2011 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush Yards | Pass Yards | Plays | Total Yards | Yards/Play | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 10 | 734 | 1096 | 559 | 1830 | 3.27 | 183.0 |
| 2 | LSU | 8 | 725 | 839 | 464 | 1564 | 3.37 | 195.5 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 9 | 1237 | 966 | 573 | 2203 | 3.84 | 244.8 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 9 | 738 | 1499 | 570 | 2237 | 3.92 | 248.6 |
| 5 | Florida State | 11 | 865 | 1957 | 708 | 2822 | 3.99 | 256.5 |
| 6 | Texas | 9 | 734 | 1740 | 610 | 2474 | 4.06 | 274.9 |
| 7 | Georgia | 10 | 755 | 1713 | 604 | 2468 | 4.09 | 246.8 |
| 8 | Penn State | 9 | 1017 | 1454 | 598 | 2471 | 4.13 | 274.6 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | 8 | 878 | 1678 | 607 | 2556 | 4.21 | 319.5 |
| 10 | Illinois | 11 | 1192 | 1881 | 721 | 3073 | 4.26 | 279.4 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 10 | 1334 | 1268 | 594 | 2602 | 4.38 | 260.2 |
| 12 | SMU | 10 | 1053 | 1947 | 678 | 3000 | 4.42 | 300.0 |
| 12 | Mississippi State | 8 | 1193 | 1475 | 604 | 2668 | 4.42 | 333.5 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 1003 | 1275 | 509 | 2278 | 4.48 | 284.8 |
| 15 | Missouri | 9 | 863 | 1980 | 629 | 2843 | 4.52 | 315.9 |
| 16 | Florida | 8 | 831 | 1496 | 510 | 2327 | 4.56 | 290.9 |
| 16 | South Florida | 10 | 1043 | 2308 | 735 | 3351 | 4.56 | 335.1 |
| 18 | Notre Dame | 8 | 1207 | 1296 | 548 | 2503 | 4.57 | 312.9 |
| 18 | Arkansas State | 12 | 1211 | 2671 | 850 | 3882 | 4.57 | 323.5 |
| 20 | Kent State | 10 | 1137 | 1941 | 669 | 3078 | 4.60 | 307.8 |
| 21 | Tennessee | 6 | 782 | 905 | 366 | 1687 | 4.61 | 281.2 |
| 22 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | 1605 | 2769 | 943 | 4374 | 4.64 | 336.5 |
| 23 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 901 | 2230 | 673 | 3131 | 4.65 | 313.1 |
| 23 | West Virginia | 10 | 1311 | 2001 | 712 | 3312 | 4.65 | 331.2 |
| 25 | Tulsa | 9 | 1035 | 2135 | 674 | 3170 | 4.70 | 352.2 |
| 26 | Ohio State | 9 | 1171 | 1505 | 567 | 2676 | 4.72 | 297.3 |
| 27 | UCF | 11 | 1179 | 1942 | 660 | 3121 | 4.73 | 283.7 |
| 28 | Louisville | 11 | 1006 | 2394 | 717 | 3400 | 4.74 | 309.1 |
| 29 | Kansas State | 9 | 1252 | 1839 | 646 | 3091 | 4.78 | 343.4 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 9 | 1133 | 2160 | 688 | 3293 | 4.79 | 365.9 |
| 31 | TCU | 11 | 1333 | 2173 | 731 | 3506 | 4.80 | 318.7 |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 1214 | 2456 | 765 | 3670 | 4.80 | 367.0 |
| 33 | Boise State | 11 | 1260 | 2032 | 683 | 3292 | 4.82 | 299.3 |
| 33 | Rutgers | 11 | 1538 | 1858 | 704 | 3396 | 4.82 | 308.7 |
| 35 | Florida International | 13 | 1535 | 2946 | 924 | 4481 | 4.85 | 344.7 |
| 36 | California | 10 | 1042 | 2005 | 626 | 3047 | 4.87 | 304.7 |
| 36 | Oregon | 10 | 1344 | 2489 | 787 | 3833 | 4.87 | 383.3 |
| 38 | Temple | 13 | 1611 | 2442 | 829 | 4053 | 4.89 | 311.8 |
| 38 | Cincinnati | 12 | 1207 | 3022 | 865 | 4229 | 4.89 | 352.4 |
| 40 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 1255 | 2580 | 783 | 3835 | 4.90 | 348.6 |
| 41 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 1065 | 2236 | 671 | 3301 | 4.92 | 300.1 |
| 41 | BYU | 12 | 1321 | 2464 | 770 | 3785 | 4.92 | 315.4 |
| 41 | Utah | 12 | 1338 | 2823 | 846 | 4161 | 4.92 | 346.8 |
| 44 | Houston | 13 | 2195 | 2643 | 972 | 4838 | 4.98 | 372.2 |
| 45 | Utah State | 13 | 1661 | 3100 | 954 | 4761 | 4.99 | 366.2 |
| 46 | Auburn | 7 | 1226 | 1409 | 524 | 2635 | 5.03 | 376.4 |
| 47 | Stanford | 10 | 704 | 2454 | 627 | 3158 | 5.04 | 315.8 |
| 48 | Nebraska | 9 | 1369 | 1748 | 612 | 3117 | 5.09 | 346.3 |
| 49 | Purdue | 11 | 1568 | 2436 | 782 | 4004 | 5.12 | 364.0 |
| 50 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 1609 | 1807 | 663 | 3416 | 5.15 | 341.6 |
| 51 | North Carolina State | 10 | 1309 | 2021 | 645 | 3330 | 5.16 | 333.0 |
| 52 | Arkansas | 9 | 1530 | 1829 | 650 | 3359 | 5.17 | 373.2 |
| 53 | Virginia | 10 | 1383 | 2019 | 657 | 3402 | 5.18 | 340.2 |
| 53 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 1594 | 2939 | 875 | 4533 | 5.18 | 377.8 |
| 55 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 1443 | 1737 | 611 | 3180 | 5.20 | 353.3 |
| 55 | Syracuse | 9 | 1104 | 2256 | 646 | 3360 | 5.20 | 373.3 |
| 57 | Iowa | 9 | 1410 | 2090 | 670 | 3500 | 5.22 | 388.9 |
| 58 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 1875 | 2091 | 759 | 3966 | 5.23 | 360.5 |
| 59 | Ohio | 14 | 1984 | 3066 | 963 | 5050 | 5.24 | 360.7 |
| 60 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 1310 | 2423 | 711 | 3733 | 5.25 | 339.4 |
| 61 | Michigan | 10 | 1198 | 2020 | 610 | 3218 | 5.28 | 321.8 |
| 61 | North Carolina | 11 | 1389 | 2569 | 750 | 3958 | 5.28 | 359.8 |
| 63 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 1601 | 2260 | 730 | 3861 | 5.29 | 429.0 |
| 64 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 2077 | 3115 | 979 | 5192 | 5.30 | 399.4 |
| 65 | Marshall | 9 | 1473 | 2051 | 662 | 3524 | 5.32 | 391.6 |
| 66 | USC | 10 | 942 | 2565 | 656 | 3507 | 5.35 | 350.7 |
| 66 | Connecticut | 10 | 854 | 2686 | 662 | 3540 | 5.35 | 354.0 |
| 66 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 1839 | 2434 | 798 | 4273 | 5.35 | 388.5 |
| 69 | UCLA | 10 | 1806 | 1980 | 702 | 3786 | 5.39 | 378.6 |
| 70 | Kentucky | 9 | 1576 | 1644 | 596 | 3220 | 5.40 | 357.8 |
| 70 | Wake Forest | 10 | 1726 | 2025 | 694 | 3751 | 5.40 | 375.1 |
| 70 | Bowling Green | 11 | 2081 | 2148 | 783 | 4229 | 5.40 | 384.5 |
| 73 | Iowa State | 9 | 1606 | 1940 | 656 | 3546 | 5.41 | 394.0 |
| 74 | Minnesota | 7 | 1072 | 1436 | 463 | 2508 | 5.42 | 358.3 |
| 75 | Boston College | 9 | 1292 | 2151 | 634 | 3443 | 5.43 | 382.6 |
| 76 | Nevada | 10 | 1304 | 2228 | 644 | 3532 | 5.48 | 353.2 |
| 77 | San Diego State | 10 | 1519 | 2211 | 678 | 3730 | 5.50 | 373.0 |
| 78 | East Carolina | 8 | 1277 | 1685 | 538 | 2962 | 5.51 | 370.3 |
| 78 | Air Force | 11 | 2510 | 1681 | 761 | 4191 | 5.51 | 381.0 |
| 80 | Buffalo | 12 | 2174 | 2444 | 829 | 4618 | 5.57 | 384.8 |
| 80 | North Texas | 10 | 1488 | 2388 | 696 | 3876 | 5.57 | 387.6 |
| 82 | Maryland | 9 | 2021 | 1927 | 707 | 3948 | 5.58 | 438.7 |
| 83 | Tulane | 12 | 1852 | 2747 | 822 | 4599 | 5.59 | 383.3 |
| 84 | Hawai'i | 13 | 1852 | 3184 | 899 | 5036 | 5.60 | 387.4 |
| 85 | Mississippi | 8 | 1544 | 1502 | 542 | 3046 | 5.62 | 380.8 |
| 86 | Clemson | 9 | 1866 | 1693 | 631 | 3559 | 5.64 | 395.4 |
| 87 | Oregon State | 9 | 1489 | 1872 | 594 | 3361 | 5.66 | 373.4 |
| 87 | Toledo | 12 | 1581 | 3029 | 814 | 4610 | 5.66 | 384.2 |
| 89 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 1321 | 2690 | 703 | 4011 | 5.71 | 364.6 |
| 90 | Wyoming | 10 | 2093 | 1932 | 704 | 4025 | 5.72 | 402.5 |
| 91 | Rice | 9 | 1403 | 2159 | 620 | 3562 | 5.75 | 395.8 |
| 92 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 2755 | 2538 | 919 | 5293 | 5.76 | 441.1 |
| 93 | Washington | 8 | 492 | 2738 | 558 | 3230 | 5.79 | 403.8 |
| 94 | Colorado State | 10 | 2166 | 1679 | 657 | 3845 | 5.85 | 384.5 |
| 95 | Idaho | 12 | 1903 | 3339 | 895 | 5242 | 5.86 | 436.8 |
| 96 | Navy | 10 | 1706 | 2218 | 666 | 3924 | 5.89 | 392.4 |
| 96 | Arizona State | 10 | 1281 | 2815 | 696 | 4096 | 5.89 | 409.6 |
| 98 | Arizona | 8 | 971 | 2296 | 554 | 3267 | 5.90 | 408.4 |
| 98 | Central Michigan | 11 | 2047 | 2617 | 791 | 4664 | 5.90 | 424.0 |
| 100 | Army | 12 | 2339 | 1972 | 726 | 4311 | 5.94 | 359.3 |
| 101 | Troy | 10 | 2095 | 2563 | 783 | 4658 | 5.95 | 465.8 |
| 102 | Washington State | 10 | 1535 | 2452 | 665 | 3987 | 6.00 | 398.7 |
| 103 | UTEP | 10 | 1796 | 2342 | 688 | 4138 | 6.01 | 413.8 |
| 104 | Northwestern | 10 | 1838 | 2154 | 663 | 3992 | 6.02 | 399.2 |
| 104 | New Mexico State | 12 | 2586 | 2795 | 894 | 5381 | 6.02 | 448.4 |
| 106 | Western Michigan | 12 | 2666 | 2697 | 887 | 5363 | 6.05 | 446.9 |
| 107 | San Jose State | 11 | 2311 | 2424 | 771 | 4735 | 6.14 | 430.5 |
| 108 | Akron | 11 | 2469 | 2313 | 775 | 4782 | 6.17 | 434.7 |
| 109 | Colorado | 10 | 1616 | 2454 | 657 | 4070 | 6.19 | 407.0 |
| 110 | Indiana | 10 | 2418 | 2092 | 724 | 4510 | 6.23 | 451.0 |
| 111 | Duke | 9 | 1478 | 2209 | 590 | 3687 | 6.25 | 409.7 |
| 112 | Fresno State | 11 | 1782 | 2982 | 758 | 4764 | 6.28 | 433.1 |
| 112 | UNLV | 9 | 1718 | 2300 | 640 | 4018 | 6.28 | 446.4 |
| 114 | Baylor | 9 | 1656 | 2666 | 685 | 4322 | 6.31 | 480.2 |
| 115 | Texas Tech | 8 | 2246 | 1452 | 576 | 3698 | 6.42 | 462.3 |
| 116 | UAB | 10 | 2023 | 2627 | 720 | 4650 | 6.46 | 465.0 |
| 117 | New Mexico | 9 | 2290 | 1924 | 650 | 4214 | 6.48 | 468.2 |
| 118 | Memphis | 11 | 2044 | 3308 | 812 | 5352 | 6.59 | 486.5 |
| 119 | Ball State | 11 | 2504 | 2965 | 827 | 5469 | 6.61 | 497.2 |
| 120 | Kansas | 8 | 2055 | 1961 | 581 | 4016 | 6.91 | 502.0 |