2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - From Opponent's 40 to Own 40 Yard Line through 09/11/2026

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Syracuse 1 1 -6 -6.00 0 -6 0 0 0
2 Air Force 1 3 -8 -2.67 0 0 0 0 0
3 Arizona 1 3 -4 -1.33 0 1 0 0 0
3 Virginia Tech 1 5 -2 -0.40 0 1 0 0 0
5 LSU 1 5 2 0.40 0 2 0 0 0
5 Pittsburgh 1 4 4 1.00 0 2 0 0 0
7 SMU 1 5 0 0.00 0 3 0 0 0
7 Southern Miss 1 2 4 2.00 0 3 0 0 0
7 South Carolina 1 8 5 0.63 0 3 0 0 0
10 Arkansas 1 3 -8 -2.67 0 4 0 0 0
10 Navy 1 4 -7 -1.75 0 4 0 0 0
10 Army 1 4 -3 -0.75 0 4 1 0 0
10 Alabama 1 5 3 0.60 0 4 0 0 0
10 Fresno State 1 3 8 2.67 0 4 0 0 0
15 Massachusetts 1 6 -3 -0.50 0 5 1 0 0
15 Iowa 1 3 -2 -0.67 0 5 0 0 0
15 Georgia 1 10 3 0.30 0 5 2 0 0
15 BYU 1 4 10 2.50 0 5 0 0 0
15 Buffalo 1 4 11 2.75 0 5 0 0 0
15 Connecticut 1 5 17 3.40 0 5 0 0 0
21 Boise State 1 7 5 0.71 0 6 0 0 0
21 Appalachian State 1 4 6 1.50 0 6 0 0 0
21 Bowling Green 1 6 9 1.50 0 6 0 0 0
21 Notre Dame 1 9 11 1.22 0 6 2 0 0
21 Texas A&M 1 7 14 2.00 0 6 1 0 0
21 Kennesaw State 1 6 14 2.33 0 6 0 0 0
21 Rice 1 12 20 1.67 0 6 1 0 0
21 Louisiana Tech 1 7 20 2.86 0 6 1 0 0
21 Sacramento State 2 16 22 1.38 0 6 2 0 0
21 USF 1 9 23 2.56 0 6 1 0 0
21 Florida 1 6 23 3.83 0 6 1 0 0
21 Marshall 1 8 24 3.00 0 6 1 0 0
21 Kansas 2 6 25 4.17 0 6 1 0 0
34 North Carolina 1 6 -6 -1.00 0 7 1 0 0
34 Troy 1 8 -5 -0.63 0 7 1 0 0
34 Iowa State 1 16 0 0.00 0 7 3 0 0
34 Tulsa 1 6 7 1.17 0 7 2 0 0
34 Duke 1 5 10 2.00 0 7 0 0 0
34 Penn State 1 6 12 2.00 0 7 2 0 0
34 Washington State 1 5 12 2.40 0 7 0 0 0
34 Wisconsin 1 4 13 3.25 0 7 2 0 0
34 Kentucky 1 7 14 2.00 0 7 3 0 0
34 Georgia Southern 1 6 14 2.33 0 7 1 0 0
34 TCU 1 6 23 3.83 0 7 0 0 0
45 Michigan State 1 4 -15 -3.75 0 8 0 0 0
45 Old Dominion 1 10 -11 -1.10 0 8 1 0 0
45 Washington 1 11 3 0.27 0 8 2 0 0
45 Houston 1 8 3 0.38 0 8 1 0 0
45 Western Michigan 1 3 21 7.00 0 8 0 0 0
45 Michigan 1 18 49 2.72 0 8 5 0 0
51 Oklahoma State 1 6 18 3.00 0 9 1 0 0
51 Cincinnati 1 17 31 1.82 0 9 2 0 0
51 Oregon 1 10 33 3.30 0 9 3 0 0
51 UTEP 1 9 33 3.67 0 9 0 0 0
51 Utah State 1 6 34 5.67 0 9 2 0 0
51 San Diego State 1 7 41 5.86 0 9 2 0 0
51 Georgia Tech 1 15 47 3.13 0 9 3 0 0
58 Maryland 1 7 8 1.14 0 10 1 1 0
58 South Alabama 1 5 15 3.00 0 10 1 1 0
58 Auburn 1 13 23 1.77 0 10 3 1 0
58 UCLA 1 12 23 1.92 0 10 2 1 0
58 James Madison 1 15 46 3.07 0 10 2 1 0
63 Colorado 1 10 22 2.20 0 11 2 2 0
63 Northwestern 1 8 23 2.88 0 11 2 1 0
63 UCF 1 9 27 3.00 0 11 2 2 0
63 Texas 1 12 29 2.42 0 11 2 1 0
63 Rutgers 2 11 41 3.73 0 11 3 2 0
63 Stanford 2 12 44 3.67 0 11 3 2 0
69 Ohio State 1 6 3 0.50 0 12 1 1 0
69 Louisiana 1 11 8 0.73 0 12 2 1 0
69 FIU 1 6 27 4.50 0 12 1 1 0
69 Eastern Michigan 2 19 44 2.32 0 12 2 1 0
69 Nebraska 1 11 48 4.36 0 12 4 2 0
74 Virginia 2 3 17 5.67 0 13 1 1 0
74 Tulane 1 10 49 4.90 0 13 2 2 0
74 Ohio 1 11 52 4.73 0 13 3 1 0
74 Jacksonville State 2 22 101 4.59 0 13 6 3 0
78 Vanderbilt 1 7 26 3.71 0 14 3 1 0
78 Temple 1 9 38 4.22 0 14 4 1 0
78 Texas Tech 1 10 46 4.60 0 14 3 2 0
78 Florida State 2 15 74 4.93 0 14 5 2 0
78 Missouri State 1 18 94 5.22 0 14 6 4 0
83 Georgia State 1 5 7 1.40 0 15 1 1 0
83 Akron 1 3 28 9.33 0 15 1 1 0
83 Mississippi State 1 6 31 5.17 0 15 2 1 0
83 UNLV 2 9 46 5.11 0 15 1 1 0
83 Toledo 1 12 54 4.50 0 15 2 2 0
83 Central Michigan 1 13 62 4.77 0 15 5 2 0
83 Colorado State 1 11 97 8.82 0 15 7 5 0
90 Ole Miss 1 11 23 2.09 0 16 3 1 0
90 New Mexico 1 8 30 3.75 0 16 3 2 0
92 West Virginia 1 8 18 2.25 0 17 2 1 0
92 North Dakota State 2 13 20 1.54 0 17 3 1 0
92 Tennessee 1 7 27 3.86 0 17 2 1 0
92 Utah 1 5 32 6.40 0 17 2 1 0
92 East Carolina 1 9 41 4.56 0 17 3 2 0
92 Indiana 1 16 42 2.63 0 17 1 1 0
92 Louisville 2 18 73 4.06 0 17 3 1 0
92 Clemson 1 15 89 5.93 0 17 9 4 0
100 Delaware 1 4 14 3.50 0 18 1 1 0
100 Florida Atlantic 1 7 53 7.57 0 18 3 2 0
100 NC State 2 19 65 3.42 0 18 5 2 0
103 Boston College 2 13 81 6.23 0 19 4 3 0
104 New Mexico State 2 21 91 4.33 0 20 4 3 1
105 Oklahoma 1 7 27 3.86 0 23 2 2 1
105 Nevada 1 15 43 2.87 0 23 2 1 1
105 Sam Houston State 1 12 43 3.58 0 23 2 2 2
105 Liberty 1 6 54 9.00 0 23 3 1 1
105 Memphis 2 20 57 2.85 0 23 5 1 1
110 Wake Forest 1 11 40 3.64 0 24 4 1 1
110 Missouri 2 23 50 2.17 0 24 6 4 1
110 Coastal Carolina 1 13 58 4.46 0 24 2 1 1
110 USC 2 10 61 6.10 0 24 2 2 1
110 Illinois 1 16 75 4.69 0 24 6 1 1
115 Baylor 1 12 46 3.83 0 25 4 2 1
115 UTSA 1 9 51 5.67 0 25 1 1 1
117 Purdue 1 8 22 2.75 0 26 1 1 1
117 Kansas State 1 11 38 3.45 0 26 3 1 1
117 Western Kentucky 1 13 72 5.54 0 26 3 1 1
120 Miami (FL) 2 8 31 3.88 0 27 2 1 1
121 Arkansas State 1 13 106 8.15 0 36 4 2 2
122 Wyoming 1 7 81 11.57 0 37 3 3 2
123 Arizona State 1 9 57 6.33 0 39 4 1 1
124 North Texas 1 5 65 13.00 1 43 2 2 2
125 Texas State 1 8 72 9.00 0 45 2 2 1
126 Middle Tennessee State 1 6 67 11.17 1 46 3 1 1
127 Ball State 1 11 92 8.36 1 49 5 3 2
128 San Jose State 2 16 103 6.44 1 50 5 3 1
128 Miami (OH) 1 13 120 9.23 1 50 7 4 1
128 Northern Illinois 1 15 154 10.27 1 50 6 6 3
128 Hawaii 2 23 182 7.91 1 50 9 4 3
132 UAB 1 12 92 7.67 1 51 4 2 1
133 California 1 13 105 8.08 1 53 2 2 2
134 Charlotte 1 11 91 8.27 1 56 3 2 2
134 Oregon State 1 9 113 12.56 1 56 4 4 1
136 Louisiana-Monroe 1 8 102 12.75 1 57 3 3 1
137 Kent State 1 9 99 11.00 1 60 3 2 1
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards