2012 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games Lost Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | 1 | 45 | 265 | 5.89 | 2 | 45.00 | 265.00 |
| 2 | Alabama | 1 | 46 | 165 | 3.59 | 2 | 46.00 | 165.00 |
| 2 | Oregon | 1 | 46 | 200 | 4.35 | 1 | 46.00 | 200.00 |
| 4 | San Jose State | 2 | 65 | 367 | 5.65 | 5 | 32.50 | 183.50 |
| 5 | Florida | 2 | 71 | 193 | 2.72 | 2 | 35.50 | 96.50 |
| 6 | Florida State | 2 | 74 | 310 | 4.19 | 3 | 37.00 | 155.00 |
| 7 | Stanford | 2 | 78 | 286 | 3.67 | 1 | 39.00 | 143.00 |
| 8 | Clemson | 2 | 85 | 421 | 4.95 | 5 | 42.50 | 210.50 |
| 9 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 86 | 382 | 4.44 | 4 | 43.00 | 191.00 |
| 10 | Utah State | 2 | 90 | 301 | 3.34 | 1 | 45.00 | 150.50 |
| 11 | Louisville | 2 | 91 | 427 | 4.69 | 4 | 45.50 | 213.50 |
| 12 | Texas A&M | 2 | 93 | 361 | 3.88 | 4 | 46.50 | 180.50 |
| 13 | Boise State | 2 | 95 | 377 | 3.97 | 4 | 47.50 | 188.50 |
| 13 | Kansas State | 2 | 95 | 561 | 5.91 | 6 | 47.50 | 280.50 |
| 15 | South Carolina | 2 | 101 | 347 | 3.44 | 4 | 50.50 | 173.50 |
| 16 | Georgia | 2 | 102 | 580 | 5.69 | 5 | 51.00 | 290.00 |
| 17 | Tulsa | 3 | 113 | 487 | 4.31 | 9 | 37.67 | 162.33 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 3 | 114 | 764 | 6.70 | 9 | 38.00 | 254.67 |
| 19 | San Diego State | 4 | 115 | 345 | 3.00 | 4 | 28.75 | 86.25 |
| 20 | Northwestern | 3 | 124 | 495 | 3.99 | 7 | 41.33 | 165.00 |
| 20 | Kent State | 3 | 124 | 569 | 4.59 | 7 | 41.33 | 189.67 |
| 22 | Cincinnati | 3 | 127 | 571 | 4.50 | 2 | 42.33 | 190.33 |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 132 | 832 | 6.30 | 12 | 44.00 | 277.33 |
| 24 | LSU | 3 | 133 | 441 | 3.32 | 5 | 44.33 | 147.00 |
| 25 | Ohio | 4 | 146 | 874 | 5.99 | 7 | 36.50 | 218.50 |
| 26 | Toledo | 4 | 147 | 945 | 6.43 | 8 | 36.75 | 236.25 |
| 27 | Arkansas State | 3 | 157 | 887 | 5.65 | 9 | 52.33 | 295.67 |
| 28 | Rutgers | 4 | 160 | 407 | 2.54 | 3 | 40.00 | 101.75 |
| 29 | UTSA | 4 | 166 | 700 | 4.22 | 11 | 41.50 | 175.00 |
| 30 | Oregon State | 4 | 167 | 809 | 4.84 | 11 | 41.75 | 202.25 |
| 31 | Ball State | 4 | 170 | 856 | 5.04 | 11 | 42.50 | 214.00 |
| 32 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 175 | 1024 | 5.85 | 12 | 43.75 | 256.00 |
| 33 | BYU | 5 | 178 | 612 | 3.44 | 3 | 35.60 | 122.40 |
| 34 | Fresno State | 4 | 180 | 876 | 4.87 | 9 | 45.00 | 219.00 |
| 35 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 181 | 1003 | 5.54 | 10 | 45.25 | 250.75 |
| 36 | Penn State | 4 | 182 | 708 | 3.89 | 6 | 45.50 | 177.00 |
| 37 | Michigan | 5 | 183 | 778 | 4.25 | 5 | 36.60 | 155.60 |
| 38 | Texas | 4 | 186 | 920 | 4.95 | 15 | 46.50 | 230.00 |
| 39 | Bowling Green | 5 | 189 | 915 | 4.84 | 11 | 37.80 | 183.00 |
| 40 | Nebraska | 4 | 192 | 1416 | 7.38 | 15 | 48.00 | 354.00 |
| 41 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 195 | 978 | 5.02 | 9 | 48.75 | 244.50 |
| 42 | North Carolina | 4 | 197 | 861 | 4.37 | 15 | 49.25 | 215.25 |
| 43 | Navy | 5 | 201 | 1073 | 5.34 | 13 | 40.20 | 214.60 |
| 44 | UCF | 4 | 202 | 844 | 4.18 | 7 | 50.50 | 211.00 |
| 45 | Syracuse | 5 | 203 | 836 | 4.12 | 7 | 40.60 | 167.20 |
| 45 | Texas Tech | 5 | 203 | 1011 | 4.98 | 13 | 40.60 | 202.20 |
| 47 | TCU | 6 | 210 | 785 | 3.74 | 7 | 35.00 | 130.83 |
| 47 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 210 | 946 | 4.50 | 9 | 35.00 | 157.67 |
| 47 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 210 | 1077 | 5.13 | 14 | 42.00 | 215.40 |
| 47 | East Carolina | 5 | 210 | 1206 | 5.74 | 14 | 42.00 | 241.20 |
| 51 | Michigan State | 6 | 211 | 982 | 4.65 | 5 | 35.17 | 163.67 |
| 52 | SMU | 6 | 216 | 906 | 4.19 | 10 | 36.00 | 151.00 |
| 53 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 219 | 933 | 4.26 | 14 | 43.80 | 186.60 |
| 54 | Wisconsin | 6 | 225 | 887 | 3.94 | 6 | 37.50 | 147.83 |
| 55 | Baylor | 5 | 226 | 1009 | 4.46 | 16 | 45.20 | 201.80 |
| 56 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 229 | 1248 | 5.45 | 18 | 45.80 | 249.60 |
| 57 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 230 | 973 | 4.23 | 10 | 38.33 | 162.17 |
| 58 | Mississippi State | 5 | 232 | 1053 | 4.54 | 11 | 46.40 | 210.60 |
| 59 | Arizona State | 5 | 235 | 1126 | 4.79 | 12 | 47.00 | 225.20 |
| 60 | UCLA | 5 | 242 | 1004 | 4.15 | 13 | 48.40 | 200.80 |
| 61 | West Virginia | 6 | 244 | 1068 | 4.38 | 11 | 40.67 | 178.00 |
| 62 | Troy | 7 | 247 | 1269 | 5.14 | 9 | 35.29 | 181.29 |
| 63 | Mississippi | 6 | 250 | 1151 | 4.60 | 12 | 41.67 | 191.83 |
| 64 | Washington | 6 | 253 | 1150 | 4.55 | 12 | 42.17 | 191.67 |
| 65 | North Carolina State | 6 | 256 | 1181 | 4.61 | 14 | 42.67 | 196.83 |
| 66 | Arizona | 5 | 257 | 1242 | 4.83 | 21 | 51.40 | 248.40 |
| 67 | Minnesota | 7 | 269 | 1438 | 5.35 | 17 | 38.43 | 205.43 |
| 68 | Utah | 7 | 273 | 1136 | 4.16 | 14 | 39.00 | 162.29 |
| 68 | North Texas | 8 | 273 | 1530 | 5.60 | 17 | 34.13 | 191.25 |
| 68 | Rice | 6 | 273 | 1656 | 6.07 | 20 | 45.50 | 276.00 |
| 71 | Connecticut | 7 | 274 | 860 | 3.14 | 7 | 39.14 | 122.86 |
| 72 | Missouri | 7 | 275 | 1238 | 4.50 | 20 | 39.29 | 176.86 |
| 73 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 276 | 1278 | 4.63 | 22 | 39.43 | 182.57 |
| 73 | Central Michigan | 6 | 276 | 1389 | 5.03 | 17 | 46.00 | 231.50 |
| 75 | Temple | 7 | 277 | 1321 | 4.77 | 13 | 39.57 | 188.71 |
| 76 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 283 | 1326 | 4.69 | 13 | 40.43 | 189.43 |
| 76 | Nevada | 6 | 283 | 1513 | 5.35 | 14 | 47.17 | 252.17 |
| 78 | Wake Forest | 7 | 284 | 1256 | 4.42 | 16 | 40.57 | 179.43 |
| 79 | Maryland | 8 | 294 | 1157 | 3.94 | 12 | 36.75 | 144.63 |
| 80 | USC | 6 | 295 | 1535 | 5.20 | 14 | 49.17 | 255.83 |
| 81 | Tennessee | 7 | 302 | 1553 | 5.14 | 17 | 43.14 | 221.86 |
| 82 | Arkansas | 8 | 303 | 1182 | 3.90 | 18 | 37.88 | 147.75 |
| 82 | Purdue | 7 | 303 | 1585 | 5.23 | 15 | 43.29 | 226.43 |
| 84 | Duke | 7 | 304 | 1761 | 5.79 | 17 | 43.43 | 251.57 |
| 85 | Memphis | 8 | 308 | 1370 | 4.45 | 15 | 38.50 | 171.25 |
| 86 | Iowa State | 7 | 310 | 1416 | 4.57 | 14 | 44.29 | 202.29 |
| 87 | Marshall | 7 | 313 | 1532 | 4.89 | 20 | 44.71 | 218.86 |
| 88 | Virginia | 8 | 316 | 1338 | 4.23 | 16 | 39.50 | 167.25 |
| 89 | New Mexico | 9 | 331 | 1962 | 5.93 | 16 | 36.78 | 218.00 |
| 90 | Western Michigan | 8 | 335 | 1464 | 4.37 | 15 | 41.88 | 183.00 |
| 91 | Florida International | 9 | 337 | 1416 | 4.20 | 21 | 37.44 | 157.33 |
| 92 | Air Force | 7 | 339 | 1522 | 4.49 | 17 | 48.43 | 217.43 |
| 93 | Buffalo | 8 | 341 | 1416 | 4.15 | 19 | 42.63 | 177.00 |
| 94 | Iowa | 8 | 342 | 1453 | 4.25 | 12 | 42.75 | 181.63 |
| 95 | Houston | 7 | 346 | 1742 | 5.03 | 17 | 49.43 | 248.86 |
| 96 | Wyoming | 8 | 363 | 1906 | 5.25 | 19 | 45.38 | 238.25 |
| 97 | South Florida | 9 | 365 | 1429 | 3.92 | 17 | 40.56 | 158.78 |
| 98 | UAB | 9 | 368 | 1836 | 4.99 | 29 | 40.89 | 204.00 |
| 99 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 373 | 2136 | 5.73 | 26 | 46.63 | 267.00 |
| 100 | Texas State | 8 | 374 | 2272 | 6.07 | 20 | 46.75 | 284.00 |
| 101 | Colorado State | 8 | 379 | 1954 | 5.16 | 17 | 47.38 | 244.25 |
| 102 | UTEP | 9 | 384 | 1985 | 5.17 | 21 | 42.67 | 220.56 |
| 103 | Auburn | 9 | 386 | 2101 | 5.44 | 20 | 42.89 | 233.44 |
| 104 | California | 9 | 391 | 1789 | 4.58 | 18 | 43.44 | 198.78 |
| 105 | Washington State | 9 | 394 | 1685 | 4.28 | 18 | 43.78 | 187.22 |
| 106 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 399 | 2013 | 5.05 | 20 | 44.33 | 223.67 |
| 107 | Indiana | 8 | 401 | 2230 | 5.56 | 25 | 50.13 | 278.75 |
| 108 | Kentucky | 10 | 417 | 1760 | 4.22 | 23 | 41.70 | 176.00 |
| 109 | Kansas | 11 | 418 | 2148 | 5.14 | 25 | 38.00 | 195.27 |
| 110 | Idaho | 11 | 431 | 2266 | 5.26 | 36 | 39.18 | 206.00 |
| 111 | Colorado | 11 | 436 | 2662 | 6.11 | 28 | 39.64 | 242.00 |
| 111 | Hawai'i | 9 | 436 | 2182 | 5.00 | 34 | 48.44 | 242.44 |
| 113 | Army | 10 | 438 | 2499 | 5.71 | 29 | 43.80 | 249.90 |
| 113 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 438 | 2671 | 6.10 | 30 | 43.80 | 267.10 |
| 115 | New Mexico State | 11 | 439 | 2568 | 5.85 | 27 | 39.91 | 233.45 |
| 116 | South Alabama | 11 | 449 | 1958 | 4.36 | 19 | 40.82 | 178.00 |
| 117 | UNLV | 11 | 455 | 2033 | 4.47 | 23 | 41.36 | 184.82 |
| 118 | Tulane | 10 | 462 | 2266 | 4.90 | 27 | 46.20 | 226.60 |
| 119 | Illinois | 10 | 464 | 2237 | 4.82 | 28 | 46.40 | 223.70 |
| 120 | Akron | 11 | 479 | 2426 | 5.06 | 22 | 43.55 | 220.55 |
| 121 | Massachusetts | 11 | 484 | 2602 | 5.38 | 32 | 44.00 | 236.55 |
| 122 | Boston College | 10 | 487 | 2403 | 4.93 | 20 | 48.70 | 240.30 |
| 123 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 500 | 2490 | 4.98 | 34 | 41.67 | 207.50 |