2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 4-6 Yards To Go through 10/23/2026
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dominion | 7 | 10 | -41 | -4.10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 5 | 8 | -21 | -2.63 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 5 | 5 | -16 | -3.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Delaware | 3 | 4 | -10 | -2.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 3 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 6 | -3 | -0.50 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 4 | -1 | -0.25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Navy | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | USC | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Baylor | 5 | 7 | -11 | -1.57 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | North Dakota State | 6 | 14 | -9 | -0.64 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Penn State | 5 | 5 | -7 | -1.40 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Northwestern | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Boise State | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Miami (FL) | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | SMU | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | BYU | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Louisville | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Kansas | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1.50 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Western Michigan | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Houston | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Sacramento State | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Louisiana | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Florida State | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Utah | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Colorado State | 3 | 6 | 15 | 2.50 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | North Texas | 2 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Auburn | 5 | 7 | 17 | 2.43 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Washington State | 4 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | James Madison | 2 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Wyoming | 5 | 10 | 27 | 2.70 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Oregon State | 3 | 4 | 46 | 11.50 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Indiana | 7 | 8 | 49 | 6.13 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Liberty | 5 | 8 | 81 | 10.13 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Fresno State | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Wake Forest | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Georgia | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0.60 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Colorado | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Marshall | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0.90 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | TCU | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1.50 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Texas | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1.50 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Kent State | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Washington | 6 | 11 | 14 | 1.27 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Oregon | 6 | 13 | 15 | 1.15 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Maryland | 4 | 8 | 16 | 2.00 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | West Virginia | 3 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | North Carolina | 5 | 10 | 17 | 1.70 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Cincinnati | 4 | 6 | 18 | 3.00 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3.00 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Rutgers | 4 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Texas A&M | 4 | 9 | 21 | 2.33 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Georgia State | 4 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Missouri State | 3 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Kansas State | 6 | 10 | 26 | 2.60 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Mississippi State | 4 | 9 | 28 | 3.11 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Tulsa | 4 | 7 | 28 | 4.00 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Illinois | 2 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Memphis | 6 | 9 | 29 | 3.22 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Bowling Green | 4 | 7 | 29 | 4.14 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Missouri | 4 | 7 | 29 | 4.14 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | UCLA | 1 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Appalachian State | 6 | 8 | 30 | 3.75 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 10 | 33 | 3.30 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 11 | 39 | 3.55 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | South Alabama | 3 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Kennesaw State | 6 | 9 | 40 | 4.44 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Buffalo | 5 | 5 | 44 | 8.80 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 5 | 50 | 10.00 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 10 | 80 | 8.00 | 1 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | LSU | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | New Mexico State | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0.67 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1.00 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | UTEP | 6 | 11 | 11 | 1.00 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Clemson | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1.50 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Troy | 4 | 8 | 16 | 2.00 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Ole Miss | 4 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | FIU | 5 | 8 | 19 | 2.38 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 75 | Michigan | 3 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Connecticut | 6 | 8 | 20 | 2.50 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 8 | 21 | 2.63 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Air Force | 5 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | UCF | 6 | 8 | 22 | 2.75 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Rice | 3 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | South Carolina | 3 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Florida | 4 | 7 | 25 | 3.57 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Nevada | 4 | 9 | 26 | 2.89 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Kentucky | 5 | 7 | 27 | 3.86 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Ohio | 6 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Duke | 7 | 12 | 33 | 2.75 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Ball State | 4 | 5 | 33 | 6.60 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Southern Miss | 5 | 13 | 34 | 2.62 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 9 | 34 | 3.78 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Utah State | 5 | 9 | 35 | 3.89 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 75 | Arkansas | 3 | 7 | 39 | 5.57 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Oklahoma | 4 | 11 | 41 | 3.73 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Akron | 3 | 5 | 41 | 8.20 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Arizona State | 3 | 8 | 50 | 6.25 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 106 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 106 | San Jose State | 5 | 12 | 9 | 0.75 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 106 | UNLV | 6 | 13 | 11 | 0.85 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Minnesota | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1.63 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Ohio State | 6 | 7 | 17 | 2.43 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | NC State | 7 | 11 | 26 | 2.36 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 106 | Toledo | 5 | 10 | 35 | 3.50 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 106 | Purdue | 5 | 7 | 37 | 5.29 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Central Michigan | 4 | 8 | 41 | 5.13 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 106 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 9 | 53 | 5.89 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 106 | New Mexico | 6 | 8 | 100 | 12.50 | 1 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | Notre Dame | 7 | 15 | 10 | 0.67 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | UTSA | 6 | 16 | 30 | 1.88 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | Army | 6 | 10 | 35 | 3.50 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 117 | UAB | 6 | 10 | 38 | 3.80 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 117 | Arizona | 3 | 9 | 38 | 4.22 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 117 | Virginia | 7 | 16 | 43 | 2.69 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 117 | Michigan State | 4 | 8 | 48 | 6.00 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 117 | Arkansas State | 7 | 15 | 49 | 3.27 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 117 | Sam Houston State | 5 | 12 | 50 | 4.17 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 117 | USF | 4 | 11 | 50 | 4.55 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 117 | Stanford | 3 | 9 | 55 | 6.11 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 117 | Texas Tech | 5 | 8 | 55 | 6.88 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 117 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 6 | 56 | 9.33 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | Tennessee | 5 | 9 | 68 | 7.56 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 117 | Charlotte | 6 | 10 | 74 | 7.40 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 132 | California | 4 | 9 | 32 | 3.56 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 132 | Temple | 6 | 12 | 39 | 3.25 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 132 | Tulane | 6 | 14 | 49 | 3.50 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 135 | San Diego State | 5 | 10 | 62 | 6.20 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 135 | Boston College | 5 | 11 | 71 | 6.45 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 135 | East Carolina | 6 | 14 | 84 | 6.00 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 135 | Hawaii | 6 | 11 | 87 | 7.91 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||