2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoffs - Games in November Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Kickoffs | Yards | Avg. | Touchback | Touchback % | Out-Of-Bounds | Onside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent State | 5 | 24 | 1064 | 44.33 | 2 | 8.33 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Utah | 4 | 20 | 990 | 49.50 | 2 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Tennessee | 4 | 26 | 1340 | 51.54 | 3 | 11.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Hawai'i | 4 | 22 | 1170 | 53.18 | 1 | 4.55 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | San Jose State | 4 | 16 | 851 | 53.19 | 3 | 18.75 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | BYU | 3 | 10 | 545 | 54.50 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Toledo | 3 | 17 | 931 | 54.76 | 3 | 17.65 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | East Carolina | 3 | 18 | 986 | 54.78 | 1 | 5.56 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | California | 3 | 24 | 1329 | 55.38 | 1 | 4.17 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Western Michigan | 3 | 21 | 1175 | 55.95 | 1 | 4.76 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Oregon State | 4 | 20 | 1125 | 56.25 | 3 | 15.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Oregon | 4 | 19 | 1069 | 56.26 | 6 | 31.58 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Louisville | 4 | 19 | 1073 | 56.47 | 6 | 31.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Florida | 4 | 12 | 680 | 56.67 | 1 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Florida State | 3 | 16 | 909 | 56.81 | 2 | 12.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Memphis | 4 | 20 | 1140 | 57.00 | 5 | 25.00 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 16 | 915 | 57.19 | 4 | 25.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 14 | 802 | 57.29 | 2 | 14.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Iowa State | 4 | 24 | 1377 | 57.38 | 7 | 29.17 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Kansas State | 3 | 19 | 1093 | 57.53 | 9 | 47.37 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Central Michigan | 4 | 20 | 1151 | 57.55 | 3 | 15.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Troy | 4 | 28 | 1612 | 57.57 | 7 | 25.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | USC | 4 | 27 | 1557 | 57.67 | 9 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Houston | 4 | 30 | 1731 | 57.70 | 6 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Ball State | 3 | 17 | 981 | 57.71 | 2 | 11.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Buffalo | 4 | 19 | 1097 | 57.74 | 4 | 21.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Rutgers | 4 | 14 | 810 | 57.86 | 2 | 14.29 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | San Diego State | 3 | 11 | 637 | 57.91 | 2 | 18.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Akron | 3 | 18 | 1046 | 58.11 | 3 | 16.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 28 | 1627 | 58.11 | 8 | 28.57 | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | Colorado State | 4 | 22 | 1283 | 58.32 | 8 | 36.36 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 12 | 701 | 58.42 | 1 | 8.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Bowling Green | 3 | 12 | 703 | 58.58 | 1 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Alabama | 4 | 11 | 645 | 58.64 | 6 | 54.55 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Oklahoma | 4 | 27 | 1587 | 58.78 | 13 | 48.15 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | North Texas | 4 | 24 | 1415 | 58.96 | 8 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | UNLV | 4 | 22 | 1300 | 59.09 | 2 | 9.09 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 4 | 24 | 1421 | 59.21 | 5 | 20.83 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Texas Tech | 4 | 30 | 1777 | 59.23 | 17 | 56.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Baylor | 4 | 22 | 1304 | 59.27 | 8 | 36.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 30 | 1778 | 59.27 | 9 | 30.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | UTSA | 4 | 23 | 1364 | 59.30 | 3 | 13.04 | 0 | 3 |
| 43 | North Carolina | 3 | 23 | 1365 | 59.35 | 3 | 13.04 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Arizona State | 4 | 22 | 1306 | 59.36 | 11 | 50.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | Ohio | 4 | 22 | 1311 | 59.59 | 4 | 18.18 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 20 | 1192 | 59.60 | 5 | 25.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 47 | Maryland | 4 | 30 | 1790 | 59.67 | 7 | 23.33 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | Illinois | 4 | 27 | 1612 | 59.70 | 5 | 18.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 22 | 1319 | 59.95 | 4 | 18.18 | 0 | 2 |
| 50 | Duke | 3 | 25 | 1501 | 60.04 | 8 | 32.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Washington | 4 | 15 | 902 | 60.13 | 5 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Texas State | 4 | 28 | 1687 | 60.25 | 10 | 35.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Notre Dame | 4 | 13 | 784 | 60.31 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | UAB | 4 | 25 | 1509 | 60.36 | 10 | 40.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | Michigan | 4 | 18 | 1087 | 60.39 | 5 | 27.78 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 | Texas A&M | 4 | 17 | 1027 | 60.41 | 7 | 41.18 | 0 | 2 |
| 57 | Navy | 3 | 13 | 786 | 60.46 | 4 | 30.77 | 0 | 2 |
| 58 | Michigan State | 3 | 15 | 907 | 60.47 | 5 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Temple | 4 | 26 | 1573 | 60.50 | 6 | 23.08 | 0 | 2 |
| 60 | Army | 3 | 17 | 1029 | 60.53 | 8 | 47.06 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 | Ohio State | 3 | 11 | 667 | 60.64 | 5 | 45.45 | 0 | 1 |
| 62 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 28 | 1699 | 60.68 | 12 | 42.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Indiana | 4 | 32 | 1942 | 60.69 | 11 | 34.38 | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | Connecticut | 3 | 11 | 668 | 60.73 | 6 | 54.55 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Massachusetts | 4 | 25 | 1520 | 60.80 | 7 | 28.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | Purdue | 4 | 21 | 1277 | 60.81 | 3 | 14.29 | 0 | 1 |
| 67 | Virginia | 4 | 19 | 1156 | 60.84 | 4 | 21.05 | 0 | 1 |
| 68 | New Mexico | 4 | 22 | 1339 | 60.86 | 7 | 31.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | UCF | 4 | 17 | 1035 | 60.88 | 8 | 47.06 | 0 | 2 |
| 70 | Iowa | 4 | 21 | 1280 | 60.95 | 8 | 38.10 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | LSU | 4 | 18 | 1098 | 61.00 | 5 | 27.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | UCLA | 5 | 24 | 1464 | 61.00 | 4 | 16.67 | 1 | 1 |
| 73 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 15 | 916 | 61.07 | 5 | 33.33 | 1 | 1 |
| 74 | Boston College | 4 | 20 | 1222 | 61.10 | 8 | 40.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Kansas | 3 | 24 | 1467 | 61.13 | 10 | 41.67 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | North Carolina State | 4 | 22 | 1345 | 61.14 | 6 | 27.27 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 23 | 1407 | 61.17 | 7 | 30.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Nebraska | 4 | 17 | 1040 | 61.18 | 12 | 70.59 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Colorado | 4 | 33 | 2019 | 61.18 | 16 | 48.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 28 | 1717 | 61.32 | 9 | 32.14 | 0 | 1 |
| 81 | Rice | 3 | 15 | 920 | 61.33 | 8 | 53.33 | 1 | 1 |
| 81 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 24 | 1472 | 61.33 | 14 | 58.33 | 0 | 1 |
| 83 | Missouri | 4 | 24 | 1474 | 61.42 | 9 | 37.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Utah State | 3 | 12 | 738 | 61.50 | 2 | 16.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Wake Forest | 4 | 28 | 1722 | 61.50 | 10 | 35.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | TCU | 3 | 16 | 985 | 61.56 | 6 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | West Virginia | 4 | 29 | 1786 | 61.59 | 12 | 41.38 | 1 | 1 |
| 88 | UTEP | 3 | 20 | 1232 | 61.60 | 10 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Arkansas State | 3 | 16 | 987 | 61.69 | 6 | 37.50 | 0 | 1 |
| 90 | Tulsa | 4 | 17 | 1049 | 61.71 | 10 | 58.82 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | Fresno State | 3 | 11 | 679 | 61.73 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 92 | Auburn | 4 | 20 | 1237 | 61.85 | 4 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | South Alabama | 4 | 24 | 1485 | 61.88 | 11 | 45.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Florida International | 3 | 14 | 867 | 61.93 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Northwestern | 3 | 14 | 867 | 61.93 | 3 | 21.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 22 | 1363 | 61.95 | 4 | 18.18 | 0 | 2 |
| 97 | Washington State | 4 | 29 | 1799 | 62.03 | 14 | 48.28 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Kentucky | 3 | 17 | 1055 | 62.06 | 2 | 11.76 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Arkansas | 4 | 24 | 1491 | 62.13 | 8 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 100 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 20 | 1244 | 62.20 | 7 | 35.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 101 | Mississippi State | 4 | 26 | 1625 | 62.50 | 9 | 34.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | South Florida | 3 | 17 | 1063 | 62.53 | 6 | 35.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 103 | Syracuse | 4 | 23 | 1440 | 62.61 | 12 | 52.17 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Cincinnati | 4 | 14 | 878 | 62.71 | 7 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | Arizona | 4 | 30 | 1882 | 62.73 | 18 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Minnesota | 4 | 22 | 1382 | 62.82 | 9 | 40.91 | 1 | 0 |
| 107 | Georgia | 4 | 10 | 630 | 63.00 | 3 | 30.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 108 | Stanford | 5 | 19 | 1198 | 63.05 | 8 | 42.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | Penn State | 4 | 18 | 1137 | 63.17 | 9 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 109 | Wyoming | 4 | 23 | 1453 | 63.17 | 13 | 56.52 | 2 | 0 |
| 111 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 15 | 948 | 63.20 | 8 | 53.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | Nevada | 2 | 13 | 822 | 63.23 | 5 | 38.46 | 0 | 1 |
| 113 | Wisconsin | 3 | 11 | 697 | 63.36 | 6 | 54.55 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | Tulane | 4 | 28 | 1775 | 63.39 | 13 | 46.43 | 2 | 0 |
| 115 | Boise State | 3 | 9 | 571 | 63.44 | 2 | 22.22 | 0 | 1 |
| 116 | SMU | 4 | 23 | 1461 | 63.52 | 10 | 43.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 22 | 1398 | 63.55 | 11 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Idaho | 4 | 31 | 1978 | 63.81 | 19 | 61.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 119 | Air Force | 4 | 24 | 1535 | 63.96 | 12 | 50.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 120 | South Carolina | 3 | 10 | 641 | 64.10 | 5 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 121 | Clemson | 4 | 23 | 1476 | 64.17 | 15 | 65.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 122 | Texas | 3 | 13 | 836 | 64.31 | 8 | 61.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 123 | New Mexico State | 3 | 25 | 1608 | 64.32 | 17 | 68.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 124 | Marshall | 4 | 27 | 1739 | 64.41 | 15 | 55.56 | 1 | 2 |