2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoffs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Kickoffs | Yards | Avg. | Touchback | Touchback % | Out-Of-Bounds | Onside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent State | 13 | 60 | 2969 | 49.48 | 7 | 11.67 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | Oregon | 12 | 51 | 2770 | 54.31 | 10 | 19.61 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Tennessee | 11 | 76 | 4293 | 56.49 | 24 | 31.58 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | San Jose State | 12 | 56 | 3181 | 56.80 | 11 | 19.64 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Kansas State | 12 | 57 | 3268 | 57.33 | 17 | 29.82 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Bowling Green | 12 | 50 | 2892 | 57.84 | 12 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Utah | 11 | 56 | 3255 | 58.13 | 24 | 42.86 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Toledo | 12 | 64 | 3736 | 58.38 | 14 | 21.88 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Ohio | 12 | 62 | 3631 | 58.56 | 15 | 24.19 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Hawai'i | 11 | 72 | 4225 | 58.68 | 13 | 18.06 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | California | 11 | 68 | 3992 | 58.71 | 14 | 20.59 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | West Virginia | 12 | 83 | 4875 | 58.73 | 26 | 31.33 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Iowa State | 12 | 64 | 3763 | 58.80 | 26 | 40.63 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Florida | 12 | 44 | 2605 | 59.20 | 7 | 15.91 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | USC | 13 | 64 | 3797 | 59.33 | 23 | 35.94 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Michigan | 13 | 59 | 3503 | 59.37 | 11 | 18.64 | 5 | 2 |
| 17 | East Carolina | 12 | 72 | 4286 | 59.53 | 22 | 30.56 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Western Michigan | 11 | 68 | 4051 | 59.57 | 17 | 25.00 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Florida International | 12 | 71 | 4234 | 59.63 | 12 | 16.90 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 71 | 4236 | 59.66 | 21 | 29.58 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | Oregon State | 12 | 52 | 3103 | 59.67 | 17 | 32.69 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Florida State | 12 | 45 | 2686 | 59.69 | 14 | 31.11 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | UCF | 14 | 59 | 3522 | 59.69 | 20 | 33.90 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Illinois | 11 | 72 | 4299 | 59.71 | 23 | 31.94 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 60 | 3585 | 59.75 | 21 | 35.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Purdue | 12 | 76 | 4542 | 59.76 | 17 | 22.37 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | UNLV | 12 | 73 | 4368 | 59.84 | 16 | 21.92 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Buffalo | 11 | 63 | 3773 | 59.89 | 23 | 36.51 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Maryland | 11 | 66 | 3956 | 59.94 | 20 | 30.30 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Georgia | 13 | 58 | 3486 | 60.10 | 21 | 36.21 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Ball State | 13 | 76 | 4568 | 60.11 | 22 | 28.95 | 5 | 3 |
| 32 | Louisville | 12 | 53 | 3188 | 60.15 | 19 | 35.85 | 1 | 5 |
| 32 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 59 | 3549 | 60.15 | 16 | 27.12 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | Iowa | 11 | 53 | 3190 | 60.19 | 21 | 39.62 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Akron | 11 | 79 | 4757 | 60.22 | 30 | 37.97 | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 58 | 3494 | 60.24 | 21 | 36.21 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 | Memphis | 11 | 68 | 4098 | 60.26 | 15 | 22.06 | 5 | 2 |
| 37 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 78 | 4700 | 60.26 | 28 | 35.90 | 0 | 5 |
| 39 | Boston College | 11 | 70 | 4219 | 60.27 | 21 | 30.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Houston | 12 | 79 | 4761 | 60.27 | 34 | 43.04 | 1 | 3 |
| 41 | Minnesota | 12 | 61 | 3677 | 60.28 | 20 | 32.79 | 2 | 1 |
| 42 | Texas State | 11 | 67 | 4040 | 60.30 | 16 | 23.88 | 2 | 1 |
| 43 | Troy | 12 | 71 | 4282 | 60.31 | 22 | 30.99 | 3 | 2 |
| 44 | Massachusetts | 12 | 84 | 5072 | 60.38 | 23 | 27.38 | 5 | 2 |
| 45 | North Carolina State | 12 | 65 | 3926 | 60.40 | 15 | 23.08 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | San Diego State | 12 | 52 | 3146 | 60.50 | 12 | 23.08 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 83 | 5022 | 60.51 | 26 | 31.33 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 74 | 4479 | 60.53 | 27 | 36.49 | 0 | 3 |
| 49 | Central Michigan | 12 | 74 | 4482 | 60.57 | 23 | 31.08 | 2 | 2 |
| 50 | Virginia | 11 | 64 | 3882 | 60.66 | 11 | 17.19 | 1 | 1 |
| 51 | LSU | 12 | 46 | 2795 | 60.76 | 15 | 32.61 | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | Boise State | 13 | 43 | 2617 | 60.86 | 13 | 30.23 | 2 | 3 |
| 53 | Rutgers | 12 | 45 | 2739 | 60.87 | 19 | 42.22 | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | UCLA | 14 | 74 | 4508 | 60.92 | 24 | 32.43 | 4 | 1 |
| 55 | Oklahoma | 12 | 63 | 3841 | 60.97 | 30 | 47.62 | 0 | 2 |
| 56 | Texas | 13 | 77 | 4696 | 60.99 | 32 | 41.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | North Carolina | 11 | 64 | 3905 | 61.02 | 15 | 23.44 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | Fresno State | 12 | 58 | 3540 | 61.03 | 9 | 15.52 | 2 | 1 |
| 58 | Washington | 12 | 64 | 3906 | 61.03 | 21 | 32.81 | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | Mississippi | 12 | 67 | 4089 | 61.03 | 25 | 37.31 | 1 | 1 |
| 58 | Army | 11 | 71 | 4333 | 61.03 | 28 | 39.44 | 0 | 2 |
| 62 | BYU | 12 | 40 | 2443 | 61.08 | 14 | 35.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | North Texas | 11 | 64 | 3911 | 61.11 | 24 | 37.50 | 1 | 1 |
| 64 | UTSA | 8 | 53 | 3240 | 61.13 | 16 | 30.19 | 2 | 2 |
| 65 | South Florida | 11 | 64 | 3913 | 61.14 | 29 | 45.31 | 2 | 2 |
| 66 | Arizona State | 12 | 59 | 3612 | 61.22 | 24 | 40.68 | 2 | 1 |
| 66 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 78 | 4775 | 61.22 | 20 | 25.64 | 3 | 3 |
| 68 | Temple | 10 | 61 | 3736 | 61.25 | 13 | 21.31 | 3 | 2 |
| 69 | Colorado | 11 | 93 | 5700 | 61.29 | 39 | 41.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Connecticut | 12 | 51 | 3127 | 61.31 | 20 | 39.22 | 0 | 2 |
| 71 | Baylor | 12 | 77 | 4722 | 61.32 | 33 | 42.86 | 0 | 3 |
| 72 | Michigan State | 13 | 54 | 3312 | 61.33 | 17 | 31.48 | 1 | 1 |
| 72 | Nebraska | 13 | 75 | 4600 | 61.33 | 33 | 44.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | UTEP | 12 | 70 | 4294 | 61.34 | 21 | 30.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 70 | 4294 | 61.34 | 25 | 35.71 | 3 | 0 |
| 76 | Notre Dame | 13 | 43 | 2638 | 61.35 | 13 | 30.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Nevada | 12 | 71 | 4359 | 61.39 | 30 | 42.25 | 2 | 3 |
| 78 | Texas Tech | 12 | 74 | 4549 | 61.47 | 37 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 | Texas A&M | 11 | 50 | 3074 | 61.48 | 21 | 42.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 80 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 72 | 4429 | 61.51 | 35 | 48.61 | 2 | 2 |
| 81 | Indiana | 11 | 75 | 4614 | 61.52 | 29 | 38.67 | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | Washington State | 11 | 72 | 4430 | 61.53 | 29 | 40.28 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | Northwestern | 12 | 61 | 3754 | 61.54 | 29 | 47.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 69 | 4246 | 61.54 | 28 | 40.58 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Mississippi State | 12 | 62 | 3820 | 61.61 | 18 | 29.03 | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | Cincinnati | 11 | 49 | 3021 | 61.65 | 17 | 34.69 | 2 | 1 |
| 86 | Rice | 13 | 68 | 4192 | 61.65 | 29 | 42.65 | 1 | 3 |
| 88 | Colorado State | 11 | 65 | 4011 | 61.71 | 25 | 38.46 | 1 | 1 |
| 89 | Penn State | 12 | 48 | 2963 | 61.73 | 18 | 37.50 | 0 | 2 |
| 89 | Missouri | 11 | 60 | 3704 | 61.73 | 24 | 40.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 64 | 3951 | 61.73 | 19 | 29.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Ohio State | 12 | 55 | 3400 | 61.82 | 24 | 43.64 | 2 | 4 |
| 92 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 71 | 4389 | 61.82 | 28 | 39.44 | 0 | 2 |
| 94 | South Alabama | 12 | 74 | 4580 | 61.89 | 33 | 44.59 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Kansas | 11 | 79 | 4889 | 61.89 | 35 | 44.30 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | TCU | 12 | 57 | 3530 | 61.93 | 23 | 40.35 | 0 | 3 |
| 97 | Auburn | 11 | 62 | 3841 | 61.95 | 27 | 43.55 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | UAB | 11 | 81 | 5028 | 62.07 | 42 | 51.85 | 2 | 1 |
| 99 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 66 | 4098 | 62.09 | 22 | 33.33 | 1 | 2 |
| 100 | Syracuse | 12 | 67 | 4162 | 62.12 | 29 | 43.28 | 2 | 0 |
| 101 | Duke | 12 | 82 | 5095 | 62.13 | 27 | 32.93 | 2 | 3 |
| 102 | Utah State | 12 | 47 | 2921 | 62.15 | 11 | 23.40 | 1 | 2 |
| 102 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 48 | 2983 | 62.15 | 13 | 27.08 | 1 | 1 |
| 102 | Navy | 12 | 65 | 4040 | 62.15 | 22 | 33.85 | 1 | 2 |
| 105 | Idaho | 11 | 83 | 5162 | 62.19 | 35 | 42.17 | 1 | 1 |
| 106 | Arkansas State | 12 | 63 | 3920 | 62.22 | 26 | 41.27 | 1 | 2 |
| 107 | New Mexico | 12 | 66 | 4110 | 62.27 | 25 | 37.88 | 1 | 2 |
| 108 | Wyoming | 11 | 68 | 4237 | 62.31 | 37 | 54.41 | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | Stanford | 14 | 53 | 3306 | 62.38 | 20 | 37.74 | 2 | 1 |
| 110 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 56 | 3500 | 62.50 | 16 | 28.57 | 1 | 2 |
| 111 | Kentucky | 11 | 69 | 4317 | 62.57 | 20 | 28.99 | 3 | 0 |
| 112 | Tulane | 12 | 85 | 5324 | 62.64 | 37 | 43.53 | 3 | 1 |
| 113 | Alabama | 13 | 37 | 2325 | 62.84 | 15 | 40.54 | 0 | 1 |
| 113 | Marshall | 11 | 81 | 5090 | 62.84 | 32 | 39.51 | 1 | 3 |
| 115 | Air Force | 12 | 69 | 4337 | 62.86 | 30 | 43.48 | 2 | 0 |
| 116 | Tulsa | 13 | 63 | 3961 | 62.87 | 26 | 41.27 | 2 | 0 |
| 116 | Wake Forest | 11 | 71 | 4464 | 62.87 | 32 | 45.07 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Arizona | 12 | 82 | 5168 | 63.02 | 50 | 60.98 | 1 | 1 |
| 119 | Arkansas | 11 | 65 | 4098 | 63.05 | 37 | 56.92 | 1 | 0 |
| 120 | New Mexico State | 11 | 83 | 5240 | 63.13 | 43 | 51.81 | 1 | 0 |
| 121 | Clemson | 12 | 67 | 4235 | 63.21 | 34 | 50.75 | 0 | 1 |
| 122 | SMU | 12 | 65 | 4114 | 63.29 | 35 | 53.85 | 1 | 1 |
| 123 | Wisconsin | 13 | 49 | 3109 | 63.45 | 29 | 59.18 | 0 | 3 |
| 124 | South Carolina | 12 | 53 | 3372 | 63.62 | 27 | 50.94 | 0 | 2 |