2011 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Losing By 15+ Pts through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida International | 1 | 2 | -4 | -2.00 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 3 | 19 | 15 | 0.79 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 1 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | TCU | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | USC | 1 | 7 | 16 | 2.29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 30 | 31 | 1.03 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 15 | 31 | 2.07 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 2 | 15 | 36 | 2.40 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Louisville | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Missouri | 2 | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Utah State | 1 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | UCF | 1 | 7 | 48 | 6.86 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 1 | 17 | 52 | 3.06 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Iowa | 3 | 22 | 63 | 2.86 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Houston | 2 | 19 | 82 | 4.32 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | LSU | 1 | 11 | 58 | 5.27 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 20 | 64 | 3.20 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Temple | 1 | 20 | 55 | 2.75 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 20 | 68 | 3.40 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Cincinnati | 2 | 26 | 83 | 3.19 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | Oregon | 2 | 14 | 84 | 6.00 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | South Florida | 1 | 21 | 98 | 4.67 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 20 | West Virginia | 2 | 25 | 156 | 6.24 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | Rutgers | 1 | 28 | 88 | 3.14 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Georgia | 1 | 11 | 117 | 10.64 | 1 | 48 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | Texas | 2 | 22 | 124 | 5.64 | 1 | 64 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 32 | 128 | 4.00 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | Hawai'i | 4 | 38 | 151 | 3.97 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | Connecticut | 3 | 44 | 73 | 1.66 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 39 | 77 | 1.97 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Arizona State | 1 | 25 | 94 | 3.76 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Toledo | 1 | 19 | 110 | 5.79 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | California | 4 | 35 | 111 | 3.17 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | Kansas State | 2 | 14 | 124 | 8.86 | 2 | 61 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Arkansas | 3 | 30 | 137 | 4.57 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | Oklahoma | 2 | 27 | 220 | 8.15 | 2 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 39 | Mississippi State | 2 | 32 | 93 | 2.91 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 42 | 141 | 3.36 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 39 | Utah | 3 | 45 | 144 | 3.20 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 39 | Illinois | 3 | 42 | 152 | 3.62 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 39 | Fresno State | 3 | 54 | 206 | 3.81 | 4 | 55 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 44 | Syracuse | 3 | 34 | 148 | 4.35 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 44 | Nebraska | 4 | 38 | 164 | 4.32 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 44 | Nevada | 2 | 45 | 213 | 4.73 | 2 | 43 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 47 | Virginia | 3 | 49 | 198 | 4.04 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 47 | BYU | 2 | 37 | 255 | 6.89 | 3 | 62 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 49 | Florida | 4 | 56 | 184 | 3.29 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 49 | San Jose State | 3 | 56 | 201 | 3.59 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 49 | Boston College | 5 | 60 | 218 | 3.63 | 4 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| 49 | North Carolina State | 5 | 65 | 297 | 4.57 | 1 | 46 | 11 | 7 | 5 |
| 49 | Western Michigan | 2 | 28 | 307 | 10.96 | 4 | 66 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
| 54 | San Diego State | 4 | 58 | 196 | 3.38 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 54 | Wake Forest | 3 | 50 | 336 | 6.72 | 2 | 57 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
| 56 | Arkansas State | 3 | 56 | 176 | 3.14 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 |
| 56 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 37 | 178 | 4.81 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| 56 | North Carolina | 4 | 51 | 222 | 4.35 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 |
| 56 | Baylor | 3 | 37 | 342 | 9.24 | 4 | 81 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| 60 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 64 | 277 | 4.33 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| 60 | Penn State | 3 | 51 | 289 | 5.67 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| 60 | Air Force | 2 | 51 | 341 | 6.69 | 4 | 78 | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| 60 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 55 | 354 | 6.44 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 13 | 2 |
| 64 | Tennessee | 4 | 63 | 322 | 5.11 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 13 | 2 |
| 64 | East Carolina | 4 | 73 | 323 | 4.42 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 |
| 64 | Washington State | 6 | 64 | 356 | 5.56 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 4 |
| 67 | Clemson | 4 | 70 | 260 | 3.71 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 2 |
| 68 | UTEP | 4 | 44 | 299 | 6.80 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
| 68 | Central Michigan | 6 | 84 | 307 | 3.65 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 2 |
| 68 | Arizona | 7 | 76 | 389 | 5.12 | 5 | 47 | 17 | 12 | 3 |
| 71 | SMU | 4 | 76 | 300 | 3.95 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 2 |
| 72 | Navy | 3 | 68 | 370 | 5.44 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 3 |
| 72 | Tulsa | 4 | 103 | 387 | 3.76 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 2 |
| 72 | Bowling Green | 3 | 70 | 407 | 5.81 | 4 | 51 | 21 | 9 | 2 |
| 72 | Washington | 5 | 76 | 488 | 6.42 | 5 | 79 | 21 | 11 | 5 |
| 76 | Kent State | 4 | 97 | 476 | 4.91 | 6 | 69 | 22 | 13 | 4 |
| 77 | New Mexico State | 5 | 87 | 362 | 4.16 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 13 | 2 |
| 77 | Duke | 5 | 64 | 446 | 6.97 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 17 | 4 |
| 77 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 76 | 504 | 6.63 | 3 | 59 | 23 | 15 | 4 |
| 77 | Buffalo | 5 | 107 | 508 | 4.75 | 3 | 58 | 23 | 9 | 4 |
| 81 | Ball State | 5 | 99 | 477 | 4.82 | 5 | 74 | 24 | 11 | 4 |
| 81 | Purdue | 3 | 78 | 518 | 6.64 | 6 | 59 | 24 | 17 | 5 |
| 83 | Auburn | 4 | 71 | 420 | 5.92 | 3 | 57 | 25 | 15 | 4 |
| 83 | Colorado State | 4 | 86 | 571 | 6.64 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 19 | 7 |
| 85 | Marshall | 5 | 117 | 580 | 4.96 | 4 | 82 | 27 | 15 | 4 |
| 85 | Army | 5 | 100 | 606 | 6.06 | 7 | 55 | 27 | 14 | 6 |
| 87 | Oregon State | 8 | 110 | 494 | 4.49 | 5 | 60 | 28 | 15 | 3 |
| 87 | Wyoming | 4 | 95 | 533 | 5.61 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 18 | 3 |
| 89 | North Texas | 6 | 107 | 652 | 6.09 | 6 | 71 | 30 | 19 | 6 |
| 90 | UCLA | 6 | 115 | 591 | 5.14 | 3 | 43 | 31 | 18 | 4 |
| 90 | Tulane | 9 | 139 | 598 | 4.30 | 7 | 72 | 31 | 16 | 5 |
| 90 | Idaho | 7 | 146 | 612 | 4.19 | 2 | 38 | 31 | 23 | 4 |
| 93 | UAB | 7 | 113 | 545 | 4.82 | 4 | 43 | 32 | 16 | 1 |
| 93 | Mississippi | 7 | 131 | 902 | 6.89 | 8 | 77 | 32 | 21 | 12 |
| 95 | Kentucky | 5 | 126 | 739 | 5.87 | 6 | 84 | 33 | 23 | 5 |
| 96 | Troy | 7 | 119 | 579 | 4.87 | 7 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 3 |
| 96 | UNLV | 9 | 155 | 680 | 4.39 | 11 | 46 | 34 | 20 | 5 |
| 96 | Indiana | 6 | 128 | 685 | 5.35 | 6 | 54 | 34 | 16 | 8 |
| 99 | Rice | 6 | 116 | 637 | 5.49 | 2 | 33 | 35 | 21 | 7 |
| 100 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 178 | 633 | 3.56 | 5 | 27 | 36 | 20 | 3 |
| 100 | Maryland | 8 | 166 | 715 | 4.31 | 5 | 44 | 36 | 22 | 4 |
| 100 | Texas Tech | 4 | 132 | 726 | 5.50 | 8 | 71 | 36 | 27 | 4 |
| 103 | Iowa State | 5 | 127 | 683 | 5.38 | 5 | 45 | 39 | 28 | 5 |
| 104 | Memphis | 7 | 173 | 872 | 5.04 | 10 | 66 | 41 | 32 | 7 |
| 105 | Minnesota | 6 | 152 | 806 | 5.30 | 5 | 30 | 50 | 30 | 6 |
| 106 | Kansas | 7 | 166 | 1001 | 6.03 | 14 | 36 | 52 | 37 | 9 |
| 107 | Akron | 10 | 224 | 1029 | 4.59 | 15 | 59 | 55 | 33 | 9 |
| 108 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 222 | 1124 | 5.06 | 14 | 80 | 56 | 30 | 10 |
| 109 | Colorado | 8 | 189 | 1180 | 6.24 | 10 | 84 | 59 | 42 | 15 |
| 110 | New Mexico | 9 | 239 | 1328 | 5.56 | 21 | 48 | 74 | 38 | 13 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||