2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 4th Down through 09/18/2026

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Missouri 2 6 -49 -8.17 0 10 3 1 0
2 Navy 1 2 -48 -24.00 0 2 1 0 0
3 North Carolina 1 2 -32 -16.00 0 -1 0 0 0
4 Ole Miss 2 2 -25 -12.50 0 4 1 0 0
5 Tulsa 2 6 -21 -3.50 0 3 1 0 0
6 Louisiana Tech 1 1 -15 -15.00 0 -15 0 0 0
7 Louisiana 1 2 -12 -6.00 0 -1 0 0 0
8 Houston 1 2 -11 -5.50 0 0 0 0 0
9 Ohio State 1 1 -10 -10.00 0 -10 0 0 0
10 USC 2 2 -9 -4.50 0 -2 0 0 0
11 Hawaii 2 2 -8 -4.00 1 2 0 0 0
12 Boise State 1 1 -7 -7.00 0 -7 0 0 0
12 LSU 1 1 -7 -7.00 0 -7 0 0 0
12 Tennessee 2 2 -7 -3.50 0 0 0 0 0
12 UTSA 1 3 -7 -2.33 1 1 0 0 0
16 Florida 1 3 -6 -2.00 0 3 1 0 0
16 Arizona State 2 3 -6 -2.00 0 4 1 0 0
18 Utah 2 2 -5 -2.50 0 4 1 0 0
18 NC State 2 4 -5 -1.25 0 2 3 0 0
18 Iowa State 2 4 -5 -1.25 0 3 2 0 0
21 UCLA 1 1 -4 -4.00 0 0 0 0 0
21 Tulane 2 2 -4 -2.00 0 1 1 0 0
23 Indiana 1 1 -3 -3.00 0 -3 0 0 0
23 Troy 1 1 -3 -3.00 0 -3 0 0 0
23 Wake Forest 1 1 -3 -3.00 0 -3 0 0 0
26 Pittsburgh 1 1 -2 -2.00 0 -2 0 0 0
26 Virginia 1 1 -2 -2.00 0 -2 0 0 0
26 Boston College 1 2 -2 -1.00 0 0 0 0 0
26 Memphis 2 3 -2 -0.67 0 4 2 0 0
30 Cincinnati 1 2 -1 -0.50 0 6 1 0 0
30 San Diego State 2 3 -1 -0.33 0 3 1 0 0
32 Colorado 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
32 Kansas State 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
32 Miami (OH) 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
32 Nevada 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
32 New Mexico State 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
32 South Alabama 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
32 Texas Tech 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
32 Toledo 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
32 Washington State 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
32 Vanderbilt 2 4 0 0.00 1 4 2 0 0
42 Texas 2 3 1 0.33 0 3 1 0 0
42 Northern Illinois 1 1 1 1.00 0 1 0 0 0
42 Arkansas State 1 1 1 1.00 0 1 1 0 0
42 James Madison 1 1 1 1.00 0 1 1 0 0
42 Delaware 1 1 1 1.00 1 1 0 0 0
42 Oregon State 1 1 1 1.00 1 1 0 0 0
42 Utah State 1 1 1 1.00 1 1 0 0 0
49 UAB 2 4 2 0.50 1 1 1 0 0
49 Wyoming 2 2 2 1.00 0 5 1 0 0
49 West Virginia 1 2 2 1.00 0 6 1 0 0
49 Alabama 1 1 2 2.00 0 2 0 0 0
49 Baylor 1 1 2 2.00 0 2 0 0 0
49 Auburn 1 1 2 2.00 0 2 1 0 0
49 BYU 1 1 2 2.00 0 2 1 0 0
49 Buffalo 1 1 2 2.00 0 2 1 0 0
49 Coastal Carolina 1 1 2 2.00 0 2 1 0 0
49 Middle Tennessee State 1 1 2 2.00 0 2 1 0 0
49 Nebraska 1 1 2 2.00 0 2 1 0 0
49 Rutgers 1 1 2 2.00 0 2 1 0 0
49 Missouri State 1 1 2 2.00 0 2 1 0 0
49 Kennesaw State 1 1 2 2.00 0 2 1 0 0
63 Western Michigan 2 3 3 1.00 1 2 1 0 0
63 Air Force 1 2 3 1.50 0 2 2 0 0
63 Central Michigan 1 1 3 3.00 0 3 1 0 0
63 Florida State 1 1 3 3.00 0 3 1 0 0
63 Georgia Southern 1 1 3 3.00 0 3 1 0 0
63 UTEP 1 1 3 3.00 0 3 1 0 0
69 Texas A&M 2 4 4 1.00 0 3 2 0 0
69 Sacramento State 2 3 4 1.33 0 8 0 0 0
69 Northwestern 1 2 4 2.00 0 3 2 0 0
69 Washington 2 2 4 2.00 0 4 1 0 0
69 Oklahoma State 2 2 4 2.00 0 9 1 0 0
69 Arkansas 1 1 4 4.00 0 4 1 0 0
75 Old Dominion 2 3 5 1.67 0 2 2 0 0
75 Temple 1 2 5 2.50 0 3 2 0 0
75 Wisconsin 2 2 5 2.50 0 3 2 0 0
75 Kentucky 1 1 5 5.00 0 5 1 0 0
75 Stanford 1 1 5 5.00 1 5 1 0 0
80 North Texas 2 4 6 1.50 0 2 3 0 0
80 Notre Dame 2 2 6 3.00 0 4 2 0 0
80 Louisville 1 2 6 3.00 0 5 1 0 0
80 Mississippi State 2 2 6 3.00 0 5 2 0 0
80 Fresno State 2 2 6 3.00 0 6 1 0 0
80 Western Kentucky 1 2 6 3.00 1 5 1 0 0
80 Kansas 1 1 6 6.00 0 6 1 0 0
87 Bowling Green 2 6 7 1.17 0 4 3 0 0
87 Massachusetts 1 3 7 2.33 0 5 2 0 0
87 Rice 2 3 7 2.33 0 12 1 1 0
87 Texas State 1 2 7 3.50 0 6 2 0 0
87 New Mexico 1 2 7 3.50 1 23 1 1 1
92 Southern Miss 1 3 8 2.67 0 5 2 0 0
92 Oregon 2 2 8 4.00 0 6 2 0 0
94 Ball State 2 3 9 3.00 1 10 1 1 0
94 UNLV 1 2 9 4.50 0 10 1 1 0
96 Penn State 2 3 11 3.67 0 10 2 1 0
96 UCF 1 2 11 5.50 0 9 2 0 0
96 Connecticut 1 2 11 5.50 0 10 1 1 0
96 Minnesota 1 1 11 11.00 0 11 1 1 0
100 Georgia Tech 2 4 12 3.00 0 4 3 0 0
100 North Dakota State 2 3 12 4.00 0 11 2 1 0
100 Clemson 1 1 12 12.00 0 12 1 1 0
103 Oklahoma 2 2 13 6.50 0 10 2 1 0
104 Ohio 2 2 14 7.00 0 13 1 1 0
105 Marshall 1 2 15 7.50 0 10 2 1 0
105 Appalachian State 1 1 15 15.00 0 15 1 1 0
107 Eastern Michigan 3 4 18 4.50 0 12 3 1 0
108 USF 2 5 20 4.00 0 15 3 1 0
108 Jacksonville State 3 4 20 5.00 0 12 3 1 0
110 Florida Atlantic 2 4 22 5.50 1 14 3 1 0
111 SMU 2 4 25 6.25 0 34 1 1 1
112 Illinois 2 5 29 5.80 0 15 5 1 0
112 Charlotte 1 1 29 29.00 0 29 1 1 1
114 Akron 1 2 34 17.00 0 19 2 2 0
115 San Jose State 2 3 56 18.67 1 50 2 1 1
116 Sam Houston State 1 3 66 22.00 1 56 3 1 1
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards