2012 National Leaders Rushing Offense - When Losing By 1-7 Pts through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | 11 | 222 | 1123 | 5.06 | 7 | 37 | 63 | 38 | 8 |
| 2 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 160 | 935 | 5.84 | 10 | 43 | 52 | 31 | 11 |
| 3 | Toledo | 10 | 168 | 877 | 5.22 | 8 | 53 | 47 | 22 | 6 |
| 4 | Kansas | 12 | 164 | 854 | 5.21 | 7 | 64 | 44 | 30 | 5 |
| 5 | Air Force | 11 | 166 | 789 | 4.75 | 7 | 24 | 47 | 23 | 5 |
| 6 | Ohio | 8 | 154 | 739 | 4.80 | 6 | 58 | 37 | 27 | 7 |
| 7 | Florida | 10 | 163 | 722 | 4.43 | 8 | 80 | 41 | 29 | 8 |
| 8 | Nebraska | 9 | 140 | 714 | 5.10 | 7 | 73 | 38 | 25 | 5 |
| 9 | Syracuse | 9 | 163 | 681 | 4.18 | 8 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 3 |
| 10 | Rice | 10 | 172 | 679 | 3.95 | 7 | 47 | 40 | 15 | 4 |
| 11 | Navy | 10 | 138 | 678 | 4.91 | 4 | 25 | 41 | 23 | 4 |
| 12 | Nevada | 10 | 118 | 662 | 5.61 | 7 | 63 | 29 | 20 | 6 |
| 13 | Arizona | 12 | 115 | 654 | 5.69 | 12 | 73 | 37 | 22 | 4 |
| 14 | California | 11 | 142 | 653 | 4.60 | 5 | 59 | 32 | 18 | 7 |
| 15 | Iowa | 11 | 173 | 631 | 3.65 | 8 | 37 | 44 | 14 | 7 |
| 16 | Texas | 9 | 137 | 617 | 4.50 | 11 | 64 | 32 | 20 | 5 |
| 17 | Michigan State | 11 | 167 | 601 | 3.60 | 2 | 40 | 29 | 12 | 6 |
| 18 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 135 | 592 | 4.39 | 3 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 3 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 10 | 108 | 589 | 5.45 | 6 | 37 | 32 | 20 | 5 |
| 20 | New Mexico | 9 | 129 | 585 | 4.53 | 2 | 76 | 30 | 15 | 2 |
| 21 | UTEP | 9 | 112 | 581 | 5.19 | 4 | 71 | 29 | 19 | 5 |
| 22 | Clemson | 8 | 112 | 577 | 5.15 | 5 | 68 | 30 | 22 | 5 |
| 23 | Tulsa | 11 | 118 | 567 | 4.81 | 10 | 75 | 24 | 11 | 4 |
| 24 | Troy | 9 | 137 | 549 | 4.01 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 6 |
| 25 | Florida International | 10 | 126 | 546 | 4.33 | 3 | 59 | 31 | 23 | 6 |
| 26 | Central Michigan | 11 | 104 | 519 | 4.99 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 16 | 5 |
| 27 | Stanford | 8 | 106 | 507 | 4.78 | 7 | 59 | 22 | 11 | 2 |
| 28 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 148 | 506 | 3.42 | 4 | 45 | 28 | 14 | 2 |
| 29 | Temple | 9 | 126 | 483 | 3.83 | 2 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 4 |
| 30 | Texas State | 8 | 76 | 473 | 6.22 | 5 | 75 | 18 | 13 | 6 |
| 31 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 93 | 469 | 5.04 | 7 | 53 | 23 | 13 | 3 |
| 32 | Minnesota | 11 | 106 | 462 | 4.36 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 2 |
| 33 | Akron | 10 | 108 | 458 | 4.24 | 2 | 70 | 25 | 14 | 2 |
| 33 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 121 | 458 | 3.79 | 2 | 33 | 25 | 14 | 1 |
| 33 | Buffalo | 12 | 124 | 458 | 3.69 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 1 |
| 36 | Memphis | 11 | 114 | 445 | 3.90 | 2 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 3 |
| 37 | Arkansas State | 9 | 91 | 443 | 4.87 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 17 | 2 |
| 38 | East Carolina | 11 | 105 | 440 | 4.19 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 16 | 1 |
| 39 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 75 | 424 | 5.65 | 2 | 54 | 18 | 12 | 3 |
| 40 | Boston College | 12 | 98 | 423 | 4.32 | 4 | 99 | 25 | 19 | 4 |
| 41 | LSU | 9 | 103 | 422 | 4.10 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 3 |
| 42 | Maryland | 9 | 148 | 421 | 2.84 | 4 | 71 | 19 | 12 | 2 |
| 43 | Louisville | 9 | 112 | 418 | 3.73 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 1 |
| 44 | Notre Dame | 4 | 65 | 415 | 6.38 | 3 | 62 | 17 | 11 | 5 |
| 45 | Ball State | 10 | 78 | 414 | 5.31 | 1 | 68 | 24 | 11 | 2 |
| 45 | West Virginia | 9 | 81 | 414 | 5.11 | 2 | 54 | 20 | 15 | 4 |
| 45 | San Diego State | 9 | 90 | 414 | 4.60 | 6 | 83 | 23 | 16 | 3 |
| 48 | Wisconsin | 9 | 131 | 413 | 3.15 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 4 |
| 49 | South Alabama | 13 | 125 | 412 | 3.30 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 2 |
| 50 | Tennessee | 9 | 93 | 393 | 4.23 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 0 |
| 50 | BYU | 8 | 125 | 393 | 3.14 | 4 | 21 | 31 | 13 | 1 |
| 52 | UCLA | 7 | 77 | 392 | 5.09 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 14 | 6 |
| 53 | Arkansas | 9 | 92 | 387 | 4.21 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 4 |
| 54 | Alabama | 3 | 62 | 386 | 6.23 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 14 | 4 |
| 54 | Iowa State | 10 | 91 | 386 | 4.24 | 1 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 |
| 56 | Northwestern | 8 | 101 | 382 | 3.78 | 3 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 0 |
| 57 | Bowling Green | 7 | 71 | 378 | 5.32 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 3 |
| 58 | Kansas State | 8 | 78 | 371 | 4.76 | 8 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 3 |
| 58 | South Florida | 10 | 105 | 371 | 3.53 | 2 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 1 |
| 60 | Wake Forest | 10 | 113 | 366 | 3.24 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 2 |
| 61 | Utah | 8 | 99 | 349 | 3.53 | 1 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 3 |
| 61 | Auburn | 10 | 122 | 349 | 2.86 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 15 | 5 |
| 63 | Cincinnati | 7 | 68 | 347 | 5.10 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 14 | 2 |
| 63 | North Texas | 10 | 79 | 347 | 4.39 | 5 | 61 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| 63 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 80 | 347 | 4.34 | 5 | 58 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| 66 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 76 | 345 | 4.54 | 3 | 50 | 20 | 13 | 4 |
| 67 | Kentucky | 10 | 104 | 336 | 3.23 | 2 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 3 |
| 68 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 | 54 | 332 | 6.15 | 5 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 3 |
| 69 | Michigan | 8 | 86 | 329 | 3.83 | 3 | 67 | 21 | 12 | 3 |
| 69 | Wyoming | 9 | 90 | 329 | 3.66 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 3 |
| 71 | Penn State | 8 | 98 | 322 | 3.29 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 1 |
| 72 | Texas Tech | 9 | 77 | 316 | 4.10 | 4 | 39 | 22 | 10 | 4 |
| 73 | Arizona State | 7 | 63 | 309 | 4.90 | 2 | 52 | 16 | 8 | 3 |
| 74 | Duke | 12 | 60 | 307 | 5.12 | 5 | 58 | 16 | 10 | 1 |
| 75 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 54 | 300 | 5.56 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 1 |
| 75 | Virginia | 10 | 107 | 300 | 2.80 | 2 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 0 |
| 77 | USC | 8 | 73 | 293 | 4.01 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 11 | 4 |
| 78 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 106 | 289 | 2.73 | 3 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
| 79 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 89 | 284 | 3.19 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 80 | Idaho | 12 | 95 | 279 | 2.94 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| 81 | TCU | 9 | 79 | 278 | 3.52 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 4 |
| 82 | Baylor | 8 | 67 | 273 | 4.07 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 2 |
| 83 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 65 | 262 | 4.03 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 |
| 83 | UNLV | 10 | 81 | 262 | 3.23 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| 85 | Indiana | 10 | 73 | 261 | 3.58 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 0 |
| 86 | UCF | 7 | 65 | 259 | 3.98 | 5 | 48 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| 87 | Western Michigan | 9 | 79 | 258 | 3.27 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 2 |
| 88 | Colorado State | 10 | 67 | 254 | 3.79 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| 89 | Florida State | 5 | 44 | 252 | 5.73 | 5 | 41 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
| 89 | Texas A&M | 4 | 59 | 252 | 4.27 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| 89 | Oklahoma | 7 | 71 | 252 | 3.55 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| 92 | Marshall | 8 | 67 | 242 | 3.61 | 2 | 51 | 13 | 7 | 4 |
| 93 | North Carolina | 6 | 49 | 241 | 4.92 | 3 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 94 | Missouri | 8 | 72 | 239 | 3.32 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| 95 | Colorado | 11 | 86 | 237 | 2.76 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 |
| 96 | Mississippi State | 9 | 50 | 225 | 4.50 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 1 |
| 97 | San Jose State | 9 | 78 | 223 | 2.86 | 5 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| 98 | Oregon | 5 | 23 | 219 | 9.52 | 4 | 71 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 99 | Georgia | 6 | 66 | 214 | 3.24 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 1 |
| 100 | Illinois | 9 | 64 | 209 | 3.27 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 101 | Kent State | 8 | 60 | 206 | 3.43 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| 102 | Mississippi | 9 | 79 | 202 | 2.56 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 0 |
| 103 | Tulane | 11 | 78 | 199 | 2.55 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| 104 | Washington | 8 | 72 | 198 | 2.75 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 105 | UAB | 11 | 81 | 197 | 2.43 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 2 |
| 106 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 59 | 182 | 3.08 | 2 | 55 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| 106 | South Carolina | 7 | 73 | 182 | 2.49 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 0 |
| 108 | Boise State | 4 | 45 | 179 | 3.98 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 109 | Utah State | 5 | 38 | 177 | 4.66 | 1 | 62 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 110 | Rutgers | 8 | 63 | 169 | 2.68 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 111 | New Mexico State | 11 | 57 | 163 | 2.86 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 111 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 82 | 163 | 1.99 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 0 |
| 113 | Massachusetts | 11 | 58 | 161 | 2.78 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 114 | Oregon State | 6 | 67 | 148 | 2.21 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
| 115 | Purdue | 8 | 36 | 142 | 3.94 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 116 | Miami (Ohio) | 7 | 49 | 138 | 2.82 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| 117 | UTSA | 8 | 54 | 137 | 2.54 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 118 | SMU | 6 | 34 | 135 | 3.97 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 119 | Hawai'i | 7 | 41 | 121 | 2.95 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 120 | Houston | 7 | 33 | 97 | 2.94 | 2 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 121 | Connecticut | 8 | 91 | 93 | 1.02 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 122 | North Carolina State | 9 | 52 | 72 | 1.38 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 123 | Fresno State | 6 | 19 | 38 | 2.00 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 124 | Washington State | 8 | 54 | 4 | 0.07 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||