2011 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush Yards | Pass Yards | Plays | Total Yards | Yards/Play | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 12 | 636 | 1410 | 674 | 2046 | 3.04 | 170.5 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 12 | 1527 | 1704 | 778 | 3231 | 4.15 | 269.3 |
| 3 | Air Force | 11 | 2484 | 1778 | 745 | 4262 | 5.72 | 387.5 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 11 | 1841 | 1899 | 684 | 3740 | 5.47 | 340.0 |
| 5 | Army | 11 | 2270 | 1955 | 680 | 4225 | 6.21 | 384.1 |
| 6 | Florida | 12 | 1492 | 1956 | 776 | 3448 | 4.44 | 287.3 |
| 7 | Illinois | 12 | 1585 | 2039 | 796 | 3624 | 4.55 | 302.0 |
| 8 | Colorado State | 11 | 2675 | 2068 | 760 | 4743 | 6.24 | 431.2 |
| 9 | Kent State | 11 | 1446 | 2075 | 742 | 3521 | 4.75 | 320.1 |
| 10 | Rutgers | 12 | 1807 | 2122 | 771 | 3929 | 5.10 | 327.4 |
| 11 | Mississippi | 11 | 2476 | 2136 | 738 | 4612 | 6.25 | 419.3 |
| 12 | Wyoming | 11 | 2712 | 2169 | 785 | 4881 | 6.22 | 443.7 |
| 13 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 1724 | 2173 | 704 | 3897 | 5.54 | 354.3 |
| 14 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 1603 | 2177 | 658 | 3780 | 5.74 | 378.0 |
| 15 | Kentucky | 11 | 2040 | 2214 | 771 | 4254 | 5.52 | 386.7 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 13 | 2013 | 2242 | 796 | 4255 | 5.35 | 327.3 |
| 17 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 1614 | 2259 | 803 | 3873 | 4.82 | 322.8 |
| 18 | UCF | 11 | 1257 | 2264 | 681 | 3521 | 5.17 | 320.1 |
| 19 | Oregon State | 11 | 2291 | 2277 | 772 | 4568 | 5.92 | 415.3 |
| 20 | Temple | 12 | 1489 | 2289 | 768 | 3778 | 4.92 | 314.8 |
| 21 | LSU | 13 | 1265 | 2301 | 841 | 3566 | 4.24 | 274.3 |
| 22 | Buffalo | 11 | 1995 | 2325 | 757 | 4320 | 5.71 | 392.7 |
| 23 | Nebraska | 12 | 2000 | 2329 | 809 | 4329 | 5.35 | 360.8 |
| 24 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 2022 | 2342 | 829 | 4364 | 5.26 | 363.7 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 13 | 1279 | 2351 | 834 | 3630 | 4.35 | 279.2 |
| 26 | Akron | 11 | 2533 | 2352 | 785 | 4885 | 6.22 | 444.1 |
| 27 | Indiana | 11 | 2763 | 2364 | 786 | 5127 | 6.52 | 466.1 |
| 28 | Ohio State | 13 | 1840 | 2366 | 831 | 4206 | 5.06 | 323.5 |
| 29 | Penn State | 12 | 1668 | 2373 | 855 | 4041 | 4.73 | 336.8 |
| 30 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 1995 | 2375 | 773 | 4370 | 5.65 | 364.2 |
| 31 | Mississippi State | 12 | 1726 | 2378 | 888 | 4104 | 4.62 | 342.0 |
| 32 | BYU | 12 | 1437 | 2380 | 753 | 3817 | 5.07 | 318.1 |
| 33 | Bowling Green | 11 | 2285 | 2394 | 799 | 4679 | 5.86 | 425.4 |
| 34 | Minnesota | 11 | 2098 | 2403 | 763 | 4501 | 5.90 | 409.2 |
| 35 | Georgia | 13 | 1354 | 2415 | 817 | 3769 | 4.61 | 289.9 |
| 36 | East Carolina | 12 | 2090 | 2426 | 814 | 4516 | 5.55 | 376.3 |
| 37 | North Carolina State | 11 | 1491 | 2431 | 726 | 3922 | 5.40 | 356.5 |
| 38 | Florida State | 12 | 1054 | 2437 | 814 | 3491 | 4.29 | 290.9 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 12 | 1792 | 2448 | 857 | 4240 | 4.95 | 353.3 |
| 40 | Arkansas | 12 | 2095 | 2459 | 863 | 4554 | 5.28 | 379.5 |
| 41 | Michigan | 13 | 1712 | 2476 | 803 | 4188 | 5.22 | 322.2 |
| 42 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 2755 | 2538 | 919 | 5293 | 5.76 | 441.1 |
| 43 | Navy | 11 | 2023 | 2580 | 744 | 4603 | 6.19 | 418.5 |
| 44 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 1174 | 2596 | 753 | 3770 | 5.01 | 342.7 |
| 45 | Washington State | 11 | 1864 | 2599 | 708 | 4463 | 6.30 | 405.7 |
| 46 | California | 12 | 1653 | 2627 | 794 | 4280 | 5.39 | 356.7 |
| 47 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 1340 | 2632 | 803 | 3972 | 4.95 | 305.5 |
| 47 | Maryland | 11 | 2476 | 2632 | 865 | 5108 | 5.91 | 464.4 |
| 49 | Virginia | 12 | 1765 | 2638 | 814 | 4403 | 5.41 | 366.9 |
| 50 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 1403 | 2646 | 705 | 4049 | 5.74 | 368.1 |
| 50 | Texas Tech | 11 | 2850 | 2646 | 832 | 5496 | 6.61 | 499.6 |
| 52 | Auburn | 12 | 2311 | 2655 | 851 | 4966 | 5.84 | 413.8 |
| 53 | San Jose State | 12 | 2452 | 2656 | 842 | 5108 | 6.07 | 425.7 |
| 54 | Notre Dame | 13 | 1806 | 2669 | 887 | 4475 | 5.05 | 344.2 |
| 55 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 2027 | 2680 | 881 | 4707 | 5.34 | 392.3 |
| 56 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 1483 | 2704 | 842 | 4187 | 4.97 | 348.9 |
| 57 | Boston College | 11 | 1695 | 2724 | 778 | 4419 | 5.68 | 401.7 |
| 58 | Texas | 13 | 1251 | 2728 | 865 | 3979 | 4.60 | 306.1 |
| 59 | TCU | 12 | 1490 | 2731 | 788 | 4221 | 5.36 | 351.8 |
| 60 | San Diego State | 12 | 2067 | 2735 | 837 | 4802 | 5.74 | 400.2 |
| 60 | Western Michigan | 12 | 2731 | 2735 | 870 | 5466 | 6.28 | 455.5 |
| 62 | Arkansas State | 12 | 1249 | 2738 | 859 | 3987 | 4.64 | 332.3 |
| 63 | Boise State | 13 | 1430 | 2741 | 806 | 4171 | 5.17 | 320.8 |
| 64 | Iowa | 12 | 1888 | 2742 | 889 | 4630 | 5.21 | 385.8 |
| 65 | Duke | 11 | 2073 | 2744 | 717 | 4817 | 6.72 | 437.9 |
| 66 | New Mexico | 11 | 2589 | 2768 | 800 | 5357 | 6.70 | 487.0 |
| 67 | Houston | 13 | 2294 | 2789 | 983 | 5083 | 5.17 | 391.0 |
| 68 | South Florida | 11 | 1249 | 2792 | 817 | 4041 | 4.95 | 367.4 |
| 69 | SMU | 12 | 1489 | 2805 | 859 | 4294 | 5.00 | 357.8 |
| 70 | Purdue | 12 | 2184 | 2807 | 870 | 4991 | 5.74 | 415.9 |
| 71 | Louisville | 12 | 1164 | 2808 | 774 | 3972 | 5.13 | 331.0 |
| 72 | Northwestern | 12 | 2173 | 2810 | 818 | 4983 | 6.09 | 415.3 |
| 72 | UNLV | 11 | 2252 | 2810 | 763 | 5062 | 6.63 | 460.2 |
| 74 | Central Michigan | 11 | 2185 | 2823 | 799 | 5008 | 6.27 | 455.3 |
| 75 | UTEP | 11 | 2064 | 2824 | 766 | 4888 | 6.38 | 444.4 |
| 76 | Wake Forest | 12 | 2186 | 2846 | 872 | 5032 | 5.77 | 419.3 |
| 77 | Iowa State | 12 | 2311 | 2861 | 905 | 5172 | 5.71 | 431.0 |
| 78 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 1582 | 2867 | 913 | 4449 | 4.87 | 370.8 |
| 79 | Nevada | 13 | 1916 | 2884 | 866 | 4800 | 5.54 | 369.2 |
| 80 | Tulane | 12 | 2020 | 2895 | 800 | 4915 | 6.14 | 409.6 |
| 81 | Utah | 12 | 1415 | 2904 | 859 | 4319 | 5.03 | 359.9 |
| 82 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | 1609 | 2908 | 967 | 4517 | 4.67 | 347.5 |
| 83 | Clemson | 13 | 2204 | 2918 | 921 | 5122 | 5.56 | 394.0 |
| 84 | Utah State | 12 | 1615 | 2933 | 885 | 4548 | 5.14 | 379.0 |
| 85 | Syracuse | 11 | 1426 | 2945 | 787 | 4371 | 5.55 | 397.4 |
| 86 | Florida International | 13 | 1535 | 2946 | 924 | 4481 | 4.85 | 344.7 |
| 87 | North Carolina | 12 | 1552 | 2985 | 852 | 4537 | 5.33 | 378.1 |
| 88 | Kansas | 11 | 2767 | 3010 | 791 | 5777 | 7.30 | 525.2 |
| 89 | Hawai'i | 12 | 1803 | 3037 | 848 | 4840 | 5.71 | 403.3 |
| 90 | Ohio | 13 | 1879 | 3047 | 903 | 4926 | 5.46 | 378.9 |
| 91 | Troy | 12 | 2443 | 3137 | 928 | 5580 | 6.01 | 465.0 |
| 92 | Oklahoma | 13 | 1751 | 3139 | 949 | 4890 | 5.15 | 376.2 |
| 93 | USC | 12 | 1337 | 3160 | 826 | 4497 | 5.44 | 374.8 |
| 94 | New Mexico State | 13 | 2844 | 3164 | 964 | 6008 | 6.23 | 462.2 |
| 95 | Idaho | 11 | 1874 | 3171 | 841 | 5045 | 6.00 | 458.6 |
| 96 | UCLA | 14 | 2668 | 3172 | 989 | 5840 | 5.90 | 417.1 |
| 97 | North Texas | 12 | 1962 | 3190 | 848 | 5152 | 6.08 | 429.3 |
| 98 | Connecticut | 11 | 1008 | 3223 | 758 | 4231 | 5.58 | 384.6 |
| 99 | Washington | 12 | 2162 | 3227 | 831 | 5389 | 6.48 | 449.1 |
| 100 | Cincinnati | 12 | 1111 | 3245 | 882 | 4356 | 4.94 | 363.0 |
| 101 | Missouri | 12 | 1632 | 3264 | 904 | 4896 | 5.42 | 408.0 |
| 102 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 1706 | 3268 | 899 | 4974 | 5.53 | 414.5 |
| 103 | Stanford | 13 | 1149 | 3292 | 815 | 4441 | 5.45 | 341.6 |
| 104 | Kansas State | 12 | 1697 | 3304 | 854 | 5001 | 5.86 | 416.8 |
| 105 | Toledo | 12 | 1574 | 3314 | 829 | 4888 | 5.90 | 407.3 |
| 106 | Marshall | 13 | 1947 | 3317 | 931 | 5264 | 5.65 | 404.9 |
| 107 | Colorado | 13 | 2391 | 3320 | 868 | 5711 | 6.58 | 439.3 |
| 108 | Rice | 12 | 2201 | 3344 | 856 | 5545 | 6.48 | 462.1 |
| 109 | Memphis | 11 | 2176 | 3348 | 814 | 5524 | 6.79 | 502.2 |
| 110 | Oregon | 13 | 1814 | 3358 | 1007 | 5172 | 5.14 | 397.8 |
| 111 | Fresno State | 12 | 1968 | 3375 | 825 | 5343 | 6.48 | 445.3 |
| 112 | UAB | 12 | 2440 | 3387 | 869 | 5827 | 6.71 | 485.6 |
| 113 | Arizona State | 12 | 1857 | 3394 | 848 | 5251 | 6.19 | 437.6 |
| 114 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 2046 | 3395 | 989 | 5441 | 5.50 | 418.5 |
| 115 | Arizona | 11 | 1859 | 3408 | 780 | 5267 | 6.75 | 478.8 |
| 116 | Ball State | 12 | 2712 | 3412 | 904 | 6124 | 6.77 | 510.3 |
| 117 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 2404 | 3534 | 1089 | 5938 | 5.45 | 456.8 |
| 118 | Texas A&M | 13 | 1324 | 3592 | 1019 | 4916 | 4.82 | 378.2 |
| 119 | Baylor | 12 | 2481 | 3662 | 944 | 6143 | 6.51 | 511.9 |
| 120 | Tulsa | 13 | 1670 | 3722 | 1025 | 5392 | 5.26 | 414.8 |