2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 10/29/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTSA | 1 | 23 | 108 | 4.70 | 1 | 23.00 | 108.00 | 
| 2 | Virginia | 1 | 27 | 54 | 2.00 | 1 | 27.00 | 54.00 | 
| 2 | UCF | 1 | 27 | 115 | 4.26 | 0 | 27.00 | 115.00 | 
| 4 | Louisville | 2 | 56 | 151 | 2.70 | 3 | 28.00 | 75.50 | 
| 5 | Alabama | 4 | 113 | 667 | 5.90 | 6 | 28.25 | 166.75 | 
| 6 | Bowling Green | 2 | 58 | 232 | 4.00 | 4 | 29.00 | 116.00 | 
| 7 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 59 | 212 | 3.59 | 2 | 29.50 | 106.00 | 
| 8 | Indiana | 1 | 30 | 81 | 2.70 | 0 | 30.00 | 81.00 | 
| 8 | James Madison | 1 | 30 | 113 | 3.77 | 1 | 30.00 | 113.00 | 
| 8 | Minnesota | 1 | 30 | 133 | 4.43 | 3 | 30.00 | 133.00 | 
| 8 | Northwestern | 1 | 30 | 176 | 5.87 | 3 | 30.00 | 176.00 | 
| 8 | Missouri State | 1 | 30 | 233 | 7.77 | 6 | 30.00 | 233.00 | 
| 13 | Texas Tech | 2 | 61 | 204 | 3.34 | 1 | 30.50 | 102.00 | 
| 14 | Iowa State | 2 | 62 | 363 | 5.85 | 5 | 31.00 | 181.50 | 
| 14 | Boise State | 1 | 31 | 200 | 6.45 | 2 | 31.00 | 200.00 | 
| 14 | Ohio | 1 | 31 | 225 | 7.26 | 1 | 31.00 | 225.00 | 
| 14 | Boston College | 1 | 31 | 317 | 10.23 | 4 | 31.00 | 317.00 | 
| 18 | Nebraska | 2 | 63 | 488 | 7.75 | 5 | 31.50 | 244.00 | 
| 19 | Texas | 2 | 64 | 125 | 1.95 | 1 | 32.00 | 62.50 | 
| 19 | Georgia | 3 | 96 | 330 | 3.44 | 6 | 32.00 | 110.00 | 
| 19 | San Jose State | 1 | 32 | 155 | 4.84 | 1 | 32.00 | 155.00 | 
| 19 | New Mexico | 1 | 32 | 201 | 6.28 | 3 | 32.00 | 201.00 | 
| 23 | Wisconsin | 4 | 129 | 548 | 4.25 | 5 | 32.25 | 137.00 | 
| 24 | Notre Dame | 3 | 99 | 330 | 3.33 | 4 | 33.00 | 110.00 | 
| 24 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 33 | 309 | 9.36 | 4 | 33.00 | 309.00 | 
| 26 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 34 | 53 | 1.56 | 1 | 34.00 | 53.00 | 
| 26 | North Carolina | 1 | 34 | 59 | 1.74 | 1 | 34.00 | 59.00 | 
| 26 | East Carolina | 1 | 34 | 172 | 5.06 | 2 | 34.00 | 172.00 | 
| 26 | UAB | 2 | 68 | 354 | 5.21 | 5 | 34.00 | 177.00 | 
| 30 | Missouri | 2 | 70 | 261 | 3.73 | 2 | 35.00 | 130.50 | 
| 31 | NC State | 2 | 71 | 400 | 5.63 | 5 | 35.50 | 200.00 | 
| 32 | Oklahoma | 3 | 108 | 398 | 3.69 | 3 | 36.00 | 132.67 | 
| 32 | USF | 2 | 72 | 334 | 4.64 | 6 | 36.00 | 167.00 | 
| 32 | Duke | 1 | 36 | 171 | 4.75 | 2 | 36.00 | 171.00 | 
| 32 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 36 | 212 | 5.89 | 3 | 36.00 | 212.00 | 
| 32 | Temple | 2 | 72 | 535 | 7.43 | 8 | 36.00 | 267.50 | 
| 37 | Florida State | 3 | 109 | 395 | 3.62 | 4 | 36.33 | 131.67 | 
| 38 | Washington State | 2 | 73 | 308 | 4.22 | 3 | 36.50 | 154.00 | 
| 39 | Auburn | 4 | 148 | 409 | 2.76 | 7 | 37.00 | 102.25 | 
| 39 | Oregon | 1 | 37 | 111 | 3.00 | 2 | 37.00 | 111.00 | 
| 39 | Ohio State | 1 | 37 | 166 | 4.49 | 0 | 37.00 | 166.00 | 
| 39 | Washington | 2 | 74 | 336 | 4.54 | 2 | 37.00 | 168.00 | 
| 39 | South Carolina | 4 | 148 | 674 | 4.55 | 7 | 37.00 | 168.50 | 
| 39 | BYU | 1 | 37 | 226 | 6.11 | 1 | 37.00 | 226.00 | 
| 39 | Rutgers | 1 | 37 | 415 | 11.22 | 4 | 37.00 | 415.00 | 
| 46 | USC | 2 | 75 | 415 | 5.53 | 3 | 37.50 | 207.50 | 
| 46 | Utah State | 2 | 75 | 457 | 6.09 | 4 | 37.50 | 228.50 | 
| 48 | Florida | 3 | 114 | 419 | 3.68 | 7 | 38.00 | 139.67 | 
| 48 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 152 | 709 | 4.66 | 11 | 38.00 | 177.25 | 
| 48 | Michigan | 2 | 76 | 362 | 4.76 | 4 | 38.00 | 181.00 | 
| 48 | Rice | 1 | 38 | 204 | 5.37 | 3 | 38.00 | 204.00 | 
| 52 | Kentucky | 4 | 153 | 555 | 3.63 | 12 | 38.25 | 138.75 | 
| 53 | Ole Miss | 2 | 77 | 357 | 4.64 | 3 | 38.50 | 178.50 | 
| 53 | Syracuse | 2 | 77 | 485 | 6.30 | 4 | 38.50 | 242.50 | 
| 55 | Oregon State | 3 | 116 | 483 | 4.16 | 4 | 38.67 | 161.00 | 
| 56 | Iowa | 1 | 39 | 104 | 2.67 | 0 | 39.00 | 104.00 | 
| 56 | Texas A&M | 1 | 39 | 136 | 3.49 | 3 | 39.00 | 136.00 | 
| 56 | Penn State | 1 | 39 | 176 | 4.51 | 1 | 39.00 | 176.00 | 
| 56 | Arizona State | 3 | 117 | 568 | 4.85 | 9 | 39.00 | 189.33 | 
| 56 | Michigan State | 3 | 117 | 697 | 5.96 | 8 | 39.00 | 232.33 | 
| 56 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 39 | 313 | 8.03 | 3 | 39.00 | 313.00 | 
| 62 | Arkansas | 5 | 196 | 1099 | 5.61 | 16 | 39.20 | 219.80 | 
| 63 | Mississippi State | 3 | 118 | 502 | 4.25 | 5 | 39.33 | 167.33 | 
| 64 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 79 | 316 | 4.00 | 1 | 39.50 | 158.00 | 
| 64 | Utah | 2 | 79 | 375 | 4.75 | 4 | 39.50 | 187.50 | 
| 64 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 79 | 530 | 6.71 | 6 | 39.50 | 265.00 | 
| 67 | Illinois | 3 | 120 | 544 | 4.53 | 7 | 40.00 | 181.33 | 
| 68 | Georgia State | 3 | 121 | 786 | 6.50 | 16 | 40.33 | 262.00 | 
| 69 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 41 | 264 | 6.44 | 4 | 41.00 | 264.00 | 
| 70 | Kansas | 3 | 124 | 848 | 6.84 | 8 | 41.33 | 282.67 | 
| 71 | Kent State | 2 | 83 | 415 | 5.00 | 4 | 41.50 | 207.50 | 
| 71 | Purdue | 2 | 83 | 432 | 5.20 | 7 | 41.50 | 216.00 | 
| 73 | Clemson | 1 | 42 | 147 | 3.50 | 2 | 42.00 | 147.00 | 
| 73 | Wake Forest | 1 | 42 | 163 | 3.88 | 2 | 42.00 | 163.00 | 
| 73 | Tulane | 1 | 42 | 241 | 5.74 | 3 | 42.00 | 241.00 | 
| 76 | Stanford | 3 | 127 | 562 | 4.43 | 8 | 42.33 | 187.33 | 
| 77 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 43 | 164 | 3.81 | 3 | 43.00 | 164.00 | 
| 78 | LSU | 3 | 130 | 629 | 4.84 | 9 | 43.33 | 209.67 | 
| 79 | Tennessee | 2 | 87 | 318 | 3.66 | 5 | 43.50 | 159.00 | 
| 80 | Marshall | 1 | 44 | 239 | 5.43 | 3 | 44.00 | 239.00 | 
| 81 | West Virginia | 2 | 89 | 407 | 4.57 | 5 | 44.50 | 203.50 | 
| 82 | Troy | 1 | 45 | 217 | 4.82 | 3 | 45.00 | 217.00 | 
| 82 | Wyoming | 1 | 45 | 311 | 6.91 | 2 | 45.00 | 311.00 | 
| 84 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 46 | 296 | 6.43 | 5 | 46.00 | 296.00 | 
| 85 | Colorado | 4 | 187 | 1159 | 6.20 | 11 | 46.75 | 289.75 | 
| 86 | Tulsa | 1 | 48 | 191 | 3.98 | 3 | 48.00 | 191.00 | 
| 86 | Arizona | 2 | 96 | 490 | 5.10 | 4 | 48.00 | 245.00 | 
| 88 | Houston | 1 | 50 | 207 | 4.14 | 2 | 50.00 | 207.00 | 
| 88 | Baylor | 1 | 50 | 265 | 5.30 | 3 | 50.00 | 265.00 | 
| 90 | UCLA | 2 | 101 | 548 | 5.43 | 8 | 50.50 | 274.00 | 
| 91 | Massachusetts | 1 | 52 | 268 | 5.15 | 5 | 52.00 | 268.00 | 
| 92 | Central Michigan | 1 | 55 | 381 | 6.93 | 8 | 55.00 | 381.00 | 
| 93 | UTEP | 1 | 56 | 226 | 4.04 | 2 | 56.00 | 226.00 | 
| 94 | Old Dominion | 1 | 57 | 309 | 5.42 | 2 | 57.00 | 309.00 | 
| 95 | Louisiana | 1 | 62 | 427 | 6.89 | 5 | 62.00 | 427.00 |