2011 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 2nd Down through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 13 | 127 | 211 | 1.66 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Florida State | 13 | 152 | 392 | 2.58 | 4 | 57 | 31 | 11 | 4 |
| 3 | Texas A&M | 13 | 182 | 481 | 2.64 | 12 | 31 | 42 | 14 | 2 |
| 4 | Texas | 13 | 122 | 324 | 2.66 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 2 |
| 5 | South Florida | 12 | 157 | 421 | 2.68 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 13 | 141 | 401 | 2.84 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 14 | 2 |
| 6 | Florida | 13 | 183 | 520 | 2.84 | 6 | 22 | 44 | 14 | 2 |
| 8 | Rutgers | 13 | 158 | 454 | 2.87 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 4 |
| 9 | Arkansas State | 13 | 141 | 407 | 2.89 | 5 | 39 | 22 | 15 | 3 |
| 10 | UCF | 12 | 119 | 345 | 2.90 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | BYU | 13 | 138 | 419 | 3.04 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 15 | 3 |
| 12 | Mississippi State | 13 | 188 | 583 | 3.10 | 8 | 34 | 45 | 18 | 5 |
| 13 | USC | 12 | 112 | 350 | 3.13 | 2 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 1 |
| 13 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 163 | 510 | 3.13 | 6 | 26 | 41 | 19 | 3 |
| 15 | Iowa | 13 | 187 | 589 | 3.15 | 6 | 23 | 44 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | Tulsa | 13 | 170 | 542 | 3.19 | 6 | 32 | 44 | 13 | 2 |
| 17 | Connecticut | 12 | 130 | 416 | 3.20 | 7 | 48 | 28 | 16 | 5 |
| 17 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 163 | 522 | 3.20 | 2 | 28 | 49 | 16 | 2 |
| 19 | Florida International | 13 | 156 | 504 | 3.23 | 4 | 27 | 32 | 19 | 5 |
| 20 | LSU | 14 | 160 | 527 | 3.29 | 2 | 34 | 32 | 21 | 7 |
| 21 | Syracuse | 12 | 146 | 482 | 3.30 | 5 | 48 | 40 | 18 | 2 |
| 21 | Missouri | 13 | 151 | 498 | 3.30 | 3 | 41 | 36 | 12 | 2 |
| 23 | Kent State | 12 | 140 | 475 | 3.39 | 5 | 25 | 40 | 16 | 3 |
| 23 | Toledo | 13 | 141 | 478 | 3.39 | 2 | 60 | 41 | 12 | 4 |
| 25 | Nebraska | 13 | 172 | 584 | 3.40 | 5 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 1 |
| 26 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 152 | 520 | 3.42 | 8 | 53 | 35 | 12 | 3 |
| 26 | North Carolina | 13 | 158 | 541 | 3.42 | 5 | 48 | 41 | 15 | 4 |
| 28 | TCU | 13 | 156 | 536 | 3.44 | 2 | 61 | 34 | 9 | 3 |
| 29 | Georgia | 14 | 146 | 503 | 3.45 | 10 | 40 | 27 | 19 | 5 |
| 30 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 127 | 440 | 3.46 | 5 | 60 | 33 | 12 | 2 |
| 31 | Utah State | 13 | 158 | 548 | 3.47 | 10 | 31 | 44 | 17 | 1 |
| 32 | Penn State | 13 | 170 | 601 | 3.54 | 3 | 46 | 36 | 19 | 3 |
| 33 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 159 | 567 | 3.57 | 2 | 57 | 36 | 25 | 2 |
| 34 | Louisville | 13 | 140 | 503 | 3.59 | 4 | 50 | 32 | 15 | 3 |
| 35 | Temple | 13 | 139 | 509 | 3.66 | 5 | 81 | 36 | 13 | 2 |
| 36 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 140 | 515 | 3.68 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 17 | 5 |
| 37 | Utah | 13 | 143 | 529 | 3.70 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 15 | 5 |
| 38 | Boise State | 13 | 138 | 516 | 3.74 | 5 | 80 | 28 | 13 | 2 |
| 39 | Illinois | 13 | 190 | 715 | 3.76 | 8 | 65 | 49 | 23 | 5 |
| 40 | North Carolina State | 13 | 152 | 577 | 3.80 | 7 | 46 | 44 | 22 | 7 |
| 41 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 140 | 533 | 3.81 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 12 | 6 |
| 41 | Purdue | 13 | 171 | 651 | 3.81 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 22 | 2 |
| 43 | North Texas | 12 | 142 | 543 | 3.82 | 7 | 56 | 35 | 17 | 5 |
| 44 | South Carolina | 13 | 178 | 691 | 3.88 | 6 | 32 | 53 | 23 | 2 |
| 45 | Notre Dame | 13 | 144 | 560 | 3.89 | 3 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 2 |
| 46 | Michigan | 13 | 135 | 528 | 3.91 | 6 | 25 | 33 | 17 | 6 |
| 47 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 117 | 463 | 3.96 | 4 | 59 | 28 | 16 | 5 |
| 48 | California | 13 | 141 | 562 | 3.99 | 6 | 47 | 30 | 15 | 5 |
| 48 | West Virginia | 13 | 154 | 614 | 3.99 | 8 | 68 | 37 | 21 | 5 |
| 48 | Michigan State | 14 | 169 | 675 | 3.99 | 5 | 39 | 38 | 24 | 5 |
| 51 | SMU | 13 | 162 | 650 | 4.01 | 7 | 63 | 40 | 16 | 6 |
| 52 | Wisconsin | 14 | 176 | 709 | 4.03 | 7 | 91 | 36 | 19 | 2 |
| 53 | Oklahoma | 13 | 159 | 646 | 4.06 | 4 | 37 | 40 | 26 | 6 |
| 54 | Nevada | 13 | 132 | 539 | 4.08 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 5 |
| 54 | Oregon | 14 | 189 | 772 | 4.08 | 4 | 42 | 55 | 24 | 3 |
| 56 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 148 | 605 | 4.09 | 2 | 37 | 42 | 17 | 3 |
| 57 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 131 | 537 | 4.10 | 4 | 68 | 25 | 17 | 6 |
| 58 | Auburn | 13 | 178 | 734 | 4.12 | 7 | 57 | 52 | 20 | 7 |
| 58 | Clemson | 14 | 194 | 799 | 4.12 | 11 | 46 | 52 | 20 | 3 |
| 60 | Idaho | 12 | 141 | 583 | 4.13 | 3 | 38 | 41 | 16 | 4 |
| 61 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 164 | 681 | 4.15 | 10 | 23 | 44 | 25 | 2 |
| 62 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 192 | 801 | 4.17 | 7 | 31 | 63 | 29 | 6 |
| 63 | Ohio | 14 | 168 | 710 | 4.23 | 4 | 63 | 39 | 23 | 4 |
| 64 | Buffalo | 12 | 166 | 711 | 4.28 | 4 | 53 | 43 | 21 | 5 |
| 64 | Arkansas | 13 | 175 | 749 | 4.28 | 10 | 48 | 43 | 24 | 5 |
| 66 | Virginia | 13 | 149 | 641 | 4.30 | 5 | 38 | 37 | 25 | 7 |
| 67 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 163 | 703 | 4.31 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 28 | 4 |
| 68 | Troy | 12 | 182 | 788 | 4.33 | 9 | 57 | 51 | 22 | 4 |
| 69 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 201 | 872 | 4.34 | 14 | 41 | 52 | 27 | 5 |
| 70 | Ohio State | 13 | 156 | 678 | 4.35 | 6 | 42 | 42 | 18 | 4 |
| 71 | Marshall | 13 | 143 | 626 | 4.38 | 9 | 58 | 37 | 17 | 6 |
| 72 | Kentucky | 12 | 185 | 812 | 4.39 | 5 | 84 | 52 | 23 | 4 |
| 73 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 189 | 840 | 4.44 | 7 | 65 | 55 | 27 | 7 |
| 74 | Ball State | 12 | 170 | 761 | 4.48 | 6 | 25 | 55 | 25 | 2 |
| 75 | Hawai'i | 13 | 167 | 749 | 4.49 | 7 | 48 | 50 | 22 | 6 |
| 75 | Maryland | 12 | 179 | 803 | 4.49 | 6 | 41 | 53 | 23 | 8 |
| 75 | Houston | 14 | 187 | 840 | 4.49 | 5 | 97 | 58 | 34 | 6 |
| 78 | Iowa State | 13 | 189 | 851 | 4.50 | 9 | 26 | 64 | 31 | 5 |
| 79 | Arizona | 12 | 136 | 613 | 4.51 | 11 | 41 | 33 | 20 | 5 |
| 80 | Wake Forest | 13 | 159 | 718 | 4.52 | 7 | 43 | 48 | 22 | 9 |
| 81 | Akron | 12 | 170 | 775 | 4.56 | 11 | 59 | 50 | 25 | 3 |
| 82 | UAB | 12 | 152 | 698 | 4.59 | 9 | 43 | 66 | 21 | 3 |
| 83 | Stanford | 13 | 120 | 554 | 4.62 | 6 | 61 | 30 | 20 | 6 |
| 84 | Washington State | 12 | 155 | 718 | 4.63 | 6 | 52 | 38 | 22 | 5 |
| 84 | Baylor | 13 | 175 | 810 | 4.63 | 11 | 76 | 53 | 30 | 6 |
| 86 | Navy | 12 | 155 | 721 | 4.65 | 13 | 34 | 50 | 26 | 7 |
| 87 | Kansas | 12 | 157 | 732 | 4.66 | 8 | 38 | 55 | 19 | 9 |
| 88 | Boston College | 12 | 154 | 719 | 4.67 | 7 | 34 | 48 | 27 | 4 |
| 89 | Tennessee | 12 | 145 | 682 | 4.70 | 8 | 71 | 36 | 21 | 5 |
| 90 | Northwestern | 13 | 169 | 798 | 4.72 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 26 | 8 |
| 91 | Colorado State | 12 | 154 | 737 | 4.79 | 9 | 83 | 43 | 22 | 4 |
| 92 | Oregon State | 12 | 171 | 823 | 4.81 | 9 | 60 | 51 | 22 | 5 |
| 92 | New Mexico State | 13 | 176 | 847 | 4.81 | 8 | 56 | 55 | 31 | 7 |
| 94 | San Diego State | 13 | 171 | 826 | 4.83 | 6 | 67 | 48 | 24 | 9 |
| 94 | Wyoming | 13 | 197 | 952 | 4.83 | 11 | 28 | 66 | 34 | 5 |
| 96 | Bowling Green | 12 | 164 | 793 | 4.84 | 7 | 53 | 55 | 29 | 3 |
| 97 | UCLA | 14 | 177 | 864 | 4.88 | 6 | 73 | 48 | 23 | 7 |
| 98 | Fresno State | 13 | 138 | 675 | 4.89 | 10 | 69 | 31 | 19 | 9 |
| 99 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 159 | 785 | 4.94 | 6 | 96 | 44 | 26 | 7 |
| 100 | Kansas State | 13 | 140 | 698 | 4.99 | 5 | 63 | 41 | 16 | 7 |
| 101 | East Carolina | 12 | 164 | 821 | 5.01 | 12 | 77 | 62 | 25 | 3 |
| 102 | Arizona State | 13 | 148 | 748 | 5.05 | 6 | 41 | 45 | 31 | 8 |
| 103 | Rice | 12 | 162 | 832 | 5.14 | 9 | 52 | 52 | 27 | 7 |
| 104 | Western Michigan | 13 | 168 | 865 | 5.15 | 9 | 66 | 55 | 31 | 10 |
| 105 | Central Michigan | 12 | 156 | 811 | 5.20 | 8 | 87 | 41 | 23 | 7 |
| 106 | San Jose State | 12 | 171 | 898 | 5.25 | 9 | 78 | 50 | 24 | 7 |
| 107 | UNLV | 12 | 166 | 883 | 5.32 | 12 | 46 | 59 | 28 | 10 |
| 108 | Army | 12 | 181 | 982 | 5.43 | 8 | 49 | 62 | 31 | 9 |
| 109 | UTEP | 12 | 147 | 799 | 5.44 | 6 | 71 | 50 | 19 | 7 |
| 110 | Air Force | 13 | 188 | 1040 | 5.53 | 9 | 62 | 58 | 38 | 9 |
| 111 | New Mexico | 12 | 181 | 1020 | 5.64 | 16 | 53 | 66 | 29 | 9 |
| 112 | Texas Tech | 12 | 197 | 1113 | 5.65 | 13 | 54 | 68 | 30 | 7 |
| 113 | Memphis | 12 | 154 | 875 | 5.68 | 8 | 66 | 48 | 26 | 7 |
| 114 | Minnesota | 12 | 165 | 950 | 5.76 | 9 | 58 | 59 | 36 | 9 |
| 115 | Colorado | 13 | 142 | 822 | 5.79 | 12 | 84 | 49 | 28 | 10 |
| 115 | Duke | 12 | 159 | 920 | 5.79 | 8 | 40 | 59 | 33 | 9 |
| 117 | Mississippi | 12 | 157 | 910 | 5.80 | 12 | 77 | 51 | 27 | 12 |
| 118 | Indiana | 12 | 200 | 1164 | 5.82 | 11 | 81 | 73 | 37 | 11 |
| 119 | Washington | 13 | 150 | 905 | 6.03 | 9 | 79 | 48 | 22 | 12 |
| 120 | Tulane | 13 | 162 | 1015 | 6.27 | 14 | 72 | 54 | 37 | 14 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||