2012 National Leaders Rushing Offense - On 3rd Down through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | 12 | 156 | 825 | 5.29 | 7 | 37 | 74 | 27 | 9 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 13 | 100 | 793 | 7.93 | 14 | 72 | 51 | 28 | 14 |
| 3 | Air Force | 13 | 156 | 717 | 4.60 | 10 | 52 | 73 | 16 | 3 |
| 4 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 137 | 681 | 4.97 | 11 | 79 | 65 | 18 | 6 |
| 5 | San Diego State | 13 | 93 | 606 | 6.52 | 6 | 83 | 52 | 14 | 7 |
| 6 | New Mexico | 13 | 124 | 592 | 4.77 | 9 | 53 | 50 | 15 | 6 |
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 101 | 577 | 5.71 | 10 | 73 | 48 | 22 | 4 |
| 8 | Oregon | 13 | 109 | 571 | 5.24 | 7 | 42 | 50 | 17 | 5 |
| 9 | Rice | 13 | 116 | 490 | 4.22 | 7 | 44 | 54 | 18 | 4 |
| 10 | Northwestern | 13 | 100 | 482 | 4.82 | 7 | 39 | 52 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | Nevada | 13 | 93 | 463 | 4.98 | 5 | 42 | 48 | 19 | 6 |
| 12 | Syracuse | 13 | 86 | 453 | 5.27 | 5 | 55 | 48 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | SMU | 13 | 66 | 447 | 6.77 | 7 | 74 | 31 | 18 | 6 |
| 13 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 82 | 447 | 5.45 | 8 | 26 | 40 | 22 | 5 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 14 | 92 | 443 | 4.82 | 5 | 69 | 35 | 15 | 8 |
| 16 | Buffalo | 12 | 83 | 440 | 5.30 | 0 | 36 | 37 | 20 | 3 |
| 17 | Navy | 13 | 111 | 436 | 3.93 | 3 | 37 | 47 | 14 | 3 |
| 18 | Memphis | 12 | 102 | 416 | 4.08 | 4 | 46 | 40 | 17 | 5 |
| 19 | Nebraska | 14 | 90 | 409 | 4.54 | 6 | 76 | 43 | 13 | 6 |
| 20 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 65 | 396 | 6.09 | 3 | 60 | 33 | 12 | 3 |
| 21 | Tulsa | 14 | 96 | 374 | 3.90 | 5 | 67 | 42 | 9 | 3 |
| 22 | Cincinnati | 13 | 71 | 372 | 5.24 | 2 | 40 | 32 | 16 | 6 |
| 23 | Bowling Green | 13 | 69 | 370 | 5.36 | 4 | 34 | 36 | 10 | 7 |
| 24 | Arizona | 13 | 69 | 352 | 5.10 | 7 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 3 |
| 25 | Michigan | 13 | 81 | 351 | 4.33 | 6 | 63 | 43 | 10 | 3 |
| 26 | Iowa State | 13 | 63 | 349 | 5.54 | 2 | 56 | 33 | 11 | 6 |
| 27 | Arkansas State | 13 | 73 | 348 | 4.77 | 10 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 2 |
| 28 | Utah State | 13 | 69 | 347 | 5.03 | 6 | 86 | 26 | 9 | 7 |
| 29 | Houston | 12 | 53 | 341 | 6.43 | 5 | 86 | 27 | 11 | 5 |
| 30 | Ohio | 13 | 88 | 328 | 3.73 | 6 | 57 | 31 | 19 | 4 |
| 31 | Texas State | 12 | 62 | 325 | 5.24 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 12 | 5 |
| 32 | Kentucky | 12 | 70 | 324 | 4.63 | 2 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 4 |
| 32 | Texas Tech | 13 | 71 | 324 | 4.56 | 2 | 46 | 31 | 13 | 2 |
| 34 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 59 | 308 | 5.22 | 5 | 68 | 26 | 10 | 2 |
| 34 | Baylor | 13 | 88 | 308 | 3.50 | 1 | 34 | 39 | 10 | 2 |
| 36 | Stanford | 14 | 84 | 304 | 3.62 | 4 | 20 | 35 | 15 | 1 |
| 37 | South Alabama | 13 | 93 | 303 | 3.26 | 1 | 61 | 27 | 11 | 5 |
| 38 | South Carolina | 13 | 94 | 302 | 3.21 | 4 | 20 | 36 | 13 | 2 |
| 39 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 95 | 300 | 3.16 | 6 | 27 | 35 | 10 | 2 |
| 40 | UCF | 14 | 73 | 299 | 4.10 | 6 | 42 | 42 | 12 | 4 |
| 41 | Boise State | 13 | 71 | 298 | 4.20 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 2 |
| 41 | Notre Dame | 13 | 76 | 298 | 3.92 | 7 | 55 | 37 | 6 | 1 |
| 43 | Alabama | 14 | 71 | 284 | 4.00 | 5 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 2 |
| 44 | Georgia | 14 | 73 | 279 | 3.82 | 4 | 62 | 30 | 11 | 2 |
| 45 | Mississippi | 13 | 96 | 277 | 2.89 | 5 | 30 | 43 | 15 | 1 |
| 46 | Clemson | 13 | 89 | 274 | 3.08 | 6 | 26 | 46 | 14 | 2 |
| 47 | Kent State | 14 | 84 | 265 | 3.15 | 5 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 3 |
| 48 | Ball State | 13 | 74 | 262 | 3.54 | 4 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 3 |
| 49 | Arizona State | 13 | 91 | 261 | 2.87 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 1 |
| 50 | Fresno State | 13 | 78 | 258 | 3.31 | 3 | 51 | 32 | 12 | 2 |
| 51 | East Carolina | 13 | 77 | 256 | 3.32 | 3 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 2 |
| 52 | Temple | 11 | 70 | 254 | 3.63 | 7 | 56 | 21 | 12 | 4 |
| 53 | California | 12 | 62 | 251 | 4.05 | 1 | 68 | 21 | 7 | 3 |
| 53 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 66 | 251 | 3.80 | 5 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 1 |
| 53 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 72 | 251 | 3.49 | 2 | 38 | 39 | 7 | 2 |
| 56 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 62 | 249 | 4.02 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 3 |
| 57 | Florida State | 14 | 56 | 243 | 4.34 | 2 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 3 |
| 58 | Virginia | 12 | 59 | 240 | 4.07 | 4 | 49 | 24 | 11 | 2 |
| 59 | Iowa | 12 | 64 | 231 | 3.61 | 4 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 4 |
| 60 | Maryland | 12 | 75 | 229 | 3.05 | 3 | 71 | 19 | 9 | 4 |
| 61 | Florida | 13 | 88 | 228 | 2.59 | 0 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 3 |
| 62 | Rutgers | 13 | 66 | 224 | 3.39 | 1 | 64 | 19 | 4 | 1 |
| 63 | Ohio State | 12 | 77 | 222 | 2.88 | 6 | 55 | 36 | 11 | 3 |
| 64 | Troy | 12 | 67 | 219 | 3.27 | 7 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 2 |
| 64 | West Virginia | 13 | 76 | 219 | 2.88 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 1 |
| 66 | Marshall | 12 | 58 | 218 | 3.76 | 3 | 45 | 31 | 9 | 1 |
| 67 | Purdue | 13 | 62 | 217 | 3.50 | 1 | 87 | 24 | 10 | 2 |
| 67 | Michigan State | 13 | 68 | 217 | 3.19 | 4 | 40 | 28 | 4 | 3 |
| 69 | UNLV | 13 | 72 | 213 | 2.96 | 5 | 32 | 33 | 8 | 2 |
| 70 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 80 | 206 | 2.58 | 3 | 73 | 31 | 4 | 1 |
| 70 | Florida International | 12 | 80 | 206 | 2.58 | 3 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 0 |
| 72 | Louisville | 13 | 60 | 203 | 3.38 | 3 | 59 | 28 | 7 | 3 |
| 72 | Texas | 13 | 70 | 203 | 2.90 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 5 | 2 |
| 72 | Toledo | 13 | 73 | 203 | 2.78 | 0 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 0 |
| 72 | UCLA | 14 | 83 | 203 | 2.45 | 2 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 3 |
| 76 | Western Michigan | 12 | 58 | 199 | 3.43 | 2 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 3 |
| 77 | BYU | 13 | 78 | 198 | 2.54 | 1 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 1 |
| 78 | North Texas | 12 | 61 | 197 | 3.23 | 1 | 61 | 22 | 7 | 1 |
| 79 | North Carolina | 12 | 69 | 194 | 2.81 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 0 |
| 80 | Washington | 13 | 60 | 191 | 3.18 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 0 |
| 80 | South Florida | 12 | 62 | 191 | 3.08 | 3 | 26 | 36 | 10 | 2 |
| 80 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 76 | 191 | 2.51 | 1 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 0 |
| 83 | Arkansas | 12 | 56 | 190 | 3.39 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 0 |
| 84 | Kansas State | 13 | 75 | 186 | 2.48 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 0 |
| 85 | Mississippi State | 13 | 63 | 175 | 2.78 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 |
| 86 | Colorado State | 12 | 63 | 174 | 2.76 | 1 | 72 | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| 87 | UTEP | 12 | 68 | 173 | 2.54 | 0 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 1 |
| 88 | Kansas | 12 | 78 | 172 | 2.21 | 4 | 39 | 33 | 7 | 2 |
| 89 | USC | 12 | 49 | 171 | 3.49 | 1 | 62 | 15 | 10 | 2 |
| 90 | Utah | 12 | 74 | 169 | 2.28 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 0 |
| 91 | Minnesota | 13 | 67 | 164 | 2.45 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 2 |
| 92 | Central Michigan | 13 | 44 | 157 | 3.57 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 2 |
| 93 | LSU | 13 | 84 | 154 | 1.83 | 5 | 60 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| 94 | Indiana | 12 | 59 | 153 | 2.59 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 1 |
| 95 | Illinois | 12 | 72 | 151 | 2.10 | 2 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 3 |
| 96 | TCU | 13 | 66 | 149 | 2.26 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 2 |
| 97 | Wake Forest | 12 | 69 | 148 | 2.14 | 1 | 43 | 24 | 8 | 3 |
| 98 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 57 | 139 | 2.44 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 0 |
| 98 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 70 | 139 | 1.99 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 7 | 2 |
| 100 | Massachusetts | 12 | 74 | 138 | 1.86 | 2 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 1 |
| 101 | North Carolina State | 13 | 73 | 135 | 1.85 | 3 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 0 |
| 102 | Duke | 13 | 52 | 125 | 2.40 | 1 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 1 |
| 103 | Wyoming | 12 | 61 | 124 | 2.03 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 3 |
| 104 | UAB | 12 | 66 | 122 | 1.85 | 2 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 2 |
| 105 | UTSA | 10 | 44 | 119 | 2.70 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| 106 | San Jose State | 13 | 61 | 111 | 1.82 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 1 |
| 107 | Auburn | 12 | 73 | 109 | 1.49 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 5 | 1 |
| 108 | Penn State | 12 | 52 | 108 | 2.08 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 0 |
| 108 | Akron | 12 | 57 | 108 | 1.89 | 1 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 1 |
| 110 | Oklahoma | 13 | 45 | 100 | 2.22 | 3 | 55 | 22 | 4 | 1 |
| 111 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 43 | 99 | 2.30 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 111 | Idaho | 12 | 50 | 99 | 1.98 | 0 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 2 |
| 113 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 58 | 85 | 1.47 | 3 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 2 |
| 114 | Missouri | 12 | 71 | 82 | 1.15 | 2 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 1 |
| 115 | Tennessee | 12 | 39 | 75 | 1.92 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 116 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 67 | 71 | 1.06 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 0 |
| 117 | New Mexico State | 12 | 55 | 70 | 1.27 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 118 | Connecticut | 12 | 50 | 31 | 0.62 | 2 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 119 | Hawai'i | 12 | 59 | 24 | 0.41 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 120 | Tulane | 12 | 40 | 14 | 0.35 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 121 | Colorado | 12 | 61 | 12 | 0.20 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| 122 | Oregon State | 13 | 50 | -5 | -0.10 | 4 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 2 |
| 123 | Boston College | 12 | 49 | -21 | -0.43 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 124 | Washington State | 12 | 32 | -43 | -1.34 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||