2012 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 1-3 Yards To Go through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 17 | 19 | 1.12 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 11 | 20 | 25 | 1.25 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | North Carolina State | 13 | 25 | 42 | 1.68 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | BYU | 10 | 21 | 86 | 4.10 | 1 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Florida | 11 | 22 | 34 | 1.55 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | SMU | 10 | 22 | 42 | 1.91 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Virginia | 11 | 28 | 51 | 1.82 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Arkansas | 11 | 28 | 60 | 2.14 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Idaho | 12 | 26 | 76 | 2.92 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Oregon State | 11 | 28 | 82 | 2.93 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | Missouri | 10 | 24 | 41 | 1.71 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Utah | 10 | 23 | 50 | 2.17 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Stanford | 11 | 20 | 55 | 2.75 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Florida State | 12 | 29 | 83 | 2.86 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Texas | 11 | 28 | 95 | 3.39 | 5 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Penn State | 10 | 29 | 39 | 1.34 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | 12 | 30 | 88 | 2.93 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 10 | 35 | 91 | 2.60 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | TCU | 12 | 27 | 103 | 3.81 | 0 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Clemson | 12 | 31 | 183 | 5.90 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| 21 | Alabama | 11 | 25 | 49 | 1.96 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Kansas State | 12 | 34 | 54 | 1.59 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | South Alabama | 10 | 28 | 54 | 1.93 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 12 | 26 | 115 | 4.42 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | North Carolina | 11 | 26 | 139 | 5.35 | 0 | 71 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| 26 | Bowling Green | 13 | 31 | 54 | 1.74 | 0 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | Western Michigan | 11 | 26 | 56 | 2.15 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Florida International | 9 | 25 | 68 | 2.72 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 28 | 85 | 3.04 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | Ohio State | 9 | 25 | 94 | 3.76 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Notre Dame | 13 | 31 | 111 | 3.58 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | Syracuse | 13 | 31 | 140 | 4.52 | 4 | 71 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Kansas | 11 | 27 | 155 | 5.74 | 5 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| 34 | Kent State | 12 | 39 | 58 | 1.49 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Akron | 12 | 34 | 64 | 1.88 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | South Florida | 12 | 31 | 89 | 2.87 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Troy | 12 | 33 | 124 | 3.76 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 3 | 2 |
| 38 | Michigan | 10 | 32 | 49 | 1.53 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | San Diego State | 11 | 28 | 106 | 3.79 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | UTEP | 10 | 28 | 139 | 4.96 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 1 |
| 38 | Indiana | 11 | 35 | 163 | 4.66 | 3 | 52 | 18 | 4 | 3 |
| 38 | Texas State | 11 | 23 | 193 | 8.39 | 0 | 53 | 18 | 6 | 3 |
| 43 | Cincinnati | 11 | 33 | 80 | 2.42 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 35 | 93 | 2.66 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| 43 | Oklahoma | 11 | 24 | 103 | 4.29 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 39 | 104 | 2.67 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | Memphis | 11 | 32 | 115 | 3.59 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Maryland | 11 | 34 | 117 | 3.44 | 2 | 47 | 19 | 3 | 1 |
| 43 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 32 | 117 | 3.66 | 4 | 73 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | Tulsa | 12 | 31 | 138 | 4.45 | 3 | 63 | 19 | 3 | 1 |
| 43 | Colorado | 10 | 28 | 157 | 5.61 | 3 | 42 | 19 | 3 | 2 |
| 43 | Illinois | 10 | 29 | 160 | 5.52 | 3 | 63 | 19 | 3 | 1 |
| 53 | Ohio | 13 | 30 | 82 | 2.73 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Rutgers | 13 | 38 | 109 | 2.87 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 0 |
| 53 | LSU | 12 | 30 | 109 | 3.63 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | USC | 11 | 30 | 121 | 4.03 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | UTSA | 10 | 32 | 124 | 3.88 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 53 | Toledo | 11 | 35 | 125 | 3.57 | 1 | 36 | 20 | 4 | 3 |
| 53 | Nebraska | 13 | 34 | 129 | 3.79 | 1 | 40 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | Connecticut | 11 | 29 | 131 | 4.52 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 2 |
| 53 | New Mexico | 13 | 34 | 167 | 4.91 | 1 | 42 | 20 | 5 | 1 |
| 53 | New Mexico State | 12 | 38 | 173 | 4.55 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 4 | 3 |
| 53 | East Carolina | 12 | 35 | 186 | 5.31 | 4 | 68 | 20 | 4 | 2 |
| 64 | Wisconsin | 12 | 29 | 123 | 4.24 | 1 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 1 |
| 64 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 37 | 125 | 3.38 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 2 |
| 64 | Fresno State | 12 | 35 | 129 | 3.69 | 0 | 45 | 21 | 3 | 1 |
| 64 | Washington State | 11 | 37 | 142 | 3.84 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 1 |
| 64 | Washington | 13 | 32 | 154 | 4.81 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| 64 | Rice | 11 | 27 | 183 | 6.78 | 4 | 45 | 21 | 5 | 3 |
| 64 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 35 | 208 | 5.94 | 6 | 61 | 21 | 5 | 3 |
| 71 | South Carolina | 12 | 30 | 95 | 3.17 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 35 | 118 | 3.37 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| 71 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 35 | 123 | 3.51 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| 71 | Air Force | 12 | 46 | 132 | 2.87 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Oregon | 13 | 38 | 138 | 3.63 | 1 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 1 |
| 71 | Iowa | 12 | 39 | 142 | 3.64 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| 71 | Mississippi | 13 | 33 | 170 | 5.15 | 2 | 38 | 22 | 5 | 1 |
| 71 | California | 9 | 27 | 214 | 7.93 | 2 | 62 | 22 | 5 | 2 |
| 79 | Marshall | 12 | 46 | 154 | 3.35 | 7 | 42 | 23 | 3 | 2 |
| 79 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 35 | 163 | 4.66 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Purdue | 12 | 35 | 170 | 4.86 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 2 |
| 79 | Boise State | 13 | 38 | 178 | 4.68 | 3 | 72 | 23 | 3 | 3 |
| 79 | Tulane | 11 | 33 | 204 | 6.18 | 2 | 72 | 23 | 6 | 3 |
| 84 | Northwestern | 13 | 37 | 113 | 3.05 | 1 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Arizona State | 11 | 35 | 133 | 3.80 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | Georgia | 13 | 40 | 136 | 3.40 | 1 | 36 | 24 | 2 | 2 |
| 84 | Wake Forest | 12 | 41 | 139 | 3.39 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 1 |
| 84 | Central Michigan | 12 | 42 | 153 | 3.64 | 4 | 39 | 24 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | Buffalo | 12 | 39 | 167 | 4.28 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 4 | 1 |
| 84 | UCLA | 13 | 45 | 193 | 4.29 | 2 | 86 | 24 | 4 | 1 |
| 84 | Hawai'i | 12 | 39 | 219 | 5.62 | 6 | 52 | 24 | 4 | 2 |
| 84 | San Jose State | 11 | 39 | 282 | 7.23 | 5 | 86 | 24 | 4 | 3 |
| 93 | Utah State | 12 | 35 | 131 | 3.74 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 0 |
| 93 | Arizona | 13 | 45 | 159 | 3.53 | 3 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 2 |
| 93 | Army | 12 | 41 | 160 | 3.90 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 1 |
| 93 | UAB | 12 | 36 | 171 | 4.75 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 2 |
| 93 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 35 | 179 | 5.11 | 3 | 59 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| 93 | Arkansas State | 13 | 50 | 190 | 3.80 | 2 | 44 | 25 | 5 | 1 |
| 93 | Louisville | 11 | 36 | 219 | 6.08 | 5 | 55 | 25 | 3 | 2 |
| 100 | Ball State | 12 | 38 | 105 | 2.76 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 0 |
| 100 | Temple | 11 | 38 | 154 | 4.05 | 1 | 37 | 26 | 7 | 1 |
| 100 | UNLV | 12 | 45 | 203 | 4.51 | 6 | 48 | 26 | 6 | 1 |
| 100 | Auburn | 12 | 46 | 249 | 5.41 | 5 | 62 | 26 | 5 | 3 |
| 104 | Duke | 13 | 42 | 126 | 3.00 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| 104 | Texas Tech | 13 | 40 | 129 | 3.23 | 2 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| 104 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 45 | 142 | 3.16 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| 104 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 39 | 156 | 4.00 | 2 | 15 | 27 | 5 | 0 |
| 104 | Mississippi State | 13 | 44 | 160 | 3.64 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 4 | 1 |
| 104 | Nevada | 12 | 37 | 178 | 4.81 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 5 | 2 |
| 104 | North Texas | 11 | 37 | 213 | 5.76 | 4 | 60 | 27 | 4 | 4 |
| 111 | Minnesota | 13 | 41 | 145 | 3.54 | 3 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 0 |
| 111 | Houston | 12 | 42 | 167 | 3.98 | 4 | 25 | 28 | 4 | 1 |
| 111 | Iowa State | 13 | 48 | 186 | 3.88 | 1 | 48 | 28 | 4 | 1 |
| 114 | Wyoming | 11 | 42 | 226 | 5.38 | 3 | 28 | 29 | 8 | 4 |
| 115 | West Virginia | 13 | 38 | 139 | 3.66 | 2 | 24 | 30 | 2 | 1 |
| 115 | UCF | 13 | 49 | 166 | 3.39 | 3 | 15 | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| 115 | Baylor | 12 | 43 | 237 | 5.51 | 6 | 55 | 30 | 5 | 3 |
| 115 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 39 | 283 | 7.26 | 4 | 87 | 30 | 6 | 3 |
| 119 | Southern Mississippi | 11 | 35 | 247 | 7.06 | 1 | 40 | 31 | 7 | 5 |
| 120 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 41 | 164 | 4.00 | 1 | 27 | 32 | 5 | 1 |
| 121 | Boston College | 11 | 52 | 201 | 3.87 | 5 | 29 | 35 | 5 | 1 |
| 122 | Kentucky | 10 | 46 | 201 | 4.37 | 2 | 23 | 37 | 5 | 1 |
| 123 | Navy | 13 | 52 | 202 | 3.88 | 3 | 18 | 39 | 4 | 0 |
| 124 | Colorado State | 12 | 59 | 243 | 4.12 | 3 | 17 | 43 | 8 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||