2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - All Games through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akron | 12 | 33 | 529 | 16.03 | 0 | 2.8 | 44.1 |
| 2 | Syracuse | 13 | 44 | 716 | 16.27 | 0 | 3.4 | 55.1 |
| 3 | Florida State | 14 | 60 | 997 | 16.62 | 0 | 4.3 | 71.2 |
| 4 | Auburn | 12 | 14 | 233 | 16.64 | 0 | 1.2 | 19.4 |
| 5 | Temple | 11 | 17 | 293 | 17.24 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.6 |
| 6 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 61 | 1062 | 17.41 | 0 | 4.4 | 75.9 |
| 7 | Florida | 13 | 38 | 684 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.9 | 52.6 |
| 8 | LSU | 13 | 50 | 903 | 18.06 | 0 | 3.8 | 69.5 |
| 9 | Rutgers | 13 | 44 | 796 | 18.09 | 0 | 3.4 | 61.2 |
| 10 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 57 | 1033 | 18.12 | 0 | 4.8 | 86.1 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 13 | 57 | 1040 | 18.25 | 0 | 4.4 | 80.0 |
| 12 | Stanford | 14 | 38 | 694 | 18.26 | 0 | 2.7 | 49.6 |
| 13 | Arizona | 13 | 42 | 772 | 18.38 | 0 | 3.2 | 59.4 |
| 14 | Tulsa | 14 | 48 | 893 | 18.60 | 0 | 3.4 | 63.8 |
| 15 | Texas A&M | 13 | 38 | 708 | 18.63 | 0 | 2.9 | 54.5 |
| 16 | TCU | 13 | 38 | 709 | 18.66 | 0 | 2.9 | 54.5 |
| 17 | Oregon State | 13 | 41 | 767 | 18.71 | 0 | 3.2 | 59.0 |
| 18 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 58 | 1086 | 18.72 | 0 | 4.5 | 83.5 |
| 19 | Memphis | 12 | 15 | 282 | 18.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.5 |
| 20 | Missouri | 12 | 45 | 848 | 18.84 | 0 | 3.8 | 70.7 |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 12 | 27 | 511 | 18.93 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.6 |
| 22 | Arkansas State | 13 | 55 | 1045 | 19.00 | 0 | 4.2 | 80.4 |
| 23 | Utah | 12 | 35 | 673 | 19.23 | 1 | 2.9 | 56.1 |
| 24 | Iowa | 12 | 30 | 583 | 19.43 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.6 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 14 | 46 | 898 | 19.52 | 0 | 3.3 | 64.1 |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 75 | 1468 | 19.57 | 1 | 6.3 | 122.3 |
| 27 | Bowling Green | 13 | 50 | 980 | 19.60 | 0 | 3.8 | 75.4 |
| 28 | Troy | 12 | 46 | 903 | 19.63 | 0 | 3.8 | 75.3 |
| 29 | Central Michigan | 13 | 50 | 982 | 19.64 | 0 | 3.8 | 75.5 |
| 30 | Western Michigan | 12 | 51 | 1003 | 19.67 | 0 | 4.3 | 83.6 |
| 30 | Fresno State | 13 | 60 | 1180 | 19.67 | 0 | 4.6 | 90.8 |
| 32 | Northwestern | 13 | 68 | 1340 | 19.71 | 1 | 5.2 | 103.1 |
| 33 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 53 | 1050 | 19.81 | 1 | 4.1 | 80.8 |
| 34 | Boston College | 12 | 38 | 754 | 19.84 | 0 | 3.2 | 62.8 |
| 35 | Mississippi State | 13 | 54 | 1072 | 19.85 | 2 | 4.2 | 82.5 |
| 36 | UCF | 14 | 55 | 1094 | 19.89 | 0 | 3.9 | 78.1 |
| 37 | Toledo | 13 | 60 | 1207 | 20.12 | 0 | 4.6 | 92.8 |
| 38 | North Carolina State | 13 | 32 | 644 | 20.13 | 0 | 2.5 | 49.5 |
| 39 | Georgia | 14 | 54 | 1091 | 20.20 | 0 | 3.9 | 77.9 |
| 40 | Minnesota | 13 | 28 | 566 | 20.21 | 1 | 2.2 | 43.5 |
| 41 | Ball State | 13 | 61 | 1235 | 20.25 | 1 | 4.7 | 95.0 |
| 42 | Boise State | 13 | 60 | 1228 | 20.47 | 2 | 4.6 | 94.5 |
| 43 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 54 | 1106 | 20.48 | 0 | 4.2 | 85.1 |
| 44 | San Jose State | 13 | 60 | 1230 | 20.50 | 0 | 4.6 | 94.6 |
| 45 | UTEP | 12 | 23 | 472 | 20.52 | 1 | 1.9 | 39.3 |
| 46 | Nebraska | 14 | 33 | 680 | 20.61 | 1 | 2.4 | 48.6 |
| 47 | Tennessee | 12 | 46 | 949 | 20.63 | 1 | 3.8 | 79.1 |
| 48 | UNLV | 13 | 40 | 827 | 20.68 | 0 | 3.1 | 63.6 |
| 49 | Florida International | 12 | 29 | 600 | 20.69 | 0 | 2.4 | 50.0 |
| 50 | BYU | 13 | 41 | 850 | 20.73 | 1 | 3.2 | 65.4 |
| 51 | Air Force | 13 | 35 | 726 | 20.74 | 0 | 2.7 | 55.8 |
| 52 | Wyoming | 12 | 31 | 644 | 20.77 | 0 | 2.6 | 53.7 |
| 52 | Ohio State | 12 | 57 | 1184 | 20.77 | 1 | 4.8 | 98.7 |
| 54 | Rice | 13 | 27 | 561 | 20.78 | 0 | 2.1 | 43.2 |
| 55 | SMU | 13 | 47 | 980 | 20.85 | 0 | 3.6 | 75.4 |
| 55 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 48 | 1001 | 20.85 | 0 | 3.7 | 77.0 |
| 57 | Maryland | 12 | 46 | 961 | 20.89 | 0 | 3.8 | 80.1 |
| 58 | Kent State | 14 | 53 | 1113 | 21.00 | 0 | 3.8 | 79.5 |
| 58 | Texas Tech | 13 | 54 | 1134 | 21.00 | 1 | 4.2 | 87.2 |
| 60 | Arkansas | 12 | 19 | 402 | 21.16 | 0 | 1.6 | 33.5 |
| 60 | USC | 13 | 45 | 952 | 21.16 | 0 | 3.5 | 73.2 |
| 62 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 37 | 785 | 21.22 | 0 | 3.1 | 65.4 |
| 63 | Kentucky | 12 | 24 | 512 | 21.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.7 |
| 64 | Washington State | 12 | 29 | 619 | 21.34 | 1 | 2.4 | 51.6 |
| 65 | Houston | 12 | 46 | 984 | 21.39 | 0 | 3.8 | 82.0 |
| 66 | New Mexico State | 12 | 25 | 536 | 21.44 | 0 | 2.1 | 44.7 |
| 66 | Purdue | 13 | 55 | 1179 | 21.44 | 0 | 4.2 | 90.7 |
| 68 | Idaho | 12 | 32 | 687 | 21.47 | 0 | 2.7 | 57.3 |
| 69 | Alabama | 14 | 53 | 1143 | 21.57 | 1 | 3.8 | 81.6 |
| 70 | Texas State | 12 | 34 | 734 | 21.59 | 0 | 2.8 | 61.2 |
| 70 | Duke | 13 | 46 | 993 | 21.59 | 0 | 3.5 | 76.4 |
| 72 | Oregon | 13 | 96 | 2079 | 21.66 | 0 | 7.4 | 159.9 |
| 73 | Utah State | 13 | 52 | 1128 | 21.69 | 2 | 4.0 | 86.8 |
| 74 | Kansas | 12 | 39 | 849 | 21.77 | 1 | 3.3 | 70.8 |
| 75 | Hawai'i | 12 | 42 | 917 | 21.83 | 1 | 3.5 | 76.4 |
| 76 | UCLA | 14 | 21 | 459 | 21.86 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.8 |
| 77 | Arizona State | 13 | 51 | 1118 | 21.92 | 1 | 3.9 | 86.0 |
| 78 | Ohio | 13 | 53 | 1168 | 22.04 | 1 | 4.1 | 89.8 |
| 79 | Washington | 13 | 49 | 1083 | 22.10 | 0 | 3.8 | 83.3 |
| 80 | Notre Dame | 13 | 45 | 996 | 22.13 | 0 | 3.5 | 76.6 |
| 81 | Navy | 13 | 43 | 952 | 22.14 | 0 | 3.3 | 73.2 |
| 82 | Indiana | 12 | 34 | 757 | 22.26 | 0 | 2.8 | 63.1 |
| 83 | UTSA | 10 | 38 | 847 | 22.29 | 1 | 3.8 | 84.7 |
| 83 | Texas | 13 | 51 | 1137 | 22.29 | 1 | 3.9 | 87.5 |
| 85 | Cincinnati | 13 | 45 | 1010 | 22.44 | 1 | 3.5 | 77.7 |
| 86 | Connecticut | 12 | 30 | 676 | 22.53 | 0 | 2.5 | 56.3 |
| 86 | Baylor | 13 | 51 | 1149 | 22.53 | 1 | 3.9 | 88.4 |
| 88 | Tulane | 12 | 23 | 523 | 22.74 | 0 | 1.9 | 43.6 |
| 89 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 60 | 1368 | 22.80 | 1 | 4.6 | 105.2 |
| 90 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 42 | 965 | 22.98 | 3 | 3.5 | 80.4 |
| 91 | Illinois | 12 | 20 | 460 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 38.3 |
| 91 | South Alabama | 13 | 35 | 805 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.7 | 61.9 |
| 93 | Penn State | 12 | 39 | 901 | 23.10 | 1 | 3.3 | 75.1 |
| 94 | Nevada | 13 | 54 | 1248 | 23.11 | 0 | 4.2 | 96.0 |
| 95 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 34 | 786 | 23.12 | 1 | 2.8 | 65.5 |
| 96 | Wake Forest | 12 | 19 | 441 | 23.21 | 1 | 1.6 | 36.8 |
| 97 | Iowa State | 13 | 41 | 952 | 23.22 | 0 | 3.2 | 73.2 |
| 97 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 45 | 1045 | 23.22 | 1 | 3.5 | 80.4 |
| 99 | South Carolina | 13 | 34 | 790 | 23.24 | 0 | 2.6 | 60.8 |
| 100 | Michigan | 13 | 48 | 1116 | 23.25 | 0 | 3.7 | 85.8 |
| 101 | Colorado State | 12 | 32 | 751 | 23.47 | 0 | 2.7 | 62.6 |
| 102 | North Carolina | 12 | 66 | 1552 | 23.52 | 3 | 5.5 | 129.3 |
| 103 | West Virginia | 13 | 66 | 1561 | 23.65 | 1 | 5.1 | 120.1 |
| 104 | South Florida | 12 | 18 | 427 | 23.72 | 0 | 1.5 | 35.6 |
| 105 | East Carolina | 13 | 47 | 1117 | 23.77 | 2 | 3.6 | 85.9 |
| 105 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 66 | 1569 | 23.77 | 0 | 4.7 | 112.1 |
| 107 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 53 | 1262 | 23.81 | 0 | 4.4 | 105.2 |
| 108 | Buffalo | 12 | 33 | 786 | 23.82 | 2 | 2.8 | 65.5 |
| 109 | Clemson | 13 | 47 | 1123 | 23.89 | 0 | 3.6 | 86.4 |
| 110 | Kansas State | 13 | 59 | 1427 | 24.19 | 3 | 4.5 | 109.8 |
| 111 | Michigan State | 13 | 29 | 702 | 24.21 | 0 | 2.2 | 54.0 |
| 112 | San Diego State | 13 | 42 | 1023 | 24.36 | 1 | 3.2 | 78.7 |
| 113 | Mississippi | 13 | 42 | 1030 | 24.52 | 2 | 3.2 | 79.2 |
| 114 | Louisville | 13 | 72 | 1775 | 24.65 | 2 | 5.5 | 136.5 |
| 115 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 34 | 845 | 24.85 | 2 | 2.6 | 65.0 |
| 116 | Marshall | 12 | 69 | 1735 | 25.14 | 3 | 5.8 | 144.6 |
| 117 | Army | 12 | 22 | 554 | 25.18 | 1 | 1.8 | 46.2 |
| 118 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 37 | 940 | 25.41 | 1 | 3.1 | 78.3 |
| 119 | New Mexico | 13 | 31 | 790 | 25.48 | 1 | 2.4 | 60.8 |
| 120 | UAB | 12 | 32 | 816 | 25.50 | 0 | 2.7 | 68.0 |
| 121 | North Texas | 12 | 26 | 690 | 26.54 | 1 | 2.2 | 57.5 |
| 122 | California | 12 | 39 | 1047 | 26.85 | 2 | 3.3 | 87.3 |
| 123 | Virginia | 12 | 29 | 797 | 27.48 | 2 | 2.4 | 66.4 |
| 124 | Colorado | 12 | 30 | 836 | 27.87 | 2 | 2.5 | 69.7 |