2012 National Leaders Rushing Defense - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky | 1 | 27 | -2 | -0.07 | 0 | 27.00 | -2.00 |
| 2 | Texas Tech | 1 | 28 | 13 | 0.46 | 0 | 28.00 | 13.00 |
| 3 | South Alabama | 1 | 25 | 22 | 0.88 | 0 | 25.00 | 22.00 |
| 3 | Auburn | 1 | 25 | 22 | 0.88 | 1 | 25.00 | 22.00 |
| 5 | Virginia | 1 | 21 | 28 | 1.33 | 1 | 21.00 | 28.00 |
| 6 | Nebraska | 1 | 29 | 31 | 1.07 | 0 | 29.00 | 31.00 |
| 6 | North Texas | 1 | 25 | 31 | 1.24 | 0 | 25.00 | 31.00 |
| 8 | Utah | 1 | 24 | 35 | 1.46 | 0 | 24.00 | 35.00 |
| 9 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 37 | 38 | 1.03 | 0 | 37.00 | 38.00 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 1 | 20 | 41 | 2.05 | 0 | 20.00 | 41.00 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 1 | 36 | 42 | 1.17 | 0 | 36.00 | 42.00 |
| 12 | TCU | 1 | 33 | 44 | 1.33 | 0 | 33.00 | 44.00 |
| 12 | Hawai'i | 1 | 28 | 44 | 1.57 | 0 | 28.00 | 44.00 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 34 | 47 | 1.38 | 0 | 34.00 | 47.00 |
| 14 | UAB | 1 | 30 | 47 | 1.57 | 0 | 30.00 | 47.00 |
| 16 | Florida | 1 | 29 | 48 | 1.66 | 0 | 29.00 | 48.00 |
| 17 | South Florida | 1 | 45 | 49 | 1.09 | 1 | 45.00 | 49.00 |
| 17 | Oregon State | 1 | 17 | 49 | 2.88 | 0 | 17.00 | 49.00 |
| 19 | Northwestern | 1 | 23 | 51 | 2.22 | 1 | 23.00 | 51.00 |
| 20 | San Diego State | 1 | 27 | 55 | 2.04 | 1 | 27.00 | 55.00 |
| 21 | Utah State | 1 | 27 | 56 | 2.07 | 0 | 27.00 | 56.00 |
| 22 | Florida State | 2 | 50 | 58 | 1.16 | 0 | 25.00 | 29.00 |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 41 | 58 | 1.41 | 0 | 41.00 | 58.00 |
| 22 | San Jose State | 1 | 36 | 58 | 1.61 | 1 | 36.00 | 58.00 |
| 22 | Missouri | 1 | 34 | 58 | 1.71 | 0 | 34.00 | 58.00 |
| 26 | Boston College | 1 | 31 | 59 | 1.90 | 0 | 31.00 | 59.00 |
| 27 | Oklahoma | 1 | 28 | 61 | 2.18 | 0 | 28.00 | 61.00 |
| 28 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 33 | 63 | 1.91 | 0 | 33.00 | 63.00 |
| 29 | Arizona | 1 | 29 | 65 | 2.24 | 0 | 29.00 | 65.00 |
| 30 | Air Force | 1 | 28 | 66 | 2.36 | 1 | 28.00 | 66.00 |
| 31 | Fresno State | 1 | 29 | 67 | 2.31 | 0 | 29.00 | 67.00 |
| 32 | Minnesota | 1 | 32 | 68 | 2.13 | 1 | 32.00 | 68.00 |
| 33 | Kent State | 1 | 30 | 70 | 2.33 | 2 | 30.00 | 70.00 |
| 33 | Alabama | 1 | 28 | 70 | 2.50 | 0 | 28.00 | 70.00 |
| 35 | Rutgers | 1 | 38 | 74 | 1.95 | 0 | 38.00 | 74.00 |
| 36 | SMU | 1 | 26 | 75 | 2.88 | 0 | 26.00 | 75.00 |
| 37 | Toledo | 1 | 34 | 76 | 2.24 | 1 | 34.00 | 76.00 |
| 38 | California | 1 | 34 | 79 | 2.32 | 0 | 34.00 | 79.00 |
| 39 | New Mexico | 1 | 30 | 83 | 2.77 | 1 | 30.00 | 83.00 |
| 39 | Washington | 1 | 24 | 83 | 3.46 | 1 | 24.00 | 83.00 |
| 41 | Tennessee | 1 | 41 | 87 | 2.12 | 1 | 41.00 | 87.00 |
| 42 | Arizona State | 1 | 35 | 88 | 2.51 | 0 | 35.00 | 88.00 |
| 43 | New Mexico State | 1 | 31 | 89 | 2.87 | 0 | 31.00 | 89.00 |
| 44 | Navy | 1 | 32 | 90 | 2.81 | 0 | 32.00 | 90.00 |
| 44 | Washington State | 1 | 30 | 90 | 3.00 | 1 | 30.00 | 90.00 |
| 46 | Wake Forest | 1 | 33 | 91 | 2.76 | 0 | 33.00 | 91.00 |
| 46 | UNLV | 1 | 27 | 91 | 3.37 | 1 | 27.00 | 91.00 |
| 48 | Iowa | 1 | 24 | 94 | 3.92 | 1 | 24.00 | 94.00 |
| 49 | Arkansas | 1 | 44 | 95 | 2.16 | 1 | 44.00 | 95.00 |
| 49 | Kansas State | 1 | 26 | 95 | 3.65 | 0 | 26.00 | 95.00 |
| 51 | Bowling Green | 1 | 32 | 96 | 3.00 | 1 | 32.00 | 96.00 |
| 51 | Illinois | 1 | 31 | 96 | 3.10 | 0 | 31.00 | 96.00 |
| 53 | Duke | 1 | 39 | 98 | 2.51 | 2 | 39.00 | 98.00 |
| 53 | Arkansas State | 1 | 33 | 98 | 2.97 | 0 | 33.00 | 98.00 |
| 55 | Louisville | 1 | 31 | 99 | 3.19 | 0 | 31.00 | 99.00 |
| 56 | Mississippi | 1 | 35 | 100 | 2.86 | 2 | 35.00 | 100.00 |
| 56 | Western Michigan | 1 | 33 | 100 | 3.03 | 2 | 33.00 | 100.00 |
| 58 | Iowa State | 1 | 38 | 103 | 2.71 | 0 | 38.00 | 103.00 |
| 59 | Maryland | 1 | 41 | 104 | 2.54 | 0 | 41.00 | 104.00 |
| 60 | Purdue | 1 | 31 | 105 | 3.39 | 1 | 31.00 | 105.00 |
| 61 | Akron | 1 | 38 | 107 | 2.82 | 0 | 38.00 | 107.00 |
| 62 | Mississippi State | 1 | 21 | 109 | 5.19 | 0 | 21.00 | 109.00 |
| 63 | Clemson | 1 | 37 | 110 | 2.97 | 0 | 37.00 | 110.00 |
| 63 | Ohio | 1 | 35 | 110 | 3.14 | 1 | 35.00 | 110.00 |
| 65 | Oregon | 1 | 46 | 115 | 2.50 | 0 | 46.00 | 115.00 |
| 65 | BYU | 1 | 43 | 115 | 2.67 | 2 | 43.00 | 115.00 |
| 67 | East Carolina | 1 | 32 | 119 | 3.72 | 1 | 32.00 | 119.00 |
| 68 | Texas State | 1 | 27 | 120 | 4.44 | 2 | 27.00 | 120.00 |
| 69 | Baylor | 1 | 44 | 126 | 2.86 | 1 | 44.00 | 126.00 |
| 70 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 35 | 129 | 3.69 | 0 | 35.00 | 129.00 |
| 71 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 37 | 143 | 3.86 | 1 | 37.00 | 143.00 |
| 72 | Marshall | 1 | 35 | 144 | 4.11 | 2 | 35.00 | 144.00 |
| 73 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 30 | 145 | 4.83 | 0 | 30.00 | 145.00 |
| 74 | Cincinnati | 2 | 55 | 152 | 2.76 | 1 | 27.50 | 76.00 |
| 74 | Idaho | 1 | 40 | 152 | 3.80 | 1 | 40.00 | 152.00 |
| 76 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 37 | 154 | 4.16 | 2 | 37.00 | 154.00 |
| 76 | Colorado | 1 | 35 | 154 | 4.40 | 1 | 35.00 | 154.00 |
| 78 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 41 | 159 | 3.88 | 1 | 41.00 | 159.00 |
| 79 | Indiana | 1 | 32 | 176 | 5.50 | 1 | 32.00 | 176.00 |
| 80 | UTSA | 2 | 49 | 179 | 3.65 | 1 | 24.50 | 89.50 |
| 81 | Memphis | 1 | 38 | 181 | 4.76 | 1 | 38.00 | 181.00 |
| 82 | Colorado State | 1 | 51 | 188 | 3.69 | 1 | 51.00 | 188.00 |
| 82 | West Virginia | 1 | 49 | 188 | 3.84 | 1 | 49.00 | 188.00 |
| 82 | Central Michigan | 1 | 42 | 188 | 4.48 | 2 | 42.00 | 188.00 |
| 82 | LSU | 1 | 40 | 188 | 4.70 | 2 | 40.00 | 188.00 |
| 86 | North Carolina State | 1 | 41 | 199 | 4.85 | 2 | 41.00 | 199.00 |
| 87 | Buffalo | 1 | 60 | 201 | 3.35 | 2 | 60.00 | 201.00 |
| 88 | Kansas | 1 | 33 | 204 | 6.18 | 1 | 33.00 | 204.00 |
| 89 | Temple | 1 | 44 | 212 | 4.82 | 1 | 44.00 | 212.00 |
| 90 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 53 | 216 | 4.08 | 3 | 53.00 | 216.00 |
| 91 | Syracuse | 1 | 38 | 217 | 5.71 | 1 | 38.00 | 217.00 |
| 92 | Tulsa | 1 | 46 | 222 | 4.83 | 1 | 46.00 | 222.00 |
| 93 | Texas A&M | 2 | 82 | 225 | 2.74 | 4 | 41.00 | 112.50 |
| 94 | Nevada | 1 | 36 | 228 | 6.33 | 2 | 36.00 | 228.00 |
| 95 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 53 | 233 | 4.40 | 1 | 53.00 | 233.00 |
| 96 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 75 | 236 | 3.15 | 1 | 37.50 | 118.00 |
| 97 | South Carolina | 1 | 60 | 259 | 4.32 | 1 | 60.00 | 259.00 |
| 98 | Army | 1 | 59 | 273 | 4.63 | 2 | 59.00 | 273.00 |
| 99 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 51 | 298 | 5.84 | 1 | 51.00 | 298.00 |
| 100 | Georgia | 1 | 58 | 302 | 5.21 | 2 | 58.00 | 302.00 |
| 101 | Wyoming | 1 | 68 | 325 | 4.78 | 2 | 68.00 | 325.00 |