2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - From Own 39 To 21 Yard Line through 09/11/2026
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | -10 | -10.00 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | West Virginia | 1 | 2 | -7 | -3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Maryland | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 1 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 3 | -16 | -5.33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Louisiana | 1 | 2 | -5 | -2.50 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Navy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Iowa | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Iowa State | 1 | 7 | -24 | -3.43 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 3 | -8 | -2.67 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Syracuse | 1 | 3 | -7 | -2.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Sacramento State | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Houston | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Nebraska | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Purdue | 1 | 4 | -9 | -2.25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Connecticut | 1 | 5 | -7 | -1.40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kentucky | 1 | 4 | -6 | -1.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 3 | -5 | -1.67 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Virginia | 2 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Army | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Duke | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kansas State | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Baylor | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Indiana | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | North Dakota State | 2 | 10 | -1 | -0.10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ball State | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Stanford | 2 | 6 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Massachusetts | 1 | 8 | 32 | 4.00 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | UTSA | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Liberty | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Washington | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | TCU | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Florida | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Delaware | 1 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Louisville | 2 | 7 | 26 | 3.71 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Oregon | 1 | 7 | 28 | 4.00 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Arizona | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | James Madison | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | North Texas | 1 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Oregon State | 1 | 7 | 21 | 3.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Auburn | 1 | 11 | 23 | 2.09 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | UAB | 1 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | South Alabama | 1 | 4 | -4 | -1.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Notre Dame | 1 | 9 | 13 | 1.44 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Miami (FL) | 1 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Toledo | 1 | 18 | 19 | 1.06 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | San Diego State | 1 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Hawaii | 2 | 11 | 21 | 1.91 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Boise State | 1 | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | North Carolina | 1 | 8 | 24 | 3.00 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Wake Forest | 1 | 6 | 25 | 4.17 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | SMU | 1 | 8 | 32 | 4.00 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Colorado State | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | LSU | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | San Jose State | 2 | 8 | 13 | 1.63 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Wyoming | 1 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Oklahoma | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Texas Tech | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | BYU | 1 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Colorado | 1 | 7 | 20 | 2.86 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | FIU | 1 | 13 | 26 | 2.00 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Florida State | 2 | 8 | 27 | 3.38 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | East Carolina | 1 | 9 | 31 | 3.44 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Michigan | 1 | 9 | 20 | 2.22 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Nevada | 1 | 5 | 33 | 6.60 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 18 | 36 | 2.00 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Bowling Green | 1 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Kent State | 1 | 10 | 61 | 6.10 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Mississippi State | 1 | 9 | 27 | 3.00 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | USC | 2 | 6 | 27 | 4.50 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 8 | 29 | 3.63 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | Tulane | 1 | 13 | 38 | 2.92 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Kansas | 2 | 16 | 41 | 2.56 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Northwestern | 1 | 9 | 51 | 5.67 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Rice | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Tulsa | 1 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | New Mexico State | 2 | 8 | 40 | 5.00 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Illinois | 1 | 10 | 49 | 4.90 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Appalachian State | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | USF | 1 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Missouri State | 1 | 10 | 38 | 3.80 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | Central Michigan | 1 | 13 | 47 | 3.62 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | Georgia State | 1 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | Cincinnati | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | Washington State | 1 | 6 | 36 | 6.00 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | Wisconsin | 1 | 6 | 36 | 6.00 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | Marshall | 1 | 8 | 44 | 5.50 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | Fresno State | 1 | 13 | 57 | 4.38 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 10 | 75 | 7.50 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 99 | Temple | 1 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 101 | Clemson | 1 | 14 | 72 | 5.14 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 102 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 4 | 23 | 5.75 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 102 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 6 | 49 | 8.17 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 102 | Akron | 1 | 8 | 56 | 7.00 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 102 | Rutgers | 2 | 13 | 79 | 6.08 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 106 | UCLA | 1 | 8 | 44 | 5.50 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 107 | Texas State | 1 | 6 | 39 | 6.50 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 107 | UTEP | 1 | 10 | 59 | 5.90 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 109 | Utah | 1 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 109 | NC State | 2 | 9 | 30 | 3.33 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 109 | Memphis | 2 | 15 | 57 | 3.80 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 112 | Tennessee | 1 | 8 | 29 | 3.63 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 112 | New Mexico | 1 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 114 | UCF | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 114 | Arkansas State | 1 | 9 | 59 | 6.56 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 114 | Boston College | 2 | 22 | 105 | 4.77 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 117 | Charlotte | 1 | 7 | 71 | 10.14 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 118 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 8 | 71 | 8.88 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 119 | Missouri | 2 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 119 | Jacksonville State | 2 | 26 | 67 | 2.58 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 8 | 87 | 10.88 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 122 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 9 | 55 | 6.11 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 122 | Ohio | 1 | 8 | 62 | 7.75 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 124 | Utah State | 1 | 7 | 36 | 5.14 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 124 | Ole Miss | 1 | 7 | 49 | 7.00 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 126 | California | 1 | 9 | 113 | 12.56 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 127 | Texas | 1 | 7 | 44 | 6.29 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 128 | Old Dominion | 1 | 5 | 47 | 9.40 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 129 | UNLV | 2 | 7 | 57 | 8.14 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 130 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 11 | 72 | 6.55 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||