2012 National Leaders Rushing Defense - When Losing By 1-7 Pts through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | 1 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Kansas State | 5 | 31 | 75 | 2.42 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 7 | 46 | 87 | 1.89 | 2 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 4 | 26 | 92 | 3.54 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Alabama | 3 | 46 | 106 | 2.30 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Utah State | 3 | 43 | 120 | 2.79 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Stanford | 7 | 44 | 126 | 2.86 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | San Jose State | 8 | 62 | 127 | 2.05 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 6 | 57 | 138 | 2.42 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Purdue | 7 | 36 | 146 | 4.06 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | Georgia | 6 | 45 | 149 | 3.31 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | LSU | 8 | 53 | 164 | 3.09 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | Bowling Green | 7 | 46 | 166 | 3.61 | 2 | 79 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | San Diego State | 8 | 50 | 179 | 3.58 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | Florida State | 3 | 42 | 182 | 4.33 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | Penn State | 7 | 61 | 187 | 3.07 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 57 | 187 | 3.28 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | North Carolina | 6 | 63 | 188 | 2.98 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | Rutgers | 7 | 59 | 190 | 3.22 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 20 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 75 | 196 | 2.61 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Mississippi | 9 | 40 | 198 | 4.95 | 1 | 69 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 22 | Kent State | 5 | 48 | 199 | 4.15 | 2 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | Texas Tech | 7 | 45 | 199 | 4.42 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| 22 | SMU | 6 | 30 | 199 | 6.63 | 4 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| 25 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 8 | 55 | 203 | 3.69 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 2 |
| 26 | Northwestern | 6 | 60 | 212 | 3.53 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 27 | Connecticut | 7 | 90 | 213 | 2.37 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| 28 | Boise State | 2 | 56 | 214 | 3.82 | 1 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| 29 | Florida | 9 | 95 | 216 | 2.27 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | UTSA | 6 | 49 | 218 | 4.45 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| 31 | Arkansas | 8 | 78 | 219 | 2.81 | 2 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 32 | Washington | 9 | 78 | 220 | 2.82 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | Wake Forest | 8 | 65 | 228 | 3.51 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| 34 | Mississippi State | 6 | 45 | 235 | 5.22 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| 35 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 54 | 242 | 4.48 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 2 |
| 36 | Colorado State | 9 | 72 | 252 | 3.50 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1 |
| 37 | Texas A&M | 3 | 54 | 258 | 4.78 | 1 | 47 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| 38 | Fresno State | 6 | 43 | 263 | 6.12 | 2 | 41 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| 39 | Marshall | 7 | 75 | 265 | 3.53 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 1 |
| 40 | Arkansas State | 8 | 65 | 267 | 4.11 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| 41 | North Texas | 10 | 57 | 269 | 4.72 | 3 | 75 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 42 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 59 | 273 | 4.63 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| 43 | Kansas | 11 | 87 | 283 | 3.25 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 0 |
| 44 | Michigan State | 10 | 129 | 291 | 2.26 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 1 |
| 45 | UCLA | 7 | 68 | 292 | 4.29 | 3 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 2 |
| 46 | BYU | 8 | 100 | 299 | 2.99 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 2 |
| 47 | Miami (Ohio) | 7 | 60 | 301 | 5.02 | 5 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 2 |
| 48 | Michigan | 7 | 95 | 302 | 3.18 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 3 |
| 49 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 62 | 304 | 4.90 | 3 | 64 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
| 50 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 97 | 308 | 3.18 | 2 | 65 | 17 | 12 | 2 |
| 51 | Missouri | 8 | 88 | 311 | 3.53 | 4 | 44 | 19 | 15 | 2 |
| 52 | Houston | 7 | 37 | 312 | 8.43 | 5 | 73 | 10 | 8 | 4 |
| 53 | Louisville | 8 | 86 | 320 | 3.72 | 4 | 50 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| 54 | Texas | 7 | 79 | 322 | 4.08 | 6 | 95 | 16 | 11 | 4 |
| 55 | Tulsa | 10 | 96 | 325 | 3.39 | 1 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 2 |
| 55 | North Carolina State | 9 | 90 | 325 | 3.61 | 5 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 2 |
| 57 | TCU | 6 | 66 | 328 | 4.97 | 2 | 66 | 16 | 7 | 4 |
| 58 | Wisconsin | 7 | 92 | 341 | 3.71 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 1 |
| 59 | Arizona State | 6 | 68 | 342 | 5.03 | 1 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 3 |
| 60 | Florida International | 9 | 101 | 344 | 3.41 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 2 |
| 61 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 77 | 353 | 4.58 | 6 | 76 | 20 | 8 | 2 |
| 62 | Arizona | 9 | 91 | 355 | 3.90 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 1 |
| 63 | Clemson | 8 | 59 | 356 | 6.03 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| 64 | Temple | 8 | 88 | 364 | 4.14 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 4 |
| 65 | Oregon State | 6 | 72 | 365 | 5.07 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 4 |
| 66 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 101 | 368 | 3.64 | 2 | 58 | 23 | 13 | 3 |
| 67 | Maryland | 8 | 137 | 369 | 2.69 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 1 |
| 68 | Ohio | 8 | 86 | 376 | 4.37 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 5 |
| 69 | UTEP | 10 | 92 | 377 | 4.10 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 1 |
| 70 | California | 10 | 97 | 378 | 3.90 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 14 | 1 |
| 71 | Memphis | 11 | 84 | 380 | 4.52 | 4 | 83 | 22 | 8 | 2 |
| 72 | West Virginia | 8 | 94 | 386 | 4.11 | 2 | 48 | 22 | 11 | 3 |
| 73 | UCF | 6 | 100 | 399 | 3.99 | 1 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 2 |
| 74 | Cincinnati | 7 | 86 | 405 | 4.71 | 0 | 44 | 20 | 14 | 2 |
| 75 | Washington State | 9 | 98 | 406 | 4.14 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 16 | 1 |
| 76 | Utah | 8 | 100 | 410 | 4.10 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 3 |
| 77 | UNLV | 10 | 100 | 420 | 4.20 | 7 | 66 | 22 | 10 | 3 |
| 78 | Colorado | 12 | 79 | 432 | 5.47 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 7 |
| 78 | Duke | 9 | 77 | 432 | 5.61 | 4 | 65 | 22 | 8 | 2 |
| 80 | Oklahoma | 5 | 80 | 435 | 5.44 | 5 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 3 |
| 81 | South Alabama | 12 | 118 | 437 | 3.70 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 15 | 4 |
| 82 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 99 | 440 | 4.44 | 4 | 38 | 27 | 13 | 5 |
| 83 | Indiana | 9 | 92 | 444 | 4.83 | 2 | 67 | 23 | 17 | 4 |
| 84 | New Mexico State | 9 | 71 | 448 | 6.31 | 5 | 63 | 19 | 12 | 7 |
| 85 | Iowa State | 9 | 104 | 449 | 4.32 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 15 | 2 |
| 86 | Western Michigan | 8 | 99 | 452 | 4.57 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 15 | 4 |
| 87 | Ball State | 8 | 73 | 453 | 6.21 | 7 | 71 | 21 | 13 | 4 |
| 88 | Rice | 10 | 104 | 463 | 4.45 | 3 | 78 | 23 | 11 | 4 |
| 89 | Toledo | 10 | 103 | 467 | 4.53 | 3 | 63 | 20 | 14 | 2 |
| 90 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 85 | 474 | 5.58 | 4 | 70 | 21 | 16 | 6 |
| 91 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | 83 | 477 | 5.75 | 3 | 35 | 23 | 16 | 5 |
| 92 | Auburn | 9 | 115 | 479 | 4.17 | 3 | 45 | 22 | 14 | 5 |
| 93 | Minnesota | 9 | 78 | 482 | 6.18 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 15 | 7 |
| 94 | Massachusetts | 11 | 95 | 484 | 5.09 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 2 |
| 95 | Kentucky | 10 | 123 | 494 | 4.02 | 7 | 47 | 33 | 13 | 3 |
| 95 | Buffalo | 9 | 117 | 494 | 4.22 | 6 | 51 | 17 | 10 | 5 |
| 97 | Hawai'i | 8 | 87 | 501 | 5.76 | 8 | 52 | 25 | 13 | 4 |
| 98 | Baylor | 8 | 123 | 502 | 4.08 | 10 | 48 | 37 | 15 | 3 |
| 99 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 94 | 504 | 5.36 | 8 | 64 | 28 | 18 | 4 |
| 100 | Nevada | 10 | 93 | 506 | 5.44 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 15 | 3 |
| 101 | Tennessee | 8 | 104 | 509 | 4.89 | 7 | 72 | 19 | 13 | 5 |
| 102 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 123 | 527 | 4.28 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 3 |
| 103 | Texas State | 7 | 100 | 533 | 5.33 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 14 | 3 |
| 104 | New Mexico | 9 | 117 | 541 | 4.62 | 4 | 31 | 29 | 18 | 8 |
| 105 | Wyoming | 9 | 90 | 547 | 6.08 | 4 | 82 | 23 | 15 | 7 |
| 106 | Illinois | 10 | 107 | 557 | 5.21 | 8 | 63 | 30 | 13 | 3 |
| 107 | Syracuse | 9 | 119 | 574 | 4.82 | 2 | 53 | 32 | 24 | 4 |
| 108 | Virginia | 10 | 138 | 578 | 4.19 | 6 | 77 | 26 | 16 | 5 |
| 109 | Idaho | 11 | 117 | 582 | 4.97 | 11 | 43 | 28 | 16 | 6 |
| 110 | Navy | 9 | 120 | 596 | 4.97 | 8 | 56 | 38 | 15 | 3 |
| 111 | Akron | 11 | 136 | 599 | 4.40 | 4 | 23 | 36 | 27 | 1 |
| 112 | South Florida | 9 | 125 | 600 | 4.80 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 23 | 4 |
| 113 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 105 | 604 | 5.75 | 6 | 57 | 30 | 15 | 7 |
| 114 | Tulane | 11 | 134 | 612 | 4.57 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 25 | 3 |
| 115 | Nebraska | 9 | 129 | 618 | 4.79 | 8 | 80 | 22 | 12 | 7 |
| 115 | East Carolina | 10 | 125 | 618 | 4.94 | 4 | 37 | 34 | 22 | 6 |
| 117 | Air Force | 10 | 131 | 641 | 4.89 | 5 | 59 | 33 | 16 | 3 |
| 118 | Boston College | 12 | 122 | 646 | 5.30 | 6 | 56 | 37 | 21 | 3 |
| 119 | UAB | 11 | 124 | 653 | 5.27 | 11 | 55 | 31 | 24 | 5 |
| 120 | USC | 8 | 142 | 670 | 4.72 | 4 | 29 | 38 | 20 | 3 |
| 121 | Iowa | 10 | 166 | 678 | 4.08 | 3 | 73 | 30 | 14 | 6 |
| 122 | Troy | 9 | 142 | 767 | 5.40 | 3 | 98 | 31 | 18 | 10 |
| 123 | Central Michigan | 11 | 142 | 784 | 5.52 | 9 | 53 | 40 | 21 | 7 |
| 124 | Army | 11 | 139 | 802 | 5.77 | 9 | 63 | 38 | 22 | 9 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||