2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - From Opponent's 40 to Own 40 Yard Line through 09/18/2026

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Navy 2 17 -36 -2.12 0 6 2 0 0
2 Old Dominion 2 18 -22 -1.22 0 8 3 0 0
3 Michigan State 2 10 -5 -0.50 0 8 3 0 0
4 North Carolina 2 16 -4 -0.25 0 7 3 0 0
5 South Carolina 2 16 -1 -0.06 0 4 1 0 0
6 Washington 2 23 1 0.04 0 11 2 1 0
7 Boise State 2 13 6 0.46 0 6 0 0 0
8 Arkansas 2 12 7 0.58 0 10 2 1 0
9 LSU 2 14 10 0.71 0 6 1 0 0
10 Georgia State 2 7 11 1.57 0 15 1 1 0
11 Army 2 10 12 1.20 0 9 2 0 0
12 Virginia Tech 2 9 16 1.78 0 14 1 2 0
13 Alabama 2 12 17 1.42 0 8 2 0 0
13 Virginia 2 3 17 5.67 0 13 1 1 0
15 SMU 2 11 18 1.64 0 9 0 0 0
16 Maryland 2 18 21 1.17 0 10 2 1 0
17 Iowa State 2 24 22 0.92 0 7 5 0 0
18 Northwestern 1 8 23 2.88 0 11 2 1 0
18 TCU 1 6 23 3.83 0 7 0 0 0
20 Oklahoma State 2 12 24 2.00 0 12 2 1 0
20 BYU 2 9 24 2.67 0 8 2 0 0
22 East Carolina 2 14 25 1.79 0 17 3 2 0
22 South Alabama 2 8 25 3.13 0 10 1 1 0
22 Kansas 2 6 25 4.17 0 6 1 0 0
25 Air Force 2 16 26 1.63 0 8 3 0 0
25 Tulsa 2 15 26 1.73 0 10 6 1 0
25 New Mexico 2 14 26 1.86 0 16 3 2 0
28 Georgia 2 19 27 1.42 0 7 2 0 0
29 Auburn 2 18 28 1.56 0 10 3 1 0
30 Notre Dame 2 18 29 1.61 0 8 4 0 0
30 Miami (FL) 3 10 29 2.90 0 27 3 1 1
30 Akron 2 8 29 3.63 0 15 1 1 0
33 Texas A&M 2 13 31 2.38 0 9 1 0 0
34 Pittsburgh 3 18 32 1.78 0 13 3 2 0
34 Fresno State 2 11 32 2.91 0 7 1 0 0
36 Mississippi State 2 9 33 3.67 0 15 2 1 0
37 Appalachian State 2 8 35 4.38 0 12 3 2 0
38 Ole Miss 2 17 36 2.12 0 16 3 1 0
39 Rice 2 18 38 2.11 0 6 3 0 0
40 Massachusetts 2 14 39 2.79 0 9 3 0 0
41 Ohio State 2 14 40 2.86 0 12 4 4 0
41 Minnesota 1 6 40 6.67 0 9 3 0 0
43 Florida 2 11 41 3.73 0 10 2 1 0
43 Rutgers 2 11 41 3.73 0 11 3 2 0
43 Arizona 2 10 41 4.10 0 15 6 2 0
46 James Madison 2 24 43 1.79 0 10 2 1 0
46 Washington State 2 13 43 3.31 0 10 2 1 0
48 Kansas State 2 20 44 2.20 0 26 3 1 1
48 Liberty 2 14 44 3.14 0 23 4 2 1
48 Stanford 2 12 44 3.67 0 11 3 2 0
48 Penn State 2 8 44 5.50 0 22 4 2 1
52 Louisiana 2 18 46 2.56 0 15 5 4 0
52 Purdue 2 14 46 3.29 0 26 2 1 1
52 Iowa 2 9 46 5.11 0 34 1 1 1
55 West Virginia 2 22 47 2.14 0 17 4 3 0
56 Cincinnati 2 21 48 2.29 0 9 4 0 0
56 Colorado 2 18 48 2.67 0 18 3 3 0
58 Missouri 2 23 49 2.13 0 24 6 4 1
58 Houston 2 17 49 2.88 0 19 4 2 0
58 Buffalo 2 15 49 3.27 0 9 2 0 0
58 Troy 2 15 49 3.27 1 50 3 1 1
62 Indiana 2 21 51 2.43 0 17 2 1 0
63 Texas 2 18 53 2.94 0 11 3 2 0
64 Duke 2 14 54 3.86 0 9 3 0 0
64 FIU 2 14 54 3.86 0 14 2 2 0
66 Utah 2 11 55 5.00 0 17 3 2 0
66 Wisconsin 2 9 55 6.11 0 17 4 2 0
68 Vanderbilt 2 16 56 3.50 0 37 6 4 1
68 Georgia Southern 2 14 56 4.00 0 21 3 3 1
70 North Dakota State 3 22 57 2.59 0 17 5 2 0
71 Kentucky 2 16 62 3.88 0 19 6 2 0
72 UCF 2 24 63 2.63 0 11 4 2 0
72 Oklahoma 2 18 63 3.50 0 23 3 2 1
74 Nevada 2 26 64 2.46 0 23 2 1 1
74 Michigan 2 25 64 2.56 0 11 7 1 0
74 Nebraska 2 20 64 3.20 0 15 7 3 0
77 NC State 2 19 65 3.42 0 18 5 2 0
77 Louisiana Tech 2 17 65 3.82 0 46 2 1 1
77 Western Michigan 2 15 65 4.33 0 15 1 1 0
77 Delaware 2 14 65 4.64 0 20 4 3 1
77 Marshall 2 13 65 5.00 0 26 3 1 1
82 Kennesaw State 2 20 66 3.30 0 13 3 2 0
83 Oregon 3 20 70 3.50 0 9 5 0 0
83 Baylor 2 20 70 3.50 0 25 5 3 1
83 Connecticut 2 14 70 5.00 0 14 3 3 0
86 Arizona State 2 16 71 4.44 0 39 5 2 1
87 Louisville 2 18 73 4.06 0 17 3 1 0
88 Toledo 2 18 74 4.11 0 15 3 3 0
88 Florida State 2 15 74 4.93 0 14 5 2 0
90 USF 2 18 75 4.17 0 13 5 3 0
90 Utah State 2 14 75 5.36 0 36 4 1 1
92 Tulane 2 19 78 4.11 0 13 3 2 0
93 UTEP 2 21 79 3.76 0 10 3 1 0
94 Ohio 2 22 80 3.64 0 13 6 1 0
95 Boston College 2 13 81 6.23 0 19 4 3 0
96 Central Michigan 2 23 82 3.57 0 15 7 2 0
97 UTSA 2 15 83 5.53 0 25 4 2 1
97 Tennessee 2 14 83 5.93 0 17 4 3 0
97 Texas State 2 11 83 7.55 0 45 2 2 1
100 North Texas 2 12 84 7.00 1 43 2 2 2
101 UCLA 2 27 85 3.15 0 14 5 5 0
101 Temple 2 17 85 5.00 0 14 8 3 0
103 Coastal Carolina 2 16 88 5.50 0 24 4 2 2
104 Clemson 1 15 89 5.93 0 17 9 4 0
105 Ball State 2 17 91 5.35 1 49 5 3 2
105 Western Kentucky 2 16 91 5.69 0 26 4 1 1
107 Middle Tennessee State 2 12 93 7.75 1 46 6 1 1
108 Sacramento State 3 21 94 4.48 1 56 4 1 1
109 New Mexico State 3 30 98 3.27 0 20 4 3 1
110 San Diego State 2 19 99 5.21 0 25 6 1 1
111 Southern Miss 2 20 106 5.30 0 17 7 3 0
112 Texas Tech 3 20 109 5.45 0 21 7 4 1
113 Kent State 2 12 112 9.33 1 60 3 2 1
114 UNLV 3 16 113 7.06 0 43 4 4 1
115 Charlotte 2 16 116 7.25 1 56 5 4 2
116 Miami (OH) 2 15 117 7.80 1 50 7 4 1
117 USC 3 17 119 7.00 0 28 4 4 2
118 Sam Houston State 2 24 122 5.08 1 56 5 3 3
119 Wyoming 2 14 123 8.79 0 37 5 5 2
120 San Jose State 3 23 126 5.48 1 50 7 4 1
121 Georgia Tech 2 24 129 5.38 1 47 7 2 1
121 Arkansas State 2 23 129 5.61 0 36 7 2 2
123 Illinois 2 25 135 5.40 0 29 8 3 2
124 Bowling Green 2 18 136 7.56 1 59 5 3 1
125 Oregon State 2 26 137 5.27 1 56 8 5 1
126 Missouri State 2 26 138 5.31 0 21 9 6 1
127 Syracuse 3 18 144 8.00 0 33 7 7 2
128 Jacksonville State 3 35 145 4.14 0 13 10 3 0
129 Wake Forest 3 25 146 5.84 0 25 10 5 2
130 California 2 27 148 5.48 1 53 5 3 2
131 Memphis 3 36 154 4.28 0 23 10 3 1
132 Eastern Michigan 3 38 158 4.16 0 40 8 3 1
133 Colorado State 2 15 165 11.00 1 58 9 6 1
134 UAB 2 26 169 6.50 1 51 9 4 1
135 Hawaii 3 31 181 5.84 1 50 10 4 3
136 Northern Illinois 2 22 185 8.41 1 50 8 8 3
137 Louisiana-Monroe 2 28 205 7.32 1 57 12 5 1
138 Florida Atlantic 2 19 209 11.00 2 49 8 6 3
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards