2012 National Leaders Long Punt Return Plays - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
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| Name | G | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Air Force | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Akron | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Alabama | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Arizona | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Arizona State | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Arkansas State | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Army | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Auburn | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | BYU | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ball State | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Baylor | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Boise State | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Boston College | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Bowling Green | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Buffalo | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | California | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Central Michigan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Cincinnati | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Clemson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Colorado | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Colorado State | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Connecticut | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Duke | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | East Carolina | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Florida | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Florida International | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Florida State | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Fresno State | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Georgia | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hawai'i | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Houston | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Idaho | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Illinois | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Indiana | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Iowa | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Iowa State | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kansas | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kansas State | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Kent State | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kentucky | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | LSU | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Louisville | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Marshall | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Maryland | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Memphis | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Michigan | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Minnesota | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Mississippi | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Mississippi State | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Missouri | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Navy | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nebraska | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Nevada | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | New Mexico | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | New Mexico State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | North Carolina State | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | North Texas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Northwestern | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ohio | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Oregon | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Oregon State | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Penn State | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Purdue | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Rice | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Rutgers | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | SMU | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | San Diego State | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | San Jose State | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | South Alabama | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | South Carolina | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | South Florida | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Stanford | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Syracuse | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | TCU | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Temple | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Texas | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Texas State | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Texas Tech | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Toledo | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Troy | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tulane | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tulsa | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | UAB | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | UCF | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | UCLA | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | UNLV | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | USC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | UTEP | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | UTSA | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Utah | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Utah State | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Virginia | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Wake Forest | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Washington | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Washington State | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | West Virginia | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Wyoming | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |