college football teams with worst rush defense this year

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles have the most opponent rushing yards per game played by a team this season, with 275.6.

	TEAM	OPP YDS/GP	OPP YDS	GP	SEASON	OPP ATT	OPP YPC	OPP TD
1	Southern Miss	275.6	1,378	5	2026	239	5.8	11
2	Louisiana-Monroe	243.6	1,218	5	2026	212	5.7	12
3	Colorado State	228.6	1,143	5	2026	192	6.0	15
4	Middle Tennessee	225	1,125	5	2026	195	5.8	14
5	Ball State	218.83	1,313	6	2026	228	5.8	14
6	Tulane	218.6	1,093	5	2026	219	5.0	9
7	Arkansas State	213.67	1,282	6	2026	241	5.3	15
8	Sam Houston	211.6	1,058	5	2026	192	5.5	10
9	Northern Illinois	211.4	1,057	5	2026	203	5.2	9
10	Bowling Green	204.5	1,227	6	2026	225	5.5	8
11	Western Kentucky	204	1,224	6	2026	204	6.0	13
12	Rutgers	199.2	996	5	2026	173	5.8	8
13	Missouri State	196.4	982	5	2026	206	4.8	10
14	Marshall	193.83	1,163	6	2026	210	5.5	8
15	Stanford	192.67	1,156	6	2026	217	5.3	19
16	UAB	190.83	1,145	6	2026	251	4.6	12
17	Coastal Carolina	189.67	1,138	6	2026	237	4.8	7
18	Rice	188.67	1,132	6	2026	227	5.0	10
19	UTEP	186.83	1,121	6	2026	237	4.7	12
20	UTSA	184.67	1,108	6	2026	242	4.6	10
21	Charlotte	184	1,104	6	2026	245	4.5	16
22	Georgia Tech	183	915	5	2026	212	4.3	7
23	Nevada	182.8	914	5	2026	215	4.3	7
24	Akron	179.83	1,079	6	2026	197	5.5	9
25	San Diego State	178.67	1,072	6	2026	271	4.0	10

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More Southern Miss Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

824

Lyddy

RUSH

348

Robinson

REC

404

Sanders

Team Rankings

PPG

26.4

91st

OPP PPG

34.6

147th

RUSH YDS/G

144.2

98th

PASS YDS/G

271.4

30th

2026 SBC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Old Dominion	1-2	2-4
10	Appalachian State	0-1	3-2
11	Southern Miss	0-1	1-4
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0-1	0-5
13	Marshall	0-2	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	ARST	@	USM	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	ULL	@	USM	5:00 PM
Sat 10/31	USM	@	ULM	1:00 PM
Thu 11/5	JMU	@	USM	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	USM	@	LT	1:00 PM

Last Game

Southern Miss

1 - 4

Final

Troy

3 - 2

Tue 6 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/19	TULN	@	KSU	20-31
Sat 9/19	AKR	@	MINN	7-41
Sat 9/19	NCST	@	VAN	31-35
Sat 9/19	M-OH	@	CIN	31-35
Sat 9/19	UK	@	TXAM	31-21

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/13	DEL	@	MTU	7:00 PM
Tue 10/13	FIU	@	JVST	8:00 PM
Wed 10/14	KENN	@	MOSU	7:30 PM
Wed 10/14	WKU	@	SHSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/15	ECU	@	UAB	7:30 PM

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles have the most opponent rushing yards per game played by a team this season, with 275.6.

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348

404

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212.2

200.5

198.6

9.5

8.0

7.0

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