2012 Conference USA Leaders Passing - Games in August/September Only 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 | 5 | 268 | 187 | 69.8 | 1920 | 7.2 | 15 | 5 | 144.70 | 53.6 | 384.0 |
| 2 | Blake Bortles | UCF | SO | QB | 4 | 130 | 87 | 66.9 | 935 | 7.2 | 9 | 5 | 142.49 | 32.5 | 233.8 |
| 3 | Austin Brown | UAB | FR | QB | 4 | 69 | 45 | 65.2 | 562 | 8.1 | 3 | 2 | 142.19 | 17.3 | 140.5 |
| 4 | Taylor McHargue | Rice | JR | QB | 4 | 133 | 81 | 60.9 | 927 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 133.81 | 33.3 | 231.8 |
| 4 | Shane Carden | ECU | SO | QB | 5 | 115 | 70 | 60.9 | 693 | 6.0 | 3 | 4 | 113.14 | 23.0 | 138.6 |
| 6 | Jacob Karam | Memphis | JR | QB | 4 | 111 | 65 | 58.6 | 717 | 6.5 | 5 | 1 | 125.89 | 27.8 | 179.3 |
| 7 | David Piland | Houston | SO | QB | 4 | 224 | 124 | 55.4 | 1401 | 6.3 | 7 | 7 | 111.95 | 56.0 | 350.3 |
| 8 | Jonathan Perry | UAB | JR | QB | 3 | 78 | 42 | 53.8 | 599 | 7.7 | 2 | 1 | 124.25 | 26.0 | 199.7 |
| 9 | Nick Lamaison | UTEP | SR | QB | 5 | 154 | 79 | 51.3 | 954 | 6.2 | 8 | 3 | 116.58 | 30.8 | 190.8 |
| 10 | Cody Green | Tulsa | JR | QB | 5 | 166 | 85 | 51.2 | 1041 | 6.3 | 9 | 6 | 114.55 | 33.2 | 208.2 |
| 11 | Garrett Gilbert | SMU | JR | QB | 4 | 184 | 91 | 49.5 | 884 | 4.8 | 4 | 9 | 87.20 | 46.0 | 221.0 |
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.