2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoffs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Kickoffs | Yards | Avg. | Touchback | Touchback % | Out-Of-Bounds | Onside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent State | 13 | 56 | 2829 | 50.52 | 7 | 12.50 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Tennessee | 7 | 42 | 2230 | 53.10 | 9 | 21.43 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Oregon | 10 | 43 | 2317 | 53.88 | 9 | 20.93 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | San Jose State | 11 | 47 | 2605 | 55.43 | 7 | 14.89 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Kansas State | 10 | 44 | 2496 | 56.73 | 15 | 34.09 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Bowling Green | 11 | 40 | 2287 | 57.18 | 9 | 22.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Florida | 6 | 16 | 916 | 57.25 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Michigan | 7 | 23 | 1320 | 57.39 | 5 | 21.74 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Florida State | 11 | 32 | 1849 | 57.78 | 9 | 28.13 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Utah | 10 | 49 | 2835 | 57.86 | 20 | 40.82 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | West Virginia | 10 | 60 | 3478 | 57.97 | 25 | 41.67 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | USC | 10 | 44 | 2568 | 58.36 | 19 | 43.18 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Western Michigan | 11 | 64 | 3736 | 58.38 | 14 | 21.88 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Buffalo | 10 | 54 | 3168 | 58.67 | 15 | 27.78 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Ohio | 13 | 65 | 3814 | 58.68 | 16 | 24.62 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | LSU | 8 | 31 | 1829 | 59.00 | 9 | 29.03 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Auburn | 6 | 27 | 1597 | 59.15 | 9 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Iowa State | 10 | 47 | 2780 | 59.15 | 19 | 40.43 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | California | 8 | 43 | 2545 | 59.19 | 11 | 25.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Illinois | 9 | 47 | 2783 | 59.21 | 16 | 34.04 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Florida International | 11 | 66 | 3909 | 59.23 | 12 | 18.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 56 | 3325 | 59.38 | 13 | 23.21 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Toledo | 11 | 56 | 3325 | 59.38 | 13 | 23.21 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Maryland | 10 | 53 | 3148 | 59.40 | 18 | 33.96 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Hawai'i | 11 | 65 | 3867 | 59.49 | 13 | 20.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Georgia | 9 | 36 | 2142 | 59.50 | 8 | 22.22 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 47 | 2797 | 59.51 | 12 | 25.53 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | UCF | 13 | 53 | 3154 | 59.51 | 19 | 35.85 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | Ball State | 11 | 62 | 3698 | 59.65 | 14 | 22.58 | 5 | 3 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 9 | 44 | 2627 | 59.70 | 21 | 47.73 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Oregon State | 10 | 35 | 2092 | 59.77 | 12 | 34.29 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 52 | 3108 | 59.77 | 12 | 23.08 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 54 | 3232 | 59.85 | 19 | 35.19 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 66 | 3955 | 59.92 | 21 | 31.82 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Memphis | 12 | 73 | 4376 | 59.95 | 16 | 21.92 | 5 | 2 |
| 36 | UNLV | 11 | 65 | 3900 | 60.00 | 17 | 26.15 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Louisville | 12 | 53 | 3188 | 60.15 | 18 | 33.96 | 1 | 2 |
| 38 | Purdue | 10 | 59 | 3554 | 60.24 | 13 | 22.03 | 1 | 2 |
| 39 | Arizona State | 11 | 46 | 2772 | 60.26 | 19 | 41.30 | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | Houston | 12 | 79 | 4761 | 60.27 | 34 | 43.04 | 1 | 3 |
| 41 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 50 | 3014 | 60.28 | 18 | 36.00 | 0 | 5 |
| 42 | North Carolina State | 10 | 45 | 2713 | 60.29 | 11 | 24.44 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Troy | 12 | 71 | 4282 | 60.31 | 22 | 30.99 | 3 | 2 |
| 44 | Texas | 10 | 53 | 3198 | 60.34 | 24 | 45.28 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Mississippi State | 9 | 36 | 2174 | 60.39 | 11 | 30.56 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | North Texas | 10 | 52 | 3146 | 60.50 | 19 | 36.54 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | Duke | 10 | 58 | 3511 | 60.53 | 15 | 25.86 | 2 | 3 |
| 48 | East Carolina | 12 | 67 | 4058 | 60.57 | 22 | 32.84 | 0 | 2 |
| 49 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 49 | 2969 | 60.59 | 16 | 32.65 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 | UCLA | 10 | 51 | 3090 | 60.59 | 15 | 29.41 | 3 | 1 |
| 51 | Texas A&M | 9 | 37 | 2243 | 60.62 | 15 | 40.54 | 1 | 4 |
| 52 | San Diego State | 11 | 49 | 2971 | 60.63 | 13 | 26.53 | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | Boston College | 8 | 44 | 2669 | 60.66 | 16 | 36.36 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Minnesota | 10 | 47 | 2851 | 60.66 | 13 | 27.66 | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | Texas Tech | 10 | 53 | 3215 | 60.66 | 27 | 50.94 | 0 | 1 |
| 56 | Virginia | 12 | 69 | 4187 | 60.68 | 12 | 17.39 | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | Akron | 11 | 74 | 4491 | 60.69 | 29 | 39.19 | 3 | 0 |
| 58 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 69 | 4189 | 60.71 | 26 | 37.68 | 0 | 3 |
| 59 | Washington | 8 | 34 | 2065 | 60.74 | 13 | 38.24 | 1 | 1 |
| 59 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 53 | 3219 | 60.74 | 17 | 32.08 | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | BYU | 8 | 23 | 1398 | 60.78 | 6 | 26.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Fresno State | 11 | 49 | 2978 | 60.78 | 8 | 16.33 | 2 | 1 |
| 63 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 62 | 3770 | 60.81 | 21 | 33.87 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Army | 11 | 69 | 4196 | 60.81 | 26 | 37.68 | 1 | 2 |
| 65 | Texas State | 10 | 61 | 3710 | 60.82 | 9 | 14.75 | 0 | 1 |
| 66 | Notre Dame | 9 | 26 | 1582 | 60.85 | 5 | 19.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Boise State | 13 | 43 | 2617 | 60.86 | 13 | 30.23 | 2 | 3 |
| 67 | Central Michigan | 12 | 70 | 4260 | 60.86 | 20 | 28.57 | 2 | 2 |
| 69 | Iowa | 8 | 38 | 2315 | 60.92 | 14 | 36.84 | 1 | 2 |
| 69 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 76 | 4630 | 60.92 | 20 | 26.32 | 3 | 3 |
| 71 | Nevada | 12 | 72 | 4388 | 60.94 | 30 | 41.67 | 2 | 3 |
| 72 | Temple | 10 | 56 | 3416 | 61.00 | 12 | 21.43 | 3 | 2 |
| 72 | South Florida | 10 | 57 | 3477 | 61.00 | 28 | 49.12 | 2 | 1 |
| 74 | Massachusetts | 9 | 56 | 3418 | 61.04 | 16 | 28.57 | 4 | 2 |
| 75 | Alabama | 9 | 18 | 1099 | 61.06 | 5 | 27.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | UTEP | 11 | 65 | 3970 | 61.08 | 20 | 30.77 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 52 | 3178 | 61.12 | 13 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | North Carolina | 11 | 57 | 3484 | 61.12 | 15 | 26.32 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Colorado | 10 | 79 | 4829 | 61.13 | 31 | 39.24 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | UTSA | 8 | 42 | 2570 | 61.19 | 14 | 33.33 | 0 | 3 |
| 81 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 58 | 3552 | 61.24 | 29 | 50.00 | 2 | 3 |
| 82 | Nebraska | 10 | 51 | 3126 | 61.29 | 28 | 54.90 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Northwestern | 10 | 47 | 2881 | 61.30 | 23 | 48.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Baylor | 10 | 63 | 3864 | 61.33 | 22 | 34.92 | 0 | 3 |
| 85 | Washington State | 9 | 56 | 3436 | 61.36 | 25 | 44.64 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Arkansas State | 11 | 48 | 2946 | 61.38 | 19 | 39.58 | 1 | 2 |
| 87 | Rutgers | 12 | 41 | 2521 | 61.49 | 20 | 48.78 | 2 | 1 |
| 88 | Idaho | 9 | 63 | 3875 | 61.51 | 28 | 44.44 | 1 | 1 |
| 89 | Indiana | 10 | 60 | 3693 | 61.55 | 26 | 43.33 | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | Connecticut | 11 | 48 | 2957 | 61.60 | 20 | 41.67 | 0 | 2 |
| 90 | Syracuse | 11 | 58 | 3573 | 61.60 | 27 | 46.55 | 3 | 0 |
| 92 | Rice | 13 | 68 | 4192 | 61.65 | 29 | 42.65 | 1 | 3 |
| 93 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 32 | 1973 | 61.66 | 10 | 31.25 | 1 | 2 |
| 94 | Cincinnati | 12 | 50 | 3085 | 61.70 | 19 | 38.00 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | Stanford | 10 | 36 | 2222 | 61.72 | 11 | 30.56 | 2 | 1 |
| 96 | Mississippi | 7 | 28 | 1730 | 61.79 | 11 | 39.29 | 1 | 1 |
| 97 | Missouri | 6 | 24 | 1484 | 61.83 | 9 | 37.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | TCU | 10 | 43 | 2661 | 61.88 | 17 | 39.53 | 0 | 3 |
| 99 | South Alabama | 13 | 76 | 4705 | 61.91 | 34 | 44.74 | 1 | 0 |
| 100 | Kentucky | 7 | 38 | 2355 | 61.97 | 12 | 31.58 | 2 | 0 |
| 101 | Ohio State | 10 | 44 | 2728 | 62.00 | 19 | 43.18 | 2 | 4 |
| 102 | Navy | 11 | 53 | 3287 | 62.02 | 18 | 33.96 | 1 | 2 |
| 103 | New Mexico | 11 | 56 | 3477 | 62.09 | 23 | 41.07 | 1 | 2 |
| 103 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 66 | 4098 | 62.09 | 22 | 33.33 | 1 | 2 |
| 105 | Utah State | 12 | 43 | 2672 | 62.14 | 10 | 23.26 | 1 | 2 |
| 106 | Penn State | 9 | 30 | 1865 | 62.17 | 13 | 43.33 | 0 | 2 |
| 107 | Kansas | 8 | 54 | 3363 | 62.28 | 28 | 51.85 | 1 | 0 |
| 108 | UAB | 10 | 69 | 4298 | 62.29 | 35 | 50.72 | 1 | 1 |
| 109 | Clemson | 10 | 50 | 3115 | 62.30 | 20 | 40.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 110 | Michigan State | 7 | 24 | 1499 | 62.46 | 7 | 29.17 | 1 | 1 |
| 111 | Tulsa | 14 | 67 | 4192 | 62.57 | 28 | 41.79 | 2 | 0 |
| 112 | Air Force | 12 | 66 | 4131 | 62.59 | 28 | 42.42 | 2 | 1 |
| 113 | Tulane | 12 | 85 | 5324 | 62.64 | 37 | 43.53 | 3 | 1 |
| 114 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 44 | 2761 | 62.75 | 16 | 36.36 | 1 | 1 |
| 114 | Marshall | 12 | 85 | 5334 | 62.75 | 32 | 37.65 | 1 | 3 |
| 116 | New Mexico State | 10 | 71 | 4457 | 62.77 | 32 | 45.07 | 1 | 0 |
| 117 | Wyoming | 10 | 58 | 3643 | 62.81 | 36 | 62.07 | 2 | 0 |
| 118 | Colorado State | 9 | 48 | 3016 | 62.83 | 18 | 37.50 | 1 | 1 |
| 119 | Arkansas | 8 | 38 | 2389 | 62.87 | 17 | 44.74 | 1 | 0 |
| 120 | Wisconsin | 8 | 26 | 1635 | 62.88 | 14 | 53.85 | 0 | 3 |
| 121 | Arizona | 10 | 59 | 3717 | 63.00 | 39 | 66.10 | 0 | 1 |
| 122 | SMU | 12 | 58 | 3660 | 63.10 | 30 | 51.72 | 1 | 1 |
| 123 | Wake Forest | 8 | 42 | 2667 | 63.50 | 22 | 52.38 | 1 | 0 |
| 124 | South Carolina | 7 | 24 | 1542 | 64.25 | 17 | 70.83 | 0 | 2 |