2012 National Leaders Rushing Defense - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 8 | -37 | -4.63 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Arkansas | 5 | 5 | -18 | -3.60 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Arizona State | 9 | 16 | -48 | -3.00 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 6 | 8 | -22 | -2.75 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Indiana | 8 | 8 | -22 | -2.75 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Alabama | 10 | 14 | -38 | -2.71 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | BYU | 5 | 7 | -18 | -2.57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Air Force | 8 | 11 | -28 | -2.55 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Illinois | 9 | 11 | -24 | -2.18 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Kentucky | 8 | 9 | -18 | -2.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 8 | 13 | -23 | -1.77 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Maryland | 9 | 12 | -18 | -1.50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 7 | 10 | -14 | -1.40 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Northwestern | 8 | 8 | -10 | -1.25 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Stanford | 5 | 5 | -6 | -1.20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | East Carolina | 7 | 10 | -11 | -1.10 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Syracuse | 8 | 12 | -13 | -1.08 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Bowling Green | 7 | 10 | -10 | -1.00 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Oregon | 8 | 15 | -13 | -0.87 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Memphis | 9 | 13 | -11 | -0.85 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | San Jose State | 6 | 9 | -4 | -0.44 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Florida State | 9 | 15 | -6 | -0.40 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Clemson | 13 | 19 | -7 | -0.37 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Ohio State | 7 | 11 | -4 | -0.36 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Purdue | 5 | 6 | -2 | -0.33 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | TCU | 7 | 16 | -5 | -0.31 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 7 | -2 | -0.29 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | UTSA | 4 | 4 | -1 | -0.25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Utah State | 5 | 8 | -1 | -0.13 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 9 | -1 | -0.11 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Nebraska | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Georgia | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0.13 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Michigan State | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0.29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Wake Forest | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0.30 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | UCLA | 9 | 18 | 6 | 0.33 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Hawai'i | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0.36 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | South Florida | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0.50 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0.50 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Boise State | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0.67 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Iowa State | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Navy | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | San Diego State | 7 | 13 | 11 | 0.85 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | Washington State | 10 | 14 | 14 | 1.00 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Penn State | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Minnesota | 10 | 13 | 16 | 1.23 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | Miami (Ohio) | 6 | 10 | 13 | 1.30 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | North Carolina | 6 | 13 | 17 | 1.31 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | Washington | 8 | 12 | 16 | 1.33 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | UTEP | 8 | 12 | 17 | 1.42 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Virginia | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Connecticut | 8 | 13 | 19 | 1.46 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 52 | UCF | 9 | 14 | 22 | 1.57 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | Mississippi | 9 | 13 | 21 | 1.62 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 54 | Colorado State | 9 | 11 | 18 | 1.64 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 13 | 23 | 1.77 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | West Virginia | 9 | 14 | 25 | 1.79 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | South Carolina | 8 | 13 | 25 | 1.92 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | Tulsa | 12 | 18 | 35 | 1.94 | 1 | 74 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 59 | Cincinnati | 5 | 7 | 14 | 2.00 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Temple | 7 | 9 | 18 | 2.00 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 11 | 23 | 2.09 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | California | 6 | 7 | 15 | 2.14 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Arkansas State | 4 | 7 | 16 | 2.29 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Central Michigan | 5 | 6 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 12 | 28 | 2.33 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | South Alabama | 8 | 12 | 29 | 2.42 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 67 | North Carolina State | 9 | 16 | 41 | 2.56 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 68 | Notre Dame | 7 | 7 | 18 | 2.57 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | Texas State | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Idaho | 7 | 12 | 33 | 2.75 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | Michigan | 9 | 20 | 55 | 2.75 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 72 | Akron | 4 | 7 | 20 | 2.86 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 8 | 23 | 2.88 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Utah | 6 | 10 | 31 | 3.10 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 75 | USC | 6 | 8 | 25 | 3.13 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | Texas | 8 | 12 | 38 | 3.17 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Buffalo | 7 | 8 | 26 | 3.25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Marshall | 7 | 8 | 26 | 3.25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Louisville | 5 | 7 | 23 | 3.29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 10 | 33 | 3.30 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 81 | Ohio | 4 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Kansas State | 6 | 12 | 42 | 3.50 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | Troy | 8 | 15 | 55 | 3.67 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 84 | Colorado | 5 | 7 | 26 | 3.71 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 85 | Missouri | 7 | 10 | 39 | 3.90 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 86 | Nevada | 3 | 6 | 24 | 4.00 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 86 | Tennessee | 6 | 9 | 36 | 4.00 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 88 | Houston | 7 | 13 | 56 | 4.31 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 89 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 8 | 35 | 4.38 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Mississippi State | 6 | 10 | 49 | 4.90 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 92 | Rice | 6 | 7 | 35 | 5.00 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | New Mexico State | 6 | 7 | 35 | 5.00 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 23 | 116 | 5.04 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 95 | UNLV | 6 | 8 | 41 | 5.13 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | Kent State | 5 | 8 | 41 | 5.13 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | Oregon State | 5 | 6 | 31 | 5.17 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 98 | Oklahoma | 8 | 10 | 52 | 5.20 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 99 | Boston College | 7 | 8 | 42 | 5.25 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 100 | Florida | 6 | 9 | 48 | 5.33 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 101 | Baylor | 5 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 102 | Army | 3 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 103 | Arizona | 8 | 10 | 58 | 5.80 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 104 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 6 | 36 | 6.00 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 104 | UAB | 4 | 8 | 48 | 6.00 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 104 | Kansas | 6 | 11 | 66 | 6.00 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 107 | Toledo | 7 | 12 | 75 | 6.25 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 108 | LSU | 9 | 10 | 65 | 6.50 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 109 | Duke | 6 | 10 | 67 | 6.70 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 110 | Rutgers | 6 | 7 | 47 | 6.71 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 111 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 12 | 82 | 6.83 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 112 | SMU | 8 | 14 | 97 | 6.93 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 113 | New Mexico | 6 | 7 | 51 | 7.29 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 114 | Texas Tech | 6 | 6 | 44 | 7.33 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 115 | North Texas | 4 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 116 | Massachusetts | 7 | 11 | 83 | 7.55 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 117 | Wyoming | 5 | 8 | 63 | 7.88 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 118 | Florida International | 8 | 9 | 72 | 8.00 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 119 | Ball State | 6 | 10 | 86 | 8.60 | 1 | 71 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 120 | Tulane | 7 | 8 | 71 | 8.88 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 121 | Iowa | 9 | 12 | 110 | 9.17 | 1 | 73 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 122 | Fresno State | 6 | 11 | 103 | 9.36 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 123 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 9 | 92 | 10.22 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 124 | Auburn | 2 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||