2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games in August/September Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Temple | 3 | 5 | 61 | 12.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 20.3 |
| 2 | Auburn | 4 | 6 | 81 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 20.3 |
| 3 | Akron | 5 | 21 | 286 | 13.62 | 0 | 4.2 | 57.2 |
| 4 | Syracuse | 4 | 12 | 169 | 14.08 | 0 | 3.0 | 42.3 |
| 5 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 29 | 418 | 14.41 | 0 | 5.8 | 83.6 |
| 6 | Florida State | 5 | 25 | 366 | 14.64 | 0 | 5.0 | 73.2 |
| 7 | Navy | 4 | 7 | 106 | 15.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 26.5 |
| 8 | UTEP | 5 | 8 | 122 | 15.25 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.4 |
| 9 | Utah | 4 | 13 | 205 | 15.77 | 0 | 3.3 | 51.3 |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 20 | 319 | 15.95 | 0 | 5.0 | 79.8 |
| 11 | Washington State | 5 | 14 | 232 | 16.57 | 0 | 2.8 | 46.4 |
| 12 | TCU | 4 | 18 | 302 | 16.78 | 0 | 4.5 | 75.5 |
| 13 | Troy | 5 | 14 | 239 | 17.07 | 0 | 2.8 | 47.8 |
| 14 | Minnesota | 5 | 11 | 191 | 17.36 | 0 | 2.2 | 38.2 |
| 15 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 12 | 209 | 17.42 | 0 | 3.0 | 52.3 |
| 16 | LSU | 5 | 20 | 351 | 17.55 | 0 | 4.0 | 70.2 |
| 17 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 19 | 337 | 17.74 | 0 | 4.8 | 84.3 |
| 18 | Oregon State | 3 | 7 | 125 | 17.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.7 |
| 19 | Stanford | 4 | 16 | 287 | 17.94 | 0 | 4.0 | 71.8 |
| 20 | Penn State | 5 | 13 | 234 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.6 | 46.8 |
| 21 | UCF | 4 | 14 | 253 | 18.07 | 0 | 3.5 | 63.3 |
| 22 | North Carolina State | 5 | 12 | 217 | 18.08 | 0 | 2.4 | 43.4 |
| 23 | Central Michigan | 4 | 14 | 254 | 18.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 63.5 |
| 23 | Fresno State | 5 | 28 | 508 | 18.14 | 0 | 5.6 | 101.6 |
| 25 | Utah State | 5 | 14 | 257 | 18.36 | 0 | 2.8 | 51.4 |
| 26 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 15 | 276 | 18.40 | 0 | 3.8 | 69.0 |
| 27 | North Carolina | 5 | 29 | 534 | 18.41 | 0 | 5.8 | 106.8 |
| 28 | Arkansas State | 5 | 20 | 369 | 18.45 | 0 | 4.0 | 73.8 |
| 29 | Memphis | 4 | 4 | 74 | 18.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.5 |
| 30 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 14 | 260 | 18.57 | 0 | 2.8 | 52.0 |
| 31 | Wyoming | 4 | 10 | 187 | 18.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 46.8 |
| 32 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 7 | 132 | 18.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 33.0 |
| 33 | Massachusetts | 5 | 13 | 246 | 18.92 | 0 | 2.6 | 49.2 |
| 34 | Tennessee | 5 | 20 | 381 | 19.05 | 0 | 4.0 | 76.2 |
| 35 | Oklahoma | 3 | 13 | 248 | 19.08 | 0 | 4.3 | 82.7 |
| 36 | Texas | 4 | 21 | 403 | 19.19 | 1 | 5.3 | 100.8 |
| 37 | Tulsa | 5 | 16 | 309 | 19.31 | 0 | 3.2 | 61.8 |
| 38 | Western Michigan | 5 | 19 | 368 | 19.37 | 0 | 3.8 | 73.6 |
| 39 | Bowling Green | 5 | 16 | 310 | 19.38 | 0 | 3.2 | 62.0 |
| 40 | Boise State | 4 | 12 | 234 | 19.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.5 |
| 41 | Texas A&M | 4 | 8 | 157 | 19.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.3 |
| 42 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 21 | 413 | 19.67 | 0 | 5.3 | 103.3 |
| 43 | San Jose State | 5 | 25 | 492 | 19.68 | 0 | 5.0 | 98.4 |
| 44 | Georgia | 5 | 23 | 454 | 19.74 | 0 | 4.6 | 90.8 |
| 45 | Alabama | 5 | 16 | 317 | 19.81 | 0 | 3.2 | 63.4 |
| 46 | Missouri | 5 | 20 | 397 | 19.85 | 0 | 4.0 | 79.4 |
| 47 | UNLV | 5 | 14 | 279 | 19.93 | 0 | 2.8 | 55.8 |
| 47 | Boston College | 4 | 15 | 299 | 19.93 | 0 | 3.8 | 74.8 |
| 49 | Arizona State | 5 | 21 | 419 | 19.95 | 0 | 4.2 | 83.8 |
| 50 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 20 | 400 | 20.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 80.0 |
| 51 | Mississippi State | 4 | 18 | 363 | 20.17 | 1 | 4.5 | 90.8 |
| 52 | Baylor | 4 | 16 | 325 | 20.31 | 0 | 4.0 | 81.3 |
| 53 | Oregon | 5 | 34 | 691 | 20.32 | 0 | 6.8 | 138.2 |
| 54 | Florida | 4 | 11 | 224 | 20.36 | 0 | 2.8 | 56.0 |
| 54 | Iowa | 5 | 14 | 285 | 20.36 | 0 | 2.8 | 57.0 |
| 56 | Florida International | 5 | 12 | 246 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.4 | 49.2 |
| 56 | Rutgers | 4 | 14 | 287 | 20.50 | 0 | 3.5 | 71.8 |
| 58 | BYU | 5 | 19 | 390 | 20.53 | 0 | 3.8 | 78.0 |
| 59 | Arkansas | 5 | 5 | 104 | 20.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.8 |
| 59 | Wisconsin | 5 | 15 | 312 | 20.80 | 0 | 3.0 | 62.4 |
| 61 | Marshall | 5 | 26 | 541 | 20.81 | 0 | 5.2 | 108.2 |
| 62 | Purdue | 4 | 22 | 458 | 20.82 | 0 | 5.5 | 114.5 |
| 63 | Kent State | 4 | 13 | 271 | 20.85 | 0 | 3.3 | 67.8 |
| 63 | Ohio State | 5 | 20 | 417 | 20.85 | 0 | 4.0 | 83.4 |
| 65 | Arizona | 5 | 13 | 272 | 20.92 | 0 | 2.6 | 54.4 |
| 66 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 15 | 314 | 20.93 | 0 | 3.0 | 62.8 |
| 67 | Illinois | 5 | 8 | 168 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 33.6 |
| 68 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 11 | 233 | 21.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 46.6 |
| 69 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 10 | 212 | 21.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 53.0 |
| 70 | Houston | 4 | 15 | 319 | 21.27 | 0 | 3.8 | 79.8 |
| 71 | UTSA | 3 | 12 | 256 | 21.33 | 0 | 4.0 | 85.3 |
| 71 | West Virginia | 4 | 27 | 576 | 21.33 | 0 | 6.8 | 144.0 |
| 73 | Hawai'i | 4 | 13 | 278 | 21.38 | 1 | 3.3 | 69.5 |
| 74 | Connecticut | 5 | 13 | 281 | 21.62 | 0 | 2.6 | 56.2 |
| 75 | Maryland | 4 | 14 | 304 | 21.71 | 0 | 3.5 | 76.0 |
| 76 | Ohio | 5 | 25 | 543 | 21.72 | 1 | 5.0 | 108.6 |
| 77 | Toledo | 5 | 20 | 436 | 21.80 | 0 | 4.0 | 87.2 |
| 78 | Rice | 5 | 10 | 220 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.0 |
| 79 | Nevada | 5 | 27 | 595 | 22.04 | 0 | 5.4 | 119.0 |
| 80 | USC | 4 | 15 | 331 | 22.07 | 0 | 3.8 | 82.8 |
| 81 | Texas Tech | 4 | 24 | 532 | 22.17 | 1 | 6.0 | 133.0 |
| 82 | Texas State | 4 | 14 | 312 | 22.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 78.0 |
| 83 | South Carolina | 5 | 16 | 358 | 22.38 | 0 | 3.2 | 71.6 |
| 84 | Air Force | 4 | 13 | 292 | 22.46 | 0 | 3.3 | 73.0 |
| 85 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 23 | 518 | 22.52 | 0 | 4.6 | 103.6 |
| 86 | Iowa State | 4 | 14 | 316 | 22.57 | 0 | 3.5 | 79.0 |
| 87 | California | 5 | 19 | 429 | 22.58 | 0 | 3.8 | 85.8 |
| 88 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 21 | 475 | 22.62 | 0 | 4.2 | 95.0 |
| 89 | Northwestern | 5 | 28 | 634 | 22.64 | 1 | 5.6 | 126.8 |
| 90 | Kansas State | 4 | 17 | 386 | 22.71 | 0 | 4.3 | 96.5 |
| 91 | SMU | 4 | 12 | 274 | 22.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 68.5 |
| 92 | San Diego State | 5 | 21 | 481 | 22.90 | 1 | 4.2 | 96.2 |
| 93 | New Mexico State | 5 | 8 | 185 | 23.13 | 0 | 1.6 | 37.0 |
| 94 | Ball State | 5 | 22 | 509 | 23.14 | 1 | 4.4 | 101.8 |
| 95 | Cincinnati | 3 | 9 | 212 | 23.56 | 0 | 3.0 | 70.7 |
| 96 | Kentucky | 5 | 9 | 213 | 23.67 | 0 | 1.8 | 42.6 |
| 97 | Washington | 4 | 17 | 403 | 23.71 | 0 | 4.3 | 100.8 |
| 98 | Michigan | 4 | 8 | 190 | 23.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.5 |
| 99 | Kansas | 4 | 17 | 408 | 24.00 | 0 | 4.3 | 102.0 |
| 100 | Louisville | 5 | 27 | 650 | 24.07 | 0 | 5.4 | 130.0 |
| 101 | Indiana | 4 | 11 | 268 | 24.36 | 0 | 2.8 | 67.0 |
| 102 | Michigan State | 5 | 11 | 269 | 24.45 | 0 | 2.2 | 53.8 |
| 103 | Duke | 5 | 20 | 493 | 24.65 | 0 | 4.0 | 98.6 |
| 104 | Tulane | 4 | 6 | 148 | 24.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 37.0 |
| 105 | Clemson | 5 | 15 | 374 | 24.93 | 0 | 3.0 | 74.8 |
| 106 | Virginia | 5 | 11 | 275 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.2 | 55.0 |
| 106 | Colorado State | 5 | 12 | 300 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.4 | 60.0 |
| 108 | UCLA | 5 | 5 | 126 | 25.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.2 |
| 109 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 24 | 606 | 25.25 | 0 | 6.0 | 151.5 |
| 110 | Wake Forest | 5 | 7 | 179 | 25.57 | 0 | 1.4 | 35.8 |
| 111 | Mississippi | 5 | 17 | 441 | 25.94 | 1 | 3.4 | 88.2 |
| 112 | Idaho | 5 | 8 | 208 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 41.6 |
| 112 | South Alabama | 5 | 11 | 286 | 26.00 | 0 | 2.2 | 57.2 |
| 114 | Notre Dame | 4 | 13 | 339 | 26.08 | 0 | 3.3 | 84.8 |
| 115 | Nebraska | 5 | 12 | 314 | 26.17 | 1 | 2.4 | 62.8 |
| 116 | New Mexico | 5 | 9 | 238 | 26.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 47.6 |
| 117 | South Florida | 5 | 8 | 214 | 26.75 | 0 | 1.6 | 42.8 |
| 118 | UAB | 4 | 7 | 190 | 27.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 47.5 |
| 119 | North Texas | 5 | 11 | 307 | 27.91 | 1 | 2.2 | 61.4 |
| 120 | Colorado | 5 | 14 | 393 | 28.07 | 0 | 2.8 | 78.6 |
| 121 | Buffalo | 4 | 12 | 342 | 28.50 | 1 | 3.0 | 85.5 |
| 122 | East Carolina | 5 | 12 | 343 | 28.58 | 1 | 2.4 | 68.6 |
| 123 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 6 | 178 | 29.67 | 1 | 1.5 | 44.5 |
| 124 | Army | 4 | 7 | 211 | 30.14 | 1 | 1.8 | 52.8 |