2011 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | 12 | 26 | 577 | 22.19 | 0 | 2.2 | 48.1 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 11 | 24 | 601 | 25.04 | 1 | 2.2 | 54.6 |
| 3 | Kentucky | 11 | 25 | 425 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 38.6 |
| 4 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 29 | 594 | 20.48 | 0 | 2.4 | 49.5 |
| 5 | Mississippi | 11 | 27 | 548 | 20.30 | 0 | 2.5 | 49.8 |
| 5 | Illinois | 12 | 30 | 668 | 22.27 | 1 | 2.5 | 55.7 |
| 5 | Kent State | 11 | 28 | 663 | 23.68 | 1 | 2.5 | 60.3 |
| 8 | UCLA | 14 | 38 | 914 | 24.05 | 0 | 2.7 | 65.3 |
| 9 | Boston College | 11 | 31 | 525 | 16.94 | 0 | 2.8 | 47.7 |
| 9 | Colorado | 13 | 37 | 833 | 22.51 | 0 | 2.8 | 64.1 |
| 9 | UNLV | 11 | 31 | 729 | 23.52 | 1 | 2.8 | 66.3 |
| 12 | Akron | 11 | 32 | 688 | 21.50 | 0 | 2.9 | 62.5 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 11 | 33 | 610 | 18.48 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.5 |
| 13 | Minnesota | 11 | 33 | 713 | 21.61 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.8 |
| 13 | Memphis | 11 | 33 | 779 | 23.61 | 0 | 3.0 | 70.8 |
| 16 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 40 | 823 | 20.58 | 0 | 3.1 | 63.3 |
| 16 | Indiana | 11 | 34 | 792 | 23.29 | 0 | 3.1 | 72.0 |
| 18 | Penn State | 12 | 38 | 831 | 21.87 | 0 | 3.2 | 69.3 |
| 18 | Army | 11 | 35 | 777 | 22.20 | 0 | 3.2 | 70.6 |
| 18 | Colorado State | 11 | 35 | 860 | 24.57 | 1 | 3.2 | 78.2 |
| 21 | SMU | 12 | 40 | 853 | 21.33 | 0 | 3.3 | 71.1 |
| 21 | San Diego State | 12 | 40 | 966 | 24.15 | 0 | 3.3 | 80.5 |
| 21 | Purdue | 12 | 39 | 965 | 24.74 | 1 | 3.3 | 80.4 |
| 21 | Louisville | 12 | 39 | 975 | 25.00 | 0 | 3.3 | 81.3 |
| 25 | Kansas | 11 | 37 | 738 | 19.95 | 1 | 3.4 | 67.1 |
| 25 | Oregon State | 11 | 37 | 768 | 20.76 | 0 | 3.4 | 69.8 |
| 25 | Idaho | 11 | 37 | 1080 | 29.19 | 1 | 3.4 | 98.2 |
| 28 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 35 | 636 | 18.17 | 0 | 3.5 | 63.6 |
| 28 | Buffalo | 11 | 39 | 809 | 20.74 | 0 | 3.5 | 73.5 |
| 30 | Western Michigan | 12 | 43 | 816 | 18.98 | 1 | 3.6 | 68.0 |
| 30 | Iowa State | 12 | 43 | 873 | 20.30 | 0 | 3.6 | 72.8 |
| 30 | Central Michigan | 11 | 40 | 868 | 21.70 | 0 | 3.6 | 78.9 |
| 30 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 43 | 948 | 22.05 | 1 | 3.6 | 79.0 |
| 30 | UTEP | 11 | 40 | 948 | 23.70 | 1 | 3.6 | 86.2 |
| 30 | Tulane | 12 | 43 | 1060 | 24.65 | 1 | 3.6 | 88.3 |
| 36 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 44 | 627 | 14.25 | 0 | 3.7 | 52.3 |
| 36 | Florida State | 12 | 44 | 814 | 18.50 | 0 | 3.7 | 67.8 |
| 36 | Ohio State | 13 | 48 | 970 | 20.21 | 1 | 3.7 | 74.6 |
| 36 | Rice | 12 | 44 | 962 | 21.86 | 1 | 3.7 | 80.2 |
| 40 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 42 | 791 | 18.83 | 0 | 3.8 | 71.9 |
| 40 | Troy | 12 | 46 | 939 | 20.41 | 0 | 3.8 | 78.3 |
| 40 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 46 | 943 | 20.50 | 1 | 3.8 | 78.6 |
| 40 | Virginia | 12 | 45 | 1001 | 22.24 | 0 | 3.8 | 83.4 |
| 44 | Duke | 11 | 43 | 736 | 17.12 | 0 | 3.9 | 66.9 |
| 44 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 43 | 851 | 19.79 | 1 | 3.9 | 77.4 |
| 44 | Arkansas | 12 | 47 | 1040 | 22.13 | 0 | 3.9 | 86.7 |
| 44 | Connecticut | 11 | 43 | 1069 | 24.86 | 1 | 3.9 | 97.2 |
| 48 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 48 | 887 | 18.48 | 0 | 4.0 | 73.9 |
| 48 | Temple | 12 | 48 | 938 | 19.54 | 0 | 4.0 | 78.2 |
| 48 | Georgia | 13 | 52 | 1214 | 23.35 | 2 | 4.0 | 93.4 |
| 48 | Syracuse | 11 | 44 | 1046 | 23.77 | 0 | 4.0 | 95.1 |
| 48 | Arizona | 11 | 44 | 1060 | 24.09 | 0 | 4.0 | 96.4 |
| 53 | Bowling Green | 11 | 45 | 941 | 20.91 | 0 | 4.1 | 85.5 |
| 53 | North Texas | 12 | 49 | 1118 | 22.82 | 1 | 4.1 | 93.2 |
| 53 | Wyoming | 11 | 45 | 1034 | 22.98 | 0 | 4.1 | 94.0 |
| 53 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 53 | 1283 | 24.21 | 1 | 4.1 | 98.7 |
| 53 | Maryland | 11 | 45 | 1191 | 26.47 | 1 | 4.1 | 108.3 |
| 58 | UCF | 11 | 46 | 842 | 18.30 | 1 | 4.2 | 76.5 |
| 58 | BYU | 12 | 50 | 1012 | 20.24 | 0 | 4.2 | 84.3 |
| 58 | Mississippi State | 12 | 50 | 1048 | 20.96 | 0 | 4.2 | 87.3 |
| 58 | Marshall | 13 | 54 | 1180 | 21.85 | 1 | 4.2 | 90.8 |
| 58 | East Carolina | 12 | 50 | 1126 | 22.52 | 1 | 4.2 | 93.8 |
| 58 | Wake Forest | 12 | 50 | 1128 | 22.56 | 0 | 4.2 | 94.0 |
| 58 | UAB | 12 | 50 | 1212 | 24.24 | 0 | 4.2 | 101.0 |
| 58 | Nebraska | 12 | 50 | 1231 | 24.62 | 0 | 4.2 | 102.6 |
| 66 | Utah | 12 | 51 | 928 | 18.20 | 1 | 4.3 | 77.3 |
| 66 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 47 | 869 | 18.49 | 0 | 4.3 | 79.0 |
| 66 | Northwestern | 12 | 52 | 997 | 19.17 | 0 | 4.3 | 83.1 |
| 66 | Ball State | 12 | 52 | 1056 | 20.31 | 0 | 4.3 | 88.0 |
| 66 | Florida | 12 | 51 | 1086 | 21.29 | 0 | 4.3 | 90.5 |
| 66 | Notre Dame | 13 | 56 | 1256 | 22.43 | 0 | 4.3 | 96.6 |
| 66 | Rutgers | 12 | 52 | 1220 | 23.46 | 0 | 4.3 | 101.7 |
| 73 | Michigan | 13 | 57 | 1222 | 21.44 | 0 | 4.4 | 94.0 |
| 73 | Navy | 11 | 48 | 1209 | 25.19 | 0 | 4.4 | 109.9 |
| 75 | Tulsa | 13 | 59 | 1219 | 20.66 | 1 | 4.5 | 93.8 |
| 75 | Iowa | 12 | 54 | 1161 | 21.50 | 0 | 4.5 | 96.8 |
| 75 | North Carolina State | 11 | 49 | 1074 | 21.92 | 0 | 4.5 | 97.6 |
| 75 | New Mexico State | 13 | 58 | 1340 | 23.10 | 1 | 4.5 | 103.1 |
| 75 | Texas | 13 | 58 | 1378 | 23.76 | 1 | 4.5 | 106.0 |
| 75 | South Florida | 11 | 49 | 1230 | 25.10 | 2 | 4.5 | 111.8 |
| 81 | Arkansas State | 12 | 55 | 967 | 17.58 | 0 | 4.6 | 80.6 |
| 81 | Missouri | 12 | 55 | 1005 | 18.27 | 0 | 4.6 | 83.8 |
| 81 | North Carolina | 12 | 55 | 1082 | 19.67 | 0 | 4.6 | 90.2 |
| 81 | San Jose State | 12 | 55 | 1191 | 21.65 | 0 | 4.6 | 99.3 |
| 81 | South Carolina | 12 | 55 | 1232 | 22.40 | 1 | 4.6 | 102.7 |
| 81 | Texas Tech | 11 | 51 | 1230 | 24.12 | 1 | 4.6 | 111.8 |
| 81 | Utah State | 12 | 55 | 1428 | 25.96 | 2 | 4.6 | 119.0 |
| 88 | Texas A&M | 13 | 61 | 1238 | 20.30 | 0 | 4.7 | 95.2 |
| 88 | Michigan State | 13 | 61 | 1410 | 23.11 | 1 | 4.7 | 108.5 |
| 90 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 57 | 1040 | 18.25 | 0 | 4.8 | 86.7 |
| 90 | California | 12 | 58 | 1248 | 21.52 | 0 | 4.8 | 104.0 |
| 90 | Fresno State | 12 | 57 | 1411 | 24.75 | 2 | 4.8 | 117.6 |
| 93 | Kansas State | 12 | 59 | 1182 | 20.03 | 0 | 4.9 | 98.5 |
| 93 | Arizona State | 12 | 59 | 1321 | 22.39 | 1 | 4.9 | 110.1 |
| 95 | Hawai'i | 12 | 60 | 1083 | 18.05 | 0 | 5.0 | 90.3 |
| 95 | Air Force | 11 | 55 | 1057 | 19.22 | 2 | 5.0 | 96.1 |
| 95 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 60 | 1311 | 21.85 | 0 | 5.0 | 109.3 |
| 95 | Washington State | 11 | 55 | 1391 | 25.29 | 4 | 5.0 | 126.5 |
| 99 | Ohio | 13 | 66 | 1249 | 18.92 | 1 | 5.1 | 96.1 |
| 100 | Cincinnati | 12 | 62 | 1164 | 18.77 | 0 | 5.2 | 97.0 |
| 100 | Florida International | 13 | 67 | 1537 | 22.94 | 1 | 5.2 | 118.2 |
| 102 | Clemson | 13 | 69 | 1399 | 20.28 | 1 | 5.3 | 107.6 |
| 102 | LSU | 13 | 69 | 1408 | 20.41 | 0 | 5.3 | 108.3 |
| 102 | Washington | 12 | 63 | 1505 | 23.89 | 1 | 5.3 | 125.4 |
| 105 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 65 | 1471 | 22.63 | 0 | 5.4 | 122.6 |
| 106 | USC | 12 | 66 | 1551 | 23.50 | 2 | 5.5 | 129.3 |
| 107 | TCU | 12 | 68 | 1450 | 21.32 | 0 | 5.7 | 120.8 |
| 108 | Oklahoma | 13 | 75 | 1489 | 19.85 | 1 | 5.8 | 114.5 |
| 108 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 75 | 1579 | 21.05 | 0 | 5.8 | 121.5 |
| 108 | Baylor | 12 | 69 | 1535 | 22.25 | 0 | 5.8 | 127.9 |
| 108 | Wisconsin | 13 | 75 | 1739 | 23.19 | 1 | 5.8 | 133.8 |
| 108 | West Virginia | 12 | 70 | 1712 | 24.46 | 2 | 5.8 | 142.7 |
| 113 | Boise State | 13 | 77 | 1466 | 19.04 | 1 | 5.9 | 112.8 |
| 113 | Nevada | 13 | 77 | 1804 | 23.43 | 0 | 5.9 | 138.8 |
| 115 | Toledo | 12 | 72 | 1587 | 22.04 | 3 | 6.0 | 132.3 |
| 116 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | 79 | 1698 | 21.49 | 2 | 6.1 | 130.6 |
| 117 | Houston | 13 | 81 | 1769 | 21.84 | 0 | 6.2 | 136.1 |
| 118 | Alabama | 12 | 77 | 1631 | 21.18 | 1 | 6.4 | 135.9 |
| 119 | Stanford | 13 | 84 | 1790 | 21.31 | 0 | 6.5 | 137.7 |
| 120 | Oregon | 13 | 100 | 2004 | 20.04 | 0 | 7.7 | 154.2 |