2012 National Leaders Rushing Defense - In The 4th Quarter through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTSA | 10 | 78 | 182 | 2.33 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | BYU | 13 | 100 | 195 | 1.95 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | Stanford | 14 | 97 | 127 | 1.31 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | LSU | 13 | 109 | 225 | 2.06 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Bowling Green | 13 | 106 | 321 | 3.03 | 5 | 74 | 15 | 9 | 4 |
| 6 | Penn State | 12 | 113 | 261 | 2.31 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Alabama | 14 | 104 | 264 | 2.54 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 2 |
| 6 | SMU | 13 | 93 | 326 | 3.51 | 4 | 57 | 16 | 11 | 4 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 13 | 90 | 214 | 2.38 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 1 |
| 9 | Northwestern | 13 | 79 | 220 | 2.78 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | Maryland | 12 | 112 | 326 | 2.91 | 3 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
| 12 | Tulsa | 14 | 124 | 203 | 1.64 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 |
| 12 | Florida | 13 | 99 | 254 | 2.57 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 4 |
| 12 | Connecticut | 12 | 126 | 319 | 2.53 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 1 |
| 12 | San Jose State | 13 | 106 | 326 | 3.08 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 7 | 4 |
| 12 | Missouri | 12 | 106 | 397 | 3.75 | 9 | 44 | 18 | 13 | 2 |
| 17 | Utah State | 13 | 115 | 252 | 2.19 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | North Carolina | 12 | 111 | 275 | 2.48 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 2 |
| 17 | Ohio State | 12 | 99 | 279 | 2.82 | 4 | 59 | 19 | 8 | 3 |
| 17 | Michigan State | 12 | 93 | 333 | 3.58 | 2 | 44 | 19 | 12 | 4 |
| 17 | Western Michigan | 12 | 117 | 394 | 3.37 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 4 |
| 17 | Virginia | 12 | 122 | 449 | 3.68 | 5 | 54 | 19 | 11 | 6 |
| 17 | Wake Forest | 12 | 127 | 463 | 3.65 | 6 | 90 | 19 | 9 | 3 |
| 24 | Florida State | 13 | 97 | 255 | 2.63 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 7 | 2 |
| 24 | Arkansas | 11 | 110 | 306 | 2.78 | 5 | 60 | 20 | 14 | 6 |
| 26 | Syracuse | 13 | 114 | 403 | 3.54 | 2 | 76 | 21 | 12 | 2 |
| 26 | South Alabama | 13 | 142 | 433 | 3.05 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 4 |
| 28 | San Diego State | 13 | 104 | 254 | 2.44 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 2 |
| 28 | Oregon State | 13 | 98 | 288 | 2.94 | 3 | 52 | 22 | 13 | 3 |
| 28 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 104 | 316 | 3.04 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 3 |
| 28 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 112 | 360 | 3.21 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 15 | 2 |
| 28 | TCU | 13 | 116 | 362 | 3.12 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 10 | 2 |
| 28 | Mississippi | 13 | 110 | 394 | 3.58 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 7 |
| 28 | North Texas | 12 | 93 | 410 | 4.41 | 6 | 54 | 22 | 11 | 6 |
| 28 | Duke | 13 | 119 | 438 | 3.68 | 4 | 86 | 22 | 9 | 3 |
| 28 | Texas Tech | 13 | 111 | 442 | 3.98 | 3 | 69 | 22 | 10 | 3 |
| 37 | Rutgers | 13 | 108 | 302 | 2.80 | 1 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 4 |
| 37 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 123 | 339 | 2.76 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 5 |
| 37 | Washington | 13 | 120 | 448 | 3.73 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 5 |
| 37 | Hawai'i | 12 | 147 | 475 | 3.23 | 5 | 52 | 23 | 10 | 3 |
| 41 | Utah | 12 | 111 | 431 | 3.88 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 13 | 4 |
| 41 | Buffalo | 12 | 145 | 432 | 2.98 | 4 | 55 | 24 | 8 | 4 |
| 41 | UAB | 12 | 114 | 539 | 4.73 | 11 | 50 | 24 | 13 | 6 |
| 41 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 104 | 553 | 5.32 | 6 | 72 | 24 | 13 | 4 |
| 45 | Kansas State | 13 | 102 | 393 | 3.85 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
| 45 | Memphis | 12 | 124 | 401 | 3.23 | 3 | 33 | 25 | 14 | 4 |
| 45 | North Carolina State | 13 | 130 | 449 | 3.45 | 3 | 38 | 25 | 16 | 4 |
| 45 | Arkansas State | 13 | 105 | 465 | 4.43 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 12 | 4 |
| 45 | Cincinnati | 13 | 98 | 466 | 4.76 | 3 | 60 | 25 | 13 | 6 |
| 45 | Air Force | 13 | 134 | 475 | 3.54 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 13 | 2 |
| 51 | Boise State | 13 | 123 | 452 | 3.67 | 10 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 3 |
| 51 | Arizona | 13 | 126 | 494 | 3.92 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 19 | 2 |
| 51 | Florida International | 12 | 118 | 514 | 4.36 | 7 | 73 | 26 | 15 | 3 |
| 51 | Ball State | 13 | 111 | 595 | 5.36 | 6 | 71 | 26 | 22 | 5 |
| 55 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 122 | 425 | 3.48 | 4 | 70 | 27 | 16 | 4 |
| 55 | Arizona State | 13 | 122 | 535 | 4.39 | 2 | 46 | 27 | 14 | 7 |
| 55 | Idaho | 12 | 141 | 537 | 3.81 | 11 | 47 | 27 | 14 | 4 |
| 55 | Tennessee | 12 | 133 | 539 | 4.05 | 3 | 43 | 27 | 15 | 5 |
| 55 | New Mexico | 13 | 115 | 576 | 5.01 | 6 | 58 | 27 | 20 | 3 |
| 55 | Nebraska | 14 | 136 | 611 | 4.49 | 7 | 54 | 27 | 18 | 6 |
| 61 | Kentucky | 11 | 124 | 429 | 3.46 | 4 | 45 | 28 | 8 | 2 |
| 61 | Iowa | 12 | 126 | 502 | 3.98 | 1 | 39 | 28 | 15 | 3 |
| 61 | Rice | 13 | 128 | 506 | 3.95 | 6 | 75 | 28 | 14 | 4 |
| 61 | Temple | 11 | 134 | 510 | 3.81 | 5 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 4 |
| 61 | Auburn | 12 | 126 | 535 | 4.25 | 4 | 45 | 28 | 16 | 8 |
| 61 | Wisconsin | 14 | 124 | 555 | 4.48 | 3 | 81 | 28 | 18 | 4 |
| 61 | Washington State | 12 | 139 | 620 | 4.46 | 6 | 84 | 28 | 15 | 5 |
| 68 | West Virginia | 13 | 145 | 392 | 2.70 | 3 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 2 |
| 68 | South Florida | 12 | 122 | 430 | 3.52 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 21 | 3 |
| 68 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 130 | 464 | 3.57 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 2 |
| 68 | Clemson | 13 | 123 | 492 | 4.00 | 4 | 38 | 29 | 18 | 6 |
| 68 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 116 | 554 | 4.78 | 4 | 46 | 29 | 22 | 4 |
| 73 | Kent State | 14 | 112 | 422 | 3.77 | 4 | 23 | 30 | 16 | 3 |
| 73 | South Carolina | 13 | 123 | 463 | 3.76 | 3 | 50 | 30 | 17 | 2 |
| 73 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 134 | 517 | 3.86 | 3 | 47 | 30 | 22 | 5 |
| 73 | Texas | 13 | 123 | 526 | 4.28 | 6 | 50 | 30 | 22 | 9 |
| 73 | Fresno State | 13 | 141 | 529 | 3.75 | 5 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 2 |
| 73 | Colorado State | 12 | 135 | 542 | 4.01 | 2 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 2 |
| 73 | Kansas | 12 | 121 | 559 | 4.62 | 5 | 43 | 30 | 24 | 7 |
| 73 | Marshall | 12 | 138 | 560 | 4.06 | 8 | 47 | 30 | 17 | 4 |
| 73 | Minnesota | 13 | 121 | 568 | 4.69 | 5 | 44 | 30 | 16 | 4 |
| 73 | Ohio | 13 | 127 | 594 | 4.68 | 5 | 40 | 30 | 21 | 7 |
| 73 | Massachusetts | 12 | 152 | 672 | 4.42 | 8 | 61 | 30 | 16 | 2 |
| 84 | Troy | 12 | 127 | 487 | 3.83 | 4 | 40 | 31 | 15 | 4 |
| 84 | Baylor | 13 | 135 | 578 | 4.28 | 5 | 55 | 31 | 18 | 3 |
| 84 | Texas State | 12 | 133 | 606 | 4.56 | 4 | 53 | 31 | 17 | 6 |
| 84 | Iowa State | 13 | 147 | 633 | 4.31 | 2 | 77 | 31 | 19 | 3 |
| 84 | Oklahoma | 13 | 118 | 639 | 5.42 | 9 | 54 | 31 | 19 | 6 |
| 84 | UCLA | 14 | 148 | 742 | 5.01 | 4 | 86 | 31 | 20 | 6 |
| 90 | Indiana | 12 | 141 | 543 | 3.85 | 8 | 50 | 32 | 23 | 6 |
| 90 | Oregon | 13 | 114 | 545 | 4.78 | 3 | 24 | 32 | 21 | 4 |
| 90 | Akron | 12 | 154 | 583 | 3.79 | 7 | 35 | 32 | 18 | 2 |
| 93 | California | 12 | 143 | 455 | 3.18 | 3 | 19 | 33 | 18 | 0 |
| 93 | East Carolina | 13 | 113 | 555 | 4.91 | 6 | 51 | 33 | 17 | 5 |
| 93 | Central Michigan | 13 | 131 | 647 | 4.94 | 7 | 53 | 33 | 16 | 5 |
| 96 | Army | 12 | 140 | 612 | 4.37 | 11 | 87 | 34 | 21 | 6 |
| 96 | Nevada | 13 | 139 | 640 | 4.60 | 5 | 40 | 34 | 18 | 6 |
| 96 | Colorado | 12 | 132 | 711 | 5.39 | 7 | 64 | 34 | 20 | 9 |
| 99 | Louisville | 13 | 125 | 501 | 4.01 | 1 | 42 | 35 | 21 | 2 |
| 99 | Navy | 13 | 128 | 570 | 4.45 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 18 | 0 |
| 99 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 144 | 618 | 4.29 | 8 | 54 | 35 | 21 | 5 |
| 99 | Wyoming | 12 | 142 | 668 | 4.70 | 6 | 82 | 35 | 18 | 5 |
| 99 | UCF | 14 | 142 | 670 | 4.72 | 7 | 69 | 35 | 21 | 4 |
| 99 | New Mexico State | 12 | 148 | 748 | 5.05 | 7 | 83 | 35 | 23 | 5 |
| 105 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 120 | 559 | 4.66 | 6 | 44 | 36 | 18 | 4 |
| 105 | Mississippi State | 13 | 132 | 582 | 4.41 | 4 | 31 | 36 | 21 | 2 |
| 105 | Toledo | 13 | 105 | 669 | 6.37 | 7 | 63 | 36 | 26 | 9 |
| 108 | Michigan | 13 | 155 | 499 | 3.22 | 3 | 29 | 37 | 18 | 2 |
| 108 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 122 | 568 | 4.66 | 3 | 62 | 37 | 16 | 6 |
| 108 | Texas A&M | 13 | 134 | 603 | 4.50 | 7 | 47 | 37 | 17 | 6 |
| 111 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 126 | 615 | 4.88 | 7 | 22 | 38 | 22 | 5 |
| 111 | USC | 13 | 148 | 616 | 4.16 | 6 | 39 | 38 | 20 | 5 |
| 111 | Houston | 12 | 138 | 637 | 4.62 | 6 | 41 | 38 | 27 | 7 |
| 111 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 156 | 695 | 4.46 | 9 | 55 | 38 | 20 | 3 |
| 111 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 161 | 732 | 4.55 | 8 | 38 | 38 | 16 | 7 |
| 116 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 124 | 673 | 5.43 | 9 | 76 | 39 | 25 | 6 |
| 116 | Boston College | 12 | 157 | 723 | 4.61 | 3 | 46 | 39 | 19 | 4 |
| 118 | Purdue | 13 | 134 | 737 | 5.50 | 5 | 59 | 40 | 24 | 10 |
| 118 | Tulane | 12 | 152 | 778 | 5.12 | 6 | 42 | 40 | 30 | 7 |
| 118 | UTEP | 12 | 143 | 781 | 5.46 | 9 | 65 | 40 | 20 | 6 |
| 121 | Georgia | 14 | 156 | 649 | 4.16 | 7 | 39 | 41 | 21 | 8 |
| 121 | Illinois | 12 | 153 | 777 | 5.08 | 7 | 63 | 41 | 19 | 5 |
| 123 | UNLV | 13 | 183 | 859 | 4.69 | 9 | 66 | 44 | 22 | 6 |
| 124 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 182 | 991 | 5.45 | 9 | 42 | 51 | 29 | 9 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||