2025 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/01/2026
| 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 | Boise State | 1 | 34 | 127 | 3.74 | 1 | 34.00 | 127.00 |
| 10 | Nevada | 1 | 36 | 135 | 3.75 | 4 | 36.00 | 135.00 |
| 11 | Buffalo | 1 | 44 | 153 | 3.48 | 0 | 44.00 | 153.00 |
| 11 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 31 | 153 | 4.94 | 3 | 31.00 | 153.00 |
| 13 | UNLV | 1 | 30 | 173 | 5.77 | 1 | 30.00 | 173.00 |
| 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 | Texas State | 1 | 42 | 245 | 5.83 | 2 | 42.00 | 245.00 |
| 27 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 46 | 252 | 5.48 | 4 | 46.00 | 252.00 |
| 28 | Tulsa | 2 | 68 | 254 | 3.74 | 1 | 34.00 | 127.00 |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 73 | 285 | 3.90 | 4 | 36.50 | 142.50 |
| 30 | Memphis | 2 | 65 | 291 | 4.48 | 5 | 32.50 | 145.50 |
| 31 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 33 | 309 | 9.36 | 4 | 33.00 | 309.00 |
| 32 | Ball State | 2 | 64 | 317 | 4.95 | 5 | 32.00 | 158.50 |
| 33 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 84 | 327 | 3.89 | 3 | 42.00 | 163.50 |
| 34 | USF | 2 | 69 | 338 | 4.90 | 4 | 34.50 | 169.00 |
| 35 | Charlotte | 2 | 75 | 340 | 4.53 | 6 | 37.50 | 170.00 |
| 36 | Western Michigan | 2 | 81 | 343 | 4.23 | 5 | 40.50 | 171.50 |
| 37 | Fresno State | 2 | 72 | 347 | 4.82 | 1 | 36.00 | 173.50 |
| 38 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 77 | 378 | 4.91 | 4 | 38.50 | 189.00 |
| 39 | Delaware | 2 | 73 | 393 | 5.38 | 5 | 36.50 | 196.50 |
| 40 | East Carolina | 3 | 110 | 397 | 3.61 | 4 | 36.67 | 132.33 |
| 41 | Missouri State | 2 | 64 | 400 | 6.25 | 9 | 32.00 | 200.00 |
| 42 | Connecticut | 3 | 111 | 404 | 3.64 | 3 | 37.00 | 134.67 |
| 43 | New Mexico | 3 | 86 | 415 | 4.83 | 4 | 28.67 | 138.33 |
| 44 | Louisiana | 1 | 62 | 427 | 6.89 | 5 | 62.00 | 427.00 |
| 45 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 82 | 428 | 5.22 | 8 | 41.00 | 214.00 |
| 46 | Colorado State | 2 | 84 | 441 | 5.25 | 4 | 42.00 | 220.50 |
| 47 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 86 | 443 | 5.15 | 4 | 43.00 | 221.50 |
| 48 | Ohio | 3 | 96 | 444 | 4.63 | 3 | 32.00 | 148.00 |
| 48 | James Madison | 3 | 93 | 444 | 4.77 | 4 | 31.00 | 148.00 |
| 50 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 81 | 452 | 5.58 | 6 | 40.50 | 226.00 |
| 51 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 74 | 458 | 6.19 | 5 | 37.00 | 229.00 |
| 52 | Massachusetts | 2 | 92 | 469 | 5.10 | 7 | 46.00 | 234.50 |
| 53 | Old Dominion | 2 | 91 | 476 | 5.23 | 3 | 45.50 | 238.00 |
| 54 | Hawaii | 3 | 104 | 504 | 4.85 | 8 | 34.67 | 168.00 |
| 54 | Wyoming | 2 | 76 | 504 | 6.63 | 4 | 38.00 | 252.00 |
| 56 | Arkansas State | 2 | 63 | 508 | 8.06 | 6 | 31.50 | 254.00 |
| 57 | Temple | 2 | 72 | 535 | 7.43 | 8 | 36.00 | 267.50 |
| 58 | Toledo | 3 | 123 | 562 | 4.57 | 7 | 41.00 | 187.33 |
| 59 | Georgia State | 2 | 81 | 581 | 7.17 | 12 | 40.50 | 290.50 |
| 60 | Central Michigan | 3 | 107 | 582 | 5.44 | 11 | 35.67 | 194.00 |
| 61 | Tulane | 4 | 127 | 607 | 4.78 | 7 | 31.75 | 151.75 |
| 62 | Washington State | 5 | 176 | 645 | 3.66 | 7 | 35.20 | 129.00 |
| 63 | Indiana | 11 | 280 | 686 | 2.45 | 3 | 25.45 | 62.36 |
| 64 | Utah State | 3 | 116 | 712 | 6.14 | 5 | 38.67 | 237.33 |
| 65 | Texas Tech | 12 | 374 | 838 | 2.24 | 7 | 31.17 | 69.83 |
| 66 | Oklahoma | 10 | 334 | 845 | 2.53 | 7 | 33.40 | 84.50 |
| 67 | Notre Dame | 10 | 323 | 885 | 2.74 | 6 | 32.30 | 88.50 |
| 68 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 304 | 912 | 3.00 | 9 | 33.78 | 101.33 |
| 69 | Kent State | 3 | 137 | 913 | 6.66 | 12 | 45.67 | 304.33 |
| 70 | Louisville | 9 | 272 | 927 | 3.41 | 9 | 30.22 | 103.00 |
| 71 | Auburn | 9 | 301 | 940 | 3.12 | 11 | 33.44 | 104.44 |
| 72 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 330 | 951 | 2.88 | 8 | 30.00 | 86.45 |
| 73 | Georgia | 11 | 312 | 979 | 3.14 | 13 | 28.36 | 89.00 |
| 74 | Missouri | 10 | 341 | 1060 | 3.11 | 11 | 34.10 | 106.00 |
| 75 | Washington | 10 | 319 | 1082 | 3.39 | 7 | 31.90 | 108.20 |
| 76 | Ohio State | 12 | 358 | 1089 | 3.04 | 5 | 29.83 | 90.75 |
| 77 | Stanford | 9 | 305 | 1097 | 3.60 | 13 | 33.89 | 121.89 |
| 78 | SMU | 10 | 358 | 1111 | 3.10 | 4 | 35.80 | 111.10 |
| 79 | Oregon State | 7 | 243 | 1114 | 4.58 | 10 | 34.71 | 159.14 |
| 80 | Texas | 10 | 352 | 1189 | 3.38 | 11 | 35.20 | 118.90 |
| 81 | Wisconsin | 10 | 322 | 1196 | 3.71 | 12 | 32.20 | 119.60 |
| 82 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 310 | 1207 | 3.89 | 10 | 31.00 | 120.70 |
| 83 | Wake Forest | 9 | 320 | 1208 | 3.78 | 15 | 35.56 | 134.22 |
| 84 | Clemson | 11 | 327 | 1227 | 3.75 | 10 | 29.73 | 111.55 |
| 85 | Texas A&M | 9 | 268 | 1252 | 4.67 | 8 | 29.78 | 139.11 |
| 86 | Northwestern | 9 | 283 | 1254 | 4.43 | 17 | 31.44 | 139.33 |
| 87 | Kentucky | 9 | 348 | 1278 | 3.67 | 18 | 38.67 | 142.00 |
| 88 | Oregon | 12 | 406 | 1319 | 3.25 | 8 | 33.83 | 109.92 |
| 89 | Michigan | 11 | 366 | 1326 | 3.62 | 14 | 33.27 | 120.55 |
| 90 | Iowa | 11 | 358 | 1331 | 3.72 | 11 | 32.55 | 121.00 |
| 91 | USC | 10 | 322 | 1349 | 4.19 | 12 | 32.20 | 134.90 |
| 92 | North Carolina | 10 | 356 | 1363 | 3.83 | 19 | 35.60 | 136.30 |
| 93 | Minnesota | 10 | 339 | 1395 | 4.12 | 16 | 33.90 | 139.50 |
| 94 | Arizona State | 11 | 376 | 1404 | 3.73 | 18 | 34.18 | 127.64 |
| 95 | Iowa State | 10 | 311 | 1413 | 4.54 | 13 | 31.10 | 141.30 |
| 96 | NC State | 9 | 281 | 1415 | 5.04 | 14 | 31.22 | 157.22 |
| 97 | Virginia | 12 | 411 | 1445 | 3.52 | 15 | 34.25 | 120.42 |
| 97 | LSU | 10 | 356 | 1445 | 4.06 | 15 | 35.60 | 144.50 |
| 99 | Houston | 11 | 374 | 1461 | 3.91 | 16 | 34.00 | 132.82 |
| 100 | Ole Miss | 10 | 338 | 1478 | 4.37 | 18 | 33.80 | 147.80 |
| 101 | UCF | 10 | 370 | 1483 | 4.01 | 16 | 37.00 | 148.30 |
| 102 | West Virginia | 10 | 394 | 1490 | 3.78 | 14 | 39.40 | 149.00 |
| 103 | Illinois | 11 | 357 | 1505 | 4.22 | 17 | 32.45 | 136.82 |
| 104 | Florida State | 10 | 397 | 1509 | 3.80 | 12 | 39.70 | 150.90 |
| 104 | Arkansas | 8 | 326 | 1509 | 4.63 | 16 | 40.75 | 188.63 |
| 106 | Syracuse | 9 | 311 | 1521 | 4.89 | 16 | 34.56 | 169.00 |
| 107 | South Carolina | 10 | 370 | 1532 | 4.14 | 13 | 37.00 | 153.20 |
| 108 | TCU | 12 | 420 | 1547 | 3.68 | 9 | 35.00 | 128.92 |
| 109 | Penn State | 10 | 351 | 1551 | 4.42 | 16 | 35.10 | 155.10 |
| 110 | Arizona | 10 | 381 | 1565 | 4.11 | 16 | 38.10 | 156.50 |
| 111 | Duke | 11 | 370 | 1589 | 4.29 | 22 | 33.64 | 144.45 |
| 112 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 364 | 1590 | 4.37 | 21 | 36.40 | 159.00 |
| 113 | BYU | 12 | 401 | 1604 | 4.00 | 12 | 33.42 | 133.67 |
| 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 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 377 | 1670 | 4.43 | 18 | 37.70 | 167.00 |
| 117 | Florida | 10 | 402 | 1682 | 4.18 | 21 | 40.20 | 168.20 |
| 118 | Purdue | 9 | 356 | 1731 | 4.86 | 23 | 39.56 | 192.33 |
| 119 | California | 10 | 351 | 1756 | 5.00 | 23 | 35.10 | 175.60 |
| 120 | Alabama | 13 | 447 | 1796 | 4.02 | 17 | 34.38 | 138.15 |
| 121 | Maryland | 9 | 373 | 1799 | 4.82 | 12 | 41.44 | 199.89 |
| 122 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 376 | 1835 | 4.88 | 20 | 34.18 | 166.82 |
| 123 | UCLA | 10 | 362 | 1839 | 5.08 | 22 | 36.20 | 183.90 |
| 124 | Boston College | 9 | 340 | 1863 | 5.48 | 21 | 37.78 | 207.00 |
| 125 | Tennessee | 10 | 411 | 1882 | 4.58 | 21 | 41.10 | 188.20 |
| 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 | Rutgers | 9 | 291 | 2073 | 7.12 | 21 | 32.33 | 230.33 |
| 130 | Nebraska | 11 | 402 | 2074 | 5.16 | 29 | 36.55 | 188.55 |
| 131 | Utah | 11 | 426 | 2169 | 5.09 | 17 | 38.73 | 197.18 |
| 132 | Baylor | 11 | 449 | 2271 | 5.06 | 30 | 40.82 | 206.45 |
| 133 | Colorado | 10 | 438 | 2421 | 5.53 | 25 | 43.80 | 242.10 |