what are the top 50 rushing yard allowed per game on defense in college football 2025

The Houston Cougars have the most opponent rushing yards per game played by a team when in the AP top 50 this season, with 246.

TEAMOPP YDS/GPOPP YDSGPSEASONOPP ATTOPP YPCOPP TD
1Houston
Houston
246
246
1
2025
53
4.6
4
2Cincinnati
Cincinnati
208
624
3
2025
133
4.7
6
3TCU
TCU
207
207
1
2025
44
4.7
1
4USC
USC
194.25
777
4
2025
151
5.1
6
5Nebraska
Nebraska
186
186
1
2025
35
5.3
2
6BYU
BYU
180.4
902
5
2025
189
4.8
8
7Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
174.67
1,048
6
2025
218
4.8
10
8Memphis
Memphis
165.5
331
2
2025
87
3.8
2
9Arizona State
Arizona State
153.5
614
4
2025
149
4.1
9
10Utah
Utah
153.4
767
5
2025
171
4.5
6
11Ole Miss
Ole Miss
150.33
1,353
9
2025
307
4.4
12
12Penn State
Penn State
149.4
747
5
2025
198
3.8
4
13Alabama
Alabama
149.13
1,193
8
2025
265
4.5
11
14Iowa State
Iowa State
141.57
991
7
2025
225
4.4
7
15Tennessee
Tennessee
141
1,269
9
2025
352
3.6
17
16Louisville
Louisville
140
280
2
2025
76
3.7
1
17LSU
LSU
134.75
1,078
8
2025
275
3.9
11
18Illinois
Illinois
134.25
1,074
8
2025
262
4.1
11
19SMU
SMU
134
268
2
2025
79
3.4
3
20Florida State
Florida State
122.2
611
5
2025
186
3.3
6
21Texas A&M
Texas A&M
118.5
948
8
2025
245
3.9
9
22Boise State
Boise State
117
117
1
2025
28
4.2
3
23South Florida
South Florida
116
464
4
2025
131
3.5
9
24Kansas State
Kansas State
116
232
2
2025
79
2.9
5
25Oregon
Oregon
114.75
918
8
2025
275
3.3
8
StatMuse has team, game-level data for opponent rushing yards going back to the 2000 season.

More Houston Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

29.4

66th

OPP PPG

21.6

43rd

RUSH YDS/G

161.3

66th

PASS YDS/G

222.0

95th

2025 Big 12 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
5-1
8-1
3
Cincinnati Cincinnati
5-1
7-2
4
Houston Houston
4-2
7-2
5
Utah Utah
4-2
7-2
6
Arizona State Arizona State
4-2
6-3
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
11/7
HOU HOU
@
UCF UCF
8:00 PM
Sat
11/22
TCU TCU
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sat
11/29
HOU HOU
@
BAY BAY
1:00 PM
Last Game

45

Final

35

HOU Houston

7 - 2

Sat 1 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
8
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
8
1
.889
Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
8
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
9
0
1.000
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
5
3
.625
2
Buffalo Buffalo
5
4
.556
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
6
2
.750
2
UConn UConn
6
3
.667
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
2
7
.222
2
Washington State Washington State
4
5
.444
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
San Diego State San Diego State
7
1
.875
2
Boise State Boise State
6
3
.667
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Texas A&M Texas A&M
8
0
1.000
2
Alabama Alabama
7
1
.875
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Navy Navy
7
1
.875
2
Memphis Memphis
8
1
.889
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Virginia Virginia
8
1
.889
2
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
8
1
.889
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
7
1
.875
2
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
5
3
.625
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
6
2
.750
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
5
3
.625

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/10
UCF UCF
@
CIN CIN
11-20
Fri
10/10
STAN STAN
@
SMU SMU
10-34
Fri
10/10
PITT PITT
@
FSU FSU
34-31
Fri
10/10
CHAR CHAR
@
ARMY ARMY
7-24
Fri
10/10
UCLA UCLA
@
MSU MSU
38-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
11/4
M-OH M-OH
@
OHIO OHIO
7:00 PM
Tue
11/4
MASS MASS
@
AKR AKR
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
NIU NIU
@
TOL TOL
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
KENT KENT
@
BALL BALL
7:00 PM
Thu
11/6
GASO GASO
@
APP APP
7:30 PM