2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 4th Down through 11/12/2026

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Michigan 1 2 10 5.00 0 10 1 1 0
2 East Carolina 3 3 -20 -6.67 0 2 1 0 0
2 Rutgers 2 3 20 6.67 0 17 3 1 0
2 Coastal Carolina 3 3 20 6.67 1 10 3 1 0
5 Ohio State 4 4 -19 -4.75 0 2 0 0 0
5 Houston 3 4 -10 -2.50 0 3 1 0 0
5 Boise State 3 4 -1 -0.25 0 3 3 0 0
5 Stanford 3 4 -1 -0.25 1 5 3 0 0
5 Troy 4 4 6 1.50 0 6 2 0 0
5 South Alabama 3 4 10 2.50 1 5 3 0 0
5 North Dakota State 3 4 11 2.75 0 11 2 1 0
5 Colorado State 3 4 80 20.00 2 42 4 3 1
13 Pittsburgh 3 5 -16 -3.20 0 0 0 0 0
13 Colorado 4 5 -2 -0.40 0 2 2 0 0
13 Washington State 4 5 6 1.20 1 2 1 0 0
13 Purdue 4 5 8 1.60 2 3 2 0 0
13 Mississippi State 5 5 10 2.00 0 5 4 0 0
13 Jacksonville State 4 5 24 4.80 0 12 4 1 0
13 BYU 5 5 32 6.40 0 21 4 1 1
13 Kennesaw State 4 5 32 6.40 0 29 2 1 1
13 Army 4 5 39 7.80 2 24 2 2 1
13 Syracuse 4 5 60 12.00 1 25 4 3 2
23 Texas Tech 4 6 -20 -3.33 0 4 0 0 0
23 West Virginia 4 6 -5 -0.83 1 6 1 0 0
23 UCLA 6 6 0 0.00 0 2 3 0 0
23 Hawaii 5 6 2 0.33 1 6 3 0 0
23 Buffalo 6 6 3 0.50 1 3 2 0 0
23 New Mexico 4 6 3 0.50 1 23 3 1 1
23 Notre Dame 5 6 8 1.33 0 4 3 0 0
23 Miami (FL) 4 6 11 1.83 0 4 3 0 0
23 James Madison 4 6 17 2.83 0 8 3 0 0
23 Arkansas 4 6 19 3.17 0 6 4 0 0
23 TCU 5 6 31 5.17 0 16 4 1 0
23 California 4 6 38 6.33 1 13 5 2 0
23 Fresno State 6 6 60 10.00 1 50 3 1 1
36 Clemson 6 7 5 0.71 0 12 4 2 0
36 Georgia 5 7 11 1.57 0 14 4 1 0
36 Minnesota 6 7 12 1.71 1 11 4 1 0
36 Western Kentucky 5 7 12 1.71 2 7 3 0 0
36 LSU 6 7 15 2.14 1 16 3 1 0
36 UTEP 3 7 17 2.43 1 5 5 0 0
36 Michigan State 5 7 18 2.57 0 11 3 1 0
36 Wisconsin 5 7 24 3.43 0 11 6 1 0
36 Georgia Southern 5 7 25 3.57 0 12 6 1 0
36 FIU 5 7 25 3.57 0 19 5 1 0
36 Sam Houston State 4 7 66 9.43 1 56 6 1 1
47 Navy 6 8 -31 -3.88 1 8 4 0 0
47 Oregon 6 8 -10 -1.25 0 6 5 0 0
47 Utah 6 8 -6 -0.75 0 4 3 0 0
47 Ole Miss 6 8 -1 -0.13 0 13 5 1 0
47 Virginia 5 8 0 0.00 1 4 5 0 0
47 Iowa 5 8 2 0.25 1 3 2 0 0
47 Kansas 6 8 2 0.25 2 10 3 1 0
47 Wake Forest 5 8 6 0.75 0 10 4 1 0
47 Kansas State 4 8 7 0.88 1 11 3 1 0
47 New Mexico State 5 8 14 1.75 0 15 4 1 0
47 Appalachian State 6 8 15 1.88 0 15 7 1 0
47 UCF 7 8 16 2.00 1 9 5 0 0
47 Tulane 6 8 17 2.13 1 9 3 0 0
47 Middle Tennessee State 6 8 19 2.38 1 9 3 0 0
47 Oregon State 6 8 19 2.38 3 20 3 1 1
47 Massachusetts 6 8 20 2.50 1 5 5 0 0
47 Penn State 6 8 24 3.00 0 10 7 1 0
47 Charlotte 7 8 28 3.50 1 29 5 1 1
47 Texas 5 8 29 3.63 0 17 5 1 0
47 Virginia Tech 4 8 29 3.63 0 29 4 1 1
47 Georgia Tech 6 8 35 4.38 0 19 6 1 0
47 Illinois 5 8 43 5.38 0 15 8 1 0
47 Missouri State 5 8 51 6.38 1 39 5 1 1
47 Nevada 4 8 56 7.00 1 20 6 2 2
47 Nebraska 5 8 71 8.88 0 29 7 3 1
72 Louisiana Tech 6 9 -39 -4.33 0 8 3 0 0
72 Tennessee 6 9 -28 -3.11 0 3 1 0 0
72 Washington 6 9 -3 -0.33 0 4 5 0 0
72 Indiana 6 9 1 0.11 0 8 3 0 0
72 South Carolina 5 9 4 0.44 1 6 4 0 0
72 Florida State 6 9 6 0.67 0 4 4 0 0
72 Georgia State 6 9 7 0.78 2 14 7 1 0
72 Sacramento State 6 9 13 1.44 0 8 4 0 0
72 USC 7 9 23 2.56 0 11 5 2 0
72 Delaware 5 9 32 3.56 2 8 6 0 0
72 Ohio 7 9 38 4.22 1 31 4 2 1
72 Iowa State 7 9 42 4.67 0 37 6 1 1
72 Northern Illinois 7 9 57 6.33 2 16 6 2 0
72 Central Michigan 6 9 60 6.67 1 23 7 2 1
72 Old Dominion 7 9 62 6.89 1 35 6 2 1
72 Maryland 5 9 67 7.44 2 45 7 2 2
88 Liberty 6 10 -23 -2.30 0 12 4 1 0
88 San Diego State 8 10 -10 -1.00 0 6 3 0 0
88 Southern Miss 7 10 2 0.20 0 5 5 0 0
88 Utah State 7 10 7 0.70 1 23 3 1 1
88 Vanderbilt 5 10 9 0.90 1 4 7 0 0
88 Oklahoma 8 10 24 2.40 0 16 6 3 0
88 Duke 7 10 24 2.40 2 16 4 2 0
88 Texas A&M 6 10 25 2.50 0 11 6 1 0
88 Marshall 6 10 49 4.90 0 26 8 2 1
88 Memphis 7 10 72 7.20 1 48 7 3 2
98 Florida 6 11 -4 -0.36 0 7 4 0 0
98 Cincinnati 6 11 7 0.64 0 6 5 0 0
98 Baylor 6 11 7 0.64 0 8 4 0 0
98 Kent State 6 11 8 0.73 4 10 3 1 0
98 Texas State 6 11 12 1.09 0 6 6 0 0
98 NC State 8 11 15 1.36 1 9 8 0 0
98 Arizona 5 11 16 1.45 0 11 7 1 0
98 Air Force 6 11 17 1.55 0 18 8 1 0
98 Ball State 7 11 28 2.55 2 10 7 1 0
98 Alabama 7 11 30 2.73 1 10 6 1 0
98 UAB 5 11 32 2.91 1 22 6 1 1
98 Boston College 7 11 43 3.91 1 26 5 1 1
98 Connecticut 4 11 46 4.18 1 19 7 2 0
98 UNLV 6 11 51 4.64 0 24 6 3 1
98 Kentucky 7 11 72 6.55 0 40 7 3 1
98 Miami (OH) 7 11 74 6.73 2 38 6 2 1
98 Auburn 7 11 84 7.64 1 53 10 2 1
115 Toledo 7 12 26 2.17 2 21 5 1 1
115 Oklahoma State 9 12 33 2.75 0 20 6 1 1
115 Akron 6 12 125 10.42 3 55 8 4 2
118 Missouri 7 13 -65 -5.00 0 10 8 1 0
118 USF 8 13 10 0.77 0 15 4 1 0
118 Arkansas State 8 13 16 1.23 0 9 8 0 0
118 Western Michigan 5 13 43 3.31 2 11 6 2 0
118 SMU 7 13 49 3.77 2 34 6 1 1
118 Louisiana-Monroe 5 13 88 6.77 3 39 9 2 2
118 UTSA 6 13 135 10.38 3 81 7 3 3
125 North Texas 9 14 -11 -0.79 2 7 7 0 0
125 Northwestern 7 14 16 1.14 2 12 7 1 0
125 Temple 7 14 25 1.79 1 12 8 1 0
125 Wyoming 8 14 53 3.79 1 19 8 2 0
129 Arizona State 9 15 -14 -0.93 0 15 7 1 0
129 Bowling Green 7 15 18 1.20 0 4 9 0 0
129 Rice 9 15 40 2.67 1 12 10 1 0
129 Eastern Michigan 8 15 54 3.60 0 12 9 1 0
133 Louisiana 8 16 33 2.06 2 28 6 3 1
133 Louisville 7 16 38 2.38 1 34 8 1 1
133 Florida Atlantic 8 16 84 5.25 1 21 13 4 1
136 North Carolina 8 17 39 2.29 2 25 9 3 1
137 San Jose State 8 18 45 2.50 2 50 9 1 1
138 Tulsa 8 19 18 0.95 2 41 7 1 1
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards