2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 1-3 Yards To Go through 09/18/2026

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Washington 1 2 -10 -5.00 0 -1 0 0 0
2 Oklahoma 2 3 -8 -2.67 0 8 1 0 0
2 TCU 2 5 -8 -1.60 0 9 1 0 0
4 SMU 2 4 -5 -1.25 0 1 0 0 0
5 Tennessee 2 3 -4 -1.33 0 0 0 0 0
6 FIU 1 1 -3 -3.00 0 -3 0 0 0
7 Alabama 2 2 -2 -1.00 0 0 0 0 0
7 Auburn 2 5 -2 -0.40 0 2 2 0 0
9 LSU 1 1 -1 -1.00 0 -1 0 0 0
9 Houston 3 6 -1 -0.17 2 5 1 0 0
11 Air Force 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
11 Vanderbilt 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
11 New Mexico 2 2 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0
11 Sam Houston State 2 3 0 0.00 1 4 1 0 0
11 Indiana 2 4 0 0.00 0 2 1 0 0
16 USC 3 4 1 0.25 0 2 1 0 0
16 New Mexico State 2 2 1 0.50 1 2 0 0 0
16 Colorado State 1 1 1 1.00 0 1 0 0 0
16 Purdue 1 1 1 1.00 1 1 0 0 0
20 Clemson 2 6 2 0.33 0 5 5 0 0
20 Mississippi State 2 5 2 0.40 0 2 1 0 0
20 Fresno State 2 3 2 0.67 0 2 1 0 0
20 Arizona 2 2 2 1.00 0 1 1 0 0
20 Kent State 1 1 2 2.00 0 2 1 0 0
25 Louisiana Tech 2 8 3 0.38 0 6 5 0 0
25 Connecticut 2 5 3 0.60 0 3 2 0 0
25 Maryland 2 4 3 0.75 0 2 2 0 0
25 Notre Dame 2 3 3 1.00 0 2 1 0 0
25 East Carolina 2 3 3 1.00 1 3 1 0 0
30 San Diego State 1 2 4 2.00 0 2 1 0 0
31 Texas Tech 3 8 5 0.63 0 6 4 0 0
31 UCF 2 5 5 1.00 0 4 2 0 0
31 South Carolina 2 5 5 1.00 0 4 2 0 0
31 Northern Illinois 2 4 5 1.25 0 2 3 0 0
31 Miami (FL) 3 4 5 1.25 0 3 3 0 0
31 Iowa 2 4 5 1.25 0 4 2 0 0
31 Missouri 2 3 5 1.67 0 3 1 0 0
31 Georgia Southern 2 2 5 2.50 0 3 1 0 0
39 Wisconsin 2 6 6 1.00 0 2 4 0 0
39 Penn State 2 5 6 1.20 1 3 1 0 0
39 Duke 2 4 6 1.50 0 4 2 0 0
39 Kansas 1 2 6 3.00 0 4 1 0 0
39 Appalachian State 1 2 6 3.00 0 4 2 0 0
44 USF 2 6 7 1.17 0 4 3 0 0
44 Toledo 2 5 7 1.40 0 6 1 0 0
44 Troy 2 4 7 1.75 0 5 3 0 0
44 Kansas State 2 3 7 2.33 0 4 2 0 0
44 Rutgers 2 3 7 2.33 0 4 2 0 0
44 Wyoming 1 2 7 3.50 0 6 2 0 0
50 NC State 2 8 8 1.00 1 5 3 0 0
50 Michigan 2 7 8 1.14 0 7 5 0 0
50 Massachusetts 2 4 8 2.00 0 5 1 0 0
50 BYU 2 4 8 2.00 0 6 2 0 0
50 Stanford 2 3 8 2.67 1 3 3 0 0
50 Boise State 1 2 8 4.00 0 8 1 0 0
56 Illinois 2 8 9 1.13 0 4 3 0 0
56 Army 2 6 9 1.50 0 4 3 0 0
56 Akron 2 5 9 1.80 0 5 3 0 0
56 West Virginia 2 5 9 1.80 0 13 3 1 0
56 Utah 2 3 9 3.00 0 4 3 0 0
56 Texas A&M 2 3 9 3.00 0 6 1 0 0
56 Liberty 1 2 9 4.50 0 6 2 0 0
56 Marshall 1 2 9 4.50 0 6 2 0 0
64 Northwestern 1 6 10 1.67 0 3 3 0 0
64 Texas 2 6 10 1.67 0 6 3 0 0
64 Sacramento State 2 6 10 1.67 2 7 3 0 0
64 UCLA 2 4 10 2.50 0 5 3 0 0
64 Bowling Green 2 4 10 2.50 0 6 2 0 0
69 Colorado 1 2 11 5.50 0 11 1 1 0
70 Kennesaw State 1 3 12 4.00 0 10 2 1 0
70 Florida State 2 2 12 6.00 0 6 2 0 0
72 Georgia 2 5 13 2.60 0 6 3 0 0
72 Temple 2 5 13 2.60 0 9 2 0 0
72 Delaware 2 5 13 2.60 1 7 2 0 0
72 Arizona State 2 4 13 3.25 0 4 3 0 0
72 Washington State 2 4 13 3.25 0 4 3 0 0
77 Louisville 2 7 14 2.00 1 5 4 0 0
77 North Texas 2 6 14 2.33 0 7 3 0 0
77 Virginia 2 5 14 2.80 0 5 4 0 0
77 Nevada 2 5 14 2.80 0 10 2 1 0
81 Baylor 2 5 15 3.00 1 11 3 1 0
81 Georgia State 2 2 15 7.50 0 8 2 0 0
81 Arkansas 1 2 15 7.50 0 10 2 1 0
84 UAB 2 8 16 2.00 0 7 2 0 0
84 Southern Miss 2 5 16 3.20 0 8 4 0 0
86 Nebraska 2 5 18 3.60 1 11 4 1 0
86 Oklahoma State 1 2 18 9.00 0 12 2 1 0
88 Coastal Carolina 2 8 19 2.38 0 8 6 0 0
88 Minnesota 2 6 19 3.17 0 8 4 0 0
90 Oregon 2 6 23 3.83 0 9 4 0 0
90 Michigan State 2 6 23 3.83 0 10 4 1 0
90 Miami (OH) 2 6 23 3.83 0 14 3 1 0
93 Florida 2 6 24 4.00 0 11 3 1 0
94 Tulsa 2 9 25 2.78 0 12 5 1 0
94 Western Michigan 2 9 25 2.78 1 10 6 1 0
96 Oregon State 2 7 27 3.86 1 7 5 0 0
96 California 2 6 27 4.50 1 10 6 1 0
98 Rice 2 8 28 3.50 0 6 6 0 0
98 Central Michigan 2 8 28 3.50 2 7 5 0 0
100 Iowa State 2 8 29 3.63 1 10 4 1 0
100 Middle Tennessee State 2 6 29 4.83 1 11 4 1 0
100 Memphis 3 5 29 5.80 1 18 5 1 0
103 North Dakota State 3 9 30 3.33 1 8 6 0 0
103 Buffalo 2 7 30 4.29 0 16 4 1 0
103 Pittsburgh 2 5 30 6.00 1 20 2 1 1
106 Jacksonville State 3 12 31 2.58 1 13 8 1 0
106 North Carolina 2 10 31 3.10 0 7 9 0 0
106 Louisiana 2 8 31 3.88 0 13 5 2 0
106 Boston College 2 7 31 4.43 0 19 3 1 0
106 Missouri State 2 6 31 5.17 0 15 3 1 0
111 UTSA 2 10 33 3.30 0 9 5 0 0
111 UNLV 3 7 33 4.71 1 11 4 2 0
113 Charlotte 2 8 35 4.38 1 9 6 0 0
113 Navy 1 7 35 5.00 0 7 7 0 0
115 UTEP 2 9 37 4.11 1 24 4 1 1
115 Texas State 2 7 37 5.29 1 13 5 2 0
117 Western Kentucky 2 6 38 6.33 1 12 5 1 0
118 San Jose State 3 9 39 4.33 1 15 7 1 0
119 Ohio 2 11 40 3.64 3 11 8 1 0
119 Kentucky 2 10 40 4.00 0 16 7 2 0
121 Ole Miss 2 7 41 5.86 0 16 5 2 0
121 Ohio State 1 7 41 5.86 1 10 6 1 0
121 Arkansas State 2 5 41 8.20 0 36 3 1 1
124 Tulane 2 6 42 7.00 0 27 5 1 1
125 James Madison 2 8 43 5.38 0 11 6 2 0
125 Utah State 2 6 43 7.17 0 30 4 1 1
127 Syracuse 3 8 46 5.75 0 23 7 1 1
128 Old Dominion 2 7 48 6.86 0 35 3 1 1
129 South Alabama 2 3 51 17.00 0 54 1 1 1
130 Louisiana-Monroe 1 7 53 7.57 1 27 7 1 1
131 Hawaii 3 11 56 5.09 1 17 7 2 0
132 Wake Forest 3 14 60 4.29 0 25 10 2 1
133 Georgia Tech 2 9 64 7.11 1 29 7 2 1
134 Eastern Michigan 3 9 75 8.33 0 37 7 3 1
135 Virginia Tech 1 3 78 26.00 1 76 2 1 1
136 Ball State 2 5 83 16.60 1 66 4 1 1
137 Florida Atlantic 2 3 90 30.00 0 61 3 2 2
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards