2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 3 | 86 | 28.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 21.5 |
| 2 | Memphis | 4 | 4 | 74 | 18.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.5 |
| 2 | UTEP | 4 | 4 | 81 | 20.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.3 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 4 | 5 | 106 | 21.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.5 |
| 4 | Tulane | 4 | 5 | 113 | 22.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.3 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 4 | 5 | 121 | 24.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 30.3 |
| 7 | Washington State | 3 | 5 | 82 | 16.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 27.3 |
| 8 | Temple | 4 | 7 | 110 | 15.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 27.5 |
| 8 | Wake Forest | 4 | 7 | 151 | 21.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 37.8 |
| 8 | Idaho | 6 | 11 | 263 | 23.91 | 0 | 1.8 | 43.8 |
| 8 | South Florida | 5 | 9 | 238 | 26.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 47.6 |
| 12 | Army | 11 | 21 | 533 | 25.38 | 1 | 1.9 | 48.5 |
| 13 | Auburn | 4 | 8 | 105 | 13.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.3 |
| 13 | Illinois | 4 | 8 | 168 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 13 | Rice | 5 | 10 | 216 | 21.60 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.2 |
| 13 | New Mexico State | 6 | 12 | 282 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 13 | South Alabama | 5 | 10 | 258 | 25.80 | 0 | 2.0 | 51.6 |
| 13 | North Texas | 4 | 8 | 245 | 30.63 | 1 | 2.0 | 61.3 |
| 19 | Clemson | 5 | 11 | 270 | 24.55 | 0 | 2.2 | 54.0 |
| 19 | New Mexico | 5 | 11 | 290 | 26.36 | 0 | 2.2 | 58.0 |
| 21 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 9 | 174 | 19.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 43.5 |
| 21 | Boston College | 4 | 9 | 195 | 21.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 48.8 |
| 21 | Colorado State | 4 | 9 | 230 | 25.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 57.5 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 5 | 12 | 205 | 17.08 | 0 | 2.4 | 41.0 |
| 24 | South Carolina | 5 | 12 | 251 | 20.92 | 0 | 2.4 | 50.2 |
| 26 | Wyoming | 4 | 10 | 187 | 18.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 46.8 |
| 26 | Florida International | 4 | 10 | 212 | 21.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 53.0 |
| 26 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 10 | 235 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 58.8 |
| 26 | Virginia | 4 | 10 | 249 | 24.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 62.3 |
| 30 | Texas A&M | 5 | 13 | 236 | 18.15 | 0 | 2.6 | 47.2 |
| 30 | Air Force | 5 | 13 | 258 | 19.85 | 0 | 2.6 | 51.6 |
| 30 | North Carolina State | 5 | 13 | 279 | 21.46 | 0 | 2.6 | 55.8 |
| 30 | Connecticut | 5 | 13 | 281 | 21.62 | 0 | 2.6 | 56.2 |
| 30 | Michigan State | 5 | 13 | 327 | 25.15 | 0 | 2.6 | 65.4 |
| 35 | Penn State | 4 | 11 | 212 | 19.27 | 0 | 2.8 | 53.0 |
| 35 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 11 | 218 | 19.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.5 |
| 35 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 14 | 291 | 20.79 | 0 | 2.8 | 58.2 |
| 35 | UAB | 4 | 11 | 236 | 21.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 59.0 |
| 35 | Texas State | 6 | 17 | 372 | 21.88 | 0 | 2.8 | 62.0 |
| 35 | Minnesota | 5 | 14 | 310 | 22.14 | 1 | 2.8 | 62.0 |
| 35 | Iowa | 4 | 11 | 259 | 23.55 | 0 | 2.8 | 64.8 |
| 35 | Michigan | 5 | 14 | 335 | 23.93 | 0 | 2.8 | 67.0 |
| 35 | Nebraska | 5 | 14 | 348 | 24.86 | 1 | 2.8 | 69.6 |
| 35 | Indiana | 4 | 11 | 293 | 26.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 73.3 |
| 35 | Buffalo | 4 | 11 | 336 | 30.55 | 1 | 2.8 | 84.0 |
| 46 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 15 | 286 | 19.07 | 0 | 3.0 | 57.2 |
| 46 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 12 | 295 | 24.58 | 0 | 3.0 | 73.8 |
| 46 | Kentucky | 4 | 12 | 297 | 24.75 | 0 | 3.0 | 74.3 |
| 46 | Colorado | 3 | 9 | 230 | 25.56 | 0 | 3.0 | 76.7 |
| 50 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 16 | 300 | 18.75 | 0 | 3.2 | 60.0 |
| 50 | UNLV | 5 | 16 | 313 | 19.56 | 0 | 3.2 | 62.6 |
| 50 | Kent State | 5 | 16 | 348 | 21.75 | 0 | 3.2 | 69.6 |
| 50 | East Carolina | 5 | 16 | 355 | 22.19 | 0 | 3.2 | 71.0 |
| 54 | Stanford | 4 | 13 | 216 | 16.62 | 0 | 3.3 | 54.0 |
| 54 | BYU | 12 | 39 | 813 | 20.85 | 1 | 3.3 | 67.8 |
| 54 | Utah State | 7 | 23 | 486 | 21.13 | 1 | 3.3 | 69.4 |
| 54 | Notre Dame | 11 | 36 | 802 | 22.28 | 0 | 3.3 | 72.9 |
| 54 | Arizona | 4 | 13 | 290 | 22.31 | 0 | 3.3 | 72.5 |
| 59 | Florida | 5 | 17 | 292 | 17.18 | 0 | 3.4 | 58.4 |
| 59 | Central Michigan | 5 | 17 | 318 | 18.71 | 0 | 3.4 | 63.6 |
| 59 | Toledo | 5 | 17 | 330 | 19.41 | 0 | 3.4 | 66.0 |
| 59 | Georgia | 5 | 17 | 354 | 20.82 | 0 | 3.4 | 70.8 |
| 59 | San Diego State | 5 | 17 | 423 | 24.88 | 1 | 3.4 | 84.6 |
| 59 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 17 | 432 | 25.41 | 0 | 3.4 | 86.4 |
| 65 | USC | 4 | 14 | 280 | 20.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 70.0 |
| 65 | Maryland | 4 | 14 | 304 | 21.71 | 0 | 3.5 | 76.0 |
| 65 | Houston | 4 | 14 | 313 | 22.36 | 0 | 3.5 | 78.3 |
| 65 | Navy | 11 | 38 | 874 | 23.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 79.5 |
| 65 | Hawai'i | 4 | 14 | 322 | 23.00 | 1 | 3.5 | 80.5 |
| 70 | Arkansas State | 5 | 18 | 291 | 16.17 | 0 | 3.6 | 58.2 |
| 70 | UCF | 5 | 18 | 334 | 18.56 | 0 | 3.6 | 66.8 |
| 70 | Bowling Green | 5 | 18 | 336 | 18.67 | 0 | 3.6 | 67.2 |
| 70 | Tulsa | 5 | 18 | 351 | 19.50 | 0 | 3.6 | 70.2 |
| 70 | Mississippi | 5 | 18 | 358 | 19.89 | 0 | 3.6 | 71.6 |
| 75 | Syracuse | 6 | 23 | 329 | 14.30 | 0 | 3.8 | 54.8 |
| 75 | Oregon State | 4 | 15 | 221 | 14.73 | 0 | 3.8 | 55.3 |
| 75 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 15 | 235 | 15.67 | 0 | 3.8 | 58.8 |
| 75 | Ball State | 5 | 19 | 331 | 17.42 | 0 | 3.8 | 66.2 |
| 75 | Rutgers | 6 | 23 | 420 | 18.26 | 0 | 3.8 | 70.0 |
| 75 | UTSA | 4 | 15 | 319 | 21.27 | 0 | 3.8 | 79.8 |
| 75 | SMU | 5 | 19 | 413 | 21.74 | 0 | 3.8 | 82.6 |
| 75 | Iowa State | 4 | 15 | 330 | 22.00 | 0 | 3.8 | 82.5 |
| 75 | Cincinnati | 6 | 23 | 540 | 23.48 | 1 | 3.8 | 90.0 |
| 84 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 16 | 238 | 14.88 | 0 | 4.0 | 59.5 |
| 84 | LSU | 5 | 20 | 317 | 15.85 | 0 | 4.0 | 63.4 |
| 84 | Utah | 3 | 12 | 191 | 15.92 | 0 | 4.0 | 63.7 |
| 84 | Western Michigan | 4 | 16 | 302 | 18.88 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.5 |
| 84 | TCU | 4 | 16 | 313 | 19.56 | 0 | 4.0 | 78.3 |
| 84 | Ohio State | 4 | 16 | 315 | 19.69 | 0 | 4.0 | 78.8 |
| 90 | Mississippi State | 5 | 21 | 340 | 16.19 | 0 | 4.2 | 68.0 |
| 90 | Boise State | 5 | 21 | 388 | 18.48 | 0 | 4.2 | 77.6 |
| 90 | Nevada | 5 | 21 | 456 | 21.71 | 0 | 4.2 | 91.2 |
| 90 | Duke | 5 | 21 | 511 | 24.33 | 0 | 4.2 | 102.2 |
| 94 | Oklahoma | 4 | 17 | 310 | 18.24 | 0 | 4.3 | 77.5 |
| 94 | Missouri | 4 | 17 | 315 | 18.53 | 0 | 4.3 | 78.8 |
| 96 | Florida State | 5 | 22 | 346 | 15.73 | 0 | 4.4 | 69.2 |
| 96 | Alabama | 5 | 22 | 410 | 18.64 | 0 | 4.4 | 82.0 |
| 96 | Fresno State | 5 | 22 | 423 | 19.23 | 0 | 4.4 | 84.6 |
| 96 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 22 | 529 | 24.05 | 0 | 4.4 | 105.8 |
| 100 | Akron | 4 | 18 | 252 | 14.00 | 0 | 4.5 | 63.0 |
| 100 | Kansas State | 4 | 18 | 468 | 26.00 | 1 | 4.5 | 117.0 |
| 102 | San Jose State | 7 | 33 | 699 | 21.18 | 0 | 4.7 | 99.9 |
| 102 | California | 3 | 14 | 322 | 23.00 | 0 | 4.7 | 107.3 |
| 102 | Kansas | 3 | 14 | 349 | 24.93 | 0 | 4.7 | 116.3 |
| 105 | Baylor | 4 | 19 | 359 | 18.89 | 0 | 4.8 | 89.8 |
| 105 | Tennessee | 4 | 19 | 369 | 19.42 | 0 | 4.8 | 92.3 |
| 105 | Ohio | 5 | 24 | 525 | 21.88 | 1 | 4.8 | 105.0 |
| 105 | Washington | 4 | 19 | 442 | 23.26 | 0 | 4.8 | 110.5 |
| 109 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 5 | 25 | 429 | 17.16 | 0 | 5.0 | 85.8 |
| 109 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 30 | 540 | 18.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 90.0 |
| 109 | Troy | 4 | 20 | 373 | 18.65 | 0 | 5.0 | 93.3 |
| 109 | Purdue | 5 | 25 | 519 | 20.76 | 0 | 5.0 | 103.8 |
| 109 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 20 | 512 | 25.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 128.0 |
| 114 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 26 | 516 | 19.85 | 1 | 5.2 | 103.2 |
| 115 | Marshall | 4 | 21 | 413 | 19.67 | 0 | 5.3 | 103.3 |
| 116 | Northwestern | 5 | 27 | 504 | 18.67 | 0 | 5.4 | 100.8 |
| 117 | Texas | 4 | 22 | 382 | 17.36 | 1 | 5.5 | 95.5 |
| 117 | Arizona State | 4 | 22 | 523 | 23.77 | 1 | 5.5 | 130.8 |
| 117 | Louisville | 6 | 33 | 868 | 26.30 | 1 | 5.5 | 144.7 |
| 120 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 35 | 567 | 16.20 | 0 | 5.8 | 94.5 |
| 120 | West Virginia | 4 | 23 | 484 | 21.04 | 0 | 5.8 | 121.0 |
| 122 | North Carolina | 4 | 25 | 458 | 18.32 | 0 | 6.3 | 114.5 |
| 122 | Oregon | 4 | 25 | 542 | 21.68 | 0 | 6.3 | 135.5 |
| 124 | Texas Tech | 4 | 26 | 630 | 24.23 | 1 | 6.5 | 157.5 |