2012 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida International | 12 | 59 | 1438 | 24.37 | 1 | 4.9 | 119.8 |
| 2 | Hawai'i | 11 | 57 | 1393 | 24.44 | 2 | 5.2 | 126.6 |
| 3 | Purdue | 12 | 58 | 1319 | 22.74 | 1 | 4.8 | 109.9 |
| 4 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 50 | 1186 | 23.72 | 1 | 4.2 | 98.8 |
| 5 | North Carolina State | 12 | 50 | 1170 | 23.40 | 2 | 4.2 | 97.5 |
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 55 | 1160 | 21.09 | 0 | 5.0 | 105.5 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | 12 | 57 | 1140 | 20.00 | 0 | 4.8 | 95.0 |
| 8 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 53 | 1137 | 21.45 | 1 | 4.4 | 94.8 |
| 9 | Central Michigan | 12 | 49 | 1133 | 23.12 | 0 | 4.1 | 94.4 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 11 | 48 | 1130 | 23.54 | 1 | 4.4 | 102.7 |
| 11 | Colorado | 11 | 52 | 1103 | 21.21 | 1 | 4.7 | 100.3 |
| 12 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 43 | 1101 | 25.60 | 1 | 3.9 | 100.1 |
| 13 | Texas State | 11 | 47 | 1096 | 23.32 | 0 | 4.3 | 99.6 |
| 13 | UTEP | 12 | 47 | 1096 | 23.32 | 2 | 3.9 | 91.3 |
| 15 | West Virginia | 12 | 55 | 1091 | 19.84 | 1 | 4.6 | 90.9 |
| 16 | Memphis | 11 | 47 | 1090 | 23.19 | 0 | 4.3 | 99.1 |
| 17 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 45 | 1087 | 24.16 | 2 | 3.8 | 90.6 |
| 18 | Temple | 10 | 44 | 1085 | 24.66 | 1 | 4.4 | 108.5 |
| 19 | Toledo | 12 | 48 | 1070 | 22.29 | 3 | 4.0 | 89.2 |
| 20 | Kansas State | 12 | 36 | 1068 | 29.67 | 2 | 3.0 | 89.0 |
| 21 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 44 | 1064 | 24.18 | 1 | 3.7 | 88.7 |
| 22 | California | 11 | 51 | 1057 | 20.73 | 0 | 4.6 | 96.1 |
| 23 | Ball State | 13 | 45 | 1056 | 23.47 | 0 | 3.5 | 81.2 |
| 24 | UNLV | 12 | 55 | 1055 | 19.18 | 0 | 4.6 | 87.9 |
| 25 | Virginia | 11 | 51 | 1020 | 20.00 | 0 | 4.6 | 92.7 |
| 26 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 42 | 1013 | 24.12 | 2 | 3.2 | 77.9 |
| 27 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 41 | 1009 | 24.61 | 0 | 3.4 | 84.1 |
| 28 | Texas | 13 | 43 | 996 | 23.16 | 1 | 3.3 | 76.6 |
| 29 | Duke | 12 | 54 | 993 | 18.39 | 0 | 4.5 | 82.8 |
| 30 | Navy | 12 | 42 | 992 | 23.62 | 1 | 3.5 | 82.7 |
| 31 | Mississippi State | 12 | 42 | 990 | 23.57 | 1 | 3.5 | 82.5 |
| 32 | Western Michigan | 11 | 49 | 986 | 20.12 | 0 | 4.5 | 89.6 |
| 33 | USC | 13 | 37 | 976 | 26.38 | 1 | 2.8 | 75.1 |
| 34 | San Jose State | 12 | 39 | 970 | 24.87 | 2 | 3.3 | 80.8 |
| 35 | Indiana | 11 | 43 | 961 | 22.35 | 1 | 3.9 | 87.4 |
| 36 | Maryland | 11 | 40 | 957 | 23.93 | 2 | 3.6 | 87.0 |
| 37 | UCLA | 14 | 43 | 951 | 22.12 | 0 | 3.1 | 67.9 |
| 38 | Baylor | 12 | 44 | 950 | 21.59 | 0 | 3.7 | 79.2 |
| 39 | Kentucky | 11 | 46 | 946 | 20.57 | 0 | 4.2 | 86.0 |
| 40 | UCF | 14 | 38 | 943 | 24.82 | 3 | 2.7 | 67.4 |
| 41 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 43 | 933 | 21.70 | 0 | 3.3 | 71.8 |
| 42 | Michigan | 13 | 42 | 926 | 22.05 | 0 | 3.2 | 71.2 |
| 42 | Ohio | 12 | 43 | 926 | 21.53 | 1 | 3.6 | 77.2 |
| 44 | Washington State | 11 | 42 | 924 | 22.00 | 0 | 3.8 | 84.0 |
| 45 | Tennessee | 11 | 48 | 922 | 19.21 | 1 | 4.4 | 83.8 |
| 46 | Fresno State | 12 | 44 | 920 | 20.91 | 0 | 3.7 | 76.7 |
| 46 | Marshall | 11 | 47 | 920 | 19.57 | 0 | 4.3 | 83.6 |
| 48 | Tulsa | 13 | 35 | 917 | 26.20 | 1 | 2.7 | 70.5 |
| 49 | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 38 | 888 | 23.37 | 1 | 3.5 | 80.7 |
| 50 | San Diego State | 12 | 37 | 885 | 23.92 | 2 | 3.1 | 73.8 |
| 51 | Kent State | 13 | 45 | 884 | 19.64 | 2 | 3.5 | 68.0 |
| 52 | East Carolina | 12 | 48 | 882 | 18.38 | 0 | 4.0 | 73.5 |
| 53 | Illinois | 11 | 47 | 877 | 18.66 | 0 | 4.3 | 79.7 |
| 54 | Rice | 13 | 38 | 876 | 23.05 | 1 | 2.9 | 67.4 |
| 55 | New Mexico State | 11 | 39 | 859 | 22.03 | 1 | 3.5 | 78.1 |
| 56 | New Mexico | 12 | 39 | 858 | 22.00 | 1 | 3.3 | 71.5 |
| 57 | Army | 11 | 43 | 857 | 19.93 | 0 | 3.9 | 77.9 |
| 58 | Boston College | 11 | 48 | 849 | 17.69 | 0 | 4.4 | 77.2 |
| 59 | Tulane | 12 | 44 | 847 | 19.25 | 0 | 3.7 | 70.6 |
| 60 | Nebraska | 13 | 40 | 844 | 21.10 | 0 | 3.1 | 64.9 |
| 61 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 39 | 843 | 21.62 | 0 | 3.3 | 70.3 |
| 62 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 36 | 841 | 23.36 | 1 | 2.8 | 64.7 |
| 63 | Washington | 12 | 41 | 840 | 20.49 | 0 | 3.4 | 70.0 |
| 64 | Idaho | 11 | 47 | 839 | 17.85 | 1 | 4.3 | 76.3 |
| 65 | Colorado State | 11 | 38 | 830 | 21.84 | 0 | 3.5 | 75.5 |
| 66 | Air Force | 12 | 36 | 826 | 22.94 | 0 | 3.0 | 68.8 |
| 67 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 46 | 820 | 17.83 | 0 | 3.8 | 68.3 |
| 68 | Nevada | 12 | 39 | 819 | 21.00 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.3 |
| 68 | Kansas | 11 | 42 | 819 | 19.50 | 0 | 3.8 | 74.5 |
| 70 | Oklahoma | 12 | 32 | 817 | 25.53 | 1 | 2.7 | 68.1 |
| 71 | Texas Tech | 12 | 35 | 812 | 23.20 | 2 | 2.9 | 67.7 |
| 71 | Mississippi | 12 | 41 | 812 | 19.80 | 1 | 3.4 | 67.7 |
| 73 | South Alabama | 12 | 39 | 811 | 20.79 | 0 | 3.3 | 67.6 |
| 74 | Missouri | 11 | 34 | 808 | 23.76 | 2 | 3.1 | 73.5 |
| 75 | Florida | 12 | 35 | 806 | 23.03 | 1 | 2.9 | 67.2 |
| 76 | Utah | 11 | 31 | 803 | 25.90 | 4 | 2.8 | 73.0 |
| 77 | Houston | 12 | 41 | 801 | 19.54 | 0 | 3.4 | 66.8 |
| 78 | TCU | 12 | 35 | 797 | 22.77 | 0 | 2.9 | 66.4 |
| 79 | Utah State | 12 | 36 | 772 | 21.44 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.3 |
| 80 | Minnesota | 12 | 39 | 768 | 19.69 | 0 | 3.3 | 64.0 |
| 81 | Arizona State | 12 | 33 | 754 | 22.85 | 1 | 2.8 | 62.8 |
| 82 | Bowling Green | 12 | 37 | 750 | 20.27 | 0 | 3.1 | 62.5 |
| 82 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 39 | 750 | 19.23 | 0 | 3.5 | 68.2 |
| 84 | Auburn | 11 | 33 | 746 | 22.61 | 1 | 3.0 | 67.8 |
| 85 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 35 | 743 | 21.23 | 0 | 3.2 | 67.5 |
| 86 | Cincinnati | 11 | 30 | 728 | 24.27 | 0 | 2.7 | 66.2 |
| 87 | Troy | 12 | 39 | 721 | 18.49 | 0 | 3.3 | 60.1 |
| 88 | LSU | 12 | 28 | 720 | 25.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 60.0 |
| 88 | North Texas | 11 | 37 | 720 | 19.46 | 0 | 3.4 | 65.5 |
| 90 | Buffalo | 11 | 39 | 714 | 18.31 | 0 | 3.5 | 64.9 |
| 91 | Florida State | 12 | 29 | 712 | 24.55 | 0 | 2.4 | 59.3 |
| 92 | Clemson | 12 | 34 | 708 | 20.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 59.0 |
| 93 | Michigan State | 13 | 36 | 707 | 19.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.4 |
| 94 | Syracuse | 12 | 36 | 705 | 19.58 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.8 |
| 95 | Stanford | 14 | 31 | 704 | 22.71 | 0 | 2.2 | 50.3 |
| 95 | Akron | 11 | 44 | 704 | 16.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 64.0 |
| 97 | Boise State | 13 | 27 | 702 | 26.00 | 0 | 2.1 | 54.0 |
| 98 | Iowa | 11 | 32 | 699 | 21.84 | 1 | 2.9 | 63.5 |
| 99 | UAB | 11 | 33 | 687 | 20.82 | 0 | 3.0 | 62.5 |
| 100 | Iowa State | 12 | 35 | 685 | 19.57 | 0 | 2.9 | 57.1 |
| 101 | Arkansas State | 12 | 36 | 681 | 18.92 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.8 |
| 102 | SMU | 12 | 29 | 673 | 23.21 | 0 | 2.4 | 56.1 |
| 103 | Oregon | 12 | 33 | 665 | 20.15 | 1 | 2.8 | 55.4 |
| 104 | Georgia | 13 | 30 | 660 | 22.00 | 1 | 2.3 | 50.8 |
| 105 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 34 | 658 | 19.35 | 0 | 3.1 | 59.8 |
| 106 | Northwestern | 12 | 31 | 647 | 20.87 | 0 | 2.6 | 53.9 |
| 107 | Wake Forest | 11 | 38 | 622 | 16.37 | 0 | 3.5 | 56.5 |
| 108 | Oregon State | 12 | 33 | 613 | 18.58 | 0 | 2.8 | 51.1 |
| 109 | UTSA | 8 | 35 | 603 | 17.23 | 0 | 4.4 | 75.4 |
| 110 | Louisville | 12 | 34 | 594 | 17.47 | 0 | 2.8 | 49.5 |
| 111 | Notre Dame | 13 | 30 | 588 | 19.60 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.2 |
| 112 | Connecticut | 12 | 30 | 587 | 19.57 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.9 |
| 113 | Ohio State | 12 | 29 | 578 | 19.93 | 0 | 2.4 | 48.2 |
| 114 | Texas A&M | 11 | 28 | 572 | 20.43 | 0 | 2.5 | 52.0 |
| 115 | South Florida | 11 | 33 | 571 | 17.30 | 0 | 3.0 | 51.9 |
| 116 | South Carolina | 12 | 26 | 563 | 21.65 | 0 | 2.2 | 46.9 |
| 117 | Arizona | 12 | 29 | 560 | 19.31 | 0 | 2.4 | 46.7 |
| 118 | Rutgers | 12 | 24 | 557 | 23.21 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.4 |
| 119 | BYU | 12 | 24 | 551 | 22.96 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.9 |
| 120 | Penn State | 12 | 30 | 542 | 18.07 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.2 |
| 121 | Wyoming | 11 | 29 | 519 | 17.90 | 0 | 2.6 | 47.2 |
| 122 | Alabama | 13 | 21 | 503 | 23.95 | 1 | 1.6 | 38.7 |
| 123 | Arkansas | 11 | 27 | 470 | 17.41 | 0 | 2.5 | 42.7 |
| 124 | Wisconsin | 13 | 20 | 447 | 22.35 | 0 | 1.5 | 34.4 |