2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 12/06/2025
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | 12 | 355 | 1004 | 2.83 | 4 | 29.58 | 83.67 |
| 1 | SMU | 11 | 385 | 1164 | 3.02 | 4 | 35.00 | 105.82 |
| 3 | Indiana | 12 | 318 | 970 | 3.05 | 5 | 26.50 | 80.83 |
| 3 | San Diego State | 11 | 381 | 1267 | 3.33 | 5 | 34.64 | 115.18 |
| 5 | Texas Tech | 12 | 361 | 837 | 2.32 | 6 | 30.08 | 69.75 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 11 | 369 | 860 | 2.33 | 6 | 33.55 | 78.18 |
| 7 | James Madison | 12 | 369 | 926 | 2.51 | 7 | 30.75 | 77.17 |
| 8 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 326 | 950 | 2.91 | 8 | 29.64 | 86.36 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 12 | 402 | 1191 | 2.96 | 8 | 33.50 | 99.25 |
| 8 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 318 | 1191 | 3.75 | 8 | 28.91 | 108.27 |
| 8 | Oregon | 11 | 376 | 1241 | 3.30 | 8 | 34.18 | 112.82 |
| 8 | TCU | 11 | 387 | 1435 | 3.71 | 8 | 35.18 | 130.45 |
| 8 | Fresno State | 11 | 369 | 1584 | 4.29 | 8 | 33.55 | 144.00 |
| 14 | Toledo | 11 | 399 | 1036 | 2.60 | 9 | 36.27 | 94.18 |
| 14 | Washington | 11 | 346 | 1167 | 3.37 | 9 | 31.45 | 106.09 |
| 16 | Clemson | 11 | 318 | 1168 | 3.67 | 10 | 28.91 | 106.18 |
| 17 | Auburn | 11 | 376 | 1077 | 2.86 | 11 | 34.18 | 97.91 |
| 17 | Missouri | 11 | 338 | 1086 | 3.21 | 11 | 30.73 | 98.73 |
| 17 | Michigan | 12 | 394 | 1220 | 3.10 | 11 | 32.83 | 101.67 |
| 17 | Louisville | 11 | 348 | 1243 | 3.57 | 11 | 31.64 | 113.00 |
| 17 | Iowa | 11 | 363 | 1306 | 3.60 | 11 | 33.00 | 118.73 |
| 17 | East Carolina | 11 | 368 | 1439 | 3.91 | 11 | 33.45 | 130.82 |
| 17 | Ohio | 11 | 369 | 1584 | 4.29 | 11 | 33.55 | 144.00 |
| 24 | Georgia | 12 | 333 | 985 | 2.96 | 12 | 27.75 | 82.08 |
| 24 | Texas | 12 | 392 | 1177 | 3.00 | 12 | 32.67 | 98.08 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 381 | 1127 | 2.96 | 12 | 34.64 | 102.45 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 12 | 372 | 1263 | 3.40 | 12 | 31.00 | 105.25 |
| 24 | New Mexico | 11 | 371 | 1240 | 3.34 | 12 | 33.73 | 112.73 |
| 24 | BYU | 12 | 408 | 1592 | 3.90 | 12 | 34.00 | 132.67 |
| 24 | Miami (OH) | 12 | 424 | 1640 | 3.87 | 12 | 35.33 | 136.67 |
| 24 | Florida State | 11 | 425 | 1552 | 3.65 | 12 | 38.64 | 141.09 |
| 24 | USC | 12 | 397 | 1745 | 4.40 | 12 | 33.08 | 145.42 |
| 24 | Wyoming | 11 | 414 | 1966 | 4.75 | 12 | 37.64 | 178.73 |
| 34 | Washington State | 11 | 358 | 1379 | 3.85 | 13 | 32.55 | 125.36 |
| 34 | Texas A&M | 11 | 347 | 1494 | 4.31 | 13 | 31.55 | 135.82 |
| 34 | Army | 10 | 319 | 1426 | 4.47 | 13 | 31.90 | 142.60 |
| 34 | South Carolina | 11 | 399 | 1570 | 3.93 | 13 | 36.27 | 142.73 |
| 34 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 347 | 1578 | 4.55 | 13 | 31.55 | 143.45 |
| 34 | Old Dominion | 11 | 423 | 1633 | 3.86 | 13 | 38.45 | 148.45 |
| 34 | Maryland | 11 | 453 | 2056 | 4.54 | 13 | 41.18 | 186.91 |
| 41 | LSU | 11 | 362 | 1318 | 3.64 | 14 | 32.91 | 119.82 |
| 41 | Tulane | 13 | 446 | 1565 | 3.51 | 14 | 34.31 | 120.38 |
| 41 | Illinois | 11 | 354 | 1461 | 4.13 | 14 | 32.18 | 132.82 |
| 41 | Alabama | 12 | 396 | 1619 | 4.09 | 14 | 33.00 | 134.92 |
| 41 | Iowa State | 11 | 351 | 1573 | 4.48 | 14 | 31.91 | 143.00 |
| 41 | New Mexico State | 11 | 416 | 1912 | 4.60 | 14 | 37.82 | 173.82 |
| 41 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 393 | 2023 | 5.15 | 14 | 35.73 | 183.91 |
| 48 | Virginia | 12 | 409 | 1377 | 3.37 | 15 | 34.08 | 114.75 |
| 48 | Western Michigan | 12 | 412 | 1594 | 3.87 | 15 | 34.33 | 132.83 |
| 48 | Middle Tennessee State | 11 | 393 | 1567 | 3.99 | 15 | 35.73 | 142.45 |
| 48 | West Virginia | 11 | 442 | 1672 | 3.78 | 15 | 40.18 | 152.00 |
| 48 | Penn State | 11 | 396 | 1727 | 4.36 | 15 | 36.00 | 157.00 |
| 48 | Buffalo | 11 | 478 | 1882 | 3.94 | 15 | 43.45 | 171.09 |
| 54 | Wake Forest | 11 | 392 | 1433 | 3.66 | 16 | 35.64 | 130.27 |
| 54 | Minnesota | 11 | 363 | 1439 | 3.96 | 16 | 33.00 | 130.82 |
| 54 | USF | 11 | 407 | 1543 | 3.79 | 16 | 37.00 | 140.27 |
| 54 | Hawaii | 11 | 368 | 1555 | 4.23 | 16 | 33.45 | 141.36 |
| 54 | Houston | 11 | 403 | 1561 | 3.87 | 16 | 36.64 | 141.91 |
| 54 | Arizona | 11 | 410 | 1632 | 3.98 | 16 | 37.27 | 148.36 |
| 54 | Ole Miss | 11 | 375 | 1723 | 4.59 | 16 | 34.09 | 156.64 |
| 54 | FIU | 11 | 376 | 1810 | 4.81 | 16 | 34.18 | 164.55 |
| 54 | UTSA | 11 | 402 | 1833 | 4.56 | 16 | 36.55 | 166.64 |
| 54 | UTEP | 11 | 456 | 1958 | 4.29 | 16 | 41.45 | 178.00 |
| 54 | Utah | 11 | 423 | 2129 | 5.03 | 16 | 38.45 | 193.55 |
| 65 | Arizona State | 11 | 382 | 1311 | 3.43 | 17 | 34.73 | 119.18 |
| 65 | Stanford | 12 | 381 | 1431 | 3.76 | 17 | 31.75 | 119.25 |
| 65 | NC State | 11 | 349 | 1588 | 4.55 | 17 | 31.73 | 144.36 |
| 65 | Bowling Green | 11 | 381 | 1638 | 4.30 | 17 | 34.64 | 148.91 |
| 65 | UCF | 11 | 409 | 1648 | 4.03 | 17 | 37.18 | 149.82 |
| 65 | Akron | 11 | 395 | 1685 | 4.27 | 17 | 35.91 | 153.18 |
| 65 | Central Michigan | 11 | 384 | 1745 | 4.54 | 17 | 34.91 | 158.64 |
| 65 | Oregon State | 11 | 380 | 1802 | 4.74 | 17 | 34.55 | 163.82 |
| 65 | Cincinnati | 11 | 451 | 2015 | 4.47 | 17 | 41.00 | 183.18 |
| 65 | Mississippi State | 11 | 435 | 2206 | 5.07 | 17 | 39.55 | 200.55 |
| 75 | Northwestern | 11 | 355 | 1610 | 4.54 | 18 | 32.27 | 146.36 |
| 75 | Navy | 10 | 358 | 1560 | 4.36 | 18 | 35.80 | 156.00 |
| 75 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 420 | 1875 | 4.46 | 18 | 38.18 | 170.45 |
| 75 | Utah State | 11 | 407 | 1992 | 4.89 | 18 | 37.00 | 181.09 |
| 79 | North Carolina | 11 | 385 | 1384 | 3.59 | 19 | 35.00 | 125.82 |
| 79 | Kansas State | 11 | 451 | 1863 | 4.13 | 19 | 41.00 | 169.36 |
| 79 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 396 | 1919 | 4.85 | 19 | 36.00 | 174.45 |
| 79 | Kansas | 11 | 410 | 2024 | 4.94 | 19 | 37.27 | 184.00 |
| 83 | Kentucky | 11 | 407 | 1468 | 3.61 | 20 | 37.00 | 133.45 |
| 83 | Memphis | 11 | 390 | 1483 | 3.80 | 20 | 35.45 | 134.82 |
| 83 | Appalachian State | 11 | 398 | 1668 | 4.19 | 20 | 36.18 | 151.64 |
| 83 | Michigan State | 11 | 368 | 1671 | 4.54 | 20 | 33.45 | 151.91 |
| 83 | UNLV | 12 | 408 | 2117 | 5.19 | 20 | 34.00 | 176.42 |
| 83 | Ball State | 11 | 419 | 2014 | 4.81 | 20 | 38.09 | 183.09 |
| 83 | Troy | 12 | 477 | 2310 | 4.84 | 20 | 39.75 | 192.50 |
| 90 | Marshall | 11 | 431 | 1776 | 4.12 | 21 | 39.18 | 161.45 |
| 90 | Florida | 11 | 431 | 1810 | 4.20 | 21 | 39.18 | 164.55 |
| 90 | Tulsa | 11 | 470 | 2069 | 4.40 | 21 | 42.73 | 188.09 |
| 90 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 453 | 2138 | 4.72 | 21 | 41.18 | 194.36 |
| 94 | Jacksonville State | 12 | 439 | 1840 | 4.19 | 22 | 36.58 | 153.33 |
| 94 | Tennessee | 11 | 421 | 1711 | 4.06 | 22 | 38.27 | 155.55 |
| 94 | Boise State | 12 | 408 | 2015 | 4.94 | 22 | 34.00 | 167.92 |
| 94 | South Alabama | 11 | 404 | 1952 | 4.83 | 22 | 36.73 | 177.45 |
| 94 | Liberty | 11 | 423 | 1965 | 4.65 | 22 | 38.45 | 178.64 |
| 94 | Kennesaw State | 12 | 475 | 2202 | 4.64 | 22 | 39.58 | 183.50 |
| 94 | Connecticut | 11 | 451 | 2098 | 4.65 | 22 | 41.00 | 190.73 |
| 94 | Kent State | 11 | 459 | 2127 | 4.63 | 22 | 41.73 | 193.36 |
| 94 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 457 | 2425 | 5.31 | 22 | 41.55 | 220.45 |
| 103 | Nevada | 11 | 389 | 1649 | 4.24 | 23 | 35.36 | 149.91 |
| 103 | San Jose State | 11 | 426 | 1739 | 4.08 | 23 | 38.73 | 158.09 |
| 103 | Rice | 11 | 385 | 1787 | 4.64 | 23 | 35.00 | 162.45 |
| 103 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 428 | 1870 | 4.37 | 23 | 38.91 | 170.00 |
| 103 | Syracuse | 11 | 369 | 1992 | 5.40 | 23 | 33.55 | 181.09 |
| 103 | Arkansas State | 11 | 425 | 2050 | 4.82 | 23 | 38.64 | 186.36 |
| 103 | Arkansas | 11 | 449 | 2162 | 4.82 | 23 | 40.82 | 196.55 |
| 103 | Louisiana | 11 | 460 | 2222 | 4.83 | 23 | 41.82 | 202.00 |
| 103 | North Texas | 12 | 535 | 2663 | 4.98 | 23 | 44.58 | 221.92 |
| 112 | Delaware | 11 | 374 | 1772 | 4.74 | 24 | 34.00 | 161.09 |
| 112 | Missouri State | 11 | 379 | 1851 | 4.88 | 24 | 34.45 | 168.27 |
| 112 | California | 11 | 386 | 1891 | 4.90 | 24 | 35.09 | 171.91 |
| 112 | Boston College | 11 | 396 | 2115 | 5.34 | 24 | 36.00 | 192.27 |
| 112 | Rutgers | 11 | 344 | 2391 | 6.95 | 24 | 31.27 | 217.36 |
| 117 | Duke | 12 | 401 | 1657 | 4.13 | 25 | 33.42 | 138.08 |
| 117 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 404 | 1840 | 4.55 | 25 | 36.73 | 167.27 |
| 117 | Texas State | 11 | 419 | 1914 | 4.57 | 25 | 38.09 | 174.00 |
| 117 | Nebraska | 11 | 393 | 1962 | 4.99 | 25 | 35.73 | 178.36 |
| 117 | Colorado | 12 | 509 | 2670 | 5.25 | 25 | 42.42 | 222.50 |
| 117 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 460 | 2554 | 5.55 | 25 | 41.82 | 232.18 |
| 123 | Southern Miss | 11 | 468 | 1927 | 4.12 | 26 | 42.55 | 175.18 |
| 123 | UCLA | 12 | 440 | 2285 | 5.19 | 26 | 36.67 | 190.42 |
| 125 | Air Force | 11 | 329 | 1805 | 5.49 | 27 | 29.91 | 164.09 |
| 125 | Temple | 11 | 445 | 2286 | 5.14 | 27 | 40.45 | 207.82 |
| 127 | Purdue | 11 | 435 | 2101 | 4.83 | 28 | 39.55 | 191.00 |
| 127 | Colorado State | 11 | 457 | 2396 | 5.24 | 28 | 41.55 | 217.82 |
| 129 | UAB | 11 | 454 | 2091 | 4.61 | 29 | 41.27 | 190.09 |
| 129 | Charlotte | 11 | 461 | 2355 | 5.11 | 29 | 41.91 | 214.09 |
| 129 | Georgia State | 11 | 456 | 2374 | 5.21 | 29 | 41.45 | 215.82 |
| 132 | Baylor | 11 | 449 | 2271 | 5.06 | 30 | 40.82 | 206.45 |
| 132 | Massachusetts | 11 | 502 | 2575 | 5.13 | 30 | 45.64 | 234.09 |
| 134 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 461 | 2491 | 5.40 | 33 | 38.42 | 207.58 |
| 134 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 437 | 2539 | 5.81 | 33 | 39.73 | 230.82 |
| 136 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 478 | 2335 | 4.88 | 35 | 43.45 | 212.27 |