2012 National Leaders Rushing Defense - In The 2nd Quarter through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTSA | 10 | 86 | 262 | 3.05 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Memphis | 12 | 89 | 331 | 3.72 | 4 | 58 | 24 | 16 | 4 |
| 3 | North Texas | 12 | 93 | 536 | 5.76 | 5 | 75 | 26 | 12 | 5 |
| 3 | Idaho | 12 | 93 | 574 | 6.17 | 7 | 68 | 27 | 16 | 5 |
| 5 | TCU | 13 | 94 | 233 | 2.48 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 12 | 95 | 403 | 4.24 | 5 | 67 | 19 | 8 | 2 |
| 7 | Florida International | 12 | 97 | 327 | 3.37 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 13 | 102 | 340 | 3.33 | 2 | 71 | 12 | 10 | 3 |
| 8 | New Mexico | 13 | 102 | 655 | 6.42 | 3 | 71 | 25 | 19 | 9 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 13 | 103 | 438 | 4.25 | 2 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 4 |
| 11 | Alabama | 14 | 104 | 163 | 1.57 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 104 | 281 | 2.70 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 2 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 14 | 104 | 282 | 2.71 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| 14 | Florida | 13 | 105 | 294 | 2.80 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 14 | SMU | 13 | 105 | 421 | 4.01 | 6 | 48 | 22 | 11 | 6 |
| 14 | Auburn | 12 | 105 | 630 | 6.00 | 7 | 68 | 23 | 20 | 9 |
| 17 | BYU | 13 | 106 | 311 | 2.93 | 0 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| 17 | Ohio | 13 | 106 | 368 | 3.47 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | Bowling Green | 13 | 106 | 431 | 4.07 | 6 | 79 | 23 | 18 | 4 |
| 20 | Texas Tech | 13 | 107 | 533 | 4.98 | 6 | 49 | 27 | 16 | 4 |
| 21 | Utah | 12 | 108 | 277 | 2.56 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 1 |
| 21 | Oregon State | 13 | 108 | 370 | 3.43 | 5 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 |
| 21 | Iowa | 12 | 108 | 414 | 3.83 | 4 | 72 | 21 | 10 | 1 |
| 21 | Boston College | 12 | 108 | 439 | 4.06 | 3 | 54 | 25 | 12 | 2 |
| 21 | Colorado | 12 | 108 | 684 | 6.33 | 10 | 42 | 36 | 21 | 9 |
| 26 | California | 12 | 109 | 409 | 3.75 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 1 |
| 26 | Akron | 12 | 109 | 453 | 4.16 | 6 | 44 | 28 | 17 | 4 |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 109 | 711 | 6.52 | 7 | 87 | 27 | 14 | 6 |
| 29 | Kansas State | 13 | 111 | 367 | 3.31 | 2 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 3 |
| 29 | Michigan | 13 | 111 | 456 | 4.11 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 4 |
| 31 | North Carolina | 12 | 112 | 497 | 4.44 | 8 | 71 | 27 | 15 | 3 |
| 32 | Penn State | 12 | 113 | 330 | 2.92 | 2 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 2 |
| 32 | Arkansas | 12 | 113 | 379 | 3.35 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 2 |
| 32 | San Jose State | 13 | 113 | 498 | 4.41 | 6 | 83 | 25 | 18 | 5 |
| 35 | Connecticut | 12 | 114 | 354 | 3.11 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 5 |
| 35 | Mississippi State | 13 | 114 | 388 | 3.40 | 1 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 4 |
| 35 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 114 | 394 | 3.46 | 5 | 65 | 18 | 11 | 3 |
| 35 | Washington | 13 | 114 | 468 | 4.11 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 2 |
| 35 | Temple | 11 | 114 | 620 | 5.44 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 23 | 7 |
| 40 | Oregon | 13 | 115 | 378 | 3.29 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 2 |
| 40 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 115 | 446 | 3.88 | 6 | 64 | 26 | 16 | 3 |
| 40 | Iowa State | 13 | 115 | 528 | 4.59 | 6 | 55 | 24 | 17 | 4 |
| 40 | Texas State | 12 | 115 | 630 | 5.48 | 8 | 60 | 38 | 20 | 5 |
| 44 | Washington State | 12 | 116 | 342 | 2.95 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 0 |
| 44 | Western Michigan | 12 | 116 | 400 | 3.45 | 5 | 45 | 18 | 14 | 2 |
| 44 | Stanford | 14 | 116 | 404 | 3.48 | 4 | 38 | 26 | 17 | 5 |
| 44 | Troy | 12 | 116 | 497 | 4.28 | 3 | 72 | 23 | 15 | 3 |
| 48 | Cincinnati | 13 | 117 | 437 | 3.74 | 2 | 44 | 23 | 12 | 2 |
| 48 | San Diego State | 13 | 117 | 477 | 4.08 | 3 | 24 | 30 | 21 | 3 |
| 48 | Louisville | 13 | 117 | 551 | 4.71 | 7 | 55 | 27 | 13 | 4 |
| 51 | Florida State | 14 | 118 | 268 | 2.27 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| 51 | Virginia | 12 | 118 | 415 | 3.52 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 14 | 2 |
| 51 | Purdue | 13 | 118 | 491 | 4.16 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 4 |
| 54 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 119 | 607 | 5.10 | 7 | 48 | 24 | 16 | 5 |
| 54 | Massachusetts | 12 | 119 | 715 | 6.01 | 9 | 66 | 32 | 21 | 6 |
| 56 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 120 | 375 | 3.13 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 0 |
| 56 | Texas A&M | 13 | 120 | 393 | 3.28 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 4 |
| 56 | Central Michigan | 13 | 120 | 514 | 4.28 | 7 | 49 | 31 | 17 | 4 |
| 56 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 120 | 528 | 4.40 | 5 | 35 | 31 | 23 | 5 |
| 56 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 120 | 650 | 5.42 | 10 | 64 | 38 | 26 | 6 |
| 61 | Boise State | 13 | 121 | 428 | 3.54 | 3 | 58 | 22 | 9 | 4 |
| 61 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 121 | 470 | 3.88 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 19 | 4 |
| 61 | Wake Forest | 12 | 121 | 547 | 4.52 | 6 | 80 | 30 | 18 | 4 |
| 61 | Army | 12 | 121 | 677 | 5.60 | 6 | 99 | 31 | 18 | 6 |
| 61 | New Mexico State | 12 | 121 | 742 | 6.13 | 8 | 76 | 39 | 21 | 9 |
| 66 | Rutgers | 13 | 122 | 292 | 2.39 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| 66 | Missouri | 12 | 122 | 354 | 2.90 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 1 |
| 66 | UNLV | 13 | 122 | 521 | 4.27 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 19 | 0 |
| 66 | Navy | 13 | 122 | 618 | 5.07 | 5 | 44 | 38 | 21 | 3 |
| 66 | East Carolina | 13 | 122 | 630 | 5.16 | 6 | 68 | 39 | 24 | 4 |
| 71 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 123 | 418 | 3.40 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 13 | 2 |
| 71 | Tulsa | 14 | 123 | 462 | 3.76 | 6 | 74 | 27 | 18 | 5 |
| 71 | UTEP | 12 | 123 | 567 | 4.61 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 19 | 1 |
| 71 | Illinois | 12 | 123 | 601 | 4.89 | 5 | 54 | 38 | 24 | 4 |
| 75 | LSU | 13 | 124 | 302 | 2.44 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 12 | 1 |
| 76 | Oklahoma | 13 | 125 | 525 | 4.20 | 6 | 44 | 24 | 13 | 4 |
| 76 | Hawai'i | 12 | 125 | 646 | 5.17 | 14 | 68 | 38 | 25 | 7 |
| 76 | Fresno State | 13 | 125 | 683 | 5.46 | 8 | 67 | 28 | 22 | 9 |
| 79 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 127 | 516 | 4.06 | 4 | 37 | 30 | 18 | 2 |
| 80 | Kentucky | 12 | 128 | 388 | 3.03 | 9 | 47 | 27 | 11 | 3 |
| 80 | USC | 13 | 128 | 507 | 3.96 | 3 | 58 | 32 | 22 | 3 |
| 80 | Toledo | 13 | 128 | 578 | 4.52 | 1 | 52 | 25 | 19 | 3 |
| 80 | Kent State | 14 | 128 | 590 | 4.61 | 6 | 68 | 23 | 17 | 4 |
| 80 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 128 | 649 | 5.07 | 11 | 60 | 36 | 21 | 7 |
| 85 | Maryland | 12 | 129 | 410 | 3.18 | 4 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 3 |
| 85 | South Florida | 12 | 129 | 419 | 3.25 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 2 |
| 85 | Indiana | 12 | 129 | 579 | 4.49 | 6 | 69 | 26 | 16 | 7 |
| 85 | Tennessee | 12 | 129 | 631 | 4.89 | 9 | 70 | 25 | 17 | 8 |
| 85 | Kansas | 12 | 129 | 740 | 5.74 | 8 | 43 | 40 | 18 | 8 |
| 90 | North Carolina State | 13 | 130 | 487 | 3.75 | 3 | 36 | 28 | 16 | 6 |
| 90 | Syracuse | 13 | 130 | 594 | 4.57 | 3 | 80 | 28 | 18 | 6 |
| 90 | Wyoming | 12 | 130 | 640 | 4.92 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 20 | 4 |
| 93 | Clemson | 13 | 131 | 441 | 3.37 | 2 | 44 | 18 | 14 | 5 |
| 93 | Houston | 12 | 131 | 567 | 4.33 | 7 | 69 | 33 | 19 | 5 |
| 95 | UCF | 14 | 132 | 482 | 3.65 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 16 | 4 |
| 95 | UAB | 12 | 132 | 571 | 4.33 | 8 | 45 | 33 | 20 | 4 |
| 95 | Northwestern | 13 | 132 | 597 | 4.52 | 5 | 59 | 28 | 22 | 6 |
| 98 | UCLA | 14 | 133 | 513 | 3.86 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 18 | 5 |
| 99 | Tulane | 12 | 134 | 605 | 4.51 | 6 | 46 | 38 | 25 | 4 |
| 100 | South Alabama | 13 | 135 | 561 | 4.16 | 7 | 51 | 25 | 14 | 4 |
| 100 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 135 | 602 | 4.46 | 5 | 27 | 36 | 17 | 3 |
| 100 | Duke | 13 | 135 | 781 | 5.79 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 25 | 8 |
| 103 | Baylor | 13 | 136 | 657 | 4.83 | 9 | 48 | 41 | 20 | 6 |
| 103 | Colorado State | 12 | 136 | 675 | 4.96 | 3 | 44 | 39 | 23 | 5 |
| 105 | Minnesota | 13 | 138 | 538 | 3.90 | 9 | 48 | 32 | 16 | 7 |
| 105 | Buffalo | 12 | 138 | 682 | 4.94 | 9 | 57 | 28 | 16 | 8 |
| 107 | South Carolina | 13 | 140 | 444 | 3.17 | 3 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 2 |
| 107 | Utah State | 13 | 140 | 486 | 3.47 | 0 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 2 |
| 109 | Mississippi | 13 | 141 | 471 | 3.34 | 5 | 69 | 27 | 17 | 3 |
| 110 | Arkansas State | 13 | 143 | 671 | 4.69 | 5 | 44 | 35 | 19 | 7 |
| 110 | Rice | 13 | 143 | 724 | 5.06 | 8 | 78 | 36 | 21 | 7 |
| 110 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 143 | 807 | 5.64 | 10 | 57 | 37 | 21 | 9 |
| 113 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 145 | 759 | 5.23 | 8 | 73 | 40 | 23 | 4 |
| 114 | Arizona State | 13 | 146 | 747 | 5.12 | 9 | 86 | 38 | 28 | 7 |
| 114 | Marshall | 12 | 146 | 790 | 5.41 | 10 | 75 | 40 | 21 | 6 |
| 114 | Nebraska | 14 | 146 | 792 | 5.42 | 6 | 72 | 35 | 24 | 8 |
| 117 | West Virginia | 13 | 147 | 704 | 4.79 | 11 | 53 | 36 | 25 | 5 |
| 118 | Nevada | 13 | 148 | 769 | 5.20 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 25 | 4 |
| 119 | Georgia | 14 | 152 | 634 | 4.17 | 5 | 41 | 33 | 20 | 5 |
| 120 | Ball State | 13 | 157 | 762 | 4.85 | 8 | 27 | 46 | 20 | 8 |
| 121 | Arizona | 13 | 160 | 719 | 4.49 | 11 | 52 | 40 | 21 | 4 |
| 122 | Texas | 13 | 165 | 743 | 4.50 | 9 | 64 | 47 | 31 | 6 |
| 123 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 167 | 554 | 3.32 | 6 | 27 | 46 | 19 | 2 |
| 124 | Air Force | 13 | 168 | 664 | 3.95 | 6 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 3 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||