2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 10/23/2026
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 6 | -33 | -5.50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 3 | 4 | -24 | -6.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Duke | 3 | 6 | -22 | -3.67 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 6 | -22 | -3.67 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 5 | 9 | -17 | -1.89 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 5 | -16 | -3.20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington | 5 | 6 | -14 | -2.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 6 | 10 | -14 | -1.40 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 1 | 2 | -13 | -6.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 7 | -13 | -1.86 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 3 | 4 | -12 | -3.00 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 4 | 4 | -11 | -2.75 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 5 | 5 | -11 | -2.20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 6 | -11 | -1.83 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 8 | -11 | -1.38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Navy | 5 | 9 | -10 | -1.11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 3 | 4 | -9 | -2.25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | FIU | 6 | 9 | -9 | -1.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 4 | -8 | -2.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Delaware | 3 | 6 | -7 | -1.17 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 7 | -7 | -1.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 1 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 2 | 4 | -5 | -1.25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 5 | 7 | -5 | -0.71 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 2 | 4 | -4 | -1.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 5 | 7 | -4 | -0.57 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 5 | 7 | -4 | -0.57 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 6 | -3 | -0.50 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 3 | 7 | -3 | -0.43 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston | 5 | 5 | -2 | -0.40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | North Dakota State | 5 | 7 | -1 | -0.14 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Rice | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | UCF | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Troy | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1.60 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1.60 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Hawaii | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1.33 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas | 2 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 3 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 3 | 7 | 15 | 2.14 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 2 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Colorado | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 4 | 8 | 16 | 2.00 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 6 | 16 | 2.67 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | NC State | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1.89 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 4 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana | 3 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 3 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 5 | 9 | 21 | 2.33 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Auburn | 3 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Ole Miss | 4 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 8 | 23 | 2.88 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 2 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Sacramento State | 4 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 2 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Stanford | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 3 | 6 | 27 | 4.50 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah | 5 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 3 | 4 | 29 | 7.25 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 7 | 30 | 4.29 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 3 | 5 | 30 | 6.00 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 5 | 7 | 32 | 4.57 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Temple | 3 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 34 | 34.00 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Tulane | 5 | 10 | 35 | 3.50 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (FL) | 5 | 8 | 35 | 4.38 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 8 | 35 | 4.38 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 2 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Missouri State | 6 | 9 | 38 | 4.22 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 3 | 7 | 39 | 5.57 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Purdue | 3 | 5 | 40 | 8.00 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 3 | 5 | 44 | 8.80 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Washington State | 7 | 12 | 47 | 3.92 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 8 | 48 | 6.00 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 7 | 49 | 7.00 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 4 | 9 | 55 | 6.11 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 6 | 8 | 56 | 7.00 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 6 | 11 | 72 | 6.55 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 6 | 13 | 76 | 5.85 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 10 | 96 | 9.60 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 118 | South Carolina | 5 | 8 | -7 | -0.88 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Wyoming | 5 | 11 | -1 | -0.09 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Florida | 3 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 118 | Oregon | 5 | 6 | 20 | 3.33 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 118 | Boise State | 4 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 118 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Penn State | 4 | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 118 | TCU | 4 | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Cincinnati | 3 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 118 | Ball State | 5 | 8 | 29 | 3.63 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 118 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 7 | 34 | 4.86 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 118 | Indiana | 4 | 8 | 41 | 5.13 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 118 | Air Force | 5 | 10 | 45 | 4.50 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 118 | USF | 5 | 9 | 52 | 5.78 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 118 | Akron | 5 | 8 | 60 | 7.50 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 118 | Buffalo | 5 | 7 | 62 | 8.86 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 118 | Tulsa | 6 | 9 | 64 | 7.11 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 118 | California | 5 | 10 | 85 | 8.50 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 118 | UTSA | 4 | 9 | 85 | 9.44 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 137 | Tennessee | 5 | 6 | 16 | 2.67 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 137 | UAB | 5 | 11 | 67 | 6.09 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||