2012 National Leaders Rushing Defense - In The 1st Quarter through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTSA | 10 | 78 | 305 | 3.91 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | Connecticut | 12 | 79 | 188 | 2.38 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Memphis | 12 | 88 | 423 | 4.81 | 3 | 83 | 16 | 6 | 4 |
| 3 | Penn State | 12 | 88 | 450 | 5.11 | 1 | 52 | 20 | 12 | 5 |
| 3 | New Mexico State | 12 | 88 | 518 | 5.89 | 6 | 75 | 22 | 13 | 7 |
| 6 | Virginia | 12 | 90 | 364 | 4.04 | 3 | 77 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | Ohio State | 12 | 91 | 435 | 4.78 | 3 | 73 | 18 | 12 | 4 |
| 7 | New Mexico | 12 | 91 | 544 | 5.98 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 20 | 5 |
| 9 | UTEP | 12 | 93 | 413 | 4.44 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 10 | 4 |
| 9 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 93 | 446 | 4.80 | 3 | 61 | 24 | 13 | 4 |
| 11 | Minnesota | 13 | 94 | 611 | 6.50 | 4 | 47 | 26 | 17 | 9 |
| 12 | Michigan State | 13 | 95 | 394 | 4.15 | 2 | 59 | 16 | 14 | 3 |
| 13 | Temple | 11 | 96 | 467 | 4.86 | 2 | 36 | 24 | 15 | 1 |
| 14 | Buffalo | 12 | 99 | 296 | 2.99 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 1 |
| 14 | BYU | 13 | 99 | 328 | 3.31 | 0 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 2 |
| 16 | LSU | 13 | 100 | 366 | 3.66 | 4 | 58 | 21 | 10 | 3 |
| 16 | Kansas State | 13 | 100 | 386 | 3.86 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 | Kansas | 12 | 100 | 587 | 5.87 | 6 | 99 | 27 | 16 | 7 |
| 19 | Bowling Green | 13 | 101 | 292 | 2.89 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 1 |
| 19 | Notre Dame | 13 | 101 | 352 | 3.49 | 1 | 55 | 18 | 9 | 3 |
| 21 | SMU | 13 | 102 | 278 | 2.73 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 13 | 102 | 292 | 2.86 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 1 |
| 21 | Stanford | 14 | 102 | 295 | 2.89 | 3 | 77 | 16 | 8 | 4 |
| 21 | Utah | 12 | 102 | 404 | 3.96 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 5 |
| 25 | Arkansas | 12 | 103 | 394 | 3.83 | 1 | 52 | 24 | 12 | 1 |
| 25 | Louisville | 13 | 103 | 484 | 4.70 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 15 | 3 |
| 27 | Tennessee | 12 | 104 | 369 | 3.55 | 7 | 75 | 17 | 14 | 2 |
| 27 | Toledo | 13 | 104 | 465 | 4.47 | 4 | 62 | 23 | 12 | 3 |
| 29 | TCU | 13 | 105 | 334 | 3.18 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
| 29 | Florida | 13 | 105 | 369 | 3.51 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 2 |
| 29 | North Texas | 12 | 105 | 458 | 4.36 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 14 | 7 |
| 29 | Colorado | 12 | 105 | 733 | 6.98 | 7 | 94 | 30 | 25 | 9 |
| 33 | Northwestern | 13 | 106 | 380 | 3.58 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 1 |
| 33 | East Carolina | 13 | 106 | 450 | 4.25 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 2 |
| 35 | Florida International | 12 | 107 | 425 | 3.97 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 3 |
| 35 | Washington State | 12 | 107 | 542 | 5.07 | 3 | 47 | 28 | 20 | 4 |
| 37 | Maryland | 12 | 108 | 473 | 4.38 | 2 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 2 |
| 37 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 108 | 475 | 4.40 | 3 | 58 | 22 | 11 | 2 |
| 37 | South Alabama | 13 | 108 | 611 | 5.66 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 22 | 8 |
| 40 | Wisconsin | 14 | 109 | 463 | 4.25 | 5 | 76 | 21 | 8 | 1 |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 109 | 700 | 6.42 | 8 | 58 | 35 | 19 | 8 |
| 42 | South Carolina | 13 | 110 | 266 | 2.42 | 1 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 2 |
| 42 | Clemson | 13 | 110 | 458 | 4.16 | 5 | 54 | 24 | 16 | 6 |
| 42 | Kentucky | 12 | 110 | 569 | 5.17 | 6 | 47 | 31 | 17 | 3 |
| 42 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 110 | 725 | 6.59 | 8 | 49 | 34 | 25 | 8 |
| 46 | Wake Forest | 12 | 111 | 507 | 4.57 | 6 | 68 | 28 | 15 | 5 |
| 46 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 111 | 511 | 4.60 | 5 | 57 | 25 | 16 | 4 |
| 46 | Washington | 13 | 111 | 541 | 4.87 | 5 | 57 | 25 | 13 | 3 |
| 49 | Troy | 12 | 112 | 711 | 6.35 | 6 | 98 | 32 | 18 | 7 |
| 50 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 113 | 374 | 3.31 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 3 |
| 51 | Mississippi State | 13 | 114 | 493 | 4.32 | 5 | 33 | 35 | 13 | 3 |
| 51 | Houston | 12 | 114 | 508 | 4.46 | 4 | 73 | 25 | 14 | 4 |
| 51 | Oregon State | 13 | 114 | 598 | 5.25 | 5 | 42 | 32 | 20 | 7 |
| 54 | South Florida | 12 | 115 | 459 | 3.99 | 6 | 44 | 22 | 17 | 4 |
| 54 | Oklahoma | 13 | 115 | 556 | 4.83 | 5 | 62 | 25 | 18 | 5 |
| 54 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 115 | 595 | 5.17 | 5 | 77 | 29 | 16 | 6 |
| 54 | Missouri | 12 | 115 | 619 | 5.38 | 8 | 73 | 30 | 20 | 8 |
| 58 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 116 | 336 | 2.90 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 1 |
| 58 | Michigan | 13 | 116 | 447 | 3.85 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 1 |
| 58 | Rice | 13 | 116 | 640 | 5.52 | 6 | 74 | 25 | 15 | 4 |
| 61 | Utah State | 13 | 117 | 281 | 2.40 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| 61 | Alabama | 14 | 117 | 327 | 2.79 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 3 |
| 61 | Illinois | 12 | 117 | 388 | 3.32 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 0 |
| 61 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 117 | 462 | 3.95 | 4 | 52 | 29 | 14 | 5 |
| 61 | Idaho | 12 | 117 | 638 | 5.45 | 12 | 49 | 26 | 18 | 8 |
| 61 | California | 12 | 117 | 667 | 5.70 | 8 | 62 | 28 | 14 | 7 |
| 67 | UCF | 14 | 118 | 420 | 3.56 | 3 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 3 |
| 67 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 118 | 503 | 4.26 | 2 | 61 | 31 | 17 | 3 |
| 67 | Marshall | 12 | 118 | 506 | 4.29 | 5 | 48 | 25 | 16 | 5 |
| 67 | Ohio | 13 | 118 | 583 | 4.94 | 3 | 26 | 34 | 18 | 2 |
| 67 | North Carolina State | 13 | 118 | 607 | 5.14 | 7 | 67 | 27 | 17 | 5 |
| 67 | Massachusetts | 12 | 118 | 647 | 5.48 | 7 | 50 | 31 | 24 | 5 |
| 73 | Baylor | 13 | 120 | 618 | 5.15 | 8 | 84 | 33 | 19 | 5 |
| 73 | Akron | 12 | 120 | 716 | 5.97 | 3 | 72 | 34 | 27 | 4 |
| 75 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 121 | 401 | 3.31 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 0 |
| 75 | Arkansas State | 13 | 121 | 456 | 3.77 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 5 |
| 77 | San Jose State | 13 | 122 | 299 | 2.45 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 1 |
| 77 | Oregon | 13 | 122 | 435 | 3.57 | 2 | 35 | 28 | 16 | 3 |
| 77 | Hawai'i | 12 | 122 | 505 | 4.14 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 4 |
| 77 | Purdue | 13 | 122 | 536 | 4.39 | 5 | 51 | 32 | 18 | 5 |
| 77 | Army | 12 | 122 | 800 | 6.56 | 10 | 88 | 40 | 21 | 8 |
| 82 | UAB | 12 | 123 | 543 | 4.41 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 17 | 3 |
| 82 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 123 | 585 | 4.76 | 4 | 33 | 31 | 14 | 4 |
| 84 | North Carolina | 12 | 124 | 540 | 4.35 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 21 | 1 |
| 84 | San Diego State | 13 | 124 | 545 | 4.40 | 5 | 64 | 30 | 16 | 4 |
| 84 | Western Michigan | 12 | 124 | 585 | 4.72 | 7 | 53 | 33 | 23 | 4 |
| 84 | Wyoming | 12 | 124 | 702 | 5.66 | 6 | 74 | 28 | 18 | 5 |
| 88 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 125 | 409 | 3.27 | 2 | 46 | 25 | 10 | 3 |
| 88 | USC | 13 | 125 | 541 | 4.33 | 3 | 59 | 30 | 16 | 2 |
| 88 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 125 | 600 | 4.80 | 4 | 55 | 26 | 16 | 4 |
| 88 | Texas State | 12 | 125 | 852 | 6.82 | 5 | 46 | 45 | 29 | 10 |
| 92 | Iowa State | 13 | 127 | 514 | 4.05 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 2 |
| 92 | Central Michigan | 13 | 127 | 589 | 4.64 | 8 | 55 | 29 | 13 | 5 |
| 94 | West Virginia | 13 | 128 | 417 | 3.26 | 5 | 46 | 25 | 9 | 2 |
| 94 | Cincinnati | 13 | 128 | 460 | 3.59 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 1 |
| 94 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 128 | 539 | 4.21 | 8 | 43 | 28 | 15 | 2 |
| 94 | Iowa | 12 | 128 | 589 | 4.60 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 15 | 3 |
| 98 | Boise State | 13 | 129 | 427 | 3.31 | 1 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 3 |
| 98 | Tulsa | 14 | 129 | 486 | 3.77 | 4 | 63 | 25 | 13 | 4 |
| 98 | Auburn | 12 | 129 | 590 | 4.57 | 6 | 49 | 38 | 15 | 5 |
| 101 | Tulane | 12 | 130 | 590 | 4.54 | 10 | 48 | 30 | 18 | 5 |
| 101 | Duke | 13 | 130 | 662 | 5.09 | 7 | 27 | 37 | 17 | 6 |
| 103 | Florida State | 14 | 132 | 468 | 3.55 | 2 | 35 | 27 | 14 | 5 |
| 103 | Mississippi | 13 | 132 | 493 | 3.73 | 3 | 59 | 29 | 17 | 4 |
| 103 | Air Force | 13 | 132 | 672 | 5.09 | 7 | 79 | 33 | 21 | 6 |
| 106 | Rutgers | 13 | 135 | 359 | 2.66 | 1 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 2 |
| 106 | Syracuse | 13 | 135 | 497 | 3.68 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 16 | 3 |
| 106 | Colorado State | 12 | 135 | 738 | 5.47 | 9 | 80 | 37 | 17 | 4 |
| 109 | Nevada | 13 | 136 | 749 | 5.51 | 7 | 53 | 40 | 19 | 9 |
| 110 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 138 | 513 | 3.72 | 4 | 60 | 28 | 12 | 3 |
| 110 | Texas | 13 | 138 | 680 | 4.93 | 9 | 95 | 37 | 25 | 5 |
| 110 | Navy | 13 | 138 | 727 | 5.27 | 6 | 56 | 45 | 18 | 4 |
| 110 | Indiana | 12 | 138 | 832 | 6.03 | 6 | 54 | 44 | 33 | 5 |
| 114 | Texas Tech | 13 | 141 | 608 | 4.31 | 4 | 37 | 40 | 23 | 7 |
| 115 | Boston College | 12 | 142 | 666 | 4.69 | 7 | 34 | 37 | 21 | 3 |
| 116 | Kent State | 14 | 144 | 469 | 3.26 | 0 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 2 |
| 117 | Nebraska | 14 | 145 | 620 | 4.28 | 7 | 56 | 27 | 12 | 5 |
| 117 | Ball State | 13 | 145 | 823 | 5.68 | 8 | 45 | 44 | 26 | 10 |
| 119 | UNLV | 13 | 146 | 720 | 4.93 | 6 | 35 | 37 | 22 | 5 |
| 120 | UCLA | 14 | 152 | 583 | 3.84 | 5 | 92 | 32 | 16 | 3 |
| 121 | Arizona State | 13 | 153 | 576 | 3.76 | 4 | 71 | 30 | 22 | 7 |
| 121 | Fresno State | 13 | 153 | 653 | 4.27 | 7 | 45 | 28 | 16 | 9 |
| 123 | Arizona | 13 | 157 | 771 | 4.91 | 4 | 37 | 45 | 21 | 1 |
| 124 | Georgia | 14 | 163 | 613 | 3.76 | 1 | 43 | 35 | 18 | 3 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||