2012 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| 2 | Kansas State | 10 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Ball State | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0.80 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 7 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| 5 | Michigan | 7 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| 5 | Florida State | 11 | 6 | 31 | 5.17 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| 5 | Florida | 6 | 6 | 72 | 12.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 5 | Baylor | 10 | 6 | 111 | 18.50 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.1 |
| 10 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 7 | 14 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| 10 | North Texas | 10 | 7 | 35 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.5 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 9 | 7 | 49 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.4 |
| 10 | Alabama | 9 | 7 | 59 | 8.43 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.6 |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 8 | 47 | 5.88 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.2 |
| 14 | Air Force | 12 | 8 | 58 | 7.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.8 |
| 14 | Buffalo | 10 | 8 | 76 | 9.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.6 |
| 17 | Mississippi State | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| 17 | Penn State | 9 | 9 | 32 | 3.56 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
| 17 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 9 | 72 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.2 |
| 17 | Georgia | 9 | 9 | 77 | 8.56 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.6 |
| 21 | LSU | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Oregon | 10 | 10 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 21 | Clemson | 10 | 10 | 41 | 4.10 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.1 |
| 21 | Mississippi | 7 | 10 | 41 | 4.10 | 0 | 1.4 | 5.9 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 9 | 10 | 65 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.2 |
| 21 | Army | 11 | 10 | 71 | 7.10 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.5 |
| 21 | South Florida | 10 | 10 | 75 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 21 | Texas | 10 | 10 | 76 | 7.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.6 |
| 21 | California | 8 | 10 | 102 | 10.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.8 |
| 21 | North Carolina State | 10 | 10 | 103 | 10.30 | 1 | 1.0 | 10.3 |
| 21 | BYU | 8 | 10 | 103 | 10.30 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.9 |
| 21 | Navy | 11 | 10 | 116 | 11.60 | 0 | 0.9 | 10.5 |
| 33 | Duke | 10 | 11 | 73 | 6.64 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.3 |
| 33 | Utah | 10 | 11 | 83 | 7.55 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.3 |
| 33 | Oklahoma | 9 | 11 | 89 | 8.09 | 1 | 1.2 | 9.9 |
| 33 | Kentucky | 7 | 11 | 91 | 8.27 | 0 | 1.6 | 13.0 |
| 33 | Arizona State | 11 | 11 | 106 | 9.64 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.6 |
| 33 | Texas Tech | 10 | 11 | 145 | 13.18 | 1 | 1.1 | 14.5 |
| 39 | Kansas | 8 | 12 | 52 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 39 | UCLA | 10 | 12 | 69 | 5.75 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.9 |
| 39 | Oregon State | 10 | 12 | 76 | 6.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.6 |
| 39 | San Diego State | 11 | 12 | 86 | 7.17 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.8 |
| 39 | TCU | 10 | 12 | 105 | 8.75 | 1 | 1.2 | 10.5 |
| 39 | Texas State | 10 | 12 | 125 | 10.42 | 1 | 1.2 | 12.5 |
| 39 | Fresno State | 11 | 12 | 133 | 11.08 | 0 | 1.1 | 12.1 |
| 39 | Nevada | 12 | 12 | 134 | 11.17 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.2 |
| 39 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 12 | 148 | 12.33 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.4 |
| 39 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 12 | 149 | 12.42 | 1 | 1.3 | 16.6 |
| 49 | UTSA | 8 | 13 | 51 | 3.92 | 0 | 1.6 | 6.4 |
| 49 | Syracuse | 11 | 13 | 68 | 5.23 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.2 |
| 49 | Boise State | 13 | 13 | 76 | 5.85 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.8 |
| 49 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 13 | 87 | 6.69 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| 49 | Toledo | 11 | 13 | 94 | 7.23 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.5 |
| 49 | Michigan State | 7 | 13 | 100 | 7.69 | 0 | 1.9 | 14.3 |
| 49 | Utah State | 12 | 13 | 117 | 9.00 | 1 | 1.1 | 9.8 |
| 49 | Nebraska | 10 | 13 | 143 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.3 |
| 57 | Rice | 13 | 14 | 48 | 3.43 | 0 | 1.1 | 3.7 |
| 57 | Indiana | 10 | 14 | 68 | 4.86 | 0 | 1.4 | 6.8 |
| 57 | Arkansas State | 11 | 14 | 78 | 5.57 | 1 | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| 57 | Missouri | 6 | 14 | 85 | 6.07 | 0 | 2.3 | 14.2 |
| 57 | Iowa State | 10 | 14 | 131 | 9.36 | 0 | 1.4 | 13.1 |
| 57 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 14 | 160 | 11.43 | 0 | 1.2 | 13.3 |
| 57 | USC | 10 | 14 | 160 | 11.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 16.0 |
| 57 | Colorado State | 9 | 14 | 221 | 15.79 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.6 |
| 65 | Boston College | 8 | 15 | 105 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.9 | 13.1 |
| 65 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 15 | 110 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.2 |
| 65 | Washington | 8 | 15 | 118 | 7.87 | 2 | 1.9 | 14.8 |
| 65 | Minnesota | 10 | 15 | 132 | 8.80 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.2 |
| 69 | Troy | 12 | 16 | 32 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
| 69 | Bowling Green | 11 | 16 | 42 | 2.63 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.8 |
| 69 | Kent State | 13 | 16 | 48 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| 69 | North Carolina | 11 | 16 | 76 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.9 |
| 69 | Northwestern | 10 | 16 | 78 | 4.88 | 0 | 1.6 | 7.8 |
| 69 | Western Michigan | 11 | 16 | 149 | 9.31 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.5 |
| 69 | UCF | 13 | 16 | 151 | 9.44 | 2 | 1.2 | 11.6 |
| 69 | San Jose State | 11 | 16 | 154 | 9.63 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.0 |
| 69 | Arkansas | 8 | 16 | 155 | 9.69 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.4 |
| 78 | Iowa | 8 | 17 | 69 | 4.06 | 0 | 2.1 | 8.6 |
| 78 | Wisconsin | 8 | 17 | 77 | 4.53 | 0 | 2.1 | 9.6 |
| 78 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 17 | 79 | 4.65 | 0 | 1.7 | 7.9 |
| 78 | Ohio State | 10 | 17 | 80 | 4.71 | 2 | 1.7 | 8.0 |
| 78 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 17 | 97 | 5.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.1 |
| 78 | West Virginia | 10 | 17 | 111 | 6.53 | 0 | 1.7 | 11.1 |
| 78 | Stanford | 10 | 17 | 131 | 7.71 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.1 |
| 85 | UTEP | 11 | 18 | 38 | 2.11 | 0 | 1.6 | 3.5 |
| 85 | New Mexico | 11 | 18 | 52 | 2.89 | 0 | 1.6 | 4.7 |
| 85 | Ohio | 13 | 18 | 59 | 3.28 | 0 | 1.4 | 4.5 |
| 85 | Arizona | 10 | 18 | 117 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.8 | 11.7 |
| 85 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 18 | 158 | 8.78 | 0 | 1.6 | 14.4 |
| 85 | East Carolina | 12 | 18 | 159 | 8.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.3 |
| 85 | Virginia | 12 | 18 | 175 | 9.72 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.6 |
| 85 | Marshall | 12 | 18 | 176 | 9.78 | 1 | 1.5 | 14.7 |
| 85 | Purdue | 10 | 18 | 221 | 12.28 | 1 | 1.8 | 22.1 |
| 94 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 19 | 76 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.9 |
| 94 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 19 | 112 | 5.89 | 0 | 1.6 | 9.3 |
| 94 | Central Michigan | 12 | 19 | 222 | 11.68 | 1 | 1.6 | 18.5 |
| 94 | UNLV | 11 | 19 | 259 | 13.63 | 2 | 1.7 | 23.5 |
| 94 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 19 | 269 | 14.16 | 2 | 1.7 | 24.5 |
| 94 | Massachusetts | 9 | 19 | 292 | 15.37 | 2 | 2.1 | 32.4 |
| 100 | Illinois | 9 | 20 | 76 | 3.80 | 0 | 2.2 | 8.4 |
| 100 | UAB | 10 | 20 | 311 | 15.55 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.1 |
| 102 | Colorado | 10 | 21 | 129 | 6.14 | 0 | 2.1 | 12.9 |
| 102 | Louisville | 12 | 21 | 171 | 8.14 | 1 | 1.8 | 14.3 |
| 102 | Houston | 12 | 21 | 205 | 9.76 | 0 | 1.8 | 17.1 |
| 105 | Temple | 10 | 22 | 119 | 5.41 | 0 | 2.2 | 11.9 |
| 105 | Memphis | 12 | 22 | 191 | 8.68 | 0 | 1.8 | 15.9 |
| 105 | Florida International | 11 | 22 | 209 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 108 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 23 | 158 | 6.87 | 0 | 2.3 | 15.8 |
| 108 | Tulsa | 14 | 23 | 226 | 9.83 | 1 | 1.6 | 16.1 |
| 108 | Wyoming | 10 | 23 | 233 | 10.13 | 1 | 2.3 | 23.3 |
| 111 | Washington State | 9 | 24 | 139 | 5.79 | 0 | 2.7 | 15.4 |
| 111 | Cincinnati | 12 | 24 | 198 | 8.25 | 1 | 2.0 | 16.5 |
| 113 | Wake Forest | 8 | 25 | 167 | 6.68 | 0 | 3.1 | 20.9 |
| 114 | Idaho | 9 | 26 | 193 | 7.42 | 0 | 2.9 | 21.4 |
| 114 | Hawai'i | 11 | 26 | 288 | 11.08 | 0 | 2.4 | 26.2 |
| 116 | Connecticut | 11 | 27 | 184 | 6.81 | 0 | 2.5 | 16.7 |
| 117 | Rutgers | 12 | 28 | 203 | 7.25 | 0 | 2.3 | 16.9 |
| 117 | SMU | 12 | 28 | 218 | 7.79 | 0 | 2.3 | 18.2 |
| 117 | Akron | 11 | 28 | 334 | 11.93 | 1 | 2.5 | 30.4 |
| 120 | Maryland | 10 | 29 | 342 | 11.79 | 1 | 2.9 | 34.2 |
| 121 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 32 | 222 | 6.94 | 0 | 2.9 | 20.2 |
| 121 | New Mexico State | 10 | 32 | 384 | 12.00 | 1 | 3.2 | 38.4 |
| 123 | South Alabama | 13 | 34 | 217 | 6.38 | 0 | 2.6 | 16.7 |
| 124 | Tulane | 12 | 35 | 202 | 5.77 | 0 | 2.9 | 16.8 |