2012 National Leaders Tackles For Loss Allowed - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | TFL | TFL Yards | TFL/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rutgers | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 1 | 2.0 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 3 | Cincinnati | 1 | 2.0 | 5 | 2.00 |
| 3 | Florida International | 1 | 2.0 | 9 | 2.00 |
| 3 | Utah State | 1 | 2.0 | 17 | 2.00 |
| 7 | UCF | 1 | 3.0 | 16 | 3.00 |
| 8 | Central Michigan | 1 | 4.0 | 6 | 4.00 |
| 8 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 4.0 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 10 | Ball State | 2 | 5.0 | 15 | 2.50 |
| 10 | UTEP | 1 | 5.0 | 17 | 5.00 |
| 10 | Connecticut | 1 | 5.0 | 18 | 5.00 |
| 10 | Western Michigan | 1 | 5.0 | 26 | 5.00 |
| 10 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 5.0 | 28 | 5.00 |
| 10 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 5.0 | 29 | 5.00 |
| 16 | Temple | 1 | 6.0 | 26 | 6.00 |
| 16 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 6.0 | 30 | 6.00 |
| 16 | Nevada | 1 | 6.0 | 33 | 6.00 |
| 19 | Air Force | 1 | 7.0 | 9 | 7.00 |
| 19 | SMU | 1 | 7.0 | 30 | 7.00 |
| 19 | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 7.0 | 44 | 3.50 |
| 22 | Army | 1 | 8.0 | 17 | 8.00 |
| 22 | Indiana | 2 | 8.0 | 22 | 4.00 |
| 24 | Arkansas State | 2 | 9.0 | 23 | 4.50 |
| 25 | Syracuse | 2 | 10.0 | 27 | 5.00 |
| 25 | Iowa State | 3 | 10.0 | 40 | 3.33 |
| 25 | Texas State | 2 | 10.0 | 43 | 5.00 |
| 25 | Ohio State | 2 | 10.0 | 61 | 5.00 |
| 25 | Hawai'i | 1 | 10.0 | 75 | 10.00 |
| 30 | Kansas State | 3 | 11.0 | 28 | 3.67 |
| 30 | Toledo | 2 | 11.0 | 28 | 5.50 |
| 30 | New Mexico | 2 | 11.0 | 35 | 5.50 |
| 30 | Louisville | 1 | 11.0 | 47 | 11.00 |
| 30 | Akron | 1 | 11.0 | 52 | 11.00 |
| 30 | UNLV | 2 | 11.0 | 57 | 5.50 |
| 36 | Bowling Green | 2 | 12.0 | 29 | 6.00 |
| 36 | New Mexico State | 2 | 12.0 | 45 | 6.00 |
| 36 | Kent State | 1 | 12.0 | 48 | 12.00 |
| 36 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 12.0 | 51 | 6.00 |
| 36 | Purdue | 3 | 12.0 | 54 | 4.00 |
| 36 | Wyoming | 2 | 12.0 | 64 | 6.00 |
| 36 | South Florida | 2 | 12.0 | 66 | 6.00 |
| 43 | Arizona State | 2 | 13.0 | 35 | 6.50 |
| 43 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 13.0 | 41 | 6.50 |
| 43 | Fresno State | 2 | 13.0 | 56 | 6.50 |
| 43 | Utah | 2 | 13.0 | 58 | 6.50 |
| 47 | Baylor | 3 | 14.0 | 43 | 4.67 |
| 47 | Florida State | 3 | 14.0 | 48 | 4.67 |
| 47 | UTSA | 2 | 14.0 | 52 | 7.00 |
| 47 | Penn State | 3 | 14.0 | 72 | 4.67 |
| 51 | Buffalo | 2 | 15.0 | 28 | 7.50 |
| 51 | San Diego State | 2 | 15.0 | 53 | 7.50 |
| 51 | Notre Dame | 4 | 15.0 | 60 | 3.75 |
| 51 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 15.0 | 79 | 7.50 |
| 55 | Texas Tech | 3 | 16.0 | 61 | 5.33 |
| 55 | North Texas | 2 | 16.0 | 61 | 8.00 |
| 55 | Minnesota | 3 | 16.0 | 63 | 5.33 |
| 55 | North Carolina State | 3 | 16.0 | 73 | 5.33 |
| 55 | TCU | 3 | 16.0 | 79 | 5.33 |
| 60 | Northwestern | 3 | 17.0 | 61 | 5.67 |
| 60 | UAB | 2 | 17.0 | 70 | 8.50 |
| 60 | Texas | 3 | 17.0 | 74 | 5.67 |
| 60 | Mississippi State | 4 | 17.0 | 86 | 4.25 |
| 64 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 18.0 | 54 | 6.00 |
| 64 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 18.0 | 54 | 6.00 |
| 64 | Colorado | 2 | 18.0 | 68 | 9.00 |
| 64 | Navy | 2 | 18.0 | 77 | 9.00 |
| 64 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 18.0 | 82 | 6.00 |
| 64 | Duke | 3 | 18.0 | 87 | 6.00 |
| 64 | Maryland | 2 | 18.0 | 91 | 9.00 |
| 71 | Stanford | 4 | 19.0 | 66 | 4.75 |
| 71 | Southern Mississippi | 3 | 19.0 | 85 | 6.33 |
| 73 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 20.0 | 63 | 6.67 |
| 73 | Alabama | 5 | 20.0 | 78 | 4.00 |
| 73 | Oklahoma | 4 | 20.0 | 90 | 5.00 |
| 73 | Idaho | 3 | 20.0 | 96 | 6.67 |
| 77 | Arizona | 3 | 21.0 | 63 | 7.00 |
| 77 | Colorado State | 3 | 21.0 | 76 | 7.00 |
| 79 | Tennessee | 5 | 22.0 | 84 | 4.40 |
| 80 | Illinois | 3 | 23.0 | 88 | 7.67 |
| 80 | Clemson | 3 | 23.0 | 93 | 7.67 |
| 80 | West Virginia | 3 | 23.0 | 100 | 7.67 |
| 80 | Michigan State | 6 | 23.0 | 113 | 3.83 |
| 84 | USC | 3 | 24.0 | 103 | 8.00 |
| 84 | Iowa | 4 | 24.0 | 114 | 6.00 |
| 84 | Boston College | 4 | 24.0 | 121 | 6.00 |
| 87 | Texas A&M | 4 | 25.0 | 79 | 6.25 |
| 88 | Oregon | 3 | 26.0 | 83 | 8.67 |
| 89 | Georgia | 5 | 27.0 | 95 | 5.40 |
| 89 | Oregon State | 3 | 27.0 | 132 | 9.00 |
| 89 | BYU | 5 | 27.0 | 138 | 5.40 |
| 89 | San Jose State | 2 | 27.0 | 144 | 13.50 |
| 93 | Arkansas | 4 | 28.0 | 124 | 7.00 |
| 93 | California | 4 | 28.0 | 131 | 7.00 |
| 95 | Massachusetts | 3 | 29.0 | 121 | 9.67 |
| 95 | Wake Forest | 4 | 29.0 | 129 | 7.25 |
| 97 | Nebraska | 4 | 30.0 | 137 | 7.50 |
| 97 | Washington State | 3 | 30.0 | 154 | 10.00 |
| 99 | Kentucky | 5 | 31.0 | 114 | 6.20 |
| 100 | Washington | 5 | 32.0 | 113 | 6.40 |
| 100 | UCLA | 4 | 32.0 | 116 | 8.00 |
| 100 | Kansas | 4 | 32.0 | 136 | 8.00 |
| 103 | LSU | 5 | 34.0 | 141 | 6.80 |
| 104 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 35.0 | 166 | 8.75 |
| 105 | Michigan | 6 | 37.0 | 160 | 6.17 |
| 105 | Wisconsin | 6 | 37.0 | 178 | 6.17 |
| 107 | Missouri | 6 | 38.0 | 170 | 6.33 |
| 108 | South Carolina | 6 | 42.0 | 190 | 7.00 |
| 109 | Mississippi | 6 | 45.0 | 173 | 7.50 |
| 110 | Florida | 7 | 48.0 | 277 | 6.86 |
| 111 | Auburn | 6 | 51.0 | 183 | 8.50 |