2012 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawai'i | 6 | 42 | 992 | 23.62 | 1 | 7.0 | 165.3 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 39 | 972 | 24.92 | 2 | 4.3 | 108.0 |
| 3 | California | 9 | 44 | 914 | 20.77 | 0 | 4.9 | 101.6 |
| 4 | Purdue | 6 | 36 | 895 | 24.86 | 1 | 6.0 | 149.2 |
| 5 | Texas | 9 | 36 | 889 | 24.69 | 1 | 4.0 | 98.8 |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 35 | 864 | 24.69 | 2 | 3.9 | 96.0 |
| 7 | Kansas State | 9 | 29 | 858 | 29.59 | 1 | 3.2 | 95.3 |
| 8 | West Virginia | 8 | 42 | 855 | 20.36 | 1 | 5.3 | 106.9 |
| 9 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 40 | 823 | 20.58 | 0 | 5.0 | 102.9 |
| 10 | Baylor | 10 | 37 | 811 | 21.92 | 0 | 3.7 | 81.1 |
| 11 | Colorado | 8 | 41 | 802 | 19.56 | 0 | 5.1 | 100.3 |
| 12 | San Jose State | 8 | 28 | 767 | 27.39 | 2 | 3.5 | 95.9 |
| 12 | Florida International | 7 | 33 | 767 | 23.24 | 0 | 4.7 | 109.6 |
| 14 | Kentucky | 8 | 35 | 755 | 21.57 | 0 | 4.4 | 94.4 |
| 15 | Texas State | 7 | 31 | 754 | 24.32 | 0 | 4.4 | 107.7 |
| 16 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 31 | 753 | 24.29 | 1 | 3.9 | 94.1 |
| 17 | Central Michigan | 6 | 31 | 741 | 23.90 | 0 | 5.2 | 123.5 |
| 18 | North Carolina State | 5 | 31 | 736 | 23.74 | 1 | 6.2 | 147.2 |
| 19 | Idaho | 8 | 41 | 720 | 17.56 | 1 | 5.1 | 90.0 |
| 20 | Indiana | 7 | 30 | 718 | 23.93 | 1 | 4.3 | 102.6 |
| 21 | Duke | 7 | 40 | 712 | 17.80 | 0 | 5.7 | 101.7 |
| 22 | Kansas | 10 | 37 | 711 | 19.22 | 0 | 3.7 | 71.1 |
| 23 | Nebraska | 10 | 34 | 708 | 20.82 | 0 | 3.4 | 70.8 |
| 24 | Navy | 6 | 28 | 702 | 25.07 | 1 | 4.7 | 117.0 |
| 25 | Florida | 9 | 29 | 698 | 24.07 | 1 | 3.2 | 77.6 |
| 26 | Mississippi State | 6 | 28 | 688 | 24.57 | 1 | 4.7 | 114.7 |
| 27 | USC | 8 | 28 | 686 | 24.50 | 0 | 3.5 | 85.8 |
| 28 | Memphis | 6 | 31 | 678 | 21.87 | 0 | 5.2 | 113.0 |
| 29 | Washington | 8 | 32 | 675 | 21.09 | 0 | 4.0 | 84.4 |
| 30 | Toledo | 7 | 30 | 671 | 22.37 | 2 | 4.3 | 95.9 |
| 31 | Illinois | 7 | 37 | 659 | 17.81 | 0 | 5.3 | 94.1 |
| 32 | Missouri | 9 | 30 | 655 | 21.83 | 1 | 3.3 | 72.8 |
| 33 | Oklahoma | 9 | 28 | 651 | 23.25 | 0 | 3.1 | 72.3 |
| 34 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 25 | 646 | 25.84 | 1 | 3.6 | 92.3 |
| 35 | Washington State | 7 | 29 | 642 | 22.14 | 0 | 4.1 | 91.7 |
| 36 | Auburn | 9 | 28 | 641 | 22.89 | 1 | 3.1 | 71.2 |
| 37 | Fresno State | 6 | 31 | 625 | 20.16 | 0 | 5.2 | 104.2 |
| 38 | Michigan | 7 | 27 | 624 | 23.11 | 0 | 3.9 | 89.1 |
| 39 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 27 | 622 | 23.04 | 0 | 4.5 | 103.7 |
| 40 | Massachusetts | 6 | 33 | 620 | 18.79 | 0 | 5.5 | 103.3 |
| 41 | Bowling Green | 6 | 29 | 619 | 21.34 | 0 | 4.8 | 103.2 |
| 42 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 23 | 618 | 26.87 | 0 | 3.8 | 103.0 |
| 43 | UTEP | 8 | 29 | 614 | 21.17 | 1 | 3.6 | 76.8 |
| 44 | Virginia | 7 | 31 | 613 | 19.77 | 0 | 4.4 | 87.6 |
| 45 | Western Michigan | 5 | 29 | 611 | 21.07 | 0 | 5.8 | 122.2 |
| 45 | Tulane | 8 | 33 | 611 | 18.52 | 0 | 4.1 | 76.4 |
| 47 | Boston College | 7 | 36 | 608 | 16.89 | 0 | 5.1 | 86.9 |
| 48 | Temple | 5 | 26 | 605 | 23.27 | 1 | 5.2 | 121.0 |
| 49 | Stanford | 10 | 26 | 599 | 23.04 | 0 | 2.6 | 59.9 |
| 50 | Tennessee | 7 | 29 | 596 | 20.55 | 1 | 4.1 | 85.1 |
| 51 | Mississippi | 7 | 32 | 595 | 18.59 | 1 | 4.6 | 85.0 |
| 52 | New Mexico State | 6 | 25 | 591 | 23.64 | 1 | 4.2 | 98.5 |
| 53 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 25 | 587 | 23.48 | 1 | 5.0 | 117.4 |
| 54 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 25 | 580 | 23.20 | 0 | 4.2 | 96.7 |
| 54 | Marshall | 6 | 31 | 580 | 18.71 | 0 | 5.2 | 96.7 |
| 56 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 26 | 577 | 22.19 | 0 | 3.7 | 82.4 |
| 56 | North Texas | 7 | 29 | 577 | 19.90 | 0 | 4.1 | 82.4 |
| 58 | Ball State | 7 | 25 | 575 | 23.00 | 0 | 3.6 | 82.1 |
| 59 | UCLA | 9 | 28 | 565 | 20.18 | 0 | 3.1 | 62.8 |
| 60 | TCU | 9 | 26 | 557 | 21.42 | 0 | 2.9 | 61.9 |
| 60 | Iowa State | 10 | 29 | 557 | 19.21 | 0 | 2.9 | 55.7 |
| 62 | Minnesota | 7 | 25 | 556 | 22.24 | 0 | 3.6 | 79.4 |
| 63 | San Diego State | 6 | 25 | 553 | 22.12 | 1 | 4.2 | 92.2 |
| 64 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 21 | 546 | 26.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 91.0 |
| 65 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 26 | 537 | 20.65 | 0 | 3.3 | 67.1 |
| 66 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 31 | 523 | 16.87 | 0 | 5.2 | 87.2 |
| 67 | UNLV | 5 | 28 | 521 | 18.61 | 0 | 5.6 | 104.2 |
| 68 | Florida State | 6 | 19 | 520 | 27.37 | 0 | 3.2 | 86.7 |
| 69 | Oregon State | 9 | 27 | 516 | 19.11 | 0 | 3.0 | 57.3 |
| 70 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 27 | 515 | 19.07 | 0 | 3.9 | 73.6 |
| 71 | Michigan State | 9 | 26 | 514 | 19.77 | 0 | 2.9 | 57.1 |
| 72 | North Carolina | 5 | 21 | 511 | 24.33 | 1 | 4.2 | 102.2 |
| 73 | Akron | 7 | 32 | 505 | 15.78 | 0 | 4.6 | 72.1 |
| 74 | Oregon | 9 | 24 | 501 | 20.88 | 1 | 2.7 | 55.7 |
| 75 | Syracuse | 6 | 24 | 499 | 20.79 | 0 | 4.0 | 83.2 |
| 76 | Army | 6 | 26 | 492 | 18.92 | 0 | 4.3 | 82.0 |
| 77 | Iowa | 7 | 22 | 487 | 22.14 | 1 | 3.1 | 69.6 |
| 78 | Maryland | 5 | 22 | 486 | 22.09 | 1 | 4.4 | 97.2 |
| 79 | LSU | 8 | 20 | 483 | 24.15 | 0 | 2.5 | 60.4 |
| 80 | South Alabama | 7 | 22 | 477 | 21.68 | 0 | 3.1 | 68.1 |
| 81 | Arkansas | 9 | 27 | 470 | 17.41 | 0 | 3.0 | 52.2 |
| 82 | Wake Forest | 6 | 28 | 462 | 16.50 | 0 | 4.7 | 77.0 |
| 83 | Arizona | 10 | 23 | 460 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.0 |
| 84 | Texas A&M | 8 | 22 | 455 | 20.68 | 0 | 2.8 | 56.9 |
| 85 | Texas Tech | 7 | 22 | 453 | 20.59 | 1 | 3.1 | 64.7 |
| 86 | Air Force | 6 | 19 | 451 | 23.74 | 0 | 3.2 | 75.2 |
| 87 | Utah State | 6 | 24 | 450 | 18.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.0 |
| 88 | Kent State | 6 | 24 | 449 | 18.71 | 1 | 4.0 | 74.8 |
| 89 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 20 | 446 | 22.30 | 1 | 5.0 | 111.5 |
| 90 | Troy | 6 | 25 | 444 | 17.76 | 0 | 4.2 | 74.0 |
| 91 | East Carolina | 5 | 26 | 438 | 16.85 | 0 | 5.2 | 87.6 |
| 92 | New Mexico | 5 | 19 | 433 | 22.79 | 1 | 3.8 | 86.6 |
| 93 | Northwestern | 7 | 21 | 431 | 20.52 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.6 |
| 94 | SMU | 7 | 21 | 428 | 20.38 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.1 |
| 95 | Houston | 6 | 25 | 421 | 16.84 | 0 | 4.2 | 70.2 |
| 96 | Arizona State | 6 | 21 | 420 | 20.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 70.0 |
| 97 | Cincinnati | 5 | 17 | 417 | 24.53 | 0 | 3.4 | 83.4 |
| 98 | South Florida | 8 | 27 | 416 | 15.41 | 0 | 3.4 | 52.0 |
| 99 | Arkansas State | 7 | 21 | 414 | 19.71 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.1 |
| 100 | Colorado State | 5 | 20 | 407 | 20.35 | 0 | 4.0 | 81.4 |
| 101 | Alabama | 8 | 15 | 404 | 26.93 | 1 | 1.9 | 50.5 |
| 102 | Ohio | 5 | 19 | 403 | 21.21 | 0 | 3.8 | 80.6 |
| 103 | UTSA | 4 | 24 | 401 | 16.71 | 0 | 6.0 | 100.3 |
| 104 | Boise State | 6 | 15 | 388 | 25.87 | 0 | 2.5 | 64.7 |
| 104 | South Carolina | 7 | 19 | 388 | 20.42 | 0 | 2.7 | 55.4 |
| 106 | UAB | 5 | 17 | 373 | 21.94 | 0 | 3.4 | 74.6 |
| 106 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 18 | 373 | 20.72 | 0 | 3.6 | 74.6 |
| 106 | Penn State | 6 | 22 | 373 | 16.95 | 0 | 3.7 | 62.2 |
| 109 | UCF | 6 | 15 | 354 | 23.60 | 1 | 2.5 | 59.0 |
| 110 | Buffalo | 6 | 21 | 352 | 16.76 | 0 | 3.5 | 58.7 |
| 111 | Wisconsin | 8 | 15 | 349 | 23.27 | 0 | 1.9 | 43.6 |
| 112 | Notre Dame | 9 | 18 | 334 | 18.56 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.1 |
| 113 | Nevada | 4 | 15 | 325 | 21.67 | 0 | 3.8 | 81.3 |
| 114 | Utah | 8 | 22 | 324 | 14.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 40.5 |
| 115 | Wyoming | 6 | 19 | 313 | 16.47 | 0 | 3.2 | 52.2 |
| 116 | Louisville | 5 | 17 | 290 | 17.06 | 0 | 3.4 | 58.0 |
| 117 | Clemson | 6 | 15 | 286 | 19.07 | 0 | 2.5 | 47.7 |
| 118 | Connecticut | 5 | 15 | 258 | 17.20 | 0 | 3.0 | 51.6 |
| 119 | Ohio State | 6 | 14 | 256 | 18.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.7 |
| 120 | Rutgers | 5 | 13 | 247 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.6 | 49.4 |
| 121 | Tulsa | 5 | 11 | 212 | 19.27 | 0 | 2.2 | 42.4 |
| 122 | Georgia | 6 | 10 | 199 | 19.90 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.2 |
| 122 | BYU | 6 | 10 | 199 | 19.90 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.2 |
| 124 | Rice | 5 | 10 | 162 | 16.20 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.4 |