2012 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in November Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowling Green | 3 | 5 | -13 | -2.60 | 0 | 1.7 | -4.3 |
| 2 | UTEP | 3 | 3 | -6 | -2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.0 |
| 2 | Ball State | 3 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.7 |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 3 | 4 | -5 | -1.25 | 0 | 1.3 | -1.7 |
| 5 | LSU | 4 | 5 | -6 | -1.20 | 0 | 1.3 | -1.5 |
| 6 | Wyoming | 4 | 7 | -5 | -0.71 | 0 | 1.8 | -1.3 |
| 7 | North Carolina State | 4 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| 8 | Penn State | 4 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.3 |
| 9 | Rice | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Auburn | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Memphis | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Utah | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 12 | BYU | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| 14 | Ohio State | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| 15 | Troy | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 16 | South Florida | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 17 | Washington | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1.10 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 18 | UTSA | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| 19 | Iowa | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| 20 | Arkansas | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| 21 | Kansas | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| 22 | New Mexico | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 23 | Nevada | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 23 | Mississippi State | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 25 | South Alabama | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| 26 | West Virginia | 4 | 7 | 16 | 2.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 27 | USC | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 28 | Illinois | 4 | 8 | 25 | 3.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.3 |
| 29 | Colorado | 4 | 10 | 33 | 3.30 | 0 | 2.5 | 8.3 |
| 30 | Syracuse | 4 | 8 | 27 | 3.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.8 |
| 31 | Idaho | 4 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 9.0 |
| 32 | Oregon | 4 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| 33 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.8 |
| 34 | Temple | 4 | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.8 |
| 35 | SMU | 4 | 11 | 43 | 3.91 | 0 | 2.8 | 10.8 |
| 36 | Kansas State | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| 36 | UCF | 4 | 6 | 24 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.0 |
| 38 | Cincinnati | 4 | 9 | 42 | 4.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 10.5 |
| 39 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 7 | 34 | 4.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 8.5 |
| 39 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 7 | 34 | 4.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 11.3 |
| 41 | Oregon State | 4 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| 42 | North Texas | 4 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.5 |
| 43 | San Diego State | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 43 | Purdue | 4 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 43 | Kent State | 5 | 9 | 48 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.6 |
| 46 | Connecticut | 3 | 8 | 44 | 5.50 | 0 | 2.7 | 14.7 |
| 47 | Tulane | 4 | 12 | 70 | 5.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 17.5 |
| 48 | Stanford | 5 | 9 | 53 | 5.89 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.6 |
| 49 | Tennessee | 4 | 5 | 30 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| 49 | Washington State | 4 | 14 | 84 | 6.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 21.0 |
| 51 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| 52 | UCLA | 5 | 8 | 53 | 6.63 | 0 | 1.6 | 10.6 |
| 53 | Duke | 3 | 9 | 60 | 6.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| 54 | Ohio | 4 | 5 | 35 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.8 |
| 54 | Missouri | 4 | 12 | 84 | 7.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 21.0 |
| 56 | Oklahoma | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 57 | Alabama | 4 | 6 | 46 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 58 | Minnesota | 4 | 10 | 78 | 7.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 19.5 |
| 59 | Rutgers | 4 | 8 | 63 | 7.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.8 |
| 60 | Central Michigan | 4 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| 60 | Arkansas State | 3 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 60 | North Carolina | 3 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.7 |
| 60 | Michigan State | 3 | 6 | 48 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 64 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| 65 | Maryland | 4 | 13 | 109 | 8.38 | 0 | 3.3 | 27.3 |
| 66 | Georgia | 4 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.5 |
| 66 | East Carolina | 3 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.7 |
| 68 | California | 3 | 4 | 35 | 8.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.7 |
| 69 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 12 | 106 | 8.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 26.5 |
| 70 | Hawai'i | 4 | 13 | 116 | 8.92 | 0 | 3.3 | 29.0 |
| 71 | Arizona State | 4 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 71 | Boise State | 3 | 5 | 45 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 15.0 |
| 71 | Louisville | 4 | 7 | 63 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 15.8 |
| 71 | Boston College | 4 | 7 | 63 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 15.8 |
| 71 | Kentucky | 3 | 6 | 54 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 76 | Michigan | 4 | 8 | 74 | 9.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.5 |
| 77 | Air Force | 4 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.0 |
| 78 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 8 | 76 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.7 | 25.3 |
| 79 | Indiana | 4 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.0 |
| 80 | Baylor | 4 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.8 |
| 81 | Utah State | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 81 | Texas A&M | 4 | 5 | 50 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.5 |
| 83 | Tulsa | 4 | 10 | 101 | 10.10 | 0 | 2.5 | 25.3 |
| 84 | Houston | 4 | 8 | 82 | 10.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 20.5 |
| 85 | Toledo | 3 | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.3 |
| 86 | San Jose State | 4 | 5 | 52 | 10.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| 87 | Notre Dame | 4 | 4 | 42 | 10.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.5 |
| 88 | Arizona | 4 | 9 | 95 | 10.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 23.8 |
| 89 | Massachusetts | 4 | 5 | 54 | 10.80 | 1 | 1.3 | 13.5 |
| 90 | Army | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.3 |
| 90 | Nebraska | 4 | 7 | 77 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 19.3 |
| 92 | Wisconsin | 3 | 8 | 90 | 11.25 | 1 | 2.7 | 30.0 |
| 93 | Mississippi | 4 | 11 | 127 | 11.55 | 1 | 2.8 | 31.8 |
| 94 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 7 | 82 | 11.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 20.5 |
| 95 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.8 |
| 96 | Navy | 3 | 4 | 48 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.0 |
| 96 | Akron | 3 | 4 | 48 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.0 |
| 96 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 7 | 84 | 12.00 | 1 | 2.3 | 28.0 |
| 99 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 7 | 88 | 12.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 22.0 |
| 100 | Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.7 |
| 100 | New Mexico State | 3 | 9 | 117 | 13.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 39.0 |
| 102 | Florida International | 3 | 4 | 53 | 13.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.7 |
| 103 | Wake Forest | 4 | 17 | 235 | 13.82 | 2 | 4.3 | 58.8 |
| 104 | Clemson | 4 | 3 | 42 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.5 |
| 104 | Virginia | 4 | 4 | 56 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 104 | UNLV | 4 | 8 | 112 | 14.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 107 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 6 | 86 | 14.33 | 1 | 1.5 | 21.5 |
| 108 | Florida State | 3 | 4 | 61 | 15.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.3 |
| 109 | Texas | 3 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.3 |
| 110 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 9 | 141 | 15.67 | 1 | 2.3 | 35.3 |
| 111 | Iowa State | 4 | 4 | 63 | 15.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.8 |
| 112 | Colorado State | 4 | 8 | 127 | 15.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.8 |
| 113 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| 114 | Buffalo | 4 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.8 |
| 115 | Texas State | 4 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 1 | 1.8 | 30.3 |
| 116 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 7 | 123 | 17.57 | 1 | 1.8 | 30.8 |
| 117 | Marshall | 4 | 7 | 126 | 18.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 31.5 |
| 118 | TCU | 3 | 8 | 148 | 18.50 | 1 | 2.7 | 49.3 |
| 119 | Florida | 4 | 6 | 129 | 21.50 | 1 | 1.5 | 32.3 |
| 120 | UAB | 4 | 8 | 180 | 22.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.0 |
| 121 | Texas Tech | 4 | 2 | 60 | 30.00 | 1 | 0.5 | 15.0 |
| 122 | Fresno State | 3 | 2 | 65 | 32.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 21.7 |