2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games on the Road/Neutral Site Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTEP | 6 | 16 | 224 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.7 | 37.3 |
| 2 | Arizona | 5 | 15 | 219 | 14.60 | 0 | 3.0 | 43.8 |
| 3 | Nebraska | 7 | 17 | 254 | 14.94 | 0 | 2.4 | 36.3 |
| 4 | Boston College | 6 | 12 | 189 | 15.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.5 |
| 5 | Kentucky | 5 | 6 | 95 | 15.83 | 0 | 1.2 | 19.0 |
| 6 | Syracuse | 8 | 28 | 468 | 16.71 | 0 | 3.5 | 58.5 |
| 7 | Arkansas | 5 | 8 | 137 | 17.13 | 0 | 1.6 | 27.4 |
| 8 | Florida State | 7 | 25 | 429 | 17.16 | 0 | 3.6 | 61.3 |
| 9 | Western Michigan | 6 | 18 | 310 | 17.22 | 0 | 3.0 | 51.7 |
| 10 | Virginia | 5 | 6 | 104 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 20.8 |
| 11 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 26 | 451 | 17.35 | 0 | 4.3 | 75.2 |
| 12 | Akron | 6 | 19 | 332 | 17.47 | 0 | 3.2 | 55.3 |
| 13 | Memphis | 6 | 8 | 142 | 17.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.7 |
| 13 | Tulsa | 7 | 24 | 426 | 17.75 | 0 | 3.4 | 60.9 |
| 15 | Central Michigan | 6 | 23 | 409 | 17.78 | 0 | 3.8 | 68.2 |
| 16 | Temple | 5 | 11 | 196 | 17.82 | 0 | 2.2 | 39.2 |
| 17 | San Diego State | 6 | 14 | 250 | 17.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.7 |
| 18 | Texas A&M | 7 | 22 | 398 | 18.09 | 0 | 3.1 | 56.9 |
| 19 | Iowa | 5 | 14 | 254 | 18.14 | 0 | 2.8 | 50.8 |
| 20 | Auburn | 5 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.2 |
| 21 | Missouri | 5 | 14 | 256 | 18.29 | 0 | 2.8 | 51.2 |
| 22 | Florida | 6 | 15 | 275 | 18.33 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.8 |
| 22 | Oklahoma | 7 | 30 | 550 | 18.33 | 0 | 4.3 | 78.6 |
| 24 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 32 | 587 | 18.34 | 0 | 4.0 | 73.4 |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 18 | 331 | 18.39 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.2 |
| 26 | Troy | 6 | 20 | 368 | 18.40 | 0 | 3.3 | 61.3 |
| 27 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | 31 | 571 | 18.42 | 0 | 4.4 | 81.6 |
| 28 | Stanford | 7 | 19 | 351 | 18.47 | 0 | 2.7 | 50.1 |
| 29 | Arkansas State | 7 | 25 | 465 | 18.60 | 0 | 3.6 | 66.4 |
| 30 | Oregon State | 6 | 16 | 298 | 18.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 49.7 |
| 31 | Tennessee | 5 | 17 | 321 | 18.88 | 0 | 3.4 | 64.2 |
| 32 | Toledo | 7 | 27 | 511 | 18.93 | 0 | 3.9 | 73.0 |
| 32 | Northwestern | 6 | 29 | 549 | 18.93 | 0 | 4.8 | 91.5 |
| 34 | Air Force | 7 | 18 | 347 | 19.28 | 0 | 2.6 | 49.6 |
| 35 | Rutgers | 7 | 21 | 406 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.0 |
| 36 | Wyoming | 6 | 18 | 355 | 19.72 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.2 |
| 37 | Massachusetts | 7 | 12 | 237 | 19.75 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.9 |
| 38 | Texas Tech | 7 | 33 | 653 | 19.79 | 0 | 4.7 | 93.3 |
| 39 | Boise State | 7 | 36 | 714 | 19.83 | 1 | 5.1 | 102.0 |
| 40 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 27 | 539 | 19.96 | 0 | 3.9 | 77.0 |
| 40 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 28 | 559 | 19.96 | 1 | 4.0 | 79.9 |
| 42 | Tulane | 5 | 10 | 200 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.0 |
| 43 | Fresno State | 7 | 23 | 461 | 20.04 | 0 | 3.3 | 65.9 |
| 44 | Bowling Green | 8 | 24 | 482 | 20.08 | 0 | 3.0 | 60.3 |
| 45 | Ohio State | 4 | 19 | 382 | 20.11 | 0 | 4.8 | 95.5 |
| 46 | Mississippi State | 6 | 24 | 485 | 20.21 | 0 | 4.0 | 80.8 |
| 47 | Duke | 6 | 16 | 324 | 20.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 54.0 |
| 48 | Georgia | 7 | 26 | 527 | 20.27 | 0 | 3.7 | 75.3 |
| 49 | Florida International | 6 | 17 | 346 | 20.35 | 0 | 2.8 | 57.7 |
| 50 | San Jose State | 7 | 30 | 611 | 20.37 | 0 | 4.3 | 87.3 |
| 51 | Colorado State | 6 | 14 | 287 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.3 | 47.8 |
| 52 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 21 | 431 | 20.52 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.6 |
| 53 | UCF | 8 | 31 | 641 | 20.68 | 0 | 3.9 | 80.1 |
| 54 | UTSA | 6 | 19 | 394 | 20.74 | 0 | 3.2 | 65.7 |
| 55 | Indiana | 6 | 17 | 356 | 20.94 | 0 | 2.8 | 59.3 |
| 56 | Rice | 8 | 14 | 294 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 36.8 |
| 56 | New Mexico State | 6 | 14 | 294 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 49.0 |
| 56 | SMU | 6 | 20 | 420 | 21.00 | 0 | 3.3 | 70.0 |
| 56 | Marshall | 6 | 34 | 714 | 21.00 | 0 | 5.7 | 119.0 |
| 60 | Texas State | 6 | 13 | 274 | 21.08 | 0 | 2.2 | 45.7 |
| 61 | Ball State | 8 | 35 | 746 | 21.31 | 1 | 4.4 | 93.3 |
| 62 | UCLA | 7 | 12 | 258 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.7 | 36.9 |
| 63 | Notre Dame | 7 | 27 | 581 | 21.52 | 0 | 3.9 | 83.0 |
| 64 | North Carolina | 5 | 25 | 545 | 21.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 109.0 |
| 65 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 23 | 504 | 21.91 | 0 | 3.3 | 72.0 |
| 66 | Wisconsin | 7 | 25 | 548 | 21.92 | 0 | 3.6 | 78.3 |
| 67 | Kent State | 9 | 33 | 724 | 21.94 | 0 | 3.7 | 80.4 |
| 68 | TCU | 7 | 20 | 440 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.9 | 62.9 |
| 69 | Cincinnati | 6 | 32 | 705 | 22.03 | 1 | 5.3 | 117.5 |
| 70 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 30 | 663 | 22.10 | 0 | 5.0 | 110.5 |
| 71 | LSU | 5 | 15 | 332 | 22.13 | 0 | 3.0 | 66.4 |
| 72 | USC | 7 | 19 | 422 | 22.21 | 0 | 2.7 | 60.3 |
| 73 | Mississippi | 6 | 18 | 401 | 22.28 | 1 | 3.0 | 66.8 |
| 74 | Ohio | 7 | 27 | 602 | 22.30 | 0 | 3.9 | 86.0 |
| 75 | Arizona State | 7 | 29 | 649 | 22.38 | 1 | 4.1 | 92.7 |
| 76 | Maryland | 6 | 28 | 628 | 22.43 | 0 | 4.7 | 104.7 |
| 77 | Utah | 6 | 16 | 359 | 22.44 | 1 | 2.7 | 59.8 |
| 78 | Miami (Ohio) | 7 | 20 | 450 | 22.50 | 0 | 2.9 | 64.3 |
| 79 | Houston | 5 | 16 | 361 | 22.56 | 0 | 3.2 | 72.2 |
| 80 | Kansas | 6 | 17 | 384 | 22.59 | 1 | 2.8 | 64.0 |
| 81 | UNLV | 6 | 14 | 318 | 22.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 53.0 |
| 81 | North Carolina State | 7 | 17 | 386 | 22.71 | 0 | 2.4 | 55.1 |
| 83 | Iowa State | 6 | 19 | 435 | 22.89 | 0 | 3.2 | 72.5 |
| 84 | Purdue | 6 | 22 | 507 | 23.05 | 0 | 3.7 | 84.5 |
| 85 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 25 | 581 | 23.24 | 0 | 3.1 | 72.6 |
| 86 | BYU | 7 | 16 | 374 | 23.38 | 1 | 2.3 | 53.4 |
| 87 | South Florida | 6 | 11 | 258 | 23.45 | 0 | 1.8 | 43.0 |
| 88 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 20 | 472 | 23.60 | 0 | 3.3 | 78.7 |
| 89 | Utah State | 7 | 33 | 782 | 23.70 | 2 | 4.7 | 111.7 |
| 90 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 31 | 737 | 23.77 | 0 | 4.4 | 105.3 |
| 91 | Nevada | 7 | 34 | 809 | 23.79 | 0 | 4.9 | 115.6 |
| 92 | Navy | 8 | 27 | 644 | 23.85 | 0 | 3.4 | 80.5 |
| 93 | Oregon | 6 | 49 | 1169 | 23.86 | 0 | 8.2 | 194.8 |
| 94 | Connecticut | 6 | 12 | 287 | 23.92 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.8 |
| 94 | Texas | 7 | 25 | 598 | 23.92 | 1 | 3.6 | 85.4 |
| 96 | Michigan | 7 | 24 | 576 | 24.00 | 0 | 3.4 | 82.3 |
| 97 | Minnesota | 6 | 9 | 217 | 24.11 | 1 | 1.5 | 36.2 |
| 98 | Alabama | 7 | 23 | 555 | 24.13 | 1 | 3.3 | 79.3 |
| 99 | Clemson | 6 | 21 | 515 | 24.52 | 0 | 3.5 | 85.8 |
| 100 | Washington State | 7 | 10 | 246 | 24.60 | 1 | 1.4 | 35.1 |
| 101 | Colorado | 6 | 19 | 468 | 24.63 | 0 | 3.2 | 78.0 |
| 102 | West Virginia | 6 | 28 | 691 | 24.68 | 1 | 4.7 | 115.2 |
| 103 | East Carolina | 7 | 22 | 544 | 24.73 | 1 | 3.1 | 77.7 |
| 104 | Baylor | 7 | 25 | 620 | 24.80 | 1 | 3.6 | 88.6 |
| 105 | Washington | 7 | 21 | 523 | 24.90 | 0 | 3.0 | 74.7 |
| 106 | Louisville | 6 | 35 | 887 | 25.34 | 1 | 5.8 | 147.8 |
| 107 | South Alabama | 7 | 17 | 433 | 25.47 | 0 | 2.4 | 61.9 |
| 108 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 30 | 768 | 25.60 | 0 | 4.3 | 109.7 |
| 109 | Wake Forest | 5 | 8 | 205 | 25.63 | 1 | 1.6 | 41.0 |
| 109 | Michigan State | 6 | 16 | 410 | 25.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 68.3 |
| 111 | Penn State | 5 | 17 | 438 | 25.76 | 1 | 3.4 | 87.6 |
| 112 | South Carolina | 6 | 14 | 363 | 25.93 | 0 | 2.3 | 60.5 |
| 113 | UAB | 6 | 11 | 286 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 47.7 |
| 114 | Buffalo | 6 | 15 | 391 | 26.07 | 2 | 2.5 | 65.2 |
| 115 | Illinois | 5 | 9 | 237 | 26.33 | 0 | 1.8 | 47.4 |
| 116 | New Mexico | 7 | 12 | 322 | 26.83 | 1 | 1.7 | 46.0 |
| 117 | Idaho | 7 | 18 | 486 | 27.00 | 0 | 2.6 | 69.4 |
| 118 | Kansas State | 6 | 24 | 655 | 27.29 | 2 | 4.0 | 109.2 |
| 119 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 22 | 609 | 27.68 | 1 | 3.1 | 87.0 |
| 120 | Hawai'i | 6 | 13 | 383 | 29.46 | 1 | 2.2 | 63.8 |
| 121 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 19 | 569 | 29.95 | 1 | 3.2 | 94.8 |
| 122 | Army | 5 | 8 | 255 | 31.88 | 1 | 1.6 | 51.0 |
| 123 | California | 5 | 12 | 400 | 33.33 | 2 | 2.4 | 80.0 |
| 124 | North Texas | 7 | 13 | 450 | 34.62 | 1 | 1.9 | 64.3 |