2012 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games in October Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 3 | 76 | 129 | 1.70 | 1 | 25.33 | 43.00 |
| 2 | San Jose State | 3 | 88 | 495 | 5.63 | 6 | 29.33 | 165.00 |
| 3 | North Texas | 3 | 93 | 547 | 5.88 | 7 | 31.00 | 182.33 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 3 | 94 | 183 | 1.95 | 2 | 31.33 | 61.00 |
| 5 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 97 | 283 | 2.92 | 2 | 32.33 | 94.33 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 98 | 409 | 4.17 | 1 | 32.67 | 136.33 |
| 6 | Arizona | 3 | 98 | 506 | 5.16 | 9 | 32.67 | 168.67 |
| 8 | Bowling Green | 4 | 99 | 240 | 2.42 | 0 | 24.75 | 60.00 |
| 9 | Penn State | 3 | 101 | 366 | 3.62 | 5 | 33.67 | 122.00 |
| 10 | Virginia | 3 | 106 | 285 | 2.69 | 4 | 35.33 | 95.00 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 4 | 107 | 312 | 2.92 | 1 | 26.75 | 78.00 |
| 11 | West Virginia | 3 | 107 | 449 | 4.20 | 9 | 35.67 | 149.67 |
| 13 | SMU | 4 | 110 | 379 | 3.45 | 3 | 27.50 | 94.75 |
| 13 | New Mexico State | 3 | 110 | 571 | 5.19 | 6 | 36.67 | 190.33 |
| 15 | Florida State | 4 | 113 | 294 | 2.60 | 2 | 28.25 | 73.50 |
| 15 | Troy | 3 | 113 | 384 | 3.40 | 2 | 37.67 | 128.00 |
| 15 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 113 | 419 | 3.71 | 7 | 37.67 | 139.67 |
| 18 | South Alabama | 3 | 118 | 441 | 3.74 | 5 | 39.33 | 147.00 |
| 19 | Louisville | 3 | 119 | 486 | 4.08 | 5 | 39.67 | 162.00 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 119 | 496 | 4.17 | 7 | 39.67 | 165.33 |
| 21 | Wake Forest | 3 | 120 | 202 | 1.68 | 2 | 40.00 | 67.33 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 4 | 120 | 391 | 3.26 | 3 | 30.00 | 97.75 |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 3 | 120 | 588 | 4.90 | 5 | 40.00 | 196.00 |
| 24 | LSU | 3 | 121 | 344 | 2.84 | 5 | 40.33 | 114.67 |
| 24 | Arkansas State | 3 | 121 | 396 | 3.27 | 2 | 40.33 | 132.00 |
| 24 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 121 | 538 | 4.45 | 7 | 40.33 | 179.33 |
| 24 | Texas State | 3 | 121 | 660 | 5.45 | 8 | 40.33 | 220.00 |
| 28 | Michigan State | 4 | 122 | 340 | 2.79 | 1 | 30.50 | 85.00 |
| 28 | Mississippi | 3 | 122 | 558 | 4.57 | 5 | 40.67 | 186.00 |
| 28 | Ohio | 3 | 122 | 584 | 4.79 | 3 | 40.67 | 194.67 |
| 28 | Minnesota | 3 | 122 | 728 | 5.97 | 8 | 40.67 | 242.67 |
| 32 | Clemson | 3 | 123 | 589 | 4.79 | 4 | 41.00 | 196.33 |
| 32 | Nebraska | 3 | 123 | 646 | 5.25 | 8 | 41.00 | 215.33 |
| 34 | Maryland | 4 | 124 | 287 | 2.31 | 0 | 31.00 | 71.75 |
| 34 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 124 | 552 | 4.45 | 5 | 41.33 | 184.00 |
| 34 | Missouri | 3 | 124 | 552 | 4.45 | 9 | 41.33 | 184.00 |
| 34 | Colorado | 3 | 124 | 804 | 6.48 | 8 | 41.33 | 268.00 |
| 38 | Oregon State | 4 | 125 | 335 | 2.68 | 4 | 31.25 | 83.75 |
| 39 | Oregon | 3 | 126 | 550 | 4.37 | 5 | 42.00 | 183.33 |
| 39 | Illinois | 3 | 126 | 647 | 5.13 | 8 | 42.00 | 215.67 |
| 41 | Kansas State | 4 | 127 | 439 | 3.46 | 3 | 31.75 | 109.75 |
| 41 | UTSA | 3 | 127 | 520 | 4.09 | 8 | 42.33 | 173.33 |
| 41 | Washington State | 3 | 127 | 538 | 4.24 | 5 | 42.33 | 179.33 |
| 44 | Cincinnati | 4 | 128 | 438 | 3.42 | 2 | 32.00 | 109.50 |
| 44 | Memphis | 4 | 128 | 528 | 4.13 | 6 | 32.00 | 132.00 |
| 44 | UCLA | 3 | 128 | 480 | 3.75 | 3 | 42.67 | 160.00 |
| 44 | Colorado State | 3 | 128 | 602 | 4.70 | 4 | 42.67 | 200.67 |
| 44 | Idaho | 3 | 128 | 843 | 6.59 | 13 | 42.67 | 281.00 |
| 49 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 129 | 405 | 3.14 | 6 | 32.25 | 101.25 |
| 49 | North Carolina State | 3 | 129 | 543 | 4.21 | 5 | 43.00 | 181.00 |
| 51 | Stanford | 4 | 130 | 261 | 2.01 | 3 | 32.50 | 65.25 |
| 51 | BYU | 4 | 130 | 546 | 4.20 | 3 | 32.50 | 136.50 |
| 51 | Tulsa | 3 | 130 | 446 | 3.43 | 3 | 43.33 | 148.67 |
| 51 | South Florida | 3 | 130 | 536 | 4.12 | 7 | 43.33 | 178.67 |
| 55 | New Mexico | 4 | 132 | 626 | 4.74 | 7 | 33.00 | 156.50 |
| 55 | Tennessee | 3 | 132 | 521 | 3.95 | 6 | 44.00 | 173.67 |
| 57 | Florida | 4 | 133 | 327 | 2.46 | 2 | 33.25 | 81.75 |
| 58 | TCU | 4 | 134 | 476 | 3.55 | 4 | 33.50 | 119.00 |
| 58 | Georgia | 3 | 134 | 511 | 3.81 | 4 | 44.67 | 170.33 |
| 58 | Kansas | 4 | 134 | 766 | 5.72 | 11 | 33.50 | 191.50 |
| 61 | Michigan | 4 | 135 | 433 | 3.21 | 1 | 33.75 | 108.25 |
| 61 | Utah | 4 | 135 | 505 | 3.74 | 7 | 33.75 | 126.25 |
| 61 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 135 | 633 | 4.69 | 4 | 33.75 | 158.25 |
| 64 | Syracuse | 4 | 136 | 475 | 3.49 | 4 | 34.00 | 118.75 |
| 64 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 136 | 866 | 6.37 | 10 | 45.33 | 288.67 |
| 66 | Ohio State | 4 | 137 | 501 | 3.66 | 7 | 34.25 | 125.25 |
| 66 | USC | 4 | 137 | 518 | 3.78 | 3 | 34.25 | 129.50 |
| 66 | Connecticut | 3 | 137 | 576 | 4.20 | 3 | 45.67 | 192.00 |
| 66 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 137 | 685 | 5.00 | 8 | 45.67 | 228.33 |
| 66 | Marshall | 3 | 137 | 744 | 5.43 | 9 | 45.67 | 248.00 |
| 71 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 139 | 610 | 4.39 | 5 | 34.75 | 152.50 |
| 71 | Toledo | 4 | 139 | 790 | 5.68 | 6 | 34.75 | 197.50 |
| 71 | Arizona State | 3 | 139 | 693 | 4.99 | 7 | 46.33 | 231.00 |
| 74 | Iowa | 3 | 140 | 713 | 5.09 | 7 | 46.67 | 237.67 |
| 75 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 143 | 401 | 2.80 | 3 | 35.75 | 100.25 |
| 75 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 143 | 574 | 4.01 | 7 | 35.75 | 143.50 |
| 75 | California | 4 | 143 | 604 | 4.22 | 5 | 35.75 | 151.00 |
| 75 | Texas Tech | 4 | 143 | 631 | 4.41 | 8 | 35.75 | 157.75 |
| 79 | Kentucky | 4 | 145 | 582 | 4.01 | 6 | 36.25 | 145.50 |
| 80 | UCF | 4 | 146 | 564 | 3.86 | 6 | 36.50 | 141.00 |
| 80 | Houston | 4 | 146 | 578 | 3.96 | 8 | 36.50 | 144.50 |
| 82 | Kent State | 4 | 147 | 671 | 4.56 | 5 | 36.75 | 167.75 |
| 83 | Utah State | 4 | 148 | 332 | 2.24 | 1 | 37.00 | 83.00 |
| 83 | San Diego State | 4 | 148 | 499 | 3.37 | 5 | 37.00 | 124.75 |
| 85 | Boise State | 4 | 149 | 430 | 2.89 | 4 | 37.25 | 107.50 |
| 85 | Mississippi State | 4 | 149 | 607 | 4.07 | 4 | 37.25 | 151.75 |
| 85 | Western Michigan | 4 | 149 | 611 | 4.10 | 10 | 37.25 | 152.75 |
| 85 | Baylor | 3 | 149 | 675 | 4.53 | 10 | 49.67 | 225.00 |
| 85 | Hawai'i | 3 | 149 | 706 | 4.74 | 13 | 49.67 | 235.33 |
| 90 | UTEP | 4 | 150 | 661 | 4.41 | 6 | 37.50 | 165.25 |
| 90 | Fresno State | 4 | 150 | 692 | 4.61 | 3 | 37.50 | 173.00 |
| 92 | Temple | 4 | 151 | 599 | 3.97 | 6 | 37.75 | 149.75 |
| 93 | Rutgers | 4 | 152 | 458 | 3.01 | 3 | 38.00 | 114.50 |
| 93 | Oklahoma | 4 | 152 | 563 | 3.70 | 6 | 38.00 | 140.75 |
| 95 | North Carolina | 4 | 154 | 521 | 3.38 | 5 | 38.50 | 130.25 |
| 96 | Wyoming | 4 | 156 | 697 | 4.47 | 9 | 39.00 | 174.25 |
| 97 | UAB | 4 | 158 | 595 | 3.77 | 7 | 39.50 | 148.75 |
| 98 | Navy | 4 | 159 | 750 | 4.72 | 7 | 39.75 | 187.50 |
| 98 | Duke | 4 | 159 | 893 | 5.62 | 9 | 39.75 | 223.25 |
| 98 | Tulane | 4 | 159 | 920 | 5.79 | 6 | 39.75 | 230.00 |
| 101 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 162 | 764 | 4.72 | 14 | 40.50 | 191.00 |
| 102 | Army | 4 | 163 | 901 | 5.53 | 7 | 40.75 | 225.25 |
| 103 | South Carolina | 4 | 164 | 553 | 3.37 | 5 | 41.00 | 138.25 |
| 103 | Washington | 4 | 164 | 889 | 5.42 | 5 | 41.00 | 222.25 |
| 105 | Texas A&M | 4 | 165 | 667 | 4.04 | 7 | 41.25 | 166.75 |
| 105 | Buffalo | 4 | 165 | 735 | 4.45 | 11 | 41.25 | 183.75 |
| 105 | Auburn | 4 | 165 | 877 | 5.32 | 12 | 41.25 | 219.25 |
| 108 | Iowa State | 4 | 167 | 687 | 4.11 | 8 | 41.75 | 171.75 |
| 108 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 167 | 784 | 4.69 | 10 | 41.75 | 196.00 |
| 110 | Rice | 4 | 169 | 610 | 3.61 | 5 | 42.25 | 152.50 |
| 111 | Florida International | 4 | 170 | 802 | 4.72 | 11 | 42.50 | 200.50 |
| 112 | East Carolina | 4 | 173 | 876 | 5.06 | 11 | 43.25 | 219.00 |
| 113 | Northwestern | 4 | 174 | 642 | 3.69 | 7 | 43.50 | 160.50 |
| 114 | Ball State | 4 | 178 | 984 | 5.53 | 9 | 44.50 | 246.00 |
| 115 | Central Michigan | 4 | 179 | 798 | 4.46 | 6 | 44.75 | 199.50 |
| 116 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 187 | 1213 | 6.49 | 11 | 46.75 | 303.25 |
| 117 | Purdue | 4 | 188 | 1135 | 6.04 | 11 | 47.00 | 283.75 |
| 118 | Akron | 4 | 191 | 1113 | 5.83 | 7 | 47.75 | 278.25 |
| 119 | Texas | 4 | 193 | 1024 | 5.31 | 14 | 48.25 | 256.00 |
| 120 | Air Force | 4 | 197 | 1115 | 5.66 | 11 | 49.25 | 278.75 |
| 121 | UNLV | 4 | 205 | 1047 | 5.11 | 14 | 51.25 | 261.75 |
| 122 | Nevada | 4 | 206 | 949 | 4.61 | 10 | 51.50 | 237.25 |
| 123 | Indiana | 4 | 208 | 926 | 4.45 | 8 | 52.00 | 231.50 |
| 124 | Boston College | 4 | 220 | 1205 | 5.48 | 10 | 55.00 | 301.25 |