2012 Mountain West Conference Leaders Passing - Games in October Only 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 | 4 | 174 | 117 | 67.2 | 1167 | 6.7 | 12 | 2 | 144.04 | 43.5 | 291.8 |
| 2 | Cody Fajardo | Nevada | SO | QB | 3 | 93 | 63 | 67.7 | 736 | 7.9 | 6 | 2 | 151.21 | 31.0 | 245.3 |
| 3 | Nick Sherry | UNLV | FR | QB | 4 | 141 | 74 | 52.5 | 851 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 111.54 | 35.3 | 212.8 |
| 4 | Sean Schroeder | Hawai'i | JR | QB | 3 | 116 | 53 | 45.7 | 584 | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 91.34 | 38.7 | 194.7 |
| 5 | Brett Smith | Wyoming | SO | QB | 3 | 107 | 63 | 58.9 | 571 | 5.3 | 5 | 2 | 115.38 | 35.7 | 190.3 |
| 6 | Joe Southwick | Boise St | JR | QB | 4 | 107 | 71 | 66.4 | 749 | 7.0 | 4 | 4 | 130.02 | 26.8 | 187.3 |
| 7 | Ryan Katz | SDSU | SR | QB | 3 | 55 | 34 | 61.8 | 391 | 7.1 | 4 | 0 | 145.54 | 18.3 | 130.3 |
| 8 | Adam Dingwell | SDSU | SO | QB | 4 | 53 | 29 | 54.7 | 436 | 8.2 | 5 | 1 | 151.18 | 13.3 | 109.0 |
| 9 | Connor Dietz | Air Force | SR | QB | 4 | 32 | 25 | 78.1 | 431 | 13.5 | 5 | 0 | 242.83 | 8.0 | 107.8 |
| 10 | M.J. McPeek | CSU | SR | QB | 3 | 42 | 21 | 50.0 | 241 | 5.7 | 2 | 1 | 109.15 | 14.0 | 80.3 |
| 11 | Jason Thompson | Wyoming | FR | QB | 4 | 49 | 26 | 53.1 | 217 | 4.4 | 1 | 1 | 92.92 | 12.3 | 54.3 |
| 12 | B.R. Holbrook | New Mexico | SR | QB | 4 | 34 | 15 | 44.1 | 174 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 81.23 | 8.5 | 43.5 |
| 13 | Dontae Strickland | Air Force | SR | WR | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 54 | 54.0 | 1 | 0 | 883.60 | 0.3 | 13.5 |
| 14 | Grant Hedrick | Boise St | SO | QB | 4 | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 51 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 112.84 | 2.5 | 12.8 |
| 15 | Kale Pearson | Air Force | SO | QB | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 108.80 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 16 | Cole Gautsche | New Mexico | FR | QB | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 192.40 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| 17 | Pete Kontodiakos | CSU | SR | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 116.80 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 18 | Chris Potter | Boise St | SR | WR | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 108.40 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 19 | Greg Watson | Fresno St | SO | QB | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Ty MacArthur | Air Force | JR | WR | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 19 | David Baska | Air Force | JR | DB | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -200.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.