2026 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Losing By 8-14 Pts through 10/09/2026

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Tennessee 1 3 -11 -3.67 0 1 0 0 0
2 Northwestern 1 3 -5 -1.67 0 2 0 0 0
3 Virginia Tech 1 2 -3 -1.50 0 0 0 0 0
4 USC 1 1 -1 -1.00 0 -1 0 0 0
5 SMU 1 5 2 0.40 0 7 0 0 0
6 Rice 3 22 4 0.18 0 9 2 0 0
6 Georgia State 1 3 4 1.33 0 5 0 0 0
8 North Texas 2 11 6 0.55 0 9 1 0 0
9 Missouri 2 3 7 2.33 0 5 0 0 0
9 Florida 1 3 7 2.33 1 5 0 0 0
11 South Carolina 2 7 8 1.14 0 9 2 0 0
12 Massachusetts 1 1 9 9.00 1 9 0 0 0
13 Pittsburgh 1 2 10 5.00 0 6 1 0 0
14 New Mexico 1 10 11 1.10 0 5 1 0 0
15 Oregon 2 8 12 1.50 0 7 1 0 0
15 Alabama 1 7 12 1.71 1 7 0 0 0
15 Army 1 4 12 3.00 0 8 1 0 0
15 Oklahoma 1 3 12 4.00 0 7 0 0 0
19 Fresno State 1 4 14 3.50 0 10 1 1 0
20 Memphis 1 7 15 2.14 1 5 1 0 0
20 TCU 1 4 15 3.75 0 11 0 1 0
22 Central Michigan 3 8 17 2.13 0 9 2 0 0
23 UCF 2 16 20 1.25 0 6 1 0 0
24 Liberty 1 9 21 2.33 0 7 0 0 0
25 Illinois 2 9 24 2.67 1 7 0 0 0
26 West Virginia 2 7 25 3.57 0 11 1 1 0
26 NC State 1 5 25 5.00 0 8 2 0 0
26 Minnesota 1 4 25 6.25 0 9 1 0 0
29 Nebraska 1 4 26 6.50 0 13 1 2 0
29 Kent State 1 4 26 6.50 1 8 2 0 0
31 Wake Forest 1 16 28 1.75 0 14 2 1 0
31 FIU 2 13 28 2.15 0 11 1 1 0
33 Air Force 1 11 30 2.73 1 10 2 1 0
33 Temple 1 6 30 5.00 0 9 1 0 0
35 Troy 2 15 31 2.07 0 15 2 1 0
35 Iowa 1 9 31 3.44 0 10 2 1 0
37 Arizona State 2 12 32 2.67 0 25 2 2 1
37 Eastern Michigan 2 3 32 10.67 1 14 2 2 0
39 Toledo 2 16 34 2.13 0 15 3 2 0
39 Mississippi State 2 13 34 2.62 0 8 1 0 0
41 UNLV 1 10 35 3.50 1 10 2 2 0
42 Appalachian State 1 19 38 2.00 0 9 4 0 0
42 Miami (OH) 2 13 38 2.92 0 14 3 1 0
42 Texas 1 11 38 3.45 0 6 1 0 0
45 Tulsa 1 12 39 3.25 0 20 2 1 1
45 LSU 1 10 39 3.90 0 22 3 2 1
45 Marshall 2 4 39 9.75 1 33 1 1 1
48 Texas A&M 2 15 40 2.67 1 11 2 1 0
48 Texas State 1 8 40 5.00 1 13 3 1 0
50 Jacksonville State 2 13 41 3.15 1 11 1 1 0
51 Navy 2 19 42 2.21 0 7 5 0 0
51 Kennesaw State 2 14 42 3.00 1 11 3 2 0
53 Connecticut 2 22 44 2.00 2 10 3 1 0
54 Louisville 2 10 46 4.60 0 15 2 1 0
55 Arizona 1 11 49 4.45 0 16 4 2 0
56 Middle Tennessee State 2 9 51 5.67 1 19 2 2 0
57 Louisiana Tech 2 25 52 2.08 0 12 6 3 0
58 Virginia 2 13 55 4.23 1 20 3 1 1
59 Delaware 3 24 56 2.33 1 15 6 3 0
60 Washington 2 18 59 3.28 0 15 4 3 0
61 Vanderbilt 3 24 60 2.50 0 11 6 1 0
61 UTSA 1 15 60 4.00 0 12 4 1 0
61 Florida Atlantic 1 11 60 5.45 2 25 3 3 1
61 Houston 2 10 60 6.00 1 37 3 2 1
65 Old Dominion 3 18 62 3.44 0 27 5 1 1
66 Cincinnati 2 12 63 5.25 1 58 0 1 1
66 California 3 8 63 7.88 1 53 3 1 1
68 Kentucky 2 11 64 5.82 0 16 3 2 0
69 Boston College 2 23 66 2.87 1 19 3 2 0
70 Nevada 1 18 68 3.78 1 15 5 2 0
71 Penn State 1 11 69 6.27 1 24 4 3 1
72 North Carolina 2 17 70 4.12 0 12 2 1 0
73 Sacramento State 3 33 73 2.21 2 14 3 1 0
74 Oklahoma State 2 16 74 4.63 0 11 4 2 0
74 Wisconsin 2 16 74 4.63 2 16 4 2 0
76 Northern Illinois 3 15 75 5.00 1 37 4 2 1
76 Western Michigan 1 14 75 5.36 1 26 7 2 1
78 Purdue 2 18 79 4.39 1 14 6 2 0
79 Kansas 2 25 80 3.20 1 27 3 2 1
80 East Carolina 3 29 83 2.86 2 14 4 2 0
80 UTEP 4 14 83 5.93 1 15 6 3 0
82 Colorado 3 23 84 3.65 1 17 4 2 0
83 San Jose State 2 14 86 6.14 1 36 4 3 1
84 Colorado State 3 23 87 3.78 1 17 5 2 0
85 South Alabama 1 9 91 10.11 1 39 4 2 2
86 UAB 2 35 92 2.63 1 16 5 2 0
86 Oregon State 1 20 92 4.60 1 21 4 4 1
88 Utah State 4 27 103 3.81 1 33 4 2 1
89 Stanford 3 20 106 5.30 3 18 7 4 0
90 Tulane 2 29 107 3.69 1 25 4 4 1
90 Syracuse 1 23 107 4.65 0 18 7 4 0
90 Akron 4 13 107 8.23 1 27 6 5 1
93 Ole Miss 1 20 110 5.50 1 44 5 3 1
94 Charlotte 4 38 118 3.11 2 18 11 2 0
95 Maryland 3 22 120 5.45 2 51 6 4 1
96 Arkansas 3 11 124 11.27 2 62 5 2 1
97 Auburn 2 28 128 4.57 1 53 5 1 1
98 Buffalo 2 24 131 5.46 0 61 2 2 1
99 Sam Houston State 3 18 132 7.33 1 33 5 5 2
100 Coastal Carolina 4 45 137 3.04 1 25 9 5 1
101 Washington State 4 24 141 5.88 2 75 4 3 1
102 Michigan State 3 32 148 4.63 3 47 6 3 1
103 Florida State 2 15 150 10.00 1 44 7 6 2
104 Iowa State 2 33 163 4.94 1 39 7 3 3
105 Missouri State 3 35 169 4.83 2 39 9 3 2
106 Bowling Green 4 18 175 9.72 1 72 4 3 3
107 Georgia Southern 2 42 176 4.19 0 21 10 8 1
108 Hawaii 4 44 189 4.30 4 50 8 7 1
109 San Diego State 3 46 193 4.20 2 36 8 4 1
110 Georgia Tech 1 26 197 7.58 3 47 9 7 2
111 Western Kentucky 4 34 207 6.09 2 33 9 6 3
112 Arkansas State 3 36 210 5.83 2 42 9 6 2
113 Louisiana-Monroe 4 41 218 5.32 4 31 12 6 2
114 Rutgers 4 29 225 7.76 0 41 11 9 2
115 Ball State 4 42 230 5.48 2 68 10 5 2
116 Southern Miss 2 35 234 6.69 5 48 11 7 2
117 Ohio 2 40 257 6.43 3 39 14 9 3
118 New Mexico State 4 51 267 5.24 2 52 12 11 1
119 Wyoming 3 49 273 5.57 2 38 16 7 3
120 Clemson 3 51 281 5.51 3 19 14 10 0
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards