2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 2 | BYU | 1 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 3 | Navy | 2 | 5 | 78 | 15.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 39.0 |
| 4 | Auburn | 8 | 6 | 128 | 21.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.0 |
| 5 | Temple | 7 | 10 | 183 | 18.30 | 0 | 1.4 | 26.1 |
| 6 | South Florida | 7 | 9 | 189 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.0 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 2 | 9 | 194 | 21.56 | 0 | 4.5 | 97.0 |
| 8 | Memphis | 8 | 11 | 208 | 18.91 | 0 | 1.4 | 26.0 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 8 | 12 | 215 | 17.92 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.9 |
| 10 | New Mexico State | 6 | 13 | 254 | 19.54 | 0 | 2.2 | 42.3 |
| 11 | Minnesota | 8 | 14 | 256 | 18.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.0 |
| 12 | Akron | 8 | 15 | 277 | 18.47 | 0 | 1.9 | 34.6 |
| 13 | Wake Forest | 8 | 12 | 290 | 24.17 | 1 | 1.5 | 36.3 |
| 14 | Illinois | 8 | 12 | 292 | 24.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 36.5 |
| 15 | Arkansas | 8 | 14 | 296 | 21.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 37.0 |
| 16 | Iowa | 8 | 19 | 324 | 17.05 | 0 | 2.4 | 40.5 |
| 17 | Nebraska | 9 | 19 | 332 | 17.47 | 0 | 2.1 | 36.9 |
| 18 | Rice | 8 | 17 | 345 | 20.29 | 0 | 2.1 | 43.1 |
| 19 | Texas State | 6 | 17 | 362 | 21.29 | 0 | 2.8 | 60.3 |
| 20 | North Carolina State | 8 | 19 | 365 | 19.21 | 0 | 2.4 | 45.6 |
| 21 | UCLA | 10 | 18 | 373 | 20.72 | 0 | 1.8 | 37.3 |
| 22 | Michigan State | 8 | 16 | 375 | 23.44 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.9 |
| 23 | Rutgers | 7 | 21 | 376 | 17.90 | 0 | 3.0 | 53.7 |
| 24 | Syracuse | 7 | 21 | 387 | 18.43 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.3 |
| 25 | Florida International | 8 | 19 | 388 | 20.42 | 0 | 2.4 | 48.5 |
| 26 | Massachusetts | 8 | 22 | 390 | 17.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 48.8 |
| 27 | UTEP | 8 | 19 | 391 | 20.58 | 1 | 2.4 | 48.9 |
| 28 | Florida | 8 | 21 | 392 | 18.67 | 0 | 2.6 | 49.0 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 7 | 17 | 395 | 23.24 | 0 | 2.4 | 56.4 |
| 30 | TCU | 9 | 22 | 396 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.4 | 44.0 |
| 31 | Tulane | 8 | 18 | 410 | 22.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 51.3 |
| 32 | Idaho | 6 | 21 | 424 | 20.19 | 0 | 3.5 | 70.7 |
| 33 | North Texas | 8 | 18 | 445 | 24.72 | 0 | 2.3 | 55.6 |
| 34 | Buffalo | 8 | 22 | 450 | 20.45 | 1 | 2.8 | 56.3 |
| 35 | Wyoming | 8 | 21 | 457 | 21.76 | 0 | 2.6 | 57.1 |
| 36 | Indiana | 8 | 23 | 464 | 20.17 | 0 | 2.9 | 58.0 |
| 37 | Air Force | 8 | 22 | 468 | 21.27 | 0 | 2.8 | 58.5 |
| 38 | Cincinnati | 7 | 22 | 470 | 21.36 | 0 | 3.1 | 67.1 |
| 39 | Texas A&M | 8 | 25 | 472 | 18.88 | 0 | 3.1 | 59.0 |
| 40 | Stanford | 10 | 25 | 478 | 19.12 | 0 | 2.5 | 47.8 |
| 41 | Arizona | 9 | 29 | 482 | 16.62 | 0 | 3.2 | 53.6 |
| 41 | Duke | 8 | 25 | 482 | 19.28 | 0 | 3.1 | 60.3 |
| 41 | Utah | 9 | 23 | 482 | 20.96 | 1 | 2.6 | 53.6 |
| 44 | Kansas | 9 | 25 | 500 | 20.00 | 1 | 2.8 | 55.6 |
| 44 | New Mexico | 8 | 20 | 500 | 25.00 | 1 | 2.5 | 62.5 |
| 46 | Texas Tech | 9 | 28 | 504 | 18.00 | 0 | 3.1 | 56.0 |
| 47 | UNLV | 8 | 24 | 514 | 21.42 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.3 |
| 48 | Colorado State | 8 | 23 | 521 | 22.65 | 0 | 2.9 | 65.1 |
| 49 | UTSA | 6 | 23 | 528 | 22.96 | 1 | 3.8 | 88.0 |
| 50 | Troy | 8 | 26 | 530 | 20.38 | 0 | 3.3 | 66.3 |
| 51 | San Jose State | 6 | 27 | 531 | 19.67 | 0 | 4.5 | 88.5 |
| 52 | Missouri | 8 | 28 | 533 | 19.04 | 0 | 3.5 | 66.6 |
| 53 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 27 | 534 | 19.78 | 0 | 3.4 | 66.8 |
| 54 | Washington State | 9 | 24 | 537 | 22.38 | 1 | 2.7 | 59.7 |
| 55 | South Carolina | 8 | 22 | 539 | 24.50 | 0 | 2.8 | 67.4 |
| 56 | Tulsa | 9 | 30 | 542 | 18.07 | 0 | 3.3 | 60.2 |
| 57 | Oregon State | 9 | 26 | 546 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.9 | 60.7 |
| 58 | South Alabama | 8 | 25 | 547 | 21.88 | 0 | 3.1 | 68.4 |
| 59 | Virginia | 8 | 19 | 548 | 28.84 | 2 | 2.4 | 68.5 |
| 60 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 27 | 550 | 20.37 | 0 | 3.4 | 68.8 |
| 61 | Boston College | 8 | 29 | 559 | 19.28 | 0 | 3.6 | 69.9 |
| 62 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 24 | 566 | 23.58 | 0 | 3.4 | 80.9 |
| 63 | SMU | 8 | 28 | 567 | 20.25 | 0 | 3.5 | 70.9 |
| 64 | Tennessee | 8 | 27 | 580 | 21.48 | 1 | 3.4 | 72.5 |
| 64 | UAB | 8 | 21 | 580 | 27.62 | 0 | 2.6 | 72.5 |
| 66 | LSU | 8 | 30 | 586 | 19.53 | 0 | 3.8 | 73.3 |
| 67 | Arizona State | 9 | 29 | 595 | 20.52 | 0 | 3.2 | 66.1 |
| 67 | Hawai'i | 8 | 28 | 595 | 21.25 | 0 | 3.5 | 74.4 |
| 69 | San Diego State | 8 | 25 | 600 | 24.00 | 0 | 3.1 | 75.0 |
| 70 | Colorado | 9 | 21 | 606 | 28.86 | 2 | 2.3 | 67.3 |
| 71 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 25 | 612 | 24.48 | 1 | 3.1 | 76.5 |
| 72 | Iowa State | 9 | 26 | 622 | 23.92 | 0 | 2.9 | 69.1 |
| 73 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 23 | 627 | 27.26 | 2 | 2.6 | 69.7 |
| 74 | Washington | 9 | 30 | 641 | 21.37 | 0 | 3.3 | 71.2 |
| 75 | Utah State | 6 | 29 | 642 | 22.14 | 1 | 4.8 | 107.0 |
| 76 | Ohio | 8 | 29 | 643 | 22.17 | 0 | 3.6 | 80.4 |
| 77 | Bowling Green | 8 | 32 | 644 | 20.13 | 0 | 4.0 | 80.5 |
| 78 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 25 | 645 | 25.80 | 1 | 3.1 | 80.6 |
| 79 | Florida State | 9 | 38 | 651 | 17.13 | 0 | 4.2 | 72.3 |
| 80 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 8 | 33 | 657 | 19.91 | 0 | 4.1 | 82.1 |
| 80 | Maryland | 8 | 32 | 657 | 20.53 | 0 | 4.0 | 82.1 |
| 82 | Purdue | 8 | 30 | 660 | 22.00 | 0 | 3.8 | 82.5 |
| 83 | Central Michigan | 8 | 33 | 664 | 20.12 | 0 | 4.1 | 83.0 |
| 84 | Houston | 8 | 32 | 671 | 20.97 | 0 | 4.0 | 83.9 |
| 85 | USC | 9 | 31 | 672 | 21.68 | 0 | 3.4 | 74.7 |
| 85 | Mississippi | 8 | 24 | 672 | 28.00 | 2 | 3.0 | 84.0 |
| 87 | Penn State | 8 | 28 | 689 | 24.61 | 1 | 3.5 | 86.1 |
| 88 | Wisconsin | 9 | 34 | 693 | 20.38 | 0 | 3.8 | 77.0 |
| 89 | Western Michigan | 8 | 35 | 701 | 20.03 | 0 | 4.4 | 87.6 |
| 89 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 32 | 701 | 21.91 | 0 | 4.0 | 87.6 |
| 91 | California | 9 | 25 | 725 | 29.00 | 2 | 2.8 | 80.6 |
| 92 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 26 | 727 | 27.96 | 3 | 3.3 | 90.9 |
| 93 | Oklahoma | 9 | 40 | 730 | 18.25 | 0 | 4.4 | 81.1 |
| 94 | Mississippi State | 8 | 33 | 732 | 22.18 | 2 | 4.1 | 91.5 |
| 95 | Alabama | 9 | 31 | 733 | 23.65 | 1 | 3.4 | 81.4 |
| 96 | Georgia | 9 | 37 | 737 | 19.92 | 0 | 4.1 | 81.9 |
| 97 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 33 | 750 | 22.73 | 0 | 4.1 | 93.8 |
| 98 | Arkansas State | 8 | 37 | 754 | 20.38 | 0 | 4.6 | 94.3 |
| 99 | Texas | 9 | 29 | 755 | 26.03 | 0 | 3.2 | 83.9 |
| 100 | Fresno State | 8 | 38 | 757 | 19.92 | 0 | 4.8 | 94.6 |
| 101 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 30 | 759 | 25.30 | 1 | 3.8 | 94.9 |
| 102 | UCF | 9 | 37 | 760 | 20.54 | 0 | 4.1 | 84.4 |
| 103 | East Carolina | 8 | 31 | 762 | 24.58 | 2 | 3.9 | 95.3 |
| 104 | Kent State | 9 | 37 | 765 | 20.68 | 0 | 4.1 | 85.0 |
| 105 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 47 | 771 | 16.40 | 0 | 5.2 | 85.7 |
| 106 | Michigan | 8 | 34 | 781 | 22.97 | 0 | 4.3 | 97.6 |
| 107 | Baylor | 9 | 32 | 790 | 24.69 | 1 | 3.6 | 87.8 |
| 108 | Nevada | 8 | 33 | 792 | 24.00 | 0 | 4.1 | 99.0 |
| 109 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 42 | 798 | 19.00 | 0 | 5.3 | 99.8 |
| 110 | Northwestern | 8 | 41 | 836 | 20.39 | 1 | 5.1 | 104.5 |
| 111 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 38 | 839 | 22.08 | 1 | 4.8 | 104.9 |
| 112 | Boise State | 8 | 39 | 840 | 21.54 | 2 | 4.9 | 105.0 |
| 113 | Clemson | 8 | 36 | 853 | 23.69 | 0 | 4.5 | 106.6 |
| 114 | Ohio State | 8 | 41 | 869 | 21.20 | 1 | 5.1 | 108.6 |
| 115 | Toledo | 8 | 43 | 877 | 20.40 | 0 | 5.4 | 109.6 |
| 116 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 40 | 901 | 22.53 | 1 | 6.7 | 150.2 |
| 117 | Ball State | 8 | 42 | 904 | 21.52 | 1 | 5.3 | 113.0 |
| 118 | Louisville | 7 | 39 | 907 | 23.26 | 1 | 5.6 | 129.6 |
| 119 | Kansas State | 9 | 41 | 959 | 23.39 | 2 | 4.6 | 106.6 |
| 120 | West Virginia | 9 | 43 | 1077 | 25.05 | 1 | 4.8 | 119.7 |
| 121 | North Carolina | 8 | 41 | 1094 | 26.68 | 3 | 5.1 | 136.8 |
| 122 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 49 | 1137 | 23.20 | 0 | 5.4 | 126.3 |
| 123 | Marshall | 8 | 48 | 1322 | 27.54 | 3 | 6.0 | 165.3 |
| 124 | Oregon | 9 | 71 | 1537 | 21.65 | 0 | 7.9 | 170.8 |