2011 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Winning By 1-7 Pts through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idaho | 5 | 26 | 6 | 0.23 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 5 | 29 | 68 | 2.34 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Akron | 2 | 17 | 78 | 4.59 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | SMU | 7 | 44 | 80 | 1.82 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 6 | 47 | 120 | 2.55 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 12 | 105 | 182 | 1.73 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 8 | 64 | 195 | 3.05 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 7 | 68 | 197 | 2.90 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 12 | 78 | 207 | 2.65 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 10 | 80 | 228 | 2.85 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | BYU | 11 | 78 | 232 | 2.97 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | TCU | 11 | 85 | 276 | 3.25 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 7 | 81 | 290 | 3.58 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 117 | 322 | 2.75 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 11 | 100 | 333 | 3.33 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | Minnesota | 5 | 30 | 102 | 3.40 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 40 | 151 | 3.78 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | Tulane | 7 | 33 | 160 | 4.85 | 3 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 16 | LSU | 12 | 105 | 203 | 1.93 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | Kent State | 6 | 98 | 203 | 2.07 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | Oregon State | 7 | 52 | 214 | 4.12 | 1 | 56 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 16 | Alabama | 13 | 74 | 217 | 2.93 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | USC | 12 | 94 | 221 | 2.35 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | Mississippi State | 9 | 79 | 237 | 3.00 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | Florida State | 12 | 64 | 239 | 3.73 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | Purdue | 9 | 72 | 246 | 3.42 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| 16 | Air Force | 9 | 77 | 255 | 3.31 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 1 |
| 16 | Kansas | 7 | 62 | 259 | 4.18 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | Boise State | 11 | 90 | 268 | 2.98 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | Temple | 13 | 95 | 290 | 3.05 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 16 | Arkansas State | 12 | 106 | 329 | 3.10 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | Illinois | 9 | 130 | 339 | 2.61 | 4 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | Indiana | 8 | 76 | 346 | 4.55 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | Iowa | 8 | 118 | 383 | 3.25 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | Boston College | 8 | 95 | 386 | 4.06 | 3 | 42 | 22 | 7 | 1 |
| 36 | North Carolina State | 8 | 53 | 143 | 2.70 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 36 | Texas | 8 | 57 | 155 | 2.72 | 3 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 36 | Notre Dame | 10 | 92 | 180 | 1.96 | 0 | 42 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 36 | Army | 6 | 54 | 186 | 3.44 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| 36 | Tennessee | 7 | 53 | 198 | 3.74 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| 36 | Stanford | 12 | 83 | 216 | 2.60 | 3 | 61 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| 36 | Missouri | 10 | 74 | 251 | 3.39 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| 36 | Cincinnati | 12 | 92 | 261 | 2.84 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| 36 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 74 | 267 | 3.61 | 5 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| 36 | Houston | 12 | 84 | 273 | 3.25 | 1 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 2 |
| 36 | Louisville | 9 | 105 | 294 | 2.80 | 2 | 50 | 20 | 9 | 2 |
| 36 | Kentucky | 9 | 90 | 299 | 3.32 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 2 |
| 36 | Buffalo | 7 | 73 | 309 | 4.23 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 2 |
| 36 | UTEP | 7 | 85 | 318 | 3.74 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 7 | 2 |
| 36 | Troy | 7 | 77 | 332 | 4.31 | 1 | 57 | 18 | 7 | 2 |
| 36 | Mississippi | 6 | 70 | 342 | 4.89 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 2 |
| 36 | New Mexico | 4 | 67 | 342 | 5.10 | 5 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 2 |
| 36 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 93 | 343 | 3.69 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 2 |
| 36 | Maryland | 6 | 82 | 346 | 4.22 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 2 |
| 36 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 80 | 349 | 4.36 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 2 |
| 36 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 78 | 368 | 4.72 | 3 | 69 | 20 | 14 | 2 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 11 | 95 | 392 | 4.13 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 2 |
| 36 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 88 | 392 | 4.45 | 3 | 47 | 20 | 13 | 2 |
| 36 | Syracuse | 9 | 117 | 428 | 3.66 | 4 | 26 | 27 | 17 | 2 |
| 36 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 151 | 432 | 2.86 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 14 | 2 |
| 36 | Clemson | 13 | 127 | 438 | 3.45 | 3 | 45 | 25 | 9 | 2 |
| 36 | Florida | 10 | 102 | 440 | 4.31 | 3 | 22 | 29 | 14 | 2 |
| 36 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 106 | 445 | 4.20 | 6 | 55 | 22 | 15 | 2 |
| 36 | Kansas State | 11 | 122 | 448 | 3.67 | 2 | 55 | 29 | 11 | 2 |
| 36 | Ohio State | 9 | 112 | 451 | 4.03 | 4 | 46 | 22 | 9 | 2 |
| 36 | Navy | 10 | 114 | 540 | 4.74 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 19 | 2 |
| 36 | Bowling Green | 8 | 126 | 542 | 4.30 | 5 | 58 | 29 | 19 | 2 |
| 36 | Auburn | 10 | 152 | 636 | 4.18 | 6 | 21 | 41 | 23 | 2 |
| 69 | UNLV | 5 | 53 | 251 | 4.74 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| 69 | West Virginia | 11 | 77 | 269 | 3.49 | 4 | 55 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| 69 | North Carolina | 11 | 84 | 273 | 3.25 | 0 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| 69 | Duke | 6 | 55 | 292 | 5.31 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| 69 | Michigan | 11 | 64 | 298 | 4.66 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 3 |
| 69 | Connecticut | 9 | 88 | 303 | 3.44 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 |
| 69 | Utah | 9 | 83 | 336 | 4.05 | 1 | 58 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| 69 | Texas A&M | 13 | 119 | 356 | 2.99 | 8 | 43 | 25 | 14 | 3 |
| 69 | Colorado State | 8 | 77 | 376 | 4.88 | 4 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 3 |
| 69 | Rice | 9 | 106 | 380 | 3.58 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 12 | 3 |
| 69 | Nevada | 11 | 108 | 387 | 3.58 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 12 | 3 |
| 69 | UAB | 8 | 72 | 388 | 5.39 | 8 | 47 | 19 | 11 | 3 |
| 69 | UCF | 11 | 96 | 414 | 4.31 | 2 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 3 |
| 69 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 122 | 425 | 3.48 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 3 |
| 69 | Northwestern | 10 | 107 | 438 | 4.09 | 6 | 42 | 22 | 11 | 3 |
| 69 | Penn State | 11 | 119 | 512 | 4.30 | 1 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 3 |
| 69 | UCLA | 7 | 95 | 521 | 5.48 | 4 | 65 | 30 | 22 | 3 |
| 69 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 130 | 548 | 4.22 | 5 | 79 | 25 | 15 | 3 |
| 69 | Iowa State | 11 | 129 | 623 | 4.83 | 7 | 22 | 36 | 18 | 3 |
| 69 | Ball State | 8 | 151 | 814 | 5.39 | 2 | 48 | 43 | 27 | 3 |
| 89 | North Texas | 8 | 66 | 242 | 3.67 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 89 | Washington | 10 | 64 | 243 | 3.80 | 2 | 78 | 15 | 6 | 4 |
| 89 | Georgia | 14 | 112 | 288 | 2.57 | 5 | 68 | 14 | 12 | 4 |
| 89 | Hawai'i | 10 | 99 | 299 | 3.02 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 4 |
| 89 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 87 | 363 | 4.17 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 12 | 4 |
| 89 | Memphis | 6 | 67 | 377 | 5.63 | 4 | 59 | 16 | 14 | 4 |
| 89 | Rutgers | 9 | 105 | 392 | 3.73 | 5 | 80 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
| 89 | Oregon | 11 | 92 | 404 | 4.39 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 13 | 4 |
| 89 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 11 | 130 | 408 | 3.14 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 4 |
| 89 | Florida International | 13 | 100 | 437 | 4.37 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 14 | 4 |
| 89 | San Diego State | 10 | 132 | 461 | 3.49 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 4 |
| 89 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 125 | 472 | 3.78 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 4 |
| 89 | South Carolina | 12 | 154 | 594 | 3.86 | 5 | 36 | 35 | 19 | 4 |
| 102 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 100 | 401 | 4.01 | 5 | 68 | 13 | 13 | 5 |
| 102 | Texas Tech | 8 | 73 | 412 | 5.64 | 4 | 55 | 19 | 11 | 5 |
| 102 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 95 | 418 | 4.40 | 3 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 5 |
| 102 | Oklahoma | 10 | 115 | 443 | 3.85 | 1 | 32 | 23 | 18 | 5 |
| 102 | Wisconsin | 13 | 90 | 539 | 5.99 | 5 | 91 | 21 | 14 | 5 |
| 102 | Toledo | 12 | 133 | 574 | 4.32 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 20 | 5 |
| 102 | East Carolina | 10 | 132 | 664 | 5.03 | 7 | 77 | 34 | 17 | 5 |
| 102 | Baylor | 11 | 136 | 670 | 4.93 | 8 | 63 | 33 | 17 | 5 |
| 102 | Utah State | 12 | 198 | 814 | 4.11 | 11 | 31 | 47 | 31 | 5 |
| 111 | Ohio | 12 | 131 | 540 | 4.12 | 5 | 35 | 30 | 20 | 6 |
| 112 | California | 12 | 98 | 497 | 5.07 | 4 | 53 | 27 | 13 | 7 |
| 112 | New Mexico State | 8 | 112 | 692 | 6.18 | 10 | 66 | 31 | 21 | 7 |
| 112 | Wyoming | 11 | 192 | 786 | 4.09 | 7 | 44 | 48 | 25 | 7 |
| 115 | Virginia | 12 | 97 | 533 | 5.49 | 3 | 60 | 22 | 18 | 8 |
| 115 | San Jose State | 8 | 108 | 643 | 5.95 | 7 | 74 | 31 | 15 | 8 |
| 115 | Western Michigan | 13 | 109 | 658 | 6.04 | 9 | 50 | 33 | 24 | 8 |
| 118 | Arizona State | 11 | 157 | 740 | 4.71 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 25 | 9 |
| 119 | Wake Forest | 12 | 106 | 629 | 5.93 | 5 | 60 | 29 | 21 | 10 |
| 120 | Fresno State | 11 | 135 | 796 | 5.90 | 12 | 69 | 36 | 26 | 11 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||