2011 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush Yards | Pass Yards | Plays | Total Yards | Yards/Play | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 3 | 197 | 324 | 163 | 521 | 3.20 | 173.7 |
| 2 | UCF | 4 | 344 | 414 | 224 | 758 | 3.38 | 189.5 |
| 3 | Alabama | 4 | 468 | 383 | 248 | 851 | 3.43 | 212.8 |
| 4 | USC | 3 | 224 | 676 | 176 | 900 | 5.11 | 300.0 |
| 5 | Colorado | 3 | 458 | 464 | 182 | 922 | 5.07 | 307.3 |
| 6 | Texas | 4 | 321 | 650 | 250 | 971 | 3.88 | 242.8 |
| 7 | Michigan State | 5 | 336 | 692 | 282 | 1028 | 3.65 | 205.6 |
| 8 | Florida State | 5 | 378 | 671 | 304 | 1049 | 3.45 | 209.8 |
| 9 | Kansas State | 4 | 396 | 688 | 231 | 1084 | 4.69 | 271.0 |
| 10 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 228 | 881 | 292 | 1109 | 3.80 | 221.8 |
| 11 | Washington State | 3 | 348 | 763 | 214 | 1111 | 5.19 | 370.3 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 4 | 351 | 801 | 277 | 1152 | 4.16 | 288.0 |
| 13 | Missouri | 4 | 240 | 919 | 246 | 1159 | 4.71 | 289.8 |
| 14 | Utah | 4 | 467 | 713 | 268 | 1180 | 4.40 | 295.0 |
| 15 | Florida | 5 | 501 | 688 | 300 | 1189 | 3.96 | 237.8 |
| 15 | LSU | 4 | 290 | 899 | 294 | 1189 | 4.04 | 297.3 |
| 17 | Kentucky | 4 | 568 | 646 | 266 | 1214 | 4.56 | 303.5 |
| 18 | Texas Tech | 3 | 677 | 553 | 207 | 1230 | 5.94 | 410.0 |
| 19 | Tennessee | 4 | 522 | 714 | 233 | 1236 | 5.30 | 309.0 |
| 20 | Arizona | 3 | 357 | 904 | 205 | 1261 | 6.15 | 420.3 |
| 21 | Oregon State | 3 | 561 | 702 | 210 | 1263 | 6.01 | 421.0 |
| 22 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 774 | 504 | 258 | 1278 | 4.95 | 319.5 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 5 | 807 | 528 | 319 | 1335 | 4.18 | 267.0 |
| 24 | Stanford | 4 | 179 | 1166 | 262 | 1345 | 5.13 | 336.3 |
| 25 | Kent State | 4 | 608 | 742 | 269 | 1350 | 5.02 | 337.5 |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 563 | 800 | 249 | 1363 | 5.47 | 340.8 |
| 27 | Illinois | 5 | 244 | 1124 | 317 | 1368 | 4.32 | 273.6 |
| 27 | Ohio State | 5 | 528 | 840 | 292 | 1368 | 4.68 | 273.6 |
| 27 | Central Michigan | 4 | 648 | 720 | 282 | 1368 | 4.85 | 342.0 |
| 30 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 505 | 875 | 249 | 1380 | 5.54 | 345.0 |
| 31 | Texas A&M | 4 | 258 | 1135 | 287 | 1393 | 4.85 | 348.3 |
| 32 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 809 | 625 | 333 | 1434 | 4.31 | 286.8 |
| 33 | Arizona State | 4 | 537 | 907 | 266 | 1444 | 5.43 | 361.0 |
| 34 | Temple | 5 | 739 | 719 | 329 | 1458 | 4.43 | 291.6 |
| 35 | Iowa State | 4 | 647 | 815 | 290 | 1462 | 5.04 | 365.5 |
| 36 | UTEP | 4 | 713 | 785 | 283 | 1498 | 5.29 | 374.5 |
| 37 | Bowling Green | 4 | 697 | 815 | 280 | 1512 | 5.40 | 378.0 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 4 | 647 | 883 | 278 | 1530 | 5.50 | 382.5 |
| 39 | Minnesota | 4 | 419 | 1114 | 259 | 1533 | 5.92 | 383.3 |
| 40 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 871 | 667 | 275 | 1538 | 5.59 | 384.5 |
| 41 | Buffalo | 4 | 689 | 853 | 277 | 1542 | 5.57 | 385.5 |
| 42 | Indiana | 4 | 759 | 788 | 281 | 1547 | 5.51 | 386.8 |
| 43 | East Carolina | 4 | 971 | 588 | 262 | 1559 | 5.95 | 389.8 |
| 44 | South Florida | 5 | 385 | 1184 | 354 | 1569 | 4.43 | 313.8 |
| 45 | Boston College | 4 | 741 | 835 | 293 | 1576 | 5.38 | 394.0 |
| 46 | Connecticut | 5 | 376 | 1202 | 323 | 1578 | 4.89 | 315.6 |
| 46 | SMU | 5 | 756 | 822 | 317 | 1578 | 4.98 | 315.6 |
| 48 | Oregon | 4 | 855 | 731 | 302 | 1586 | 5.25 | 396.5 |
| 49 | Penn State | 5 | 471 | 1125 | 342 | 1596 | 4.67 | 319.2 |
| 50 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 714 | 885 | 280 | 1599 | 5.71 | 399.8 |
| 51 | UCLA | 4 | 823 | 777 | 280 | 1600 | 5.71 | 400.0 |
| 52 | Wisconsin | 5 | 700 | 905 | 300 | 1605 | 5.35 | 321.0 |
| 53 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 1003 | 607 | 231 | 1610 | 6.97 | 402.5 |
| 54 | Virginia | 5 | 633 | 979 | 342 | 1612 | 4.71 | 322.4 |
| 54 | Akron | 4 | 694 | 918 | 285 | 1612 | 5.66 | 403.0 |
| 56 | Wake Forest | 5 | 868 | 774 | 303 | 1642 | 5.42 | 328.4 |
| 57 | Georgia | 5 | 634 | 1016 | 341 | 1650 | 4.84 | 330.0 |
| 57 | Kansas | 3 | 846 | 804 | 194 | 1650 | 8.51 | 550.0 |
| 59 | Ohio | 5 | 787 | 887 | 334 | 1674 | 5.01 | 334.8 |
| 60 | Duke | 4 | 531 | 1147 | 263 | 1678 | 6.38 | 419.5 |
| 61 | Florida International | 5 | 440 | 1262 | 341 | 1702 | 4.99 | 340.4 |
| 62 | Baylor | 4 | 638 | 1071 | 277 | 1709 | 6.17 | 427.3 |
| 63 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 671 | 1051 | 331 | 1722 | 5.20 | 344.4 |
| 64 | North Carolina | 5 | 570 | 1161 | 347 | 1731 | 4.99 | 346.2 |
| 65 | Nebraska | 5 | 654 | 1096 | 338 | 1750 | 5.18 | 350.0 |
| 66 | Mississippi State | 5 | 748 | 1030 | 404 | 1778 | 4.40 | 355.6 |
| 67 | Michigan | 5 | 787 | 994 | 333 | 1781 | 5.35 | 356.2 |
| 68 | Southern Mississippi | 5 | 889 | 896 | 373 | 1785 | 4.79 | 357.0 |
| 69 | Maryland | 4 | 750 | 1041 | 307 | 1791 | 5.83 | 447.8 |
| 70 | Arkansas State | 5 | 575 | 1217 | 356 | 1792 | 5.03 | 358.4 |
| 71 | Troy | 4 | 898 | 897 | 295 | 1795 | 6.08 | 448.8 |
| 72 | Arkansas | 5 | 731 | 1074 | 357 | 1805 | 5.06 | 361.0 |
| 73 | Iowa | 5 | 644 | 1174 | 370 | 1818 | 4.91 | 363.6 |
| 74 | Louisville | 6 | 491 | 1329 | 391 | 1820 | 4.65 | 303.3 |
| 75 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 868 | 954 | 309 | 1822 | 5.90 | 455.5 |
| 76 | Marshall | 5 | 675 | 1150 | 338 | 1825 | 5.40 | 365.0 |
| 77 | Western Michigan | 5 | 1027 | 802 | 322 | 1829 | 5.68 | 365.8 |
| 78 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 757 | 1074 | 312 | 1831 | 5.87 | 457.8 |
| 79 | Houston | 5 | 860 | 975 | 370 | 1835 | 4.96 | 367.0 |
| 80 | Colorado State | 5 | 1030 | 817 | 304 | 1847 | 6.08 | 369.4 |
| 81 | Boise State | 6 | 582 | 1267 | 366 | 1849 | 5.05 | 308.2 |
| 82 | Rutgers | 6 | 686 | 1164 | 370 | 1850 | 5.00 | 308.3 |
| 83 | UAB | 4 | 911 | 954 | 299 | 1865 | 6.24 | 466.3 |
| 84 | Northwestern | 5 | 816 | 1054 | 330 | 1870 | 5.67 | 374.0 |
| 85 | Ball State | 4 | 860 | 1091 | 292 | 1951 | 6.68 | 487.8 |
| 86 | West Virginia | 6 | 828 | 1145 | 399 | 1973 | 4.94 | 328.8 |
| 87 | Utah State | 6 | 681 | 1297 | 425 | 1978 | 4.65 | 329.7 |
| 88 | Purdue | 5 | 660 | 1341 | 382 | 2001 | 5.24 | 400.2 |
| 89 | North Carolina State | 5 | 754 | 1259 | 354 | 2013 | 5.69 | 402.6 |
| 90 | Toledo | 5 | 810 | 1206 | 354 | 2016 | 5.69 | 403.2 |
| 91 | San Jose State | 5 | 962 | 1073 | 342 | 2035 | 5.95 | 407.0 |
| 92 | Cincinnati | 6 | 481 | 1557 | 409 | 2038 | 4.98 | 339.7 |
| 93 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 5 | 565 | 1487 | 377 | 2052 | 5.44 | 410.4 |
| 94 | Nevada | 6 | 1101 | 975 | 415 | 2076 | 5.00 | 346.0 |
| 95 | Rice | 4 | 854 | 1224 | 305 | 2078 | 6.81 | 519.5 |
| 96 | Syracuse | 5 | 621 | 1461 | 358 | 2082 | 5.82 | 416.4 |
| 97 | Hawai'i | 6 | 755 | 1329 | 387 | 2084 | 5.39 | 347.3 |
| 98 | North Texas | 4 | 622 | 1470 | 287 | 2092 | 7.29 | 523.0 |
| 99 | Memphis | 4 | 868 | 1233 | 296 | 2101 | 7.10 | 525.3 |
| 100 | Washington | 4 | 877 | 1256 | 314 | 2133 | 6.79 | 533.3 |
| 101 | Auburn | 5 | 845 | 1307 | 388 | 2152 | 5.55 | 430.4 |
| 102 | Tulane | 5 | 922 | 1242 | 379 | 2164 | 5.71 | 432.8 |
| 103 | Idaho | 5 | 760 | 1433 | 380 | 2193 | 5.77 | 438.6 |
| 104 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 607 | 1591 | 450 | 2198 | 4.88 | 366.3 |
| 105 | Clemson | 5 | 1066 | 1200 | 368 | 2266 | 6.16 | 453.2 |
| 106 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 818 | 1498 | 467 | 2316 | 4.96 | 386.0 |
| 107 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 1147 | 1170 | 408 | 2317 | 5.68 | 463.4 |
| 108 | TCU | 6 | 698 | 1650 | 431 | 2348 | 5.45 | 391.3 |
| 109 | UNLV | 5 | 704 | 1650 | 339 | 2354 | 6.94 | 470.8 |
| 110 | Tulsa | 5 | 775 | 1624 | 432 | 2399 | 5.55 | 479.8 |
| 111 | Air Force | 6 | 1435 | 1058 | 443 | 2493 | 5.63 | 415.5 |
| 112 | San Diego State | 6 | 1035 | 1479 | 413 | 2514 | 6.09 | 419.0 |
| 113 | Fresno State | 6 | 1200 | 1368 | 405 | 2568 | 6.34 | 428.0 |
| 114 | New Mexico State | 6 | 1201 | 1445 | 433 | 2646 | 6.11 | 441.0 |
| 115 | Wyoming | 6 | 1272 | 1434 | 434 | 2706 | 6.24 | 451.0 |
| 116 | New Mexico | 5 | 1390 | 1549 | 402 | 2939 | 7.31 | 587.8 |
| 117 | Army | 11 | 2043 | 1959 | 657 | 4002 | 6.09 | 363.8 |
| 118 | BYU | 13 | 1457 | 2611 | 832 | 4068 | 4.89 | 312.9 |
| 119 | Navy | 10 | 1763 | 2386 | 694 | 4149 | 5.98 | 414.9 |
| 120 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1610 | 2636 | 824 | 4246 | 5.15 | 353.8 |