | 49 | 9.80 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 2 | 12 | 50 | 4.17 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Florida State | 2 | 18 | 53 | 2.94 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 2 | 17 | 53 | 3.12 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 2 | 13 | 54 | 4.15 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 2 | 13 | 55 | 4.23 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 22 | 60 | 2.73 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 1 | 16 | 63 | 3.94 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Troy | 1 | 13 | 65 | 5.00 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Washington State | 2 | 17 | 66 | 3.88 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 14 | 66 | 4.71 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Army | 2 | 23 | 69 | 3.00 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 1 | 22 | 69 | 3.14 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 2 | 19 | 69 | 3.63 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | FIU | 2 | 11 | 70 | 6.36 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 2 | 27 | 71 | 2.63 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 2 | 14 | 75 | 5.36 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 1 | 21 | 76 | 3.62 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Kent State | 2 | 18 | 77 | 4.28 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 11 | 81 | 7.36 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 2 | 17 | 101 | 5.94 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 2 | 36 | 103 | 2.86 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | USF | 2 | 21 | 104 | 4.95 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 31 | 114 | 3.68 | 0 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 2 | 39 | 145 | 3.72 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| 84 | Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | SMU | 1 | 8 | 21 | 2.63 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | TCU | 1 | 7 | 25 | 3.57 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | LSU | 2 | 17 | 27 | 1.59 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Toledo | 1 | 9 | 30 | 3.33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Ole Miss | 2 | 11 | 31 | 2.82 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Purdue | 1 | 8 | 34 | 4.25 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | UNLV | 1 | 7 | 36 | 5.14 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Alabama | 1 | 5 | 46 | 9.20 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Ball State | 2 | 6 | 48 | 8.00 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Temple | 1 | 7 | 51 | 7.29 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Michigan State | 2 | 21 | 54 | 2.57 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 20 | 56 | 2.80 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Oregon State | 2 | 8 | 57 | 7.13 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | UCLA | 2 | 12 | 58 | 4.83 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Hawaii | 3 | 12 | 58 | 4.83 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Kentucky | 2 | 14 | 59 | 4.21 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 59 | 59.00 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Missouri State | 1 | 11 | 60 | 5.45 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Connecticut | 2 | 20 | 61 | 3.05 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Kansas | 2 | 10 | 65 | 6.50 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Texas | 2 | 23 | 68 | 2.96 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Western Michigan | 2 | 9 | 71 | 7.89 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Baylor | 1 | 13 | 73 | 5.62 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Tulane | 2 | 14 | 77 | 5.50 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 84 | New Mexico | 2 | 10 | 80 | 8.00 | 1 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Stanford | 2 | 12 | 84 | 7.00 | 1 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Arkansas State | 2 | 10 | 88 | 8.80 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Fresno State | 1 | 11 | 92 | 8.36 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | Marshall | 2 | 19 | 94 | 4.95 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 84 | Indiana | 2 | 7 | 94 | 13.43 | 1 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | North Texas | 1 | 27 | 106 | 3.93 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 5 | 114 | 22.80 | 1 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 84 | San Jose State | 2 | 17 | 117 | 6.88 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 84 | Delaware | 2 | 23 | 118 | 5.13 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 84 | Akron | 2 | 19 | 120 | 6.32 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | UCF | 1 | 34 | 133 | 3.91 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 123 | Nevada | 2 | 15 | 53 | 3.53 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 123 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 14 | 57 | 4.07 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 123 | South Alabama | 2 | 18 | 80 | 4.44 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 123 | Ohio | 2 | 28 | 155 | 5.54 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 123 | Colorado | 2 | 26 | 187 | 7.19 | 2 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 128 | NC State | 2 | 23 | 122 | 5.30 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 128 | UAB | 1 | 34 | 171 | 5.03 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 128 | Liberty | 2 | 32 | 248 | 7.75 | 3 | 77 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 131 | Colorado State | 2 | 34 | 153 | 4.50 | 4 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||