2015 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 1st Down through 01/11/2016

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Long 1st 10+ 20+
1 Boston College 12 209 582 2.78 1 49 15 18 7
1 Wisconsin 13 197 692 3.51 5 36 15 14 4
1 Louisville 13 231 767 3.32 5 54 15 17 5
4 Boise State 13 204 635 3.11 6 59 16 16 5
4 Washington 13 231 827 3.58 9 48 16 19 3
6 Houston 14 236 794 3.36 7 52 17 19 5
7 Utah 13 214 761 3.56 4 48 19 23 4
7 Nebraska 13 191 830 4.35 9 68 19 19 9
7 UTSA 12 235 937 3.99 9 40 19 22 6
10 Akron 13 196 639 3.26 8 61 20 19 3
10 Temple 14 235 874 3.72 6 48 20 21 7
10 San Diego State 14 234 900 3.85 4 65 20 20 5
13 Georgia Southern 13 209 868 4.15 4 25 21 23 8
13 Illinois 12 237 952 4.02 7 75 21 22 5
15 Middle Tennessee 13 224 757 3.38 6 34 22 22 3
15 Alabama 15 236 775 3.28 3 83 22 22 7
15 Tennessee 13 220 986 4.48 4 50 22 24 8
15 Wake Forest 12 231 1172 5.07 11 94 22 23 9
19 Toledo 12 196 613 3.13 5 50 23 26 5
19 Arizona State 13 221 727 3.29 8 65 23 24 5
19 Mississippi 13 236 840 3.56 5 43 23 24 9
19 South Florida 13 241 857 3.56 8 42 23 23 7
19 Ohio State 13 235 956 4.07 7 79 23 23 5
19 Kent State 12 239 961 4.02 9 88 23 23 3
19 Duke 13 267 1024 3.84 5 43 23 25 4
19 Air Force 14 216 1059 4.90 5 83 23 22 13
27 Missouri 12 222 827 3.73 6 31 24 26 5
27 Georgia 13 218 903 4.14 5 33 24 26 6
27 Iowa 14 228 915 4.01 6 37 24 24 5
27 Central Michigan 13 234 966 4.13 9 49 24 27 6
27 Florida Atlantic 12 245 999 4.08 4 38 24 24 4
32 BYU 13 250 862 3.45 9 44 25 27 7
32 Florida State 13 237 914 3.86 5 26 25 26 4
32 Pittsburgh 13 217 919 4.24 5 77 25 26 11
32 Buffalo 12 238 1033 4.34 5 91 25 31 6
32 Arkansas State 13 229 1088 4.75 12 85 25 28 10
37 Arkansas 13 206 824 4.00 12 35 26 27 6
37 Oklahoma 13 257 905 3.52 6 46 26 26 5
37 Connecticut 13 220 1090 4.95 4 59 26 28 9
37 Maryland 12 263 1141 4.34 11 66 26 27 6
41 LSU 12 186 787 4.23 5 69 27 27 6
41 Auburn 13 235 1072 4.56 11 71 27 28 7
41 Oregon 13 254 1184 4.66 10 72 27 29 11
44 Clemson 15 261 842 3.23 6 52 28 31 8
44 Virginia 12 208 939 4.51 6 48 28 29 7
44 Kentucky 12 244 1072 4.39 6 45 28 30 5
44 Northern Illinois 14 280 1110 3.96 8 49 28 32 7
44 East Carolina 12 257 1181 4.60 10 90 28 30 6
49 Florida 14 233 876 3.76 3 74 29 27 7
49 Memphis 13 265 1025 3.87 7 43 29 30 7
49 Utah State 13 261 1056 4.05 10 47 29 30 5
49 Miami (Ohio) 12 252 1085 4.31 14 75 29 29 11
49 South Carolina 12 246 1153 4.69 13 44 29 31 15
49 Southern Mississippi 14 251 1159 4.62 8 86 29 30 11
55 Northwestern 13 232 872 3.76 7 41 30 31 7
55 West Virginia 13 252 989 3.92 4 65 30 30 7
55 UTEP 12 208 1089 5.24 11 82 30 30 12
55 Iowa State 12 222 1111 5.00 11 57 30 33 9
55 Minnesota 13 255 1155 4.53 10 69 30 31 5
55 Rutgers 12 230 1221 5.31 14 80 30 30 13
55 Fresno State 12 257 1241 4.83 14 39 30 31 8
55 Cincinnati 13 256 1294 5.05 12 56 30 31 9
63 Michigan State 14 229 1022 4.46 5 72 31 30 10
63 Navy 13 218 1039 4.77 10 45 31 32 6
63 Mississippi State 13 256 1077 4.21 4 72 31 33 10
63 Indiana 13 245 1145 4.67 6 85 31 31 12
63 Baylor 13 280 1189 4.25 7 67 31 32 8
63 Arizona 13 286 1323 4.63 15 69 31 32 8
63 Colorado 13 245 1343 5.48 11 82 31 33 9
70 Appalachian State 13 239 1006 4.21 7 28 32 32 11
70 Nevada 13 240 1108 4.62 9 39 32 33 9
70 Colorado State 13 271 1138 4.20 11 64 32 33 8
70 Ohio 13 223 1169 5.24 11 56 32 32 17
70 Rice 12 222 1219 5.49 9 78 32 33 9
70 Notre Dame 13 244 1254 5.14 10 83 32 33 13
70 Massachusetts 12 258 1294 5.02 13 70 32 33 9
77 Michigan 13 202 819 4.05 8 56 33 33 6
77 Louisiana Tech 13 228 952 4.18 7 57 33 35 9
77 Florida International 12 224 1021 4.56 6 75 33 36 5
77 UCF 12 247 1037 4.20 10 46 33 33 14
77 Stanford 14 231 1043 4.52 8 75 33 34 6
77 Marshall 13 268 1138 4.25 5 38 33 34 8
77 Texas State 12 263 1287 4.89 10 64 33 35 11
84 North Carolina State 13 223 1073 4.81 6 75 34 35 12
84 Vanderbilt 12 229 1089 4.76 6 68 34 36 13
84 Georgia State 13 255 1100 4.31 5 41 34 36 8
84 Charlotte 12 247 1152 4.66 10 68 34 37 9
84 Old Dominion 12 257 1239 4.82 11 42 34 35 11
84 New Mexico State 12 255 1369 5.37 19 67 34 35 12
90 Troy 12 251 1078 4.29 8 25 35 37 5
90 Georgia Tech 12 221 1145 5.18 7 35 35 37 9
90 UCLA 13 293 1299 4.43 7 39 35 35 12
90 Ball State 12 259 1463 5.65 11 95 35 39 13
94 Penn State 13 261 1125 4.31 9 56 36 38 12
94 USC 14 271 1254 4.63 8 61 36 37 13
94 Oklahoma State 13 272 1287 4.73 16 68 36 36 12
97 Western Kentucky 14 258 1015 3.93 6 49 37 38 7
97 Tulane 12 246 1089 4.43 12 65 37 39 9
97 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 236 1174 4.97 8 75 37 37 9
100 Virginia Tech 13 264 1394 5.28 14 80 38 41 18
100 California 13 282 1526 5.41 11 90 38 39 17
102 Syracuse 12 245 1166 4.76 14 53 40 40 9
102 Western Michigan 13 232 1311 5.65 12 87 40 41 15
102 Louisiana-Monroe 13 299 1428 4.78 8 78 40 43 10
105 Bowling Green 14 279 1235 4.43 12 80 41 39 10
105 Kansas State 13 261 1235 4.73 14 86 41 42 7
105 Washington State 13 255 1290 5.06 16 60 41 43 17
105 UNLV 12 237 1467 6.19 13 76 41 42 14
109 Army 12 227 1181 5.20 12 58 42 42 9
109 New Mexico 13 288 1410 4.90 12 61 42 42 15
109 San Jose State 13 250 1584 6.34 12 88 42 41 15
112 North Texas 12 266 1328 4.99 16 55 43 46 9
112 Miami (Florida) 13 258 1498 5.81 12 63 43 45 17
112 Wyoming 12 262 1579 6.03 14 74 43 44 17
112 North Carolina 14 315 1802 5.72 13 80 43 46 17
116 South Alabama 12 262 1553 5.93 18 75 44 47 15
116 Hawai'i 13 331 1701 5.14 13 39 44 44 17
118 TCU 13 274 1504 5.49 17 75 45 46 11
118 Texas 12 298 1562 5.24 13 74 45 49 12
118 Idaho 12 264 1711 6.48 22 83 45 47 18
121 SMU 12 256 1628 6.36 18 71 47 48 18
122 Oregon State 12 263 1548 5.89 14 65 48 51 7
123 Purdue 12 275 1522 5.53 12 78 49 50 18
124 Texas A&M 13 266 1590 5.98 7 65 54 57 14
125 Tulsa 13 319 1883 5.90 19 51 58 63 21
125 Eastern Michigan 12 294 1932 6.57 24 75 58 61 24
127 Kansas 12 310 2010 6.48 18 93 60 61 13
128 Texas Tech 13 325 2165 6.66 27 91 62 63 25
1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards