2012 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Tech | 3 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -1.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| 1 | Utah State | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 10 | Auburn | 6 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | -2.0 |
| 10 | Rutgers | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 10 | Temple | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 10 | UNLV | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 10 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 10 | Toledo | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Navy | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.5 |
| 10 | West Virginia | 3 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.7 |
| 10 | East Carolina | 1 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.0 |
| 10 | UAB | 2 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.5 |
| 10 | Florida State | 3 | 2 | 56 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 18.7 |
| 10 | Penn State | 3 | 2 | 76 | 38.00 | 1 | 0.7 | 25.3 |
| 23 | Iowa State | 3 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.7 |
| 23 | Kansas State | 3 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.3 |
| 23 | Texas A&M | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| 23 | North Carolina State | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| 23 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| 23 | San Diego State | 2 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 23 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 21.0 |
| 23 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 23 | Oregon State | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 23 | UTEP | 1 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 30.0 |
| 23 | Kent State | 1 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 35.0 |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| 23 | Buffalo | 2 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.5 |
| 23 | Washington State | 3 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.3 |
| 23 | Arizona | 3 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.7 |
| 23 | Ohio State | 2 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.0 |
| 23 | New Mexico State | 2 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.0 |
| 23 | Florida International | 1 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 49.0 |
| 23 | Central Michigan | 1 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.0 |
| 23 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 1 | 3.0 | 52.0 |
| 23 | Wyoming | 2 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.0 |
| 44 | Mississippi State | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| 44 | Texas State | 2 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.5 |
| 44 | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 44 | Akron | 1 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 20.0 |
| 44 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 22.0 |
| 44 | Fresno State | 2 | 4 | 23 | 5.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.5 |
| 44 | Notre Dame | 4 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| 44 | Arkansas State | 2 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 44 | San Jose State | 2 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| 44 | UCLA | 4 | 4 | 50 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.5 |
| 44 | New Mexico | 2 | 4 | 50 | 12.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 44 | Hawai'i | 1 | 4 | 62 | 15.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 62.0 |
| 44 | Bowling Green | 2 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.5 |
| 44 | North Texas | 2 | 4 | 75 | 18.75 | 1 | 2.0 | 37.5 |
| 44 | Western Michigan | 1 | 4 | 75 | 18.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.0 |
| 44 | Syracuse | 2 | 4 | 136 | 34.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 68.0 |
| 60 | Washington | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 60 | Stanford | 4 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 60 | Indiana | 2 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 1 | 2.5 | 9.0 |
| 60 | Iowa | 4 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
| 60 | Connecticut | 1 | 5 | 30 | 6.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 30.0 |
| 60 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 5 | 35 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 17.5 |
| 60 | UTSA | 2 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 24.0 |
| 60 | Georgia | 5 | 5 | 79 | 15.80 | 1 | 1.0 | 15.8 |
| 68 | Minnesota | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| 68 | Northwestern | 3 | 6 | 29 | 4.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.7 |
| 68 | South Carolina | 6 | 6 | 52 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.7 |
| 68 | California | 4 | 6 | 52 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.0 |
| 68 | Baylor | 3 | 6 | 55 | 9.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.3 |
| 68 | Utah | 2 | 6 | 78 | 13.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 39.0 |
| 68 | Southern Mississippi | 3 | 6 | 80 | 13.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.7 |
| 68 | Illinois | 3 | 6 | 81 | 13.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 27.0 |
| 68 | SMU | 1 | 6 | 106 | 17.67 | 0 | 6.0 | 106.0 |
| 77 | Oregon | 3 | 7 | 25 | 3.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 8.3 |
| 77 | LSU | 5 | 7 | 59 | 8.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.8 |
| 77 | TCU | 3 | 7 | 73 | 10.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 24.3 |
| 77 | Texas | 3 | 7 | 96 | 13.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 32.0 |
| 77 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 7 | 125 | 17.86 | 1 | 2.3 | 41.7 |
| 82 | Purdue | 3 | 8 | 31 | 3.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 10.3 |
| 82 | Maryland | 2 | 8 | 41 | 5.13 | 0 | 4.0 | 20.5 |
| 82 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 8 | 65 | 8.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.3 |
| 82 | Clemson | 3 | 8 | 76 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.7 | 25.3 |
| 82 | Kansas | 4 | 8 | 139 | 17.38 | 1 | 2.0 | 34.8 |
| 87 | Arkansas | 4 | 9 | -3 | -0.33 | 0 | 2.3 | -0.8 |
| 87 | Colorado State | 3 | 9 | 56 | 6.22 | 0 | 3.0 | 18.7 |
| 87 | Boston College | 4 | 9 | 75 | 8.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 18.8 |
| 87 | Colorado | 2 | 9 | 132 | 14.67 | 1 | 4.5 | 66.0 |
| 91 | BYU | 5 | 10 | 29 | 2.90 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.8 |
| 91 | Idaho | 3 | 10 | 63 | 6.30 | 0 | 3.3 | 21.0 |
| 91 | Tennessee | 5 | 10 | 112 | 11.20 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.4 |
| 91 | Massachusetts | 3 | 10 | 120 | 12.00 | 1 | 3.3 | 40.0 |
| 95 | Alabama | 5 | 11 | 58 | 5.27 | 0 | 2.2 | 11.6 |
| 95 | Wisconsin | 6 | 11 | 103 | 9.36 | 1 | 1.8 | 17.2 |
| 95 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 11 | 116 | 10.55 | 0 | 5.5 | 58.0 |
| 95 | Nebraska | 4 | 11 | 141 | 12.82 | 1 | 2.8 | 35.3 |
| 99 | Michigan State | 6 | 12 | 121 | 10.08 | 0 | 2.0 | 20.2 |
| 100 | Kentucky | 5 | 14 | 59 | 4.21 | 0 | 2.8 | 11.8 |
| 100 | Mississippi | 6 | 14 | 148 | 10.57 | 1 | 2.3 | 24.7 |
| 100 | Michigan | 6 | 14 | 182 | 13.00 | 1 | 2.3 | 30.3 |
| 100 | Duke | 3 | 14 | 250 | 17.86 | 2 | 4.7 | 83.3 |
| 104 | Florida | 7 | 16 | 89 | 5.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 12.7 |
| 104 | Wake Forest | 4 | 16 | 235 | 14.69 | 3 | 4.0 | 58.8 |
| 106 | Missouri | 6 | 19 | 228 | 12.00 | 0 | 3.2 | 38.0 |