2012 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 4-6 Yards To Go through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut | 3 | 5 | -17 | -3.40 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 6 | 8 | -11 | -1.38 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 5 | 9 | 19 | 2.11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Temple | 6 | 9 | -18 | -2.00 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 6 | 7 | -11 | -1.57 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Virginia | 8 | 10 | -5 | -0.50 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | LSU | 6 | 7 | -2 | -0.29 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | East Carolina | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Florida State | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0.36 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | TCU | 7 | 12 | 14 | 1.17 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Missouri | 7 | 12 | 23 | 1.92 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 6 | 7 | 30 | 4.29 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Akron | 7 | 10 | 40 | 4.00 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Buffalo | 12 | 17 | -18 | -1.06 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Stanford | 10 | 17 | -5 | -0.29 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Rice | 11 | 16 | 8 | 0.50 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Oregon | 8 | 9 | 13 | 1.44 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Indiana | 7 | 10 | 18 | 1.80 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Troy | 7 | 9 | 20 | 2.22 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 8 | 10 | 24 | 2.40 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Houston | 3 | 5 | 25 | 5.00 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Kansas State | 7 | 12 | 26 | 2.17 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | New Mexico | 7 | 8 | 26 | 3.25 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Washington | 8 | 9 | 31 | 3.44 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Idaho | 7 | 8 | 32 | 4.00 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Rutgers | 5 | 9 | 34 | 3.78 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | UAB | 10 | 13 | 37 | 2.85 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Michigan State | 9 | 14 | 89 | 6.36 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | Notre Dame | 10 | 15 | -22 | -1.47 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 19 | -1 | -0.05 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | USC | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0.54 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | Colorado | 11 | 17 | 8 | 0.47 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Louisville | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1.89 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | North Texas | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1.64 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Texas Tech | 9 | 17 | 21 | 1.24 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Mississippi | 9 | 14 | 21 | 1.50 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | UTEP | 9 | 11 | 22 | 2.00 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Minnesota | 8 | 9 | 27 | 3.00 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Utah | 5 | 10 | 29 | 2.90 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Massachusetts | 9 | 13 | 32 | 2.46 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | South Florida | 9 | 11 | 35 | 3.18 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | SMU | 8 | 16 | 36 | 2.25 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | Alabama | 5 | 11 | 37 | 3.36 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | 11 | 38 | 3.45 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | South Alabama | 9 | 14 | 43 | 3.07 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | Florida | 8 | 12 | 43 | 3.58 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Illinois | 8 | 14 | 48 | 3.43 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Maryland | 7 | 13 | 50 | 3.85 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 16 | 59 | 3.69 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | BYU | 11 | 23 | 60 | 2.61 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Wisconsin | 6 | 9 | 61 | 6.78 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 7 | 71 | 10.14 | 1 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | North Carolina State | 10 | 17 | 12 | 0.71 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | West Virginia | 9 | 16 | 15 | 0.94 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | Utah State | 11 | 18 | 27 | 1.50 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 56 | Memphis | 8 | 9 | 27 | 3.00 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | UCF | 10 | 17 | 28 | 1.65 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | Navy | 8 | 18 | 29 | 1.61 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Purdue | 9 | 14 | 29 | 2.07 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 56 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 10 | 29 | 2.90 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Colorado State | 8 | 11 | 44 | 4.00 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Arkansas | 10 | 18 | 48 | 2.67 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | Kent State | 9 | 17 | 49 | 2.88 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 56 | Washington State | 10 | 15 | 51 | 3.40 | 2 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | Iowa State | 11 | 17 | 59 | 3.47 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 56 | Western Michigan | 7 | 14 | 63 | 4.50 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Duke | 12 | 23 | 64 | 2.78 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 56 | Southern Mississippi | 5 | 10 | 65 | 6.50 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | Iowa | 8 | 13 | 84 | 6.46 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 56 | Texas State | 7 | 14 | 87 | 6.21 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 56 | Northwestern | 9 | 12 | 97 | 8.08 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 56 | UTSA | 7 | 16 | 110 | 6.88 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 77 | Oregon State | 10 | 15 | 25 | 1.67 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | San Diego State | 10 | 24 | 30 | 1.25 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Florida International | 8 | 15 | 33 | 2.20 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | Toledo | 11 | 13 | 36 | 2.77 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Texas A&M | 10 | 17 | 40 | 2.35 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Boise State | 11 | 20 | 41 | 2.05 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Tulane | 9 | 14 | 44 | 3.14 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Ohio | 8 | 16 | 50 | 3.13 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 77 | Syracuse | 7 | 10 | 59 | 5.90 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 19 | 65 | 3.42 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | Kansas | 9 | 16 | 66 | 4.13 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Ball State | 8 | 19 | 82 | 4.32 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 77 | UCLA | 12 | 19 | 82 | 4.32 | 1 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | North Carolina | 7 | 15 | 82 | 5.47 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 77 | California | 7 | 12 | 82 | 6.83 | 1 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Army | 12 | 24 | 95 | 3.96 | 2 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 93 | Marshall | 8 | 16 | 30 | 1.88 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 14 | 30 | 2.14 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | Arizona State | 8 | 19 | 43 | 2.26 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | Arizona | 9 | 15 | 47 | 3.13 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 93 | Bowling Green | 11 | 19 | 49 | 2.58 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 93 | Boston College | 7 | 20 | 52 | 2.60 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 93 | Clemson | 11 | 17 | 59 | 3.47 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 93 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 16 | 59 | 3.69 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 93 | Wake Forest | 7 | 14 | 65 | 4.64 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 93 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 14 | 72 | 5.14 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | Auburn | 11 | 23 | 78 | 3.39 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 93 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 12 | 82 | 6.83 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 93 | San Jose State | 9 | 17 | 107 | 6.29 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 93 | New Mexico State | 6 | 14 | 109 | 7.79 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 93 | Central Michigan | 9 | 13 | 111 | 8.54 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 108 | South Carolina | 9 | 24 | 48 | 2.00 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 108 | Kentucky | 11 | 18 | 53 | 2.94 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 108 | Wyoming | 10 | 24 | 68 | 2.83 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 108 | Hawai'i | 8 | 19 | 71 | 3.74 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 108 | Texas | 8 | 15 | 71 | 4.73 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 108 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 16 | 73 | 4.56 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 108 | Michigan | 11 | 27 | 81 | 3.00 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 108 | Oklahoma | 12 | 24 | 98 | 4.08 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 108 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 15 | 110 | 7.33 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 117 | Nevada | 9 | 23 | 75 | 3.26 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 117 | Fresno State | 11 | 22 | 164 | 7.45 | 2 | 67 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 119 | Georgia | 13 | 34 | 55 | 1.62 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 120 | Nebraska | 11 | 20 | 87 | 4.35 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 120 | Tulsa | 11 | 29 | 90 | 3.10 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| 120 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 22 | 147 | 6.68 | 2 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 123 | Air Force | 12 | 28 | 162 | 5.79 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| 124 | UNLV | 10 | 28 | 150 | 5.36 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||