2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Winning By 1-7 Pts through 09/18/2026

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Georgia Southern 1 2 -8 -4.00 0 1 0 0 0
1 Maryland 2 7 -8 -1.14 0 6 1 0 0
3 Virginia Tech 2 5 -6 -1.20 0 0 0 0 0
4 Florida State 1 3 -5 -1.67 0 3 0 0 0
4 South Carolina 2 6 -5 -0.83 0 2 0 0 0
6 Georgia 2 3 -3 -1.00 0 6 0 0 0
7 Missouri 1 1 -2 -2.00 0 -2 0 0 0
8 Iowa 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
8 Rice 1 2 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 0
10 Utah 2 5 1 0.20 0 9 0 0 0
10 Texas 1 4 1 0.25 0 4 0 0 0
10 Fresno State 1 2 1 0.50 0 2 1 0 0
10 Old Dominion 1 1 1 1.00 0 1 0 0 0
10 San Diego State 1 1 1 1.00 0 1 0 0 0
15 Virginia 1 1 2 2.00 0 2 0 0 0
16 Massachusetts 2 5 3 0.60 0 5 1 0 0
16 North Texas 1 5 3 0.60 0 11 1 1 0
16 Miami (OH) 1 3 3 1.00 0 6 0 0 0
16 Baylor 1 2 3 1.50 0 2 0 0 0
20 LSU 2 10 4 0.40 0 6 0 0 0
20 Akron 1 5 4 0.80 0 5 0 0 0
20 Oklahoma 1 2 4 2.00 0 3 0 0 0
23 Navy 1 2 5 2.50 0 5 1 0 0
24 Indiana 2 8 6 0.75 0 3 1 0 0
24 Ball State 1 3 6 2.00 0 4 1 0 0
26 Georgia State 2 6 7 1.17 0 4 0 0 0
26 Southern Miss 1 3 7 2.33 0 3 0 0 0
28 Connecticut 1 1 8 8.00 0 8 0 0 0
29 Appalachian State 2 4 9 2.25 0 8 1 0 0
29 Minnesota 1 2 9 4.50 0 6 0 0 0
29 Air Force 1 2 9 4.50 0 6 0 0 0
32 Colorado 2 4 11 2.75 0 5 0 0 0
33 Nevada 1 8 12 1.50 0 6 2 0 0
33 Alabama 2 5 12 2.40 0 9 0 0 0
33 Central Michigan 1 5 12 2.40 0 17 2 1 0
36 Kennesaw State 1 4 13 3.25 0 6 0 0 0
36 New Mexico 2 2 13 6.50 0 12 1 1 0
38 Stanford 1 13 14 1.08 1 9 2 0 0
38 TCU 2 11 14 1.27 1 9 0 0 0
38 East Carolina 1 7 14 2.00 1 6 0 0 0
38 Northern Illinois 1 5 14 2.80 0 6 0 0 0
38 FIU 1 4 14 3.50 0 9 0 0 0
38 Florida 2 3 14 4.67 0 9 0 0 0
44 Wisconsin 2 6 15 2.50 0 5 1 0 0
45 Pittsburgh 3 12 16 1.33 0 6 1 0 0
46 Arkansas 2 7 18 2.57 1 6 2 0 0
47 Cincinnati 2 8 19 2.38 0 7 1 0 0
47 Sacramento State 1 3 19 6.33 0 15 1 1 0
49 Delaware 2 14 21 1.50 1 6 0 0 0
50 Tennessee 2 13 22 1.69 0 17 2 1 0
50 UAB 1 7 22 3.14 0 16 1 1 0
52 Kansas State 2 10 23 2.30 0 7 0 0 0
53 Washington 2 16 24 1.50 0 17 3 3 0
53 Mississippi State 2 10 24 2.40 0 5 3 0 0
53 Rutgers 1 4 24 6.00 0 10 1 1 0
56 Oklahoma State 1 13 25 1.92 0 12 1 1 0
56 USC 3 12 25 2.08 0 6 0 0 0
58 Iowa State 2 20 27 1.35 0 9 2 0 0
59 Oregon State 2 10 29 2.90 0 10 2 1 0
60 West Virginia 2 7 33 4.71 0 20 0 1 1
61 New Mexico State 1 11 34 3.09 1 18 2 1 0
62 Vanderbilt 2 15 36 2.40 0 17 4 4 0
62 Notre Dame 2 11 36 3.27 0 11 2 1 0
64 Clemson 2 9 39 4.33 0 14 3 1 0
64 Missouri State 1 9 39 4.33 0 21 2 1 1
66 Toledo 2 8 40 5.00 0 25 1 1 1
67 Texas A&M 2 14 41 2.93 0 19 4 1 0
67 Hawaii 2 12 41 3.42 1 15 4 2 0
69 Buffalo 1 17 43 2.53 0 15 2 2 0
69 Penn State 2 5 43 8.60 0 22 2 2 1
71 Kent State 1 16 44 2.75 1 11 4 2 0
72 Kentucky 2 23 45 1.96 1 16 3 2 0
73 Miami (FL) 3 13 46 3.54 0 27 3 1 1
73 Ohio State 2 13 46 3.54 1 11 3 1 0
75 Purdue 2 19 50 2.63 2 18 4 1 0
75 Colorado State 1 16 50 3.13 0 15 5 2 0
75 Liberty 1 5 50 10.00 1 65 2 2 1
78 North Dakota State 3 21 51 2.43 1 17 3 2 0
79 Ohio 2 19 52 2.74 1 24 2 1 1
79 Nebraska 2 15 52 3.47 0 11 3 1 0
81 Temple 2 12 53 4.42 0 13 4 2 0
82 Wake Forest 2 20 54 2.70 0 25 3 2 1
82 UTEP 1 12 54 4.50 1 16 3 2 0
84 James Madison 2 26 55 2.12 0 8 4 0 0
84 Western Michigan 2 10 55 5.50 0 15 2 2 0
86 Army 2 11 56 5.09 1 18 3 2 0
87 BYU 2 18 57 3.17 0 20 4 2 1
87 Marshall 1 11 57 5.18 0 26 3 2 1
89 Syracuse 2 22 58 2.64 0 13 6 2 0
89 Louisiana 2 14 58 4.14 0 15 3 2 0
91 Boston College 1 11 59 5.36 0 22 2 2 1
92 Jacksonville State 2 19 60 3.16 1 11 4 1 0
93 Boise State 2 18 63 3.50 1 11 3 2 0
93 Tulane 1 13 63 4.85 0 18 4 1 0
95 Tulsa 2 34 65 1.91 0 14 6 2 0
96 Troy 2 16 66 4.13 1 50 4 3 1
97 Louisville 2 17 68 4.00 0 11 4 1 0
97 Eastern Michigan 2 15 68 4.53 0 12 3 2 0
99 Duke 2 24 70 2.92 0 8 4 0 0
100 Kansas 2 9 72 8.00 1 64 1 1 1
101 Coastal Carolina 1 12 77 6.42 0 45 4 2 1
101 Wyoming 1 9 77 8.56 0 34 4 3 1
103 Illinois 2 18 78 4.33 0 29 1 2 1
104 Middle Tennessee State 2 19 80 4.21 2 17 7 3 0
105 Florida Atlantic 1 9 84 9.33 1 48 2 3 2
106 Arizona 2 19 87 4.58 1 20 6 3 1
107 Oregon 3 23 90 3.91 1 26 6 2 1
108 Northwestern 1 20 91 4.55 0 12 5 3 0
109 Auburn 2 39 92 2.36 0 10 6 1 0
110 Louisiana-Monroe 1 23 95 4.13 0 14 8 2 0
111 Texas Tech 3 18 97 5.39 0 20 7 5 1
112 California 2 15 99 6.60 3 31 7 4 2
113 Utah State 2 22 101 4.59 2 30 5 3 1
114 North Carolina 2 33 102 3.09 0 48 6 1 1
114 Texas State 1 16 102 6.38 2 25 7 4 1
116 Houston 3 21 105 5.00 3 29 4 4 2
117 UCLA 2 25 106 4.24 1 20 7 6 1
118 Michigan State 2 13 108 8.31 1 71 4 3 2
119 USF 2 27 112 4.15 0 18 8 3 0
120 Charlotte 1 23 116 5.04 3 56 4 1 1
121 Arkansas State 2 22 117 5.32 1 36 6 2 1
122 Georgia Tech 2 37 118 3.19 0 16 9 2 0
123 San Jose State 2 22 124 5.64 2 50 7 3 1
124 UNLV 2 21 126 6.00 1 36 5 5 1
125 Michigan 2 47 136 2.89 0 22 10 3 1
126 Ole Miss 2 30 160 5.33 2 41 8 5 2
127 UTSA 2 27 169 6.26 1 65 7 3 1
128 Sam Houston State 2 29 174 6.00 2 56 6 5 2
129 SMU 2 36 191 5.31 2 54 6 3 2
130 South Alabama 2 23 217 9.43 2 80 4 4 3
131 Memphis 3 34 234 6.88 3 71 13 10 3
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards