2012 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games Won Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Jose State | 11 | 35 | 924 | 26.40 | 2 | 3.2 | 84.0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 11 | 35 | 774 | 22.11 | 3 | 3.2 | 70.4 |
| 3 | Toledo | 9 | 34 | 788 | 23.18 | 2 | 3.8 | 87.6 |
| 3 | Utah State | 11 | 34 | 759 | 22.32 | 0 | 3.1 | 69.0 |
| 3 | Oregon | 12 | 34 | 673 | 19.79 | 1 | 2.8 | 56.1 |
| 6 | Ball State | 9 | 32 | 778 | 24.31 | 0 | 3.6 | 86.4 |
| 6 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 32 | 747 | 23.34 | 0 | 3.6 | 83.0 |
| 6 | Clemson | 11 | 32 | 669 | 20.91 | 0 | 2.9 | 60.8 |
| 9 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 31 | 747 | 24.10 | 1 | 2.6 | 62.3 |
| 9 | Baylor | 8 | 31 | 673 | 21.71 | 0 | 3.9 | 84.1 |
| 11 | Georgia | 12 | 30 | 638 | 21.27 | 1 | 2.5 | 53.2 |
| 12 | Ohio State | 12 | 29 | 578 | 19.93 | 0 | 2.4 | 48.2 |
| 13 | Ohio | 9 | 28 | 608 | 21.71 | 1 | 3.1 | 67.6 |
| 13 | Stanford | 12 | 28 | 608 | 21.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 50.7 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 11 | 28 | 531 | 18.96 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.3 |
| 13 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 | 28 | 520 | 18.57 | 0 | 3.1 | 57.8 |
| 13 | Louisville | 11 | 28 | 497 | 17.75 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.2 |
| 18 | Kansas State | 11 | 27 | 752 | 27.85 | 2 | 2.5 | 68.4 |
| 18 | UCF | 10 | 27 | 751 | 27.81 | 3 | 2.7 | 75.1 |
| 18 | Tulsa | 11 | 27 | 729 | 27.00 | 1 | 2.5 | 66.3 |
| 18 | Notre Dame | 12 | 27 | 541 | 20.04 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.1 |
| 22 | Nebraska | 10 | 26 | 568 | 21.85 | 0 | 2.6 | 56.8 |
| 22 | Fresno State | 9 | 26 | 557 | 21.42 | 0 | 2.9 | 61.9 |
| 22 | Florida | 11 | 26 | 533 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.4 | 48.5 |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 10 | 25 | 678 | 27.12 | 1 | 2.5 | 67.8 |
| 25 | Florida State | 12 | 25 | 624 | 24.96 | 0 | 2.1 | 52.0 |
| 25 | North Carolina | 8 | 25 | 607 | 24.28 | 1 | 3.1 | 75.9 |
| 28 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 24 | 664 | 27.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 83.0 |
| 28 | West Virginia | 7 | 24 | 494 | 20.58 | 0 | 3.4 | 70.6 |
| 30 | San Diego State | 9 | 23 | 651 | 28.30 | 2 | 2.6 | 72.3 |
| 30 | LSU | 10 | 23 | 551 | 23.96 | 0 | 2.3 | 55.1 |
| 30 | East Carolina | 8 | 23 | 534 | 23.22 | 1 | 2.9 | 66.8 |
| 30 | Arkansas State | 10 | 23 | 458 | 19.91 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.8 |
| 34 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | 22 | 619 | 28.14 | 1 | 3.1 | 88.4 |
| 34 | Cincinnati | 10 | 22 | 552 | 25.09 | 0 | 2.2 | 55.2 |
| 34 | UCLA | 9 | 22 | 508 | 23.09 | 0 | 2.4 | 56.4 |
| 34 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 22 | 505 | 22.95 | 0 | 2.8 | 63.1 |
| 34 | Nevada | 7 | 22 | 444 | 20.18 | 0 | 3.1 | 63.4 |
| 34 | Syracuse | 8 | 22 | 404 | 18.36 | 0 | 2.8 | 50.5 |
| 40 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 21 | 585 | 27.86 | 1 | 2.6 | 73.1 |
| 40 | Boise State | 11 | 21 | 569 | 27.10 | 0 | 1.9 | 51.7 |
| 40 | Texas | 9 | 21 | 499 | 23.76 | 1 | 2.3 | 55.4 |
| 40 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 21 | 448 | 21.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 49.8 |
| 40 | Michigan | 8 | 21 | 442 | 21.05 | 0 | 2.6 | 55.3 |
| 40 | Central Michigan | 7 | 21 | 410 | 19.52 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.6 |
| 46 | Purdue | 6 | 20 | 407 | 20.35 | 0 | 3.3 | 67.8 |
| 46 | Northwestern | 10 | 20 | 404 | 20.20 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.4 |
| 46 | Tennessee | 5 | 20 | 393 | 19.65 | 0 | 4.0 | 78.6 |
| 49 | Alabama | 13 | 19 | 468 | 24.63 | 1 | 1.5 | 36.0 |
| 49 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 19 | 453 | 23.84 | 0 | 2.7 | 64.7 |
| 51 | Rice | 7 | 18 | 493 | 27.39 | 1 | 2.6 | 70.4 |
| 51 | Texas State | 4 | 18 | 481 | 26.72 | 0 | 4.5 | 120.3 |
| 51 | South Carolina | 11 | 18 | 437 | 24.28 | 0 | 1.6 | 39.7 |
| 51 | Navy | 8 | 18 | 417 | 23.17 | 0 | 2.3 | 52.1 |
| 51 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 18 | 411 | 22.83 | 0 | 2.6 | 58.7 |
| 51 | North Carolina State | 7 | 18 | 397 | 22.06 | 1 | 2.6 | 56.7 |
| 51 | Washington | 7 | 18 | 372 | 20.67 | 0 | 2.6 | 53.1 |
| 51 | Mississippi State | 8 | 18 | 352 | 19.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.0 |
| 51 | Oregon State | 9 | 18 | 349 | 19.39 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.8 |
| 60 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 17 | 431 | 25.35 | 1 | 2.4 | 61.6 |
| 60 | Buffalo | 4 | 17 | 371 | 21.82 | 0 | 4.3 | 92.8 |
| 60 | UTSA | 6 | 17 | 365 | 21.47 | 0 | 2.8 | 60.8 |
| 60 | Penn State | 8 | 17 | 321 | 18.88 | 0 | 2.1 | 40.1 |
| 60 | Duke | 6 | 17 | 313 | 18.41 | 0 | 2.8 | 52.2 |
| 65 | BYU | 8 | 16 | 426 | 26.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 53.3 |
| 65 | Florida International | 3 | 16 | 421 | 26.31 | 1 | 5.3 | 140.3 |
| 65 | Texas Tech | 8 | 16 | 415 | 25.94 | 1 | 2.0 | 51.9 |
| 65 | TCU | 7 | 16 | 376 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.3 | 53.7 |
| 65 | Michigan State | 7 | 16 | 367 | 22.94 | 0 | 2.3 | 52.4 |
| 65 | Mississippi | 7 | 16 | 350 | 21.88 | 0 | 2.3 | 50.0 |
| 65 | Marshall | 5 | 16 | 334 | 20.88 | 0 | 3.2 | 66.8 |
| 72 | Air Force | 6 | 15 | 331 | 22.07 | 0 | 2.5 | 55.2 |
| 72 | Minnesota | 6 | 15 | 291 | 19.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.5 |
| 72 | Western Michigan | 4 | 15 | 250 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.8 | 62.5 |
| 75 | USC | 7 | 14 | 352 | 25.14 | 1 | 2.0 | 50.3 |
| 75 | Arizona State | 8 | 14 | 346 | 24.71 | 1 | 1.8 | 43.3 |
| 75 | Bowling Green | 8 | 14 | 230 | 16.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 28.8 |
| 78 | Virginia | 4 | 13 | 331 | 25.46 | 0 | 3.3 | 82.8 |
| 78 | Arizona | 8 | 13 | 295 | 22.69 | 0 | 1.6 | 36.9 |
| 78 | Iowa State | 6 | 13 | 238 | 18.31 | 0 | 2.2 | 39.7 |
| 81 | Colorado State | 4 | 12 | 281 | 23.42 | 0 | 3.0 | 70.3 |
| 82 | Utah | 5 | 11 | 512 | 46.55 | 4 | 2.2 | 102.4 |
| 82 | UTEP | 3 | 11 | 313 | 28.45 | 1 | 3.7 | 104.3 |
| 82 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 11 | 239 | 21.73 | 0 | 1.8 | 39.8 |
| 82 | Connecticut | 5 | 11 | 216 | 19.64 | 0 | 2.2 | 43.2 |
| 86 | Missouri | 5 | 10 | 333 | 33.30 | 1 | 2.0 | 66.6 |
| 86 | Temple | 4 | 10 | 228 | 22.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 57.0 |
| 86 | Wisconsin | 8 | 10 | 199 | 19.90 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.9 |
| 86 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 10 | 184 | 18.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 46.0 |
| 86 | Wake Forest | 5 | 10 | 177 | 17.70 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.4 |
| 91 | SMU | 7 | 9 | 235 | 26.11 | 0 | 1.3 | 33.6 |
| 91 | Wyoming | 4 | 9 | 188 | 20.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 47.0 |
| 93 | New Mexico | 4 | 8 | 244 | 30.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 61.0 |
| 93 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 8 | 207 | 25.88 | 0 | 4.0 | 103.5 |
| 93 | Memphis | 4 | 8 | 190 | 23.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.5 |
| 93 | Troy | 5 | 8 | 180 | 22.50 | 0 | 1.6 | 36.0 |
| 93 | California | 3 | 8 | 164 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.7 | 54.7 |
| 93 | Indiana | 4 | 8 | 141 | 17.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.3 |
| 99 | Rutgers | 9 | 7 | 240 | 34.29 | 0 | 0.8 | 26.7 |
| 99 | Maryland | 4 | 7 | 197 | 28.14 | 1 | 1.8 | 49.3 |
| 99 | Tulane | 2 | 7 | 146 | 20.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 73.0 |
| 99 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 7 | 127 | 18.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.3 |
| 99 | Houston | 5 | 7 | 127 | 18.14 | 0 | 1.4 | 25.4 |
| 99 | South Florida | 3 | 7 | 112 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 37.3 |
| 99 | North Texas | 4 | 7 | 112 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 28.0 |
| 106 | Iowa | 4 | 6 | 160 | 26.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 40.0 |
| 106 | Auburn | 3 | 6 | 146 | 24.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 48.7 |
| 108 | Arkansas | 4 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.0 |
| 108 | Colorado | 1 | 5 | 97 | 19.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 97.0 |
| 108 | Boston College | 2 | 5 | 93 | 18.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 46.5 |
| 108 | New Mexico State | 1 | 5 | 92 | 18.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 92.0 |
| 108 | UNLV | 2 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.5 |
| 108 | Washington State | 3 | 5 | 62 | 12.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 20.7 |
| 114 | UAB | 3 | 4 | 122 | 30.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 40.7 |
| 114 | Kentucky | 2 | 4 | 103 | 25.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 51.5 |
| 114 | Army | 2 | 4 | 102 | 25.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 51.0 |
| 114 | South Alabama | 2 | 4 | 77 | 19.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.5 |
| 118 | Hawai'i | 3 | 3 | 130 | 43.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 43.3 |
| 119 | Akron | 1 | 1 | 41 | 41.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 41.0 |
| 119 | Illinois | 2 | 1 | 27 | 27.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 13.5 |
| 119 | Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 119 | Idaho | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |