2012 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | 10 | 28 | 734 | 26.21 | 4 | 2.8 | 73.4 |
| 2 | UCF | 13 | 33 | 861 | 26.09 | 3 | 2.5 | 66.2 |
| 2 | Kent State | 13 | 42 | 927 | 22.07 | 3 | 3.2 | 71.3 |
| 4 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 32 | 940 | 29.38 | 2 | 3.6 | 104.4 |
| 4 | Kansas State | 10 | 27 | 782 | 28.96 | 2 | 2.7 | 78.2 |
| 4 | New Mexico | 11 | 31 | 826 | 26.65 | 2 | 2.8 | 75.1 |
| 4 | San Jose State | 11 | 35 | 924 | 26.40 | 2 | 3.2 | 84.0 |
| 4 | Maryland | 10 | 30 | 780 | 26.00 | 2 | 3.0 | 78.0 |
| 4 | Hawai'i | 11 | 51 | 1287 | 25.24 | 2 | 4.6 | 117.0 |
| 4 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 38 | 949 | 24.97 | 2 | 3.5 | 86.3 |
| 4 | Texas Tech | 10 | 24 | 593 | 24.71 | 2 | 2.4 | 59.3 |
| 4 | UTEP | 11 | 43 | 1030 | 23.95 | 2 | 3.9 | 93.6 |
| 4 | Toledo | 11 | 41 | 916 | 22.34 | 2 | 3.7 | 83.3 |
| 14 | Missouri | 6 | 14 | 400 | 28.57 | 1 | 2.3 | 66.7 |
| 14 | Alabama | 9 | 12 | 339 | 28.25 | 1 | 1.3 | 37.7 |
| 14 | Auburn | 6 | 16 | 435 | 27.19 | 1 | 2.7 | 72.5 |
| 14 | Tulsa | 14 | 36 | 959 | 26.64 | 1 | 2.6 | 68.5 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 9 | 22 | 582 | 26.45 | 1 | 2.4 | 64.7 |
| 14 | USC | 10 | 21 | 553 | 26.33 | 1 | 2.1 | 55.3 |
| 14 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 44 | 1129 | 25.66 | 1 | 3.7 | 94.1 |
| 14 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 38 | 949 | 24.97 | 1 | 3.5 | 86.3 |
| 14 | Texas | 10 | 27 | 667 | 24.70 | 1 | 2.7 | 66.7 |
| 14 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 33 | 804 | 24.36 | 1 | 3.3 | 80.4 |
| 14 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 34 | 809 | 23.79 | 1 | 2.6 | 62.2 |
| 14 | Florida International | 11 | 54 | 1283 | 23.76 | 1 | 4.9 | 116.6 |
| 14 | Navy | 11 | 34 | 808 | 23.76 | 1 | 3.1 | 73.5 |
| 14 | Iowa | 8 | 23 | 543 | 23.61 | 1 | 2.9 | 67.9 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 11 | 42 | 983 | 23.40 | 1 | 3.8 | 89.4 |
| 14 | Mississippi State | 9 | 23 | 535 | 23.26 | 1 | 2.6 | 59.4 |
| 14 | San Diego State | 11 | 32 | 741 | 23.16 | 1 | 2.9 | 67.4 |
| 14 | Rice | 13 | 38 | 876 | 23.05 | 1 | 2.9 | 67.4 |
| 14 | Georgia | 9 | 24 | 550 | 22.92 | 1 | 2.7 | 61.1 |
| 14 | Arizona State | 11 | 25 | 571 | 22.84 | 1 | 2.3 | 51.9 |
| 14 | Colorado | 10 | 46 | 1022 | 22.22 | 1 | 4.6 | 102.2 |
| 14 | New Mexico State | 10 | 38 | 820 | 21.58 | 1 | 3.8 | 82.0 |
| 14 | North Carolina State | 10 | 33 | 711 | 21.55 | 1 | 3.3 | 71.1 |
| 14 | Ohio | 13 | 45 | 968 | 21.51 | 1 | 3.5 | 74.5 |
| 14 | East Carolina | 12 | 43 | 874 | 20.33 | 1 | 3.6 | 72.8 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 7 | 31 | 627 | 20.23 | 1 | 4.4 | 89.6 |
| 14 | Idaho | 9 | 34 | 648 | 19.06 | 1 | 3.8 | 72.0 |
| 41 | BYU | 8 | 17 | 451 | 26.53 | 0 | 2.1 | 56.4 |
| 41 | Boise State | 13 | 27 | 702 | 26.00 | 0 | 2.1 | 54.0 |
| 41 | Wisconsin | 8 | 12 | 306 | 25.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 38.3 |
| 41 | Rutgers | 12 | 19 | 482 | 25.37 | 0 | 1.6 | 40.2 |
| 41 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 41 | 1036 | 25.27 | 0 | 3.4 | 86.3 |
| 41 | South Carolina | 7 | 7 | 175 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 41 | Colorado State | 9 | 29 | 722 | 24.90 | 0 | 3.2 | 80.2 |
| 41 | Texas State | 10 | 50 | 1237 | 24.74 | 0 | 5.0 | 123.7 |
| 41 | Nebraska | 10 | 22 | 542 | 24.64 | 0 | 2.2 | 54.2 |
| 41 | LSU | 8 | 19 | 465 | 24.47 | 0 | 2.4 | 58.1 |
| 41 | SMU | 12 | 27 | 649 | 24.04 | 0 | 2.3 | 54.1 |
| 41 | Stanford | 10 | 23 | 541 | 23.52 | 0 | 2.3 | 54.1 |
| 41 | Cincinnati | 12 | 29 | 679 | 23.41 | 0 | 2.4 | 56.6 |
| 41 | Ball State | 11 | 40 | 936 | 23.40 | 0 | 3.6 | 85.1 |
| 41 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 32 | 747 | 23.34 | 0 | 3.6 | 83.0 |
| 41 | Central Michigan | 12 | 48 | 1105 | 23.02 | 0 | 4.0 | 92.1 |
| 41 | UCLA | 10 | 31 | 710 | 22.90 | 0 | 3.1 | 71.0 |
| 41 | Memphis | 12 | 50 | 1142 | 22.84 | 0 | 4.2 | 95.2 |
| 41 | Air Force | 12 | 36 | 814 | 22.61 | 0 | 3.0 | 67.8 |
| 41 | Temple | 10 | 40 | 899 | 22.48 | 0 | 4.0 | 89.9 |
| 41 | TCU | 10 | 27 | 606 | 22.44 | 0 | 2.7 | 60.6 |
| 41 | Florida State | 11 | 21 | 467 | 22.24 | 0 | 1.9 | 42.5 |
| 41 | Utah State | 12 | 33 | 727 | 22.03 | 0 | 2.8 | 60.6 |
| 41 | Baylor | 10 | 41 | 903 | 22.02 | 0 | 4.1 | 90.3 |
| 41 | Purdue | 10 | 45 | 990 | 22.00 | 0 | 4.5 | 99.0 |
| 41 | Mississippi | 7 | 16 | 350 | 21.88 | 0 | 2.3 | 50.0 |
| 41 | Michigan State | 7 | 16 | 350 | 21.88 | 0 | 2.3 | 50.0 |
| 41 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 28 | 608 | 21.71 | 0 | 2.5 | 55.3 |
| 41 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 43 | 933 | 21.70 | 0 | 3.3 | 71.8 |
| 41 | Arizona | 10 | 18 | 388 | 21.56 | 0 | 1.8 | 38.8 |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 53 | 1141 | 21.53 | 0 | 4.8 | 103.7 |
| 41 | Clemson | 10 | 30 | 644 | 21.47 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.4 |
| 41 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 21 | 448 | 21.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 49.8 |
| 41 | Massachusetts | 9 | 37 | 787 | 21.27 | 0 | 4.1 | 87.4 |
| 41 | Washington | 8 | 20 | 424 | 21.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 53.0 |
| 41 | Fresno State | 11 | 36 | 762 | 21.17 | 0 | 3.3 | 69.3 |
| 41 | Virginia | 12 | 55 | 1152 | 20.95 | 0 | 4.6 | 96.0 |
| 41 | Kansas | 8 | 24 | 501 | 20.88 | 0 | 3.0 | 62.6 |
| 41 | South Alabama | 13 | 40 | 833 | 20.83 | 0 | 3.1 | 64.1 |
| 41 | Minnesota | 10 | 31 | 640 | 20.65 | 0 | 3.1 | 64.0 |
| 41 | Washington State | 9 | 31 | 639 | 20.61 | 0 | 3.4 | 71.0 |
| 41 | Nevada | 12 | 39 | 801 | 20.54 | 0 | 3.3 | 66.8 |
| 41 | Connecticut | 11 | 27 | 553 | 20.48 | 0 | 2.5 | 50.3 |
| 41 | Wyoming | 10 | 20 | 409 | 20.45 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.9 |
| 41 | Kentucky | 7 | 24 | 489 | 20.38 | 0 | 3.4 | 69.9 |
| 41 | Notre Dame | 9 | 21 | 428 | 20.38 | 0 | 2.3 | 47.6 |
| 41 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 38 | 768 | 20.21 | 0 | 4.2 | 85.3 |
| 41 | Michigan | 7 | 16 | 323 | 20.19 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.1 |
| 41 | California | 8 | 30 | 600 | 20.00 | 0 | 3.8 | 75.0 |
| 41 | Ohio State | 10 | 23 | 460 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.0 |
| 41 | Army | 11 | 42 | 836 | 19.90 | 0 | 3.8 | 76.0 |
| 41 | UNLV | 11 | 46 | 915 | 19.89 | 0 | 4.2 | 83.2 |
| 41 | Marshall | 12 | 51 | 1014 | 19.88 | 0 | 4.3 | 84.5 |
| 41 | UTSA | 8 | 27 | 533 | 19.74 | 0 | 3.4 | 66.6 |
| 41 | Indiana | 10 | 31 | 610 | 19.68 | 0 | 3.1 | 61.0 |
| 41 | Western Michigan | 11 | 48 | 943 | 19.65 | 0 | 4.4 | 85.7 |
| 41 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 26 | 510 | 19.62 | 0 | 2.6 | 51.0 |
| 41 | UAB | 10 | 29 | 567 | 19.55 | 0 | 2.9 | 56.7 |
| 41 | Houston | 12 | 41 | 801 | 19.54 | 0 | 3.4 | 66.8 |
| 41 | Buffalo | 10 | 38 | 739 | 19.45 | 0 | 3.8 | 73.9 |
| 41 | Tulane | 12 | 44 | 847 | 19.25 | 0 | 3.7 | 70.6 |
| 41 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 34 | 654 | 19.24 | 0 | 3.4 | 65.4 |
| 41 | Texas A&M | 9 | 23 | 441 | 19.17 | 0 | 2.6 | 49.0 |
| 41 | Northwestern | 10 | 23 | 441 | 19.17 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.1 |
| 41 | Oregon State | 10 | 22 | 417 | 18.95 | 0 | 2.2 | 41.7 |
| 41 | Penn State | 9 | 17 | 322 | 18.94 | 0 | 1.9 | 35.8 |
| 41 | North Texas | 10 | 30 | 568 | 18.93 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.8 |
| 41 | Arkansas State | 11 | 28 | 524 | 18.71 | 0 | 2.5 | 47.6 |
| 41 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 42 | 784 | 18.67 | 0 | 3.5 | 65.3 |
| 41 | Troy | 12 | 39 | 721 | 18.49 | 0 | 3.3 | 60.1 |
| 41 | Bowling Green | 11 | 30 | 554 | 18.47 | 0 | 2.7 | 50.4 |
| 41 | Duke | 10 | 42 | 775 | 18.45 | 0 | 4.2 | 77.5 |
| 41 | Syracuse | 11 | 28 | 515 | 18.39 | 0 | 2.5 | 46.8 |
| 41 | South Florida | 10 | 26 | 476 | 18.31 | 0 | 2.6 | 47.6 |
| 41 | Iowa State | 10 | 27 | 490 | 18.15 | 0 | 2.7 | 49.0 |
| 41 | Illinois | 9 | 29 | 521 | 17.97 | 0 | 3.2 | 57.9 |
| 41 | Louisville | 12 | 34 | 606 | 17.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 50.5 |
| 41 | Wake Forest | 8 | 19 | 332 | 17.47 | 0 | 2.4 | 41.5 |
| 41 | Florida | 6 | 15 | 261 | 17.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 43.5 |
| 41 | Akron | 11 | 41 | 698 | 17.02 | 0 | 3.7 | 63.5 |
| 41 | Boston College | 8 | 27 | 456 | 16.89 | 0 | 3.4 | 57.0 |
| 41 | Oregon | 10 | 27 | 453 | 16.78 | 0 | 2.7 | 45.3 |
| 41 | West Virginia | 10 | 34 | 568 | 16.71 | 0 | 3.4 | 56.8 |
| 41 | Arkansas | 8 | 20 | 318 | 15.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 39.8 |