2012 Big Ten 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 | Andrew Maxwell | Mich St | JR | QB | 6 | 232 | 119 | 51.3 | 1316 | 5.7 | 5 | 6 | 100.87 | 38.7 | 219.3 |
| 2 | Matthew McGloin | Penn State | SR | QB | 3 | 133 | 80 | 60.2 | 849 | 6.4 | 5 | 2 | 123.16 | 44.3 | 283.0 |
| 3 | James Vandenberg | Iowa | SR | QB | 4 | 121 | 75 | 62.0 | 616 | 5.1 | 2 | 2 | 106.88 | 30.3 | 154.0 |
| 4 | Taylor Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 4 | 115 | 72 | 62.6 | 926 | 8.1 | 7 | 6 | 139.91 | 28.8 | 231.5 |
| 5 | Devin Gardner | Michigan | JR | QB | 6 | 85 | 45 | 52.9 | 671 | 7.9 | 6 | 3 | 135.48 | 14.2 | 111.8 |
| 6 | Caleb TerBush | Purdue | SR | QB | 3 | 74 | 43 | 58.1 | 414 | 5.6 | 4 | 4 | 112.14 | 24.7 | 138.0 |
| 7 | Cameron Coffman | Indiana | SO | QB | 2 | 67 | 35 | 52.2 | 384 | 5.7 | 1 | 1 | 102.32 | 33.5 | 192.0 |
| 8 | Trevor Siemian | N'western | SO | QB | 3 | 58 | 31 | 53.4 | 294 | 5.1 | 4 | 0 | 118.79 | 19.3 | 98.0 |
| 9 | Curt Phillips | Wisconsin | SR | QB | 3 | 49 | 30 | 61.2 | 308 | 6.3 | 2 | 1 | 123.41 | 16.3 | 102.7 |
| 9 | Denard Robinson | Michigan | SR | QB | 5 | 62 | 30 | 48.4 | 393 | 6.3 | 1 | 6 | 87.61 | 12.4 | 78.6 |
| 9 | Nathan Scheelhaase | Illinois | JR | QB | 3 | 54 | 30 | 55.6 | 191 | 3.5 | 0 | 3 | 74.16 | 18.0 | 63.7 |
| 12 | Danny O'Brien | Wisconsin | JR | QB | 3 | 52 | 28 | 53.8 | 260 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 98.35 | 17.3 | 86.7 |
| 13 | Braxton Miller | Ohio State | SO | QB | 2 | 32 | 21 | 65.6 | 316 | 9.9 | 2 | 0 | 169.21 | 16.0 | 158.0 |
| 13 | Philip Nelson | Minnesota | FR | QB | 2 | 52 | 21 | 40.4 | 201 | 3.9 | 1 | 2 | 71.52 | 26.0 | 100.5 |
| 15 | Robert Marve | Purdue | SR | QB | 2 | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 162 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 118.88 | 13.0 | 81.0 |
| 15 | Kain Colter | N'western | JR | QB | 3 | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 143 | 4.6 | 1 | 0 | 101.01 | 10.3 | 47.7 |
| 17 | Nate Sudfeld | Indiana | FR | QB | 2 | 26 | 15 | 57.7 | 234 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 171.37 | 13.0 | 117.0 |
| 18 | Joel Stave | Wisconsin | FR | QB | 3 | 30 | 14 | 46.7 | 229 | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | 121.79 | 10.0 | 76.3 |
| 19 | Max Shortell | Minnesota | SO | QB | 2 | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 134 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 92.73 | 12.0 | 67.0 |
| 20 | Reilly O'Toole | Illinois | SO | QB | 2 | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 50 | 3.6 | 0 | 2 | 58.57 | 7.0 | 25.0 |
| 21 | MarQueis Gray | Minnesota | SR | QB | 3 | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 66 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 95.86 | 3.7 | 22.0 |
| 22 | Russell Bellomy | Michigan | FR | QB | 2 | 17 | 3 | 17.6 | 38 | 2.2 | 0 | 4 | -10.64 | 8.5 | 19.0 |
| 23 | Rob Henry | Purdue | JR | QB | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 137.80 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 24 | Jared Abbrederis | Wisconsin | JR | WR | 5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 326.80 | 0.2 | 5.4 |
| 24 | Peter Mortell | Minnesota | FR | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 142.00 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 24 | James White | Wisconsin | JR | RB | 6 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 227.60 | 0.3 | 0.5 |