2012 National Leaders Rushing Offense - When Winning By 1-7 Pts through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern | 13 | 170 | 947 | 5.57 | 11 | 80 | 45 | 28 | 8 |
| 2 | Nevada | 10 | 172 | 898 | 5.22 | 12 | 49 | 46 | 26 | 8 |
| 3 | Air Force | 9 | 157 | 877 | 5.59 | 8 | 63 | 49 | 24 | 6 |
| 4 | Toledo | 12 | 183 | 843 | 4.61 | 3 | 44 | 43 | 25 | 5 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 11 | 182 | 815 | 4.48 | 8 | 67 | 43 | 27 | 3 |
| 6 | Tulsa | 13 | 167 | 776 | 4.65 | 8 | 73 | 40 | 23 | 5 |
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 126 | 744 | 5.90 | 12 | 73 | 34 | 21 | 8 |
| 8 | Oregon | 11 | 117 | 726 | 6.21 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 23 | 6 |
| 9 | Ball State | 10 | 162 | 694 | 4.28 | 7 | 23 | 39 | 18 | 3 |
| 10 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 155 | 693 | 4.47 | 4 | 44 | 37 | 23 | 7 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 12 | 150 | 679 | 4.53 | 4 | 56 | 35 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | Florida | 11 | 117 | 678 | 5.79 | 5 | 70 | 29 | 21 | 7 |
| 13 | UCF | 13 | 127 | 656 | 5.17 | 11 | 83 | 41 | 25 | 10 |
| 14 | Texas A&M | 13 | 108 | 648 | 6.00 | 8 | 52 | 29 | 17 | 9 |
| 15 | New Mexico | 7 | 105 | 635 | 6.05 | 8 | 59 | 31 | 17 | 7 |
| 16 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 109 | 634 | 5.82 | 6 | 77 | 28 | 13 | 5 |
| 17 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 125 | 627 | 5.02 | 7 | 75 | 28 | 19 | 5 |
| 18 | UCLA | 11 | 126 | 625 | 4.96 | 6 | 78 | 24 | 17 | 6 |
| 19 | Arizona | 11 | 122 | 609 | 4.99 | 5 | 36 | 37 | 22 | 7 |
| 20 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 100 | 608 | 6.08 | 13 | 59 | 28 | 15 | 5 |
| 21 | San Diego State | 12 | 124 | 602 | 4.85 | 8 | 82 | 27 | 17 | 4 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 11 | 148 | 590 | 3.99 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 18 | 8 |
| 23 | Arkansas State | 11 | 139 | 587 | 4.22 | 9 | 40 | 37 | 16 | 3 |
| 24 | LSU | 13 | 163 | 586 | 3.60 | 8 | 57 | 27 | 12 | 4 |
| 25 | North Carolina | 9 | 102 | 546 | 5.35 | 4 | 45 | 31 | 19 | 4 |
| 26 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 104 | 540 | 5.19 | 4 | 98 | 22 | 8 | 3 |
| 27 | Navy | 8 | 109 | 538 | 4.94 | 4 | 37 | 32 | 16 | 2 |
| 28 | Kent State | 13 | 98 | 537 | 5.48 | 8 | 79 | 20 | 12 | 6 |
| 29 | South Carolina | 12 | 131 | 529 | 4.04 | 4 | 28 | 31 | 17 | 6 |
| 30 | Stanford | 14 | 144 | 527 | 3.66 | 3 | 49 | 26 | 15 | 2 |
| 31 | Georgia | 12 | 107 | 523 | 4.89 | 6 | 72 | 20 | 14 | 4 |
| 32 | Troy | 9 | 109 | 522 | 4.79 | 6 | 55 | 28 | 16 | 2 |
| 33 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 132 | 521 | 3.95 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 16 | 6 |
| 34 | Ohio | 11 | 97 | 520 | 5.36 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 14 | 5 |
| 35 | Syracuse | 8 | 119 | 514 | 4.32 | 3 | 33 | 30 | 14 | 4 |
| 36 | Oregon State | 11 | 141 | 492 | 3.49 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 19 | 3 |
| 37 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 74 | 490 | 6.62 | 5 | 65 | 15 | 13 | 4 |
| 38 | Cincinnati | 10 | 99 | 487 | 4.92 | 5 | 46 | 27 | 17 | 4 |
| 39 | Florida State | 12 | 114 | 486 | 4.26 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 19 | 4 |
| 40 | Rice | 9 | 106 | 471 | 4.44 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 14 | 2 |
| 41 | Mississippi State | 10 | 105 | 465 | 4.43 | 6 | 64 | 23 | 13 | 5 |
| 41 | Arizona State | 11 | 108 | 465 | 4.31 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 17 | 3 |
| 43 | Texas State | 6 | 62 | 462 | 7.45 | 5 | 73 | 19 | 14 | 4 |
| 44 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 103 | 461 | 4.48 | 2 | 53 | 27 | 16 | 4 |
| 45 | Central Michigan | 9 | 100 | 458 | 4.58 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 15 | 4 |
| 46 | Michigan State | 10 | 124 | 454 | 3.66 | 2 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 2 |
| 47 | Rutgers | 10 | 89 | 447 | 5.02 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 6 |
| 47 | San Jose State | 11 | 109 | 447 | 4.10 | 7 | 63 | 27 | 13 | 4 |
| 49 | Oklahoma | 9 | 73 | 435 | 5.96 | 7 | 95 | 19 | 9 | 3 |
| 50 | Clemson | 11 | 86 | 433 | 5.03 | 5 | 58 | 24 | 14 | 3 |
| 51 | Baylor | 8 | 75 | 413 | 5.51 | 5 | 76 | 24 | 11 | 4 |
| 52 | Nebraska | 12 | 113 | 402 | 3.56 | 3 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 2 |
| 53 | Kansas State | 11 | 100 | 393 | 3.93 | 5 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 1 |
| 54 | TCU | 10 | 103 | 388 | 3.77 | 6 | 46 | 23 | 12 | 3 |
| 55 | Mississippi | 11 | 135 | 385 | 2.85 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 17 | 3 |
| 56 | Utah State | 13 | 94 | 382 | 4.06 | 3 | 63 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| 57 | West Virginia | 7 | 86 | 376 | 4.37 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 4 |
| 58 | Alabama | 13 | 69 | 368 | 5.33 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 2 |
| 59 | Wake Forest | 6 | 100 | 366 | 3.66 | 4 | 63 | 21 | 7 | 3 |
| 60 | Texas | 10 | 100 | 358 | 3.58 | 4 | 69 | 24 | 10 | 3 |
| 61 | Minnesota | 8 | 78 | 356 | 4.56 | 3 | 75 | 16 | 10 | 2 |
| 61 | Duke | 8 | 87 | 356 | 4.09 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 0 |
| 63 | Purdue | 7 | 96 | 353 | 3.68 | 1 | 63 | 17 | 5 | 2 |
| 64 | Bowling Green | 9 | 77 | 350 | 4.55 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 3 |
| 65 | Texas Tech | 9 | 63 | 348 | 5.52 | 4 | 47 | 21 | 12 | 3 |
| 66 | Temple | 5 | 55 | 347 | 6.31 | 4 | 60 | 12 | 11 | 5 |
| 67 | Iowa State | 10 | 101 | 337 | 3.34 | 0 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 3 |
| 68 | Indiana | 9 | 98 | 331 | 3.38 | 5 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 2 |
| 69 | Penn State | 11 | 96 | 329 | 3.43 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| 70 | East Carolina | 9 | 80 | 322 | 4.03 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 2 |
| 71 | Marshall | 7 | 67 | 318 | 4.75 | 3 | 64 | 17 | 7 | 4 |
| 72 | UTSA | 5 | 67 | 312 | 4.66 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 3 |
| 72 | Boise State | 12 | 98 | 312 | 3.18 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| 74 | Fresno State | 9 | 68 | 309 | 4.54 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 2 |
| 75 | Buffalo | 6 | 66 | 306 | 4.64 | 2 | 45 | 14 | 9 | 3 |
| 76 | Iowa | 6 | 58 | 304 | 5.24 | 3 | 44 | 17 | 12 | 2 |
| 77 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 70 | 302 | 4.31 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 2 |
| 78 | Michigan | 10 | 80 | 299 | 3.74 | 4 | 58 | 17 | 9 | 2 |
| 79 | Western Michigan | 7 | 60 | 290 | 4.83 | 4 | 42 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| 80 | BYU | 9 | 62 | 289 | 4.66 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 |
| 81 | Connecticut | 6 | 96 | 287 | 2.99 | 4 | 50 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| 82 | UTEP | 7 | 61 | 280 | 4.59 | 0 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| 83 | Miami (Ohio) | 6 | 68 | 279 | 4.10 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| 84 | Louisville | 11 | 65 | 269 | 4.14 | 6 | 47 | 16 | 9 | 2 |
| 85 | Tennessee | 8 | 69 | 265 | 3.84 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 9 | 1 |
| 86 | Memphis | 7 | 66 | 257 | 3.89 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| 86 | Missouri | 7 | 79 | 257 | 3.25 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| 88 | SMU | 9 | 52 | 255 | 4.90 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 1 |
| 89 | North Texas | 7 | 82 | 254 | 3.10 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| 90 | Wyoming | 9 | 78 | 251 | 3.22 | 1 | 66 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 91 | Southern Mississippi | 5 | 72 | 250 | 3.47 | 2 | 50 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 91 | South Florida | 6 | 77 | 250 | 3.25 | 0 | 53 | 16 | 10 | 1 |
| 93 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 57 | 244 | 4.28 | 1 | 46 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
| 93 | Florida International | 7 | 81 | 244 | 3.01 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| 95 | Auburn | 5 | 36 | 241 | 6.69 | 3 | 37 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| 96 | UNLV | 7 | 63 | 240 | 3.81 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 97 | Akron | 5 | 46 | 236 | 5.13 | 3 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 98 | Kansas | 5 | 56 | 235 | 4.20 | 3 | 47 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
| 99 | USC | 9 | 52 | 231 | 4.44 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| 100 | Utah | 7 | 52 | 228 | 4.38 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| 100 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 72 | 228 | 3.17 | 3 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 3 |
| 102 | Arkansas | 8 | 64 | 223 | 3.48 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 103 | Colorado State | 4 | 61 | 218 | 3.57 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 104 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 70 | 208 | 2.97 | 4 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| 105 | California | 4 | 38 | 205 | 5.39 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 0 |
| 106 | UAB | 6 | 45 | 197 | 4.38 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| 106 | Army | 6 | 48 | 197 | 4.10 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 108 | Houston | 5 | 42 | 194 | 4.62 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| 109 | Washington | 8 | 53 | 162 | 3.06 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 110 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 47 | 159 | 3.38 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 111 | North Carolina State | 9 | 68 | 152 | 2.24 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 112 | Kentucky | 4 | 31 | 119 | 3.84 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 113 | Illinois | 4 | 29 | 116 | 4.00 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 113 | Maryland | 7 | 68 | 116 | 1.71 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 115 | Colorado | 3 | 29 | 111 | 3.83 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 116 | Hawai'i | 5 | 29 | 108 | 3.72 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 116 | South Alabama | 7 | 39 | 108 | 2.77 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 118 | Boston College | 7 | 53 | 94 | 1.77 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 119 | Massachusetts | 4 | 34 | 89 | 2.62 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 120 | Idaho | 3 | 26 | 84 | 3.23 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 121 | Tulane | 5 | 25 | 78 | 3.12 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 122 | Virginia | 6 | 25 | 60 | 2.40 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 123 | Washington State | 4 | 17 | 41 | 2.41 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 124 | New Mexico State | 2 | 10 | 25 | 2.50 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||