2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - In The 4th Quarter through 10/29/2026
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boise State | 7 | 46 | 59 | 1.28 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 7 | 43 | 69 | 1.60 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Utah | 7 | 39 | 77 | 1.97 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Duke | 7 | 57 | 95 | 1.67 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Indiana | 8 | 64 | 110 | 1.72 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Iowa | 7 | 55 | 117 | 2.13 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | SMU | 7 | 44 | 133 | 3.02 | 2 | 53 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | Utah State | 7 | 53 | 137 | 2.58 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 40 | 138 | 3.45 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | Kent State | 8 | 75 | 150 | 2.00 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | Liberty | 7 | 49 | 152 | 3.10 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | UCF | 7 | 65 | 156 | 2.40 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | Baylor | 7 | 60 | 159 | 2.65 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | BYU | 7 | 54 | 161 | 2.98 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | Ohio State | 7 | 50 | 163 | 3.26 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 62 | 165 | 2.66 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| 16 | Houston | 8 | 59 | 165 | 2.80 | 4 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 57 | 167 | 2.93 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 19 | Texas | 7 | 66 | 169 | 2.56 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | UCLA | 7 | 55 | 169 | 3.07 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Illinois | 7 | 62 | 170 | 2.74 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | Oregon | 7 | 60 | 170 | 2.83 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | TCU | 7 | 64 | 174 | 2.72 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 24 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 55 | 176 | 3.20 | 2 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | Georgia | 7 | 60 | 178 | 2.97 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 76 | 179 | 2.36 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 1 |
| 26 | Wake Forest | 7 | 65 | 179 | 2.75 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 63 | 179 | 2.84 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Washington | 7 | 63 | 180 | 2.86 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | Texas Tech | 7 | 47 | 183 | 3.89 | 1 | 58 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 31 | Arizona State | 7 | 60 | 185 | 3.08 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| 32 | Virginia | 8 | 75 | 187 | 2.49 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | Air Force | 7 | 44 | 187 | 4.25 | 3 | 57 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 34 | Missouri | 7 | 60 | 192 | 3.20 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| 35 | Clemson | 7 | 64 | 196 | 3.06 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| 36 | James Madison | 9 | 69 | 197 | 2.86 | 1 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 36 | Michigan | 7 | 66 | 197 | 2.98 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| 38 | Alabama | 8 | 61 | 198 | 3.25 | 3 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 39 | Cincinnati | 7 | 66 | 202 | 3.06 | 3 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 40 | Minnesota | 7 | 68 | 204 | 3.00 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 1 |
| 41 | Florida | 7 | 55 | 207 | 3.76 | 3 | 80 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| 42 | FIU | 7 | 62 | 210 | 3.39 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 1 |
| 43 | Memphis | 8 | 70 | 213 | 3.04 | 3 | 48 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
| 43 | Mississippi State | 7 | 63 | 213 | 3.38 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 45 | South Carolina | 7 | 67 | 215 | 3.21 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 46 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 46 | 224 | 4.87 | 3 | 76 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 47 | East Carolina | 7 | 76 | 226 | 2.97 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 1 |
| 48 | Syracuse | 7 | 62 | 228 | 3.68 | 4 | 71 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| 49 | Wisconsin | 7 | 67 | 229 | 3.42 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 1 |
| 49 | Connecticut | 7 | 62 | 229 | 3.69 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| 51 | Troy | 8 | 72 | 230 | 3.19 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 1 |
| 52 | LSU | 8 | 62 | 232 | 3.74 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 1 |
| 53 | Navy | 7 | 71 | 240 | 3.38 | 3 | 59 | 12 | 7 | 4 |
| 53 | West Virginia | 8 | 63 | 240 | 3.81 | 4 | 63 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| 55 | Texas State | 7 | 62 | 241 | 3.89 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| 56 | New Mexico | 7 | 56 | 251 | 4.48 | 2 | 86 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| 57 | Kansas State | 7 | 71 | 252 | 3.55 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 1 |
| 57 | Oklahoma | 7 | 61 | 252 | 4.13 | 2 | 54 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| 59 | USF | 7 | 69 | 253 | 3.67 | 3 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| 60 | Nebraska | 7 | 62 | 254 | 4.10 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 2 |
| 60 | Northwestern | 7 | 56 | 254 | 4.54 | 3 | 70 | 13 | 6 | 2 |
| 60 | South Alabama | 7 | 50 | 254 | 5.08 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 3 |
| 63 | Arizona | 7 | 70 | 261 | 3.73 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 2 |
| 64 | North Carolina | 7 | 67 | 262 | 3.91 | 4 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 2 |
| 64 | Boston College | 7 | 53 | 262 | 4.94 | 3 | 76 | 14 | 10 | 2 |
| 66 | USC | 8 | 70 | 267 | 3.81 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 3 |
| 67 | New Mexico State | 8 | 84 | 269 | 3.20 | 3 | 52 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 67 | Louisiana | 8 | 62 | 269 | 4.34 | 6 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 69 | Army | 7 | 51 | 271 | 5.31 | 1 | 47 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 70 | North Dakota State | 8 | 74 | 272 | 3.68 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 0 |
| 71 | UNLV | 7 | 70 | 275 | 3.93 | 5 | 50 | 14 | 6 | 3 |
| 72 | Arkansas | 7 | 59 | 277 | 4.69 | 4 | 59 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 73 | Toledo | 8 | 73 | 279 | 3.82 | 2 | 87 | 11 | 10 | 2 |
| 73 | Georgia State | 7 | 64 | 279 | 4.36 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 2 |
| 75 | Kentucky | 8 | 58 | 280 | 4.83 | 2 | 74 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 76 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 73 | 285 | 3.90 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 2 |
| 77 | Auburn | 7 | 67 | 290 | 4.33 | 3 | 53 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| 78 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 88 | 292 | 3.32 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 1 |
| 79 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 70 | 294 | 4.20 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 3 |
| 79 | Oregon State | 7 | 63 | 294 | 4.67 | 3 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 4 |
| 81 | Sacramento State | 8 | 83 | 297 | 3.58 | 3 | 50 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| 82 | UAB | 7 | 77 | 302 | 3.92 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 1 |
| 83 | Colorado State | 7 | 69 | 303 | 4.39 | 3 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
| 84 | Louisville | 7 | 85 | 305 | 3.59 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 84 | Temple | 7 | 76 | 305 | 4.01 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 0 |
| 84 | Massachusetts | 8 | 73 | 305 | 4.18 | 3 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 2 |
| 87 | Wyoming | 8 | 81 | 306 | 3.78 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 2 |
| 87 | Fresno State | 7 | 66 | 306 | 4.64 | 2 | 67 | 17 | 7 | 3 |
| 89 | Iowa State | 7 | 74 | 311 | 4.20 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 3 |
| 90 | NC State | 7 | 59 | 321 | 5.44 | 3 | 70 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| 91 | Ohio | 8 | 74 | 322 | 4.35 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 4 |
| 91 | Delaware | 8 | 73 | 322 | 4.41 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 2 |
| 93 | Rutgers | 7 | 69 | 325 | 4.71 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 12 | 3 |
| 94 | UTEP | 7 | 68 | 329 | 4.84 | 4 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 3 |
| 95 | Appalachian State | 7 | 79 | 331 | 4.19 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 3 |
| 96 | Central Michigan | 8 | 73 | 335 | 4.59 | 3 | 35 | 23 | 11 | 3 |
| 97 | Tulsa | 8 | 101 | 337 | 3.34 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 12 | 0 |
| 97 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 82 | 337 | 4.11 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 |
| 99 | Michigan State | 8 | 76 | 338 | 4.45 | 4 | 71 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 100 | Texas A&M | 8 | 86 | 341 | 3.97 | 1 | 54 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
| 100 | Nevada | 7 | 81 | 341 | 4.21 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 2 |
| 102 | San Jose State | 8 | 81 | 347 | 4.28 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 1 |
| 103 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 68 | 348 | 5.12 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 4 |
| 104 | Western Michigan | 8 | 87 | 351 | 4.03 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 0 |
| 105 | Buffalo | 8 | 84 | 352 | 4.19 | 3 | 59 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 106 | Old Dominion | 8 | 99 | 357 | 3.61 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 3 |
| 106 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 87 | 357 | 4.10 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 2 |
| 106 | Penn State | 7 | 71 | 357 | 5.03 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 14 | 2 |
| 109 | Kennesaw State | 8 | 78 | 358 | 4.59 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 2 |
| 110 | Ole Miss | 7 | 76 | 366 | 4.82 | 5 | 47 | 18 | 10 | 5 |
| 111 | Tennessee | 8 | 67 | 369 | 5.51 | 4 | 57 | 18 | 15 | 7 |
| 112 | Maryland | 7 | 76 | 370 | 4.87 | 5 | 63 | 19 | 9 | 2 |
| 113 | Purdue | 7 | 54 | 375 | 6.94 | 3 | 53 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| 114 | North Texas | 8 | 79 | 376 | 4.76 | 5 | 57 | 20 | 12 | 3 |
| 115 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 84 | 383 | 4.56 | 4 | 69 | 16 | 7 | 3 |
| 116 | Colorado | 7 | 78 | 387 | 4.96 | 2 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 2 |
| 117 | Charlotte | 7 | 77 | 389 | 5.05 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 16 | 1 |
| 118 | Ball State | 8 | 76 | 390 | 5.13 | 5 | 68 | 17 | 7 | 3 |
| 119 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 82 | 399 | 4.87 | 5 | 47 | 20 | 11 | 4 |
| 120 | Kansas | 7 | 85 | 404 | 4.75 | 2 | 90 | 14 | 6 | 3 |
| 120 | Stanford | 8 | 81 | 404 | 4.99 | 8 | 53 | 24 | 13 | 4 |
| 122 | San Diego State | 8 | 103 | 406 | 3.94 | 8 | 36 | 21 | 6 | 2 |
| 122 | Marshall | 7 | 75 | 406 | 5.41 | 3 | 59 | 20 | 12 | 4 |
| 124 | UTSA | 8 | 73 | 413 | 5.66 | 6 | 81 | 15 | 9 | 3 |
| 125 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 90 | 427 | 4.74 | 2 | 59 | 24 | 8 | 5 |
| 125 | Southern Miss | 7 | 90 | 427 | 4.74 | 5 | 74 | 23 | 8 | 2 |
| 127 | Akron | 8 | 79 | 433 | 5.48 | 5 | 71 | 14 | 7 | 5 |
| 128 | Arkansas State | 8 | 89 | 437 | 4.91 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 4 |
| 129 | Washington State | 8 | 93 | 448 | 4.82 | 7 | 72 | 20 | 12 | 4 |
| 130 | Hawaii | 8 | 77 | 451 | 5.86 | 7 | 50 | 23 | 14 | 4 |
| 131 | Missouri State | 8 | 80 | 459 | 5.74 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 16 | 3 |
| 132 | Florida State | 7 | 84 | 461 | 5.49 | 4 | 68 | 23 | 17 | 5 |
| 133 | Bowling Green | 8 | 81 | 489 | 6.04 | 5 | 83 | 21 | 13 | 5 |
| 134 | Tulane | 7 | 93 | 493 | 5.30 | 4 | 58 | 28 | 17 | 3 |
| 135 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 89 | 495 | 5.56 | 4 | 57 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| 136 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 86 | 508 | 5.91 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 5 |
| 137 | Rice | 8 | 105 | 537 | 5.11 | 7 | 52 | 27 | 16 | 5 |
| 138 | California | 8 | 93 | 572 | 6.15 | 8 | 75 | 26 | 14 | 6 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||