2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 10/02/2026
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Texas | 3 | 4 | -24 | -6.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 4 | -23 | -5.75 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Navy | 2 | 2 | -21 | -10.50 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Duke | 2 | 5 | -21 | -4.20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 5 | -16 | -3.20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 2 | 2 | -15 | -7.50 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 5 | -15 | -3.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 1 | 1 | -13 | -13.00 | 0 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 3 | 4 | -12 | -3.00 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 5 | -10 | -2.00 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | SMU | 2 | 3 | -9 | -3.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | North Dakota State | 2 | 3 | -9 | -3.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 5 | -9 | -1.80 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | FIU | 4 | 5 | -9 | -1.80 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 6 | -9 | -1.50 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington | 3 | 4 | -8 | -2.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 3 | 5 | -7 | -1.40 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Delaware | 3 | 6 | -7 | -1.17 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 2 | 6 | -6 | -1.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 2 | 2 | -5 | -2.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 3 | -5 | -1.67 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston | 3 | 3 | -5 | -1.67 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 3 | -5 | -1.67 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 3 | 6 | -5 | -0.83 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 3 | 7 | -5 | -0.71 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 2 | 2 | -4 | -2.00 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 2 | 3 | -4 | -1.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 1 | 3 | -4 | -1.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 2 | 4 | -4 | -1.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 2 | 4 | -4 | -1.00 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 3 | 5 | -4 | -0.80 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 2 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 3 | 4 | -3 | -0.75 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Troy | 2 | 4 | -3 | -0.75 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 6 | -3 | -0.50 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 3 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Akron | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | USF | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | LSU | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Rice | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Hawaii | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | TCU | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UCF | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Missouri State | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 3 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | NC State | 3 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 2 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 3 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 2 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 2 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida | 3 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 2 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 3 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 2 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah | 4 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 3 | 7 | 23 | 3.29 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Sacramento State | 4 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 2 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 2 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 3 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | UAB | 3 | 7 | 25 | 3.57 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | USC | 3 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Ole Miss | 3 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 6 | 29 | 4.83 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Temple | 2 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 2 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 8 | 48 | 6.00 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 3 | 6 | 48 | 8.00 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 117 | Tennessee | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1.80 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 117 | Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | Stanford | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | Ohio State | 2 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | Nevada | 3 | 6 | 39 | 6.50 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | Southern Miss | 2 | 4 | 40 | 10.00 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 117 | Kansas State | 4 | 6 | 43 | 7.17 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 117 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 9 | 52 | 5.78 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 117 | Buffalo | 2 | 2 | 54 | 27.00 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | James Madison | 4 | 10 | 65 | 6.50 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 117 | UTSA | 1 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | California | 3 | 8 | 80 | 10.00 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 132 | Washington State | 4 | 8 | 55 | 6.88 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||