2011 National Leaders Rushing Offense - On 1st Down through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missouri | 13 | 292 | 1782 | 6.10 | 14 | 60 | 62 | 66 | 14 |
| 2 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 325 | 1961 | 6.03 | 17 | 57 | 62 | 63 | 20 |
| 3 | Baylor | 13 | 283 | 1728 | 6.11 | 18 | 89 | 55 | 59 | 18 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 14 | 324 | 1816 | 5.60 | 23 | 54 | 58 | 58 | 16 |
| 5 | Nevada | 13 | 350 | 2009 | 5.74 | 18 | 85 | 54 | 57 | 20 |
| 5 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 280 | 1508 | 5.39 | 8 | 47 | 57 | 57 | 12 |
| 7 | Oregon | 14 | 296 | 2001 | 6.76 | 20 | 90 | 50 | 54 | 23 |
| 8 | Air Force | 13 | 321 | 1972 | 6.14 | 15 | 80 | 52 | 53 | 19 |
| 8 | Michigan | 13 | 290 | 1638 | 5.65 | 11 | 59 | 52 | 53 | 18 |
| 10 | Army | 12 | 325 | 1909 | 5.87 | 12 | 57 | 48 | 50 | 16 |
| 10 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 322 | 1847 | 5.74 | 18 | 95 | 49 | 50 | 19 |
| 10 | Ohio | 14 | 305 | 1462 | 4.79 | 4 | 67 | 49 | 50 | 11 |
| 13 | Utah State | 13 | 305 | 2056 | 6.74 | 9 | 80 | 48 | 49 | 15 |
| 13 | Navy | 12 | 308 | 1775 | 5.76 | 14 | 54 | 48 | 49 | 13 |
| 15 | LSU | 14 | 300 | 1575 | 5.25 | 11 | 49 | 46 | 48 | 10 |
| 16 | Temple | 13 | 311 | 1810 | 5.82 | 16 | 69 | 43 | 45 | 20 |
| 16 | Kansas State | 13 | 293 | 1365 | 4.66 | 16 | 63 | 45 | 45 | 13 |
| 18 | Toledo | 13 | 292 | 1567 | 5.37 | 8 | 67 | 44 | 44 | 15 |
| 18 | Texas | 13 | 301 | 1517 | 5.04 | 15 | 51 | 43 | 44 | 15 |
| 18 | UCLA | 14 | 272 | 1401 | 5.15 | 11 | 36 | 46 | 44 | 16 |
| 21 | Notre Dame | 13 | 237 | 1272 | 5.37 | 12 | 79 | 41 | 43 | 9 |
| 21 | Florida International | 13 | 260 | 1223 | 4.70 | 8 | 43 | 41 | 43 | 5 |
| 23 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 267 | 1330 | 4.98 | 10 | 50 | 41 | 42 | 12 |
| 24 | Alabama | 13 | 243 | 1493 | 6.14 | 15 | 76 | 39 | 41 | 15 |
| 24 | Auburn | 13 | 281 | 1367 | 4.86 | 5 | 60 | 41 | 41 | 8 |
| 24 | South Florida | 12 | 247 | 1285 | 5.20 | 12 | 67 | 36 | 41 | 14 |
| 27 | Stanford | 13 | 278 | 1493 | 5.37 | 15 | 70 | 38 | 40 | 10 |
| 27 | Clemson | 14 | 275 | 1450 | 5.27 | 11 | 75 | 39 | 40 | 14 |
| 29 | Virginia | 13 | 258 | 1255 | 4.86 | 12 | 47 | 35 | 39 | 8 |
| 29 | Georgia | 14 | 276 | 1167 | 4.23 | 5 | 28 | 41 | 39 | 13 |
| 31 | Nebraska | 13 | 293 | 1487 | 5.08 | 13 | 82 | 38 | 38 | 11 |
| 31 | Purdue | 13 | 279 | 1349 | 4.84 | 14 | 50 | 37 | 38 | 12 |
| 31 | Texas A&M | 13 | 277 | 1305 | 4.71 | 17 | 36 | 34 | 38 | 9 |
| 31 | Cincinnati | 13 | 252 | 1290 | 5.12 | 19 | 69 | 34 | 38 | 13 |
| 35 | Boise State | 13 | 277 | 1360 | 4.91 | 15 | 65 | 35 | 37 | 11 |
| 35 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 275 | 1208 | 4.39 | 9 | 48 | 36 | 37 | 15 |
| 37 | Tulsa | 13 | 270 | 1435 | 5.31 | 8 | 82 | 35 | 36 | 11 |
| 37 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 267 | 1262 | 4.73 | 15 | 75 | 36 | 36 | 11 |
| 37 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 245 | 1151 | 4.70 | 9 | 53 | 36 | 36 | 5 |
| 37 | Arizona State | 13 | 231 | 1135 | 4.91 | 12 | 70 | 36 | 36 | 11 |
| 37 | California | 13 | 256 | 975 | 3.81 | 10 | 56 | 34 | 36 | 9 |
| 42 | Oklahoma | 13 | 250 | 1326 | 5.30 | 13 | 64 | 31 | 34 | 11 |
| 42 | TCU | 13 | 266 | 1281 | 4.82 | 15 | 74 | 31 | 34 | 13 |
| 42 | Ohio State | 13 | 266 | 1269 | 4.77 | 6 | 63 | 30 | 34 | 10 |
| 45 | San Diego State | 13 | 234 | 1203 | 5.14 | 8 | 99 | 33 | 33 | 13 |
| 45 | North Carolina | 13 | 226 | 1185 | 5.24 | 10 | 60 | 32 | 33 | 9 |
| 45 | BYU | 13 | 258 | 1161 | 4.50 | 8 | 56 | 35 | 33 | 7 |
| 45 | Maryland | 12 | 199 | 1109 | 5.57 | 5 | 77 | 32 | 33 | 12 |
| 45 | Western Michigan | 13 | 215 | 975 | 4.53 | 5 | 56 | 32 | 33 | 11 |
| 50 | Utah | 13 | 239 | 1078 | 4.51 | 8 | 62 | 33 | 32 | 11 |
| 50 | Florida | 13 | 239 | 1073 | 4.49 | 6 | 47 | 33 | 32 | 10 |
| 52 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 195 | 1186 | 6.08 | 18 | 81 | 30 | 31 | 10 |
| 52 | Michigan State | 14 | 263 | 1038 | 3.95 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 31 | 9 |
| 52 | Arkansas State | 13 | 255 | 1034 | 4.05 | 10 | 33 | 28 | 31 | 5 |
| 52 | Rice | 12 | 221 | 966 | 4.37 | 6 | 47 | 30 | 31 | 8 |
| 56 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 259 | 1177 | 4.54 | 13 | 56 | 28 | 30 | 6 |
| 56 | UNLV | 12 | 233 | 1105 | 4.74 | 8 | 80 | 29 | 30 | 10 |
| 56 | Mississippi State | 13 | 233 | 1087 | 4.67 | 7 | 72 | 26 | 30 | 6 |
| 56 | USC | 12 | 179 | 955 | 5.34 | 6 | 61 | 29 | 30 | 6 |
| 56 | Fresno State | 13 | 209 | 910 | 4.35 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 8 |
| 61 | Wyoming | 13 | 267 | 1059 | 3.97 | 8 | 56 | 29 | 29 | 7 |
| 61 | Washington | 13 | 224 | 967 | 4.32 | 8 | 56 | 27 | 29 | 8 |
| 61 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 229 | 848 | 3.70 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 5 |
| 64 | South Carolina | 13 | 237 | 1113 | 4.70 | 12 | 61 | 27 | 28 | 10 |
| 64 | Houston | 14 | 187 | 1035 | 5.53 | 15 | 56 | 26 | 28 | 9 |
| 64 | Penn State | 13 | 244 | 1024 | 4.20 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 5 |
| 64 | Hawai'i | 13 | 161 | 761 | 4.73 | 9 | 57 | 27 | 28 | 10 |
| 64 | New Mexico State | 13 | 201 | 741 | 3.69 | 11 | 46 | 25 | 28 | 7 |
| 64 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 185 | 732 | 3.96 | 5 | 48 | 25 | 28 | 7 |
| 64 | Mississippi | 12 | 220 | 715 | 3.25 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 28 | 4 |
| 71 | UCF | 12 | 222 | 1112 | 5.01 | 13 | 50 | 27 | 27 | 13 |
| 71 | Indiana | 12 | 235 | 980 | 4.17 | 8 | 52 | 27 | 27 | 9 |
| 71 | West Virginia | 13 | 218 | 963 | 4.42 | 13 | 80 | 25 | 27 | 8 |
| 71 | UTEP | 12 | 208 | 831 | 4.00 | 10 | 50 | 27 | 27 | 4 |
| 71 | Wake Forest | 13 | 224 | 686 | 3.06 | 6 | 38 | 27 | 27 | 5 |
| 76 | Illinois | 13 | 247 | 1071 | 4.34 | 9 | 61 | 22 | 26 | 6 |
| 76 | Buffalo | 12 | 215 | 967 | 4.50 | 5 | 58 | 26 | 26 | 6 |
| 76 | Iowa State | 13 | 252 | 853 | 3.38 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 3 |
| 76 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 212 | 836 | 3.94 | 10 | 79 | 25 | 26 | 10 |
| 76 | Colorado | 13 | 206 | 749 | 3.64 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 26 | 6 |
| 76 | SMU | 13 | 179 | 734 | 4.10 | 7 | 40 | 24 | 26 | 4 |
| 76 | Louisville | 13 | 227 | 697 | 3.07 | 1 | 32 | 24 | 26 | 4 |
| 83 | Minnesota | 12 | 232 | 999 | 4.31 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 25 | 7 |
| 83 | Marshall | 13 | 227 | 896 | 3.95 | 5 | 69 | 24 | 25 | 7 |
| 83 | New Mexico | 12 | 198 | 814 | 4.11 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 2 |
| 83 | Florida State | 13 | 214 | 758 | 3.54 | 9 | 53 | 25 | 25 | 5 |
| 87 | Northwestern | 13 | 261 | 1074 | 4.11 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 24 | 4 |
| 87 | North Texas | 12 | 233 | 1023 | 4.39 | 6 | 52 | 23 | 24 | 9 |
| 87 | Central Michigan | 12 | 183 | 934 | 5.10 | 6 | 77 | 24 | 24 | 11 |
| 90 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 188 | 915 | 4.87 | 6 | 79 | 21 | 23 | 9 |
| 90 | Boston College | 12 | 231 | 900 | 3.90 | 7 | 69 | 22 | 23 | 4 |
| 90 | Connecticut | 12 | 244 | 880 | 3.61 | 3 | 65 | 22 | 23 | 5 |
| 90 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 232 | 843 | 3.63 | 10 | 62 | 23 | 23 | 5 |
| 90 | Arkansas | 13 | 197 | 827 | 4.20 | 12 | 92 | 22 | 23 | 9 |
| 90 | Bowling Green | 12 | 211 | 750 | 3.55 | 4 | 52 | 21 | 23 | 2 |
| 96 | UAB | 12 | 203 | 838 | 4.13 | 3 | 57 | 21 | 22 | 4 |
| 96 | Washington State | 12 | 213 | 718 | 3.37 | 8 | 48 | 22 | 22 | 1 |
| 96 | Duke | 12 | 190 | 707 | 3.72 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 22 | 3 |
| 96 | Akron | 12 | 195 | 684 | 3.51 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 22 | 4 |
| 100 | Kansas | 12 | 248 | 921 | 3.71 | 7 | 47 | 18 | 21 | 5 |
| 100 | Iowa | 13 | 220 | 811 | 3.69 | 8 | 27 | 21 | 21 | 4 |
| 100 | Rutgers | 13 | 226 | 726 | 3.21 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 21 | 4 |
| 100 | Memphis | 12 | 199 | 704 | 3.54 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 21 | 7 |
| 104 | Colorado State | 12 | 200 | 871 | 4.36 | 5 | 63 | 19 | 20 | 5 |
| 104 | Syracuse | 12 | 195 | 839 | 4.30 | 6 | 53 | 18 | 20 | 6 |
| 104 | Texas Tech | 12 | 186 | 834 | 4.48 | 6 | 48 | 20 | 20 | 5 |
| 104 | Ball State | 12 | 199 | 811 | 4.08 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 2 |
| 104 | East Carolina | 12 | 205 | 764 | 3.73 | 5 | 56 | 19 | 20 | 6 |
| 104 | Tennessee | 12 | 199 | 623 | 3.13 | 6 | 45 | 18 | 20 | 4 |
| 110 | Tulane | 13 | 202 | 805 | 3.99 | 9 | 67 | 18 | 19 | 5 |
| 110 | Oregon State | 12 | 185 | 657 | 3.55 | 4 | 56 | 17 | 19 | 4 |
| 110 | Arizona | 12 | 165 | 549 | 3.33 | 8 | 31 | 18 | 19 | 3 |
| 113 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 218 | 717 | 3.29 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 18 | 3 |
| 114 | Kent State | 12 | 213 | 730 | 3.43 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 3 |
| 114 | Troy | 12 | 183 | 713 | 3.90 | 5 | 56 | 17 | 17 | 4 |
| 116 | Idaho | 12 | 188 | 639 | 3.40 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 16 | 4 |
| 117 | North Carolina State | 13 | 231 | 816 | 3.53 | 4 | 46 | 14 | 15 | 3 |
| 117 | San Jose State | 12 | 211 | 715 | 3.39 | 11 | 66 | 15 | 15 | 4 |
| 119 | Kentucky | 12 | 197 | 573 | 2.91 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 0 |
| 120 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 176 | 470 | 2.67 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||