2012 National Leaders Turnover Margin - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Fum. Gain | Int. Gain | Total Gain | Fum. Lost | Int. Lost | Total Lost | Margin | Margin/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | 6 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1.67 |
| 2 | UTSA | 8 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 1.88 |
| 3 | Michigan State | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0.71 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0.50 |
| 5 | Alabama | 9 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 1.89 |
| 5 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 1.67 |
| 5 | West Virginia | 10 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1.00 |
| 5 | Michigan | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0.29 |
| 9 | Mississippi State | 9 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 2.33 |
| 9 | Penn State | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1.11 |
| 9 | Missouri | 6 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1.00 |
| 12 | Kansas State | 10 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 1.70 |
| 12 | New Mexico | 11 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 1.27 |
| 12 | Stanford | 10 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1.10 |
| 12 | Iowa | 8 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1.00 |
| 12 | Arkansas State | 11 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0.82 |
| 12 | Texas | 10 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0.70 |
| 12 | Notre Dame | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0.56 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 20 | Ohio | 13 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1.15 |
| 20 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1.00 |
| 20 | South Carolina | 7 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1.00 |
| 20 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0.82 |
| 20 | Wyoming | 10 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0.80 |
| 20 | Tennessee | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0.14 |
| 26 | BYU | 8 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0.88 |
| 26 | Wake Forest | 8 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0.88 |
| 28 | LSU | 8 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1.00 |
| 28 | UCF | 13 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0.92 |
| 28 | Louisville | 12 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0.75 |
| 28 | Georgia | 9 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 0.67 |
| 28 | Ball State | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 33 | Oregon State | 10 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 1.30 |
| 33 | Utah | 10 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0.70 |
| 33 | Texas State | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 0.70 |
| 33 | Navy | 11 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0.36 |
| 33 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0.33 |
| 38 | Northwestern | 10 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 0.80 |
| 38 | Toledo | 11 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 0.73 |
| 38 | Central Michigan | 12 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0.33 |
| 38 | Kansas | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0.25 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0.14 |
| 38 | Oklahoma | 9 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -2 | -0.22 |
| 44 | Bowling Green | 11 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0.45 |
| 44 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0.40 |
| 44 | Temple | 10 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0.20 |
| 44 | Ohio State | 10 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -2 | -0.20 |
| 44 | Texas A&M | 9 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 15 | -3 | -0.33 |
| 44 | Indiana | 10 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -6 | -0.60 |
| 44 | Auburn | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | -1.50 |
| 51 | Boise State | 13 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 1.54 |
| 51 | Kent State | 13 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 1.46 |
| 51 | Cincinnati | 12 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 0.92 |
| 51 | North Carolina | 11 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 0.73 |
| 51 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0.36 |
| 51 | Clemson | 10 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0.30 |
| 51 | Minnesota | 10 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 51 | North Texas | 10 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 51 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -4 | -0.40 |
| 60 | Washington | 8 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 0.75 |
| 60 | East Carolina | 12 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0.33 |
| 60 | Duke | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -3 | -0.30 |
| 60 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 17 | -5 | -0.50 |
| 64 | Fresno State | 11 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 1.18 |
| 64 | Oregon | 10 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 1.10 |
| 64 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 0.83 |
| 64 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 0.62 |
| 64 | Texas Tech | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -8 | -0.80 |
| 64 | Arkansas | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -7 | -0.88 |
| 64 | Boston College | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -7 | -0.88 |
| 71 | Rutgers | 12 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 1.00 |
| 71 | Arizona State | 11 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 0.64 |
| 71 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 0.54 |
| 71 | Baylor | 10 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 71 | California | 8 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 71 | Florida State | 11 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 19 | -1 | -0.09 |
| 71 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -1 | -0.09 |
| 71 | Syracuse | 11 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 19 | -2 | -0.18 |
| 71 | Buffalo | 10 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 19 | -4 | -0.40 |
| 71 | UNLV | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -7 | -0.64 |
| 81 | Arizona | 10 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0.20 |
| 81 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0.17 |
| 81 | Utah State | 12 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 20 | -1 | -0.08 |
| 81 | Purdue | 10 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 20 | -1 | -0.10 |
| 81 | Marshall | 12 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -2 | -0.17 |
| 81 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -4 | -0.36 |
| 81 | Massachusetts | 9 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -5 | -0.56 |
| 88 | San Jose State | 11 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 0.91 |
| 88 | UCLA | 10 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0.60 |
| 88 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 88 | Nevada | 12 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 21 | -3 | -0.25 |
| 88 | Florida International | 11 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 21 | -5 | -0.45 |
| 88 | Colorado State | 9 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 21 | -6 | -0.67 |
| 88 | New Mexico State | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 21 | -13 | -1.30 |
| 88 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -12 | -1.33 |
| 96 | SMU | 12 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 1.25 |
| 96 | Rice | 13 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 0.38 |
| 96 | Iowa State | 10 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 96 | San Diego State | 11 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 0.09 |
| 96 | Washington State | 9 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -6 | -0.67 |
| 96 | Army | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 22 | -11 | -1.00 |
| 102 | UTEP | 11 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -4 | -0.36 |
| 102 | Nebraska | 10 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 23 | -6 | -0.60 |
| 102 | Illinois | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 23 | -10 | -1.11 |
| 105 | Tulsa | 14 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 0.21 |
| 105 | Memphis | 12 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 24 | -1 | -0.08 |
| 105 | UAB | 10 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 24 | -8 | -0.80 |
| 105 | Akron | 11 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -12 | -1.09 |
| 105 | South Florida | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 24 | -16 | -1.60 |
| 110 | TCU | 10 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 25 | -1 | -0.10 |
| 110 | North Carolina State | 10 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 25 | -4 | -0.40 |
| 110 | Maryland | 10 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 25 | -10 | -1.00 |
| 110 | Connecticut | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -14 | -1.27 |
| 114 | USC | 10 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 0.30 |
| 114 | Troy | 12 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 26 | -6 | -0.50 |
| 114 | Virginia | 12 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 26 | -14 | -1.17 |
| 117 | Hawai'i | 11 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 28 | -9 | -0.82 |
| 118 | Air Force | 12 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 29 | -14 | -1.17 |
| 118 | Colorado | 10 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 29 | -15 | -1.50 |
| 118 | Idaho | 9 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 29 | -14 | -1.56 |
| 121 | Western Michigan | 11 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 30 | -13 | -1.18 |
| 122 | Tulane | 12 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 33 | -9 | -0.75 |
| 122 | South Alabama | 13 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 33 | -12 | -0.92 |
| 124 | Houston | 12 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 15 | 20 | 35 | -4 | -0.33 |