2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoffs - Games at Home Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Kickoffs | Yards | Avg. | Touchback | Touchback % | Out-Of-Bounds | Onside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowling Green | 5 | 18 | 979 | 54.39 | 3 | 16.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Florida | 7 | 18 | 993 | 55.17 | 1 | 5.56 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Alabama | 7 | 16 | 996 | 62.25 | 5 | 31.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | BYU | 6 | 17 | 1060 | 62.35 | 6 | 35.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Boise State | 6 | 18 | 1099 | 61.06 | 7 | 38.89 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Utah State | 6 | 18 | 1129 | 62.72 | 5 | 27.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 6 | 19 | 1143 | 60.16 | 6 | 31.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Rutgers | 6 | 19 | 1157 | 60.89 | 6 | 31.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 20 | 1167 | 58.35 | 7 | 35.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Navy | 5 | 19 | 1203 | 63.32 | 8 | 42.11 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Connecticut | 6 | 20 | 1209 | 60.45 | 5 | 25.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | North Texas | 5 | 20 | 1237 | 61.85 | 10 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | North Carolina State | 6 | 21 | 1247 | 59.38 | 4 | 19.05 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Florida State | 7 | 21 | 1247 | 59.38 | 6 | 28.57 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Oregon State | 7 | 23 | 1258 | 54.70 | 1 | 4.35 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Kent State | 5 | 23 | 1259 | 54.74 | 4 | 17.39 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Washington | 6 | 21 | 1261 | 60.05 | 3 | 14.29 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Michigan | 6 | 22 | 1269 | 57.68 | 5 | 22.73 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Oregon | 7 | 26 | 1283 | 49.35 | 3 | 11.54 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 7 | 21 | 1321 | 62.90 | 9 | 42.86 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 21 | 1330 | 63.33 | 9 | 42.86 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Fresno State | 6 | 22 | 1348 | 61.27 | 3 | 13.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 22 | 1384 | 62.91 | 10 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | South Carolina | 7 | 22 | 1410 | 64.09 | 15 | 68.18 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Arkansas State | 6 | 23 | 1416 | 61.57 | 9 | 39.13 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 23 | 1431 | 62.22 | 5 | 21.74 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Utah | 6 | 25 | 1432 | 57.28 | 9 | 36.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Syracuse | 5 | 24 | 1473 | 61.38 | 5 | 20.83 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Arizona State | 6 | 23 | 1474 | 64.09 | 12 | 52.17 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Cincinnati | 7 | 24 | 1481 | 61.71 | 9 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ohio | 6 | 27 | 1492 | 55.26 | 5 | 18.52 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 24 | 1509 | 62.88 | 14 | 58.33 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | Texas A&M | 6 | 25 | 1522 | 60.88 | 9 | 36.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Air Force | 6 | 25 | 1524 | 60.96 | 9 | 36.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | UCF | 6 | 25 | 1546 | 61.84 | 7 | 28.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | TCU | 6 | 25 | 1556 | 62.24 | 9 | 36.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 25 | 1562 | 62.48 | 11 | 44.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 25 | 1574 | 62.96 | 10 | 40.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 26 | 1576 | 60.62 | 5 | 19.23 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Ball State | 5 | 26 | 1579 | 60.73 | 6 | 23.08 | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | Rice | 5 | 27 | 1635 | 60.56 | 15 | 55.56 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Mississippi State | 7 | 27 | 1640 | 60.74 | 10 | 37.04 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | UTSA | 4 | 27 | 1646 | 60.96 | 5 | 18.52 | 2 | 2 |
| 44 | Georgia | 7 | 28 | 1648 | 58.86 | 5 | 17.86 | 0 | 1 |
| 45 | Hawai'i | 6 | 30 | 1658 | 55.27 | 4 | 13.33 | 0 | 1 |
| 46 | Washington State | 5 | 27 | 1660 | 61.48 | 14 | 51.85 | 0 | 1 |
| 47 | Kansas State | 7 | 30 | 1670 | 55.67 | 8 | 26.67 | 2 | 1 |
| 48 | San Jose State | 6 | 30 | 1693 | 56.43 | 6 | 20.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | Texas | 6 | 29 | 1694 | 58.41 | 11 | 37.93 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | USC | 6 | 30 | 1698 | 56.60 | 7 | 23.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 29 | 1718 | 59.24 | 7 | 24.14 | 1 | 1 |
| 52 | Colorado State | 6 | 28 | 1749 | 62.46 | 10 | 35.71 | 1 | 1 |
| 53 | San Diego State | 7 | 29 | 1760 | 60.69 | 6 | 20.69 | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | LSU | 8 | 31 | 1766 | 56.97 | 6 | 19.35 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | East Carolina | 6 | 31 | 1772 | 57.16 | 7 | 22.58 | 0 | 1 |
| 56 | Idaho | 5 | 28 | 1774 | 63.36 | 21 | 75.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 57 | Nebraska | 7 | 30 | 1782 | 59.40 | 10 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Louisville | 7 | 28 | 1789 | 63.89 | 10 | 35.71 | 1 | 1 |
| 59 | Northwestern | 7 | 29 | 1811 | 62.45 | 17 | 58.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Tulsa | 7 | 29 | 1826 | 62.97 | 15 | 51.72 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 31 | 1828 | 58.97 | 6 | 19.35 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 29 | 1830 | 63.10 | 16 | 55.17 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Maryland | 6 | 30 | 1833 | 61.10 | 10 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | Toledo | 6 | 31 | 1846 | 59.55 | 6 | 19.35 | 0 | 1 |
| 65 | South Florida | 6 | 31 | 1847 | 59.58 | 12 | 38.71 | 1 | 2 |
| 66 | Florida International | 6 | 32 | 1850 | 57.81 | 4 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Texas Tech | 6 | 29 | 1862 | 64.21 | 20 | 68.97 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Michigan State | 7 | 31 | 1877 | 60.55 | 8 | 25.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Penn State | 7 | 31 | 1880 | 60.65 | 8 | 25.81 | 0 | 1 |
| 70 | Oklahoma | 6 | 32 | 1892 | 59.13 | 15 | 46.88 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 | Minnesota | 7 | 32 | 1898 | 59.31 | 4 | 12.50 | 1 | 1 |
| 72 | Buffalo | 6 | 33 | 1907 | 57.79 | 9 | 27.27 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | Iowa State | 7 | 34 | 1919 | 56.44 | 13 | 38.24 | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | South Alabama | 6 | 31 | 1921 | 61.97 | 16 | 51.61 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 32 | 1928 | 60.25 | 10 | 31.25 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 | Boston College | 6 | 33 | 1941 | 58.82 | 7 | 21.21 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | UCLA | 7 | 32 | 1961 | 61.28 | 12 | 37.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Illinois | 7 | 33 | 1962 | 59.45 | 13 | 39.39 | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | SMU | 7 | 31 | 1964 | 63.35 | 17 | 54.84 | 1 | 1 |
| 80 | Baylor | 6 | 33 | 1973 | 59.79 | 11 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | UTEP | 6 | 32 | 1975 | 61.72 | 17 | 53.13 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | Iowa | 7 | 33 | 1985 | 60.15 | 13 | 39.39 | 1 | 2 |
| 83 | Stanford | 7 | 32 | 1988 | 62.13 | 11 | 34.38 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Memphis | 6 | 34 | 2012 | 59.18 | 7 | 20.59 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Massachusetts | 5 | 33 | 2041 | 61.85 | 11 | 33.33 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | New Mexico | 6 | 32 | 2041 | 63.78 | 17 | 53.13 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Missouri | 7 | 34 | 2068 | 60.82 | 13 | 38.24 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Western Michigan | 6 | 35 | 2096 | 59.89 | 7 | 20.00 | 2 | 1 |
| 89 | UNLV | 7 | 34 | 2110 | 62.06 | 15 | 44.12 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | Kansas | 6 | 34 | 2113 | 62.15 | 18 | 52.94 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Temple | 6 | 35 | 2117 | 60.49 | 6 | 17.14 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | Ohio State | 8 | 35 | 2160 | 61.71 | 15 | 42.86 | 1 | 2 |
| 93 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 37 | 2179 | 58.89 | 9 | 24.32 | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | Auburn | 7 | 35 | 2181 | 62.31 | 17 | 48.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Clemson | 7 | 36 | 2226 | 61.83 | 17 | 47.22 | 0 | 1 |
| 96 | California | 7 | 39 | 2231 | 57.21 | 4 | 10.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | North Carolina | 7 | 37 | 2243 | 60.62 | 6 | 16.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Kentucky | 7 | 36 | 2250 | 62.50 | 6 | 16.67 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | UAB | 6 | 37 | 2290 | 61.89 | 16 | 43.24 | 0 | 1 |
| 100 | Houston | 7 | 38 | 2295 | 60.39 | 16 | 42.11 | 1 | 3 |
| 101 | Duke | 7 | 38 | 2333 | 61.39 | 13 | 34.21 | 2 | 2 |
| 102 | Nevada | 6 | 38 | 2336 | 61.47 | 18 | 47.37 | 0 | 1 |
| 103 | Marshall | 6 | 38 | 2343 | 61.66 | 12 | 31.58 | 1 | 2 |
| 104 | Purdue | 7 | 41 | 2352 | 57.37 | 3 | 7.32 | 1 | 1 |
| 105 | Arkansas | 7 | 37 | 2361 | 63.81 | 22 | 59.46 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Troy | 6 | 40 | 2367 | 59.18 | 11 | 27.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 107 | Texas State | 6 | 40 | 2384 | 59.60 | 7 | 17.50 | 0 | 1 |
| 108 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 40 | 2392 | 59.80 | 12 | 30.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 109 | Mississippi | 7 | 39 | 2399 | 61.51 | 11 | 28.21 | 1 | 1 |
| 110 | Wyoming | 6 | 38 | 2405 | 63.29 | 26 | 68.42 | 1 | 0 |
| 111 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 41 | 2407 | 58.71 | 6 | 14.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | Akron | 6 | 41 | 2409 | 58.76 | 14 | 34.15 | 3 | 0 |
| 113 | New Mexico State | 6 | 39 | 2456 | 62.97 | 19 | 48.72 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | Tennessee | 7 | 44 | 2462 | 55.95 | 14 | 31.82 | 2 | 0 |
| 115 | Central Michigan | 7 | 41 | 2493 | 60.80 | 11 | 26.83 | 1 | 1 |
| 116 | Indiana | 6 | 40 | 2543 | 63.58 | 19 | 47.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | Virginia | 7 | 43 | 2598 | 60.42 | 6 | 13.95 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 43 | 2627 | 61.09 | 11 | 25.58 | 2 | 2 |
| 119 | Arizona | 8 | 42 | 2629 | 62.60 | 27 | 64.29 | 0 | 1 |
| 120 | Army | 7 | 43 | 2685 | 62.44 | 20 | 46.51 | 1 | 2 |
| 121 | Wake Forest | 7 | 43 | 2694 | 62.65 | 23 | 53.49 | 1 | 0 |
| 122 | West Virginia | 7 | 47 | 2876 | 61.19 | 14 | 29.79 | 1 | 1 |
| 123 | Colorado | 6 | 46 | 2940 | 63.91 | 26 | 56.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 | Tulane | 7 | 49 | 3091 | 63.08 | 20 | 40.82 | 2 | 1 |