2011 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 16 | 230 | 14.38 | 0 | 4.0 | 57.5 |
| 2 | California | 3 | 19 | 312 | 16.42 | 0 | 6.3 | 104.0 |
| 3 | Mississippi State | 5 | 27 | 458 | 16.96 | 0 | 5.4 | 91.6 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 4 | 23 | 392 | 17.04 | 0 | 5.8 | 98.0 |
| 5 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 13 | 222 | 17.08 | 0 | 3.3 | 55.5 |
| 5 | Memphis | 4 | 13 | 222 | 17.08 | 0 | 3.3 | 55.5 |
| 7 | Air Force | 6 | 33 | 567 | 17.18 | 1 | 5.5 | 94.5 |
| 8 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 13 | 225 | 17.31 | 0 | 3.3 | 56.3 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | 4 | 24 | 421 | 17.54 | 0 | 6.0 | 105.3 |
| 10 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 11 | 194 | 17.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 48.5 |
| 11 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 18 | 320 | 17.78 | 0 | 4.5 | 80.0 |
| 12 | Rice | 4 | 12 | 216 | 18.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.0 |
| 13 | Duke | 4 | 18 | 327 | 18.17 | 0 | 4.5 | 81.8 |
| 14 | Alabama | 4 | 30 | 549 | 18.30 | 1 | 7.5 | 137.3 |
| 15 | Missouri | 4 | 29 | 531 | 18.31 | 0 | 7.3 | 132.8 |
| 16 | Clemson | 5 | 23 | 422 | 18.35 | 0 | 4.6 | 84.4 |
| 17 | Temple | 5 | 21 | 386 | 18.38 | 0 | 4.2 | 77.2 |
| 17 | Bowling Green | 4 | 21 | 386 | 18.38 | 0 | 5.3 | 96.5 |
| 19 | Texas Tech | 3 | 18 | 333 | 18.50 | 0 | 6.0 | 111.0 |
| 20 | Florida State | 5 | 19 | 355 | 18.68 | 0 | 3.8 | 71.0 |
| 21 | Indiana | 4 | 17 | 319 | 18.76 | 0 | 4.3 | 79.8 |
| 22 | Oklahoma | 4 | 26 | 493 | 18.96 | 0 | 6.5 | 123.3 |
| 23 | Northwestern | 5 | 19 | 361 | 19.00 | 0 | 3.8 | 72.2 |
| 23 | Arkansas State | 5 | 23 | 437 | 19.00 | 0 | 4.6 | 87.4 |
| 25 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 9 | 173 | 19.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 43.3 |
| 26 | Hawai'i | 6 | 29 | 560 | 19.31 | 0 | 4.8 | 93.3 |
| 27 | Oregon State | 3 | 6 | 116 | 19.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.7 |
| 27 | Ball State | 4 | 15 | 290 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.8 | 72.5 |
| 29 | Minnesota | 4 | 16 | 310 | 19.38 | 0 | 4.0 | 77.5 |
| 30 | Wisconsin | 5 | 27 | 525 | 19.44 | 0 | 5.4 | 105.0 |
| 31 | Cincinnati | 6 | 39 | 764 | 19.59 | 0 | 6.5 | 127.3 |
| 32 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 26 | 510 | 19.62 | 0 | 4.3 | 85.0 |
| 33 | LSU | 4 | 29 | 572 | 19.72 | 0 | 7.3 | 143.0 |
| 34 | Kansas | 3 | 19 | 376 | 19.79 | 0 | 6.3 | 125.3 |
| 35 | Utah | 4 | 22 | 437 | 19.86 | 1 | 5.5 | 109.3 |
| 36 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 19 | 379 | 19.95 | 0 | 3.8 | 75.8 |
| 36 | Virginia | 5 | 21 | 419 | 19.95 | 0 | 4.2 | 83.8 |
| 38 | BYU | 13 | 55 | 1101 | 20.02 | 0 | 4.2 | 84.7 |
| 39 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 22 | 441 | 20.05 | 0 | 3.7 | 73.5 |
| 40 | Army | 11 | 38 | 764 | 20.11 | 0 | 3.5 | 69.5 |
| 41 | Troy | 4 | 11 | 224 | 20.36 | 0 | 2.8 | 56.0 |
| 42 | UCLA | 4 | 13 | 265 | 20.38 | 0 | 3.3 | 66.3 |
| 42 | UAB | 4 | 13 | 265 | 20.38 | 0 | 3.3 | 66.3 |
| 44 | Iowa State | 4 | 13 | 266 | 20.46 | 0 | 3.3 | 66.5 |
| 45 | SMU | 5 | 21 | 430 | 20.48 | 0 | 4.2 | 86.0 |
| 45 | Ohio State | 5 | 21 | 430 | 20.48 | 1 | 4.2 | 86.0 |
| 47 | Oregon | 4 | 33 | 682 | 20.67 | 0 | 8.3 | 170.5 |
| 48 | Mississippi | 4 | 11 | 228 | 20.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 57.0 |
| 49 | Stanford | 4 | 27 | 562 | 20.81 | 0 | 6.8 | 140.5 |
| 50 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 27 | 563 | 20.85 | 1 | 5.4 | 112.6 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 6 | 24 | 501 | 20.88 | 0 | 4.0 | 83.5 |
| 52 | Central Michigan | 4 | 12 | 251 | 20.92 | 0 | 3.0 | 62.8 |
| 53 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 14 | 293 | 20.93 | 0 | 3.5 | 73.3 |
| 54 | Connecticut | 5 | 19 | 400 | 21.05 | 0 | 3.8 | 80.0 |
| 55 | North Texas | 4 | 13 | 274 | 21.08 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.5 |
| 56 | UCF | 4 | 20 | 422 | 21.10 | 1 | 5.0 | 105.5 |
| 57 | Syracuse | 5 | 24 | 509 | 21.21 | 0 | 4.8 | 101.8 |
| 58 | Georgia | 5 | 23 | 488 | 21.22 | 0 | 4.6 | 97.6 |
| 59 | Boise State | 6 | 34 | 724 | 21.29 | 1 | 5.7 | 120.7 |
| 60 | Penn State | 5 | 20 | 426 | 21.30 | 0 | 4.0 | 85.2 |
| 61 | Tulsa | 5 | 19 | 405 | 21.32 | 1 | 3.8 | 81.0 |
| 62 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 31 | 670 | 21.61 | 0 | 6.2 | 134.0 |
| 63 | South Carolina | 5 | 25 | 541 | 21.64 | 0 | 5.0 | 108.2 |
| 64 | Michigan | 5 | 26 | 565 | 21.73 | 0 | 5.2 | 113.0 |
| 65 | TCU | 6 | 39 | 848 | 21.74 | 0 | 6.5 | 141.3 |
| 66 | San Jose State | 5 | 19 | 414 | 21.79 | 0 | 3.8 | 82.8 |
| 67 | Wake Forest | 5 | 22 | 485 | 22.05 | 0 | 4.4 | 97.0 |
| 68 | Purdue | 5 | 18 | 397 | 22.06 | 0 | 3.6 | 79.4 |
| 69 | Florida | 5 | 27 | 597 | 22.11 | 0 | 5.4 | 119.4 |
| 70 | Baylor | 4 | 26 | 576 | 22.15 | 0 | 6.5 | 144.0 |
| 71 | Auburn | 5 | 12 | 267 | 22.25 | 0 | 2.4 | 53.4 |
| 72 | Florida International | 5 | 23 | 512 | 22.26 | 0 | 4.6 | 102.4 |
| 73 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 32 | 715 | 22.34 | 0 | 6.4 | 143.0 |
| 74 | Arkansas | 5 | 23 | 514 | 22.35 | 0 | 4.6 | 102.8 |
| 75 | Kansas State | 4 | 13 | 291 | 22.38 | 0 | 3.3 | 72.8 |
| 76 | New Mexico State | 6 | 25 | 562 | 22.48 | 0 | 4.2 | 93.7 |
| 77 | Maryland | 4 | 17 | 383 | 22.53 | 0 | 4.3 | 95.8 |
| 77 | USC | 3 | 17 | 383 | 22.53 | 1 | 5.7 | 127.7 |
| 79 | Houston | 5 | 31 | 701 | 22.61 | 0 | 6.2 | 140.2 |
| 80 | Washington State | 3 | 23 | 522 | 22.70 | 1 | 7.7 | 174.0 |
| 81 | Toledo | 5 | 26 | 594 | 22.85 | 0 | 5.2 | 118.8 |
| 81 | Ohio | 5 | 26 | 594 | 22.85 | 1 | 5.2 | 118.8 |
| 83 | North Carolina | 5 | 22 | 503 | 22.86 | 0 | 4.4 | 100.6 |
| 84 | Arizona | 3 | 11 | 252 | 22.91 | 0 | 3.7 | 84.0 |
| 85 | Notre Dame | 12 | 47 | 1082 | 23.02 | 0 | 3.9 | 90.2 |
| 86 | West Virginia | 6 | 45 | 1043 | 23.18 | 1 | 7.5 | 173.8 |
| 87 | Southern Mississippi | 5 | 32 | 744 | 23.25 | 1 | 6.4 | 148.8 |
| 88 | UNLV | 5 | 16 | 373 | 23.31 | 0 | 3.2 | 74.6 |
| 89 | Louisville | 6 | 14 | 328 | 23.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 54.7 |
| 89 | Michigan State | 5 | 28 | 656 | 23.43 | 1 | 5.6 | 131.2 |
| 91 | Colorado State | 5 | 14 | 329 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.8 | 65.8 |
| 92 | Illinois | 5 | 21 | 494 | 23.52 | 0 | 4.2 | 98.8 |
| 93 | South Florida | 5 | 32 | 759 | 23.72 | 0 | 6.4 | 151.8 |
| 94 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 5 | 29 | 693 | 23.90 | 0 | 5.8 | 138.6 |
| 95 | Akron | 4 | 12 | 287 | 23.92 | 0 | 3.0 | 71.8 |
| 96 | Buffalo | 4 | 11 | 264 | 24.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 66.0 |
| 96 | Western Michigan | 5 | 17 | 408 | 24.00 | 1 | 3.4 | 81.6 |
| 98 | Kentucky | 4 | 10 | 241 | 24.10 | 1 | 2.5 | 60.3 |
| 99 | Rutgers | 6 | 28 | 681 | 24.32 | 0 | 4.7 | 113.5 |
| 100 | Texas | 4 | 18 | 441 | 24.50 | 0 | 4.5 | 110.3 |
| 101 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 13 | 320 | 24.62 | 1 | 3.3 | 80.0 |
| 102 | Nebraska | 5 | 22 | 544 | 24.73 | 0 | 4.4 | 108.8 |
| 103 | Idaho | 5 | 20 | 499 | 24.95 | 0 | 4.0 | 99.8 |
| 104 | Kent State | 4 | 9 | 225 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 56.3 |
| 105 | Navy | 10 | 45 | 1128 | 25.07 | 0 | 4.5 | 112.8 |
| 105 | San Diego State | 6 | 28 | 702 | 25.07 | 0 | 4.7 | 117.0 |
| 107 | Washington | 4 | 25 | 629 | 25.16 | 0 | 6.3 | 157.3 |
| 108 | Nevada | 6 | 32 | 806 | 25.19 | 0 | 5.3 | 134.3 |
| 109 | Iowa | 5 | 27 | 685 | 25.37 | 0 | 5.4 | 137.0 |
| 110 | Fresno State | 6 | 23 | 594 | 25.83 | 1 | 3.8 | 99.0 |
| 111 | North Carolina State | 5 | 25 | 651 | 26.04 | 0 | 5.0 | 130.2 |
| 112 | Tulane | 5 | 26 | 680 | 26.15 | 0 | 5.2 | 136.0 |
| 113 | Utah State | 6 | 32 | 838 | 26.19 | 1 | 5.3 | 139.7 |
| 114 | UTEP | 4 | 13 | 343 | 26.38 | 0 | 3.3 | 85.8 |
| 115 | East Carolina | 4 | 18 | 484 | 26.89 | 1 | 4.5 | 121.0 |
| 116 | Marshall | 5 | 14 | 385 | 27.50 | 1 | 2.8 | 77.0 |
| 117 | New Mexico | 5 | 16 | 441 | 27.56 | 1 | 3.2 | 88.2 |
| 118 | Arizona State | 4 | 20 | 560 | 28.00 | 1 | 5.0 | 140.0 |
| 119 | Boston College | 4 | 12 | 352 | 29.33 | 1 | 3.0 | 88.0 |
| 120 | Colorado | 3 | 6 | 247 | 41.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 82.3 |