2011 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 28 | 563 | 20.11 | 0 | 2.5 | 51.2 |
| 2 | Kentucky | 9 | 23 | 465 | 20.22 | 1 | 2.6 | 51.7 |
| 3 | Mississippi | 8 | 22 | 451 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.8 | 56.4 |
| 3 | UNLV | 9 | 25 | 528 | 21.12 | 0 | 2.8 | 58.7 |
| 3 | Kent State | 10 | 28 | 629 | 22.46 | 1 | 2.8 | 62.9 |
| 3 | Louisville | 11 | 31 | 732 | 23.61 | 0 | 2.8 | 66.5 |
| 7 | New Mexico | 9 | 26 | 605 | 23.27 | 0 | 2.9 | 67.2 |
| 8 | Auburn | 7 | 21 | 475 | 22.62 | 0 | 3.0 | 67.9 |
| 8 | UCLA | 10 | 30 | 704 | 23.47 | 0 | 3.0 | 70.4 |
| 10 | Colorado | 10 | 31 | 760 | 24.52 | 0 | 3.1 | 76.0 |
| 11 | Illinois | 11 | 35 | 826 | 23.60 | 1 | 3.2 | 75.1 |
| 12 | Akron | 11 | 36 | 801 | 22.25 | 0 | 3.3 | 72.8 |
| 12 | Memphis | 11 | 36 | 828 | 23.00 | 0 | 3.3 | 75.3 |
| 14 | Iowa State | 9 | 31 | 641 | 20.68 | 0 | 3.4 | 71.2 |
| 14 | Rice | 9 | 31 | 654 | 21.10 | 0 | 3.4 | 72.7 |
| 14 | Minnesota | 7 | 24 | 515 | 21.46 | 0 | 3.4 | 73.6 |
| 14 | UTEP | 10 | 34 | 807 | 23.74 | 1 | 3.4 | 80.7 |
| 14 | Colorado State | 10 | 34 | 834 | 24.53 | 1 | 3.4 | 83.4 |
| 19 | Army | 12 | 42 | 889 | 21.17 | 0 | 3.5 | 74.1 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 38 | 825 | 21.71 | 0 | 3.5 | 75.0 |
| 19 | Purdue | 11 | 38 | 920 | 24.21 | 1 | 3.5 | 83.6 |
| 22 | Buffalo | 12 | 43 | 898 | 20.88 | 0 | 3.6 | 74.8 |
| 22 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 43 | 948 | 22.05 | 1 | 3.6 | 79.0 |
| 22 | Indiana | 10 | 36 | 819 | 22.75 | 0 | 3.6 | 81.9 |
| 25 | Ohio State | 9 | 33 | 645 | 19.55 | 1 | 3.7 | 71.7 |
| 25 | Oregon State | 9 | 33 | 658 | 19.94 | 0 | 3.7 | 73.1 |
| 27 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 42 | 777 | 18.50 | 0 | 3.8 | 70.6 |
| 27 | Western Michigan | 12 | 45 | 857 | 19.04 | 1 | 3.8 | 71.4 |
| 27 | SMU | 10 | 38 | 804 | 21.16 | 0 | 3.8 | 80.4 |
| 27 | Central Michigan | 11 | 42 | 892 | 21.24 | 0 | 3.8 | 81.1 |
| 27 | Boston College | 9 | 34 | 725 | 21.32 | 1 | 3.8 | 80.6 |
| 27 | Penn State | 9 | 34 | 745 | 21.91 | 0 | 3.8 | 82.8 |
| 27 | Syracuse | 9 | 34 | 774 | 22.76 | 0 | 3.8 | 86.0 |
| 27 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 34 | 846 | 24.88 | 1 | 3.8 | 94.0 |
| 27 | Idaho | 12 | 45 | 1283 | 28.51 | 1 | 3.8 | 106.9 |
| 36 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 43 | 598 | 13.91 | 0 | 3.9 | 54.4 |
| 36 | Kansas | 8 | 31 | 603 | 19.45 | 0 | 3.9 | 75.4 |
| 36 | Troy | 10 | 39 | 783 | 20.08 | 0 | 3.9 | 78.3 |
| 36 | Maryland | 9 | 35 | 865 | 24.71 | 0 | 3.9 | 96.1 |
| 36 | Tulane | 12 | 47 | 1195 | 25.43 | 1 | 3.9 | 99.6 |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 44 | 750 | 17.05 | 0 | 4.0 | 68.2 |
| 41 | Connecticut | 10 | 40 | 939 | 23.48 | 1 | 4.0 | 93.9 |
| 43 | UAB | 10 | 41 | 1013 | 24.71 | 0 | 4.1 | 101.3 |
| 44 | Duke | 9 | 38 | 678 | 17.84 | 0 | 4.2 | 75.3 |
| 44 | Temple | 13 | 54 | 1040 | 19.26 | 0 | 4.2 | 80.0 |
| 44 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 46 | 890 | 19.35 | 0 | 4.2 | 80.9 |
| 44 | BYU | 12 | 50 | 992 | 19.84 | 0 | 4.2 | 82.7 |
| 44 | San Diego State | 10 | 42 | 1042 | 24.81 | 0 | 4.2 | 104.2 |
| 49 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 43 | 703 | 16.35 | 0 | 4.3 | 70.3 |
| 49 | Florida State | 11 | 47 | 894 | 19.02 | 0 | 4.3 | 81.3 |
| 49 | Michigan | 10 | 43 | 925 | 21.51 | 0 | 4.3 | 92.5 |
| 49 | Virginia | 10 | 43 | 933 | 21.70 | 0 | 4.3 | 93.3 |
| 49 | Wake Forest | 10 | 43 | 943 | 21.93 | 0 | 4.3 | 94.3 |
| 49 | Rutgers | 11 | 47 | 1140 | 24.26 | 0 | 4.3 | 103.6 |
| 49 | Arizona | 8 | 34 | 835 | 24.56 | 0 | 4.3 | 104.4 |
| 56 | Marshall | 9 | 40 | 801 | 20.03 | 0 | 4.4 | 89.0 |
| 56 | Arkansas | 9 | 40 | 868 | 21.70 | 0 | 4.4 | 96.4 |
| 56 | North Texas | 10 | 44 | 987 | 22.43 | 1 | 4.4 | 98.7 |
| 59 | Tennessee | 6 | 27 | 486 | 18.00 | 0 | 4.5 | 81.0 |
| 59 | Utah | 12 | 54 | 980 | 18.15 | 1 | 4.5 | 81.7 |
| 59 | Ball State | 11 | 50 | 1021 | 20.42 | 0 | 4.5 | 92.8 |
| 59 | Bowling Green | 11 | 50 | 1037 | 20.74 | 0 | 4.5 | 94.3 |
| 59 | New Mexico State | 12 | 54 | 1233 | 22.83 | 1 | 4.5 | 102.8 |
| 64 | Northwestern | 10 | 46 | 862 | 18.74 | 0 | 4.6 | 86.2 |
| 64 | Kansas State | 9 | 41 | 857 | 20.90 | 0 | 4.6 | 95.2 |
| 64 | East Carolina | 8 | 37 | 856 | 23.14 | 1 | 4.6 | 107.0 |
| 64 | Navy | 10 | 46 | 1106 | 24.04 | 0 | 4.6 | 110.6 |
| 68 | UCF | 11 | 52 | 936 | 18.00 | 1 | 4.7 | 85.1 |
| 68 | North Carolina | 11 | 52 | 999 | 19.21 | 0 | 4.7 | 90.8 |
| 68 | San Jose State | 11 | 52 | 1101 | 21.17 | 0 | 4.7 | 100.1 |
| 68 | Wyoming | 10 | 47 | 997 | 21.21 | 0 | 4.7 | 99.7 |
| 72 | South Carolina | 9 | 43 | 794 | 18.47 | 0 | 4.8 | 88.2 |
| 72 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 43 | 804 | 18.70 | 0 | 4.8 | 89.3 |
| 72 | Nebraska | 9 | 43 | 1008 | 23.44 | 0 | 4.8 | 112.0 |
| 72 | Georgia | 10 | 48 | 1155 | 24.06 | 2 | 4.8 | 115.5 |
| 72 | Utah State | 13 | 62 | 1593 | 25.69 | 2 | 4.8 | 122.5 |
| 77 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 39 | 719 | 18.44 | 0 | 4.9 | 89.9 |
| 77 | Fresno State | 11 | 54 | 1241 | 22.98 | 1 | 4.9 | 112.8 |
| 79 | Arkansas State | 12 | 60 | 1045 | 17.42 | 0 | 5.0 | 87.1 |
| 79 | Texas Tech | 8 | 40 | 860 | 21.50 | 0 | 5.0 | 107.5 |
| 79 | Texas | 9 | 45 | 980 | 21.78 | 0 | 5.0 | 108.9 |
| 79 | South Florida | 10 | 50 | 1203 | 24.06 | 1 | 5.0 | 120.3 |
| 83 | Texas A&M | 8 | 41 | 871 | 21.24 | 0 | 5.1 | 108.9 |
| 83 | North Carolina State | 10 | 51 | 1225 | 24.02 | 0 | 5.1 | 122.5 |
| 85 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 52 | 936 | 18.00 | 0 | 5.2 | 93.6 |
| 85 | Ohio | 14 | 73 | 1406 | 19.26 | 1 | 5.2 | 100.4 |
| 85 | Florida International | 13 | 67 | 1537 | 22.94 | 1 | 5.2 | 118.2 |
| 85 | Michigan State | 9 | 47 | 1114 | 23.70 | 1 | 5.2 | 123.8 |
| 89 | Hawai'i | 13 | 69 | 1244 | 18.03 | 0 | 5.3 | 95.7 |
| 89 | Tulsa | 9 | 48 | 939 | 19.56 | 0 | 5.3 | 104.3 |
| 89 | Notre Dame | 8 | 42 | 863 | 20.55 | 0 | 5.3 | 107.9 |
| 89 | Arizona State | 10 | 53 | 1178 | 22.23 | 0 | 5.3 | 117.8 |
| 93 | California | 10 | 54 | 1109 | 20.54 | 0 | 5.4 | 110.9 |
| 93 | USC | 10 | 54 | 1216 | 22.52 | 1 | 5.4 | 121.6 |
| 95 | Air Force | 11 | 60 | 1143 | 19.05 | 2 | 5.5 | 103.9 |
| 95 | Mississippi State | 8 | 44 | 886 | 20.14 | 0 | 5.5 | 110.8 |
| 95 | Wisconsin | 10 | 55 | 1246 | 22.65 | 1 | 5.5 | 124.6 |
| 95 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 66 | 1526 | 23.12 | 0 | 5.5 | 127.2 |
| 99 | Iowa | 9 | 50 | 1039 | 20.78 | 0 | 5.6 | 115.4 |
| 99 | Washington | 8 | 45 | 950 | 21.11 | 0 | 5.6 | 118.8 |
| 99 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 56 | 1217 | 21.73 | 0 | 5.6 | 121.7 |
| 102 | Cincinnati | 12 | 68 | 1277 | 18.78 | 0 | 5.7 | 106.4 |
| 102 | Missouri | 9 | 51 | 962 | 18.86 | 0 | 5.7 | 106.9 |
| 102 | Baylor | 9 | 51 | 1032 | 20.24 | 0 | 5.7 | 114.7 |
| 105 | Florida | 8 | 46 | 952 | 20.70 | 0 | 5.8 | 119.0 |
| 105 | Washington State | 10 | 58 | 1233 | 21.26 | 2 | 5.8 | 123.3 |
| 107 | TCU | 11 | 65 | 1327 | 20.42 | 0 | 5.9 | 120.6 |
| 108 | Clemson | 9 | 54 | 1079 | 19.98 | 1 | 6.0 | 119.9 |
| 109 | Boise State | 11 | 67 | 1248 | 18.63 | 1 | 6.1 | 113.5 |
| 109 | West Virginia | 10 | 61 | 1457 | 23.89 | 1 | 6.1 | 145.7 |
| 111 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 81 | 1711 | 21.12 | 0 | 6.2 | 131.6 |
| 111 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | 80 | 1729 | 21.61 | 2 | 6.2 | 133.0 |
| 113 | LSU | 8 | 52 | 1089 | 20.94 | 0 | 6.5 | 136.1 |
| 113 | Houston | 13 | 85 | 1841 | 21.66 | 0 | 6.5 | 141.6 |
| 115 | Oklahoma | 9 | 59 | 1194 | 20.24 | 1 | 6.6 | 132.7 |
| 115 | Nevada | 10 | 66 | 1544 | 23.39 | 0 | 6.6 | 154.4 |
| 117 | Stanford | 10 | 67 | 1442 | 21.52 | 0 | 6.7 | 144.2 |
| 117 | Toledo | 12 | 80 | 1749 | 21.86 | 3 | 6.7 | 145.8 |
| 119 | Alabama | 10 | 69 | 1522 | 22.06 | 2 | 6.9 | 152.2 |
| 120 | Oregon | 10 | 81 | 1584 | 19.56 | 0 | 8.1 | 158.4 |