2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoffs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Kickoffs | Yards | Avg. | Touchback | Touchback % | Out-Of-Bounds | Onside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | 1 | 4 | 234 | 58.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | BYU | 1 | 4 | 254 | 63.50 | 2 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 2 | 5 | 319 | 63.80 | 2 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Navy | 2 | 12 | 763 | 63.58 | 4 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Rutgers | 7 | 24 | 1453 | 60.54 | 9 | 37.50 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Utah State | 6 | 24 | 1478 | 61.58 | 3 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Boise State | 8 | 25 | 1489 | 59.56 | 8 | 32.00 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Bowling Green | 8 | 27 | 1493 | 55.30 | 5 | 18.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Florida | 8 | 25 | 1516 | 60.64 | 6 | 24.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 7 | 27 | 1649 | 61.07 | 9 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Alabama | 9 | 28 | 1751 | 62.54 | 11 | 39.29 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Florida State | 9 | 31 | 1828 | 58.97 | 9 | 29.03 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | San Jose State | 6 | 32 | 1831 | 57.22 | 7 | 21.88 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 30 | 1873 | 62.43 | 6 | 20.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Michigan | 8 | 32 | 1893 | 59.16 | 7 | 21.88 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Kent State | 9 | 41 | 1977 | 48.22 | 4 | 9.76 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | LSU | 8 | 33 | 1995 | 60.45 | 11 | 33.33 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Oregon | 9 | 35 | 2008 | 57.37 | 9 | 25.71 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Penn State | 8 | 33 | 2031 | 61.55 | 11 | 33.33 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Fresno State | 8 | 34 | 2045 | 60.15 | 4 | 11.76 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 34 | 2063 | 60.68 | 13 | 38.24 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Louisville | 7 | 35 | 2097 | 59.91 | 12 | 34.29 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | San Diego State | 8 | 35 | 2118 | 60.51 | 10 | 28.57 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Texas State | 6 | 37 | 2143 | 57.92 | 12 | 32.43 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 9 | 34 | 2159 | 63.50 | 23 | 67.65 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Connecticut | 7 | 35 | 2176 | 62.17 | 18 | 51.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Michigan State | 8 | 36 | 2203 | 61.19 | 10 | 27.78 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | South Florida | 7 | 37 | 2221 | 60.03 | 17 | 45.95 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 38 | 2240 | 58.95 | 10 | 26.32 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Texas A&M | 8 | 37 | 2271 | 61.38 | 16 | 43.24 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 38 | 2284 | 60.11 | 9 | 23.68 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 | UCF | 9 | 38 | 2314 | 60.89 | 15 | 39.47 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | Arkansas State | 8 | 38 | 2330 | 61.32 | 14 | 36.84 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | Oregon State | 9 | 40 | 2348 | 58.70 | 13 | 32.50 | 1 | 2 |
| 35 | Toledo | 8 | 41 | 2352 | 57.37 | 7 | 17.07 | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | South Carolina | 8 | 37 | 2362 | 63.84 | 21 | 56.76 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Georgia | 9 | 39 | 2364 | 60.62 | 18 | 46.15 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Rice | 8 | 39 | 2372 | 60.82 | 14 | 35.90 | 1 | 2 |
| 39 | Syracuse | 7 | 38 | 2389 | 62.87 | 20 | 52.63 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Ohio State | 8 | 39 | 2391 | 61.31 | 16 | 41.03 | 1 | 3 |
| 41 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 40 | 2394 | 59.85 | 8 | 20.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 42 | Iowa | 8 | 39 | 2402 | 61.59 | 19 | 48.72 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 | UTSA | 6 | 40 | 2420 | 60.50 | 7 | 17.50 | 2 | 2 |
| 44 | East Carolina | 8 | 41 | 2436 | 59.41 | 11 | 26.83 | 0 | 2 |
| 45 | Stanford | 10 | 39 | 2440 | 62.56 | 14 | 35.90 | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 41 | 2443 | 59.59 | 12 | 29.27 | 0 | 1 |
| 47 | Northwestern | 8 | 40 | 2470 | 61.75 | 17 | 42.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | North Texas | 8 | 41 | 2473 | 60.32 | 14 | 34.15 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | SMU | 8 | 39 | 2496 | 64.00 | 20 | 51.28 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 40 | 2509 | 62.73 | 13 | 32.50 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | Kansas State | 9 | 44 | 2515 | 57.16 | 16 | 36.36 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Ball State | 8 | 44 | 2575 | 58.52 | 7 | 15.91 | 3 | 2 |
| 53 | Troy | 8 | 45 | 2618 | 58.18 | 13 | 28.89 | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | Ohio | 8 | 46 | 2624 | 57.04 | 10 | 21.74 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | Tulsa | 9 | 42 | 2639 | 62.83 | 19 | 45.24 | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | Buffalo | 8 | 45 | 2656 | 59.02 | 15 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Minnesota | 8 | 44 | 2674 | 60.77 | 17 | 38.64 | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | Idaho | 6 | 43 | 2698 | 62.74 | 23 | 53.49 | 0 | 1 |
| 59 | Florida International | 8 | 46 | 2711 | 58.93 | 5 | 10.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Virginia | 8 | 45 | 2727 | 60.60 | 9 | 20.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 60 | Air Force | 8 | 43 | 2727 | 63.42 | 19 | 44.19 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 45 | 2736 | 60.80 | 16 | 35.56 | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | Temple | 7 | 45 | 2737 | 60.82 | 10 | 22.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | UNLV | 8 | 46 | 2746 | 59.70 | 8 | 17.39 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | Utah | 9 | 48 | 2760 | 57.50 | 20 | 41.67 | 1 | 1 |
| 66 | Mississippi State | 8 | 45 | 2771 | 61.58 | 14 | 31.11 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | USC | 9 | 48 | 2790 | 58.13 | 17 | 35.42 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Memphis | 8 | 46 | 2790 | 60.65 | 14 | 30.43 | 2 | 1 |
| 69 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 8 | 46 | 2795 | 60.76 | 15 | 32.61 | 0 | 3 |
| 70 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 46 | 2807 | 61.02 | 16 | 34.78 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Oklahoma | 9 | 47 | 2811 | 59.81 | 21 | 44.68 | 0 | 2 |
| 72 | New Mexico State | 6 | 45 | 2821 | 62.69 | 18 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Clemson | 8 | 45 | 2823 | 62.73 | 21 | 46.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Maryland | 8 | 48 | 2837 | 59.10 | 13 | 27.08 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Missouri | 8 | 46 | 2840 | 61.74 | 19 | 41.30 | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 47 | 2841 | 60.45 | 21 | 44.68 | 2 | 2 |
| 76 | Arizona State | 9 | 46 | 2841 | 61.76 | 22 | 47.83 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | North Carolina State | 8 | 47 | 2845 | 60.53 | 10 | 21.28 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Washington | 9 | 46 | 2849 | 61.93 | 14 | 30.43 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | Colorado State | 8 | 47 | 2856 | 60.77 | 18 | 38.30 | 1 | 1 |
| 81 | New Mexico | 8 | 46 | 2861 | 62.20 | 21 | 45.65 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | South Alabama | 8 | 48 | 2905 | 60.52 | 20 | 41.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Mississippi | 8 | 48 | 2947 | 61.40 | 19 | 39.58 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Iowa State | 9 | 51 | 2957 | 57.98 | 22 | 43.14 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Wyoming | 8 | 48 | 2959 | 61.65 | 23 | 47.92 | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 48 | 2960 | 61.67 | 16 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Auburn | 8 | 48 | 2971 | 61.90 | 18 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Purdue | 8 | 50 | 2981 | 59.62 | 8 | 16.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 89 | Massachusetts | 8 | 50 | 2993 | 59.86 | 11 | 22.00 | 4 | 2 |
| 90 | Nevada | 8 | 50 | 3021 | 60.42 | 17 | 34.00 | 2 | 1 |
| 90 | TCU | 9 | 49 | 3021 | 61.65 | 21 | 42.86 | 0 | 1 |
| 92 | Central Michigan | 8 | 51 | 3047 | 59.75 | 13 | 25.49 | 2 | 2 |
| 93 | Houston | 8 | 52 | 3052 | 58.69 | 16 | 30.77 | 0 | 3 |
| 94 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 52 | 3063 | 58.90 | 17 | 32.69 | 3 | 1 |
| 94 | Wake Forest | 8 | 48 | 3063 | 63.81 | 22 | 45.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Hawai'i | 8 | 54 | 3069 | 56.83 | 4 | 7.41 | 1 | 2 |
| 97 | UTEP | 8 | 49 | 3083 | 62.92 | 17 | 34.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Illinois | 8 | 53 | 3125 | 58.96 | 15 | 28.30 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Tennessee | 8 | 55 | 3144 | 57.16 | 17 | 30.91 | 2 | 0 |
| 100 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 51 | 3146 | 61.69 | 21 | 41.18 | 0 | 2 |
| 101 | Arkansas | 8 | 50 | 3152 | 63.04 | 29 | 58.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 102 | North Carolina | 8 | 52 | 3159 | 60.75 | 14 | 26.92 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | Nebraska | 9 | 52 | 3180 | 61.15 | 23 | 44.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Boston College | 8 | 53 | 3196 | 60.30 | 15 | 28.30 | 1 | 0 |
| 105 | Western Michigan | 8 | 54 | 3197 | 59.20 | 10 | 18.52 | 2 | 0 |
| 106 | Akron | 8 | 54 | 3207 | 59.39 | 18 | 33.33 | 3 | 0 |
| 107 | UCLA | 10 | 52 | 3240 | 62.31 | 16 | 30.77 | 3 | 1 |
| 108 | California | 9 | 56 | 3286 | 58.68 | 11 | 19.64 | 1 | 0 |
| 109 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 55 | 3337 | 60.67 | 21 | 38.18 | 1 | 0 |
| 110 | Kentucky | 8 | 54 | 3385 | 62.69 | 16 | 29.63 | 2 | 0 |
| 111 | Tulane | 8 | 55 | 3473 | 63.15 | 28 | 50.91 | 2 | 1 |
| 112 | Marshall | 8 | 55 | 3481 | 63.29 | 23 | 41.82 | 1 | 3 |
| 113 | Duke | 8 | 57 | 3528 | 61.89 | 21 | 36.84 | 1 | 1 |
| 114 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 58 | 3561 | 61.40 | 14 | 24.14 | 2 | 1 |
| 115 | Texas | 9 | 60 | 3668 | 61.13 | 27 | 45.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | Indiana | 8 | 60 | 3686 | 61.43 | 23 | 38.33 | 2 | 0 |
| 117 | Washington State | 9 | 60 | 3735 | 62.25 | 26 | 43.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 118 | Baylor | 9 | 62 | 3767 | 60.76 | 26 | 41.94 | 0 | 1 |
| 119 | Texas Tech | 9 | 62 | 3796 | 61.23 | 33 | 53.23 | 0 | 1 |
| 120 | UAB | 8 | 61 | 3801 | 62.31 | 32 | 52.46 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 | West Virginia | 9 | 66 | 3938 | 59.67 | 24 | 36.36 | 1 | 2 |
| 122 | Arizona | 9 | 64 | 4003 | 62.55 | 37 | 57.81 | 1 | 0 |
| 123 | Kansas | 9 | 67 | 4128 | 61.61 | 27 | 40.30 | 1 | 0 |
| 124 | Colorado | 9 | 76 | 4710 | 61.97 | 34 | 44.74 | 1 | 0 |