2011 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Winning By 8-14 Pts through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idaho | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Akron | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Duke | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | UCF | 5 | 20 | 16 | 0.80 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Utah | 6 | 20 | 41 | 2.05 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 5 | 11 | 44 | 4.00 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 13 | 48 | 3.69 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 11 | 62 | 49 | 0.79 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | North Texas | 5 | 25 | 53 | 2.12 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 12 | 55 | 4.58 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 7 | 30 | 63 | 2.10 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 7 | 25 | 63 | 2.52 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | 12 | 69 | 5.75 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Troy | 2 | 12 | 72 | 6.00 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 3 | 10 | 81 | 8.10 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 21 | 82 | 3.90 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Temple | 8 | 41 | 109 | 2.66 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Texas | 6 | 40 | 118 | 2.95 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 8 | 71 | 157 | 2.21 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 5 | 29 | 205 | 7.07 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Ohio | 8 | 48 | 212 | 4.42 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 |
| 1 | TCU | 9 | 60 | 240 | 4.00 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 3 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 10 | 71 | 257 | 3.62 | 0 | 65 | 13 | 10 | 2 |
| 1 | Oregon | 11 | 97 | 368 | 3.79 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 |
| 29 | Syracuse | 3 | 24 | -3 | -0.13 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Oregon State | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1.15 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Illinois | 4 | 23 | 17 | 0.74 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Boston College | 4 | 15 | 28 | 1.87 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 4 | 17 | 40 | 2.35 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | Minnesota | 2 | 12 | 43 | 3.58 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | UAB | 2 | 14 | 67 | 4.79 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | Rutgers | 7 | 38 | 80 | 2.11 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 23 | 85 | 3.70 | 1 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | UTEP | 4 | 21 | 90 | 4.29 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Mississippi State | 6 | 43 | 102 | 2.37 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | UCLA | 5 | 28 | 111 | 3.96 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 29 | California | 7 | 52 | 114 | 2.19 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 29 | Buffalo | 4 | 34 | 114 | 3.35 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | Ohio State | 6 | 42 | 117 | 2.79 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | Florida State | 8 | 68 | 118 | 1.74 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 47 | 119 | 2.53 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | Missouri | 7 | 57 | 127 | 2.23 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 44 | 130 | 2.95 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | Tennessee | 4 | 11 | 133 | 12.09 | 1 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 29 | Arkansas State | 10 | 67 | 138 | 2.06 | 1 | 43 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 29 | New Mexico State | 4 | 33 | 143 | 4.33 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | Army | 4 | 44 | 145 | 3.30 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Michigan State | 10 | 69 | 155 | 2.25 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| 29 | SMU | 8 | 70 | 156 | 2.23 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 57 | 163 | 2.86 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | Rice | 3 | 25 | 187 | 7.48 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| 29 | Central Michigan | 5 | 44 | 197 | 4.48 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 29 | Hawai'i | 6 | 56 | 215 | 3.84 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| 29 | Clemson | 9 | 55 | 218 | 3.96 | 1 | 56 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 29 | South Florida | 7 | 57 | 231 | 4.05 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| 29 | Nebraska | 8 | 67 | 237 | 3.54 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | Notre Dame | 8 | 58 | 240 | 4.14 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 29 | Texas Tech | 5 | 43 | 243 | 5.65 | 1 | 54 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 29 | Wisconsin | 11 | 47 | 259 | 5.51 | 1 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
| 29 | Air Force | 7 | 64 | 297 | 4.64 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 2 |
| 29 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 75 | 311 | 4.15 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 1 |
| 66 | Tulane | 2 | 24 | 86 | 3.58 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 66 | UNLV | 3 | 16 | 106 | 6.63 | 2 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 66 | North Carolina | 7 | 40 | 114 | 2.85 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 66 | Arizona | 5 | 35 | 117 | 3.34 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 66 | Purdue | 6 | 49 | 122 | 2.49 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 66 | Colorado | 4 | 34 | 127 | 3.74 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 66 | Penn State | 7 | 60 | 137 | 2.28 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 66 | BYU | 7 | 48 | 137 | 2.85 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 66 | Indiana | 4 | 18 | 139 | 7.72 | 2 | 81 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 66 | Ball State | 3 | 31 | 145 | 4.68 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 66 | LSU | 10 | 52 | 151 | 2.90 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| 66 | Memphis | 6 | 44 | 160 | 3.64 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| 66 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 65 | 194 | 2.98 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 3 |
| 66 | Kansas State | 7 | 39 | 198 | 5.08 | 2 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 66 | Navy | 6 | 39 | 209 | 5.36 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 66 | Boise State | 11 | 70 | 210 | 3.00 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 3 |
| 66 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 51 | 219 | 4.29 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| 66 | Iowa | 8 | 70 | 220 | 3.14 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 66 | Florida | 8 | 43 | 226 | 5.26 | 2 | 77 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 66 | Tulsa | 8 | 89 | 230 | 2.58 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 0 |
| 66 | Utah State | 8 | 71 | 237 | 3.34 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| 66 | Michigan | 10 | 79 | 250 | 3.16 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 1 |
| 66 | South Carolina | 9 | 66 | 256 | 3.88 | 2 | 47 | 20 | 8 | 1 |
| 66 | West Virginia | 9 | 59 | 288 | 4.88 | 2 | 65 | 12 | 10 | 5 |
| 66 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 82 | 314 | 3.83 | 2 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 1 |
| 66 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 100 | 348 | 3.48 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 2 |
| 66 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 90 | 398 | 4.42 | 2 | 57 | 20 | 13 | 7 |
| 93 | Bowling Green | 5 | 19 | 106 | 5.58 | 3 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 93 | Maryland | 4 | 38 | 174 | 4.58 | 3 | 55 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 93 | Florida International | 9 | 77 | 204 | 2.65 | 3 | 33 | 10 | 11 | 1 |
| 93 | East Carolina | 6 | 47 | 209 | 4.45 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 93 | Oklahoma | 9 | 62 | 233 | 3.76 | 3 | 56 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| 93 | Louisville | 8 | 73 | 236 | 3.23 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 3 |
| 93 | Northwestern | 8 | 72 | 259 | 3.60 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 1 |
| 93 | Baylor | 9 | 71 | 288 | 4.06 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 2 |
| 93 | Auburn | 7 | 67 | 364 | 5.43 | 3 | 40 | 20 | 12 | 3 |
| 93 | Virginia | 7 | 97 | 403 | 4.15 | 3 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 5 |
| 103 | Toledo | 10 | 52 | 225 | 4.33 | 4 | 60 | 11 | 5 | 4 |
| 103 | Georgia | 11 | 85 | 277 | 3.26 | 4 | 40 | 16 | 13 | 2 |
| 103 | San Jose State | 7 | 82 | 321 | 3.91 | 4 | 77 | 18 | 10 | 1 |
| 103 | Wake Forest | 9 | 89 | 363 | 4.08 | 4 | 53 | 20 | 10 | 4 |
| 103 | USC | 11 | 83 | 368 | 4.43 | 4 | 51 | 22 | 12 | 2 |
| 108 | Fresno State | 7 | 31 | 178 | 5.74 | 5 | 70 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| 108 | Stanford | 12 | 66 | 199 | 3.02 | 5 | 61 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| 108 | Washington | 8 | 57 | 253 | 4.44 | 5 | 89 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 108 | Arkansas | 10 | 99 | 280 | 2.83 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 0 |
| 108 | San Diego State | 7 | 68 | 318 | 4.68 | 5 | 67 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| 108 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 | 96 | 334 | 3.48 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 2 |
| 108 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 134 | 368 | 2.75 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 12 | 0 |
| 108 | Houston | 12 | 89 | 495 | 5.56 | 5 | 68 | 25 | 13 | 5 |
| 116 | Texas A&M | 11 | 106 | 326 | 3.08 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 1 |
| 116 | Wyoming | 8 | 81 | 462 | 5.70 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 18 | 2 |
| 118 | Nevada | 10 | 67 | 420 | 6.27 | 7 | 65 | 16 | 11 | 6 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||