2011 National Leaders Rushing Defense - From Opponent's 1 To 20 Yard Line through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 32 | 57 | 1.78 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Stanford | 13 | 45 | 72 | 1.60 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 12 | 46 | 80 | 1.74 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | UCF | 11 | 54 | 126 | 2.33 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 44 | 131 | 2.98 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 38 | 145 | 3.82 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Louisville | 13 | 66 | 146 | 2.21 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 56 | 149 | 2.66 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 11 | 50 | 152 | 3.04 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 51 | 157 | 3.08 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 11 | Connecticut | 12 | 64 | 163 | 2.55 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | Navy | 11 | 44 | 163 | 3.70 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | SMU | 12 | 58 | 167 | 2.88 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | Arkansas State | 13 | 68 | 169 | 2.49 | 0 | 43 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 12 | 40 | 169 | 4.23 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| 16 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 55 | 184 | 3.35 | 0 | 56 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 17 | Texas A&M | 13 | 61 | 186 | 3.05 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | Tulane | 12 | 42 | 191 | 4.55 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 19 | Alabama | 12 | 61 | 199 | 3.26 | 1 | 82 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 20 | UNLV | 11 | 33 | 201 | 6.09 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| 21 | Buffalo | 12 | 66 | 210 | 3.18 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 22 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 55 | 214 | 3.89 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 23 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 61 | 217 | 3.56 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| 23 | Missouri | 12 | 45 | 217 | 4.82 | 1 | 80 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | North Texas | 12 | 68 | 219 | 3.22 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| 25 | North Carolina State | 12 | 44 | 219 | 4.98 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| 27 | East Carolina | 11 | 53 | 220 | 4.15 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 28 | California | 13 | 59 | 222 | 3.76 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 28 | Toledo | 12 | 40 | 222 | 5.55 | 1 | 87 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | Texas | 12 | 53 | 223 | 4.21 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| 31 | Syracuse | 12 | 50 | 230 | 4.60 | 0 | 63 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 32 | Utah State | 13 | 65 | 232 | 3.57 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 33 | Iowa | 13 | 55 | 234 | 4.25 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| 34 | Arizona State | 12 | 58 | 236 | 4.07 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| 35 | Cincinnati | 13 | 73 | 241 | 3.30 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 35 | Florida International | 12 | 53 | 241 | 4.55 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 37 | Kansas State | 13 | 58 | 244 | 4.21 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| 37 | Michigan | 13 | 55 | 244 | 4.44 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 39 | Florida | 12 | 69 | 247 | 3.58 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| 39 | Tulsa | 12 | 69 | 247 | 3.58 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 39 | UAB | 12 | 38 | 247 | 6.50 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 42 | South Florida | 12 | 58 | 248 | 4.28 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| 42 | Washington | 10 | 33 | 248 | 7.52 | 1 | 89 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| 44 | Rutgers | 13 | 62 | 250 | 4.03 | 1 | 80 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| 45 | Duke | 11 | 65 | 254 | 3.91 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 45 | Washington State | 11 | 54 | 254 | 4.70 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| 47 | San Jose State | 11 | 61 | 256 | 4.20 | 0 | 70 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 48 | Nebraska | 13 | 74 | 258 | 3.49 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 49 | Kent State | 12 | 65 | 259 | 3.98 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 10 | 2 |
| 50 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 60 | 262 | 4.37 | 0 | 52 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| 51 | LSU | 14 | 85 | 266 | 3.13 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| 52 | Boston College | 12 | 67 | 268 | 4.00 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| 53 | Nevada | 12 | 42 | 270 | 6.43 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 54 | Ohio | 14 | 77 | 279 | 3.62 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 0 |
| 55 | Memphis | 12 | 48 | 280 | 5.83 | 0 | 40 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| 56 | Colorado State | 12 | 64 | 281 | 4.39 | 1 | 83 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| 57 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 73 | 286 | 3.92 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 10 | 2 |
| 58 | Rice | 11 | 63 | 287 | 4.56 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| 59 | Michigan State | 14 | 91 | 288 | 3.16 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 60 | Florida State | 13 | 98 | 289 | 2.95 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 60 | Akron | 12 | 56 | 289 | 5.16 | 0 | 58 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 62 | Wake Forest | 13 | 57 | 293 | 5.14 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 2 |
| 63 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 71 | 295 | 4.15 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 64 | Georgia | 13 | 81 | 296 | 3.65 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 0 |
| 65 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 58 | 304 | 5.24 | 0 | 53 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 66 | Utah | 13 | 80 | 308 | 3.85 | 0 | 58 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| 66 | West Virginia | 11 | 58 | 308 | 5.31 | 0 | 65 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| 68 | Bowling Green | 12 | 63 | 309 | 4.90 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| 69 | New Mexico | 11 | 60 | 310 | 5.17 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
| 70 | Arizona | 12 | 61 | 311 | 5.10 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
| 71 | TCU | 13 | 70 | 313 | 4.47 | 0 | 61 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 72 | Marshall | 12 | 49 | 318 | 6.49 | 0 | 82 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| 73 | Idaho | 9 | 40 | 319 | 7.98 | 1 | 80 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 74 | Notre Dame | 13 | 56 | 320 | 5.71 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| 75 | Illinois | 13 | 69 | 328 | 4.75 | 0 | 65 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| 76 | Oregon | 14 | 78 | 331 | 4.24 | 0 | 42 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 76 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 70 | 331 | 4.73 | 1 | 96 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
| 78 | Wisconsin | 14 | 80 | 336 | 4.20 | 1 | 91 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 79 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 72 | 337 | 4.68 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 1 |
| 80 | Purdue | 13 | 97 | 340 | 3.51 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 0 |
| 81 | Ball State | 12 | 63 | 346 | 5.49 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 0 |
| 82 | Hawai'i | 13 | 65 | 347 | 5.34 | 1 | 80 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 83 | USC | 12 | 62 | 348 | 5.61 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 2 |
| 84 | Kansas | 10 | 39 | 349 | 8.95 | 1 | 95 | 13 | 10 | 2 |
| 85 | Ohio State | 13 | 95 | 357 | 3.76 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 86 | Fresno State | 12 | 56 | 359 | 6.41 | 0 | 57 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| 87 | Penn State | 12 | 77 | 364 | 4.73 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 1 |
| 88 | Maryland | 11 | 65 | 369 | 5.68 | 0 | 39 | 13 | 12 | 4 |
| 88 | New Mexico State | 12 | 46 | 369 | 8.02 | 1 | 85 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| 90 | Northwestern | 12 | 52 | 374 | 7.19 | 0 | 76 | 18 | 13 | 4 |
| 91 | Army | 11 | 67 | 375 | 5.60 | 0 | 41 | 16 | 13 | 3 |
| 92 | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 69 | 378 | 5.48 | 1 | 80 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| 92 | UTEP | 12 | 64 | 378 | 5.91 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 2 |
| 94 | Kentucky | 12 | 80 | 381 | 4.76 | 1 | 84 | 16 | 10 | 2 |
| 94 | Minnesota | 12 | 48 | 381 | 7.94 | 1 | 82 | 13 | 13 | 3 |
| 96 | Troy | 12 | 83 | 387 | 4.66 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 1 |
| 96 | Colorado | 12 | 46 | 387 | 8.41 | 1 | 84 | 15 | 13 | 4 |
| 98 | Texas Tech | 12 | 64 | 389 | 6.08 | 0 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 3 |
| 99 | Air Force | 12 | 59 | 392 | 6.64 | 0 | 78 | 12 | 14 | 2 |
| 100 | Arkansas | 13 | 91 | 395 | 4.34 | 0 | 45 | 16 | 14 | 2 |
| 101 | Oregon State | 11 | 79 | 401 | 5.08 | 0 | 56 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| 101 | Indiana | 12 | 55 | 401 | 7.29 | 1 | 81 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| 103 | Central Michigan | 12 | 63 | 409 | 6.49 | 1 | 87 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| 104 | Clemson | 14 | 80 | 419 | 5.24 | 0 | 56 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| 104 | UCLA | 14 | 67 | 419 | 6.25 | 0 | 43 | 16 | 13 | 5 |
| 106 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 93 | 435 | 4.68 | 1 | 80 | 15 | 13 | 2 |
| 107 | Iowa State | 13 | 91 | 443 | 4.87 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 2 |
| 108 | Mississippi State | 13 | 82 | 445 | 5.43 | 0 | 52 | 17 | 13 | 3 |
| 109 | Oklahoma | 13 | 97 | 446 | 4.60 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 3 |
| 110 | San Diego State | 13 | 101 | 454 | 4.50 | 0 | 67 | 16 | 12 | 5 |
| 111 | Western Michigan | 13 | 103 | 465 | 4.51 | 0 | 65 | 20 | 19 | 4 |
| 112 | BYU | 12 | 77 | 471 | 6.12 | 2 | 82 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
| 112 | Virginia | 13 | 69 | 471 | 6.83 | 0 | 60 | 15 | 13 | 6 |
| 114 | Boise State | 13 | 110 | 493 | 4.48 | 2 | 81 | 11 | 9 | 5 |
| 115 | Mississippi | 11 | 78 | 499 | 6.40 | 0 | 74 | 15 | 12 | 5 |
| 116 | Temple | 13 | 82 | 530 | 6.46 | 1 | 81 | 17 | 14 | 4 |
| 117 | Baylor | 11 | 58 | 534 | 9.21 | 1 | 81 | 13 | 13 | 6 |
| 118 | Wyoming | 13 | 75 | 539 | 7.19 | 1 | 99 | 15 | 14 | 4 |
| 119 | Auburn | 13 | 100 | 565 | 5.65 | 1 | 92 | 20 | 17 | 5 |
| 120 | Houston | 14 | 85 | 631 | 7.42 | 1 | 97 | 20 | 18 | 6 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||