2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS Teams With Non-Winning Record Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| 2 | South Florida | 3 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.7 |
| 3 | Kansas | 1 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 86.0 |
| 3 | Nebraska | 3 | 4 | 157 | 39.25 | 1 | 1.3 | 52.3 |
| 5 | Arkansas | 2 | 5 | 64 | 12.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 32.0 |
| 5 | Kentucky | 3 | 5 | 80 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 26.7 |
| 7 | Florida | 3 | 6 | 131 | 21.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.7 |
| 7 | California | 2 | 6 | 278 | 46.33 | 2 | 3.0 | 139.0 |
| 9 | Illinois | 4 | 7 | 141 | 20.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.3 |
| 9 | Virginia | 4 | 7 | 215 | 30.71 | 1 | 1.8 | 53.8 |
| 11 | Memphis | 5 | 8 | 131 | 16.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 26.2 |
| 11 | Baylor | 2 | 8 | 150 | 18.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.0 |
| 11 | Iowa State | 2 | 8 | 156 | 19.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 78.0 |
| 11 | Tulane | 4 | 8 | 166 | 20.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.5 |
| 11 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 8 | 193 | 24.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 64.3 |
| 11 | North Texas | 4 | 8 | 200 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 17 | Idaho | 3 | 9 | 172 | 19.11 | 0 | 3.0 | 57.3 |
| 17 | Missouri | 2 | 9 | 173 | 19.22 | 0 | 4.5 | 86.5 |
| 17 | Kansas State | 3 | 9 | 175 | 19.44 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.3 |
| 20 | UTEP | 4 | 10 | 129 | 12.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 32.3 |
| 20 | UCLA | 5 | 10 | 186 | 18.60 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.2 |
| 20 | Boston College | 4 | 10 | 192 | 19.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.0 |
| 20 | Temple | 5 | 10 | 207 | 20.70 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.4 |
| 20 | Oregon State | 3 | 10 | 218 | 21.80 | 0 | 3.3 | 72.7 |
| 25 | Iowa | 4 | 11 | 179 | 16.27 | 0 | 2.8 | 44.8 |
| 25 | Minnesota | 5 | 11 | 200 | 18.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 40.0 |
| 25 | Wake Forest | 5 | 11 | 214 | 19.45 | 0 | 2.2 | 42.8 |
| 25 | Army | 5 | 11 | 222 | 20.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 44.4 |
| 25 | South Alabama | 5 | 11 | 233 | 21.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 46.6 |
| 25 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 11 | 271 | 24.64 | 0 | 3.7 | 90.3 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 4 | 11 | 284 | 25.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 71.0 |
| 25 | Washington State | 4 | 11 | 302 | 27.45 | 1 | 2.8 | 75.5 |
| 33 | Florida International | 5 | 12 | 209 | 17.42 | 0 | 2.4 | 41.8 |
| 33 | Texas A&M | 3 | 12 | 235 | 19.58 | 0 | 4.0 | 78.3 |
| 33 | New Mexico State | 5 | 12 | 249 | 20.75 | 0 | 2.4 | 49.8 |
| 33 | UTSA | 4 | 12 | 282 | 23.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 70.5 |
| 33 | Utah | 3 | 12 | 298 | 24.83 | 1 | 4.0 | 99.3 |
| 33 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 12 | 318 | 26.50 | 1 | 3.0 | 79.5 |
| 33 | Colorado | 3 | 12 | 392 | 32.67 | 1 | 4.0 | 130.7 |
| 40 | Arizona | 2 | 13 | 158 | 12.15 | 0 | 6.5 | 79.0 |
| 40 | TCU | 3 | 13 | 210 | 16.15 | 0 | 4.3 | 70.0 |
| 40 | UAB | 6 | 13 | 326 | 25.08 | 0 | 2.2 | 54.3 |
| 43 | Akron | 4 | 14 | 216 | 15.43 | 0 | 3.5 | 54.0 |
| 43 | Massachusetts | 6 | 14 | 261 | 18.64 | 0 | 2.3 | 43.5 |
| 43 | Buffalo | 5 | 14 | 266 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 53.2 |
| 43 | Stanford | 4 | 14 | 270 | 19.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 67.5 |
| 43 | San Jose State | 4 | 14 | 299 | 21.36 | 0 | 3.5 | 74.8 |
| 43 | South Carolina | 5 | 14 | 304 | 21.71 | 0 | 2.8 | 60.8 |
| 43 | Texas State | 4 | 14 | 317 | 22.64 | 0 | 3.5 | 79.3 |
| 43 | Air Force | 6 | 14 | 320 | 22.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 53.3 |
| 51 | Oklahoma | 3 | 15 | 252 | 16.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 84.0 |
| 51 | Washington | 4 | 15 | 306 | 20.40 | 0 | 3.8 | 76.5 |
| 51 | USC | 5 | 15 | 311 | 20.73 | 0 | 3.0 | 62.2 |
| 51 | Indiana | 4 | 15 | 324 | 21.60 | 0 | 3.8 | 81.0 |
| 51 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 15 | 372 | 24.80 | 0 | 3.8 | 93.0 |
| 51 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 15 | 411 | 27.40 | 1 | 3.8 | 102.8 |
| 57 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 16 | 243 | 15.19 | 0 | 5.3 | 81.0 |
| 57 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 16 | 279 | 17.44 | 0 | 3.2 | 55.8 |
| 57 | Utah State | 6 | 16 | 286 | 17.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 47.7 |
| 57 | LSU | 4 | 16 | 297 | 18.56 | 0 | 4.0 | 74.3 |
| 57 | Wyoming | 5 | 16 | 330 | 20.63 | 0 | 3.2 | 66.0 |
| 57 | Duke | 5 | 16 | 346 | 21.63 | 0 | 3.2 | 69.2 |
| 57 | Notre Dame | 4 | 16 | 354 | 22.13 | 0 | 4.0 | 88.5 |
| 64 | Mississippi | 5 | 17 | 323 | 19.00 | 0 | 3.4 | 64.6 |
| 64 | Rice | 8 | 17 | 355 | 20.88 | 0 | 2.1 | 44.4 |
| 64 | New Mexico | 7 | 17 | 448 | 26.35 | 1 | 2.4 | 64.0 |
| 67 | Texas | 4 | 18 | 303 | 16.83 | 0 | 4.5 | 75.8 |
| 67 | Syracuse | 6 | 18 | 313 | 17.39 | 0 | 3.0 | 52.2 |
| 67 | North Carolina State | 7 | 18 | 344 | 19.11 | 0 | 2.6 | 49.1 |
| 67 | Tennessee | 4 | 18 | 420 | 23.33 | 1 | 4.5 | 105.0 |
| 71 | Ball State | 6 | 19 | 345 | 18.16 | 0 | 3.2 | 57.5 |
| 71 | Arkansas State | 5 | 19 | 406 | 21.37 | 0 | 3.8 | 81.2 |
| 73 | Clemson | 6 | 20 | 339 | 16.95 | 0 | 3.3 | 56.5 |
| 73 | Alabama | 5 | 20 | 476 | 23.80 | 1 | 4.0 | 95.2 |
| 73 | San Diego State | 6 | 20 | 509 | 25.45 | 0 | 3.3 | 84.8 |
| 76 | SMU | 5 | 22 | 437 | 19.86 | 0 | 4.4 | 87.4 |
| 76 | Troy | 6 | 22 | 444 | 20.18 | 0 | 3.7 | 74.0 |
| 76 | West Virginia | 4 | 22 | 462 | 21.00 | 0 | 5.5 | 115.5 |
| 76 | Connecticut | 7 | 22 | 465 | 21.14 | 0 | 3.1 | 66.4 |
| 76 | Navy | 6 | 22 | 470 | 21.36 | 0 | 3.7 | 78.3 |
| 76 | Hawai'i | 5 | 22 | 474 | 21.55 | 0 | 4.4 | 94.8 |
| 76 | Colorado State | 6 | 22 | 503 | 22.86 | 0 | 3.7 | 83.8 |
| 83 | Rutgers | 7 | 23 | 426 | 18.52 | 0 | 3.3 | 60.9 |
| 83 | UNLV | 7 | 23 | 433 | 18.83 | 0 | 3.3 | 61.9 |
| 83 | Toledo | 5 | 23 | 481 | 20.91 | 0 | 4.6 | 96.2 |
| 83 | Penn State | 6 | 23 | 565 | 24.57 | 1 | 3.8 | 94.2 |
| 83 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 23 | 572 | 24.87 | 0 | 5.8 | 143.0 |
| 88 | Arizona State | 6 | 24 | 453 | 18.88 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.5 |
| 88 | Maryland | 6 | 24 | 487 | 20.29 | 0 | 4.0 | 81.2 |
| 88 | Bowling Green | 6 | 24 | 487 | 20.29 | 0 | 4.0 | 81.2 |
| 88 | Western Michigan | 6 | 24 | 497 | 20.71 | 0 | 4.0 | 82.8 |
| 92 | Wisconsin | 5 | 25 | 467 | 18.68 | 0 | 5.0 | 93.4 |
| 92 | Georgia | 7 | 25 | 472 | 18.88 | 0 | 3.6 | 67.4 |
| 92 | BYU | 6 | 25 | 548 | 21.92 | 1 | 4.2 | 91.3 |
| 92 | Texas Tech | 5 | 25 | 571 | 22.84 | 1 | 5.0 | 114.2 |
| 96 | Cincinnati | 6 | 26 | 524 | 20.15 | 0 | 4.3 | 87.3 |
| 97 | Northwestern | 5 | 27 | 554 | 20.52 | 1 | 5.4 | 110.8 |
| 97 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 27 | 635 | 23.52 | 0 | 4.5 | 105.8 |
| 99 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 28 | 478 | 17.07 | 0 | 5.6 | 95.6 |
| 100 | Central Michigan | 6 | 29 | 478 | 16.48 | 0 | 4.8 | 79.7 |
| 100 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 29 | 530 | 18.28 | 0 | 4.1 | 75.7 |
| 100 | Oregon | 3 | 29 | 611 | 21.07 | 0 | 9.7 | 203.7 |
| 100 | East Carolina | 7 | 29 | 634 | 21.86 | 1 | 4.1 | 90.6 |
| 100 | Ohio State | 6 | 29 | 674 | 23.24 | 1 | 4.8 | 112.3 |
| 100 | Marshall | 5 | 29 | 674 | 23.24 | 0 | 5.8 | 134.8 |
| 106 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 30 | 524 | 17.47 | 0 | 5.0 | 87.3 |
| 106 | Tulsa | 8 | 30 | 532 | 17.73 | 0 | 3.8 | 66.5 |
| 106 | Kent State | 7 | 30 | 611 | 20.37 | 0 | 4.3 | 87.3 |
| 106 | Houston | 6 | 30 | 614 | 20.47 | 0 | 5.0 | 102.3 |
| 106 | Purdue | 6 | 30 | 627 | 20.90 | 0 | 5.0 | 104.5 |
| 106 | Michigan | 6 | 30 | 697 | 23.23 | 0 | 5.0 | 116.2 |
| 112 | Mississippi State | 6 | 31 | 609 | 19.65 | 2 | 5.2 | 101.5 |
| 112 | Ohio | 7 | 31 | 705 | 22.74 | 1 | 4.4 | 100.7 |
| 114 | Florida State | 6 | 32 | 532 | 16.63 | 0 | 5.3 | 88.7 |
| 114 | Fresno State | 6 | 32 | 667 | 20.84 | 0 | 5.3 | 111.2 |
| 116 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 33 | 584 | 17.70 | 0 | 5.5 | 97.3 |
| 117 | UCF | 8 | 35 | 683 | 19.51 | 0 | 4.4 | 85.4 |
| 118 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 36 | 591 | 16.42 | 0 | 4.5 | 73.9 |
| 118 | Nevada | 8 | 36 | 833 | 23.14 | 0 | 4.5 | 104.1 |
| 120 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 37 | 866 | 23.41 | 0 | 5.3 | 123.7 |
| 120 | Louisville | 7 | 37 | 937 | 25.32 | 1 | 5.3 | 133.9 |
| 122 | North Carolina | 6 | 38 | 922 | 24.26 | 2 | 6.3 | 153.7 |
| 123 | Boise State | 7 | 39 | 711 | 18.23 | 1 | 5.6 | 101.6 |
| 124 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 45 | 904 | 20.09 | 1 | 6.4 | 129.1 |