2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 09/11/2026
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas | 1 | 1 | -13 | -13.00 | 0 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston | 1 | 1 | -11 | -11.00 | 0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Memphis | 1 | 1 | -11 | -11.00 | 0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Delaware | 1 | 1 | -8 | -8.00 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ball State | 1 | 1 | -7 | -7.00 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Boise State | 1 | 1 | -7 | -7.00 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | -7 | -7.00 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Arizona State | 1 | 1 | -6 | -6.00 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | -6 | -6.00 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 2 | -16 | -8.00 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Tulsa | 1 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Purdue | 1 | 1 | -4 | -4.00 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Syracuse | 1 | 1 | -4 | -4.00 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Washington | 1 | 1 | -4 | -4.00 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 2 | -11 | -5.50 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Arizona | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | LSU | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Auburn | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Baylor | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FIU | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Marshall | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Iowa | 1 | 3 | -17 | -5.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | -8 | -8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Kansas | 2 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Georgia State | 1 | 3 | -8 | -2.67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Tulane | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | UCF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Clemson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | James Madison | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 2 | -11 | -5.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | North Dakota State | 1 | 2 | -14 | -7.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Colorado | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | South Carolina | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nebraska | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Boston College | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | NC State | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Nevada | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Northwestern | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Michigan | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Toledo | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Utah | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Bowling Green | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Florida | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | San Jose State | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | New Mexico | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Hawaii | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | North Carolina | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Ohio State | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | USF | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Sacramento State | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Old Dominion | 1 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Maryland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | USC | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Louisville | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Kansas State | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Missouri | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | Air Force | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | UNLV | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Temple | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Wake Forest | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | Kent State | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Indiana | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | Washington State | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Tennessee | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 86 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 87 | UTSA | 1 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||