2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games in November Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 14 | 159 | 11.36 | 0 | 3.5 | 39.8 |
| 2 | Nebraska | 4 | 7 | 100 | 14.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 25.0 |
| 3 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 23 | 338 | 14.70 | 0 | 5.8 | 84.5 |
| 4 | Tulsa | 4 | 14 | 210 | 15.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 52.5 |
| 5 | Memphis | 4 | 6 | 91 | 15.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.8 |
| 6 | Auburn | 4 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 11.5 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 3 | 10 | 154 | 15.40 | 0 | 3.3 | 51.3 |
| 8 | Rutgers | 4 | 12 | 189 | 15.75 | 0 | 3.0 | 47.3 |
| 9 | East Carolina | 3 | 11 | 184 | 16.73 | 0 | 3.7 | 61.3 |
| 10 | Rice | 3 | 8 | 137 | 17.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 45.7 |
| 11 | Missouri | 4 | 13 | 223 | 17.15 | 0 | 3.3 | 55.8 |
| 12 | Stanford | 5 | 11 | 190 | 17.27 | 0 | 2.2 | 38.0 |
| 13 | BYU | 3 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 40.3 |
| 14 | Syracuse | 4 | 17 | 296 | 17.41 | 0 | 4.3 | 74.0 |
| 15 | Ball State | 3 | 15 | 262 | 17.47 | 0 | 5.0 | 87.3 |
| 16 | Iowa | 4 | 9 | 159 | 17.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 39.8 |
| 17 | LSU | 4 | 18 | 321 | 17.83 | 0 | 4.5 | 80.3 |
| 18 | Central Michigan | 4 | 19 | 340 | 17.89 | 0 | 4.8 | 85.0 |
| 19 | Florida International | 3 | 7 | 126 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.0 |
| 19 | Kansas | 3 | 9 | 162 | 18.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.0 |
| 21 | USC | 4 | 19 | 343 | 18.05 | 0 | 4.8 | 85.8 |
| 22 | Oklahoma | 4 | 18 | 325 | 18.06 | 0 | 4.5 | 81.3 |
| 23 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 23 | 417 | 18.13 | 0 | 5.8 | 104.3 |
| 24 | Alabama | 4 | 19 | 345 | 18.16 | 0 | 4.8 | 86.3 |
| 25 | Florida State | 3 | 12 | 219 | 18.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 73.0 |
| 26 | Florida | 4 | 14 | 257 | 18.36 | 0 | 3.5 | 64.3 |
| 27 | Connecticut | 3 | 9 | 166 | 18.44 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.3 |
| 28 | Georgia | 4 | 13 | 241 | 18.54 | 0 | 3.3 | 60.3 |
| 29 | Troy | 4 | 21 | 391 | 18.62 | 0 | 5.3 | 97.8 |
| 30 | Mississippi State | 4 | 16 | 298 | 18.63 | 0 | 4.0 | 74.5 |
| 31 | Texas State | 4 | 6 | 112 | 18.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.0 |
| 32 | North Carolina State | 4 | 10 | 188 | 18.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 47.0 |
| 33 | Massachusetts | 4 | 11 | 207 | 18.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 51.8 |
| 34 | Idaho | 4 | 12 | 226 | 18.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.5 |
| 35 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 13 | 245 | 18.85 | 0 | 4.3 | 81.7 |
| 36 | Arizona State | 4 | 13 | 248 | 19.08 | 0 | 3.3 | 62.0 |
| 37 | Kent State | 5 | 18 | 346 | 19.22 | 0 | 3.6 | 69.2 |
| 38 | UTSA | 4 | 16 | 310 | 19.38 | 0 | 4.0 | 77.5 |
| 39 | San Diego State | 3 | 5 | 97 | 19.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 32.3 |
| 40 | Buffalo | 4 | 13 | 253 | 19.46 | 0 | 3.3 | 63.3 |
| 41 | Bowling Green | 3 | 14 | 273 | 19.50 | 0 | 4.7 | 91.0 |
| 42 | Northwestern | 3 | 19 | 372 | 19.58 | 0 | 6.3 | 124.0 |
| 43 | Texas A&M | 4 | 14 | 275 | 19.64 | 0 | 3.5 | 68.8 |
| 44 | South Alabama | 4 | 12 | 237 | 19.75 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.3 |
| 45 | Toledo | 3 | 13 | 257 | 19.77 | 0 | 4.3 | 85.7 |
| 46 | UNLV | 4 | 12 | 238 | 19.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.5 |
| 47 | Akron | 3 | 8 | 159 | 19.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 53.0 |
| 48 | Temple | 4 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.0 |
| 48 | Air Force | 4 | 9 | 180 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.0 |
| 50 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 14 | 281 | 20.07 | 0 | 3.5 | 70.3 |
| 51 | Minnesota | 4 | 7 | 141 | 20.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.3 |
| 52 | Navy | 3 | 10 | 203 | 20.30 | 0 | 3.3 | 67.7 |
| 53 | UCF | 4 | 13 | 265 | 20.38 | 0 | 3.3 | 66.3 |
| 54 | South Carolina | 3 | 5 | 102 | 20.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 34.0 |
| 54 | Washington | 4 | 15 | 306 | 20.40 | 0 | 3.8 | 76.5 |
| 56 | TCU | 3 | 7 | 143 | 20.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 47.7 |
| 57 | Arkansas State | 3 | 12 | 246 | 20.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 82.0 |
| 58 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 17 | 349 | 20.53 | 0 | 4.3 | 87.3 |
| 59 | Boston College | 4 | 14 | 291 | 20.79 | 0 | 3.5 | 72.8 |
| 60 | San Jose State | 4 | 16 | 333 | 20.81 | 0 | 4.0 | 83.3 |
| 61 | Cincinnati | 4 | 9 | 188 | 20.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 47.0 |
| 62 | Michigan State | 3 | 10 | 209 | 20.90 | 0 | 3.3 | 69.7 |
| 63 | Houston | 4 | 13 | 274 | 21.08 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.5 |
| 64 | SMU | 4 | 8 | 169 | 21.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.3 |
| 64 | Oregon State | 4 | 16 | 338 | 21.13 | 0 | 4.0 | 84.5 |
| 66 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 15 | 318 | 21.20 | 0 | 3.8 | 79.5 |
| 67 | Fresno State | 3 | 19 | 404 | 21.26 | 0 | 6.3 | 134.7 |
| 68 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 15 | 320 | 21.33 | 0 | 5.0 | 106.7 |
| 69 | Colorado State | 4 | 14 | 300 | 21.43 | 0 | 3.5 | 75.0 |
| 70 | UCLA | 5 | 13 | 279 | 21.46 | 0 | 2.6 | 55.8 |
| 71 | Duke | 3 | 8 | 172 | 21.50 | 0 | 2.7 | 57.3 |
| 72 | Notre Dame | 4 | 18 | 388 | 21.56 | 0 | 4.5 | 97.0 |
| 73 | Indiana | 4 | 12 | 261 | 21.75 | 0 | 3.0 | 65.3 |
| 74 | Louisville | 4 | 21 | 459 | 21.86 | 1 | 5.3 | 114.8 |
| 75 | Hawai'i | 4 | 15 | 328 | 21.87 | 0 | 3.8 | 82.0 |
| 76 | Kentucky | 3 | 9 | 197 | 21.89 | 0 | 3.0 | 65.7 |
| 77 | Tulane | 4 | 10 | 219 | 21.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 54.8 |
| 78 | Wyoming | 4 | 12 | 263 | 21.92 | 0 | 3.0 | 65.8 |
| 79 | South Florida | 3 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 80 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 25 | 560 | 22.40 | 0 | 6.3 | 140.0 |
| 81 | North Texas | 4 | 9 | 202 | 22.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 50.5 |
| 82 | Tennessee | 4 | 17 | 386 | 22.71 | 1 | 4.3 | 96.5 |
| 83 | Oregon | 4 | 30 | 683 | 22.77 | 0 | 7.5 | 170.8 |
| 84 | Purdue | 4 | 16 | 366 | 22.88 | 0 | 4.0 | 91.5 |
| 85 | Ohio | 4 | 14 | 321 | 22.93 | 0 | 3.5 | 80.3 |
| 86 | New Mexico | 4 | 6 | 138 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 34.5 |
| 86 | Utah | 4 | 13 | 299 | 23.00 | 1 | 3.3 | 74.8 |
| 88 | Maryland | 4 | 15 | 346 | 23.07 | 0 | 3.8 | 86.5 |
| 88 | Western Michigan | 3 | 14 | 323 | 23.07 | 0 | 4.7 | 107.7 |
| 90 | Iowa State | 4 | 10 | 231 | 23.10 | 0 | 2.5 | 57.8 |
| 90 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 21 | 485 | 23.10 | 0 | 5.3 | 121.3 |
| 92 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 13 | 305 | 23.46 | 1 | 3.3 | 76.3 |
| 93 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 21 | 496 | 23.62 | 1 | 5.3 | 124.0 |
| 94 | Nevada | 2 | 7 | 167 | 23.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 83.5 |
| 95 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 26 | 627 | 24.12 | 0 | 6.5 | 156.8 |
| 96 | New Mexico State | 3 | 7 | 172 | 24.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 57.3 |
| 97 | Army | 3 | 6 | 148 | 24.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 49.3 |
| 98 | Ohio State | 3 | 11 | 273 | 24.82 | 0 | 3.7 | 91.0 |
| 99 | Kansas State | 3 | 12 | 298 | 24.83 | 1 | 4.0 | 99.3 |
| 100 | California | 3 | 8 | 199 | 24.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 66.3 |
| 101 | Arkansas | 4 | 7 | 175 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 43.8 |
| 102 | Colorado | 4 | 9 | 228 | 25.33 | 1 | 2.3 | 57.0 |
| 103 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 13 | 331 | 25.46 | 0 | 3.3 | 82.8 |
| 104 | Mississippi | 4 | 13 | 334 | 25.69 | 1 | 3.3 | 83.5 |
| 105 | Texas Tech | 4 | 11 | 283 | 25.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 70.8 |
| 106 | West Virginia | 4 | 20 | 518 | 25.90 | 1 | 5.0 | 129.5 |
| 107 | Clemson | 4 | 20 | 521 | 26.05 | 0 | 5.0 | 130.3 |
| 107 | Marshall | 4 | 22 | 573 | 26.05 | 0 | 5.5 | 143.3 |
| 109 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 11 | 287 | 26.09 | 1 | 2.8 | 71.8 |
| 110 | Michigan | 4 | 16 | 424 | 26.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 106.0 |
| 111 | Boise State | 3 | 16 | 427 | 26.69 | 2 | 5.3 | 142.3 |
| 112 | Penn State | 4 | 15 | 404 | 26.93 | 0 | 3.8 | 101.0 |
| 113 | Illinois | 4 | 9 | 244 | 27.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 61.0 |
| 114 | Utah State | 3 | 13 | 354 | 27.23 | 1 | 4.3 | 118.0 |
| 115 | Virginia | 4 | 12 | 333 | 27.75 | 1 | 3.0 | 83.3 |
| 116 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 14 | 389 | 27.79 | 1 | 4.7 | 129.7 |
| 117 | Baylor | 4 | 16 | 451 | 28.19 | 1 | 4.0 | 112.8 |
| 118 | UTEP | 3 | 11 | 311 | 28.27 | 1 | 3.7 | 103.7 |
| 119 | UAB | 4 | 11 | 317 | 28.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 79.3 |
| 120 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 14 | 410 | 29.29 | 1 | 3.5 | 102.5 |
| 121 | Washington State | 4 | 9 | 265 | 29.44 | 1 | 2.3 | 66.3 |
| 122 | North Carolina | 3 | 18 | 536 | 29.78 | 2 | 6.0 | 178.7 |
| 123 | Texas | 3 | 8 | 243 | 30.38 | 0 | 2.7 | 81.0 |
| 124 | Wake Forest | 4 | 6 | 186 | 31.00 | 1 | 1.5 | 46.5 |