2012 National Leaders Turnover Margin - Games Lost Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Fum. Gain | Int. Gain | Total Gain | Fum. Lost | Int. Lost | Total Lost | Margin | Margin/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1.33 |
| 2 | Oregon | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 2 | Utah State | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -3 | -0.75 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 |
| 2 | San Jose State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | -1.00 |
| 2 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | -1.00 |
| 8 | Boise State | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 8 | LSU | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 8 | Rice | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0.17 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Ohio | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Georgia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Memphis | 8 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 16 | -2 | -0.25 |
| 8 | Louisville | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | -1.00 |
| 8 | Army | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 20 | -12 | -1.20 |
| 8 | Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | -3.00 |
| 18 | UCF | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 18 | Fresno State | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0.25 |
| 18 | Penn State | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 18 | Stanford | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 18 | Clemson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 18 | Kent State | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | -0.33 |
| 18 | UTSA | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -2 | -0.50 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | -0.50 |
| 18 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -3 | -0.60 |
| 18 | Arkansas State | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | -0.67 |
| 18 | North Carolina | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -4 | -1.00 |
| 18 | Tulsa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | -1.33 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | -1.33 |
| 18 | South Carolina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | -2.50 |
| 18 | Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | -2.50 |
| 33 | New Mexico | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0.11 |
| 33 | Wake Forest | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 12 | -1 | -0.14 |
| 33 | Michigan State | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -1 | -0.17 |
| 33 | Ball State | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | -1.00 |
| 33 | Navy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 13 | -8 | -1.60 |
| 33 | Florida State | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | -2.00 |
| 33 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -8 | -2.00 |
| 33 | Florida | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -5 | -2.50 |
| 41 | Toledo | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 41 | West Virginia | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0.17 |
| 41 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | -0.67 |
| 41 | Nevada | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -6 | -1.00 |
| 41 | Temple | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 17 | -8 | -1.14 |
| 41 | Kansas State | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -3 | -1.50 |
| 47 | UCLA | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 47 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | -0.14 |
| 47 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -2 | -0.22 |
| 47 | Bowling Green | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | -0.40 |
| 47 | Central Michigan | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | -0.50 |
| 47 | Florida International | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 18 | -6 | -0.67 |
| 47 | Utah | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -6 | -0.86 |
| 47 | Troy | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -7 | -1.00 |
| 47 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -9 | -2.25 |
| 56 | Iowa | 8 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0.75 |
| 56 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | -0.20 |
| 56 | Cincinnati | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | -3 | -1.00 |
| 56 | East Carolina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | -1.00 |
| 56 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -6 | -1.00 |
| 56 | Buffalo | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -8 | -1.00 |
| 56 | San Diego State | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -5 | -1.25 |
| 56 | Texas | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -6 | -1.50 |
| 56 | Air Force | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 19 | -11 | -1.57 |
| 56 | Baylor | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -9 | -1.80 |
| 56 | Syracuse | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -10 | -2.00 |
| 67 | Texas State | 8 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0.13 |
| 67 | Wyoming | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -1 | -0.13 |
| 67 | Duke | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | -0.43 |
| 67 | Maryland | 8 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -7 | -0.88 |
| 67 | Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | -2.00 |
| 72 | Kentucky | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -3 | -0.30 |
| 72 | Marshall | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -5 | -0.71 |
| 72 | Missouri | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -5 | -0.71 |
| 72 | Mississippi State | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -4 | -0.80 |
| 72 | UAB | 9 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 20 | -8 | -0.89 |
| 72 | California | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 23 | -10 | -1.11 |
| 72 | Purdue | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -8 | -1.14 |
| 72 | TCU | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -9 | -1.50 |
| 72 | SMU | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -10 | -1.67 |
| 72 | Texas Tech | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -12 | -2.40 |
| 82 | Indiana | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -5 | -0.63 |
| 82 | Iowa State | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | -0.86 |
| 82 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -8 | -1.00 |
| 82 | Washington | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -7 | -1.17 |
| 82 | Rutgers | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -6 | -1.50 |
| 82 | Arizona | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -8 | -1.60 |
| 82 | Oregon State | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -8 | -2.00 |
| 82 | BYU | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -13 | -2.60 |
| 90 | Arizona State | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -2 | -0.40 |
| 90 | North Texas | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | -0.88 |
| 90 | Colorado State | 8 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -8 | -1.00 |
| 90 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -9 | -1.80 |
| 90 | New Mexico State | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 27 | -21 | -1.91 |
| 90 | Hawai'i | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 29 | -19 | -2.11 |
| 96 | Mississippi | 6 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -2 | -0.33 |
| 96 | Kansas | 11 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 21 | -6 | -0.55 |
| 96 | Tennessee | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -9 | -1.29 |
| 96 | Illinois | 10 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 28 | -15 | -1.50 |
| 100 | UTEP | 9 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -6 | -0.67 |
| 100 | Boston College | 10 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -7 | -0.70 |
| 100 | Auburn | 9 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -12 | -1.33 |
| 100 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 28 | -16 | -1.33 |
| 100 | Minnesota | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -10 | -1.43 |
| 100 | Virginia | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -14 | -1.75 |
| 100 | USC | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -11 | -1.83 |
| 100 | Michigan | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -10 | -2.00 |
| 100 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -12 | -2.00 |
| 100 | South Florida | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 25 | -22 | -2.44 |
| 110 | UNLV | 11 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -4 | -0.36 |
| 110 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -8 | -0.80 |
| 110 | Connecticut | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -14 | -2.00 |
| 113 | Arkansas | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | -19 | -2.38 |
| 113 | North Carolina State | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 26 | -19 | -3.17 |
| 115 | Washington State | 9 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -6 | -0.67 |
| 115 | South Alabama | 11 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 30 | -12 | -1.09 |
| 115 | Akron | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -13 | -1.18 |
| 115 | Houston | 7 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 26 | -12 | -1.71 |
| 119 | Colorado | 11 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 31 | -19 | -1.73 |
| 120 | Massachusetts | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -12 | -1.09 |
| 120 | Western Michigan | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -16 | -2.00 |
| 122 | Tulane | 10 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 29 | -10 | -1.00 |
| 123 | Idaho | 11 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 37 | -19 | -1.73 |