2012 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When The Game Is Tied through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 7 | 37 | 116 | 3.14 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 6 | 38 | 111 | 2.92 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | UTSA | 7 | 38 | 148 | 3.89 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | LSU | 10 | 40 | 154 | 3.85 | 2 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 42 | 285 | 6.79 | 4 | 55 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| 6 | Arizona State | 10 | 44 | 91 | 2.07 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Clemson | 9 | 45 | 117 | 2.60 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Penn State | 8 | 45 | 178 | 3.96 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | New Mexico | 8 | 45 | 301 | 6.69 | 2 | 49 | 17 | 11 | 3 |
| 10 | Troy | 10 | 46 | 200 | 4.35 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | Northwestern | 7 | 46 | 219 | 4.76 | 3 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | Oregon | 6 | 47 | 144 | 3.06 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 13 | Utah State | 10 | 49 | 125 | 2.55 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Memphis | 11 | 49 | 180 | 3.67 | 1 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 51 | 222 | 4.35 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| 16 | Ohio State | 7 | 52 | 156 | 3.00 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | Temple | 9 | 52 | 203 | 3.90 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | North Carolina | 10 | 52 | 204 | 3.92 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | South Florida | 9 | 53 | 203 | 3.83 | 5 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 19 | Idaho | 11 | 53 | 288 | 5.43 | 5 | 49 | 12 | 9 | 4 |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 54 | 191 | 3.54 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | Arkansas State | 9 | 54 | 237 | 4.39 | 3 | 44 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| 23 | North Carolina State | 12 | 55 | 221 | 4.02 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| 24 | Connecticut | 11 | 58 | 163 | 2.81 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 24 | Florida State | 12 | 58 | 238 | 4.10 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| 24 | Tulane | 11 | 58 | 361 | 6.22 | 5 | 48 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| 27 | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 59 | 291 | 4.93 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| 28 | Iowa State | 8 | 60 | 212 | 3.53 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 29 | Kansas State | 10 | 61 | 286 | 4.69 | 3 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 1 |
| 30 | Hawai'i | 10 | 62 | 295 | 4.76 | 6 | 54 | 13 | 6 | 3 |
| 30 | Maryland | 9 | 62 | 297 | 4.79 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 2 |
| 32 | Mississippi | 12 | 63 | 215 | 3.41 | 2 | 59 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| 32 | Tennessee | 10 | 63 | 273 | 4.33 | 3 | 75 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
| 34 | Oregon State | 11 | 65 | 244 | 3.75 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 35 | Minnesota | 13 | 66 | 312 | 4.73 | 5 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 2 |
| 35 | Colorado State | 11 | 66 | 446 | 6.76 | 4 | 80 | 21 | 9 | 4 |
| 37 | Arkansas | 10 | 67 | 225 | 3.36 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
| 37 | USC | 10 | 67 | 234 | 3.49 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| 37 | Cincinnati | 13 | 67 | 285 | 4.25 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 1 |
| 40 | Houston | 9 | 68 | 293 | 4.31 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 3 |
| 40 | Massachusetts | 12 | 68 | 300 | 4.41 | 5 | 50 | 13 | 10 | 2 |
| 40 | Ohio | 11 | 68 | 328 | 4.82 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 1 |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 68 | 545 | 8.01 | 7 | 75 | 25 | 16 | 6 |
| 44 | Washington State | 12 | 70 | 265 | 3.79 | 3 | 47 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 44 | Texas State | 9 | 70 | 469 | 6.70 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 18 | 5 |
| 46 | Notre Dame | 9 | 71 | 146 | 2.06 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 46 | UAB | 10 | 71 | 369 | 5.20 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 12 | 2 |
| 46 | Toledo | 10 | 71 | 382 | 5.38 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 2 |
| 46 | Colorado | 11 | 71 | 408 | 5.75 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 16 | 5 |
| 50 | TCU | 13 | 72 | 249 | 3.46 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 51 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 73 | 317 | 4.34 | 4 | 61 | 19 | 11 | 2 |
| 51 | Florida International | 12 | 73 | 333 | 4.56 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 2 |
| 53 | SMU | 12 | 74 | 217 | 2.93 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| 53 | San Jose State | 8 | 74 | 309 | 4.18 | 1 | 48 | 18 | 7 | 3 |
| 53 | San Diego State | 9 | 74 | 319 | 4.31 | 3 | 64 | 18 | 11 | 1 |
| 53 | Utah | 12 | 74 | 335 | 4.53 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 13 | 5 |
| 53 | Baylor | 10 | 74 | 383 | 5.18 | 4 | 84 | 19 | 10 | 3 |
| 53 | Kansas | 12 | 74 | 443 | 5.99 | 6 | 99 | 19 | 10 | 6 |
| 59 | Virginia | 9 | 75 | 239 | 3.19 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 1 |
| 59 | Mississippi State | 9 | 75 | 269 | 3.59 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| 59 | Fresno State | 11 | 75 | 283 | 3.77 | 4 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| 59 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 75 | 356 | 4.75 | 2 | 58 | 18 | 11 | 2 |
| 63 | Boise State | 12 | 76 | 244 | 3.21 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| 63 | Western Michigan | 11 | 76 | 393 | 5.17 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 15 | 4 |
| 63 | Rice | 12 | 76 | 497 | 6.54 | 7 | 72 | 21 | 14 | 5 |
| 66 | North Texas | 10 | 77 | 392 | 5.09 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 |
| 67 | Florida | 11 | 78 | 280 | 3.59 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 2 |
| 68 | Georgia | 12 | 80 | 290 | 3.63 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| 68 | Michigan State | 13 | 80 | 320 | 4.00 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 3 |
| 68 | Washington | 10 | 80 | 434 | 5.43 | 2 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 |
| 71 | Central Michigan | 11 | 81 | 297 | 3.67 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 0 |
| 72 | Illinois | 10 | 83 | 253 | 3.05 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| 72 | UCF | 11 | 83 | 285 | 3.43 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 7 | 2 |
| 72 | Indiana | 10 | 83 | 531 | 6.40 | 7 | 54 | 25 | 22 | 4 |
| 75 | Syracuse | 11 | 84 | 307 | 3.65 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 2 |
| 75 | New Mexico State | 10 | 84 | 402 | 4.79 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 4 |
| 75 | Southern Mississippi | 10 | 84 | 406 | 4.83 | 8 | 57 | 21 | 14 | 3 |
| 78 | Wisconsin | 12 | 85 | 322 | 3.79 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 2 |
| 78 | Iowa | 10 | 85 | 485 | 5.71 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 3 |
| 80 | South Alabama | 10 | 86 | 436 | 5.07 | 6 | 85 | 20 | 14 | 5 |
| 80 | Akron | 9 | 86 | 603 | 7.01 | 2 | 72 | 28 | 19 | 8 |
| 82 | Marshall | 10 | 87 | 425 | 4.89 | 7 | 48 | 24 | 11 | 3 |
| 82 | Kentucky | 9 | 87 | 475 | 5.46 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 2 |
| 84 | West Virginia | 12 | 88 | 282 | 3.20 | 5 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| 85 | UNLV | 12 | 89 | 453 | 5.09 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 16 | 4 |
| 86 | Air Force | 9 | 90 | 413 | 4.59 | 5 | 79 | 21 | 11 | 3 |
| 87 | Wake Forest | 10 | 91 | 397 | 4.36 | 7 | 68 | 18 | 9 | 3 |
| 87 | Louisville | 11 | 91 | 439 | 4.82 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 3 |
| 87 | Missouri | 9 | 91 | 474 | 5.21 | 7 | 73 | 25 | 15 | 4 |
| 87 | Wyoming | 10 | 91 | 533 | 5.86 | 3 | 65 | 24 | 16 | 4 |
| 91 | Tulsa | 12 | 93 | 391 | 4.20 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 14 | 4 |
| 91 | UTEP | 10 | 93 | 422 | 4.54 | 2 | 46 | 24 | 9 | 2 |
| 91 | Oklahoma | 10 | 93 | 425 | 4.57 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
| 91 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 93 | 434 | 4.67 | 8 | 43 | 23 | 13 | 3 |
| 95 | Purdue | 12 | 94 | 372 | 3.96 | 8 | 51 | 23 | 11 | 4 |
| 96 | Ball State | 12 | 95 | 424 | 4.46 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 5 |
| 96 | East Carolina | 11 | 95 | 501 | 5.27 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 2 |
| 96 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 95 | 547 | 5.76 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 19 | 4 |
| 99 | Michigan | 12 | 97 | 382 | 3.94 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 2 |
| 100 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 98 | 376 | 3.84 | 2 | 40 | 22 | 15 | 3 |
| 100 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 98 | 420 | 4.29 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
| 100 | Duke | 11 | 98 | 488 | 4.98 | 5 | 30 | 28 | 13 | 3 |
| 103 | Nebraska | 11 | 99 | 560 | 5.66 | 4 | 56 | 22 | 13 | 7 |
| 104 | BYU | 12 | 101 | 348 | 3.45 | 1 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 3 |
| 104 | South Carolina | 10 | 101 | 356 | 3.52 | 1 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 2 |
| 104 | UCLA | 12 | 101 | 460 | 4.55 | 3 | 92 | 22 | 17 | 3 |
| 107 | Army | 11 | 102 | 617 | 6.05 | 5 | 88 | 33 | 17 | 5 |
| 108 | Texas | 12 | 103 | 553 | 5.37 | 6 | 69 | 30 | 19 | 5 |
| 109 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 104 | 411 | 3.95 | 11 | 60 | 22 | 11 | 3 |
| 110 | Buffalo | 12 | 106 | 366 | 3.45 | 5 | 57 | 20 | 11 | 1 |
| 111 | Boston College | 9 | 107 | 556 | 5.20 | 4 | 55 | 31 | 16 | 4 |
| 112 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 109 | 470 | 4.31 | 6 | 60 | 28 | 13 | 3 |
| 113 | Stanford | 12 | 110 | 403 | 3.66 | 6 | 77 | 19 | 11 | 4 |
| 113 | Navy | 12 | 110 | 511 | 4.65 | 2 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 2 |
| 115 | California | 11 | 111 | 603 | 5.43 | 8 | 62 | 24 | 12 | 6 |
| 116 | Arizona | 12 | 113 | 602 | 5.33 | 6 | 37 | 36 | 21 | 2 |
| 117 | Auburn | 11 | 117 | 573 | 4.90 | 6 | 49 | 35 | 13 | 5 |
| 118 | Bowling Green | 12 | 118 | 528 | 4.47 | 4 | 74 | 25 | 18 | 3 |
| 118 | Nevada | 11 | 118 | 553 | 4.69 | 5 | 53 | 32 | 11 | 5 |
| 120 | Texas Tech | 12 | 119 | 487 | 4.09 | 2 | 37 | 32 | 18 | 6 |
| 121 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 125 | 638 | 5.10 | 6 | 77 | 27 | 16 | 8 |
| 122 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 126 | 380 | 3.02 | 3 | 62 | 16 | 5 | 2 |
| 123 | Kent State | 12 | 134 | 556 | 4.15 | 5 | 67 | 31 | 13 | 3 |
| 124 | Rutgers | 13 | 148 | 372 | 2.51 | 1 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||