2008 National Leaders Rushing Offense - On 1st Down through 11/15/2008
- 2008
- 2007
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas State | 11 | 185 | 731 | 3.95 | 10 | 93 | 20 | 21 | 2 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 11 | 256 | 1337 | 5.22 | 13 | 90 | 29 | 31 | 8 |
| 2 | Fresno State | 10 | 180 | 1066 | 5.92 | 8 | 90 | 21 | 23 | 12 |
| 4 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 229 | 1597 | 6.97 | 17 | 89 | 36 | 37 | 17 |
| 5 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 225 | 1188 | 5.28 | 8 | 88 | 30 | 32 | 16 |
| 6 | Navy | 10 | 236 | 1498 | 6.35 | 12 | 87 | 29 | 31 | 12 |
| 6 | Alabama | 11 | 229 | 1134 | 4.95 | 11 | 87 | 24 | 24 | 6 |
| 8 | Stanford | 11 | 233 | 1235 | 5.30 | 11 | 83 | 32 | 33 | 12 |
| 9 | California | 10 | 190 | 971 | 5.11 | 8 | 81 | 22 | 25 | 10 |
| 10 | Florida | 10 | 188 | 1258 | 6.69 | 17 | 80 | 36 | 38 | 16 |
| 10 | Marshall | 10 | 181 | 920 | 5.08 | 6 | 80 | 25 | 28 | 9 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | 11 | 166 | 573 | 3.45 | 6 | 80 | 20 | 19 | 3 |
| 13 | Nevada | 10 | 253 | 1953 | 7.72 | 20 | 79 | 67 | 70 | 20 |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 183 | 1031 | 5.63 | 8 | 78 | 28 | 30 | 10 |
| 14 | Houston | 10 | 159 | 879 | 5.53 | 8 | 78 | 20 | 22 | 9 |
| 16 | Maryland | 10 | 176 | 936 | 5.32 | 7 | 76 | 25 | 27 | 11 |
| 16 | Purdue | 11 | 173 | 676 | 3.91 | 5 | 76 | 23 | 23 | 5 |
| 18 | Indiana | 11 | 197 | 1036 | 5.26 | 10 | 75 | 26 | 27 | 8 |
| 19 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 172 | 866 | 5.03 | 6 | 74 | 23 | 24 | 6 |
| 20 | Akron | 10 | 200 | 1010 | 5.05 | 6 | 73 | 28 | 31 | 6 |
| 21 | Mississippi State | 10 | 181 | 594 | 3.28 | 4 | 71 | 14 | 15 | 2 |
| 22 | Oregon | 11 | 233 | 1275 | 5.47 | 19 | 69 | 40 | 42 | 10 |
| 22 | Penn State | 11 | 221 | 1151 | 5.21 | 16 | 69 | 31 | 32 | 9 |
| 24 | Georgia | 11 | 200 | 1094 | 5.47 | 10 | 68 | 37 | 38 | 12 |
| 25 | Army | 10 | 249 | 1335 | 5.36 | 8 | 67 | 30 | 32 | 12 |
| 25 | Iowa State | 11 | 165 | 716 | 4.34 | 6 | 67 | 20 | 20 | 5 |
| 25 | Ohio | 10 | 164 | 705 | 4.30 | 3 | 67 | 20 | 22 | 3 |
| 28 | Buffalo | 10 | 183 | 721 | 3.94 | 9 | 66 | 16 | 16 | 4 |
| 29 | Ball State | 10 | 200 | 1134 | 5.67 | 10 | 64 | 34 | 36 | 9 |
| 29 | Michigan State | 11 | 232 | 1026 | 4.42 | 11 | 64 | 26 | 28 | 9 |
| 31 | Connecticut | 10 | 216 | 1118 | 5.18 | 8 | 63 | 31 | 31 | 11 |
| 31 | Baylor | 11 | 227 | 1063 | 4.68 | 8 | 63 | 31 | 31 | 8 |
| 33 | Mississippi | 10 | 204 | 978 | 4.79 | 3 | 62 | 23 | 22 | 7 |
| 33 | Texas | 11 | 213 | 919 | 4.31 | 12 | 62 | 24 | 28 | 7 |
| 33 | Florida State | 10 | 174 | 804 | 4.62 | 8 | 62 | 29 | 30 | 7 |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 184 | 857 | 4.66 | 9 | 61 | 24 | 26 | 5 |
| 36 | Utah State | 11 | 193 | 767 | 3.97 | 5 | 61 | 24 | 25 | 6 |
| 36 | Minnesota | 11 | 171 | 648 | 3.79 | 10 | 61 | 9 | 11 | 3 |
| 39 | Troy | 10 | 163 | 829 | 5.09 | 7 | 60 | 25 | 25 | 4 |
| 39 | Virginia | 10 | 145 | 530 | 3.66 | 5 | 60 | 16 | 16 | 3 |
| 41 | Missouri | 11 | 190 | 1071 | 5.64 | 15 | 59 | 32 | 35 | 9 |
| 41 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 172 | 741 | 4.31 | 5 | 59 | 21 | 21 | 8 |
| 41 | Washington | 10 | 161 | 549 | 3.41 | 2 | 59 | 16 | 16 | 6 |
| 44 | Michigan | 11 | 205 | 872 | 4.25 | 8 | 58 | 26 | 26 | 10 |
| 44 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 186 | 804 | 4.32 | 11 | 58 | 23 | 23 | 9 |
| 44 | New Mexico State | 10 | 118 | 315 | 2.67 | 3 | 58 | 13 | 13 | 3 |
| 47 | Boise State | 10 | 220 | 972 | 4.42 | 11 | 57 | 33 | 32 | 11 |
| 48 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 250 | 1417 | 5.67 | 14 | 56 | 48 | 49 | 12 |
| 48 | Arkansas State | 9 | 183 | 1103 | 6.03 | 9 | 56 | 35 | 35 | 12 |
| 48 | LSU | 10 | 200 | 1003 | 5.02 | 11 | 56 | 30 | 29 | 6 |
| 51 | Ohio State | 11 | 215 | 1118 | 5.20 | 9 | 55 | 33 | 33 | 12 |
| 51 | Wake Forest | 10 | 181 | 566 | 3.13 | 1 | 55 | 15 | 15 | 3 |
| 53 | Duke | 10 | 180 | 694 | 3.86 | 2 | 54 | 18 | 18 | 5 |
| 53 | North Carolina | 10 | 174 | 684 | 3.93 | 8 | 54 | 18 | 18 | 3 |
| 55 | Northwestern | 11 | 199 | 809 | 4.07 | 5 | 53 | 20 | 20 | 6 |
| 55 | Tulane | 10 | 160 | 599 | 3.74 | 3 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| 57 | Air Force | 11 | 292 | 1220 | 4.18 | 7 | 52 | 31 | 32 | 5 |
| 57 | Nebraska | 11 | 220 | 1149 | 5.22 | 16 | 52 | 35 | 37 | 6 |
| 57 | Oregon State | 10 | 222 | 1067 | 4.81 | 10 | 52 | 34 | 34 | 8 |
| 60 | Tulsa | 10 | 257 | 1481 | 5.76 | 13 | 51 | 53 | 53 | 12 |
| 60 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 162 | 658 | 4.06 | 9 | 51 | 19 | 19 | 5 |
| 62 | USC | 10 | 181 | 1104 | 6.10 | 7 | 50 | 32 | 34 | 11 |
| 62 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 193 | 798 | 4.13 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 24 | 8 |
| 64 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 193 | 778 | 4.03 | 7 | 49 | 18 | 21 | 9 |
| 65 | Hawai'i | 10 | 164 | 699 | 4.26 | 9 | 48 | 18 | 18 | 6 |
| 66 | Boston College | 10 | 181 | 831 | 4.59 | 6 | 47 | 24 | 25 | 6 |
| 67 | Memphis | 10 | 214 | 1204 | 5.63 | 11 | 46 | 38 | 39 | 9 |
| 67 | Oklahoma | 10 | 239 | 1147 | 4.80 | 19 | 46 | 33 | 34 | 9 |
| 69 | New Mexico | 12 | 245 | 1172 | 4.78 | 7 | 45 | 30 | 33 | 9 |
| 69 | Southern Mississippi | 11 | 211 | 1052 | 4.99 | 12 | 45 | 33 | 34 | 12 |
| 71 | UTEP | 10 | 178 | 833 | 4.68 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 24 | 7 |
| 71 | UCLA | 10 | 156 | 439 | 2.81 | 3 | 44 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| 73 | Wyoming | 11 | 223 | 981 | 4.40 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 23 | 5 |
| 73 | Idaho | 11 | 175 | 670 | 3.83 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 19 | 3 |
| 73 | Colorado | 11 | 194 | 640 | 3.30 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 20 | 5 |
| 73 | Western Michigan | 11 | 164 | 634 | 3.87 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 20 | 3 |
| 77 | TCU | 11 | 252 | 1149 | 4.56 | 13 | 41 | 26 | 27 | 4 |
| 77 | Illinois | 11 | 226 | 1134 | 5.02 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 37 | 11 |
| 77 | Arizona | 10 | 218 | 1029 | 4.72 | 10 | 41 | 33 | 34 | 8 |
| 77 | UAB | 10 | 192 | 972 | 5.06 | 10 | 41 | 31 | 37 | 7 |
| 81 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 195 | 840 | 4.31 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 29 | 7 |
| 81 | BYU | 11 | 185 | 812 | 4.39 | 10 | 40 | 19 | 22 | 3 |
| 83 | West Virginia | 9 | 153 | 730 | 4.77 | 2 | 39 | 21 | 22 | 9 |
| 83 | San Diego State | 11 | 137 | 414 | 3.02 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 14 | 5 |
| 85 | Utah | 11 | 223 | 988 | 4.43 | 8 | 38 | 26 | 28 | 7 |
| 85 | Clemson | 10 | 171 | 723 | 4.23 | 9 | 38 | 24 | 24 | 7 |
| 85 | SMU | 11 | 97 | 277 | 2.86 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 12 | 3 |
| 88 | Cincinnati | 10 | 166 | 739 | 4.45 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 20 | 3 |
| 88 | Toledo | 10 | 143 | 702 | 4.91 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 18 | 7 |
| 88 | UCF | 10 | 182 | 555 | 3.05 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 19 | 4 |
| 91 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 196 | 773 | 3.94 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 24 | 5 |
| 91 | Washington State | 11 | 198 | 661 | 3.34 | 3 | 36 | 27 | 28 | 6 |
| 93 | Kent State | 10 | 207 | 931 | 4.50 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 6 |
| 93 | Rice | 10 | 177 | 770 | 4.35 | 11 | 35 | 22 | 22 | 5 |
| 93 | Florida International | 9 | 135 | 389 | 2.88 | 3 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| 96 | South Florida | 10 | 216 | 803 | 3.72 | 9 | 34 | 23 | 25 | 5 |
| 97 | San Jose State | 11 | 176 | 583 | 3.31 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 21 | 3 |
| 98 | UNLV | 11 | 182 | 687 | 3.77 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 17 | 3 |
| 98 | Temple | 10 | 173 | 478 | 2.76 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 3 |
| 98 | Arkansas | 10 | 146 | 431 | 2.95 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 4 |
| 101 | Syracuse | 10 | 159 | 756 | 4.75 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 5 |
| 102 | Louisville | 10 | 209 | 920 | 4.40 | 5 | 27 | 33 | 34 | 5 |
| 102 | North Texas | 10 | 161 | 764 | 4.75 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 7 |
| 102 | Central Michigan | 10 | 188 | 734 | 3.90 | 12 | 27 | 21 | 22 | 4 |
| 102 | Auburn | 11 | 218 | 696 | 3.19 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 1 |
| 106 | Kansas | 11 | 211 | 909 | 4.31 | 12 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 5 |
| 106 | Texas Tech | 10 | 119 | 656 | 5.51 | 9 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 3 |
| 108 | Colorado State | 11 | 188 | 763 | 4.06 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 4 |
| 108 | Rutgers | 10 | 175 | 612 | 3.50 | 6 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 108 | South Carolina | 11 | 173 | 571 | 3.30 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 4 |
| 108 | Bowling Green | 10 | 153 | 541 | 3.54 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 3 |
| 108 | Tennessee | 10 | 149 | 538 | 3.61 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 2 |
| 113 | Iowa | 11 | 199 | 894 | 4.49 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 36 | 7 |
| 113 | Notre Dame | 10 | 161 | 592 | 3.68 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 1 |
| 115 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 164 | 553 | 3.37 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 2 |
| 115 | Arizona State | 10 | 156 | 526 | 3.37 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 2 |
| 117 | Kentucky | 11 | 182 | 723 | 3.97 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 0 |
| 117 | East Carolina | 10 | 171 | 522 | 3.05 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 117 | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 168 | 511 | 3.04 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 0 |
| 120 | North Carolina State | 10 | 154 | 492 | 3.19 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||