2012 National Leaders Opponent Punting - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Punts | Yards | Avg. | Punts/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | 1 | 1 | 43 | 43.00 | 1.0 | 43.0 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 1 | 2 | 57 | 28.50 | 2.0 | 57.0 |
| 2 | UCF | 1 | 2 | 73 | 36.50 | 2.0 | 73.0 |
| 2 | New Mexico | 2 | 2 | 87 | 43.50 | 1.0 | 43.5 |
| 5 | Western Michigan | 1 | 3 | 95 | 31.67 | 3.0 | 95.0 |
| 5 | Akron | 1 | 3 | 105 | 35.00 | 3.0 | 105.0 |
| 5 | Florida International | 1 | 3 | 114 | 38.00 | 3.0 | 114.0 |
| 5 | Air Force | 1 | 3 | 114 | 38.00 | 3.0 | 114.0 |
| 5 | Nevada | 1 | 3 | 115 | 38.33 | 3.0 | 115.0 |
| 5 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 3 | 117 | 39.00 | 3.0 | 117.0 |
| 5 | Central Michigan | 1 | 3 | 128 | 42.67 | 3.0 | 128.0 |
| 12 | Navy | 2 | 4 | 146 | 36.50 | 2.0 | 73.0 |
| 12 | Kent State | 1 | 4 | 151 | 37.75 | 4.0 | 151.0 |
| 12 | Louisville | 1 | 4 | 165 | 41.25 | 4.0 | 165.0 |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 4 | 168 | 42.00 | 2.0 | 84.0 |
| 12 | Arkansas State | 2 | 4 | 170 | 42.50 | 2.0 | 85.0 |
| 12 | Wyoming | 2 | 4 | 199 | 49.75 | 2.0 | 99.5 |
| 12 | Texas State | 2 | 4 | 203 | 50.75 | 2.0 | 101.5 |
| 19 | Utah State | 1 | 5 | 163 | 32.60 | 5.0 | 163.0 |
| 19 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 5 | 184 | 36.80 | 1.7 | 61.3 |
| 19 | East Carolina | 1 | 5 | 184 | 36.80 | 5.0 | 184.0 |
| 19 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 5 | 184 | 36.80 | 5.0 | 184.0 |
| 19 | Cincinnati | 1 | 5 | 188 | 37.60 | 5.0 | 188.0 |
| 19 | Temple | 1 | 5 | 188 | 37.60 | 5.0 | 188.0 |
| 19 | Duke | 3 | 5 | 200 | 40.00 | 1.7 | 66.7 |
| 19 | North Texas | 2 | 5 | 205 | 41.00 | 2.5 | 102.5 |
| 19 | West Virginia | 3 | 5 | 208 | 41.60 | 1.7 | 69.3 |
| 19 | Rutgers | 1 | 5 | 209 | 41.80 | 5.0 | 209.0 |
| 19 | SMU | 1 | 5 | 223 | 44.60 | 5.0 | 223.0 |
| 19 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 5 | 224 | 44.80 | 5.0 | 224.0 |
| 31 | Maryland | 2 | 6 | 219 | 36.50 | 3.0 | 109.5 |
| 31 | Indiana | 2 | 6 | 228 | 38.00 | 3.0 | 114.0 |
| 31 | New Mexico State | 2 | 6 | 228 | 38.00 | 3.0 | 114.0 |
| 34 | Illinois | 3 | 7 | 237 | 33.86 | 2.3 | 79.0 |
| 34 | Colorado | 2 | 7 | 261 | 37.29 | 3.5 | 130.5 |
| 34 | Hawai'i | 1 | 7 | 289 | 41.29 | 7.0 | 289.0 |
| 34 | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 7 | 295 | 42.14 | 3.5 | 147.5 |
| 34 | Toledo | 2 | 7 | 300 | 42.86 | 3.5 | 150.0 |
| 34 | Massachusetts | 3 | 7 | 311 | 44.43 | 2.3 | 103.7 |
| 34 | UNLV | 2 | 7 | 312 | 44.57 | 3.5 | 156.0 |
| 41 | UTSA | 2 | 8 | 318 | 39.75 | 4.0 | 159.0 |
| 41 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 8 | 319 | 39.88 | 8.0 | 319.0 |
| 41 | Buffalo | 2 | 8 | 323 | 40.38 | 4.0 | 161.5 |
| 41 | UTEP | 1 | 8 | 325 | 40.63 | 8.0 | 325.0 |
| 41 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 8 | 350 | 43.75 | 2.7 | 116.7 |
| 41 | Ohio State | 2 | 8 | 365 | 45.63 | 4.0 | 182.5 |
| 47 | South Florida | 2 | 9 | 278 | 30.89 | 4.5 | 139.0 |
| 47 | San Diego State | 2 | 9 | 300 | 33.33 | 4.5 | 150.0 |
| 47 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 9 | 327 | 36.33 | 4.5 | 163.5 |
| 47 | Connecticut | 1 | 9 | 331 | 36.78 | 9.0 | 331.0 |
| 47 | Syracuse | 2 | 9 | 344 | 38.22 | 4.5 | 172.0 |
| 47 | USC | 3 | 9 | 378 | 42.00 | 3.0 | 126.0 |
| 47 | Kansas State | 3 | 9 | 381 | 42.33 | 3.0 | 127.0 |
| 54 | Fresno State | 2 | 10 | 371 | 37.10 | 5.0 | 185.5 |
| 54 | Iowa State | 3 | 10 | 400 | 40.00 | 3.3 | 133.3 |
| 54 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 10 | 410 | 41.00 | 3.3 | 136.7 |
| 54 | Texas Tech | 3 | 10 | 429 | 42.90 | 3.3 | 143.0 |
| 58 | UAB | 2 | 11 | 405 | 36.82 | 5.5 | 202.5 |
| 58 | Boston College | 4 | 11 | 408 | 37.09 | 2.8 | 102.0 |
| 58 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 11 | 437 | 39.73 | 3.7 | 145.7 |
| 58 | San Jose State | 2 | 11 | 453 | 41.18 | 5.5 | 226.5 |
| 58 | Colorado State | 3 | 11 | 549 | 49.91 | 3.7 | 183.0 |
| 63 | Bowling Green | 2 | 12 | 392 | 32.67 | 6.0 | 196.0 |
| 63 | Ball State | 2 | 12 | 460 | 38.33 | 6.0 | 230.0 |
| 63 | Texas | 3 | 12 | 468 | 39.00 | 4.0 | 156.0 |
| 63 | Southern Mississippi | 3 | 12 | 477 | 39.75 | 4.0 | 159.0 |
| 63 | Purdue | 3 | 12 | 510 | 42.50 | 4.0 | 170.0 |
| 63 | Oregon State | 3 | 12 | 535 | 44.58 | 4.0 | 178.3 |
| 63 | Baylor | 3 | 12 | 540 | 45.00 | 4.0 | 180.0 |
| 70 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 13 | 450 | 34.62 | 6.5 | 225.0 |
| 70 | Washington State | 3 | 13 | 502 | 38.62 | 4.3 | 167.3 |
| 70 | Arizona | 3 | 13 | 621 | 47.77 | 4.3 | 207.0 |
| 73 | Arizona State | 2 | 14 | 572 | 40.86 | 7.0 | 286.0 |
| 73 | Oregon | 3 | 14 | 590 | 42.14 | 4.7 | 196.7 |
| 73 | Mississippi State | 4 | 14 | 598 | 42.71 | 3.5 | 149.5 |
| 73 | Arkansas | 4 | 14 | 624 | 44.57 | 3.5 | 156.0 |
| 73 | TCU | 3 | 14 | 666 | 47.57 | 4.7 | 222.0 |
| 78 | Wake Forest | 4 | 15 | 574 | 38.27 | 3.8 | 143.5 |
| 78 | Iowa | 4 | 15 | 601 | 40.07 | 3.8 | 150.3 |
| 78 | Idaho | 3 | 15 | 640 | 42.67 | 5.0 | 213.3 |
| 81 | Minnesota | 3 | 16 | 605 | 37.81 | 5.3 | 201.7 |
| 81 | North Carolina State | 3 | 16 | 611 | 38.19 | 5.3 | 203.7 |
| 83 | Kentucky | 5 | 17 | 650 | 38.24 | 3.4 | 130.0 |
| 83 | Kansas | 4 | 17 | 691 | 40.65 | 4.3 | 172.8 |
| 83 | Clemson | 3 | 17 | 695 | 40.88 | 5.7 | 231.7 |
| 83 | Utah | 2 | 17 | 713 | 41.94 | 8.5 | 356.5 |
| 83 | Notre Dame | 4 | 17 | 757 | 44.53 | 4.3 | 189.3 |
| 88 | Florida State | 3 | 18 | 755 | 41.94 | 6.0 | 251.7 |
| 88 | Northwestern | 3 | 18 | 804 | 44.67 | 6.0 | 268.0 |
| 90 | Penn State | 3 | 19 | 717 | 37.74 | 6.3 | 239.0 |
| 91 | California | 4 | 20 | 782 | 39.10 | 5.0 | 195.5 |
| 92 | Oklahoma | 4 | 21 | 884 | 42.10 | 5.3 | 221.0 |
| 93 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 22 | 915 | 41.59 | 5.5 | 228.8 |
| 93 | Michigan | 6 | 22 | 928 | 42.18 | 3.7 | 154.7 |
| 93 | Auburn | 6 | 22 | 952 | 43.27 | 3.7 | 158.7 |
| 96 | Washington | 5 | 23 | 905 | 39.35 | 4.6 | 181.0 |
| 96 | Nebraska | 4 | 23 | 917 | 39.87 | 5.8 | 229.3 |
| 98 | Stanford | 4 | 24 | 1036 | 43.17 | 6.0 | 259.0 |
| 98 | Mississippi | 6 | 24 | 1044 | 43.50 | 4.0 | 174.0 |
| 98 | Tennessee | 5 | 24 | 1066 | 44.42 | 4.8 | 213.2 |
| 98 | Alabama | 5 | 24 | 1109 | 46.21 | 4.8 | 221.8 |
| 98 | Texas A&M | 4 | 24 | 1160 | 48.33 | 6.0 | 290.0 |
| 103 | Georgia | 5 | 25 | 1046 | 41.84 | 5.0 | 209.2 |
| 104 | UCLA | 4 | 26 | 1082 | 41.62 | 6.5 | 270.5 |
| 105 | BYU | 5 | 29 | 1256 | 43.31 | 5.8 | 251.2 |
| 106 | South Carolina | 6 | 30 | 1329 | 44.30 | 5.0 | 221.5 |
| 107 | LSU | 5 | 31 | 1330 | 42.90 | 6.2 | 266.0 |
| 108 | Missouri | 6 | 33 | 1321 | 40.03 | 5.5 | 220.2 |
| 109 | Florida | 7 | 34 | 1467 | 43.15 | 4.9 | 209.6 |
| 110 | Michigan State | 6 | 36 | 1462 | 40.61 | 6.0 | 243.7 |
| 111 | Wisconsin | 6 | 40 | 1610 | 40.25 | 6.7 | 268.3 |