2017 Big Ten Conference Leaders Rushing Defense - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2018

	Name	G	Att	Yards	Avg.	TD	Att/G	Yards/G
1	Purdue	2	91	389	4.27	2	45.50	194.50
2	Wisconsin	3	105	437	4.16	3	35.00	145.67
3	Northwestern	3	106	299	2.82	5	35.33	99.67
4	Penn State	4	119	446	3.75	6	29.75	111.50
5	Michigan State	4	131	646	4.93	9	32.75	161.50
6	Minnesota	3	144	809	5.62	7	48.00	269.67
7	Rutgers	4	150	658	4.39	10	37.50	164.50
8	Michigan	4	163	790	4.85	10	40.75	197.50
9	Ohio State	5	174	376	2.16	5	34.80	75.20
10	Nebraska	4	176	1127	6.40	14	44.00	281.75
11	Indiana	4	184	657	3.57	9	46.00	164.25
12	Iowa	5	216	940	4.35	5	43.20	188.00
13	Illinois	4	217	1175	5.41	13	54.25	293.75
14	Maryland	6	273	1541	5.64	21	45.50	256.83