2012 Big Ten Conference Leaders Rushing - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Hyde | Ohio State | JR | RB | 2 | 54 | 286 | 5.30 | 5 | 27.00 | 143.00 |
| 2 | Montee Ball | Wisconsin | SR | RB | 6 | 167 | 786 | 4.71 | 9 | 27.83 | 131.00 |
| 3 | Braxton Miller | Ohio State | SO | QB | 2 | 36 | 243 | 6.75 | 1 | 18.00 | 121.50 |
| 4 | Le'Veon Bell | Mich St | JR | RB | 6 | 174 | 721 | 4.14 | 4 | 29.00 | 120.17 |
| 5 | Venric Mark | N'western | JR | RB | 3 | 63 | 345 | 5.48 | 3 | 21.00 | 115.00 |
| 6 | Zach Zwinak | Penn State | SO | RB | 3 | 61 | 304 | 4.98 | 2 | 20.33 | 101.33 |
| 7 | Stephen Houston | Indiana | JR | RB | 2 | 22 | 182 | 8.27 | 3 | 11.00 | 91.00 |
| 8 | Rex Burkhead | Nebraska | SR | RB | 3 | 42 | 272 | 6.48 | 1 | 14.00 | 90.67 |
| 9 | Denard Robinson | Michigan | SR | QB | 5 | 79 | 385 | 4.87 | 2 | 15.80 | 77.00 |
| 10 | Ameer Abdullah | Nebraska | SO | RB | 4 | 57 | 278 | 4.88 | 3 | 14.25 | 69.50 |
| 11 | Kain Colter | N'western | JR | QB | 3 | 51 | 183 | 3.59 | 1 | 17.00 | 61.00 |
| 12 | Taylor Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 4 | 70 | 209 | 2.99 | 3 | 17.50 | 52.25 |
| 13 | Melvin Gordon | Wisconsin | FR | RB | 6 | 23 | 289 | 12.57 | 1 | 3.83 | 48.17 |
| 14 | Donnell Kirkwood | Minnesota | SO | RB | 3 | 41 | 142 | 3.46 | 0 | 13.67 | 47.33 |
| 15 | Donovonn Young | Illinois | SO | RB | 3 | 33 | 140 | 4.24 | 1 | 11.00 | 46.67 |
| 16 | Mark Weisman | Iowa | SO | RB | 4 | 56 | 183 | 3.27 | 0 | 14.00 | 45.75 |
| 17 | Akeem Shavers | Purdue | SR | RB | 3 | 29 | 101 | 3.48 | 0 | 9.67 | 33.67 |
| 18 | MarQueis Gray | Minnesota | SR | QB | 3 | 11 | 93 | 8.45 | 3 | 3.67 | 31.00 |
| 19 | Rodrick Williams Jr. | Minnesota | FR | RB | 3 | 19 | 82 | 4.32 | 0 | 6.33 | 27.33 |
| 20 | James White | Wisconsin | JR | RB | 6 | 36 | 163 | 4.53 | 4 | 6.00 | 27.17 |
| 21 | Nathan Scheelhaase | Illinois | JR | QB | 3 | 23 | 76 | 3.30 | 0 | 7.67 | 25.33 |
| 22 | D'Angelo Roberts | Indiana | SO | RB | 2 | 11 | 47 | 4.27 | 2 | 5.50 | 23.50 |
| 23 | Mike Trumpy | N'western | JR | RB | 3 | 14 | 67 | 4.79 | 1 | 4.67 | 22.33 |
| 24 | Rod Smith | Ohio State | SO | RB | 2 | 3 | 42 | 14.00 | 1 | 1.50 | 21.00 |
| 25 | Braylon Heard | Nebraska | SO | RB | 3 | 7 | 47 | 6.71 | 0 | 2.33 | 15.67 |
| 25 | Michael Zordich | Penn State | SR | RB | 3 | 14 | 47 | 3.36 | 1 | 4.67 | 15.67 |
| 27 | Greg Garmon | Iowa | FR | RB | 4 | 19 | 57 | 3.00 | 0 | 4.75 | 14.25 |
| 28 | Jon Davis | Illinois | SO | TE | 3 | 10 | 38 | 3.80 | 1 | 3.33 | 12.67 |
| 28 | Caleb TerBush | Purdue | SR | QB | 3 | 18 | 38 | 2.11 | 0 | 6.00 | 12.67 |
| 30 | Akeem Hunt | Purdue | SO | RB | 3 | 10 | 37 | 3.70 | 0 | 3.33 | 12.33 |
| 30 | Bill Belton | Penn State | SO | RB | 3 | 15 | 37 | 2.47 | 0 | 5.00 | 12.33 |
| 32 | Corey Brown | Ohio State | JR | WR | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.00 | 11.00 |
| 32 | Isaiah Roundtree | Indiana | SO | RB | 2 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 2.50 | 11.00 |
| 34 | Shane Wynn | Indiana | SO | WR | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.50 | 9.50 |
| 35 | Vincent Smith | Michigan | SR | RB | 6 | 28 | 45 | 1.61 | 0 | 4.67 | 7.50 |
| 36 | Devin Gardner | Michigan | JR | QB | 6 | 28 | 43 | 1.54 | 3 | 4.67 | 7.17 |
| 37 | Brandon Cottom | Purdue | SO | RB | 3 | 6 | 18 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.00 | 6.00 |
| 38 | Tevin Coleman | Indiana | FR | RB | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 2.50 | 5.50 |
| 39 | Trevor Siemian | N'western | SO | QB | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.00 | 5.33 |
| 40 | Nick Hill | Mich St | SO | RB | 6 | 5 | 31 | 6.20 | 0 | 0.83 | 5.17 |
| 41 | Jeremy Gallon | Michigan | JR | WR | 6 | 5 | 30 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.83 | 5.00 |
| 41 | Imani Cross | Nebraska | FR | RB | 4 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| 43 | Mike Sadler | Mich St | SO | P | 6 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 0.17 | 4.33 |
| 43 | Marcus Jones | Minnesota | SO | WR | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.00 | 4.33 |
| 45 | Gary Bush | Purdue | JR | WR | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.33 | 3.67 |
| 45 | Keith Mumphery | Mich St | SO | WR | 6 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 0.50 | 3.67 |
| 45 | Tim Riley | N'western | JR | RB | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.00 | 3.67 |
| 48 | Jared Abbrederis | Wisconsin | JR | WR | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.40 | 3.40 |
| 49 | Ben Buchanan | Ohio State | SR | P | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.50 | 3.00 |
| 49 | Nate Sudfeld | Indiana | FR | QB | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.50 | 3.00 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.