2012 National Leaders Rushing Offense - On 1st Down through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston College | 12 | 176 | 684 | 3.89 | 5 | 99 | 23 | 24 | 6 |
| 2 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 245 | 1148 | 4.69 | 10 | 98 | 29 | 31 | 12 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 13 | 239 | 1164 | 4.87 | 17 | 89 | 41 | 42 | 5 |
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 301 | 1616 | 5.37 | 19 | 88 | 46 | 47 | 13 |
| 5 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 241 | 1153 | 4.78 | 9 | 86 | 30 | 30 | 10 |
| 5 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 232 | 994 | 4.28 | 8 | 86 | 30 | 31 | 6 |
| 5 | Auburn | 12 | 212 | 942 | 4.44 | 5 | 86 | 30 | 31 | 5 |
| 8 | North Texas | 12 | 251 | 1156 | 4.61 | 5 | 85 | 28 | 29 | 11 |
| 9 | Texas | 13 | 256 | 1356 | 5.30 | 13 | 84 | 35 | 37 | 10 |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 274 | 1641 | 5.99 | 28 | 83 | 45 | 45 | 12 |
| 10 | UCF | 14 | 281 | 1411 | 5.02 | 13 | 83 | 39 | 41 | 10 |
| 12 | San Diego State | 13 | 261 | 1188 | 4.55 | 11 | 82 | 30 | 31 | 8 |
| 13 | California | 12 | 247 | 1261 | 5.11 | 14 | 81 | 38 | 39 | 13 |
| 13 | Purdue | 13 | 231 | 1120 | 4.85 | 9 | 81 | 26 | 28 | 6 |
| 15 | Oregon | 13 | 307 | 1900 | 6.19 | 22 | 80 | 59 | 64 | 18 |
| 15 | Baylor | 13 | 299 | 1716 | 5.74 | 24 | 80 | 46 | 49 | 15 |
| 15 | Florida State | 14 | 273 | 1628 | 5.96 | 24 | 80 | 49 | 53 | 16 |
| 15 | Florida | 13 | 272 | 1435 | 5.28 | 13 | 80 | 44 | 46 | 14 |
| 15 | Boise State | 13 | 243 | 1163 | 4.79 | 9 | 80 | 35 | 35 | 7 |
| 15 | South Florida | 12 | 212 | 974 | 4.59 | 7 | 80 | 25 | 25 | 7 |
| 21 | LSU | 13 | 265 | 1432 | 5.40 | 18 | 78 | 32 | 33 | 12 |
| 21 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 265 | 1136 | 4.29 | 10 | 78 | 35 | 36 | 8 |
| 23 | Tulsa | 14 | 356 | 1923 | 5.40 | 14 | 77 | 48 | 52 | 15 |
| 23 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 259 | 1488 | 5.75 | 18 | 77 | 41 | 42 | 14 |
| 23 | Cincinnati | 13 | 252 | 1387 | 5.50 | 11 | 77 | 37 | 37 | 13 |
| 23 | Missouri | 12 | 213 | 986 | 4.63 | 7 | 77 | 24 | 27 | 9 |
| 27 | New Mexico | 13 | 314 | 1971 | 6.28 | 15 | 76 | 52 | 55 | 20 |
| 27 | Utah State | 13 | 239 | 1427 | 5.97 | 12 | 76 | 34 | 37 | 17 |
| 27 | USC | 13 | 195 | 1094 | 5.61 | 5 | 76 | 31 | 32 | 10 |
| 30 | Army | 12 | 346 | 2099 | 6.07 | 13 | 75 | 55 | 57 | 16 |
| 30 | Ball State | 13 | 263 | 1360 | 5.17 | 11 | 75 | 36 | 38 | 6 |
| 30 | Georgia | 14 | 260 | 1342 | 5.16 | 15 | 75 | 36 | 39 | 15 |
| 30 | Minnesota | 13 | 271 | 1081 | 3.99 | 8 | 75 | 31 | 32 | 4 |
| 34 | Kent State | 14 | 291 | 1657 | 5.69 | 16 | 74 | 41 | 44 | 18 |
| 34 | UCLA | 14 | 313 | 1657 | 5.29 | 17 | 74 | 49 | 50 | 16 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 14 | 344 | 1940 | 5.64 | 15 | 73 | 60 | 62 | 18 |
| 36 | Arizona | 13 | 292 | 1763 | 6.04 | 20 | 73 | 55 | 59 | 17 |
| 36 | Arkansas State | 13 | 295 | 1443 | 4.89 | 8 | 73 | 44 | 43 | 11 |
| 36 | Texas State | 12 | 200 | 1166 | 5.83 | 8 | 73 | 34 | 37 | 9 |
| 40 | Ohio State | 12 | 269 | 1495 | 5.56 | 21 | 72 | 45 | 47 | 11 |
| 40 | Northwestern | 13 | 274 | 1265 | 4.62 | 13 | 72 | 38 | 39 | 8 |
| 42 | UTEP | 12 | 229 | 1015 | 4.43 | 8 | 71 | 30 | 31 | 7 |
| 43 | West Virginia | 13 | 226 | 1216 | 5.38 | 4 | 70 | 38 | 40 | 13 |
| 43 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 218 | 1079 | 4.95 | 9 | 70 | 23 | 28 | 8 |
| 43 | Akron | 12 | 203 | 979 | 4.82 | 3 | 70 | 25 | 25 | 5 |
| 46 | Kansas | 12 | 262 | 1314 | 5.02 | 8 | 69 | 40 | 42 | 9 |
| 46 | Marshall | 12 | 249 | 1052 | 4.22 | 6 | 69 | 34 | 33 | 7 |
| 48 | Wisconsin | 14 | 330 | 1904 | 5.77 | 23 | 68 | 59 | 62 | 19 |
| 48 | North Carolina | 12 | 253 | 1389 | 5.49 | 17 | 68 | 41 | 45 | 9 |
| 48 | Notre Dame | 13 | 240 | 1284 | 5.35 | 10 | 68 | 30 | 33 | 13 |
| 48 | BYU | 13 | 260 | 1123 | 4.32 | 11 | 68 | 29 | 31 | 8 |
| 52 | Tennessee | 12 | 234 | 1319 | 5.64 | 9 | 67 | 34 | 34 | 10 |
| 52 | Syracuse | 13 | 276 | 1182 | 4.28 | 10 | 67 | 26 | 28 | 6 |
| 52 | Kentucky | 12 | 192 | 874 | 4.55 | 6 | 67 | 26 | 27 | 7 |
| 55 | Western Michigan | 12 | 189 | 880 | 4.66 | 8 | 66 | 20 | 20 | 6 |
| 56 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 187 | 922 | 4.93 | 12 | 65 | 18 | 21 | 6 |
| 57 | Rice | 13 | 288 | 1304 | 4.53 | 8 | 64 | 35 | 35 | 9 |
| 57 | South Carolina | 13 | 240 | 1073 | 4.47 | 9 | 64 | 33 | 36 | 10 |
| 57 | Colorado | 12 | 208 | 809 | 3.89 | 7 | 64 | 21 | 23 | 4 |
| 60 | Nevada | 13 | 362 | 2098 | 5.80 | 22 | 63 | 59 | 60 | 19 |
| 61 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 254 | 1395 | 5.49 | 13 | 62 | 48 | 49 | 9 |
| 61 | Mississippi | 13 | 269 | 1336 | 4.97 | 12 | 62 | 44 | 45 | 10 |
| 61 | UNLV | 13 | 217 | 869 | 4.00 | 5 | 62 | 17 | 17 | 3 |
| 64 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 349 | 1833 | 5.25 | 16 | 60 | 44 | 46 | 14 |
| 64 | Mississippi State | 13 | 212 | 1013 | 4.78 | 9 | 60 | 27 | 27 | 9 |
| 66 | Texas A&M | 13 | 255 | 1522 | 5.97 | 17 | 59 | 38 | 38 | 17 |
| 66 | Michigan | 13 | 251 | 1257 | 5.01 | 10 | 59 | 28 | 30 | 10 |
| 66 | Indiana | 12 | 205 | 960 | 4.68 | 10 | 59 | 19 | 21 | 6 |
| 69 | Clemson | 13 | 297 | 1254 | 4.22 | 8 | 58 | 36 | 38 | 11 |
| 69 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 236 | 970 | 4.11 | 4 | 58 | 32 | 32 | 3 |
| 69 | Duke | 13 | 240 | 966 | 4.03 | 8 | 58 | 26 | 26 | 3 |
| 72 | Stanford | 14 | 291 | 1281 | 4.40 | 12 | 55 | 30 | 32 | 6 |
| 72 | Troy | 12 | 223 | 1029 | 4.61 | 10 | 55 | 26 | 27 | 7 |
| 72 | Bowling Green | 13 | 207 | 882 | 4.26 | 10 | 55 | 27 | 28 | 6 |
| 75 | TCU | 13 | 247 | 1071 | 4.34 | 9 | 54 | 31 | 33 | 7 |
| 75 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 221 | 941 | 4.26 | 9 | 54 | 26 | 26 | 8 |
| 77 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 264 | 1175 | 4.45 | 9 | 53 | 35 | 37 | 10 |
| 77 | Oregon State | 13 | 247 | 978 | 3.96 | 13 | 53 | 32 | 30 | 7 |
| 77 | Texas Tech | 13 | 183 | 869 | 4.75 | 8 | 53 | 28 | 29 | 7 |
| 77 | Houston | 12 | 188 | 827 | 4.40 | 7 | 53 | 19 | 20 | 7 |
| 81 | Illinois | 12 | 219 | 944 | 4.31 | 6 | 52 | 25 | 28 | 3 |
| 82 | New Mexico State | 12 | 204 | 799 | 3.92 | 2 | 51 | 22 | 23 | 5 |
| 83 | Penn State | 12 | 248 | 951 | 3.83 | 9 | 50 | 13 | 14 | 2 |
| 84 | Toledo | 13 | 252 | 1200 | 4.76 | 9 | 49 | 33 | 34 | 9 |
| 84 | Buffalo | 12 | 239 | 1101 | 4.61 | 9 | 49 | 29 | 31 | 9 |
| 86 | Central Michigan | 13 | 229 | 1083 | 4.73 | 11 | 48 | 33 | 35 | 9 |
| 87 | Louisville | 13 | 250 | 856 | 3.42 | 14 | 47 | 32 | 32 | 5 |
| 88 | Navy | 13 | 322 | 1708 | 5.30 | 15 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 9 |
| 88 | Kansas State | 13 | 273 | 1385 | 5.07 | 16 | 46 | 48 | 47 | 11 |
| 88 | Rutgers | 13 | 226 | 836 | 3.70 | 2 | 46 | 19 | 20 | 8 |
| 88 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 194 | 759 | 3.91 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 21 | 7 |
| 92 | San Jose State | 13 | 235 | 806 | 3.43 | 6 | 45 | 22 | 23 | 7 |
| 93 | Air Force | 13 | 346 | 1803 | 5.21 | 12 | 44 | 51 | 52 | 13 |
| 93 | Iowa State | 13 | 235 | 910 | 3.87 | 5 | 44 | 30 | 31 | 4 |
| 93 | Florida International | 12 | 231 | 906 | 3.92 | 7 | 44 | 24 | 25 | 10 |
| 93 | Washington | 13 | 231 | 889 | 3.85 | 7 | 44 | 25 | 26 | 4 |
| 93 | Iowa | 12 | 191 | 676 | 3.54 | 6 | 44 | 20 | 20 | 5 |
| 93 | Maryland | 12 | 234 | 636 | 2.72 | 3 | 44 | 17 | 18 | 2 |
| 99 | Alabama | 14 | 280 | 1525 | 5.45 | 14 | 43 | 46 | 49 | 12 |
| 99 | Temple | 11 | 232 | 1157 | 4.99 | 8 | 43 | 37 | 39 | 11 |
| 99 | North Carolina State | 13 | 231 | 806 | 3.49 | 6 | 43 | 21 | 22 | 4 |
| 102 | Ohio | 13 | 300 | 1277 | 4.26 | 8 | 40 | 39 | 43 | 12 |
| 102 | Michigan State | 13 | 244 | 962 | 3.94 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 20 | 7 |
| 102 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 170 | 583 | 3.43 | 1 | 40 | 23 | 22 | 4 |
| 102 | Washington State | 12 | 139 | 320 | 2.30 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 13 | 2 |
| 106 | Arizona State | 13 | 316 | 1653 | 5.23 | 12 | 39 | 56 | 57 | 13 |
| 106 | Fresno State | 13 | 217 | 924 | 4.26 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 27 | 3 |
| 106 | Connecticut | 12 | 230 | 604 | 2.63 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| 109 | East Carolina | 13 | 236 | 964 | 4.08 | 9 | 37 | 28 | 28 | 3 |
| 109 | Colorado State | 12 | 183 | 832 | 4.55 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 26 | 6 |
| 111 | UTSA | 10 | 184 | 782 | 4.25 | 8 | 36 | 19 | 19 | 6 |
| 111 | Memphis | 12 | 222 | 780 | 3.51 | 11 | 36 | 21 | 21 | 3 |
| 113 | Hawai'i | 12 | 197 | 587 | 2.98 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 13 | 4 |
| 114 | Idaho | 12 | 177 | 586 | 3.31 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 11 | 5 |
| 114 | Wake Forest | 12 | 168 | 515 | 3.07 | 7 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 2 |
| 116 | SMU | 13 | 192 | 763 | 3.97 | 8 | 33 | 18 | 20 | 5 |
| 117 | Utah | 12 | 199 | 754 | 3.79 | 11 | 32 | 19 | 19 | 5 |
| 117 | Tulane | 12 | 146 | 360 | 2.47 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| 119 | Wyoming | 12 | 232 | 782 | 3.37 | 2 | 31 | 23 | 25 | 2 |
| 120 | Virginia | 12 | 217 | 741 | 3.41 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 5 |
| 120 | UAB | 12 | 190 | 603 | 3.17 | 8 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 3 |
| 122 | Arkansas | 12 | 187 | 744 | 3.98 | 10 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 4 |
| 123 | Massachusetts | 12 | 185 | 524 | 2.83 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 2 |
| 124 | South Alabama | 13 | 227 | 635 | 2.80 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 2 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||