2012 National Leaders Rushing Offense - On 3rd Down, 1-3 Yards To Go through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Force | 13 | 70 | 316 | 4.51 | 6 | 52 | 47 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Army | 12 | 68 | 305 | 4.49 | 6 | 37 | 46 | 8 | 3 |
| 3 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 63 | 283 | 4.49 | 6 | 43 | 44 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Tulsa | 12 | 56 | 317 | 5.66 | 4 | 67 | 38 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | Syracuse | 13 | 55 | 301 | 5.47 | 5 | 55 | 38 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | Navy | 13 | 55 | 216 | 3.93 | 2 | 37 | 33 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Rice | 13 | 55 | 197 | 3.58 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Arizona State | 12 | 52 | 218 | 4.19 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | New Mexico | 13 | 51 | 260 | 5.10 | 4 | 53 | 30 | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | Nevada | 13 | 51 | 243 | 4.76 | 5 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 3 |
| 11 | San Diego State | 13 | 50 | 400 | 8.00 | 5 | 83 | 36 | 6 | 5 |
| 11 | Oregon | 13 | 50 | 257 | 5.14 | 3 | 42 | 35 | 7 | 2 |
| 11 | Northwestern | 13 | 50 | 199 | 3.98 | 6 | 22 | 37 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 50 | 193 | 3.86 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | LSU | 13 | 50 | 176 | 3.52 | 5 | 60 | 28 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Mississippi | 13 | 48 | 211 | 4.40 | 4 | 30 | 32 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | Nebraska | 12 | 47 | 211 | 4.49 | 5 | 44 | 34 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 47 | 194 | 4.13 | 2 | 73 | 27 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | Clemson | 13 | 47 | 152 | 3.23 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Arkansas State | 13 | 46 | 255 | 5.54 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 2 |
| 20 | Michigan | 13 | 46 | 237 | 5.15 | 4 | 63 | 31 | 5 | 2 |
| 20 | Troy | 12 | 46 | 100 | 2.17 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | UNLV | 13 | 45 | 195 | 4.33 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 1 |
| 23 | Baylor | 13 | 45 | 114 | 2.53 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Kent State | 14 | 44 | 149 | 3.39 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 43 | 202 | 4.70 | 6 | 55 | 28 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | Texas | 12 | 42 | 167 | 3.98 | 5 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | 13 | 42 | 160 | 3.81 | 2 | 52 | 22 | 5 | 3 |
| 29 | Arizona | 12 | 41 | 196 | 4.78 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 5 | 3 |
| 29 | North Texas | 12 | 41 | 156 | 3.80 | 1 | 61 | 21 | 6 | 1 |
| 29 | UCF | 14 | 41 | 123 | 3.00 | 3 | 42 | 26 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Toledo | 13 | 41 | 106 | 2.59 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | Texas A&M | 13 | 40 | 180 | 4.50 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 3 | 2 |
| 33 | Alabama | 13 | 40 | 175 | 4.38 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 1 |
| 33 | South Alabama | 13 | 40 | 98 | 2.45 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 39 | 179 | 4.59 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 2 |
| 36 | South Carolina | 12 | 39 | 150 | 3.85 | 2 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | West Virginia | 11 | 39 | 126 | 3.23 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 1 |
| 39 | South Florida | 10 | 38 | 176 | 4.63 | 2 | 26 | 30 | 6 | 1 |
| 39 | East Carolina | 12 | 38 | 164 | 4.32 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 1 |
| 39 | Boise State | 12 | 38 | 151 | 3.97 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 2 |
| 39 | Florida | 12 | 38 | 118 | 3.11 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 2 |
| 39 | Stanford | 14 | 38 | 106 | 2.79 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | Kansas State | 13 | 38 | 96 | 2.53 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | North Carolina State | 12 | 38 | 77 | 2.03 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 37 | 206 | 5.57 | 3 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 2 |
| 46 | Ohio | 13 | 37 | 136 | 3.68 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 1 |
| 46 | Memphis | 11 | 37 | 128 | 3.46 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| 46 | Ball State | 12 | 37 | 111 | 3.00 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | BYU | 13 | 37 | 110 | 2.97 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | Kansas | 12 | 36 | 162 | 4.50 | 3 | 39 | 25 | 5 | 2 |
| 51 | Bowling Green | 12 | 36 | 148 | 4.11 | 2 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 2 |
| 51 | Ohio State | 11 | 36 | 113 | 3.14 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| 51 | Missouri | 11 | 36 | 66 | 1.83 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Fresno State | 13 | 35 | 186 | 5.31 | 3 | 51 | 21 | 6 | 2 |
| 55 | Michigan State | 12 | 35 | 166 | 4.74 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 2 |
| 55 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 35 | 141 | 4.03 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 1 |
| 55 | Minnesota | 12 | 35 | 108 | 3.09 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 1 |
| 55 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 35 | 50 | 1.43 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| 60 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 34 | 160 | 4.71 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 0 |
| 60 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 34 | 151 | 4.44 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 4 | 2 |
| 60 | Wyoming | 12 | 34 | 124 | 3.65 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 2 |
| 60 | Iowa | 11 | 34 | 89 | 2.62 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | Mississippi State | 12 | 34 | 63 | 1.85 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Iowa State | 12 | 33 | 218 | 6.61 | 2 | 56 | 24 | 4 | 3 |
| 65 | Utah State | 11 | 33 | 205 | 6.21 | 6 | 86 | 16 | 5 | 4 |
| 65 | Buffalo | 12 | 33 | 178 | 5.39 | 0 | 36 | 23 | 5 | 2 |
| 65 | Oklahoma | 13 | 33 | 152 | 4.61 | 3 | 55 | 21 | 3 | 1 |
| 65 | Louisville | 12 | 33 | 137 | 4.15 | 2 | 59 | 21 | 3 | 3 |
| 65 | North Carolina | 12 | 33 | 106 | 3.21 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 33 | 89 | 2.70 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 72 | Georgia | 10 | 32 | 168 | 5.25 | 3 | 62 | 21 | 5 | 1 |
| 72 | UTEP | 12 | 32 | 150 | 4.69 | 0 | 40 | 20 | 4 | 1 |
| 72 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 32 | 69 | 2.16 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | Utah | 11 | 32 | 56 | 1.75 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | Wake Forest | 12 | 31 | 108 | 3.48 | 0 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 76 | Florida International | 11 | 31 | 80 | 2.58 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | Colorado | 12 | 31 | 53 | 1.71 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | UAB | 12 | 30 | 134 | 4.47 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 1 |
| 79 | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 30 | 132 | 4.40 | 2 | 58 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Cincinnati | 13 | 30 | 125 | 4.17 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Western Michigan | 10 | 30 | 98 | 3.27 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Virginia | 11 | 30 | 97 | 3.23 | 4 | 49 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | UCLA | 13 | 30 | 93 | 3.10 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| 79 | Southern Mississippi | 11 | 30 | 88 | 2.93 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 86 | Houston | 9 | 29 | 248 | 8.55 | 4 | 86 | 17 | 5 | 3 |
| 86 | Texas Tech | 12 | 29 | 126 | 4.34 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 1 |
| 86 | San Jose State | 11 | 29 | 103 | 3.55 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 86 | Penn State | 10 | 29 | 87 | 3.00 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | Massachusetts | 12 | 29 | 80 | 2.76 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 86 | Akron | 11 | 29 | 68 | 2.34 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 | Marshall | 12 | 28 | 127 | 4.54 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 92 | Illinois | 11 | 28 | 79 | 2.82 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| 92 | TCU | 13 | 28 | 66 | 2.36 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 11 | 27 | 192 | 7.11 | 5 | 68 | 16 | 5 | 2 |
| 95 | Auburn | 10 | 27 | 123 | 4.56 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | Temple | 10 | 27 | 116 | 4.30 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 95 | Indiana | 11 | 27 | 86 | 3.19 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Purdue | 13 | 26 | 141 | 5.42 | 1 | 87 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 99 | Texas State | 10 | 26 | 107 | 4.12 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 99 | New Mexico State | 12 | 26 | 103 | 3.96 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | Duke | 11 | 26 | 69 | 2.65 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Tennessee | 12 | 26 | 55 | 2.12 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Colorado State | 10 | 25 | 137 | 5.48 | 1 | 72 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 104 | Central Michigan | 13 | 25 | 91 | 3.64 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 104 | Connecticut | 11 | 25 | 82 | 3.28 | 2 | 50 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 107 | USC | 12 | 24 | 136 | 5.67 | 0 | 62 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 107 | Idaho | 10 | 24 | 126 | 5.25 | 0 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 2 |
| 109 | Kentucky | 10 | 23 | 86 | 3.74 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 109 | Arkansas | 12 | 23 | 72 | 3.13 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 109 | UTSA | 9 | 23 | 63 | 2.74 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 112 | Maryland | 11 | 22 | 130 | 5.91 | 1 | 71 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 112 | Oregon State | 10 | 22 | 120 | 5.45 | 3 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| 112 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 22 | 54 | 2.45 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 115 | Florida State | 11 | 21 | 97 | 4.62 | 1 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 115 | Tulane | 11 | 21 | 79 | 3.76 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 115 | Hawai'i | 11 | 21 | 78 | 3.71 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 115 | Rutgers | 11 | 21 | 39 | 1.86 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 119 | Washington | 11 | 20 | 74 | 3.70 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 119 | Boston College | 10 | 20 | 42 | 2.10 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 119 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 20 | 28 | 1.40 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 122 | SMU | 9 | 19 | 112 | 5.89 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| 123 | California | 8 | 18 | 47 | 2.61 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 124 | Washington State | 5 | 7 | 38 | 5.43 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||