2023 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024

Name G Att Yards Avg. TD Att/G Yards/G
1 Ohio 1 23 38 1.65 0 23.00 38.00
1 Georgia State 1 23 169 7.35 2 23.00 169.00
3 New Mexico State 1 26 65 2.50 0 26.00 65.00
4 South Alabama 1 29 94 3.24 1 29.00 94.00
4 New Mexico 1 29 134 4.62 1 29.00 134.00
4 Liberty 1 29 183 6.31 1 29.00 183.00
7 East Carolina 1 31 122 3.94 1 31.00 122.00
7 Central Michigan 1 31 127 4.10 2 31.00 127.00
7 Coastal Carolina 1 31 153 4.94 0 31.00 153.00
10 Texas State 1 32 108 3.38 1 32.00 108.00
11 Western Kentucky 1 33 204 6.18 3 33.00 204.00
12 James Madison 1 35 18 0.51 3 35.00 18.00
12 Toledo 1 35 168 4.80 1 35.00 168.00
14 Utah State 1 36 88 2.44 1 36.00 88.00
14 UAB 1 36 188 5.22 4 36.00 188.00
16 Jacksonville State 1 38 89 2.34 2 38.00 89.00
16 Georgia Southern 1 38 207 5.45 5 38.00 207.00
18 Buffalo 1 40 314 7.85 4 40.00 314.00
19 Appalachian State 1 45 319 7.09 5 45.00 319.00
20 Ball State 2 48 212 4.42 5 24.00 106.00
20 Louisiana Tech 1 48 312 6.50 3 48.00 312.00
22 Arkansas State 1 49 220 4.49 6 49.00 220.00
23 Tulsa 2 50 228 4.56 5 25.00 114.00
24 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 51 201 3.94 3 51.00 201.00
25 Florida International 1 54 323 5.98 1 54.00 323.00
26 Memphis 2 56 201 3.59 2 28.00 100.50
26 Akron 2 56 227 4.05 3 28.00 113.50
26 Eastern Michigan 1 56 296 5.29 2 56.00 296.00
26 North Texas 1 56 357 6.38 6 56.00 357.00
30 Fresno State 2 57 151 2.65 2 28.50 75.50
31 Nevada 2 60 358 5.97 6 30.00 179.00
32 Colorado State 2 62 160 2.58 3 31.00 80.00
33 Wyoming 2 64 278 4.34 2 32.00 139.00
33 Marshall 2 64 320 5.00 4 32.00 160.00
35 Charlotte 2 69 354 5.13 3 34.50 177.00
35 San Jose State 2 69 357 5.17 6 34.50 178.50
37 Louisiana-Monroe 2 70 283 4.04 4 35.00 141.50
38 Sam Houston State 2 71 298 4.20 5 35.50 149.00
38 UTSA 2 71 404 5.69 4 35.50 202.00
38 UTEP 2 71 428 6.03 4 35.50 214.00
38 San Diego State 2 71 445 6.27 4 35.50 222.50
42 Northern Illinois 2 72 370 5.14 4 36.00 185.00
43 Florida Atlantic 2 74 370 5.00 5 37.00 185.00
44 Troy 2 76 294 3.87 4 38.00 147.00
45 Rice 2 77 341 4.43 5 38.50 170.50
46 Massachusetts 2 81 535 6.60 10 40.50 267.50
47 Southern Mississippi 2 82 544 6.63 5 41.00 272.00
48 South Florida 2 83 223 2.69 2 41.50 111.50
49 Tulane 2 85 451 5.31 4 42.50 225.50
50 Old Dominion 2 86 206 2.40 1 43.00 103.00
50 Middle Tennessee 2 86 317 3.69 6 43.00 158.50
52 Hawai'i 3 90 424 4.71 6 30.00 141.33
53 Kent State 2 91 561 6.16 6 45.50 280.50
54 Miami (Ohio) 2 93 523 5.62 5 46.50 261.50
55 Temple 2 94 577 6.14 5 47.00 288.50
56 Bowling Green 3 96 493 5.14 4 32.00 164.33
56 Boise State 3 96 616 6.42 5 32.00 205.33
58 UNLV 3 110 404 3.67 4 36.67 134.67
59 Western Michigan 3 113 601 5.32 9 37.67 200.33
60 Army 3 131 681 5.20 10 43.67 227.00
61 SMU 3 132 643 4.87 4 44.00 214.33
62 Connecticut 4 161 810 5.03 10 40.25 202.50
63 UCLA 9 255 626 2.45 2 28.33 69.56
64 North Carolina State 9 257 1065 4.14 7 28.56 118.33
65 Oregon State 9 280 1076 3.84 10 31.11 119.56
66 Boston College 8 292 1638 5.61 18 36.50 204.75
67 Clemson 10 299 1212 4.05 13 29.90 121.20
68 Vanderbilt 9 315 1802 5.72 20 35.00 200.22
69 Arizona State 10 316 1446 4.58 15 31.60 144.60
70 Oregon 11 317 1061 3.35 10 28.82 96.45
71 Notre Dame 10 319 1201 3.76 12 31.90 120.10
72 Stanford 9 320 1419 4.43 22 35.56 157.67
73 Utah 12 326 1015 3.11 12 27.17 84.58
74 Missouri 10 328 1402 4.27 8 32.80 140.20
75 Florida 10 331 1743 5.27 19 33.10 174.30
76 Nebraska 10 333 1043 3.13 8 33.30 104.30
76 Texas A&M 10 333 1103 3.31 8 33.30 110.30
78 Texas 12 334 971 2.91 8 27.83 80.92
79 Cincinnati 10 336 1877 5.59 23 33.60 187.70
80 Georgia 11 338 1296 3.83 12 30.73 117.82
81 Virginia Tech 10 339 1376 4.06 18 33.90 137.60
82 Miami (Florida) 10 341 1278 3.75 17 34.10 127.80
83 Duke 9 344 1382 4.02 11 38.22 153.56
83 Minnesota 10 344 1598 4.65 16 34.40 159.80
85 Wake Forest 9 345 1544 4.48 11 38.33 171.56
86 Syracuse 9 346 1489 4.30 13 38.44 165.44
87 Ohio State 10 347 1198 3.45 4 34.70 119.80
88 Arkansas 9 348 1687 4.85 11 38.67 187.44
89 Kansas State 11 349 1841 5.28 15 31.73 167.36
90 Iowa State 10 350 1361 3.89 11 35.00 136.10
90 Mississippi State 9 350 1447 4.13 13 38.89 160.78
92 Arizona 11 355 1410 3.97 19 32.27 128.18
93 Michigan 12 357 1105 3.10 8 29.75 92.08
93 Kentucky 10 357 1257 3.52 17 35.70 125.70
95 Oklahoma 10 358 1566 4.37 14 35.80 156.60
96 Louisville 12 359 1259 3.51 13 29.92 104.92
96 LSU 10 359 1631 4.54 23 35.90 163.10
98 Tennessee 10 361 1276 3.53 13 36.10 127.60
98 Virginia 10 361 1900 5.26 24 36.10 190.00
100 Alabama 11 363 1368 3.77 14 33.00 124.36
101 Mississippi 10 368 1590 4.32 17 36.80 159.00
102 Michigan State 10 370 1614 4.36 14 37.00 161.40
103 Penn State 11 371 836 2.25 9 33.73 76.00
103 Auburn 10 371 1588 4.28 12 37.10 158.80
105 Baylor 10 372 1933 5.20 23 37.20 193.30
106 South Carolina 10 374 1488 3.98 17 37.40 148.80
106 Washington State 10 374 1615 4.32 25 37.40 161.50
108 Indiana 10 376 1540 4.10 15 37.60 154.00
108 Houston 9 376 1694 4.51 22 41.78 188.22
110 Kansas 10 384 1781 4.64 20 38.40 178.10
111 BYU 10 388 2010 5.18 17 38.80 201.00
112 TCU 10 389 1612 4.14 19 38.90 161.20
113 Rutgers 11 391 1632 4.17 16 35.55 148.36
114 Illinois 10 393 1507 3.83 18 39.30 150.70
115 Purdue 11 394 1571 3.99 21 35.82 142.82
116 Wisconsin 11 399 1562 3.91 12 36.27 142.00
117 Texas Tech 11 400 1769 4.42 17 36.36 160.82
118 California 11 403 1586 3.94 21 36.64 144.18
119 Washington 13 406 1916 4.72 24 31.23 147.38
120 West Virginia 12 411 1861 4.53 15 34.25 155.08
120 UCF 10 411 2176 5.29 24 41.10 217.60
122 Maryland 11 412 1358 3.30 13 37.45 123.45
122 Colorado 11 412 2015 4.89 24 37.45 183.18
122 USC 10 412 2052 4.98 21 41.20 205.20
125 North Carolina 11 418 1800 4.31 19 38.00 163.64
126 Northwestern 11 433 1786 4.12 17 39.36 162.36
127 Oklahoma State 12 437 1969 4.51 21 36.42 164.08
128 Iowa 12 438 1332 3.04 7 36.50 111.00
129 Pittsburgh 10 441 1648 3.74 16 44.10 164.80
130 Florida State 12 447 1884 4.21 16 37.25 157.00
131 Georgia Tech 11 448 2506 5.59 23 40.73 227.82