2011 National Leaders Total Defense - All Games through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush Yards | Pass Yards | Plays | Total Yards | Yards/Play | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 13 | 938 | 1449 | 720 | 2387 | 3.32 | 183.6 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 13 | 1768 | 1712 | 835 | 3480 | 4.17 | 267.7 |
| 3 | Army | 12 | 2339 | 1972 | 726 | 4311 | 5.94 | 359.3 |
| 4 | Illinois | 13 | 1610 | 2110 | 842 | 3720 | 4.42 | 286.2 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 12 | 1952 | 2134 | 752 | 4086 | 5.43 | 340.5 |
| 6 | Colorado State | 12 | 2804 | 2155 | 803 | 4959 | 6.18 | 413.3 |
| 7 | Air Force | 13 | 2856 | 2168 | 885 | 5024 | 5.68 | 386.5 |
| 8 | Florida | 13 | 1725 | 2169 | 848 | 3894 | 4.59 | 299.5 |
| 9 | Rutgers | 13 | 1815 | 2234 | 831 | 4049 | 4.87 | 311.5 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 14 | 2137 | 2291 | 850 | 4428 | 5.21 | 316.3 |
| 11 | Kentucky | 12 | 2198 | 2326 | 829 | 4524 | 5.46 | 377.0 |
| 12 | Mississippi | 12 | 2699 | 2333 | 806 | 5032 | 6.24 | 419.3 |
| 13 | UCF | 12 | 1306 | 2334 | 732 | 3640 | 4.97 | 303.3 |
| 14 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 2022 | 2342 | 829 | 4364 | 5.26 | 363.7 |
| 15 | Kent State | 12 | 1539 | 2356 | 807 | 3895 | 4.83 | 324.6 |
| 16 | Ohio State | 13 | 1840 | 2366 | 831 | 4206 | 5.06 | 323.5 |
| 17 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 1943 | 2376 | 788 | 4319 | 5.48 | 359.9 |
| 18 | LSU | 14 | 1261 | 2400 | 897 | 3661 | 4.08 | 261.5 |
| 19 | East Carolina | 12 | 2090 | 2426 | 814 | 4516 | 5.55 | 376.3 |
| 20 | Bowling Green | 12 | 2441 | 2431 | 862 | 4872 | 5.65 | 406.0 |
| 21 | Temple | 13 | 1611 | 2442 | 829 | 4053 | 4.89 | 311.8 |
| 22 | Buffalo | 12 | 2174 | 2444 | 829 | 4618 | 5.57 | 384.8 |
| 23 | Georgia | 14 | 1417 | 2464 | 870 | 3881 | 4.46 | 277.2 |
| 24 | Michigan | 13 | 1712 | 2476 | 803 | 4188 | 5.22 | 322.2 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 14 | 1407 | 2477 | 903 | 3884 | 4.30 | 277.4 |
| 26 | Penn State | 13 | 1733 | 2478 | 908 | 4211 | 4.64 | 323.9 |
| 27 | Akron | 12 | 2633 | 2491 | 841 | 5124 | 6.09 | 427.0 |
| 28 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 1697 | 2499 | 871 | 4196 | 4.82 | 322.8 |
| 28 | Nebraska | 13 | 2060 | 2499 | 876 | 4559 | 5.20 | 350.7 |
| 30 | Florida State | 13 | 1075 | 2500 | 859 | 3575 | 4.16 | 275.0 |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 1686 | 2518 | 779 | 4204 | 5.40 | 350.3 |
| 32 | Arkansas | 13 | 2179 | 2538 | 912 | 4717 | 5.17 | 362.8 |
| 32 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 2755 | 2538 | 919 | 5293 | 5.76 | 441.1 |
| 34 | Mississippi State | 13 | 1995 | 2563 | 970 | 4558 | 4.70 | 350.6 |
| 35 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 2099 | 2572 | 850 | 4671 | 5.50 | 359.3 |
| 36 | Oregon State | 12 | 2362 | 2573 | 840 | 4935 | 5.88 | 411.3 |
| 37 | Indiana | 12 | 2924 | 2580 | 854 | 5504 | 6.44 | 458.7 |
| 38 | Wyoming | 13 | 3016 | 2595 | 922 | 5611 | 6.09 | 431.6 |
| 39 | Minnesota | 12 | 2237 | 2600 | 812 | 4837 | 5.96 | 403.1 |
| 40 | BYU | 13 | 1457 | 2611 | 832 | 4068 | 4.89 | 312.9 |
| 41 | West Virginia | 13 | 1880 | 2645 | 920 | 4525 | 4.92 | 348.1 |
| 42 | California | 13 | 1673 | 2655 | 840 | 4328 | 5.15 | 332.9 |
| 43 | San Jose State | 12 | 2452 | 2656 | 842 | 5108 | 6.07 | 425.7 |
| 44 | Notre Dame | 13 | 1806 | 2669 | 887 | 4475 | 5.05 | 344.2 |
| 45 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 2027 | 2680 | 881 | 4707 | 5.34 | 392.3 |
| 46 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 1200 | 2714 | 804 | 3914 | 4.87 | 326.2 |
| 47 | Texas Tech | 12 | 3106 | 2721 | 903 | 5827 | 6.45 | 485.6 |
| 48 | Navy | 12 | 2243 | 2723 | 810 | 4966 | 6.13 | 413.8 |
| 49 | Texas | 13 | 1251 | 2728 | 865 | 3979 | 4.60 | 306.1 |
| 50 | Boise State | 13 | 1430 | 2741 | 806 | 4171 | 5.17 | 320.8 |
| 51 | Virginia | 13 | 1813 | 2759 | 868 | 4572 | 5.27 | 351.7 |
| 52 | Western Michigan | 13 | 2856 | 2795 | 926 | 5651 | 6.10 | 434.7 |
| 53 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 1457 | 2808 | 865 | 4265 | 4.93 | 304.6 |
| 54 | Auburn | 13 | 2460 | 2844 | 926 | 5304 | 5.73 | 408.0 |
| 55 | Maryland | 12 | 2637 | 2849 | 937 | 5486 | 5.85 | 457.2 |
| 56 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 1612 | 2873 | 762 | 4485 | 5.89 | 373.8 |
| 56 | Purdue | 13 | 2271 | 2873 | 930 | 5144 | 5.53 | 395.7 |
| 58 | SMU | 13 | 1538 | 2882 | 909 | 4420 | 4.86 | 340.0 |
| 58 | San Diego State | 13 | 2204 | 2882 | 897 | 5086 | 5.67 | 391.2 |
| 60 | Nevada | 13 | 1916 | 2884 | 866 | 4800 | 5.54 | 369.2 |
| 61 | Iowa | 13 | 2028 | 2898 | 962 | 4926 | 5.12 | 378.9 |
| 62 | Central Michigan | 12 | 2244 | 2901 | 868 | 5145 | 5.93 | 428.8 |
| 63 | TCU | 13 | 1609 | 2907 | 866 | 4516 | 5.21 | 347.4 |
| 64 | North Carolina State | 13 | 1706 | 2908 | 865 | 4614 | 5.33 | 354.9 |
| 65 | Boston College | 12 | 1813 | 2919 | 845 | 4732 | 5.60 | 394.3 |
| 66 | Houston | 14 | 2402 | 2922 | 1045 | 5324 | 5.09 | 380.3 |
| 67 | South Florida | 12 | 1288 | 2934 | 876 | 4222 | 4.82 | 351.8 |
| 68 | Duke | 12 | 2168 | 2937 | 779 | 5105 | 6.55 | 425.4 |
| 69 | New Mexico | 12 | 2962 | 2942 | 878 | 5904 | 6.72 | 492.0 |
| 70 | Florida International | 13 | 1535 | 2946 | 924 | 4481 | 4.85 | 344.7 |
| 71 | Louisville | 13 | 1307 | 2956 | 857 | 4263 | 4.97 | 327.9 |
| 72 | Arkansas State | 13 | 1346 | 2963 | 923 | 4309 | 4.67 | 331.5 |
| 72 | Wake Forest | 13 | 2208 | 2963 | 925 | 5171 | 5.59 | 397.8 |
| 74 | UNLV | 12 | 2330 | 2988 | 823 | 5318 | 6.46 | 443.2 |
| 75 | UTEP | 12 | 2295 | 3003 | 838 | 5298 | 6.32 | 441.5 |
| 76 | Northwestern | 13 | 2305 | 3019 | 869 | 5324 | 6.13 | 409.5 |
| 77 | Washington State | 12 | 1887 | 3029 | 787 | 4916 | 6.25 | 409.7 |
| 78 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 1520 | 3038 | 913 | 4558 | 4.99 | 350.6 |
| 79 | Iowa State | 13 | 2515 | 3042 | 979 | 5557 | 5.68 | 427.5 |
| 80 | Clemson | 14 | 2476 | 3045 | 986 | 5521 | 5.60 | 394.4 |
| 81 | Ohio | 14 | 1984 | 3066 | 963 | 5050 | 5.24 | 360.7 |
| 82 | Utah | 13 | 1490 | 3087 | 917 | 4577 | 4.99 | 352.1 |
| 83 | Syracuse | 12 | 1538 | 3099 | 851 | 4637 | 5.45 | 386.4 |
| 84 | Utah State | 13 | 1661 | 3100 | 954 | 4761 | 4.99 | 366.2 |
| 85 | North Carolina | 13 | 1611 | 3137 | 907 | 4748 | 5.23 | 365.2 |
| 85 | Troy | 12 | 2443 | 3137 | 928 | 5580 | 6.01 | 465.0 |
| 87 | Oklahoma | 13 | 1751 | 3139 | 949 | 4890 | 5.15 | 376.2 |
| 88 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 1660 | 3142 | 1041 | 4802 | 4.61 | 343.0 |
| 89 | USC | 12 | 1337 | 3160 | 826 | 4497 | 5.44 | 374.8 |
| 90 | New Mexico State | 13 | 2844 | 3164 | 964 | 6008 | 6.23 | 462.2 |
| 91 | UCLA | 14 | 2668 | 3172 | 989 | 5840 | 5.90 | 417.1 |
| 92 | Hawai'i | 13 | 1852 | 3184 | 899 | 5036 | 5.60 | 387.4 |
| 93 | Tulane | 13 | 2144 | 3190 | 889 | 5334 | 6.00 | 410.3 |
| 93 | North Texas | 12 | 1962 | 3190 | 848 | 5152 | 6.08 | 429.3 |
| 95 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 1655 | 3239 | 996 | 4894 | 4.91 | 376.5 |
| 96 | Missouri | 13 | 1656 | 3284 | 950 | 4940 | 5.20 | 380.0 |
| 97 | Stanford | 13 | 1149 | 3292 | 815 | 4441 | 5.45 | 341.6 |
| 98 | Marshall | 13 | 1947 | 3317 | 931 | 5264 | 5.65 | 404.9 |
| 99 | Colorado | 13 | 2391 | 3320 | 868 | 5711 | 6.58 | 439.3 |
| 100 | Kansas | 12 | 2862 | 3335 | 866 | 6197 | 7.16 | 516.4 |
| 101 | Idaho | 12 | 1903 | 3339 | 895 | 5242 | 5.86 | 436.8 |
| 102 | Rice | 12 | 2201 | 3344 | 856 | 5545 | 6.48 | 462.1 |
| 103 | Connecticut | 12 | 1028 | 3372 | 814 | 4400 | 5.41 | 366.7 |
| 104 | UAB | 12 | 2440 | 3387 | 869 | 5827 | 6.71 | 485.6 |
| 105 | Cincinnati | 13 | 1239 | 3394 | 940 | 4633 | 4.93 | 356.4 |
| 106 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 1802 | 3397 | 962 | 5199 | 5.40 | 399.9 |
| 107 | Ball State | 12 | 2712 | 3412 | 904 | 6124 | 6.77 | 510.3 |
| 108 | Kansas State | 13 | 1707 | 3423 | 907 | 5130 | 5.66 | 394.6 |
| 109 | Oregon | 14 | 1999 | 3462 | 1077 | 5461 | 5.07 | 390.1 |
| 110 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 2343 | 3470 | 1060 | 5813 | 5.48 | 415.2 |
| 111 | Fresno State | 13 | 2184 | 3482 | 889 | 5666 | 6.37 | 435.8 |
| 112 | Toledo | 13 | 1726 | 3494 | 895 | 5220 | 5.83 | 401.5 |
| 113 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 2404 | 3534 | 1089 | 5938 | 5.45 | 456.8 |
| 114 | Arizona State | 13 | 1945 | 3549 | 904 | 5494 | 6.08 | 422.6 |
| 115 | Arizona | 12 | 1939 | 3587 | 839 | 5526 | 6.59 | 460.5 |
| 116 | Texas A&M | 13 | 1324 | 3592 | 1019 | 4916 | 4.82 | 378.2 |
| 117 | Memphis | 12 | 2299 | 3593 | 887 | 5892 | 6.64 | 491.0 |
| 118 | Washington | 13 | 2193 | 3700 | 917 | 5893 | 6.43 | 453.3 |
| 119 | Tulsa | 13 | 1670 | 3722 | 1025 | 5392 | 5.26 | 414.8 |
| 120 | Baylor | 13 | 2566 | 3784 | 992 | 6350 | 6.40 | 488.5 |