2011 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. BCS Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush Yards | Pass Yards | Plays | Total Yards | Yards/Play | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCF | 1 | 57 | 84 | 47 | 141 | 3.00 | 141.0 |
| 2 | Utah State | 1 | 78 | 286 | 54 | 364 | 6.74 | 364.0 |
| 3 | Air Force | 1 | 266 | 294 | 65 | 560 | 8.62 | 560.0 |
| 3 | TCU | 1 | 150 | 414 | 65 | 564 | 8.68 | 564.0 |
| 5 | Colorado State | 1 | 145 | 215 | 66 | 360 | 5.45 | 360.0 |
| 6 | UTEP | 1 | 373 | 202 | 69 | 575 | 8.33 | 575.0 |
| 6 | Memphis | 1 | 309 | 336 | 69 | 645 | 9.35 | 645.0 |
| 8 | Wyoming | 1 | 333 | 157 | 70 | 490 | 7.00 | 490.0 |
| 9 | Ohio | 1 | 159 | 251 | 78 | 410 | 5.26 | 410.0 |
| 10 | Bowling Green | 1 | 360 | 283 | 79 | 643 | 8.14 | 643.0 |
| 11 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 153 | 221 | 84 | 374 | 4.45 | 374.0 |
| 12 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 384 | 280 | 110 | 664 | 6.04 | 332.0 |
| 13 | Hawai'i | 2 | 168 | 538 | 118 | 706 | 5.98 | 353.0 |
| 14 | SMU | 2 | 222 | 441 | 127 | 663 | 5.22 | 331.5 |
| 15 | Boise State | 2 | 126 | 631 | 128 | 757 | 5.91 | 378.5 |
| 15 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 480 | 459 | 128 | 939 | 7.34 | 469.5 |
| 17 | Toledo | 2 | 265 | 402 | 130 | 667 | 5.13 | 333.5 |
| 17 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 272 | 553 | 130 | 825 | 6.35 | 412.5 |
| 17 | UNLV | 2 | 380 | 729 | 130 | 1109 | 8.53 | 554.5 |
| 20 | San Diego State | 2 | 371 | 461 | 132 | 832 | 6.30 | 416.0 |
| 21 | Temple | 2 | 137 | 411 | 133 | 548 | 4.12 | 274.0 |
| 22 | San Jose State | 2 | 413 | 377 | 136 | 790 | 5.81 | 395.0 |
| 23 | Kent State | 2 | 402 | 415 | 138 | 817 | 5.92 | 408.5 |
| 24 | UAB | 2 | 504 | 424 | 141 | 928 | 6.58 | 464.0 |
| 24 | North Texas | 2 | 397 | 593 | 141 | 990 | 7.02 | 495.0 |
| 26 | Houston | 2 | 401 | 459 | 142 | 860 | 6.06 | 430.0 |
| 27 | Akron | 2 | 388 | 471 | 145 | 859 | 5.92 | 429.5 |
| 27 | Troy | 2 | 348 | 574 | 145 | 922 | 6.36 | 461.0 |
| 27 | Nevada | 2 | 491 | 553 | 145 | 1044 | 7.20 | 522.0 |
| 27 | New Mexico State | 2 | 439 | 607 | 145 | 1046 | 7.21 | 523.0 |
| 31 | Arkansas State | 2 | 337 | 563 | 148 | 900 | 6.08 | 450.0 |
| 32 | Florida International | 2 | 132 | 698 | 151 | 830 | 5.50 | 415.0 |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 304 | 343 | 153 | 647 | 4.23 | 323.5 |
| 33 | Tulane | 2 | 321 | 519 | 153 | 840 | 5.49 | 420.0 |
| 35 | New Mexico | 2 | 437 | 819 | 166 | 1256 | 7.57 | 628.0 |
| 36 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 2 | 329 | 831 | 167 | 1160 | 6.95 | 580.0 |
| 37 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 519 | 636 | 171 | 1155 | 6.75 | 577.5 |
| 38 | Idaho | 2 | 301 | 712 | 172 | 1013 | 5.89 | 506.5 |
| 39 | Fresno State | 3 | 586 | 699 | 188 | 1285 | 6.84 | 428.3 |
| 39 | Tulsa | 2 | 420 | 786 | 188 | 1206 | 6.41 | 603.0 |
| 41 | Army | 3 | 577 | 576 | 191 | 1153 | 6.04 | 384.3 |
| 42 | Marshall | 3 | 317 | 699 | 193 | 1016 | 5.26 | 338.7 |
| 43 | East Carolina | 3 | 687 | 452 | 195 | 1139 | 5.84 | 379.7 |
| 44 | Navy | 3 | 588 | 735 | 196 | 1323 | 6.75 | 441.0 |
| 45 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 545 | 543 | 201 | 1088 | 5.41 | 362.7 |
| 46 | Buffalo | 3 | 510 | 734 | 205 | 1244 | 6.07 | 414.7 |
| 47 | Central Michigan | 3 | 589 | 642 | 213 | 1231 | 5.78 | 410.3 |
| 48 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 522 | 695 | 214 | 1217 | 5.69 | 405.7 |
| 49 | Ball State | 3 | 458 | 1091 | 229 | 1549 | 6.76 | 516.3 |
| 50 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 703 | 724 | 234 | 1427 | 6.10 | 475.7 |
| 51 | BYU | 4 | 531 | 812 | 255 | 1343 | 5.27 | 335.8 |
| 52 | Western Michigan | 4 | 902 | 742 | 266 | 1644 | 6.18 | 411.0 |
| 53 | Rice | 4 | 854 | 1224 | 305 | 2078 | 6.81 | 519.5 |
| 54 | Mississippi | 8 | 2052 | 1450 | 528 | 3502 | 6.63 | 437.8 |
| 55 | Alabama | 10 | 577 | 1210 | 541 | 1787 | 3.30 | 178.7 |
| 56 | Washington State | 9 | 1539 | 2266 | 573 | 3805 | 6.64 | 422.8 |
| 57 | Duke | 9 | 1842 | 2089 | 576 | 3931 | 6.82 | 436.8 |
| 58 | Tennessee | 9 | 1596 | 1650 | 579 | 3246 | 5.61 | 360.7 |
| 59 | Rutgers | 9 | 1352 | 1563 | 584 | 2915 | 4.99 | 323.9 |
| 60 | Connecticut | 9 | 871 | 2551 | 614 | 3422 | 5.57 | 380.2 |
| 61 | Michigan | 10 | 1286 | 2011 | 618 | 3297 | 5.33 | 329.7 |
| 62 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 1285 | 2055 | 625 | 3340 | 5.34 | 334.0 |
| 62 | Kentucky | 9 | 1811 | 1826 | 625 | 3637 | 5.82 | 404.1 |
| 64 | Minnesota | 9 | 1885 | 1790 | 626 | 3675 | 5.87 | 408.3 |
| 65 | Purdue | 9 | 1898 | 1796 | 629 | 3694 | 5.87 | 410.4 |
| 66 | South Carolina | 10 | 1168 | 1383 | 638 | 2551 | 4.00 | 255.1 |
| 66 | Penn State | 9 | 1458 | 1516 | 638 | 2974 | 4.66 | 330.4 |
| 68 | Indiana | 9 | 2327 | 1990 | 643 | 4317 | 6.71 | 479.7 |
| 69 | Syracuse | 9 | 1172 | 2290 | 650 | 3462 | 5.33 | 384.7 |
| 70 | Louisville | 10 | 1002 | 2324 | 652 | 3326 | 5.10 | 332.6 |
| 70 | Mississippi State | 9 | 1310 | 1757 | 652 | 3067 | 4.70 | 340.8 |
| 72 | Illinois | 10 | 1490 | 1443 | 663 | 2933 | 4.42 | 293.3 |
| 72 | Nebraska | 10 | 1673 | 1907 | 663 | 3580 | 5.40 | 358.0 |
| 74 | Virginia | 10 | 1601 | 2132 | 665 | 3733 | 5.61 | 373.3 |
| 75 | Florida | 10 | 1391 | 1708 | 667 | 3099 | 4.65 | 309.9 |
| 76 | North Carolina State | 10 | 1309 | 2186 | 669 | 3495 | 5.22 | 349.5 |
| 77 | South Florida | 9 | 1077 | 2400 | 675 | 3477 | 5.15 | 386.3 |
| 78 | Georgia | 11 | 1099 | 1878 | 679 | 2977 | 4.38 | 270.6 |
| 78 | Wisconsin | 11 | 1803 | 1923 | 679 | 3726 | 5.49 | 338.7 |
| 80 | Northwestern | 10 | 1673 | 2669 | 680 | 4342 | 6.39 | 434.2 |
| 81 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 1295 | 2189 | 692 | 3484 | 5.03 | 348.4 |
| 82 | Oregon State | 10 | 2009 | 2060 | 695 | 4069 | 5.85 | 406.9 |
| 83 | Texas Tech | 9 | 2429 | 2168 | 696 | 4597 | 6.60 | 510.8 |
| 84 | Auburn | 10 | 1976 | 2235 | 701 | 4211 | 6.01 | 421.1 |
| 85 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 1724 | 2173 | 704 | 3897 | 5.54 | 354.3 |
| 86 | Boston College | 10 | 1460 | 2537 | 708 | 3997 | 5.65 | 399.7 |
| 87 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 1851 | 2177 | 709 | 4028 | 5.68 | 366.2 |
| 88 | Ohio State | 11 | 1759 | 2019 | 713 | 3778 | 5.30 | 343.5 |
| 89 | Arkansas | 10 | 1916 | 1884 | 714 | 3800 | 5.32 | 380.0 |
| 90 | Arizona | 10 | 1779 | 3080 | 718 | 4859 | 6.77 | 485.9 |
| 91 | Kansas | 10 | 2620 | 2695 | 729 | 5315 | 7.29 | 531.5 |
| 92 | Notre Dame | 11 | 1247 | 2434 | 736 | 3681 | 5.00 | 334.6 |
| 92 | California | 11 | 1585 | 2477 | 736 | 4062 | 5.52 | 369.3 |
| 94 | Cincinnati | 10 | 985 | 2758 | 739 | 3743 | 5.06 | 374.3 |
| 95 | Texas | 11 | 1078 | 2442 | 744 | 3520 | 4.73 | 320.0 |
| 96 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 1344 | 2241 | 746 | 3585 | 4.81 | 325.9 |
| 97 | Colorado | 11 | 2159 | 2966 | 748 | 5125 | 6.85 | 465.9 |
| 98 | Michigan State | 11 | 1236 | 2234 | 750 | 3470 | 4.63 | 315.5 |
| 98 | Stanford | 12 | 1122 | 3082 | 750 | 4204 | 5.61 | 350.3 |
| 100 | West Virginia | 10 | 1619 | 2219 | 751 | 3838 | 5.11 | 383.8 |
| 101 | Florida State | 11 | 955 | 2345 | 753 | 3300 | 4.38 | 300.0 |
| 102 | Washington | 11 | 2107 | 2894 | 764 | 5001 | 6.55 | 454.6 |
| 103 | LSU | 12 | 1136 | 2204 | 772 | 3340 | 4.33 | 278.3 |
| 104 | North Carolina | 11 | 1479 | 2568 | 773 | 4047 | 5.24 | 367.9 |
| 105 | Arizona State | 11 | 1695 | 3096 | 777 | 4791 | 6.17 | 435.5 |
| 106 | Utah | 11 | 1404 | 2561 | 781 | 3965 | 5.08 | 360.5 |
| 107 | Baylor | 10 | 2110 | 3151 | 789 | 5261 | 6.67 | 526.1 |
| 108 | Maryland | 10 | 2191 | 2492 | 794 | 4683 | 5.90 | 468.3 |
| 109 | Kansas State | 11 | 1579 | 3223 | 795 | 4802 | 6.04 | 436.5 |
| 110 | Oklahoma | 11 | 1503 | 2773 | 814 | 4276 | 5.25 | 388.7 |
| 111 | Iowa | 11 | 1829 | 2449 | 815 | 4278 | 5.25 | 388.9 |
| 112 | USC | 12 | 1337 | 3160 | 826 | 4497 | 5.44 | 374.8 |
| 113 | Missouri | 11 | 1556 | 3070 | 829 | 4626 | 5.58 | 420.5 |
| 114 | Clemson | 12 | 2039 | 2660 | 843 | 4699 | 5.57 | 391.6 |
| 115 | UCLA | 12 | 2307 | 2747 | 855 | 5054 | 5.91 | 421.2 |
| 116 | Wake Forest | 12 | 2186 | 2846 | 872 | 5032 | 5.77 | 419.3 |
| 117 | Texas A&M | 11 | 1189 | 3193 | 891 | 4382 | 4.92 | 398.4 |
| 118 | Iowa State | 12 | 2311 | 2861 | 905 | 5172 | 5.71 | 431.0 |
| 119 | Oregon | 12 | 1531 | 3125 | 917 | 4656 | 5.08 | 388.0 |
| 120 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 1931 | 3205 | 930 | 5136 | 5.52 | 466.9 |