2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Winning By 1-7 Pts through 09/11/2026
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland | 1 | 2 | -15 | -7.50 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 1 | 8 | -15 | -1.88 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington | 1 | 3 | -9 | -3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | -8 | -8.00 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah | 1 | 1 | -8 | -8.00 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 2 | -8 | -4.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 1 | 3 | -6 | -2.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 1 | 3 | -5 | -1.67 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | -4 | -4.00 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 3 | -4 | -1.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | -4 | -1.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 1 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | LSU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Rice | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Troy | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Hawaii | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Navy | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 1 | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 1 | 8 | 12 | 1.50 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 1 | 6 | 12 | 2.00 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | TCU | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana | 1 | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 1 | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1.08 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Temple | 1 | 7 | 14 | 2.00 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Delaware | 1 | 8 | 15 | 1.88 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Sacramento State | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 1 | 8 | 22 | 2.75 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 1 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston | 1 | 10 | 24 | 2.40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 1 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | USC | 2 | 10 | 27 | 2.70 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 1 | 12 | 29 | 2.42 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 10 | 32 | 3.20 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Duke | 1 | 11 | 34 | 3.09 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 1 | 11 | 34 | 3.09 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 1 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 1 | 6 | 38 | 6.33 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | North Dakota State | 2 | 18 | 43 | 2.39 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 1 | 17 | 43 | 2.53 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 1 | 11 | 44 | 4.00 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | James Madison | 1 | 21 | 48 | 2.29 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 1 | 16 | 50 | 3.13 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 1 | 12 | 50 | 4.17 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 1 | 21 | 60 | 2.86 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 2 | 17 | 68 | 4.00 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 15 | 68 | 4.53 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | USF | 1 | 18 | 72 | 4.00 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 1 | 34 | 87 | 2.56 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 1 | 37 | 88 | 2.38 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 1 | 20 | 91 | 4.55 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 28 | 93 | 3.32 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | West Virginia | 1 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | Ohio | 1 | 14 | 37 | 2.64 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | UCLA | 1 | 14 | 48 | 3.43 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 91 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 91 | Boston College | 1 | 11 | 59 | 5.36 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 91 | San Jose State | 1 | 7 | 64 | 9.14 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | Utah State | 1 | 15 | 70 | 4.67 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 91 | Kansas | 2 | 9 | 72 | 8.00 | 1 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | North Carolina | 1 | 25 | 81 | 3.24 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | Michigan State | 1 | 9 | 85 | 9.44 | 1 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 91 | Charlotte | 1 | 23 | 116 | 5.04 | 3 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | Arkansas State | 1 | 20 | 120 | 6.00 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 91 | UNLV | 2 | 21 | 126 | 6.00 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 105 | Memphis | 2 | 18 | 50 | 2.78 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 105 | California | 1 | 5 | 78 | 15.60 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 105 | Ole Miss | 1 | 25 | 145 | 5.80 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 105 | SMU | 1 | 34 | 184 | 5.41 | 2 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||