2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - From Own 39 To 21 Yard Line through 09/18/2026

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Virginia Tech 2 4 -21 -5.25 0 3 0 0 0
2 South Alabama 2 9 -14 -1.56 0 8 0 0 0
3 Penn State 2 3 -5 -1.67 0 5 0 0 0
4 Vanderbilt 2 4 -4 -1.00 0 4 0 0 0
4 Georgia 2 7 -4 -0.57 0 19 1 1 0
6 Virginia 2 4 -2 -0.50 0 4 1 0 0
6 LSU 2 5 -2 -0.40 0 9 0 0 0
8 Maryland 2 3 0 0.00 0 2 1 0 0
9 Iowa State 2 15 3 0.20 0 7 2 0 0
10 West Virginia 2 8 5 0.63 0 6 1 0 0
11 Ball State 2 5 6 1.20 0 5 0 0 0
12 TCU 1 3 8 2.67 0 6 1 0 0
13 Michigan State 2 4 9 2.25 0 10 2 1 0
14 Purdue 2 11 10 0.91 0 14 1 1 0
14 Indiana 2 6 10 1.67 0 4 0 0 0
16 Baylor 2 11 11 1.00 0 4 1 0 0
16 Kansas State 2 6 11 1.83 0 7 0 0 0
18 Florida 2 5 12 2.40 0 6 0 0 0
18 Miami (FL) 2 4 12 3.00 0 8 1 0 0
20 Stanford 2 6 14 2.33 0 5 1 0 0
21 Notre Dame 2 10 15 1.50 0 8 2 0 0
22 Pittsburgh 1 7 16 2.29 0 8 2 0 0
23 Delaware 2 12 17 1.42 0 6 1 0 0
23 James Madison 2 11 17 1.55 0 7 2 0 0
23 Colorado State 2 11 17 1.55 0 9 1 0 0
26 Buffalo 2 10 18 1.80 0 6 1 0 0
26 Middle Tennessee State 2 9 18 2.00 0 11 2 1 0
26 Miami (OH) 2 6 18 3.00 0 7 1 0 0
29 Toledo 1 18 19 1.06 0 8 3 0 0
29 Michigan 2 12 19 1.58 0 11 2 1 0
29 Georgia Southern 2 11 19 1.73 0 16 2 1 0
32 Texas A&M 1 5 20 4.00 0 8 3 0 0
33 Connecticut 2 14 21 1.50 0 8 3 0 0
33 Arizona 2 10 21 2.10 0 7 1 0 0
33 Nebraska 2 6 21 3.50 0 7 1 0 0
33 Liberty 2 6 21 3.50 0 9 0 0 0
37 FIU 2 15 22 1.47 0 10 2 1 0
37 Navy 2 13 22 1.69 0 6 3 0 0
37 Western Michigan 1 6 22 3.67 0 9 3 0 0
37 Iowa 2 6 22 3.67 0 15 1 1 0
37 Alabama 2 4 22 5.50 0 8 1 0 0
42 North Carolina 2 12 23 1.92 0 8 2 0 0
42 Auburn 1 11 23 2.09 0 7 1 0 0
44 Missouri 2 3 24 8.00 1 27 1 1 1
45 Louisville 2 7 26 3.71 0 6 2 0 0
45 Army 2 3 26 8.67 1 24 1 1 1
47 Hawaii 3 13 27 2.08 0 8 2 0 0
47 Tulsa 2 11 27 2.45 0 13 3 2 0
47 Florida State 2 8 27 3.38 0 10 1 1 0
47 Troy 2 8 27 3.38 0 15 2 1 0
47 Georgia State 2 6 27 4.50 0 16 3 1 0
52 Utah 2 11 28 2.55 1 22 3 1 1
52 Washington 2 5 28 5.60 0 12 2 1 0
54 Louisiana 2 11 30 2.73 0 9 2 0 0
54 Ohio State 2 10 30 3.00 0 8 4 0 0
54 NC State 2 9 30 3.33 0 22 1 1 1
57 Eastern Michigan 3 10 31 3.10 0 12 2 1 0
58 New Mexico 1 4 32 8.00 1 23 1 1 1
59 North Texas 2 11 34 3.09 0 8 3 0 0
60 Mississippi State 2 12 36 3.00 0 12 2 1 0
61 Duke 2 12 37 3.08 0 8 2 0 0
62 SMU 2 12 39 3.25 0 8 2 0 0
62 Arkansas 2 5 39 7.80 0 15 3 2 0
64 Kansas 2 16 41 2.56 0 12 2 1 0
64 UCF 2 12 41 3.42 0 24 2 1 1
66 Utah State 2 13 42 3.23 0 30 2 1 1
66 San Jose State 3 12 42 3.50 0 17 6 2 0
66 Houston 2 7 42 6.00 1 29 2 1 1
69 Coastal Carolina 2 21 46 2.19 0 11 4 1 0
69 East Carolina 2 18 46 2.56 0 16 5 2 0
71 Central Michigan 2 16 47 2.94 0 15 4 2 0
71 Missouri State 2 14 47 3.36 0 15 5 2 0
71 New Mexico State 3 11 47 4.27 0 13 3 1 0
74 Rice 2 17 49 2.88 0 13 3 2 0
75 BYU 2 12 50 4.17 0 20 4 2 1
75 Colorado 2 11 50 4.55 0 16 4 3 0
75 Temple 2 11 50 4.55 0 17 2 1 0
78 Wyoming 2 17 51 3.00 0 9 3 0 0
78 Oklahoma 2 12 51 4.25 1 38 3 2 1
78 Sacramento State 2 11 51 4.64 0 16 4 2 0
78 Northwestern 1 9 51 5.67 0 12 4 2 0
82 Appalachian State 2 11 52 4.73 0 15 3 3 0
83 Massachusetts 2 18 54 3.00 0 7 4 0 0
83 Arizona State 1 13 54 4.15 0 13 3 1 0
85 Akron 1 8 56 7.00 0 19 4 2 0
86 Kentucky 2 16 57 3.56 0 31 3 2 1
86 USF 2 13 57 4.38 0 23 4 2 1
86 Kennesaw State 1 12 57 4.75 0 12 2 3 0
86 Air Force 1 9 57 6.33 1 31 2 2 1
90 Nevada 2 14 59 4.21 0 11 5 2 0
90 UCLA 2 10 59 5.90 0 20 2 1 1
90 Arkansas State 1 9 59 6.56 1 24 4 3 1
93 Syracuse 3 19 60 3.16 1 32 5 3 1
94 Boise State 2 9 61 6.78 0 17 3 2 0
95 Old Dominion 2 12 62 5.17 0 35 3 2 1
95 Marshall 2 11 62 5.64 0 16 3 2 0
95 Cincinnati 2 7 62 8.86 0 21 3 3 1
98 Tulane 2 22 63 2.86 0 12 4 1 0
98 Clemson 2 17 63 3.71 0 18 3 4 0
100 San Diego State 2 11 65 5.91 1 36 4 2 1
101 UTSA 2 20 66 3.30 0 15 5 2 0
101 Sam Houston State 2 19 66 3.47 0 15 4 3 0
101 Wisconsin 2 11 66 6.00 0 16 7 4 0
104 Oregon 2 16 67 4.19 0 26 6 2 1
105 Bowling Green 2 20 68 3.40 0 11 6 2 0
105 Oklahoma State 2 11 68 6.18 1 29 4 2 1
107 Kent State 2 17 69 4.06 0 11 5 1 0
107 Fresno State 2 17 69 4.06 0 16 5 2 0
109 Tennessee 2 16 71 4.44 1 23 6 3 1
109 Charlotte 2 8 71 8.88 1 25 4 2 1
111 North Dakota State 3 22 72 3.27 0 11 5 2 0
112 Texas 2 17 73 4.29 0 32 4 1 1
112 USC 3 12 73 6.08 1 32 3 2 1
112 Louisiana Tech 2 10 73 7.30 0 19 6 4 0
115 Ole Miss 2 15 75 5.00 1 30 5 2 1
116 Western Kentucky 2 9 76 8.44 0 20 7 3 1
116 Southern Miss 1 9 76 8.44 0 24 4 2 1
118 UAB 2 15 77 5.13 0 15 5 3 0
119 Texas Tech 3 14 78 5.57 0 20 5 5 1
120 UNLV 3 15 79 5.27 1 36 5 2 1
120 Rutgers 2 13 79 6.08 0 19 4 2 0
122 Minnesota 2 12 81 6.75 0 26 5 3 1
123 Illinois 2 18 83 4.61 0 19 5 3 0
123 Washington State 2 17 83 4.88 0 16 7 4 0
125 Oregon State 2 12 87 7.25 1 38 2 2 1
126 Memphis 3 23 89 3.87 0 22 6 4 1
126 Wake Forest 3 18 89 4.94 0 32 7 2 1
126 Northern Illinois 2 17 89 5.24 1 37 5 2 1
129 Florida Atlantic 2 11 90 8.18 0 28 2 3 2
130 Ohio 2 14 93 6.64 1 29 4 3 1
131 UTEP 2 20 97 4.85 0 21 6 2 1
132 Texas State 2 16 104 6.50 2 25 7 4 2
133 Boston College 2 22 105 4.77 0 24 6 3 2
134 California 2 13 112 8.62 2 31 7 5 2
135 Jacksonville State 3 38 118 3.11 0 27 8 3 1
136 Louisiana-Monroe 2 24 124 5.17 2 27 7 4 3
137 Georgia Tech 2 23 175 7.61 1 29 11 7 1
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards