2018 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas A&M | 1 | 13 | 21 | 1.62 | 0 | 13.00 | 21.00 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 1 | 16 | -9 | -0.56 | 0 | 16.00 | -9.00 |
| 3 | Virginia | 1 | 19 | 34 | 1.79 | 0 | 19.00 | 34.00 |
| 3 | Florida State | 1 | 19 | 50 | 2.63 | 1 | 19.00 | 50.00 |
| 5 | Texas State | 1 | 20 | 36 | 1.80 | 0 | 20.00 | 36.00 |
| 6 | Iowa | 1 | 21 | 6 | 0.29 | 0 | 21.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 | Stanford | 1 | 21 | 50 | 2.38 | 0 | 21.00 | 50.00 |
| 6 | Illinois | 1 | 21 | 66 | 3.14 | 0 | 21.00 | 66.00 |
| 6 | Kansas State | 1 | 21 | 77 | 3.67 | 1 | 21.00 | 77.00 |
| 6 | Kentucky | 1 | 21 | 122 | 5.81 | 1 | 21.00 | 122.00 |
| 11 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 22 | 101 | 4.59 | 0 | 22.00 | 101.00 |
| 12 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 23 | 72 | 3.13 | 0 | 23.00 | 72.00 |
| 13 | Memphis | 1 | 24 | 60 | 2.50 | 0 | 24.00 | 60.00 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 1 | 24 | 78 | 3.25 | 0 | 24.00 | 78.00 |
| 15 | Cincinnati | 1 | 25 | 48 | 1.92 | 0 | 25.00 | 48.00 |
| 15 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 25 | 119 | 4.76 | 1 | 25.00 | 119.00 |
| 15 | Navy | 1 | 25 | 162 | 6.48 | 2 | 25.00 | 162.00 |
| 18 | Old Dominion | 1 | 26 | 72 | 2.77 | 1 | 26.00 | 72.00 |
| 19 | Hawai'i | 1 | 27 | 24 | 0.89 | 0 | 27.00 | 24.00 |
| 19 | Appalachian State | 1 | 27 | 34 | 1.26 | 0 | 27.00 | 34.00 |
| 19 | SMU | 1 | 27 | 60 | 2.22 | 0 | 27.00 | 60.00 |
| 19 | Houston | 1 | 27 | 60 | 2.22 | 1 | 27.00 | 60.00 |
| 19 | Baylor | 1 | 27 | 220 | 8.15 | 1 | 27.00 | 220.00 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 28 | 60 | 2.14 | 0 | 28.00 | 60.00 |
| 24 | BYU | 1 | 28 | 73 | 2.61 | 0 | 28.00 | 73.00 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 28 | 77 | 2.75 | 0 | 28.00 | 77.00 |
| 24 | Rice | 1 | 28 | 140 | 5.00 | 1 | 28.00 | 140.00 |
| 24 | Connecticut | 1 | 28 | 199 | 7.11 | 3 | 28.00 | 199.00 |
| 29 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 29 | 34 | 1.17 | 1 | 29.00 | 34.00 |
| 29 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 29 | 88 | 3.03 | 2 | 29.00 | 88.00 |
| 29 | Georgia | 1 | 29 | 91 | 3.14 | 0 | 29.00 | 91.00 |
| 29 | Missouri | 1 | 29 | 94 | 3.24 | 1 | 29.00 | 94.00 |
| 29 | Tennessee | 1 | 29 | 125 | 4.31 | 0 | 29.00 | 125.00 |
| 34 | Air Force | 1 | 30 | 30 | 1.00 | 0 | 30.00 | 30.00 |
| 34 | Toledo | 1 | 30 | 48 | 1.60 | 0 | 30.00 | 48.00 |
| 34 | Iowa State | 1 | 30 | 58 | 1.93 | 0 | 30.00 | 58.00 |
| 34 | Wake Forest | 1 | 30 | 65 | 2.17 | 0 | 30.00 | 65.00 |
| 34 | North Texas | 1 | 30 | 144 | 4.80 | 2 | 30.00 | 144.00 |
| 39 | Colorado | 1 | 31 | 42 | 1.35 | 0 | 31.00 | 42.00 |
| 39 | Utah | 1 | 31 | 46 | 1.48 | 1 | 31.00 | 46.00 |
| 39 | San Diego State | 1 | 31 | 53 | 1.71 | 1 | 31.00 | 53.00 |
| 39 | East Carolina | 1 | 31 | 82 | 2.65 | 0 | 31.00 | 82.00 |
| 39 | Arkansas State | 1 | 31 | 122 | 3.94 | 2 | 31.00 | 122.00 |
| 44 | Troy | 1 | 32 | 68 | 2.13 | 1 | 32.00 | 68.00 |
| 44 | Tulsa | 1 | 32 | 82 | 2.56 | 2 | 32.00 | 82.00 |
| 44 | South Alabama | 1 | 32 | 85 | 2.66 | 0 | 32.00 | 85.00 |
| 44 | Fresno State | 1 | 32 | 102 | 3.19 | 1 | 32.00 | 102.00 |
| 48 | Washington | 1 | 33 | 161 | 4.88 | 0 | 33.00 | 161.00 |
| 49 | TCU | 1 | 34 | 84 | 2.47 | 0 | 34.00 | 84.00 |
| 49 | North Carolina | 1 | 34 | 133 | 3.91 | 2 | 34.00 | 133.00 |
| 49 | Duke | 1 | 34 | 136 | 4.00 | 1 | 34.00 | 136.00 |
| 49 | San Jose State | 1 | 34 | 143 | 4.21 | 3 | 34.00 | 143.00 |
| 49 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 34 | 187 | 5.50 | 2 | 34.00 | 187.00 |
| 49 | New Mexico | 1 | 34 | 244 | 7.18 | 3 | 34.00 | 244.00 |
| 55 | UNLV | 1 | 35 | 40 | 1.14 | 0 | 35.00 | 40.00 |
| 55 | Auburn | 1 | 35 | 47 | 1.34 | 0 | 35.00 | 47.00 |
| 55 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 35 | 104 | 2.97 | 1 | 35.00 | 104.00 |
| 55 | Washington State | 1 | 35 | 148 | 4.23 | 0 | 35.00 | 148.00 |
| 59 | UTEP | 1 | 36 | 107 | 2.97 | 2 | 36.00 | 107.00 |
| 59 | Massachusetts | 1 | 36 | 130 | 3.61 | 1 | 36.00 | 130.00 |
| 59 | West Virginia | 1 | 36 | 136 | 3.78 | 1 | 36.00 | 136.00 |
| 59 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 36 | 147 | 4.08 | 2 | 36.00 | 147.00 |
| 63 | Central Michigan | 1 | 37 | 82 | 2.22 | 0 | 37.00 | 82.00 |
| 63 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 37 | 110 | 2.97 | 0 | 37.00 | 110.00 |
| 63 | Temple | 1 | 37 | 151 | 4.08 | 0 | 37.00 | 151.00 |
| 66 | Western Michigan | 1 | 38 | 115 | 3.03 | 0 | 38.00 | 115.00 |
| 66 | UAB | 1 | 38 | 155 | 4.08 | 0 | 38.00 | 155.00 |
| 66 | North Carolina State | 1 | 38 | 163 | 4.29 | 0 | 38.00 | 163.00 |
| 66 | Ball State | 1 | 38 | 174 | 4.58 | 1 | 38.00 | 174.00 |
| 70 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 39 | 102 | 2.62 | 1 | 39.00 | 102.00 |
| 70 | Oregon State | 1 | 39 | 148 | 3.79 | 1 | 39.00 | 148.00 |
| 70 | Ohio | 1 | 39 | 161 | 4.13 | 1 | 39.00 | 161.00 |
| 70 | Tulane | 1 | 39 | 176 | 4.51 | 1 | 39.00 | 176.00 |
| 74 | Oregon | 1 | 40 | 66 | 1.65 | 0 | 40.00 | 66.00 |
| 74 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 40 | 70 | 1.75 | 1 | 40.00 | 70.00 |
| 74 | Nebraska | 1 | 40 | 141 | 3.53 | 1 | 40.00 | 141.00 |
| 77 | Syracuse | 1 | 41 | 41 | 1.00 | 0 | 41.00 | 41.00 |
| 77 | Mississippi State | 1 | 41 | 77 | 1.88 | 0 | 41.00 | 77.00 |
| 77 | Arkansas | 1 | 41 | 127 | 3.10 | 0 | 41.00 | 127.00 |
| 77 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 41 | 142 | 3.46 | 0 | 41.00 | 142.00 |
| 81 | LSU | 1 | 42 | 65 | 1.55 | 0 | 42.00 | 65.00 |
| 81 | Akron | 1 | 42 | 76 | 1.81 | 1 | 42.00 | 76.00 |
| 81 | Texas Tech | 1 | 42 | 102 | 2.43 | 0 | 42.00 | 102.00 |
| 81 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 42 | 120 | 2.86 | 1 | 42.00 | 120.00 |
| 81 | Colorado State | 1 | 42 | 267 | 6.36 | 3 | 42.00 | 267.00 |
| 86 | Nevada | 1 | 43 | 107 | 2.49 | 0 | 43.00 | 107.00 |
| 86 | Utah State | 1 | 43 | 152 | 3.53 | 0 | 43.00 | 152.00 |
| 86 | Boston College | 1 | 43 | 197 | 4.58 | 0 | 43.00 | 197.00 |
| 89 | Florida International | 1 | 44 | 172 | 3.91 | 0 | 44.00 | 172.00 |
| 90 | Marshall | 1 | 45 | 139 | 3.09 | 2 | 45.00 | 139.00 |
| 90 | California | 1 | 45 | 140 | 3.11 | 2 | 45.00 | 140.00 |
| 90 | Mississippi | 1 | 45 | 241 | 5.36 | 1 | 45.00 | 241.00 |
| 93 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 46 | 30 | 0.65 | 0 | 46.00 | 30.00 |
| 94 | South Florida | 1 | 49 | 192 | 3.92 | 2 | 49.00 | 192.00 |
| 94 | Wyoming | 1 | 49 | 221 | 4.51 | 2 | 49.00 | 221.00 |
| 96 | Louisville | 1 | 50 | 174 | 3.48 | 1 | 50.00 | 174.00 |
| 96 | Kansas | 1 | 50 | 187 | 3.74 | 3 | 50.00 | 187.00 |
| 98 | Georgia State | 1 | 51 | 181 | 3.55 | 1 | 51.00 | 181.00 |
| 99 | Army | 2 | 52 | 271 | 5.21 | 1 | 26.00 | 135.50 |
| 99 | UCF | 1 | 52 | 177 | 3.40 | 0 | 52.00 | 177.00 |
| 101 | Kent State | 1 | 53 | 65 | 1.23 | 0 | 53.00 | 65.00 |
| 101 | Clemson | 1 | 53 | 117 | 2.21 | 0 | 53.00 | 117.00 |
| 103 | Arizona | 1 | 54 | 193 | 3.57 | 3 | 54.00 | 193.00 |
| 103 | Buffalo | 1 | 54 | 199 | 3.69 | 1 | 54.00 | 199.00 |
| 103 | New Mexico State | 1 | 54 | 338 | 6.26 | 2 | 54.00 | 338.00 |
| 106 | Alabama | 1 | 60 | 275 | 4.58 | 2 | 60.00 | 275.00 |
| 106 | Bowling Green | 1 | 60 | 389 | 6.48 | 5 | 60.00 | 389.00 |
| 108 | Liberty | 2 | 64 | 348 | 5.44 | 2 | 32.00 | 174.00 |
| 109 | Florida | 2 | 76 | 420 | 5.53 | 1 | 38.00 | 210.00 |