2017 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2018

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Att/G Yards/G
1 Michigan State 9 237 593 2.50 3 26.33 65.89
2 Alabama 9 269 638 2.37 2 29.89 70.89
3 Maryland 6 217 749 3.45 8 36.17 124.83
4 TCU 10 331 779 2.35 2 33.10 77.90
5 Michigan 9 288 782 2.72 6 32.00 86.89
6 Auburn 7 260 807 3.10 4 37.14 115.29
7 Texas 9 289 821 2.84 9 32.11 91.22
8 Georgia 9 271 881 3.25 4 30.11 97.89
9 Washington 11 377 913 2.42 5 34.27 83.00
10 BYU 9 314 924 2.94 6 34.89 102.67
11 LSU 9 271 927 3.42 11 30.11 103.00
12 Mississippi State 9 300 929 3.10 8 33.33 103.22
13 Georgia Tech 7 213 933 4.38 8 30.43 133.29
14 Iowa 8 239 940 3.93 5 29.88 117.50
15 Wisconsin 11 331 941 2.84 4 30.09 85.55
16 Fresno State 10 325 975 3.00 5 32.50 97.50
17 Notre Dame 6 254 987 3.89 4 42.33 164.50
18 Washington State 8 276 1006 3.64 11 34.50 125.75
19 Pittsburgh 7 247 1007 4.08 7 35.29 143.86
20 Virginia Tech 10 353 1061 3.01 2 35.30 106.10
21 Oregon 10 354 1064 3.01 13 35.40 106.40
22 Troy 11 406 1065 2.62 6 36.91 96.82
23 Clemson 9 336 1082 3.22 3 37.33 120.22
24 Penn State 9 330 1088 3.30 8 36.67 120.89
25 Texas Tech 9 307 1090 3.55 9 34.11 121.11
26 Ohio State 9 327 1095 3.35 8 36.33 121.67
27 Northwestern 10 325 1101 3.39 8 32.50 110.10
28 Iowa State 9 328 1103 3.36 5 36.44 122.56
29 Arkansas 7 250 1112 4.45 10 35.71 158.86
30 Kansas State 10 322 1138 3.53 9 32.20 113.80
31 Oklahoma State 10 364 1156 3.18 14 36.40 115.60
32 North Carolina State 11 346 1161 3.36 10 31.45 105.55
33 Florida State 9 306 1170 3.82 13 34.00 130.00
34 Florida 9 317 1185 3.74 11 35.22 131.67
35 Utah 10 331 1214 3.67 9 33.10 121.40
36 Oklahoma 9 342 1256 3.67 14 38.00 139.56
37 Minnesota 9 278 1257 4.52 12 30.89 139.67
38 Indiana 8 313 1268 4.05 9 39.13 158.50
39 Kentucky 10 318 1283 4.03 12 31.80 128.30
39 Texas A&M 9 326 1283 3.94 11 36.22 142.56
41 Boston College 9 319 1299 4.07 11 35.44 144.33
42 South Carolina 10 351 1319 3.76 10 35.10 131.90
43 Purdue 11 398 1339 3.36 8 36.18 121.73
44 Western Michigan 10 360 1345 3.74 18 36.00 134.50
44 Arizona State 9 312 1345 4.31 19 34.67 149.44
46 USC 10 361 1360 3.77 10 36.10 136.00
47 South Florida 11 417 1363 3.27 15 37.91 123.91
48 Louisville 10 372 1397 3.76 13 37.20 139.70
49 UTSA 11 375 1405 3.75 10 34.09 127.73
50 Temple 10 385 1406 3.65 7 38.50 140.60
51 San Diego State 11 415 1410 3.40 14 37.73 128.18
52 Marshall 12 432 1431 3.31 11 36.00 119.25
53 Ohio 13 416 1436 3.45 11 32.00 110.46
54 Missouri 11 417 1442 3.46 18 37.91 131.09
55 Stanford 9 322 1447 4.49 10 35.78 160.78
55 Illinois 8 331 1447 4.37 14 41.38 180.88
57 Nebraska 8 287 1450 5.05 19 35.88 181.25
58 Vanderbilt 10 359 1463 4.08 20 35.90 146.30
59 Miami (Florida) 9 377 1465 3.89 5 41.89 162.78
60 Georgia State 11 372 1471 3.95 11 33.82 133.73
61 Navy 10 345 1481 4.29 14 34.50 148.10
61 California 9 361 1481 4.10 16 40.11 164.56
63 UCF 9 346 1482 4.28 9 38.44 164.67
64 Rutgers 8 325 1524 4.69 11 40.63 190.50
65 Kansas 9 371 1544 4.16 24 41.22 171.56
66 Baylor 9 349 1549 4.44 10 38.78 172.11
67 Northern Illinois 13 526 1560 2.97 14 40.46 120.00
68 Appalachian State 12 415 1566 3.77 11 34.58 130.50
68 Mississippi 8 331 1566 4.73 17 41.38 195.75
70 Connecticut 9 327 1600 4.89 19 36.33 177.78
71 Houston 10 393 1608 4.09 12 39.30 160.80
72 Arkansas State 12 460 1633 3.55 17 38.33 136.08
73 Duke 10 394 1644 4.17 11 39.40 164.40
74 South Alabama 11 394 1659 4.21 14 35.82 150.82
75 Miami (Ohio) 11 410 1668 4.07 9 37.27 151.64
76 Wake Forest 10 411 1670 4.06 16 41.10 167.00
77 Boise State 14 495 1683 3.40 20 35.36 120.21
77 North Carolina 8 352 1683 4.78 12 44.00 210.38
79 West Virginia 9 367 1691 4.61 13 40.78 187.89
79 Tulane 9 348 1691 4.86 17 38.67 187.89
81 East Carolina 8 313 1698 5.42 18 39.13 212.25
82 Texas State 12 455 1700 3.74 21 37.92 141.67
83 Syracuse 8 309 1704 5.51 19 38.63 213.00
84 Middle Tennessee 13 504 1743 3.46 19 38.77 134.08
85 New Mexico 11 374 1762 4.71 18 34.00 160.18
86 Southern Mississippi 13 478 1800 3.77 21 36.77 138.46
87 Memphis 11 480 1812 3.78 20 43.64 164.73
88 Georgia Southern 11 361 1813 5.02 18 32.82 164.82
89 Florida Atlantic 13 503 1867 3.71 19 38.69 143.62
90 Colorado State 11 396 1883 4.76 15 36.00 171.18
91 SMU 10 415 1910 4.60 20 41.50 191.00
92 Wyoming 12 556 1918 3.45 14 46.33 159.83
93 Cincinnati 10 452 1956 4.33 15 45.20 195.60
94 Louisiana Tech 12 451 1969 4.37 18 37.58 164.08
95 Army 12 391 1978 5.06 20 32.58 164.83
96 Idaho 12 463 2017 4.36 19 38.58 168.08
97 Rice 11 426 2024 4.75 25 38.73 184.00
98 Coastal Carolina 12 469 2034 4.34 28 39.08 169.50
99 Colorado 10 400 2049 5.12 18 40.00 204.90
100 Arizona 12 470 2075 4.41 28 39.17 172.92
101 Eastern Michigan 12 481 2079 4.32 17 40.08 173.25
101 Florida International 12 433 2079 4.80 19 36.08 173.25
103 Massachusetts 11 435 2121 4.88 25 39.55 192.82
104 Louisiana-Monroe 10 412 2157 5.24 25 41.20 215.70
105 New Mexico State 13 520 2164 4.16 25 40.00 166.46
106 Old Dominion 11 472 2179 4.62 28 42.91 198.09
107 Nevada 10 480 2203 4.59 19 48.00 220.30
108 Kent State 11 444 2206 4.97 25 40.36 200.55
109 Virginia 10 448 2211 4.94 21 44.80 221.10
110 Western Kentucky 13 500 2214 4.43 27 38.46 170.31
111 Toledo 13 492 2236 4.54 23 37.85 172.00
112 Tennessee 9 404 2249 5.57 17 44.89 249.89
113 Ball State 12 448 2256 5.04 27 37.33 188.00
114 UAB 13 494 2287 4.63 19 38.00 175.92
115 Buffalo 12 534 2338 4.38 21 44.50 194.83
116 Oregon State 9 410 2348 5.73 30 45.56 260.89
117 Tulsa 9 424 2378 5.61 26 47.11 264.22
118 Central Michigan 13 557 2408 4.32 24 42.85 185.23
119 Utah State 11 536 2416 4.51 16 48.73 219.64
120 Charlotte 12 517 2470 4.78 26 43.08 205.83
121 Bowling Green 10 455 2521 5.54 29 45.50 252.10
122 Hawai'i 12 480 2522 5.25 23 40.00 210.17
123 Air Force 11 422 2584 6.12 30 38.36 234.91
124 Akron 13 538 2629 4.89 20 41.38 202.23
125 UTEP 11 482 2632 5.46 28 43.82 239.27
126 UNLV 11 490 2682 5.47 32 44.55 243.82
127 UCLA 9 468 2683 5.73 22 52.00 298.11
128 North Texas 14 590 2835 4.81 35 42.14 202.50
129 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 537 2839 5.29 39 44.75 236.58
130 San Jose State 12 612 3395 5.55 36 51.00 282.92