BOSTON -- Boston College running back William Green, the nation's leading rusher, was suspended Tuesday for one game for breaking an unidentified team rule.

Green missed Saturday's game against top-ranked Miami.

Neither coach Tom O'Brien nor school spokesman Mike Enright would comment on why the action was taken.

Green will resume normal team activities at practice Sunday, but his absence from the Miami game didn't help Boston College's chances. The Eagles (6-3) battled the entire game but eventually fell to the Hurricanes 18-7.

He was replaced in the starting lineup by Derrick Knight, a sophomore who rushed for 75 yards on 27 carries Saturday.

Green leads the nation with 145.5 yards rushing per game and has 14 touchdowns, including two scoring receptions. His 1,164 yards rushing equal his total for last season, when he scored 15 touchdowns and averaged 6.2 yards per carry.

In his last game, a 21-17 win over Notre Dame, Green rushed for 195 yards on 28 carries and scored on a 71-yard run and a 70-yard pass play.

Green has rushed for more than 100 yards in seven of his eight games this season with a high of 204 in the opener against West Virginia in which he scored three touchdowns.