2012 National Leaders Rushing Defense - From Opponent's 1 To 20 Yard Line through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | 12 | 43 | 76 | 1.77 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | UTSA | 9 | 22 | 90 | 4.09 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | North Carolina State | 11 | 38 | 103 | 2.71 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Arkansas State | 12 | 32 | 103 | 3.22 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Maryland | 12 | 44 | 108 | 2.45 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | SMU | 10 | 36 | 109 | 3.03 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Kentucky | 12 | 46 | 121 | 2.63 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Mississippi | 11 | 40 | 136 | 3.40 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | Northwestern | 11 | 38 | 138 | 3.63 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | Rutgers | 12 | 44 | 139 | 3.16 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 48 | 148 | 3.08 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | South Florida | 11 | 37 | 153 | 4.14 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | Florida | 12 | 77 | 160 | 2.08 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Virginia | 12 | 48 | 160 | 3.33 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 41 | 161 | 3.93 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | TCU | 13 | 55 | 167 | 3.04 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 17 | Texas A&M | 12 | 43 | 171 | 3.98 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | California | 11 | 41 | 176 | 4.29 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | Illinois | 11 | 41 | 181 | 4.41 | 0 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 47 | 184 | 3.91 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | Tulsa | 14 | 73 | 185 | 2.53 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | Penn State | 12 | 57 | 185 | 3.25 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Central Michigan | 12 | 50 | 186 | 3.72 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 23 | Michigan | 12 | 39 | 186 | 4.77 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 25 | Air Force | 12 | 44 | 189 | 4.30 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 0 |
| 26 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 42 | 190 | 4.52 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| 27 | LSU | 13 | 77 | 193 | 2.51 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 28 | Fresno State | 13 | 83 | 195 | 2.35 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Idaho | 11 | 37 | 198 | 5.35 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 30 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 72 | 201 | 2.79 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| 31 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 54 | 202 | 3.74 | 0 | 77 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 32 | North Texas | 11 | 48 | 203 | 4.23 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 32 | Baylor | 11 | 35 | 203 | 5.80 | 1 | 84 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 34 | Oregon | 13 | 48 | 204 | 4.25 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 35 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 79 | 205 | 2.59 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| 35 | USC | 13 | 69 | 205 | 2.97 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 37 | Houston | 11 | 49 | 206 | 4.20 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 37 | Kansas State | 12 | 45 | 206 | 4.58 | 1 | 80 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 39 | Michigan State | 13 | 51 | 207 | 4.06 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 40 | Clemson | 13 | 48 | 209 | 4.35 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| 41 | Boston College | 11 | 48 | 210 | 4.38 | 0 | 55 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 42 | UNLV | 12 | 45 | 216 | 4.80 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 43 | Florida State | 14 | 64 | 219 | 3.42 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 43 | East Carolina | 13 | 49 | 219 | 4.47 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| 45 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 50 | 220 | 4.40 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 46 | Nevada | 13 | 47 | 221 | 4.70 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 47 | UCF | 14 | 73 | 223 | 3.05 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| 48 | Western Michigan | 12 | 40 | 226 | 5.65 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| 49 | South Carolina | 13 | 65 | 228 | 3.51 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 50 | Connecticut | 12 | 63 | 231 | 3.67 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 51 | Kent State | 12 | 60 | 235 | 3.92 | 0 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| 51 | Rice | 13 | 44 | 235 | 5.34 | 0 | 75 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 53 | BYU | 13 | 84 | 236 | 2.81 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 53 | Navy | 13 | 59 | 236 | 4.00 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 53 | Texas Tech | 12 | 40 | 236 | 5.90 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 10 | 2 |
| 56 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 62 | 238 | 3.84 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 57 | Arkansas | 12 | 54 | 239 | 4.43 | 0 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 58 | Indiana | 12 | 37 | 240 | 6.49 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| 59 | North Carolina | 12 | 75 | 241 | 3.21 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| 59 | Florida International | 12 | 42 | 241 | 5.74 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| 61 | Alabama | 12 | 68 | 242 | 3.56 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 62 | Arizona | 13 | 64 | 245 | 3.83 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 63 | San Diego State | 12 | 52 | 248 | 4.77 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 2 |
| 64 | Louisville | 12 | 49 | 250 | 5.10 | 0 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| 65 | Bowling Green | 13 | 57 | 251 | 4.40 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| 66 | Hawai'i | 11 | 48 | 257 | 5.35 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 67 | Minnesota | 12 | 60 | 258 | 4.30 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| 68 | Oregon State | 12 | 51 | 260 | 5.10 | 0 | 52 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| 69 | Tennessee | 12 | 63 | 261 | 4.14 | 1 | 80 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 70 | Toledo | 13 | 48 | 264 | 5.50 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| 70 | Washington State | 10 | 39 | 264 | 6.77 | 2 | 84 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 72 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 49 | 266 | 5.43 | 0 | 48 | 11 | 10 | 2 |
| 73 | Nebraska | 14 | 43 | 268 | 6.23 | 1 | 80 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 74 | Auburn | 10 | 42 | 271 | 6.45 | 0 | 68 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| 75 | Massachusetts | 11 | 64 | 275 | 4.30 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| 75 | Notre Dame | 11 | 42 | 275 | 6.55 | 0 | 55 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| 77 | Marshall | 11 | 64 | 277 | 4.33 | 0 | 70 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| 78 | Buffalo | 11 | 41 | 280 | 6.83 | 0 | 57 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| 79 | New Mexico State | 12 | 47 | 281 | 5.98 | 1 | 83 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| 80 | South Alabama | 13 | 51 | 284 | 5.57 | 1 | 85 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| 81 | Iowa State | 13 | 61 | 292 | 4.79 | 0 | 77 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 82 | Temple | 11 | 54 | 294 | 5.44 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| 83 | Akron | 12 | 48 | 300 | 6.25 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 5 |
| 84 | Georgia | 14 | 74 | 301 | 4.07 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 12 | 3 |
| 84 | Washington | 13 | 54 | 301 | 5.57 | 0 | 64 | 12 | 8 | 3 |
| 86 | Utah State | 13 | 97 | 303 | 3.12 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| 86 | New Mexico | 13 | 39 | 303 | 7.77 | 0 | 71 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 88 | Memphis | 11 | 45 | 304 | 6.76 | 1 | 83 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| 89 | Texas State | 12 | 60 | 307 | 5.12 | 0 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| 90 | Iowa | 11 | 57 | 311 | 5.46 | 0 | 72 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 91 | Stanford | 14 | 67 | 312 | 4.66 | 0 | 77 | 12 | 8 | 3 |
| 92 | Tulane | 12 | 52 | 318 | 6.12 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 3 |
| 93 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 66 | 319 | 4.83 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| 94 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 44 | 321 | 7.30 | 0 | 57 | 10 | 8 | 4 |
| 95 | Cincinnati | 11 | 52 | 322 | 6.19 | 0 | 50 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 96 | Utah | 12 | 64 | 330 | 5.16 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 2 |
| 97 | Missouri | 12 | 69 | 331 | 4.80 | 0 | 44 | 14 | 14 | 5 |
| 98 | Ohio State | 12 | 64 | 333 | 5.20 | 1 | 81 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 99 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 63 | 343 | 5.44 | 0 | 40 | 14 | 12 | 4 |
| 100 | Ohio | 12 | 69 | 347 | 5.03 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 101 | Wake Forest | 12 | 56 | 348 | 6.21 | 2 | 90 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 102 | UAB | 11 | 49 | 349 | 7.12 | 0 | 50 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
| 103 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 64 | 354 | 5.53 | 0 | 64 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| 104 | Kansas | 11 | 54 | 356 | 6.59 | 1 | 99 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| 105 | Colorado State | 12 | 46 | 358 | 7.78 | 1 | 80 | 13 | 11 | 3 |
| 106 | Boise State | 13 | 68 | 363 | 5.34 | 0 | 58 | 13 | 11 | 3 |
| 107 | Texas | 13 | 56 | 366 | 6.54 | 1 | 95 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 108 | Purdue | 12 | 59 | 377 | 6.39 | 0 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 4 |
| 108 | UTEP | 12 | 55 | 377 | 6.85 | 1 | 81 | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| 110 | Mississippi State | 12 | 72 | 386 | 5.36 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 3 |
| 111 | Colorado | 11 | 48 | 393 | 8.19 | 1 | 94 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| 112 | Wisconsin | 14 | 74 | 398 | 5.38 | 1 | 81 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| 113 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 77 | 403 | 5.23 | 0 | 35 | 20 | 14 | 3 |
| 114 | San Jose State | 11 | 68 | 410 | 6.03 | 2 | 86 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| 115 | Ball State | 13 | 72 | 413 | 5.74 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 17 | 4 |
| 115 | Oklahoma | 13 | 57 | 413 | 7.25 | 0 | 71 | 16 | 13 | 4 |
| 117 | Wyoming | 11 | 59 | 424 | 7.19 | 1 | 82 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| 118 | Syracuse | 13 | 65 | 426 | 6.55 | 1 | 80 | 13 | 13 | 4 |
| 119 | Troy | 12 | 75 | 431 | 5.75 | 1 | 98 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
| 120 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 49 | 447 | 9.12 | 1 | 87 | 14 | 11 | 4 |
| 121 | Army | 12 | 58 | 468 | 8.07 | 3 | 99 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| 122 | UCLA | 14 | 85 | 476 | 5.60 | 2 | 92 | 15 | 9 | 2 |
| 123 | Duke | 13 | 62 | 495 | 7.98 | 1 | 86 | 19 | 15 | 8 |
| 124 | Arizona State | 13 | 97 | 501 | 5.16 | 1 | 86 | 20 | 17 | 5 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||