2012 National Leaders Kickoffs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Kickoffs | Yards | Avg. | Touchback | Touchback % | Out-Of-Bounds | Onside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | 7 | 37 | 2330 | 62.97 | 16 | 43.24 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Mississippi | 6 | 32 | 2020 | 63.13 | 13 | 40.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Alabama | 5 | 29 | 1836 | 63.31 | 12 | 41.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | South Carolina | 6 | 29 | 1710 | 58.97 | 13 | 44.83 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Wisconsin | 6 | 27 | 1689 | 62.56 | 12 | 44.44 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Michigan | 6 | 27 | 1677 | 62.11 | 12 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Georgia | 5 | 26 | 1662 | 63.92 | 6 | 23.08 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Nebraska | 4 | 26 | 1573 | 60.50 | 9 | 34.62 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Missouri | 6 | 25 | 1518 | 60.72 | 6 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Tennessee | 5 | 25 | 1511 | 60.44 | 8 | 32.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 4 | 24 | 1494 | 62.25 | 10 | 41.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Michigan State | 6 | 23 | 1449 | 63.00 | 12 | 52.17 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 23 | 1411 | 61.35 | 15 | 65.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Baylor | 3 | 24 | 1403 | 58.46 | 12 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Texas A&M | 4 | 21 | 1341 | 63.86 | 13 | 61.90 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | LSU | 5 | 22 | 1338 | 60.82 | 8 | 36.36 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | UCLA | 4 | 20 | 1294 | 64.70 | 13 | 65.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Washington | 5 | 21 | 1285 | 61.19 | 3 | 14.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Auburn | 6 | 20 | 1282 | 64.10 | 14 | 70.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 22 | 1255 | 57.05 | 4 | 18.18 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | West Virginia | 3 | 20 | 1167 | 58.35 | 4 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Notre Dame | 4 | 18 | 1157 | 64.28 | 9 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Penn State | 3 | 18 | 1100 | 61.11 | 9 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Florida State | 3 | 18 | 1082 | 60.11 | 8 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | North Carolina State | 3 | 17 | 1077 | 63.35 | 11 | 64.71 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Northwestern | 3 | 17 | 1033 | 60.76 | 1 | 5.88 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Oregon | 3 | 18 | 987 | 54.83 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Kansas State | 3 | 16 | 956 | 59.75 | 3 | 18.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Texas Tech | 3 | 16 | 954 | 59.63 | 9 | 56.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Oregon State | 3 | 16 | 952 | 59.50 | 6 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Stanford | 4 | 15 | 943 | 62.87 | 6 | 40.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Iowa | 4 | 15 | 939 | 62.60 | 8 | 53.33 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Ohio State | 2 | 16 | 934 | 58.38 | 3 | 18.75 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Boston College | 4 | 15 | 931 | 62.07 | 5 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Clemson | 3 | 15 | 927 | 61.80 | 3 | 20.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Arizona | 3 | 15 | 915 | 61.00 | 6 | 40.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Syracuse | 2 | 16 | 909 | 56.81 | 9 | 56.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 15 | 907 | 60.47 | 4 | 26.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Texas | 3 | 15 | 902 | 60.13 | 4 | 26.67 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | USC | 3 | 15 | 902 | 60.13 | 4 | 26.67 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 14 | 845 | 60.36 | 9 | 64.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | BYU | 5 | 14 | 837 | 59.79 | 5 | 35.71 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | California | 4 | 14 | 822 | 58.71 | 5 | 35.71 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Mississippi State | 4 | 14 | 808 | 57.71 | 3 | 21.43 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Indiana | 2 | 13 | 788 | 60.62 | 7 | 53.85 | 0 | 1 |
| 46 | Arkansas | 4 | 12 | 767 | 63.92 | 7 | 58.33 | 0 | 1 |
| 47 | Kentucky | 5 | 12 | 762 | 63.50 | 5 | 41.67 | 1 | 2 |
| 48 | Kansas | 4 | 14 | 750 | 53.57 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | TCU | 3 | 12 | 704 | 58.67 | 5 | 41.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Washington State | 3 | 11 | 697 | 63.36 | 4 | 36.36 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | Ball State | 2 | 11 | 678 | 61.64 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | Purdue | 3 | 12 | 678 | 56.50 | 1 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Colorado State | 3 | 11 | 675 | 61.36 | 4 | 36.36 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | Minnesota | 3 | 10 | 628 | 62.80 | 5 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 | San Diego State | 2 | 11 | 627 | 57.00 | 1 | 9.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | San Jose State | 2 | 10 | 624 | 62.40 | 2 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Iowa State | 3 | 10 | 623 | 62.30 | 6 | 60.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 58 | Southern Mississippi | 3 | 11 | 614 | 55.82 | 1 | 9.09 | 0 | 1 |
| 59 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 10 | 609 | 60.90 | 2 | 20.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 | Idaho | 3 | 10 | 605 | 60.50 | 3 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | South Florida | 2 | 9 | 576 | 64.00 | 3 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Toledo | 2 | 9 | 571 | 63.44 | 2 | 22.22 | 0 | 1 |
| 63 | Duke | 3 | 9 | 559 | 62.11 | 3 | 33.33 | 0 | 2 |
| 64 | Wake Forest | 4 | 9 | 544 | 60.44 | 4 | 44.44 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Illinois | 3 | 9 | 540 | 60.00 | 2 | 22.22 | 0 | 1 |
| 66 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 9 | 528 | 58.67 | 2 | 22.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 9 | 524 | 58.22 | 1 | 11.11 | 2 | 1 |
| 68 | UTSA | 2 | 9 | 506 | 56.22 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Arkansas State | 2 | 11 | 495 | 45.00 | 2 | 18.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Bowling Green | 2 | 9 | 494 | 54.89 | 1 | 11.11 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Utah State | 1 | 8 | 491 | 61.38 | 3 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Kent State | 1 | 7 | 455 | 65.00 | 5 | 71.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | UAB | 2 | 7 | 451 | 64.43 | 6 | 85.71 | 0 | 1 |
| 74 | UNLV | 2 | 7 | 443 | 63.29 | 5 | 71.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Miami (Ohio) | 2 | 7 | 443 | 63.29 | 3 | 42.86 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Army | 1 | 7 | 437 | 62.43 | 3 | 42.86 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Arizona State | 2 | 7 | 435 | 62.14 | 1 | 14.29 | 0 | 2 |
| 78 | Louisville | 1 | 7 | 429 | 61.29 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | Texas State | 2 | 7 | 424 | 60.57 | 2 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Massachusetts | 3 | 7 | 418 | 59.71 | 3 | 42.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Fresno State | 2 | 8 | 411 | 51.38 | 1 | 12.50 | 1 | 1 |
| 82 | Buffalo | 2 | 7 | 399 | 57.00 | 2 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Cincinnati | 1 | 6 | 388 | 64.67 | 2 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | North Texas | 2 | 6 | 386 | 64.33 | 3 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 85 | New Mexico | 2 | 6 | 385 | 64.17 | 3 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | North Carolina | 1 | 6 | 382 | 63.67 | 2 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 6 | 376 | 62.67 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Wyoming | 2 | 7 | 367 | 52.43 | 1 | 14.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Maryland | 2 | 6 | 343 | 57.17 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Utah | 2 | 6 | 338 | 56.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Central Michigan | 1 | 5 | 301 | 60.20 | 2 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 5 | 263 | 52.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Temple | 1 | 4 | 259 | 64.75 | 2 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Air Force | 1 | 5 | 257 | 51.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | Florida International | 1 | 4 | 256 | 64.00 | 2 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | New Mexico State | 2 | 4 | 255 | 63.75 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | UCF | 1 | 4 | 247 | 61.75 | 1 | 25.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Rutgers | 1 | 4 | 229 | 57.25 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Western Michigan | 1 | 4 | 197 | 49.25 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 100 | Navy | 2 | 3 | 195 | 65.00 | 2 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | Colorado | 2 | 4 | 187 | 46.75 | 1 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Connecticut | 1 | 3 | 181 | 60.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | Nevada | 1 | 3 | 170 | 56.67 | 1 | 33.33 | 0 | 1 |
| 104 | East Carolina | 1 | 2 | 130 | 65.00 | 2 | 100.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 104 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 2 | 130 | 65.00 | 2 | 100.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 104 | UTEP | 1 | 2 | 130 | 65.00 | 2 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | Hawai'i | 1 | 2 | 124 | 62.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 108 | SMU | 1 | 2 | 121 | 60.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | Akron | 1 | 2 | 120 | 60.00 | 1 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 2 | 116 | 58.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 59 | 59.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |