2012 National Leaders Kickoffs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Kickoffs | Yards | Avg. | Touchback | Touchback % | Out-Of-Bounds | Onside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 50 | 2924 | 58.48 | 3 | 6.00 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Tennessee | 7 | 53 | 3299 | 62.25 | 17 | 32.08 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | San Jose State | 11 | 78 | 4691 | 60.14 | 21 | 26.92 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Akron | 11 | 57 | 3146 | 55.19 | 20 | 35.09 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Memphis | 12 | 55 | 3497 | 63.58 | 36 | 65.45 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | New Mexico | 11 | 58 | 3685 | 63.53 | 26 | 44.83 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Oregon State | 10 | 66 | 4095 | 62.05 | 30 | 45.45 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Rutgers | 12 | 54 | 3147 | 58.28 | 10 | 18.52 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Arkansas State | 11 | 77 | 4395 | 57.08 | 16 | 20.78 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | Indiana | 10 | 55 | 3397 | 61.76 | 24 | 43.64 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | South Carolina | 7 | 48 | 2904 | 60.50 | 23 | 47.92 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | West Virginia | 10 | 73 | 4400 | 60.27 | 19 | 26.03 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | BYU | 8 | 58 | 3488 | 60.14 | 22 | 37.93 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | UTSA | 8 | 50 | 3002 | 60.04 | 17 | 34.00 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 66 | 3941 | 59.71 | 10 | 15.15 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Purdue | 10 | 58 | 3446 | 59.41 | 11 | 18.97 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 65 | 3845 | 59.15 | 11 | 16.92 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Baylor | 10 | 75 | 4365 | 58.20 | 27 | 36.00 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Western Michigan | 11 | 59 | 3401 | 57.64 | 10 | 16.95 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | Marshall | 12 | 83 | 4685 | 56.45 | 6 | 7.23 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 52 | 2768 | 53.23 | 12 | 23.08 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | Stanford | 10 | 59 | 3789 | 64.22 | 26 | 44.07 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Tulane | 12 | 56 | 3585 | 64.02 | 31 | 55.36 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Florida State | 11 | 86 | 5464 | 63.53 | 35 | 40.70 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | East Carolina | 12 | 73 | 4579 | 62.73 | 24 | 32.88 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Duke | 10 | 68 | 4264 | 62.71 | 26 | 38.24 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Houston | 12 | 75 | 4679 | 62.39 | 26 | 34.67 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | San Diego State | 11 | 67 | 4153 | 61.99 | 32 | 47.76 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | UCF | 13 | 85 | 5254 | 61.81 | 30 | 35.29 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Penn State | 9 | 51 | 3147 | 61.71 | 18 | 35.29 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Kansas State | 10 | 80 | 4924 | 61.55 | 31 | 38.75 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Toledo | 11 | 76 | 4663 | 61.36 | 21 | 27.63 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Arizona State | 11 | 83 | 5076 | 61.16 | 34 | 40.96 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Hawai'i | 11 | 52 | 3168 | 60.92 | 9 | 17.31 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 8 | 50 | 3041 | 60.82 | 16 | 32.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Central Michigan | 12 | 68 | 4131 | 60.75 | 19 | 27.94 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 56 | 3394 | 60.61 | 16 | 28.57 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Kent State | 13 | 83 | 5028 | 60.58 | 29 | 34.94 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | South Alabama | 13 | 54 | 3231 | 59.83 | 16 | 29.63 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 81 | 4800 | 59.26 | 17 | 20.99 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Arizona | 10 | 72 | 4248 | 59.00 | 36 | 50.00 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 94 | 5533 | 58.86 | 30 | 31.91 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Boise State | 13 | 78 | 4587 | 58.81 | 14 | 17.95 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Troy | 12 | 71 | 4163 | 58.63 | 22 | 30.99 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 68 | 3955 | 58.16 | 5 | 7.35 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 60 | 3489 | 58.15 | 10 | 16.67 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | UNLV | 11 | 49 | 2812 | 57.39 | 8 | 16.33 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Bowling Green | 11 | 52 | 2975 | 57.21 | 7 | 13.46 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | Auburn | 6 | 28 | 1801 | 64.32 | 19 | 67.86 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | Rice | 13 | 80 | 5102 | 63.78 | 49 | 61.25 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 | Michigan State | 7 | 37 | 2343 | 63.32 | 17 | 45.95 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Utah State | 12 | 74 | 4671 | 63.12 | 26 | 35.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Florida | 6 | 35 | 2208 | 63.09 | 17 | 48.57 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | SMU | 12 | 75 | 4717 | 62.89 | 29 | 38.67 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 | Army | 11 | 46 | 2890 | 62.83 | 26 | 56.52 | 1 | 5 |
| 49 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 87 | 5459 | 62.75 | 60 | 68.97 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 | Georgia | 9 | 66 | 4126 | 62.52 | 31 | 46.97 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Nebraska | 10 | 70 | 4367 | 62.39 | 48 | 68.57 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Florida International | 11 | 54 | 3366 | 62.33 | 27 | 50.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 | Fresno State | 11 | 82 | 5105 | 62.26 | 24 | 29.27 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Mississippi | 7 | 48 | 2987 | 62.23 | 22 | 45.83 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Oklahoma | 9 | 69 | 4291 | 62.19 | 25 | 36.23 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Wake Forest | 8 | 37 | 2301 | 62.19 | 21 | 56.76 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | TCU | 10 | 61 | 3787 | 62.08 | 29 | 47.54 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | Connecticut | 11 | 44 | 2719 | 61.80 | 16 | 36.36 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | USC | 10 | 62 | 3826 | 61.71 | 26 | 41.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Colorado | 10 | 41 | 2528 | 61.66 | 12 | 29.27 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | LSU | 8 | 57 | 3504 | 61.47 | 19 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | California | 8 | 46 | 2812 | 61.13 | 13 | 28.26 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | Colorado State | 9 | 42 | 2557 | 60.88 | 16 | 38.10 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | Texas | 10 | 70 | 4235 | 60.50 | 26 | 37.14 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | Mississippi State | 9 | 60 | 3620 | 60.33 | 13 | 21.67 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Maryland | 10 | 46 | 2771 | 60.24 | 5 | 10.87 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | North Carolina | 11 | 85 | 5110 | 60.12 | 18 | 21.18 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Ball State | 11 | 73 | 4385 | 60.07 | 23 | 31.51 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 72 | 4309 | 59.85 | 22 | 30.56 | 1 | 3 |
| 49 | Louisville | 12 | 72 | 4309 | 59.85 | 5 | 6.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Michigan | 7 | 51 | 3046 | 59.73 | 16 | 31.37 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Missouri | 6 | 37 | 2208 | 59.68 | 10 | 27.03 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 64 | 3815 | 59.61 | 13 | 20.31 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Boston College | 8 | 41 | 2430 | 59.27 | 12 | 29.27 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | New Mexico State | 10 | 39 | 2278 | 58.41 | 17 | 43.59 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 | Washington | 8 | 42 | 2429 | 57.83 | 8 | 19.05 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 38 | 2169 | 57.08 | 7 | 18.42 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | Buffalo | 10 | 44 | 2301 | 52.30 | 11 | 25.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 86 | Arkansas | 8 | 46 | 2983 | 64.85 | 32 | 69.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | UCLA | 10 | 69 | 4423 | 64.10 | 55 | 79.71 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | North Carolina State | 10 | 56 | 3582 | 63.96 | 30 | 53.57 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Illinois | 9 | 34 | 2168 | 63.76 | 21 | 61.76 | 0 | 2 |
| 86 | Alabama | 9 | 70 | 4449 | 63.56 | 34 | 48.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | South Florida | 10 | 47 | 2982 | 63.45 | 34 | 72.34 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Temple | 10 | 52 | 3297 | 63.40 | 38 | 73.08 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Clemson | 10 | 82 | 5188 | 63.27 | 47 | 57.32 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Texas State | 10 | 57 | 3602 | 63.19 | 28 | 49.12 | 0 | 3 |
| 86 | North Texas | 10 | 45 | 2843 | 63.18 | 22 | 48.89 | 0 | 2 |
| 86 | UAB | 10 | 58 | 3653 | 62.98 | 26 | 44.83 | 0 | 5 |
| 86 | Washington State | 9 | 37 | 2328 | 62.92 | 14 | 37.84 | 0 | 2 |
| 86 | Cincinnati | 12 | 76 | 4780 | 62.89 | 35 | 46.05 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Texas A&M | 9 | 82 | 5156 | 62.88 | 52 | 63.41 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Iowa State | 10 | 54 | 3385 | 62.69 | 17 | 31.48 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Iowa | 8 | 36 | 2256 | 62.67 | 13 | 36.11 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Utah | 10 | 55 | 3436 | 62.47 | 25 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Virginia | 12 | 54 | 3360 | 62.22 | 25 | 46.30 | 0 | 2 |
| 86 | Minnesota | 10 | 45 | 2799 | 62.20 | 22 | 48.89 | 0 | 2 |
| 86 | Ohio | 13 | 86 | 5348 | 62.19 | 33 | 38.37 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 44 | 2730 | 62.05 | 14 | 31.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Notre Dame | 9 | 53 | 3288 | 62.04 | 17 | 32.08 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Tulsa | 14 | 89 | 5505 | 61.85 | 39 | 43.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Ohio State | 10 | 62 | 3832 | 61.81 | 16 | 25.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 80 | 4941 | 61.76 | 25 | 31.25 | 0 | 2 |
| 86 | Wyoming | 10 | 52 | 3208 | 61.69 | 25 | 48.08 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | UTEP | 11 | 47 | 2880 | 61.28 | 24 | 51.06 | 0 | 4 |
| 86 | Idaho | 9 | 34 | 2077 | 61.09 | 9 | 26.47 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Massachusetts | 9 | 32 | 1948 | 60.88 | 7 | 21.88 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Syracuse | 11 | 57 | 3456 | 60.63 | 20 | 35.09 | 0 | 3 |
| 86 | Navy | 11 | 60 | 3632 | 60.53 | 17 | 28.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Nevada | 12 | 81 | 4887 | 60.33 | 28 | 34.57 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 73 | 4402 | 60.30 | 18 | 24.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Oregon | 10 | 91 | 5478 | 60.20 | 13 | 14.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Air Force | 12 | 59 | 3524 | 59.73 | 25 | 42.37 | 0 | 2 |
| 86 | Texas Tech | 10 | 67 | 4000 | 59.70 | 20 | 29.85 | 0 | 3 |
| 86 | Northwestern | 10 | 67 | 3970 | 59.25 | 15 | 22.39 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Kentucky | 7 | 29 | 1706 | 58.83 | 10 | 34.48 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Kansas | 8 | 33 | 1932 | 58.55 | 7 | 21.21 | 0 | 0 |