2012-13 Manning Award Finalists | Name | Class
| School | C-A | Pct. | Yards | TDs | INTs | Wins | Rush | Matt Barkley
| Sr. | USC
| 246-387
| 63.6
| 3,273
| 36
| 15
| 7
| NA | Tajh Boyd
| Jr. | Clemson | 251-377 | 66.6 | 3,550 | 34 | 13 | 10 | NA | Collin Klein
| Sr. | Kansas State
| 172-258 | 66.7 | 2,306 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 787 yds, 20 TDs
| Jordan Lynch
| Jr. | No. Illinois
| 203-319 | 63.6 | 2,750 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 1,611 yds, 16 TDs
| Johnny Manziel
| Fr. | Texas A&M
| 273-400 | 68.3
| 3,419 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 1,181 yds, 19 TDs
| Marcus Mariota
| Fr. | Oregon | 218-312 | 69.9 | 2,511 | 30
| 6 | 11 | 690 yds, 4 TDs
| AJ McCarron
| Jr. | Alabama | 178-265 | 67.2 | 2,507 | 25 | 2 | 11 | NA | Braxton Miller
| So. | Ohio State
| 148-254 | 58.3 | 2,039 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 1,271 yds, 13 TDs
| Aaron Murray
| Jr. | Georgia | 213-320 | 66.6 | 3,201 | 30 | 7 | 11 | NA | Geno Smith
| Sr. | West Virginia
| 327-466
| 70.2 | 3,597 | 37 | 5 | 6 | NA | -www.AllstateSugarBowl.org-
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