2012 National Leaders Rushing Offense - In All Plays through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | 12 | 806 | 4438 | 5.51 | 32 | 75 | 236 | 133 | 33 |
| 2 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 808 | 4357 | 5.39 | 48 | 79 | 229 | 116 | 41 |
| 3 | Air Force | 13 | 804 | 4111 | 5.11 | 39 | 63 | 224 | 111 | 29 |
| 4 | Oregon | 13 | 686 | 4098 | 5.97 | 48 | 86 | 204 | 128 | 43 |
| 5 | New Mexico | 13 | 688 | 3916 | 5.69 | 34 | 76 | 192 | 110 | 37 |
| 6 | Navy | 13 | 700 | 3620 | 5.17 | 28 | 72 | 209 | 114 | 27 |
| 7 | Nebraska | 14 | 662 | 3547 | 5.36 | 33 | 92 | 180 | 110 | 35 |
| 8 | Nevada | 13 | 674 | 3523 | 5.23 | 41 | 63 | 189 | 106 | 30 |
| 9 | Tulsa | 14 | 689 | 3440 | 4.99 | 41 | 81 | 171 | 92 | 26 |
| 10 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 613 | 3335 | 5.44 | 44 | 88 | 163 | 102 | 27 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 14 | 635 | 3309 | 5.21 | 38 | 69 | 157 | 108 | 36 |
| 12 | Alabama | 14 | 570 | 3185 | 5.59 | 37 | 73 | 160 | 107 | 27 |
| 13 | Kent State | 14 | 584 | 3161 | 5.41 | 36 | 87 | 139 | 92 | 35 |
| 14 | Texas A&M | 13 | 533 | 3147 | 5.90 | 46 | 72 | 149 | 90 | 40 |
| 15 | Baylor | 13 | 597 | 3012 | 5.05 | 38 | 80 | 169 | 91 | 25 |
| 16 | Arizona | 13 | 544 | 2961 | 5.44 | 33 | 73 | 168 | 98 | 25 |
| 17 | Northwestern | 13 | 595 | 2932 | 4.93 | 31 | 80 | 161 | 88 | 27 |
| 18 | Ohio State | 12 | 559 | 2907 | 5.20 | 37 | 72 | 156 | 99 | 26 |
| 19 | Florida State | 14 | 513 | 2882 | 5.62 | 40 | 80 | 145 | 99 | 28 |
| 20 | San Diego State | 13 | 578 | 2869 | 4.96 | 30 | 83 | 150 | 85 | 22 |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 519 | 2799 | 5.39 | 35 | 69 | 149 | 97 | 24 |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 521 | 2726 | 5.23 | 47 | 83 | 139 | 81 | 19 |
| 23 | Arkansas State | 13 | 540 | 2700 | 5.00 | 31 | 73 | 159 | 87 | 17 |
| 24 | UCLA | 14 | 599 | 2671 | 4.46 | 29 | 78 | 130 | 88 | 28 |
| 25 | Arizona State | 13 | 599 | 2669 | 4.46 | 27 | 52 | 146 | 92 | 17 |
| 26 | Utah State | 13 | 473 | 2653 | 5.61 | 30 | 86 | 112 | 68 | 33 |
| 27 | Ohio | 13 | 596 | 2643 | 4.43 | 24 | 58 | 134 | 93 | 22 |
| 28 | Ball State | 13 | 543 | 2642 | 4.87 | 24 | 75 | 151 | 76 | 15 |
| 29 | Rice | 13 | 625 | 2623 | 4.20 | 26 | 64 | 147 | 75 | 20 |
| 30 | Cincinnati | 13 | 492 | 2619 | 5.32 | 25 | 77 | 124 | 84 | 28 |
| 31 | Georgia | 14 | 525 | 2556 | 4.87 | 32 | 75 | 124 | 78 | 27 |
| 32 | UCF | 14 | 527 | 2545 | 4.83 | 33 | 83 | 145 | 75 | 24 |
| 33 | Kansas | 12 | 558 | 2540 | 4.55 | 19 | 69 | 138 | 80 | 17 |
| 34 | Kansas State | 13 | 526 | 2522 | 4.79 | 42 | 95 | 139 | 86 | 17 |
| 35 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 480 | 2515 | 5.24 | 33 | 77 | 116 | 82 | 18 |
| 36 | Toledo | 13 | 521 | 2512 | 4.82 | 21 | 53 | 133 | 77 | 17 |
| 37 | Clemson | 13 | 588 | 2489 | 4.23 | 26 | 68 | 148 | 85 | 21 |
| 38 | Notre Dame | 13 | 506 | 2462 | 4.87 | 23 | 68 | 127 | 63 | 19 |
| 39 | Florida | 13 | 539 | 2440 | 4.53 | 22 | 80 | 129 | 90 | 24 |
| 39 | Stanford | 14 | 549 | 2440 | 4.44 | 23 | 59 | 113 | 71 | 12 |
| 41 | Syracuse | 13 | 555 | 2431 | 4.38 | 21 | 67 | 133 | 62 | 14 |
| 42 | Michigan | 13 | 502 | 2389 | 4.76 | 27 | 79 | 112 | 62 | 21 |
| 43 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 506 | 2367 | 4.68 | 21 | 53 | 120 | 73 | 25 |
| 44 | North Carolina | 12 | 457 | 2326 | 5.09 | 28 | 68 | 117 | 70 | 16 |
| 45 | Texas | 13 | 493 | 2270 | 4.60 | 33 | 84 | 120 | 68 | 17 |
| 46 | Mississippi | 13 | 553 | 2262 | 4.09 | 25 | 62 | 138 | 86 | 14 |
| 47 | LSU | 13 | 527 | 2258 | 4.28 | 29 | 78 | 120 | 55 | 15 |
| 48 | West Virginia | 13 | 469 | 2222 | 4.74 | 21 | 74 | 119 | 85 | 18 |
| 49 | Temple | 11 | 468 | 2213 | 4.73 | 21 | 60 | 104 | 83 | 23 |
| 50 | California | 12 | 451 | 2196 | 4.87 | 18 | 81 | 102 | 69 | 23 |
| 51 | Boise State | 13 | 478 | 2186 | 4.57 | 25 | 80 | 112 | 71 | 16 |
| 52 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 524 | 2162 | 4.13 | 25 | 90 | 114 | 63 | 16 |
| 53 | Texas State | 12 | 413 | 2152 | 5.21 | 24 | 75 | 97 | 67 | 20 |
| 54 | Purdue | 13 | 475 | 2135 | 4.49 | 16 | 87 | 104 | 63 | 14 |
| 55 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 468 | 2120 | 4.53 | 19 | 98 | 118 | 58 | 16 |
| 55 | Buffalo | 12 | 486 | 2120 | 4.36 | 13 | 49 | 106 | 70 | 15 |
| 57 | Oklahoma | 13 | 434 | 2103 | 4.85 | 30 | 95 | 115 | 66 | 10 |
| 58 | North Texas | 12 | 478 | 2077 | 4.35 | 17 | 85 | 107 | 57 | 17 |
| 59 | Marshall | 12 | 480 | 2030 | 4.23 | 24 | 69 | 117 | 62 | 14 |
| 60 | Troy | 12 | 457 | 2007 | 4.39 | 22 | 55 | 112 | 63 | 14 |
| 61 | Bowling Green | 13 | 453 | 1994 | 4.40 | 19 | 55 | 114 | 56 | 18 |
| 62 | BYU | 13 | 505 | 1991 | 3.94 | 22 | 68 | 122 | 62 | 13 |
| 63 | TCU | 13 | 512 | 1977 | 3.86 | 13 | 54 | 105 | 67 | 16 |
| 64 | Fresno State | 13 | 471 | 1975 | 4.19 | 19 | 94 | 111 | 66 | 11 |
| 64 | Minnesota | 13 | 517 | 1975 | 3.82 | 14 | 75 | 104 | 60 | 9 |
| 66 | USC | 13 | 392 | 1958 | 4.99 | 12 | 76 | 92 | 67 | 19 |
| 67 | Central Michigan | 13 | 415 | 1952 | 4.70 | 22 | 72 | 105 | 61 | 18 |
| 68 | Iowa State | 13 | 465 | 1951 | 4.20 | 10 | 56 | 113 | 68 | 13 |
| 69 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 448 | 1950 | 4.35 | 13 | 70 | 99 | 59 | 16 |
| 70 | Michigan State | 13 | 492 | 1942 | 3.95 | 13 | 40 | 94 | 42 | 16 |
| 71 | UNLV | 13 | 452 | 1938 | 4.29 | 16 | 76 | 97 | 46 | 13 |
| 72 | Tennessee | 12 | 413 | 1924 | 4.66 | 18 | 67 | 94 | 51 | 13 |
| 73 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 507 | 1896 | 3.74 | 18 | 86 | 109 | 58 | 12 |
| 74 | Mississippi State | 13 | 424 | 1874 | 4.42 | 18 | 64 | 95 | 55 | 16 |
| 75 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 478 | 1857 | 3.88 | 17 | 58 | 108 | 68 | 10 |
| 76 | Washington | 13 | 466 | 1851 | 3.97 | 19 | 61 | 98 | 60 | 12 |
| 77 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 450 | 1847 | 4.10 | 24 | 58 | 94 | 55 | 16 |
| 78 | South Florida | 12 | 426 | 1824 | 4.28 | 14 | 80 | 110 | 56 | 13 |
| 79 | Memphis | 12 | 489 | 1821 | 3.72 | 18 | 46 | 112 | 54 | 12 |
| 80 | Texas Tech | 13 | 399 | 1819 | 4.56 | 15 | 53 | 114 | 68 | 12 |
| 81 | Houston | 12 | 393 | 1809 | 4.60 | 18 | 86 | 92 | 48 | 18 |
| 82 | South Carolina | 13 | 491 | 1800 | 3.67 | 19 | 64 | 103 | 62 | 14 |
| 83 | Western Michigan | 12 | 404 | 1794 | 4.44 | 17 | 66 | 101 | 53 | 15 |
| 84 | UTEP | 12 | 455 | 1782 | 3.92 | 13 | 71 | 95 | 58 | 11 |
| 85 | Auburn | 12 | 438 | 1781 | 4.07 | 16 | 86 | 95 | 64 | 14 |
| 86 | East Carolina | 13 | 459 | 1760 | 3.83 | 23 | 39 | 104 | 59 | 9 |
| 87 | Florida International | 12 | 489 | 1744 | 3.57 | 20 | 59 | 104 | 57 | 17 |
| 88 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 371 | 1737 | 4.68 | 19 | 65 | 75 | 49 | 11 |
| 89 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 489 | 1730 | 3.54 | 19 | 78 | 91 | 61 | 12 |
| 90 | Penn State | 12 | 475 | 1727 | 3.64 | 18 | 50 | 91 | 38 | 7 |
| 91 | SMU | 13 | 400 | 1716 | 4.29 | 22 | 74 | 92 | 54 | 16 |
| 92 | Kentucky | 12 | 403 | 1665 | 4.13 | 13 | 67 | 91 | 59 | 14 |
| 93 | Missouri | 12 | 453 | 1662 | 3.67 | 16 | 77 | 95 | 53 | 15 |
| 94 | Duke | 13 | 439 | 1628 | 3.71 | 18 | 58 | 92 | 48 | 6 |
| 95 | Oregon State | 13 | 442 | 1617 | 3.66 | 26 | 53 | 101 | 56 | 11 |
| 96 | South Alabama | 13 | 489 | 1606 | 3.28 | 10 | 61 | 97 | 46 | 10 |
| 97 | Utah | 12 | 446 | 1605 | 3.60 | 17 | 47 | 92 | 44 | 9 |
| 98 | Louisville | 13 | 462 | 1595 | 3.45 | 23 | 59 | 106 | 60 | 10 |
| 99 | Rutgers | 13 | 431 | 1578 | 3.66 | 6 | 64 | 71 | 38 | 12 |
| 100 | Indiana | 12 | 398 | 1560 | 3.92 | 21 | 59 | 84 | 39 | 8 |
| 101 | Colorado State | 12 | 399 | 1546 | 3.87 | 12 | 72 | 84 | 46 | 10 |
| 102 | Virginia | 12 | 417 | 1542 | 3.70 | 10 | 49 | 95 | 50 | 10 |
| 103 | Illinois | 12 | 443 | 1534 | 3.46 | 12 | 52 | 87 | 46 | 8 |
| 104 | UTSA | 10 | 351 | 1504 | 4.28 | 13 | 50 | 77 | 44 | 14 |
| 105 | Wyoming | 12 | 441 | 1492 | 3.38 | 13 | 66 | 95 | 48 | 8 |
| 106 | Iowa | 12 | 404 | 1476 | 3.65 | 15 | 44 | 96 | 42 | 12 |
| 107 | San Jose State | 13 | 446 | 1475 | 3.31 | 17 | 63 | 79 | 45 | 12 |
| 108 | North Carolina State | 13 | 471 | 1444 | 3.07 | 12 | 43 | 96 | 43 | 6 |
| 109 | Arkansas | 12 | 367 | 1424 | 3.88 | 12 | 32 | 88 | 45 | 9 |
| 110 | Akron | 12 | 365 | 1373 | 3.76 | 9 | 70 | 80 | 45 | 8 |
| 111 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 410 | 1327 | 3.24 | 12 | 46 | 78 | 36 | 10 |
| 112 | UAB | 12 | 416 | 1323 | 3.18 | 19 | 39 | 93 | 58 | 9 |
| 113 | Colorado | 12 | 426 | 1318 | 3.09 | 16 | 84 | 71 | 42 | 9 |
| 114 | Hawai'i | 12 | 439 | 1303 | 2.97 | 12 | 36 | 73 | 40 | 13 |
| 115 | Maryland | 12 | 472 | 1236 | 2.62 | 11 | 71 | 72 | 40 | 6 |
| 116 | Wake Forest | 12 | 402 | 1206 | 3.00 | 15 | 63 | 78 | 31 | 8 |
| 117 | New Mexico State | 12 | 389 | 1171 | 3.01 | 11 | 51 | 72 | 36 | 6 |
| 118 | Massachusetts | 12 | 410 | 1099 | 2.68 | 8 | 32 | 69 | 40 | 6 |
| 119 | Boston College | 12 | 345 | 1091 | 3.16 | 7 | 99 | 66 | 47 | 8 |
| 120 | Idaho | 12 | 350 | 1056 | 3.02 | 3 | 34 | 63 | 27 | 11 |
| 121 | Connecticut | 12 | 419 | 1055 | 2.52 | 10 | 50 | 48 | 30 | 8 |
| 122 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 339 | 1039 | 3.06 | 7 | 40 | 68 | 46 | 6 |
| 123 | Tulane | 12 | 280 | 475 | 1.70 | 3 | 32 | 44 | 17 | 1 |
| 124 | Washington State | 12 | 252 | 349 | 1.38 | 6 | 40 | 40 | 23 | 4 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||