2012 Conference USA Leaders Passing - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakeem Cato | Marshall | SO | QB | 12 | 584 | 406 | 69.5 | 4201 | 7.2 | 37 | 11 | 147.08 | 48.7 | 350.1 |
| 2 | Shane Carden | ECU | SO | QB | 12 | 395 | 261 | 66.1 | 2976 | 7.5 | 22 | 9 | 143.19 | 32.9 | 248.0 |
| 3 | Jacob Karam | Memphis | JR | QB | 12 | 274 | 176 | 64.2 | 1895 | 6.9 | 14 | 3 | 136.99 | 22.8 | 157.9 |
| 4 | Blake Bortles | UCF | SO | QB | 13 | 358 | 226 | 63.1 | 2810 | 7.8 | 23 | 4 | 148.03 | 27.5 | 216.2 |
| 5 | Ryan Griffin | Tulane | SR | QB | 9 | 394 | 245 | 62.2 | 2771 | 7.0 | 20 | 11 | 132.43 | 43.8 | 307.9 |
| 6 | Taylor McHargue | Rice | JR | QB | 12 | 325 | 194 | 59.7 | 2209 | 6.8 | 12 | 5 | 125.88 | 27.1 | 184.1 |
| 7 | David Piland | Houston | SO | QB | 11 | 448 | 256 | 57.1 | 2929 | 6.5 | 16 | 12 | 118.48 | 40.7 | 266.3 |
| 7 | Austin Brown | UAB | FR | QB | 10 | 317 | 181 | 57.1 | 2456 | 7.7 | 15 | 11 | 130.86 | 31.7 | 245.6 |
| 9 | Cody Green | Tulsa | JR | QB | 13 | 419 | 228 | 54.4 | 2592 | 6.2 | 17 | 11 | 114.52 | 32.2 | 199.4 |
| 10 | Garrett Gilbert | SMU | JR | QB | 12 | 457 | 245 | 53.6 | 2729 | 6.0 | 15 | 14 | 108.47 | 38.1 | 227.4 |
| 11 | Nick Lamaison | UTEP | SR | QB | 9 | 229 | 120 | 52.4 | 1647 | 7.2 | 12 | 9 | 122.24 | 25.4 | 183.0 |
| 12 | Anthony Alford | USM | FR | QB | 7 | 107 | 49 | 45.8 | 558 | 5.2 | 2 | 4 | 88.29 | 15.3 | 79.7 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 15.0 pass attempts per game played.