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