2012 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. BCS Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Force | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 4 | Fresno State | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Rice | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 4 | Texas State | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Toledo | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.5 |
| 4 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.5 |
| 4 | Hawai'i | 1 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 4 | UAB | 2 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.5 |
| 12 | Ohio | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| 12 | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| 12 | Troy | 2 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| 12 | Kent State | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 12 | Boise State | 2 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 12 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 12 | San Jose State | 1 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 34.0 |
| 12 | New Mexico State | 1 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 44.0 |
| 12 | Akron | 1 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 45.0 |
| 12 | Buffalo | 3 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.3 |
| 12 | Navy | 4 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.5 |
| 12 | UCF | 2 | 3 | 70 | 23.33 | 1 | 1.5 | 35.0 |
| 12 | Utah State | 2 | 3 | 85 | 28.33 | 1 | 1.5 | 42.5 |
| 25 | Auburn | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 25 | UNLV | 2 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 25 | Central Michigan | 2 | 4 | 29 | 7.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.5 |
| 25 | Arkansas State | 2 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 25 | Army | 4 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 25 | Colorado State | 1 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 36.0 |
| 25 | Southern Mississippi | 2 | 4 | 43 | 10.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.5 |
| 25 | Tulsa | 3 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.7 |
| 25 | New Mexico | 2 | 4 | 60 | 15.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 30.0 |
| 25 | North Texas | 2 | 4 | 75 | 18.75 | 1 | 2.0 | 37.5 |
| 35 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.7 |
| 35 | Marshall | 2 | 5 | 31 | 6.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 15.5 |
| 35 | Western Michigan | 3 | 5 | 33 | 6.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 11.0 |
| 35 | Houston | 1 | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 55.0 |
| 35 | Nevada | 3 | 5 | 64 | 12.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 21.3 |
| 35 | Florida International | 2 | 5 | 70 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 35.0 |
| 41 | Tulane | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| 41 | Kansas State | 11 | 6 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| 41 | Oklahoma | 11 | 6 | 25 | 4.17 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 16.0 |
| 41 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 6 | 49 | 8.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 24.5 |
| 41 | East Carolina | 2 | 6 | 65 | 10.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 32.5 |
| 41 | Memphis | 1 | 6 | 68 | 11.33 | 0 | 6.0 | 68.0 |
| 41 | Florida State | 11 | 6 | 79 | 13.17 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.2 |
| 41 | Bowling Green | 2 | 6 | 90 | 15.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 45.0 |
| 50 | South Florida | 9 | 7 | 73 | 10.43 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.1 |
| 51 | UTEP | 3 | 8 | 33 | 4.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 11.0 |
| 51 | Texas A&M | 9 | 8 | 61 | 7.63 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.8 |
| 51 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 2 | 8 | 71 | 8.88 | 1 | 4.0 | 35.5 |
| 51 | South Alabama | 2 | 8 | 73 | 9.13 | 0 | 4.0 | 36.5 |
| 55 | South Carolina | 10 | 9 | 50 | 5.56 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| 55 | Penn State | 10 | 9 | 104 | 11.56 | 1 | 0.9 | 10.4 |
| 55 | BYU | 5 | 9 | 113 | 12.56 | 0 | 1.8 | 22.6 |
| 58 | Mississippi State | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0.60 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| 58 | Utah | 9 | 10 | 49 | 4.90 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.4 |
| 58 | Idaho | 2 | 10 | 68 | 6.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 34.0 |
| 58 | Notre Dame | 11 | 10 | 79 | 7.90 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.2 |
| 58 | Baylor | 10 | 10 | 104 | 10.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.4 |
| 63 | Arizona State | 11 | 11 | 103 | 9.36 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| 63 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 11 | 116 | 10.55 | 0 | 5.5 | 58.0 |
| 65 | North Carolina State | 11 | 12 | 105 | 8.75 | 1 | 1.1 | 9.5 |
| 65 | Georgia | 11 | 12 | 113 | 9.42 | 1 | 1.1 | 10.3 |
| 65 | Texas Tech | 10 | 12 | 142 | 11.83 | 1 | 1.2 | 14.2 |
| 65 | SMU | 3 | 12 | 231 | 19.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 77.0 |
| 69 | LSU | 10 | 13 | 58 | 4.46 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| 69 | Oregon State | 11 | 13 | 76 | 5.85 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.9 |
| 69 | North Carolina | 9 | 13 | 84 | 6.46 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.3 |
| 69 | USC | 12 | 13 | 121 | 9.31 | 0 | 1.1 | 10.1 |
| 69 | Iowa State | 10 | 13 | 129 | 9.92 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.9 |
| 69 | Massachusetts | 4 | 13 | 222 | 17.08 | 2 | 3.3 | 55.5 |
| 75 | Indiana | 8 | 14 | 75 | 5.36 | 1 | 1.8 | 9.4 |
| 76 | Oregon | 10 | 15 | 47 | 3.13 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.7 |
| 76 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 15 | 83 | 5.53 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.5 |
| 76 | UCLA | 12 | 15 | 120 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.0 |
| 76 | Tennessee | 9 | 15 | 129 | 8.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 14.3 |
| 76 | California | 10 | 15 | 132 | 8.80 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.2 |
| 76 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 15 | 159 | 10.60 | 0 | 1.4 | 14.5 |
| 76 | Texas | 11 | 15 | 160 | 10.67 | 0 | 1.4 | 14.5 |
| 76 | Virginia | 10 | 15 | 160 | 10.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.0 |
| 76 | Kansas | 9 | 15 | 177 | 11.80 | 1 | 1.7 | 19.7 |
| 85 | Ohio State | 9 | 16 | 79 | 4.94 | 1 | 1.8 | 8.8 |
| 85 | Clemson | 11 | 16 | 99 | 6.19 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| 85 | Alabama | 11 | 16 | 102 | 6.38 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| 85 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 16 | 197 | 12.31 | 1 | 1.5 | 17.9 |
| 89 | West Virginia | 11 | 17 | 117 | 6.88 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.6 |
| 89 | TCU | 11 | 17 | 169 | 9.94 | 1 | 1.5 | 15.4 |
| 89 | Syracuse | 12 | 17 | 204 | 12.00 | 1 | 1.4 | 17.0 |
| 89 | Michigan | 11 | 17 | 217 | 12.76 | 1 | 1.5 | 19.7 |
| 93 | Arkansas | 9 | 18 | 95 | 5.28 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.6 |
| 93 | Arizona | 10 | 18 | 148 | 8.22 | 0 | 1.8 | 14.8 |
| 93 | Louisville | 10 | 18 | 157 | 8.72 | 1 | 1.8 | 15.7 |
| 96 | Washington | 10 | 19 | 107 | 5.63 | 2 | 1.9 | 10.7 |
| 96 | Illinois | 9 | 19 | 137 | 7.21 | 0 | 2.1 | 15.2 |
| 96 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 19 | 203 | 10.68 | 1 | 1.7 | 18.5 |
| 99 | Iowa | 9 | 20 | 92 | 4.60 | 0 | 2.2 | 10.2 |
| 99 | Northwestern | 12 | 20 | 99 | 4.95 | 0 | 1.7 | 8.3 |
| 99 | Florida | 10 | 20 | 120 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 99 | Minnesota | 10 | 20 | 134 | 6.70 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.4 |
| 99 | Michigan State | 10 | 20 | 170 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| 99 | Purdue | 10 | 20 | 176 | 8.80 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.6 |
| 99 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 20 | 274 | 13.70 | 2 | 2.0 | 27.4 |
| 106 | Washington State | 9 | 21 | 144 | 6.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 16.0 |
| 106 | Wisconsin | 11 | 21 | 146 | 6.95 | 1 | 1.9 | 13.3 |
| 106 | Mississippi | 10 | 21 | 160 | 7.62 | 1 | 2.1 | 16.0 |
| 106 | Boston College | 10 | 21 | 164 | 7.81 | 0 | 2.1 | 16.4 |
| 110 | Cincinnati | 9 | 22 | 147 | 6.68 | 1 | 2.4 | 16.3 |
| 110 | Stanford | 13 | 22 | 149 | 6.77 | 0 | 1.7 | 11.5 |
| 110 | Nebraska | 11 | 22 | 254 | 11.55 | 1 | 2.0 | 23.1 |
| 113 | Temple | 9 | 23 | 120 | 5.22 | 0 | 2.6 | 13.3 |
| 113 | Kentucky | 9 | 23 | 123 | 5.35 | 0 | 2.6 | 13.7 |
| 113 | Duke | 10 | 23 | 308 | 13.39 | 2 | 2.3 | 30.8 |
| 116 | Colorado | 9 | 26 | 212 | 8.15 | 1 | 2.9 | 23.6 |
| 117 | Rutgers | 9 | 27 | 166 | 6.15 | 0 | 3.0 | 18.4 |
| 118 | Connecticut | 9 | 28 | 190 | 6.79 | 0 | 3.1 | 21.1 |
| 119 | Missouri | 10 | 32 | 316 | 9.88 | 0 | 3.2 | 31.6 |
| 120 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 33 | 242 | 7.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 22.0 |
| 121 | Maryland | 11 | 35 | 371 | 10.60 | 1 | 3.2 | 33.7 |
| 122 | Wake Forest | 10 | 37 | 408 | 11.03 | 3 | 3.7 | 40.8 |