2012 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. BCS non-Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | 2 | 3 | -14 | -4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | -7.0 |
| 2 | Missouri | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -3.0 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -2.5 |
| 3 | LSU | 2 | 2 | -5 | -2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.5 |
| 5 | Virginia | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | -2.0 |
| 6 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 4 | -5 | -1.25 | 0 | 0.4 | -0.5 |
| 6 | UCLA | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 8 | Ball State | 10 | 5 | -2 | -0.40 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
| 9 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Iowa State | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Mississippi State | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Bowling Green | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0.23 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| 15 | Texas A&M | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| 15 | South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 17 | South Florida | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 18 | BYU | 7 | 8 | 12 | 1.50 | 0 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| 19 | Penn State | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 19 | Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 21 | Troy | 10 | 13 | 21 | 1.62 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| 22 | Iowa | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 23 | Duke | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| 24 | Utah State | 10 | 11 | 31 | 2.82 | 0 | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| 25 | Oregon | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 26 | Indiana | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| 27 | UTEP | 9 | 13 | 35 | 2.69 | 0 | 1.4 | 3.9 |
| 27 | North Texas | 9 | 7 | 35 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| 29 | Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 30 | New Mexico | 10 | 18 | 42 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
| 30 | Rice | 11 | 12 | 46 | 3.83 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.2 |
| 32 | Boise State | 11 | 10 | 53 | 5.30 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| 33 | Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 34 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 14 | 47 | 3.36 | 0 | 1.6 | 5.2 |
| 34 | Ohio | 11 | 13 | 57 | 4.38 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| 36 | Air Force | 11 | 8 | 58 | 7.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 37 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 37 | Texas | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 39 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 6 | 55 | 9.17 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.1 |
| 40 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 10 | 63 | 6.30 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| 41 | Kent State | 11 | 15 | 70 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.4 | 6.4 |
| 42 | Arizona | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 42 | Kansas | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 44 | UCF | 12 | 13 | 81 | 6.23 | 1 | 1.1 | 6.8 |
| 45 | Louisville | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| 46 | Army | 7 | 6 | 52 | 8.67 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.4 |
| 47 | Alabama | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 48 | Buffalo | 8 | 7 | 61 | 8.71 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.6 |
| 49 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 12 | 78 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.8 |
| 50 | Boston College | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 50 | Connecticut | 3 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| 50 | North Carolina State | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 53 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 14 | 74 | 5.29 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.2 |
| 54 | Toledo | 10 | 11 | 84 | 7.64 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| 55 | Arkansas State | 10 | 13 | 85 | 6.54 | 1 | 1.3 | 8.5 |
| 56 | TCU | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| 57 | SMU | 9 | 18 | 83 | 4.61 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.2 |
| 58 | San Diego State | 11 | 15 | 102 | 6.80 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.3 |
| 59 | Navy | 8 | 9 | 77 | 8.56 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.6 |
| 60 | Nevada | 9 | 8 | 93 | 11.63 | 0 | 0.9 | 10.3 |
| 61 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 10.5 |
| 62 | Washington State | 2 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| 62 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 62 | Nebraska | 2 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| 65 | Illinois | 2 | 4 | 23 | 5.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.5 |
| 66 | UTSA | 8 | 16 | 93 | 5.81 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.6 |
| 67 | Memphis | 10 | 15 | 123 | 8.20 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.3 |
| 67 | East Carolina | 10 | 13 | 123 | 9.46 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.3 |
| 69 | South Alabama | 10 | 21 | 126 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.1 | 12.6 |
| 70 | Rutgers | 3 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.7 |
| 71 | Texas State | 10 | 13 | 128 | 9.85 | 1 | 1.3 | 12.8 |
| 72 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 11 | 132 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 13.2 |
| 73 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.5 |
| 74 | Houston | 11 | 16 | 150 | 9.38 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.6 |
| 75 | San Jose State | 11 | 15 | 158 | 10.53 | 0 | 1.4 | 14.4 |
| 76 | Mississippi | 2 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.5 |
| 77 | Southern Mississippi | 10 | 17 | 147 | 8.65 | 0 | 1.7 | 14.7 |
| 78 | Wisconsin | 2 | 5 | 31 | 6.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 15.5 |
| 79 | Fresno State | 10 | 13 | 156 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.6 |
| 80 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 15 | 141 | 9.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 15.7 |
| 81 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 21 | 142 | 6.76 | 0 | 2.3 | 15.8 |
| 82 | Marshall | 9 | 12 | 145 | 12.08 | 1 | 1.3 | 16.1 |
| 83 | Ohio State | 3 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 1 | 1.3 | 16.3 |
| 84 | Colorado State | 10 | 16 | 165 | 10.31 | 0 | 1.6 | 16.5 |
| 85 | Michigan State | 3 | 5 | 51 | 10.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 17.0 |
| 86 | Tulsa | 10 | 18 | 175 | 9.72 | 1 | 1.8 | 17.5 |
| 87 | UNLV | 10 | 16 | 177 | 11.06 | 1 | 1.6 | 17.7 |
| 88 | Florida International | 10 | 20 | 188 | 9.40 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.8 |
| 89 | Tulane | 10 | 29 | 197 | 6.79 | 0 | 2.9 | 19.7 |
| 90 | Arkansas | 2 | 6 | 40 | 6.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| 91 | Florida | 2 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.5 |
| 92 | Idaho | 9 | 24 | 189 | 7.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 21.0 |
| 93 | Georgia | 2 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.5 |
| 94 | California | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 95 | Massachusetts | 8 | 16 | 190 | 11.88 | 1 | 2.0 | 23.8 |
| 96 | Wyoming | 10 | 22 | 239 | 10.86 | 1 | 2.2 | 23.9 |
| 96 | Western Michigan | 8 | 15 | 191 | 12.73 | 0 | 1.9 | 23.9 |
| 98 | Central Michigan | 10 | 18 | 243 | 13.50 | 1 | 1.8 | 24.3 |
| 99 | Cincinnati | 2 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.5 |
| 99 | Colorado | 2 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.5 |
| 101 | West Virginia | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| 102 | Oregon State | 1 | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 30.0 |
| 103 | Akron | 10 | 28 | 310 | 11.07 | 1 | 2.8 | 31.0 |
| 104 | Hawai'i | 10 | 27 | 316 | 11.70 | 0 | 2.7 | 31.6 |
| 105 | Purdue | 2 | 5 | 65 | 13.00 | 1 | 2.5 | 32.5 |
| 106 | UAB | 9 | 20 | 311 | 15.55 | 0 | 2.2 | 34.6 |
| 107 | New Mexico State | 10 | 27 | 351 | 13.00 | 1 | 2.7 | 35.1 |
| 108 | USC | 1 | 1 | 39 | 39.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 39.0 |
| 109 | Utah | 2 | 7 | 112 | 16.00 | 1 | 3.5 | 56.0 |
| 110 | Oklahoma | 1 | 5 | 66 | 13.20 | 1 | 5.0 | 66.0 |