2012 Mountain West Conference Leaders Passing - Games vs. Ranked 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 | Derek Carr | Fresno St | JR | QB | 2 | 90 | 58 | 64.4 | 500 | 5.6 | 2 | 1 | 116.22 | 45.0 | 250.0 |
| 2 | Brett Smith | Wyoming | SO | QB | 2 | 63 | 40 | 63.5 | 492 | 7.8 | 2 | 2 | 133.22 | 31.5 | 246.0 |
| 3 | Cody Fajardo | Nevada | SO | QB | 1 | 20 | 14 | 70.0 | 203 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 155.26 | 20.0 | 203.0 |
| 4 | Jeremy Higgins | Hawai'i | SO | QB | 1 | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 154 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 129.05 | 17.0 | 154.0 |
| 5 | Nick Sherry | UNLV | FR | QB | 2 | 70 | 32 | 45.7 | 259 | 3.7 | 1 | 3 | 72.94 | 35.0 | 129.5 |
| 6 | Connor Dietz | Air Force | SR | QB | 1 | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 127 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 108.78 | 19.0 | 127.0 |
| 7 | Sean Schroeder | Hawai'i | JR | QB | 1 | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 100 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | 86.31 | 19.0 | 100.0 |
| 8 | Adam Dingwell | SDSU | SO | QB | 2 | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 105 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | 94.10 | 10.0 | 52.5 |
| 9 | B.R. Holbrook | New Mexico | SR | QB | 2 | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 76 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 91.92 | 10.0 | 38.0 |
| 10 | M.J. McPeek | CSU | SR | QB | 3 | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 19 | 2.1 | 0 | 2 | 17.73 | 3.0 | 6.3 |
| 11 | Cole Gautsche | New Mexico | FR | QB | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -50.00 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.