2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Losing By 8-14 Pts through 12/06/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | 1 | 4 | -17 | -4.25 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Miami (FL) | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ole Miss | 1 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ohio | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | James Madison | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Virginia | 1 | 6 | 18 | 3.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Washington State | 2 | 11 | 26 | 2.36 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Louisville | 4 | 10 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Arizona | 1 | 9 | 32 | 3.56 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | San Diego State | 3 | 4 | 35 | 8.75 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Memphis | 4 | 22 | 36 | 1.64 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Tulane | 2 | 11 | 36 | 3.27 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Kansas State | 2 | 11 | 42 | 3.82 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Texas Tech | 1 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 17 | 47 | 2.76 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | LSU | 3 | 20 | 50 | 2.50 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 2 | 14 | 55 | 3.93 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Utah | 3 | 9 | 56 | 6.22 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Kentucky | 5 | 28 | 58 | 2.07 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | NC State | 4 | 18 | 63 | 3.50 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 2 | 15 | 63 | 4.20 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | SMU | 3 | 28 | 67 | 2.39 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Georgia | 2 | 15 | 72 | 4.80 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Nebraska | 4 | 18 | 75 | 4.17 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | USF | 2 | 20 | 77 | 3.85 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | North Texas | 2 | 22 | 78 | 3.55 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Penn State | 3 | 24 | 83 | 3.46 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Minnesota | 2 | 16 | 87 | 5.44 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | Auburn | 3 | 20 | 99 | 4.95 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 31 | Alabama | 2 | 38 | 103 | 2.71 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Rutgers | 6 | 19 | 108 | 5.68 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 29 | 111 | 3.83 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | USC | 4 | 40 | 112 | 2.80 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Louisiana | 6 | 41 | 113 | 2.76 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | Wake Forest | 3 | 37 | 113 | 3.05 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 37 | Texas | 4 | 45 | 114 | 2.53 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | Texas State | 3 | 17 | 119 | 7.00 | 1 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 39 | Washington | 5 | 47 | 124 | 2.64 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | Illinois | 4 | 33 | 126 | 3.82 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 40 | Navy | 3 | 31 | 126 | 4.06 | 2 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 42 | UAB | 7 | 34 | 130 | 3.82 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | Houston | 4 | 38 | 131 | 3.45 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | California | 4 | 34 | 136 | 4.00 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 44 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 26 | 136 | 5.23 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 46 | Clemson | 4 | 38 | 137 | 3.61 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 46 | UTSA | 4 | 15 | 137 | 9.13 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 48 | New Mexico | 3 | 25 | 139 | 5.56 | 1 | 59 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 49 | Western Michigan | 5 | 34 | 140 | 4.12 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 50 | BYU | 4 | 31 | 142 | 4.58 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 51 | South Carolina | 7 | 31 | 148 | 4.77 | 1 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | Mississippi State | 4 | 32 | 149 | 4.66 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 53 | Northwestern | 5 | 25 | 153 | 6.12 | 2 | 69 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 54 | Oregon State | 7 | 43 | 155 | 3.60 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 54 | Cincinnati | 4 | 35 | 155 | 4.43 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 54 | Tennessee | 3 | 22 | 155 | 7.05 | 2 | 39 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 57 | Arkansas | 7 | 43 | 159 | 3.70 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 58 | Army | 3 | 32 | 163 | 5.09 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 59 | Boise State | 5 | 28 | 164 | 5.86 | 3 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 60 | Kansas | 5 | 34 | 172 | 5.06 | 1 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 61 | Missouri State | 6 | 36 | 173 | 4.81 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 61 | Michigan | 3 | 33 | 173 | 5.24 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 61 | Hawaii | 5 | 30 | 173 | 5.77 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| 64 | Arizona State | 4 | 42 | 174 | 4.14 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 64 | Southern Miss | 5 | 42 | 174 | 4.14 | 4 | 64 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 64 | Nevada | 7 | 32 | 174 | 5.44 | 3 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 67 | Old Dominion | 3 | 36 | 177 | 4.92 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 67 | Colorado | 6 | 29 | 177 | 6.10 | 3 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 69 | East Carolina | 4 | 33 | 182 | 5.52 | 3 | 41 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 70 | Florida | 6 | 50 | 187 | 3.74 | 3 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 71 | Appalachian State | 7 | 53 | 189 | 3.57 | 3 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 71 | Iowa State | 3 | 31 | 189 | 6.10 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| 73 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 36 | 190 | 5.28 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| 74 | Buffalo | 5 | 60 | 191 | 3.18 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 |
| 75 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 55 | 192 | 3.49 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| 75 | TCU | 2 | 40 | 192 | 4.80 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 77 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 35 | 195 | 5.57 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 78 | FIU | 5 | 39 | 197 | 5.05 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| 79 | Florida State | 5 | 62 | 198 | 3.19 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 80 | Akron | 7 | 55 | 201 | 3.65 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 81 | UCF | 6 | 43 | 203 | 4.72 | 2 | 75 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 82 | Central Michigan | 4 | 34 | 207 | 6.09 | 3 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 83 | Marshall | 5 | 53 | 215 | 4.06 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 1 |
| 84 | Liberty | 4 | 51 | 216 | 4.24 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| 85 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 34 | 219 | 6.44 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 5 |
| 86 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 46 | 225 | 4.89 | 2 | 64 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 86 | Utah State | 5 | 28 | 225 | 8.04 | 3 | 43 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 88 | Kent State | 5 | 42 | 226 | 5.38 | 2 | 64 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 89 | North Carolina | 5 | 40 | 230 | 5.75 | 2 | 75 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| 90 | Temple | 6 | 50 | 233 | 4.66 | 3 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| 91 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 59 | 242 | 4.10 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 1 |
| 91 | Fresno State | 4 | 55 | 242 | 4.40 | 1 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| 93 | UNLV | 6 | 48 | 244 | 5.08 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| 94 | Rice | 7 | 61 | 258 | 4.23 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| 94 | Duke | 4 | 48 | 258 | 5.38 | 4 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 5 |
| 96 | Delaware | 5 | 47 | 260 | 5.53 | 2 | 78 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 97 | Wisconsin | 8 | 61 | 263 | 4.31 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 |
| 97 | Air Force | 5 | 46 | 263 | 5.72 | 5 | 52 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| 99 | San Jose State | 5 | 66 | 268 | 4.06 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| 99 | Sam Houston State | 11 | 55 | 268 | 4.87 | 5 | 50 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 101 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 51 | 271 | 5.31 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 4 |
| 102 | Toledo | 3 | 48 | 272 | 5.67 | 3 | 79 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| 103 | West Virginia | 8 | 66 | 283 | 4.29 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 3 |
| 104 | Boston College | 6 | 51 | 293 | 5.75 | 1 | 94 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 104 | Missouri | 4 | 51 | 293 | 5.75 | 3 | 57 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| 106 | South Alabama | 7 | 66 | 297 | 4.50 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 |
| 107 | Charlotte | 10 | 77 | 311 | 4.04 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 |
| 108 | Maryland | 6 | 53 | 312 | 5.89 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 3 |
| 109 | Ball State | 8 | 62 | 314 | 5.06 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 4 |
| 110 | New Mexico State | 8 | 61 | 327 | 5.36 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| 111 | Colorado State | 10 | 63 | 335 | 5.32 | 5 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 3 |
| 111 | Stanford | 8 | 60 | 335 | 5.58 | 3 | 87 | 20 | 9 | 2 |
| 113 | Troy | 6 | 87 | 349 | 4.01 | 4 | 62 | 20 | 11 | 2 |
| 113 | Arkansas State | 8 | 63 | 349 | 5.54 | 2 | 56 | 20 | 11 | 3 |
| 115 | UTEP | 8 | 111 | 355 | 3.20 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 0 |
| 116 | Syracuse | 9 | 81 | 361 | 4.46 | 3 | 47 | 20 | 9 | 5 |
| 117 | Bowling Green | 5 | 69 | 363 | 5.26 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 3 |
| 118 | Michigan State | 7 | 53 | 366 | 6.91 | 5 | 56 | 13 | 9 | 5 |
| 119 | Georgia State | 10 | 90 | 370 | 4.11 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 2 |
| 119 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 81 | 370 | 4.57 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 3 |
| 121 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 82 | 377 | 4.60 | 5 | 66 | 20 | 7 | 2 |
| 122 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 66 | 387 | 5.86 | 4 | 43 | 20 | 10 | 4 |
| 123 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 70 | 390 | 5.57 | 5 | 62 | 21 | 13 | 2 |
| 124 | Tulsa | 6 | 85 | 402 | 4.73 | 5 | 51 | 19 | 10 | 3 |
| 125 | Baylor | 8 | 73 | 429 | 5.88 | 5 | 74 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| 126 | Massachusetts | 10 | 84 | 456 | 5.43 | 7 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 6 |
| 127 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 75 | 457 | 6.09 | 5 | 53 | 21 | 12 | 5 |
| 128 | Middle Tennessee State | 9 | 103 | 464 | 4.50 | 3 | 64 | 26 | 12 | 4 |
| 129 | Wyoming | 8 | 103 | 483 | 4.69 | 4 | 50 | 26 | 13 | 3 |
| 130 | Purdue | 7 | 89 | 502 | 5.64 | 7 | 68 | 26 | 17 | 5 |
| 131 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 111 | 525 | 4.73 | 5 | 47 | 28 | 17 | 7 |
| 132 | UCLA | 9 | 95 | 534 | 5.62 | 2 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 4 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||