2012 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Winning By 1-7 Pts through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTSA | 6 | 36 | 78 | 2.17 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | UAB | 7 | 32 | 105 | 3.28 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston | 4 | 32 | 133 | 4.16 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 66 | 145 | 2.20 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Washington State | 5 | 47 | 170 | 3.62 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | California | 5 | 25 | 80 | 3.20 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Kentucky | 5 | 39 | 96 | 2.46 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Idaho | 4 | 29 | 105 | 3.62 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | SMU | 8 | 46 | 114 | 2.48 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Hawai'i | 5 | 36 | 113 | 3.14 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | North Texas | 7 | 43 | 163 | 3.79 | 1 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | Fresno State | 10 | 63 | 229 | 3.63 | 3 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | Maryland | 7 | 50 | 86 | 1.72 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | East Carolina | 9 | 70 | 182 | 2.60 | 2 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | Iowa | 7 | 65 | 212 | 3.26 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 47 | 214 | 4.55 | 1 | 53 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | Duke | 8 | 53 | 253 | 4.77 | 3 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 4 |
| 13 | Missouri | 8 | 84 | 270 | 3.21 | 4 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| 19 | Alabama | 12 | 64 | 189 | 2.95 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| 19 | TCU | 10 | 86 | 205 | 2.38 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
| 19 | Washington | 11 | 58 | 222 | 3.83 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
| 19 | West Virginia | 9 | 88 | 253 | 2.88 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| 23 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 69 | 228 | 3.30 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 70 | 274 | 3.91 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| 25 | Colorado | 5 | 54 | 227 | 4.20 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| 25 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 84 | 244 | 2.90 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | Tulane | 6 | 58 | 259 | 4.47 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 3 |
| 25 | Illinois | 8 | 57 | 265 | 4.65 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 25 | New Mexico State | 5 | 28 | 272 | 9.71 | 2 | 75 | 10 | 8 | 4 |
| 25 | Auburn | 8 | 49 | 292 | 5.96 | 1 | 68 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 25 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 64 | 307 | 4.80 | 6 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 25 | UCLA | 11 | 102 | 332 | 3.25 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 3 |
| 33 | Connecticut | 6 | 73 | 183 | 2.51 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| 33 | Bowling Green | 11 | 70 | 183 | 2.61 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 0 |
| 33 | Kent State | 13 | 94 | 241 | 2.56 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 1 |
| 33 | BYU | 9 | 59 | 261 | 4.42 | 1 | 55 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 33 | Mississippi State | 10 | 85 | 292 | 3.44 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 1 |
| 33 | Tulsa | 12 | 111 | 301 | 2.71 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 3 |
| 33 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 11 | 70 | 305 | 4.36 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 |
| 33 | Florida State | 13 | 107 | 313 | 2.93 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 4 |
| 33 | USC | 8 | 68 | 315 | 4.63 | 2 | 59 | 15 | 9 | 1 |
| 33 | Michigan State | 10 | 91 | 393 | 4.32 | 2 | 71 | 15 | 9 | 5 |
| 33 | Utah State | 13 | 127 | 398 | 3.13 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 0 |
| 33 | Arkansas State | 11 | 128 | 442 | 3.45 | 2 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 4 |
| 45 | Buffalo | 7 | 69 | 253 | 3.67 | 3 | 49 | 13 | 10 | 2 |
| 45 | Louisville | 10 | 69 | 290 | 4.20 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 3 |
| 45 | Arkansas | 9 | 75 | 293 | 3.91 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 1 |
| 45 | Oregon | 11 | 82 | 306 | 3.73 | 1 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 1 |
| 45 | Texas State | 7 | 68 | 373 | 5.49 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 5 |
| 45 | Wisconsin | 11 | 120 | 438 | 3.65 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 1 |
| 51 | Florida International | 9 | 94 | 279 | 2.97 | 7 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 4 |
| 51 | Colorado State | 5 | 67 | 281 | 4.19 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 1 |
| 51 | Virginia | 7 | 56 | 296 | 5.29 | 2 | 52 | 17 | 11 | 1 |
| 51 | Texas A&M | 13 | 103 | 326 | 3.17 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 2 |
| 51 | South Alabama | 9 | 57 | 334 | 5.86 | 2 | 51 | 15 | 11 | 5 |
| 51 | New Mexico | 6 | 56 | 358 | 6.39 | 2 | 63 | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| 51 | Massachusetts | 4 | 68 | 365 | 5.37 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 5 |
| 51 | Central Michigan | 9 | 100 | 439 | 4.39 | 5 | 55 | 22 | 11 | 4 |
| 51 | Minnesota | 8 | 96 | 451 | 4.70 | 2 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 5 |
| 51 | San Jose State | 12 | 117 | 495 | 4.23 | 8 | 83 | 24 | 11 | 3 |
| 51 | Oklahoma | 10 | 79 | 505 | 6.39 | 5 | 71 | 15 | 11 | 5 |
| 51 | Ohio State | 11 | 144 | 600 | 4.17 | 7 | 73 | 20 | 11 | 7 |
| 63 | Rutgers | 11 | 97 | 228 | 2.35 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 1 |
| 63 | Western Michigan | 9 | 90 | 317 | 3.52 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 2 |
| 63 | Troy | 11 | 105 | 383 | 3.65 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 1 |
| 63 | UNLV | 8 | 83 | 383 | 4.61 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 0 |
| 63 | Boise State | 12 | 116 | 436 | 3.76 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 3 |
| 63 | Cincinnati | 11 | 125 | 483 | 3.86 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 2 |
| 69 | Utah | 8 | 90 | 291 | 3.23 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 2 |
| 69 | Akron | 7 | 63 | 314 | 4.98 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 3 |
| 69 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 94 | 349 | 3.71 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 13 | 3 |
| 69 | Kansas State | 11 | 108 | 357 | 3.31 | 3 | 46 | 22 | 13 | 3 |
| 69 | Arizona State | 12 | 97 | 381 | 3.93 | 5 | 71 | 20 | 13 | 4 |
| 69 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 90 | 417 | 4.63 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 3 |
| 69 | Army | 6 | 75 | 479 | 6.39 | 7 | 99 | 25 | 13 | 2 |
| 69 | Boston College | 8 | 111 | 520 | 4.68 | 4 | 54 | 26 | 13 | 3 |
| 77 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 63 | 282 | 4.48 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 3 |
| 77 | North Carolina State | 10 | 76 | 361 | 4.75 | 2 | 65 | 18 | 14 | 6 |
| 77 | Iowa State | 11 | 110 | 439 | 3.99 | 7 | 55 | 27 | 14 | 3 |
| 77 | Memphis | 8 | 99 | 481 | 4.86 | 4 | 58 | 29 | 14 | 2 |
| 77 | Nebraska | 12 | 126 | 482 | 3.83 | 2 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 3 |
| 82 | Florida | 11 | 96 | 322 | 3.35 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 0 |
| 82 | South Florida | 9 | 124 | 370 | 2.98 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 1 |
| 82 | Wake Forest | 7 | 136 | 407 | 2.99 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 15 | 2 |
| 82 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 86 | 425 | 4.94 | 4 | 49 | 23 | 15 | 3 |
| 82 | Rice | 10 | 130 | 632 | 4.86 | 8 | 75 | 30 | 15 | 5 |
| 82 | Arizona | 10 | 136 | 648 | 4.76 | 9 | 55 | 39 | 15 | 2 |
| 88 | Syracuse | 9 | 128 | 411 | 3.21 | 3 | 71 | 22 | 16 | 2 |
| 88 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 104 | 416 | 4.00 | 3 | 59 | 27 | 16 | 3 |
| 88 | Purdue | 9 | 103 | 417 | 4.05 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 16 | 4 |
| 88 | Marshall | 9 | 98 | 437 | 4.46 | 2 | 47 | 25 | 16 | 4 |
| 88 | Baylor | 12 | 104 | 494 | 4.75 | 6 | 58 | 25 | 16 | 3 |
| 88 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 146 | 511 | 3.50 | 5 | 26 | 32 | 16 | 2 |
| 88 | Oregon State | 12 | 139 | 517 | 3.72 | 6 | 64 | 30 | 16 | 8 |
| 88 | Penn State | 11 | 147 | 519 | 3.53 | 4 | 33 | 31 | 16 | 2 |
| 88 | Nevada | 12 | 120 | 579 | 4.83 | 4 | 76 | 25 | 16 | 5 |
| 97 | Michigan | 10 | 106 | 427 | 4.03 | 0 | 26 | 31 | 17 | 2 |
| 97 | Temple | 6 | 85 | 453 | 5.33 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 17 | 2 |
| 97 | Northwestern | 13 | 147 | 464 | 3.16 | 3 | 17 | 35 | 17 | 0 |
| 97 | Notre Dame | 12 | 118 | 496 | 4.20 | 2 | 55 | 25 | 17 | 4 |
| 97 | Indiana | 10 | 113 | 523 | 4.63 | 4 | 30 | 31 | 17 | 4 |
| 97 | Air Force | 10 | 115 | 533 | 4.63 | 6 | 25 | 32 | 17 | 3 |
| 97 | UTEP | 8 | 117 | 553 | 4.73 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 17 | 3 |
| 97 | North Carolina | 11 | 142 | 610 | 4.30 | 9 | 71 | 33 | 17 | 3 |
| 105 | San Diego State | 11 | 98 | 439 | 4.48 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 4 |
| 105 | Ohio | 10 | 96 | 478 | 4.98 | 3 | 68 | 27 | 18 | 1 |
| 105 | Texas Tech | 10 | 124 | 564 | 4.55 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 18 | 4 |
| 108 | Navy | 8 | 99 | 510 | 5.15 | 3 | 21 | 31 | 19 | 3 |
| 108 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 121 | 515 | 4.26 | 6 | 61 | 29 | 19 | 7 |
| 108 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 167 | 587 | 3.51 | 5 | 37 | 41 | 19 | 2 |
| 108 | Toledo | 13 | 144 | 663 | 4.60 | 3 | 73 | 32 | 19 | 5 |
| 108 | Wyoming | 10 | 153 | 717 | 4.69 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 19 | 4 |
| 113 | LSU | 13 | 181 | 569 | 3.14 | 6 | 43 | 36 | 20 | 3 |
| 113 | Texas | 11 | 133 | 635 | 4.77 | 7 | 64 | 32 | 20 | 8 |
| 115 | UCF | 13 | 136 | 646 | 4.75 | 3 | 69 | 33 | 21 | 5 |
| 115 | Tennessee | 9 | 137 | 671 | 4.90 | 6 | 80 | 33 | 21 | 9 |
| 117 | South Carolina | 12 | 130 | 523 | 4.02 | 3 | 19 | 35 | 22 | 0 |
| 117 | Mississippi | 11 | 171 | 553 | 3.23 | 6 | 38 | 35 | 22 | 7 |
| 117 | Clemson | 12 | 138 | 629 | 4.56 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 22 | 10 |
| 117 | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 152 | 682 | 4.49 | 4 | 22 | 43 | 22 | 2 |
| 121 | Stanford | 14 | 172 | 488 | 2.84 | 3 | 32 | 39 | 23 | 4 |
| 122 | Kansas | 8 | 118 | 713 | 6.04 | 6 | 41 | 39 | 25 | 8 |
| 122 | Georgia | 12 | 180 | 782 | 4.34 | 4 | 43 | 45 | 25 | 6 |
| 124 | Ball State | 11 | 202 | 1030 | 5.10 | 7 | 58 | 58 | 34 | 9 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||