2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/06/2025

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Att/G Yards/G
1 North Texas 1 28 64 2.29 1 28.00 64.00
2 Army 1 18 74 4.11 0 18.00 74.00
3 Appalachian State 1 25 98 3.92 1 25.00 98.00
4 Jacksonville State 1 37 108 2.92 0 37.00 108.00
4 UTSA 1 23 108 4.70 1 23.00 108.00
6 Florida Atlantic 1 30 112 3.73 0 30.00 112.00
7 Troy 1 31 120 3.87 1 31.00 120.00
8 Western Kentucky 1 37 126 3.41 0 37.00 126.00
9 Nevada 1 36 135 3.75 4 36.00 135.00
10 Buffalo 1 44 153 3.48 0 44.00 153.00
10 Middle Tennessee State 1 31 153 4.94 3 31.00 153.00
12 UNLV 1 30 173 5.77 1 30.00 173.00
13 Memphis 1 32 175 5.47 3 32.00 175.00
14 Southern Miss 1 41 186 4.54 3 41.00 186.00
15 San Jose State 2 58 192 3.31 3 29.00 96.00
16 New Mexico State 1 39 194 4.97 4 39.00 194.00
17 South Alabama 1 39 195 5.00 3 39.00 195.00
18 San Diego State 2 67 204 3.04 1 33.50 102.00
18 Rice 1 38 204 5.37 3 38.00 204.00
20 FIU 1 31 209 6.74 2 31.00 209.00
21 UTEP 1 56 226 4.04 2 56.00 226.00
22 Bowling Green 2 58 232 4.00 4 29.00 116.00
23 Akron 1 33 234 7.09 5 33.00 234.00
24 UAB 1 43 235 5.47 4 43.00 235.00
25 Marshall 1 44 239 5.43 3 44.00 239.00
26 James Madison 2 67 243 3.63 2 33.50 121.50
27 Texas State 1 42 245 5.83 2 42.00 245.00
28 Eastern Michigan 1 46 252 5.48 4 46.00 252.00
29 Tulsa 2 68 254 3.74 1 34.00 127.00
30 East Carolina 2 70 277 3.96 4 35.00 138.50
31 Louisiana Tech 2 73 285 3.90 4 36.50 142.50
32 Georgia Southern 1 33 309 9.36 4 33.00 309.00
33 New Mexico 2 54 310 5.74 3 27.00 155.00
34 Ball State 2 64 317 4.95 5 32.00 158.50
35 Miami (OH) 2 84 327 3.89 3 42.00 163.50
36 USF 2 69 338 4.90 4 34.50 169.00
37 Charlotte 2 75 340 4.53 6 37.50 170.00
38 Western Michigan 2 81 343 4.23 5 40.50 171.50
39 Fresno State 2 72 347 4.82 1 36.00 173.50
40 Hawaii 2 76 360 4.74 5 38.00 180.00
41 Northern Illinois 2 77 378 4.91 4 38.50 189.00
42 Toledo 2 87 382 4.39 5 43.50 191.00
43 Delaware 2 73 393 5.38 5 36.50 196.50
44 Missouri State 2 64 400 6.25 9 32.00 200.00
45 Connecticut 3 111 404 3.64 3 37.00 134.67
46 Louisiana 1 62 427 6.89 5 62.00 427.00
47 Coastal Carolina 2 82 428 5.22 8 41.00 214.00
48 Colorado State 2 84 441 5.25 4 42.00 220.50
49 Kennesaw State 2 86 443 5.15 4 43.00 221.50
50 Ohio 3 96 444 4.63 3 32.00 148.00
51 Sam Houston State 2 81 452 5.58 6 40.50 226.00
52 Tulane 3 93 456 4.90 3 31.00 152.00
53 Utah State 2 75 457 6.09 4 37.50 228.50
54 Louisiana-Monroe 2 74 458 6.19 5 37.00 229.00
55 Massachusetts 2 92 469 5.10 7 46.00 234.50
56 Old Dominion 2 91 476 5.23 3 45.50 238.00
57 Wyoming 2 76 504 6.63 4 38.00 252.00
58 Central Michigan 2 81 505 6.23 10 40.50 252.50
59 Arkansas State 2 63 508 8.06 6 31.50 254.00
60 Temple 2 72 535 7.43 8 36.00 267.50
61 Georgia State 2 81 581 7.17 12 40.50 290.50
62 Washington State 5 176 645 3.66 7 35.20 129.00
63 Indiana 10 263 663 2.52 3 26.30 66.30
64 Texas Tech 11 327 774 2.37 5 29.73 70.36
65 Oklahoma 9 309 817 2.64 6 34.33 90.78
65 Miami (FL) 9 271 817 3.01 7 30.11 90.78
67 Georgia 10 285 868 3.05 11 28.50 86.80
68 Notre Dame 10 323 885 2.74 6 32.30 88.50
69 Pittsburgh 9 304 912 3.00 9 33.78 101.33
70 Kent State 3 137 913 6.66 12 45.67 304.33
71 Louisville 9 272 927 3.41 9 30.22 103.00
72 Ohio State 11 321 936 2.92 4 29.18 85.09
73 Auburn 9 301 940 3.12 11 33.44 104.44
74 Missouri 9 300 950 3.17 10 33.33 105.56
75 Texas 9 314 1015 3.23 10 34.89 112.78
76 Vanderbilt 9 273 1040 3.81 8 30.33 115.56
77 Texas A&M 8 240 1077 4.49 8 30.00 134.63
78 Washington 10 319 1082 3.39 7 31.90 108.20
79 Clemson 10 286 1090 3.81 10 28.60 109.00
80 Michigan 10 333 1091 3.28 11 33.30 109.10
81 Stanford 9 305 1097 3.60 13 33.89 121.89
82 SMU 10 358 1111 3.10 4 35.80 111.10
83 Oregon State 7 243 1114 4.58 10 34.71 159.14
84 Arizona State 10 340 1192 3.51 16 34.00 119.20
85 Wisconsin 10 322 1196 3.71 12 32.20 119.60
86 Wake Forest 9 320 1208 3.78 15 35.56 134.22
87 USC 9 291 1232 4.23 9 32.33 136.89
88 LSU 9 311 1238 3.98 14 34.56 137.56
89 Oregon 11 376 1241 3.30 8 34.18 112.82
90 Northwestern 9 283 1254 4.43 17 31.44 139.33
91 Kentucky 9 348 1278 3.67 18 38.67 142.00
92 Iowa 10 336 1280 3.81 10 33.60 128.00
93 Virginia 11 379 1286 3.39 14 34.45 116.91
94 Duke 10 333 1345 4.04 20 33.30 134.50
95 Illinois 10 320 1348 4.21 14 32.00 134.80
96 Ole Miss 9 301 1354 4.50 16 33.44 150.44
97 North Carolina 10 356 1363 3.83 19 35.60 136.30
98 Houston 10 350 1384 3.95 15 35.00 138.40
99 Minnesota 10 339 1395 4.12 16 33.90 139.50
100 Iowa State 10 311 1413 4.54 13 31.10 141.30
101 NC State 9 281 1415 5.04 14 31.22 157.22
102 TCU 11 387 1435 3.71 8 35.18 130.45
103 BYU 11 373 1473 3.95 11 33.91 133.91
104 UCF 10 370 1483 4.01 16 37.00 148.30
105 West Virginia 10 394 1490 3.78 14 39.40 149.00
106 Penn State 9 326 1508 4.63 15 36.22 167.56
107 Florida State 10 397 1509 3.80 12 39.70 150.90
107 Arkansas 8 326 1509 4.63 16 40.75 188.63
109 Syracuse 9 311 1521 4.89 16 34.56 169.00
110 Alabama 11 364 1526 4.19 14 33.09 138.73
111 South Carolina 10 370 1532 4.14 13 37.00 153.20
112 Arizona 10 381 1565 4.11 16 38.10 156.50
113 Virginia Tech 10 364 1590 4.37 21 36.40 159.00
114 Kansas State 10 381 1626 4.27 17 38.10 162.60
115 Michigan State 10 344 1642 4.77 20 34.40 164.20
116 Tennessee 9 372 1661 4.47 20 41.33 184.56
117 Oklahoma State 10 377 1670 4.43 18 37.70 167.00
118 Florida 10 402 1682 4.18 21 40.20 168.20
119 Purdue 9 356 1731 4.86 23 39.56 192.33
120 Georgia Tech 10 352 1735 4.93 18 35.20 173.50
121 California 10 351 1756 5.00 23 35.10 175.60
122 Maryland 9 373 1799 4.82 12 41.44 199.89
123 UCLA 10 362 1839 5.08 22 36.20 183.90
124 Nebraska 10 357 1849 5.18 25 35.70 184.90
125 Boston College 9 340 1863 5.48 21 37.78 207.00
126 Cincinnati 10 417 1917 4.60 16 41.70 191.70
127 Mississippi State 9 373 1979 5.31 17 41.44 219.89
128 Kansas 10 381 1987 5.22 18 38.10 198.70
129 Utah 10 389 2008 5.16 15 38.90 200.80
130 Rutgers 9 291 2073 7.12 21 32.33 230.33
131 Baylor 11 449 2271 5.06 30 40.82 206.45
132 Colorado 10 438 2421 5.53 25 43.80 242.10