2012 Big Ten Conference Leaders Punting - Games vs. BCS Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/07/2013
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Punts | Yards | Avg. | Punts/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Sadler | Mich St | SO | P | 10 | 69 | 3009 | 43.61 | 6.9 | 300.9 |
| 2 | Cody Webster | Purdue | JR | P | 10 | 62 | 2602 | 41.97 | 6.2 | 260.2 |
| 3 | Brett Maher | Nebraska | SR | P | 11 | 56 | 2347 | 41.91 | 5.1 | 213.4 |
| 4 | Justin DuVernois | Illinois | SO | P | 9 | 57 | 2366 | 41.51 | 6.3 | 262.9 |
| 5 | Drew Meyer | Wisconsin | FR | P | 11 | 63 | 2602 | 41.30 | 5.7 | 236.5 |
| 6 | Ben Buchanan | Ohio State | SR | P | 9 | 44 | 1798 | 40.86 | 4.9 | 199.8 |
| 7 | Erich Toth | Indiana | FR | K | 7 | 46 | 1810 | 39.35 | 6.6 | 258.6 |
| 8 | Brandon Williams | N'western | JR | P | 12 | 61 | 2384 | 39.08 | 5.1 | 198.7 |
| 9 | Christian Eldred | Minnesota | SO | P | 10 | 54 | 2085 | 38.61 | 5.4 | 208.5 |
| 10 | Connor Kornbrath | Iowa | FR | P | 9 | 47 | 1805 | 38.40 | 5.2 | 200.6 |
| 11 | Alex Butterworth | Penn State | JR | P | 10 | 43 | 1620 | 37.67 | 4.3 | 162.0 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 3.6 punts per game played.