2026 National Leaders Rushing - From Opponent's 39 to 21 Yard Line through 08/29/2026
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaylin Carter | Memphis | SO | RB | 1 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Beau Pribula | Virginia | SR | QB | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Myles Mitchell | ND St | FR | RB | 1 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Luke Weaver | SJSU | SR | QB | 1 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Ashton Daniels | FSU | SR | QB | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | James Jones | NMSU | SR | RB | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Sedrick Irvin | Stanford | SR | RB | 1 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | King Miller | USC | SO | RB | 1 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Jai'Den Thomas | UNLV | SR | RB | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jeremy Payne | TCU | JR | RB | 1 | 7 | 26 | 3.71 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Nyeoti Punni | ND St | SR | RB | 1 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Noah Vaughn | Virginia | SR | RB | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jalen Likely | J'ville St | JR | RB | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Micah Ford | Stanford | JR | RB | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Preston Brown | ND St | SO | QB | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Xay Davis | Virginia | SO | RB | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DJ Scott | ND St | JR | RB | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Billy Edwards Jr. | N Carolina | SR | QB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Jabari Bates | SJSU | SR | RB | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Caden Creel | J'ville St | SR | QB | 1 | 4 | -3 | -0.75 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Jackson Arnold | UNLV | SR | QB | 1 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Nathan Hayes | ND St | SR | QB | 1 | 3 | -9 | -3.00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | |||||||||||||
Note: To qualify, player must have and have a minimum of 2.0 rushing attempts from opponent's 39 to 21 yard line.