2011 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Losing By 8-14 Pts through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 6 | -2 | -0.33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Nevada | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Toledo | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Florida International | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | LSU | 2 | 15 | 12 | 0.80 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | USC | 1 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 8 | 16 | 2.00 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | UCF | 2 | 12 | 22 | 1.83 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 2 | 13 | 33 | 2.54 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 11 | 33 | 3.00 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Temple | 1 | 7 | 36 | 5.14 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Texas A&M | 2 | 9 | 39 | 4.33 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 3 | 16 | 42 | 2.63 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | South Florida | 3 | 11 | 45 | 4.09 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 14 | 54 | 3.86 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 3 | 21 | 62 | 2.95 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Houston | 3 | 30 | 74 | 2.47 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Fresno State | 5 | 20 | 82 | 4.10 | 2 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | Ohio | 2 | 26 | 85 | 3.27 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | Arkansas State | 2 | 16 | 89 | 5.56 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | TCU | 2 | 18 | 95 | 5.28 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | Tulsa | 4 | 21 | 99 | 4.71 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Rutgers | 6 | 36 | 101 | 2.81 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Connecticut | 5 | 59 | 106 | 1.80 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | Utah State | 4 | 31 | 107 | 3.45 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | Utah | 7 | 39 | 108 | 2.77 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | Michigan State | 4 | 34 | 110 | 3.24 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | Wake Forest | 4 | 31 | 114 | 3.68 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 29 | Florida State | 4 | 46 | 115 | 2.50 | 0 | 57 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 22 | 115 | 5.23 | 2 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 31 | Louisville | 4 | 34 | 116 | 3.41 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Oregon | 2 | 26 | 117 | 4.50 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | BYU | 5 | 32 | 118 | 3.69 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 32 | 120 | 3.75 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 35 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 36 | 126 | 3.50 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 36 | Georgia | 3 | 30 | 133 | 4.43 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 37 | Cincinnati | 5 | 34 | 136 | 4.00 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 38 | Stanford | 1 | 22 | 137 | 6.23 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 39 | Texas | 6 | 64 | 140 | 2.19 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 39 | Kansas State | 4 | 35 | 140 | 4.00 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 41 | San Jose State | 4 | 44 | 147 | 3.34 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | West Virginia | 5 | 42 | 161 | 3.83 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 43 | Penn State | 4 | 34 | 163 | 4.79 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | Arizona State | 5 | 37 | 164 | 4.43 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 45 | Hawai'i | 6 | 68 | 172 | 2.53 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 45 | Michigan | 3 | 42 | 172 | 4.10 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 47 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 31 | 173 | 5.58 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| 48 | Memphis | 7 | 26 | 174 | 6.69 | 2 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 49 | Purdue | 5 | 33 | 175 | 5.30 | 2 | 55 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 50 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 22 | 178 | 8.09 | 2 | 45 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| 51 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 56 | 179 | 3.20 | 2 | 67 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 51 | SMU | 5 | 31 | 179 | 5.77 | 3 | 55 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 53 | Navy | 5 | 33 | 185 | 5.61 | 4 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 54 | Army | 6 | 39 | 201 | 5.15 | 2 | 56 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| 54 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 39 | 201 | 5.15 | 3 | 60 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 56 | Wyoming | 5 | 31 | 203 | 6.55 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| 57 | Western Michigan | 3 | 26 | 209 | 8.04 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| 58 | Auburn | 4 | 44 | 212 | 4.82 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 59 | North Carolina | 6 | 64 | 217 | 3.39 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 1 |
| 60 | Texas Tech | 6 | 57 | 218 | 3.82 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| 61 | Northwestern | 5 | 64 | 224 | 3.50 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 1 |
| 62 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 5 | 38 | 226 | 5.95 | 3 | 56 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 62 | East Carolina | 5 | 29 | 226 | 7.79 | 3 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| 64 | Washington | 7 | 49 | 228 | 4.65 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
| 65 | Bowling Green | 5 | 30 | 240 | 8.00 | 2 | 42 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| 66 | North Carolina State | 6 | 57 | 241 | 4.23 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 |
| 67 | California | 6 | 59 | 242 | 4.10 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 3 |
| 68 | Nebraska | 5 | 54 | 247 | 4.57 | 4 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 69 | Kent State | 7 | 53 | 248 | 4.68 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 4 |
| 70 | Iowa | 5 | 73 | 253 | 3.47 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| 70 | Central Michigan | 6 | 58 | 253 | 4.36 | 5 | 48 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 70 | Boston College | 6 | 54 | 253 | 4.69 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| 73 | Florida | 6 | 75 | 256 | 3.41 | 1 | 44 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| 74 | Iowa State | 8 | 62 | 259 | 4.18 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
| 74 | UNLV | 9 | 52 | 259 | 4.98 | 4 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
| 76 | Virginia | 5 | 57 | 260 | 4.56 | 3 | 40 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| 77 | Ohio State | 6 | 75 | 269 | 3.59 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| 78 | UTEP | 5 | 49 | 271 | 5.53 | 2 | 68 | 14 | 8 | 1 |
| 78 | Baylor | 4 | 48 | 271 | 5.65 | 3 | 62 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 80 | Kansas | 8 | 49 | 272 | 5.55 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 4 |
| 81 | Washington State | 6 | 53 | 274 | 5.17 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 2 |
| 82 | Arkansas | 5 | 46 | 276 | 6.00 | 3 | 48 | 12 | 9 | 2 |
| 83 | Minnesota | 8 | 59 | 287 | 4.86 | 3 | 82 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 83 | New Mexico | 8 | 55 | 287 | 5.22 | 6 | 69 | 14 | 6 | 4 |
| 85 | Kentucky | 6 | 59 | 290 | 4.92 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 3 |
| 86 | Notre Dame | 3 | 69 | 293 | 4.25 | 0 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 1 |
| 86 | Marshall | 7 | 64 | 293 | 4.58 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 2 |
| 88 | Rice | 7 | 58 | 296 | 5.10 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| 89 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 69 | 299 | 4.33 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| 90 | Mississippi | 9 | 78 | 300 | 3.85 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 91 | Illinois | 6 | 81 | 302 | 3.73 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 3 |
| 92 | Colorado | 8 | 58 | 305 | 5.26 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 2 |
| 93 | Tulane | 10 | 83 | 313 | 3.77 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 6 |
| 94 | North Texas | 7 | 47 | 316 | 6.72 | 4 | 56 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| 95 | Duke | 7 | 76 | 323 | 4.25 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 1 |
| 96 | Buffalo | 9 | 80 | 326 | 4.08 | 4 | 75 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 97 | Air Force | 6 | 52 | 327 | 6.29 | 3 | 57 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| 98 | Mississippi State | 5 | 69 | 328 | 4.75 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| 99 | Ball State | 6 | 67 | 334 | 4.99 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 4 |
| 99 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 48 | 334 | 6.96 | 4 | 68 | 13 | 10 | 5 |
| 101 | UCLA | 7 | 56 | 342 | 6.11 | 6 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 5 |
| 102 | Colorado State | 9 | 73 | 345 | 4.73 | 3 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 5 |
| 103 | New Mexico State | 7 | 62 | 353 | 5.69 | 5 | 39 | 20 | 15 | 6 |
| 104 | Syracuse | 6 | 87 | 356 | 4.09 | 3 | 61 | 18 | 9 | 4 |
| 105 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 85 | 365 | 4.29 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 13 | 3 |
| 106 | Idaho | 10 | 90 | 366 | 4.07 | 5 | 55 | 19 | 10 | 2 |
| 107 | UAB | 8 | 50 | 368 | 7.36 | 4 | 47 | 20 | 9 | 4 |
| 108 | Tennessee | 6 | 75 | 374 | 4.99 | 5 | 71 | 18 | 13 | 3 |
| 109 | Missouri | 5 | 68 | 399 | 5.87 | 5 | 80 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| 110 | Oregon State | 9 | 85 | 412 | 4.85 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 12 | 4 |
| 111 | Troy | 9 | 92 | 424 | 4.61 | 6 | 57 | 17 | 11 | 3 |
| 112 | San Diego State | 7 | 94 | 431 | 4.59 | 3 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 5 |
| 113 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 81 | 451 | 5.57 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 7 |
| 114 | Clemson | 6 | 88 | 482 | 5.48 | 5 | 56 | 25 | 13 | 4 |
| 115 | Maryland | 9 | 101 | 499 | 4.94 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 5 |
| 116 | Indiana | 10 | 90 | 533 | 5.92 | 5 | 50 | 27 | 18 | 7 |
| 117 | Arizona | 8 | 100 | 535 | 5.35 | 6 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 7 |
| 118 | Akron | 11 | 100 | 621 | 6.21 | 5 | 58 | 26 | 18 | 8 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||