2012 National Leaders Kickoffs - Games in October Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Kickoffs | Yards | Avg. | Touchback | Touchback % | Out-Of-Bounds | Onside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 31 | 1906 | 61.48 | 18 | 58.06 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 20 | 1295 | 64.75 | 17 | 85.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Tulane | 4 | 24 | 1534 | 63.92 | 17 | 70.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | TCU | 4 | 25 | 1587 | 63.48 | 17 | 68.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Rice | 4 | 23 | 1459 | 63.43 | 16 | 69.57 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | USC | 4 | 27 | 1712 | 63.41 | 16 | 59.26 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Houston | 4 | 33 | 2102 | 63.70 | 15 | 45.45 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 4 | 29 | 1834 | 63.24 | 15 | 51.72 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Kansas State | 4 | 36 | 2208 | 61.33 | 15 | 41.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Clemson | 3 | 23 | 1477 | 64.22 | 14 | 60.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Syracuse | 4 | 22 | 1411 | 64.14 | 14 | 63.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Florida State | 4 | 31 | 1960 | 63.23 | 14 | 45.16 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | UCLA | 3 | 16 | 1040 | 65.00 | 13 | 81.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Air Force | 4 | 23 | 1417 | 61.61 | 13 | 56.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Arkansas | 3 | 19 | 1223 | 64.37 | 12 | 63.16 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | SMU | 4 | 32 | 2039 | 63.72 | 12 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | South Florida | 3 | 19 | 1200 | 63.16 | 12 | 63.16 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Arizona | 3 | 25 | 1562 | 62.48 | 12 | 48.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Indiana | 4 | 25 | 1511 | 60.44 | 12 | 48.00 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | UAB | 4 | 25 | 1604 | 64.16 | 11 | 44.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Arizona State | 3 | 20 | 1266 | 63.30 | 11 | 55.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Michigan State | 4 | 16 | 1012 | 63.25 | 11 | 68.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Notre Dame | 4 | 23 | 1440 | 62.61 | 11 | 47.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Oklahoma | 4 | 32 | 2001 | 62.53 | 11 | 34.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Oregon State | 4 | 20 | 1245 | 62.25 | 11 | 55.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Florida International | 4 | 21 | 1297 | 61.76 | 11 | 52.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Stanford | 4 | 20 | 1284 | 64.20 | 10 | 50.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Florida | 4 | 22 | 1411 | 64.14 | 10 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Ohio | 3 | 19 | 1185 | 62.37 | 10 | 52.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Army | 4 | 19 | 1183 | 62.26 | 10 | 52.63 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | San Diego State | 4 | 27 | 1656 | 61.33 | 10 | 37.04 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 30 | 1796 | 59.87 | 10 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Texas Tech | 4 | 23 | 1284 | 55.83 | 10 | 43.48 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Temple | 4 | 15 | 966 | 64.40 | 9 | 60.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Auburn | 4 | 14 | 894 | 63.86 | 9 | 64.29 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Tulsa | 3 | 20 | 1271 | 63.55 | 9 | 45.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Utah State | 4 | 27 | 1681 | 62.26 | 9 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Fresno State | 4 | 23 | 1375 | 59.78 | 9 | 39.13 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Mississippi | 3 | 19 | 1135 | 59.74 | 9 | 47.37 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Nevada | 4 | 24 | 1421 | 59.21 | 9 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | North Texas | 3 | 14 | 889 | 63.50 | 8 | 57.14 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | California | 4 | 21 | 1316 | 62.67 | 8 | 38.10 | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | Texas State | 3 | 15 | 934 | 62.27 | 8 | 53.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 15 | 931 | 62.07 | 8 | 53.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | North Carolina State | 3 | 15 | 926 | 61.73 | 8 | 53.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Arkansas State | 3 | 23 | 1412 | 61.39 | 8 | 34.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Boston College | 4 | 17 | 1043 | 61.35 | 8 | 47.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | North Carolina | 4 | 28 | 1707 | 60.96 | 8 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Kent State | 4 | 28 | 1688 | 60.29 | 8 | 28.57 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Michigan | 4 | 26 | 1562 | 60.08 | 8 | 30.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Utah | 4 | 18 | 1067 | 59.28 | 8 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | UTEP | 4 | 13 | 766 | 58.92 | 8 | 61.54 | 0 | 2 |
| 53 | Memphis | 4 | 12 | 771 | 64.25 | 7 | 58.33 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 | Minnesota | 3 | 14 | 885 | 63.21 | 7 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 | East Carolina | 4 | 25 | 1567 | 62.68 | 7 | 28.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Penn State | 3 | 18 | 1126 | 62.56 | 7 | 38.89 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 | Alabama | 3 | 22 | 1361 | 61.86 | 7 | 31.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Navy | 4 | 26 | 1586 | 61.00 | 7 | 26.92 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Toledo | 4 | 31 | 1889 | 60.94 | 7 | 22.58 | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | Troy | 3 | 19 | 1148 | 60.42 | 7 | 36.84 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Texas | 4 | 24 | 1420 | 59.17 | 7 | 29.17 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 | Baylor | 3 | 17 | 995 | 58.53 | 7 | 41.18 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Iowa State | 4 | 19 | 1196 | 62.95 | 6 | 31.58 | 0 | 1 |
| 63 | Duke | 4 | 21 | 1306 | 62.19 | 6 | 28.57 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 17 | 1048 | 61.65 | 6 | 35.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | UCF | 4 | 29 | 1787 | 61.62 | 6 | 20.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Tennessee | 3 | 16 | 984 | 61.50 | 6 | 37.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 23 | 1412 | 61.39 | 6 | 26.09 | 2 | 1 |
| 63 | Nebraska | 3 | 19 | 1153 | 60.68 | 6 | 31.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Kentucky | 4 | 12 | 713 | 59.42 | 6 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 63 | Wyoming | 4 | 16 | 942 | 58.88 | 6 | 37.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Mississippi State | 4 | 23 | 1350 | 58.70 | 6 | 26.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 24 | 1396 | 58.17 | 6 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Akron | 4 | 12 | 681 | 56.75 | 6 | 50.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | South Carolina | 4 | 20 | 1095 | 54.75 | 6 | 30.00 | 4 | 0 |
| 63 | Buffalo | 4 | 15 | 767 | 51.13 | 6 | 40.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 13 | 661 | 50.85 | 6 | 46.15 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | New Mexico | 4 | 23 | 1439 | 62.57 | 5 | 21.74 | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | Central Michigan | 4 | 21 | 1305 | 62.14 | 5 | 23.81 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | BYU | 4 | 18 | 1113 | 61.83 | 5 | 27.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Virginia | 3 | 11 | 652 | 59.27 | 5 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Wisconsin | 4 | 23 | 1342 | 58.35 | 5 | 21.74 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Wake Forest | 3 | 11 | 633 | 57.55 | 5 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 20 | 1149 | 57.45 | 5 | 25.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Washington State | 3 | 10 | 643 | 64.30 | 4 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Hawai'i | 3 | 14 | 871 | 62.21 | 4 | 28.57 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 19 | 1176 | 61.89 | 4 | 21.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | LSU | 3 | 14 | 859 | 61.36 | 4 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Illinois | 3 | 7 | 425 | 60.71 | 4 | 57.14 | 0 | 1 |
| 85 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 18 | 1092 | 60.67 | 4 | 22.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Missouri | 3 | 16 | 965 | 60.31 | 4 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | South Alabama | 3 | 17 | 1018 | 59.88 | 4 | 23.53 | 1 | 1 |
| 85 | San Jose State | 3 | 21 | 1251 | 59.57 | 4 | 19.05 | 4 | 0 |
| 85 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 34 | 2002 | 58.88 | 4 | 11.76 | 1 | 2 |
| 85 | Bowling Green | 4 | 22 | 1295 | 58.86 | 4 | 18.18 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Colorado State | 3 | 11 | 643 | 58.45 | 4 | 36.36 | 1 | 1 |
| 85 | West Virginia | 3 | 14 | 808 | 57.71 | 4 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Rutgers | 4 | 21 | 1202 | 57.24 | 4 | 19.05 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | Connecticut | 3 | 8 | 518 | 64.75 | 3 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Massachusetts | 3 | 6 | 376 | 62.67 | 3 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Iowa | 3 | 10 | 614 | 61.40 | 3 | 30.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 99 | Ball State | 4 | 26 | 1590 | 61.15 | 3 | 11.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Ohio State | 4 | 30 | 1805 | 60.17 | 3 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Boise State | 4 | 27 | 1611 | 59.67 | 3 | 11.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Maryland | 4 | 20 | 1189 | 59.45 | 3 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 19 | 1126 | 59.26 | 3 | 15.79 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Washington | 4 | 16 | 945 | 59.06 | 3 | 18.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Northwestern | 4 | 19 | 1100 | 57.89 | 3 | 15.79 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | New Mexico State | 3 | 8 | 463 | 57.88 | 3 | 37.50 | 0 | 1 |
| 110 | Oregon | 3 | 27 | 1651 | 61.15 | 2 | 7.41 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 15 | 909 | 60.60 | 2 | 13.33 | 0 | 2 |
| 110 | UTSA | 3 | 13 | 760 | 58.46 | 2 | 15.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | UNLV | 4 | 17 | 976 | 57.41 | 2 | 11.76 | 1 | 0 |
| 110 | Kansas | 4 | 12 | 672 | 56.00 | 2 | 16.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | Purdue | 4 | 16 | 888 | 55.50 | 2 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | Colorado | 3 | 9 | 493 | 54.78 | 2 | 22.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | Georgia | 3 | 11 | 680 | 61.82 | 1 | 9.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | Idaho | 3 | 13 | 799 | 61.46 | 1 | 7.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | Louisville | 3 | 19 | 1136 | 59.79 | 1 | 5.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 15 | 887 | 59.13 | 1 | 6.67 | 1 | 0 |
| 117 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 9 | 518 | 57.56 | 1 | 11.11 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 22 | 1252 | 56.91 | 1 | 4.55 | 2 | 1 |
| 117 | Western Michigan | 4 | 21 | 1119 | 53.29 | 1 | 4.76 | 3 | 3 |
| 124 | Marshall | 3 | 21 | 1256 | 59.81 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |