2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - From Opponent's 1 To 20 Yard Line through 09/11/2026
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | 1 | 5 | -14 | -2.80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 1 | 7 | -12 | -1.71 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | USC | 2 | 7 | -11 | -1.57 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | -8 | -8.00 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 7 | -8 | -1.14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Delaware | 1 | 3 | -6 | -2.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 1 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | USF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Temple | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | LSU | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0.55 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UAB | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | North Dakota State | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Akron | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 1 | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 1 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 7 | 14 | 2.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 1 | 6 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 1 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 1 | 7 | 17 | 2.43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 7 | 17 | 2.43 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 1 | 7 | 18 | 2.57 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | SMU | 1 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 1 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 2 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 1 | 11 | 22 | 2.00 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana | 1 | 6 | 24 | 4.00 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Duke | 1 | 6 | 25 | 4.17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 9 | 26 | 2.89 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 1 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 1 | 13 | 28 | 2.15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 4 | 29 | 7.25 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 2 | 11 | 36 | 3.27 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 1 | 6 | 38 | 6.33 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Iowa State | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Nevada | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Arizona State | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Missouri State | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Ole Miss | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Arkansas State | 1 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Appalachian State | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Air Force | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Mississippi State | 1 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Georgia State | 1 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Connecticut | 1 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Navy | 1 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Missouri | 2 | 10 | 20 | 2.00 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 6 | 20 | 3.33 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Indiana | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Washington | 1 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Washington State | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 8 | 23 | 2.88 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 9 | 24 | 2.67 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Cincinnati | 1 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Louisville | 1 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Tulsa | 1 | 6 | 31 | 5.17 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | TCU | 1 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Southern Miss | 1 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Arkansas | 1 | 5 | 32 | 6.40 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Texas | 1 | 6 | 34 | 5.67 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 8 | 39 | 4.88 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 7 | 39 | 5.57 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Buffalo | 1 | 7 | 40 | 5.71 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Florida State | 2 | 5 | 40 | 8.00 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Boise State | 1 | 1 | 40 | 40.00 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Memphis | 1 | 4 | 43 | 10.75 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 52 | 52.00 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 4 | 58 | 14.50 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Rice | 1 | 9 | 69 | 7.67 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 113 | UCF | 1 | 13 | 22 | 1.69 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 113 | Tulane | 1 | 6 | 29 | 4.83 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 113 | South Alabama | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 113 | Hawaii | 2 | 7 | 45 | 6.43 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 113 | Sacramento State | 2 | 8 | 47 | 5.88 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 113 | Rutgers | 2 | 10 | 49 | 4.90 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 113 | Western Michigan | 1 | 11 | 55 | 5.00 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 113 | Jacksonville State | 2 | 8 | 61 | 7.63 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 113 | Kent State | 1 | 4 | 63 | 15.75 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 113 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 4 | 64 | 16.00 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 113 | Tennessee | 1 | 9 | 70 | 7.78 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 113 | Bowling Green | 1 | 3 | 159 | 53.00 | 0 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 125 | NC State | 2 | 9 | 64 | 7.11 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 126 | UNLV | 2 | 13 | 78 | 6.00 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||