2012 National Leaders Total Defense - Games vs. FCS (I-AA) Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Rush Yards | Pass Yards | Plays | Total Yards | Yards/Play | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TCU | 1 | 44 | 26 | 47 | 70 | 1.49 | 70.0 |
| 2 | Texas Tech | 1 | 13 | 71 | 49 | 84 | 1.71 | 84.0 |
| 3 | Florida State | 2 | 58 | 126 | 103 | 184 | 1.79 | 92.0 |
| 4 | Kentucky | 1 | -2 | 104 | 53 | 102 | 1.92 | 102.0 |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 58 | 81 | 68 | 139 | 2.04 | 139.0 |
| 6 | Arkansas State | 1 | 98 | 32 | 60 | 130 | 2.17 | 130.0 |
| 7 | South Alabama | 1 | 22 | 96 | 52 | 118 | 2.27 | 118.0 |
| 8 | Utah | 1 | 35 | 79 | 50 | 114 | 2.28 | 114.0 |
| 9 | UAB | 1 | 47 | 78 | 54 | 125 | 2.31 | 125.0 |
| 10 | South Florida | 1 | 49 | 102 | 63 | 151 | 2.40 | 151.0 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 1 | 42 | 128 | 70 | 170 | 2.43 | 170.0 |
| 12 | Rutgers | 1 | 74 | 75 | 60 | 149 | 2.48 | 149.0 |
| 13 | Illinois | 1 | 96 | 29 | 48 | 125 | 2.60 | 125.0 |
| 14 | Boston College | 1 | 59 | 134 | 73 | 193 | 2.64 | 193.0 |
| 15 | Hawai'i | 1 | 44 | 83 | 48 | 127 | 2.65 | 127.0 |
| 16 | Oregon | 1 | 115 | 62 | 66 | 177 | 2.68 | 177.0 |
| 17 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 47 | 102 | 55 | 149 | 2.71 | 149.0 |
| 18 | Arizona | 1 | 65 | 89 | 54 | 154 | 2.85 | 154.0 |
| 19 | Nebraska | 1 | 31 | 179 | 72 | 210 | 2.92 | 210.0 |
| 20 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 38 | 156 | 66 | 194 | 2.94 | 194.0 |
| 21 | North Texas | 1 | 31 | 154 | 62 | 185 | 2.98 | 185.0 |
| 22 | Akron | 1 | 107 | 93 | 65 | 200 | 3.08 | 200.0 |
| 23 | Iowa State | 1 | 103 | 75 | 57 | 178 | 3.12 | 178.0 |
| 24 | Bowling Green | 1 | 96 | 75 | 54 | 171 | 3.17 | 171.0 |
| 25 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 143 | 11 | 48 | 154 | 3.21 | 154.0 |
| 25 | Tennessee | 1 | 87 | 176 | 82 | 263 | 3.21 | 263.0 |
| 27 | Missouri | 1 | 58 | 165 | 68 | 223 | 3.28 | 223.0 |
| 28 | Alabama | 1 | 70 | 93 | 48 | 163 | 3.40 | 163.0 |
| 28 | Minnesota | 1 | 68 | 163 | 68 | 231 | 3.40 | 231.0 |
| 30 | Navy | 1 | 90 | 132 | 63 | 222 | 3.52 | 222.0 |
| 31 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 159 | 62 | 62 | 221 | 3.56 | 221.0 |
| 32 | Purdue | 1 | 105 | 85 | 53 | 190 | 3.58 | 190.0 |
| 32 | Maryland | 1 | 104 | 125 | 64 | 229 | 3.58 | 229.0 |
| 32 | BYU | 1 | 115 | 139 | 71 | 254 | 3.58 | 254.0 |
| 35 | Utah State | 1 | 56 | 153 | 58 | 209 | 3.60 | 209.0 |
| 35 | Ohio | 1 | 110 | 131 | 67 | 241 | 3.60 | 241.0 |
| 37 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 145 | 98 | 65 | 243 | 3.74 | 243.0 |
| 38 | Auburn | 1 | 22 | 186 | 54 | 208 | 3.85 | 208.0 |
| 39 | Arizona State | 1 | 88 | 149 | 61 | 237 | 3.89 | 237.0 |
| 40 | Arkansas | 1 | 95 | 227 | 81 | 322 | 3.98 | 322.0 |
| 41 | LSU | 1 | 188 | 103 | 73 | 291 | 3.99 | 291.0 |
| 42 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 129 | 91 | 55 | 220 | 4.00 | 220.0 |
| 43 | Texas A&M | 2 | 225 | 380 | 147 | 605 | 4.12 | 302.5 |
| 44 | Virginia | 1 | 28 | 238 | 64 | 266 | 4.16 | 266.0 |
| 45 | West Virginia | 1 | 188 | 112 | 72 | 300 | 4.17 | 300.0 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | 1 | 61 | 174 | 56 | 235 | 4.20 | 235.0 |
| 46 | San Jose State | 1 | 58 | 194 | 60 | 252 | 4.20 | 252.0 |
| 46 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 236 | 272 | 121 | 508 | 4.20 | 254.0 |
| 49 | Louisville | 1 | 99 | 150 | 59 | 249 | 4.22 | 249.0 |
| 50 | Florida | 1 | 48 | 194 | 57 | 242 | 4.25 | 242.0 |
| 50 | Cincinnati | 2 | 152 | 413 | 133 | 565 | 4.25 | 282.5 |
| 52 | Northwestern | 1 | 51 | 189 | 56 | 240 | 4.29 | 240.0 |
| 53 | UNLV | 1 | 91 | 197 | 67 | 288 | 4.30 | 288.0 |
| 54 | Fresno State | 1 | 67 | 207 | 62 | 274 | 4.42 | 274.0 |
| 55 | Wyoming | 1 | 325 | 34 | 81 | 359 | 4.43 | 359.0 |
| 56 | Oregon State | 1 | 49 | 174 | 50 | 223 | 4.46 | 223.0 |
| 57 | Marshall | 1 | 144 | 191 | 75 | 335 | 4.47 | 335.0 |
| 58 | Mississippi State | 1 | 109 | 156 | 59 | 265 | 4.49 | 265.0 |
| 58 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 233 | 122 | 79 | 355 | 4.49 | 355.0 |
| 60 | Washington | 1 | 83 | 178 | 58 | 261 | 4.50 | 261.0 |
| 61 | Colorado State | 1 | 188 | 178 | 81 | 366 | 4.52 | 366.0 |
| 61 | SMU | 1 | 75 | 377 | 100 | 452 | 4.52 | 452.0 |
| 63 | Buffalo | 1 | 201 | 165 | 78 | 366 | 4.69 | 366.0 |
| 64 | California | 1 | 79 | 292 | 79 | 371 | 4.70 | 371.0 |
| 65 | North Carolina State | 1 | 199 | 27 | 48 | 226 | 4.71 | 226.0 |
| 66 | Kent State | 1 | 70 | 246 | 66 | 316 | 4.79 | 316.0 |
| 67 | Duke | 1 | 98 | 239 | 70 | 337 | 4.81 | 337.0 |
| 68 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 154 | 195 | 71 | 349 | 4.92 | 349.0 |
| 69 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 216 | 155 | 75 | 371 | 4.95 | 371.0 |
| 69 | Baylor | 1 | 126 | 285 | 83 | 411 | 4.95 | 411.0 |
| 71 | Wake Forest | 1 | 91 | 272 | 73 | 363 | 4.97 | 363.0 |
| 72 | Western Michigan | 1 | 100 | 244 | 69 | 344 | 4.99 | 344.0 |
| 73 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 63 | 283 | 69 | 346 | 5.01 | 346.0 |
| 74 | New Mexico | 1 | 83 | 242 | 64 | 325 | 5.08 | 325.0 |
| 75 | Memphis | 1 | 181 | 211 | 77 | 392 | 5.09 | 392.0 |
| 76 | Central Michigan | 1 | 188 | 120 | 60 | 308 | 5.13 | 308.0 |
| 76 | Georgia | 1 | 302 | 16 | 62 | 318 | 5.13 | 318.0 |
| 78 | Mississippi | 1 | 100 | 247 | 67 | 347 | 5.18 | 347.0 |
| 78 | Clemson | 1 | 110 | 242 | 68 | 352 | 5.18 | 352.0 |
| 80 | South Carolina | 1 | 259 | 71 | 63 | 330 | 5.24 | 330.0 |
| 81 | Texas State | 1 | 120 | 385 | 96 | 505 | 5.26 | 505.0 |
| 82 | Air Force | 1 | 66 | 365 | 81 | 431 | 5.32 | 431.0 |
| 83 | Toledo | 1 | 76 | 356 | 81 | 432 | 5.33 | 432.0 |
| 84 | Temple | 1 | 212 | 153 | 68 | 365 | 5.37 | 365.0 |
| 85 | Kansas State | 1 | 95 | 323 | 77 | 418 | 5.43 | 418.0 |
| 86 | Syracuse | 1 | 217 | 94 | 57 | 311 | 5.46 | 311.0 |
| 87 | Tulsa | 1 | 222 | 148 | 67 | 370 | 5.52 | 370.0 |
| 87 | Washington State | 1 | 90 | 379 | 85 | 469 | 5.52 | 469.0 |
| 89 | Kansas | 1 | 204 | 207 | 73 | 411 | 5.63 | 411.0 |
| 90 | Idaho | 1 | 152 | 260 | 73 | 412 | 5.64 | 412.0 |
| 91 | Wisconsin | 1 | 41 | 265 | 54 | 306 | 5.67 | 306.0 |
| 92 | Army | 1 | 273 | 151 | 74 | 424 | 5.73 | 424.0 |
| 93 | East Carolina | 1 | 119 | 300 | 72 | 419 | 5.82 | 419.0 |
| 94 | Iowa | 1 | 94 | 245 | 57 | 339 | 5.95 | 339.0 |
| 95 | New Mexico State | 1 | 89 | 308 | 66 | 397 | 6.02 | 397.0 |
| 96 | Indiana | 1 | 176 | 211 | 64 | 387 | 6.05 | 387.0 |
| 97 | UTSA | 2 | 179 | 567 | 120 | 746 | 6.22 | 373.0 |
| 98 | San Diego State | 1 | 55 | 434 | 77 | 489 | 6.35 | 489.0 |
| 99 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 298 | 152 | 70 | 450 | 6.43 | 450.0 |
| 100 | Colorado | 1 | 154 | 312 | 72 | 466 | 6.47 | 466.0 |
| 101 | Nevada | 1 | 228 | 357 | 89 | 585 | 6.57 | 585.0 |