2011 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Losing By 1-7 Pts through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Boise State | 3 | 14 | 18 | 1.29 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Arkansas State | 7 | 42 | 64 | 1.52 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Toledo | 4 | 32 | 83 | 2.59 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Georgia | 4 | 28 | 47 | 1.68 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Southern Mississippi | 7 | 33 | 76 | 2.30 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | USC | 2 | 29 | 101 | 3.48 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | East Carolina | 7 | 54 | 129 | 2.39 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 57 | 62 | 1.09 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | LSU | 4 | 28 | 86 | 3.07 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | TCU | 7 | 49 | 144 | 2.94 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Utah State | 9 | 62 | 157 | 2.53 | 4 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | Temple | 4 | 39 | 91 | 2.33 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | Tulsa | 8 | 33 | 118 | 3.58 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Oregon | 5 | 48 | 144 | 3.00 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Stanford | 3 | 23 | 168 | 7.30 | 2 | 58 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 71 | 174 | 2.45 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Virginia | 9 | 80 | 181 | 2.26 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Florida State | 5 | 88 | 228 | 2.59 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | Kansas State | 8 | 60 | 243 | 4.05 | 2 | 63 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 6 | 57 | 86 | 1.51 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Notre Dame | 6 | 48 | 183 | 3.81 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | North Texas | 7 | 54 | 189 | 3.50 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 21 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 80 | 241 | 3.01 | 3 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 5 | 35 | 124 | 3.54 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 43 | 142 | 3.30 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| 25 | Nevada | 7 | 55 | 218 | 3.96 | 0 | 62 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | Northwestern | 9 | 57 | 250 | 4.39 | 2 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 |
| 25 | SMU | 5 | 80 | 360 | 4.50 | 6 | 36 | 21 | 6 | 2 |
| 30 | South Florida | 5 | 46 | 161 | 3.50 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 30 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 31 | 189 | 6.10 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 30 | BYU | 8 | 77 | 193 | 2.51 | 2 | 53 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| 30 | Cincinnati | 8 | 65 | 202 | 3.11 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| 30 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 64 | 207 | 3.23 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| 30 | Baylor | 8 | 50 | 235 | 4.70 | 2 | 56 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| 36 | Connecticut | 8 | 70 | 242 | 3.46 | 3 | 40 | 10 | 8 | 4 |
| 36 | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 73 | 271 | 3.71 | 6 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 2 |
| 36 | Mississippi State | 7 | 64 | 295 | 4.61 | 1 | 52 | 14 | 8 | 1 |
| 39 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 63 | 211 | 3.35 | 2 | 58 | 10 | 9 | 4 |
| 39 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 65 | 213 | 3.28 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 |
| 39 | North Carolina | 5 | 64 | 266 | 4.16 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 4 |
| 39 | Florida | 7 | 79 | 271 | 3.43 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 0 |
| 39 | Michigan State | 6 | 89 | 284 | 3.19 | 4 | 39 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
| 39 | Penn State | 7 | 76 | 292 | 3.84 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
| 39 | Utah | 9 | 74 | 320 | 4.32 | 2 | 49 | 16 | 9 | 4 |
| 39 | Ball State | 11 | 68 | 329 | 4.84 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 3 |
| 39 | Wake Forest | 8 | 81 | 343 | 4.23 | 4 | 72 | 20 | 9 | 3 |
| 39 | North Carolina State | 8 | 91 | 344 | 3.78 | 5 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 4 |
| 39 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 | 109 | 345 | 3.17 | 8 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 2 |
| 39 | Tennessee | 5 | 86 | 360 | 4.19 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 |
| 51 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 60 | 293 | 4.88 | 2 | 68 | 12 | 10 | 3 |
| 51 | Memphis | 11 | 58 | 321 | 5.53 | 3 | 48 | 15 | 10 | 3 |
| 51 | Nebraska | 5 | 77 | 333 | 4.32 | 4 | 63 | 17 | 10 | 2 |
| 51 | Navy | 7 | 81 | 340 | 4.20 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 3 |
| 51 | Arkansas | 5 | 57 | 369 | 6.47 | 6 | 62 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| 51 | Auburn | 8 | 75 | 371 | 4.95 | 3 | 92 | 18 | 10 | 3 |
| 51 | Wisconsin | 6 | 84 | 376 | 4.48 | 4 | 44 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| 51 | Iowa | 7 | 93 | 379 | 4.08 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 2 |
| 51 | Kansas | 9 | 66 | 398 | 6.03 | 4 | 63 | 18 | 10 | 4 |
| 51 | Kent State | 8 | 111 | 401 | 3.61 | 3 | 46 | 21 | 10 | 4 |
| 61 | South Carolina | 9 | 95 | 283 | 2.98 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 0 |
| 61 | Colorado | 10 | 64 | 293 | 4.58 | 5 | 57 | 14 | 11 | 4 |
| 61 | Louisville | 9 | 108 | 302 | 2.80 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 2 |
| 61 | Minnesota | 10 | 81 | 308 | 3.80 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 1 |
| 61 | West Virginia | 9 | 102 | 342 | 3.35 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 1 |
| 61 | Boston College | 9 | 105 | 375 | 3.57 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 1 |
| 61 | Troy | 10 | 94 | 459 | 4.88 | 5 | 75 | 14 | 11 | 6 |
| 61 | Clemson | 9 | 94 | 488 | 5.19 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 6 |
| 69 | Florida International | 8 | 89 | 257 | 2.89 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 1 |
| 69 | San Diego State | 8 | 77 | 262 | 3.40 | 5 | 53 | 15 | 12 | 4 |
| 69 | Michigan | 6 | 58 | 267 | 4.60 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 4 |
| 69 | Illinois | 9 | 88 | 323 | 3.67 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 3 |
| 69 | Texas | 8 | 77 | 340 | 4.42 | 6 | 74 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
| 69 | Bowling Green | 11 | 87 | 361 | 4.15 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 3 |
| 69 | Syracuse | 8 | 98 | 364 | 3.71 | 5 | 63 | 22 | 12 | 3 |
| 69 | Arizona State | 9 | 107 | 443 | 4.14 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 6 |
| 69 | Ohio | 6 | 83 | 456 | 5.49 | 2 | 63 | 15 | 12 | 5 |
| 69 | Akron | 10 | 105 | 482 | 4.59 | 6 | 56 | 23 | 12 | 4 |
| 69 | Wyoming | 9 | 86 | 515 | 5.99 | 4 | 74 | 20 | 12 | 3 |
| 69 | Washington State | 10 | 108 | 535 | 4.95 | 6 | 59 | 20 | 12 | 5 |
| 81 | California | 9 | 77 | 389 | 5.05 | 5 | 68 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| 81 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 119 | 404 | 3.39 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 3 |
| 81 | Rice | 10 | 79 | 427 | 5.41 | 4 | 52 | 18 | 13 | 4 |
| 81 | Idaho | 12 | 76 | 440 | 5.79 | 4 | 80 | 19 | 13 | 4 |
| 81 | Army | 9 | 89 | 443 | 4.98 | 5 | 57 | 24 | 13 | 3 |
| 86 | Air Force | 8 | 64 | 370 | 5.78 | 5 | 41 | 20 | 14 | 5 |
| 86 | Arizona | 10 | 78 | 433 | 5.55 | 6 | 49 | 20 | 14 | 4 |
| 86 | UAB | 12 | 101 | 445 | 4.41 | 4 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 4 |
| 86 | Mississippi | 10 | 80 | 462 | 5.78 | 4 | 48 | 19 | 14 | 4 |
| 86 | Rutgers | 10 | 138 | 514 | 3.72 | 5 | 60 | 25 | 14 | 4 |
| 86 | Washington | 7 | 74 | 533 | 7.20 | 8 | 70 | 23 | 14 | 7 |
| 86 | Kentucky | 10 | 127 | 538 | 4.24 | 2 | 33 | 36 | 14 | 4 |
| 93 | Buffalo | 9 | 89 | 425 | 4.78 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 3 |
| 94 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | 91 | 362 | 3.98 | 0 | 47 | 19 | 16 | 2 |
| 94 | Iowa State | 12 | 120 | 463 | 3.86 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 16 | 3 |
| 94 | Maryland | 11 | 98 | 472 | 4.82 | 6 | 44 | 26 | 16 | 7 |
| 94 | Purdue | 9 | 120 | 499 | 4.16 | 4 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 2 |
| 94 | Ohio State | 10 | 154 | 528 | 3.43 | 4 | 42 | 28 | 16 | 4 |
| 99 | Marshall | 12 | 107 | 316 | 2.95 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 4 |
| 99 | Missouri | 9 | 115 | 444 | 3.86 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 17 | 2 |
| 99 | Indiana | 11 | 105 | 481 | 4.58 | 5 | 47 | 28 | 17 | 3 |
| 99 | San Jose State | 8 | 85 | 522 | 6.14 | 4 | 70 | 23 | 17 | 6 |
| 99 | UCLA | 11 | 111 | 650 | 5.86 | 8 | 73 | 31 | 17 | 6 |
| 104 | UCF | 7 | 92 | 428 | 4.65 | 1 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 2 |
| 104 | New Mexico State | 10 | 80 | 526 | 6.58 | 5 | 85 | 22 | 18 | 5 |
| 104 | Duke | 11 | 132 | 605 | 4.58 | 6 | 48 | 27 | 18 | 6 |
| 104 | Fresno State | 11 | 125 | 613 | 4.90 | 5 | 59 | 28 | 18 | 6 |
| 108 | Tulane | 11 | 93 | 433 | 4.66 | 8 | 52 | 23 | 19 | 6 |
| 108 | Western Michigan | 7 | 92 | 478 | 5.20 | 3 | 59 | 21 | 19 | 5 |
| 108 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 115 | 563 | 4.90 | 6 | 67 | 30 | 19 | 4 |
| 108 | Oregon State | 9 | 121 | 679 | 5.61 | 5 | 39 | 31 | 19 | 5 |
| 108 | Central Michigan | 8 | 125 | 719 | 5.75 | 4 | 64 | 31 | 19 | 8 |
| 108 | UTEP | 10 | 137 | 738 | 5.39 | 6 | 71 | 32 | 19 | 7 |
| 114 | Houston | 6 | 84 | 464 | 5.52 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 20 | 4 |
| 114 | New Mexico | 10 | 93 | 557 | 5.99 | 8 | 53 | 28 | 20 | 7 |
| 116 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 132 | 674 | 5.11 | 6 | 96 | 31 | 21 | 9 |
| 116 | Hawai'i | 8 | 112 | 674 | 6.02 | 2 | 80 | 34 | 21 | 3 |
| 116 | Colorado State | 11 | 168 | 896 | 5.33 | 9 | 83 | 40 | 21 | 9 |
| 119 | UNLV | 11 | 103 | 624 | 6.06 | 6 | 67 | 31 | 23 | 7 |
| 120 | Texas Tech | 10 | 136 | 829 | 6.10 | 12 | 56 | 40 | 25 | 8 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||