2012 National Leaders Rushing Offense - From Own 40 to Opponent's 40 Yard Line through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | 12 | 228 | 1340 | 5.88 | 2 | 56 | 78 | 45 | 10 |
| 2 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 203 | 1253 | 6.17 | 3 | 58 | 68 | 38 | 13 |
| 3 | Air Force | 13 | 221 | 1207 | 5.46 | 2 | 52 | 75 | 38 | 7 |
| 4 | Oregon | 13 | 185 | 1112 | 6.01 | 3 | 59 | 64 | 40 | 13 |
| 5 | New Mexico | 13 | 169 | 1104 | 6.53 | 2 | 59 | 54 | 32 | 12 |
| 6 | Navy | 13 | 210 | 1077 | 5.13 | 3 | 59 | 60 | 30 | 13 |
| 7 | Nevada | 13 | 172 | 1076 | 6.26 | 4 | 52 | 51 | 30 | 14 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 13 | 133 | 1068 | 8.03 | 4 | 59 | 47 | 28 | 16 |
| 9 | Arizona State | 13 | 183 | 1052 | 5.75 | 1 | 52 | 60 | 36 | 9 |
| 10 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 182 | 982 | 5.40 | 2 | 57 | 51 | 28 | 8 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 14 | 169 | 977 | 5.78 | 6 | 57 | 48 | 35 | 17 |
| 12 | Alabama | 14 | 156 | 954 | 6.12 | 2 | 43 | 50 | 32 | 7 |
| 13 | Ball State | 13 | 148 | 845 | 5.71 | 1 | 54 | 39 | 24 | 7 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 13 | 133 | 841 | 6.32 | 2 | 58 | 37 | 25 | 10 |
| 15 | Northwestern | 13 | 158 | 831 | 5.26 | 1 | 48 | 50 | 25 | 11 |
| 16 | Stanford | 14 | 145 | 830 | 5.72 | 3 | 59 | 41 | 25 | 7 |
| 17 | Ohio | 13 | 169 | 820 | 4.85 | 3 | 58 | 41 | 29 | 8 |
| 18 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 130 | 801 | 6.16 | 3 | 46 | 44 | 31 | 8 |
| 19 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 134 | 800 | 5.97 | 1 | 59 | 40 | 26 | 9 |
| 20 | Kent State | 14 | 132 | 798 | 6.05 | 2 | 48 | 34 | 24 | 7 |
| 20 | Ohio State | 12 | 151 | 798 | 5.28 | 1 | 55 | 48 | 28 | 8 |
| 22 | Nebraska | 14 | 155 | 770 | 4.97 | 1 | 57 | 49 | 22 | 8 |
| 23 | UCF | 14 | 127 | 751 | 5.91 | 3 | 50 | 47 | 27 | 10 |
| 24 | Clemson | 13 | 153 | 740 | 4.84 | 1 | 58 | 45 | 27 | 8 |
| 25 | Florida State | 14 | 125 | 739 | 5.91 | 1 | 60 | 34 | 21 | 11 |
| 26 | Syracuse | 13 | 155 | 735 | 4.74 | 1 | 55 | 43 | 19 | 4 |
| 27 | Rice | 13 | 153 | 727 | 4.75 | 2 | 48 | 38 | 20 | 9 |
| 28 | Texas State | 12 | 116 | 721 | 6.22 | 2 | 55 | 34 | 24 | 8 |
| 29 | Texas | 13 | 117 | 717 | 6.13 | 1 | 49 | 38 | 23 | 9 |
| 30 | Tulsa | 14 | 147 | 702 | 4.78 | 2 | 57 | 40 | 18 | 7 |
| 31 | Arkansas State | 13 | 128 | 696 | 5.44 | 1 | 57 | 43 | 26 | 5 |
| 32 | Buffalo | 12 | 143 | 691 | 4.83 | 2 | 49 | 41 | 25 | 5 |
| 33 | Baylor | 13 | 148 | 679 | 4.59 | 1 | 43 | 46 | 23 | 7 |
| 34 | North Carolina | 12 | 91 | 673 | 7.40 | 2 | 59 | 32 | 23 | 4 |
| 35 | Purdue | 13 | 133 | 668 | 5.02 | 2 | 56 | 37 | 23 | 7 |
| 36 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 134 | 655 | 4.89 | 0 | 41 | 34 | 20 | 7 |
| 37 | UCLA | 14 | 155 | 653 | 4.21 | 1 | 51 | 31 | 17 | 8 |
| 38 | Marshall | 12 | 127 | 646 | 5.09 | 4 | 57 | 37 | 19 | 7 |
| 39 | Fresno State | 13 | 111 | 642 | 5.78 | 1 | 51 | 31 | 20 | 5 |
| 40 | Arizona | 13 | 123 | 641 | 5.21 | 0 | 36 | 41 | 22 | 5 |
| 40 | Kansas | 12 | 140 | 641 | 4.58 | 3 | 58 | 33 | 19 | 4 |
| 42 | Texas Tech | 13 | 99 | 640 | 6.46 | 2 | 53 | 38 | 24 | 6 |
| 43 | Michigan | 13 | 129 | 639 | 4.95 | 3 | 58 | 29 | 16 | 6 |
| 43 | Washington | 13 | 133 | 639 | 4.80 | 0 | 40 | 33 | 23 | 4 |
| 45 | Georgia | 14 | 134 | 638 | 4.76 | 3 | 55 | 28 | 17 | 6 |
| 46 | Temple | 11 | 111 | 634 | 5.71 | 2 | 60 | 27 | 20 | 7 |
| 47 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 130 | 631 | 4.85 | 3 | 60 | 34 | 14 | 5 |
| 48 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 94 | 629 | 6.69 | 0 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 4 |
| 49 | Memphis | 12 | 110 | 610 | 5.55 | 1 | 46 | 34 | 17 | 5 |
| 50 | TCU | 13 | 127 | 608 | 4.79 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 25 | 6 |
| 51 | Iowa State | 13 | 134 | 596 | 4.45 | 1 | 56 | 33 | 20 | 3 |
| 52 | San Diego State | 13 | 144 | 586 | 4.07 | 1 | 51 | 42 | 18 | 2 |
| 53 | Mississippi State | 13 | 113 | 583 | 5.16 | 2 | 60 | 27 | 19 | 4 |
| 54 | USC | 13 | 104 | 575 | 5.53 | 0 | 40 | 32 | 23 | 6 |
| 55 | Notre Dame | 13 | 96 | 573 | 5.97 | 2 | 56 | 28 | 13 | 8 |
| 56 | Boise State | 13 | 110 | 562 | 5.11 | 1 | 43 | 31 | 16 | 6 |
| 57 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 104 | 561 | 5.39 | 4 | 58 | 31 | 17 | 8 |
| 58 | Minnesota | 13 | 166 | 559 | 3.37 | 0 | 26 | 36 | 19 | 3 |
| 59 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 120 | 554 | 4.62 | 1 | 45 | 35 | 18 | 5 |
| 60 | Mississippi | 13 | 122 | 550 | 4.51 | 2 | 58 | 33 | 18 | 4 |
| 60 | Utah State | 13 | 124 | 550 | 4.44 | 2 | 58 | 30 | 13 | 7 |
| 62 | Florida | 13 | 148 | 547 | 3.70 | 0 | 54 | 31 | 19 | 5 |
| 63 | Kansas State | 13 | 119 | 543 | 4.56 | 1 | 46 | 30 | 20 | 4 |
| 64 | West Virginia | 13 | 112 | 541 | 4.83 | 0 | 31 | 35 | 21 | 3 |
| 65 | Tennessee | 12 | 117 | 537 | 4.59 | 1 | 46 | 30 | 17 | 3 |
| 66 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 99 | 531 | 5.36 | 4 | 58 | 24 | 15 | 5 |
| 67 | BYU | 13 | 119 | 530 | 4.45 | 0 | 53 | 31 | 16 | 8 |
| 68 | Utah | 12 | 122 | 526 | 4.31 | 2 | 47 | 30 | 12 | 4 |
| 69 | LSU | 13 | 131 | 520 | 3.97 | 3 | 57 | 34 | 17 | 5 |
| 70 | Penn State | 12 | 123 | 519 | 4.22 | 1 | 50 | 29 | 15 | 1 |
| 71 | Kentucky | 12 | 89 | 517 | 5.81 | 1 | 45 | 33 | 24 | 6 |
| 72 | Oklahoma | 13 | 111 | 512 | 4.61 | 2 | 55 | 35 | 20 | 4 |
| 73 | Indiana | 12 | 91 | 510 | 5.60 | 3 | 59 | 26 | 11 | 4 |
| 74 | Western Michigan | 12 | 106 | 502 | 4.74 | 2 | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 |
| 74 | Troy | 12 | 116 | 502 | 4.33 | 1 | 44 | 34 | 17 | 2 |
| 76 | Louisville | 13 | 121 | 501 | 4.14 | 2 | 59 | 32 | 18 | 5 |
| 77 | California | 12 | 98 | 500 | 5.10 | 2 | 59 | 25 | 19 | 6 |
| 78 | Houston | 12 | 97 | 497 | 5.12 | 3 | 48 | 28 | 13 | 7 |
| 79 | Bowling Green | 13 | 119 | 495 | 4.16 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 14 | 4 |
| 80 | Iowa | 12 | 121 | 489 | 4.04 | 0 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 3 |
| 81 | North Texas | 12 | 107 | 482 | 4.50 | 2 | 51 | 27 | 12 | 5 |
| 82 | Oregon State | 13 | 117 | 479 | 4.09 | 2 | 53 | 29 | 14 | 4 |
| 83 | Toledo | 13 | 105 | 474 | 4.51 | 2 | 53 | 29 | 13 | 2 |
| 84 | UTEP | 12 | 137 | 463 | 3.38 | 0 | 29 | 36 | 21 | 3 |
| 85 | East Carolina | 13 | 110 | 460 | 4.18 | 0 | 39 | 27 | 19 | 2 |
| 86 | UAB | 12 | 111 | 459 | 4.14 | 0 | 39 | 28 | 18 | 1 |
| 86 | Rutgers | 13 | 116 | 459 | 3.96 | 2 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 5 |
| 88 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 89 | 458 | 5.15 | 2 | 56 | 18 | 13 | 4 |
| 89 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 121 | 457 | 3.78 | 0 | 50 | 27 | 14 | 1 |
| 90 | Missouri | 12 | 111 | 447 | 4.03 | 0 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 6 |
| 91 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 131 | 435 | 3.32 | 2 | 49 | 30 | 10 | 2 |
| 92 | Central Michigan | 13 | 85 | 432 | 5.08 | 1 | 48 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
| 92 | South Florida | 12 | 86 | 432 | 5.02 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 1 |
| 94 | Hawai'i | 12 | 118 | 430 | 3.64 | 0 | 36 | 25 | 15 | 6 |
| 95 | UNLV | 13 | 100 | 426 | 4.26 | 2 | 58 | 24 | 11 | 4 |
| 95 | South Alabama | 13 | 104 | 426 | 4.10 | 0 | 50 | 21 | 10 | 4 |
| 97 | Michigan State | 13 | 101 | 417 | 4.13 | 0 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 3 |
| 98 | South Carolina | 13 | 115 | 407 | 3.54 | 0 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 3 |
| 99 | Florida International | 12 | 110 | 387 | 3.52 | 0 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 3 |
| 100 | Connecticut | 12 | 117 | 386 | 3.30 | 1 | 50 | 17 | 10 | 5 |
| 101 | UTSA | 10 | 68 | 378 | 5.56 | 0 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 3 |
| 102 | Maryland | 12 | 145 | 369 | 2.54 | 0 | 22 | 28 | 14 | 1 |
| 103 | Duke | 13 | 114 | 366 | 3.21 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
| 104 | San Jose State | 13 | 102 | 355 | 3.48 | 0 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 2 |
| 105 | Arkansas | 12 | 90 | 353 | 3.92 | 0 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 2 |
| 106 | North Carolina State | 13 | 122 | 349 | 2.86 | 0 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 2 |
| 107 | Auburn | 12 | 109 | 345 | 3.17 | 0 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 2 |
| 107 | Colorado State | 12 | 111 | 345 | 3.11 | 0 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 2 |
| 109 | Illinois | 12 | 98 | 332 | 3.39 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 1 |
| 109 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 108 | 332 | 3.07 | 1 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 2 |
| 111 | Massachusetts | 11 | 99 | 325 | 3.28 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 2 |
| 112 | Akron | 12 | 85 | 320 | 3.76 | 1 | 50 | 25 | 12 | 2 |
| 113 | Wyoming | 12 | 111 | 317 | 2.86 | 0 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 1 |
| 114 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 110 | 293 | 2.66 | 0 | 33 | 22 | 12 | 1 |
| 115 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 81 | 292 | 3.60 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 17 | 2 |
| 116 | Virginia | 12 | 89 | 289 | 3.25 | 0 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 2 |
| 117 | SMU | 13 | 81 | 252 | 3.11 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 1 |
| 118 | Colorado | 12 | 108 | 236 | 2.19 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 2 |
| 119 | New Mexico State | 12 | 95 | 235 | 2.47 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 2 |
| 120 | Wake Forest | 12 | 91 | 184 | 2.02 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 0 |
| 121 | Idaho | 12 | 63 | 177 | 2.81 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 2 |
| 122 | Boston College | 12 | 69 | 166 | 2.41 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 0 |
| 123 | Tulane | 12 | 81 | 84 | 1.04 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| 124 | Washington State | 11 | 52 | 83 | 1.60 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||