2012 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas State | 6 | 9 | 247 | 27.44 | 1 | 1.5 | 41.2 |
| 2 | Kansas State | 9 | 12 | 207 | 17.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.0 |
| 3 | Boston College | 8 | 11 | 189 | 17.18 | 0 | 1.4 | 23.6 |
| 4 | Nevada | 8 | 11 | 172 | 15.64 | 0 | 1.4 | 21.5 |
| 5 | Oregon | 9 | 12 | 176 | 14.67 | 1 | 1.3 | 19.6 |
| 6 | UTSA | 6 | 8 | 117 | 14.63 | 1 | 1.3 | 19.5 |
| 7 | Memphis | 8 | 19 | 276 | 14.53 | 0 | 2.4 | 34.5 |
| 8 | UAB | 8 | 14 | 198 | 14.14 | 1 | 1.8 | 24.8 |
| 8 | Colorado State | 8 | 7 | 99 | 14.14 | 0 | 0.9 | 12.4 |
| 10 | West Virginia | 9 | 9 | 124 | 13.78 | 1 | 1.0 | 13.8 |
| 11 | Northwestern | 8 | 12 | 163 | 13.58 | 1 | 1.5 | 20.4 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 8 | 12 | 160 | 13.33 | 1 | 1.5 | 20.0 |
| 12 | Duke | 8 | 6 | 80 | 13.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.0 |
| 14 | Tulane | 8 | 10 | 133 | 13.30 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.6 |
| 15 | Ball State | 8 | 12 | 158 | 13.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.8 |
| 16 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 15 | 194 | 12.93 | 0 | 1.7 | 21.6 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 9 | 20 | 256 | 12.80 | 2 | 2.2 | 28.4 |
| 18 | Hawai'i | 8 | 16 | 203 | 12.69 | 1 | 2.0 | 25.4 |
| 19 | Arizona | 9 | 8 | 101 | 12.63 | 1 | 0.9 | 11.2 |
| 20 | Florida State | 9 | 27 | 339 | 12.56 | 2 | 3.0 | 37.7 |
| 21 | Toledo | 8 | 9 | 110 | 12.22 | 1 | 1.1 | 13.8 |
| 22 | North Carolina | 8 | 14 | 169 | 12.07 | 1 | 1.8 | 21.1 |
| 23 | Texas Tech | 9 | 9 | 106 | 11.78 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.8 |
| 24 | Ohio State | 8 | 23 | 270 | 11.74 | 3 | 2.9 | 33.8 |
| 25 | Massachusetts | 8 | 13 | 152 | 11.69 | 0 | 1.6 | 19.0 |
| 26 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 14 | 162 | 11.57 | 1 | 2.0 | 23.1 |
| 27 | Boise State | 8 | 19 | 215 | 11.32 | 0 | 2.4 | 26.9 |
| 28 | Wake Forest | 8 | 10 | 111 | 11.10 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.9 |
| 29 | South Carolina | 8 | 22 | 244 | 11.09 | 1 | 2.8 | 30.5 |
| 30 | Utah State | 6 | 14 | 141 | 10.07 | 0 | 2.3 | 23.5 |
| 31 | Wyoming | 8 | 5 | 50 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 6.3 |
| 32 | SMU | 8 | 14 | 135 | 9.64 | 0 | 1.8 | 16.9 |
| 33 | Michigan | 8 | 12 | 114 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.3 |
| 34 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 24 | 226 | 9.42 | 0 | 2.7 | 25.1 |
| 35 | Stanford | 10 | 15 | 140 | 9.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.0 |
| 36 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 17 | 158 | 9.29 | 1 | 1.9 | 17.6 |
| 37 | UCF | 9 | 15 | 139 | 9.27 | 0 | 1.7 | 15.4 |
| 38 | Alabama | 9 | 16 | 146 | 9.13 | 0 | 1.8 | 16.2 |
| 39 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 13 | 118 | 9.08 | 0 | 1.6 | 14.8 |
| 40 | Ohio | 8 | 18 | 161 | 8.94 | 0 | 2.3 | 20.1 |
| 41 | UTEP | 8 | 8 | 71 | 8.88 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.9 |
| 42 | East Carolina | 8 | 15 | 133 | 8.87 | 0 | 1.9 | 16.6 |
| 42 | Michigan State | 8 | 15 | 133 | 8.87 | 0 | 1.9 | 16.6 |
| 44 | Baylor | 9 | 9 | 78 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.7 |
| 45 | Iowa | 8 | 10 | 86 | 8.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.8 |
| 46 | Fresno State | 8 | 18 | 153 | 8.50 | 1 | 2.3 | 19.1 |
| 46 | Bowling Green | 8 | 18 | 153 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.3 | 19.1 |
| 48 | Kansas | 9 | 7 | 59 | 8.43 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.6 |
| 49 | North Carolina State | 8 | 23 | 192 | 8.35 | 0 | 2.9 | 24.0 |
| 50 | LSU | 8 | 18 | 149 | 8.28 | 1 | 2.3 | 18.6 |
| 51 | Air Force | 8 | 9 | 74 | 8.22 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.3 |
| 52 | Tulsa | 9 | 23 | 188 | 8.17 | 1 | 2.6 | 20.9 |
| 53 | Troy | 8 | 12 | 96 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| 53 | Mississippi | 8 | 11 | 88 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.0 |
| 55 | Minnesota | 8 | 21 | 166 | 7.90 | 0 | 2.6 | 20.8 |
| 56 | South Alabama | 8 | 10 | 77 | 7.70 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.6 |
| 57 | California | 9 | 12 | 92 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.2 |
| 58 | Connecticut | 7 | 11 | 84 | 7.64 | 1 | 1.6 | 12.0 |
| 59 | UCLA | 10 | 22 | 167 | 7.59 | 0 | 2.2 | 16.7 |
| 60 | Washington | 9 | 14 | 106 | 7.57 | 0 | 1.6 | 11.8 |
| 61 | Western Michigan | 8 | 6 | 45 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.6 |
| 62 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 17 | 127 | 7.47 | 0 | 2.8 | 21.2 |
| 62 | Temple | 7 | 19 | 142 | 7.47 | 0 | 2.7 | 20.3 |
| 64 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 14 | 103 | 7.36 | 0 | 1.8 | 12.9 |
| 65 | Florida International | 8 | 13 | 95 | 7.31 | 0 | 1.6 | 11.9 |
| 66 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 19 | 136 | 7.16 | 0 | 2.4 | 17.0 |
| 67 | Florida | 8 | 10 | 71 | 7.10 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.9 |
| 68 | Army | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 69 | Arizona State | 9 | 25 | 173 | 6.92 | 0 | 2.8 | 19.2 |
| 70 | San Diego State | 8 | 12 | 82 | 6.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.3 |
| 71 | UNLV | 8 | 8 | 54 | 6.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| 72 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 12 | 80 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| 73 | Georgia | 9 | 15 | 98 | 6.53 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.9 |
| 74 | Cincinnati | 7 | 16 | 104 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.3 | 14.9 |
| 75 | Penn State | 8 | 21 | 133 | 6.33 | 1 | 2.6 | 16.6 |
| 76 | Missouri | 8 | 15 | 94 | 6.27 | 0 | 1.9 | 11.8 |
| 77 | Wisconsin | 9 | 15 | 90 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.0 |
| 77 | New Mexico | 8 | 10 | 60 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| 79 | Oregon State | 9 | 8 | 47 | 5.88 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.2 |
| 80 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 17 | 99 | 5.82 | 0 | 2.1 | 12.4 |
| 81 | Mississippi State | 8 | 9 | 51 | 5.67 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.4 |
| 82 | Syracuse | 7 | 18 | 97 | 5.39 | 0 | 2.6 | 13.9 |
| 83 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 19 | 100 | 5.26 | 0 | 2.4 | 12.5 |
| 84 | TCU | 9 | 14 | 73 | 5.21 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.1 |
| 85 | Marshall | 8 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| 86 | Maryland | 8 | 11 | 55 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 6.9 |
| 86 | Auburn | 8 | 9 | 45 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.6 |
| 88 | Nebraska | 9 | 18 | 89 | 4.94 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.9 |
| 89 | Iowa State | 9 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
| 90 | Rice | 8 | 15 | 70 | 4.67 | 1 | 1.9 | 8.8 |
| 90 | Kent State | 9 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| 92 | South Florida | 7 | 11 | 50 | 4.55 | 0 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| 93 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| 94 | Clemson | 8 | 20 | 89 | 4.45 | 0 | 2.5 | 11.1 |
| 95 | Virginia | 8 | 17 | 75 | 4.41 | 0 | 2.1 | 9.4 |
| 96 | Texas A&M | 8 | 15 | 65 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.9 | 8.1 |
| 97 | Kentucky | 8 | 9 | 37 | 4.11 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.6 |
| 97 | Colorado | 9 | 9 | 37 | 4.11 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.1 |
| 99 | Indiana | 8 | 11 | 44 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 5.5 |
| 100 | Akron | 8 | 13 | 51 | 3.92 | 0 | 1.6 | 6.4 |
| 101 | USC | 9 | 16 | 62 | 3.88 | 1 | 1.8 | 6.9 |
| 102 | Buffalo | 8 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 1 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 102 | Arkansas | 8 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 104 | Houston | 8 | 20 | 70 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 8.8 |
| 105 | Texas | 9 | 9 | 31 | 3.44 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| 106 | Washington State | 9 | 8 | 25 | 3.13 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
| 107 | Louisville | 7 | 14 | 40 | 2.86 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.7 |
| 108 | North Texas | 8 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
| 109 | Notre Dame | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| 110 | Utah | 9 | 21 | 50 | 2.38 | 0 | 2.3 | 5.6 |
| 111 | Arkansas State | 8 | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| 112 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 13 | 23 | 1.77 | 0 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| 113 | San Jose State | 6 | 7 | 12 | 1.71 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| 114 | Rutgers | 7 | 10 | 15 | 1.50 | 0 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| 115 | New Mexico State | 6 | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 0 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 116 | Purdue | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 116 | Illinois | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 118 | Central Michigan | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| 119 | Idaho | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 120 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| 121 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 122 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 8 | 8 | -8 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| 123 | BYU | 1 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -5.0 |