2012 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. BCS non-Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawai'i | 10 | 52 | 1287 | 24.75 | 2 | 5.2 | 128.7 |
| 2 | Florida International | 10 | 50 | 1201 | 24.02 | 1 | 5.0 | 120.1 |
| 3 | UNLV | 10 | 51 | 995 | 19.51 | 0 | 5.1 | 99.5 |
| 4 | Central Michigan | 10 | 44 | 991 | 22.52 | 0 | 4.4 | 99.1 |
| 5 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 45 | 963 | 21.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 107.0 |
| 6 | Memphis | 10 | 43 | 959 | 22.30 | 0 | 4.3 | 95.9 |
| 7 | San Jose State | 11 | 37 | 938 | 25.35 | 2 | 3.4 | 85.3 |
| 8 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 40 | 934 | 23.35 | 1 | 4.4 | 103.8 |
| 9 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 36 | 912 | 25.33 | 0 | 3.6 | 91.2 |
| 10 | Texas State | 10 | 38 | 903 | 23.76 | 0 | 3.8 | 90.3 |
| 10 | Southern Mississippi | 10 | 46 | 903 | 19.63 | 0 | 4.6 | 90.3 |
| 12 | Ohio | 11 | 40 | 882 | 22.05 | 1 | 3.6 | 80.2 |
| 13 | UTEP | 9 | 34 | 878 | 25.82 | 2 | 3.8 | 97.6 |
| 14 | Western Michigan | 8 | 42 | 868 | 20.67 | 0 | 5.3 | 108.5 |
| 15 | Toledo | 10 | 42 | 856 | 20.38 | 2 | 4.2 | 85.6 |
| 16 | New Mexico State | 10 | 38 | 841 | 22.13 | 1 | 3.8 | 84.1 |
| 17 | Ball State | 10 | 36 | 835 | 23.19 | 0 | 3.6 | 83.5 |
| 18 | UCF | 12 | 31 | 834 | 26.90 | 3 | 2.6 | 69.5 |
| 19 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 36 | 825 | 22.92 | 0 | 3.6 | 82.5 |
| 20 | Rice | 11 | 34 | 789 | 23.21 | 1 | 3.1 | 71.7 |
| 21 | Houston | 11 | 40 | 785 | 19.63 | 0 | 3.6 | 71.4 |
| 22 | San Diego State | 11 | 33 | 775 | 23.48 | 2 | 3.0 | 70.5 |
| 23 | East Carolina | 10 | 40 | 766 | 19.15 | 0 | 4.0 | 76.6 |
| 24 | Air Force | 11 | 34 | 762 | 22.41 | 0 | 3.1 | 69.3 |
| 25 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 30 | 751 | 25.03 | 1 | 3.3 | 83.4 |
| 26 | Kent State | 11 | 36 | 737 | 20.47 | 2 | 3.3 | 67.0 |
| 27 | South Alabama | 10 | 34 | 728 | 21.41 | 0 | 3.4 | 72.8 |
| 28 | Colorado State | 10 | 34 | 726 | 21.35 | 0 | 3.4 | 72.6 |
| 29 | Fresno State | 10 | 35 | 720 | 20.57 | 0 | 3.5 | 72.0 |
| 30 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 39 | 710 | 18.21 | 0 | 3.9 | 71.0 |
| 31 | Massachusetts | 8 | 36 | 702 | 19.50 | 0 | 4.5 | 87.8 |
| 32 | Nevada | 9 | 32 | 675 | 21.09 | 0 | 3.6 | 75.0 |
| 33 | Utah State | 10 | 30 | 671 | 22.37 | 0 | 3.0 | 67.1 |
| 34 | Tulsa | 10 | 25 | 665 | 26.60 | 1 | 2.5 | 66.5 |
| 35 | Tulane | 10 | 36 | 663 | 18.42 | 0 | 3.6 | 66.3 |
| 36 | Marshall | 9 | 34 | 660 | 19.41 | 0 | 3.8 | 73.3 |
| 37 | Akron | 10 | 40 | 627 | 15.68 | 0 | 4.0 | 62.7 |
| 38 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 32 | 617 | 19.28 | 0 | 3.6 | 68.6 |
| 39 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 25 | 608 | 24.32 | 1 | 2.5 | 60.8 |
| 40 | UTSA | 8 | 35 | 603 | 17.23 | 0 | 4.4 | 75.4 |
| 41 | New Mexico | 10 | 27 | 599 | 22.19 | 0 | 2.7 | 59.9 |
| 41 | Bowling Green | 10 | 29 | 599 | 20.66 | 0 | 2.9 | 59.9 |
| 43 | Army | 7 | 31 | 580 | 18.71 | 0 | 4.4 | 82.9 |
| 44 | Idaho | 9 | 31 | 577 | 18.61 | 1 | 3.4 | 64.1 |
| 45 | UAB | 9 | 29 | 567 | 19.55 | 0 | 3.2 | 63.0 |
| 46 | North Texas | 9 | 29 | 559 | 19.28 | 0 | 3.2 | 62.1 |
| 47 | Buffalo | 8 | 30 | 545 | 18.17 | 0 | 3.8 | 68.1 |
| 48 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 27 | 526 | 19.48 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.4 |
| 49 | Troy | 10 | 27 | 513 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.7 | 51.3 |
| 50 | Boise State | 11 | 19 | 496 | 26.11 | 0 | 1.7 | 45.1 |
| 51 | Arkansas State | 10 | 27 | 493 | 18.26 | 0 | 2.7 | 49.3 |
| 52 | Navy | 8 | 22 | 486 | 22.09 | 0 | 2.8 | 60.8 |
| 53 | SMU | 9 | 20 | 484 | 24.20 | 0 | 2.2 | 53.8 |
| 54 | Wyoming | 10 | 25 | 475 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 47.5 |
| 55 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 13 | 386 | 29.69 | 1 | 6.5 | 193.0 |
| 56 | BYU | 7 | 13 | 277 | 21.31 | 0 | 1.9 | 39.6 |
| 57 | Colorado | 2 | 11 | 230 | 20.91 | 0 | 5.5 | 115.0 |
| 58 | Georgia | 2 | 7 | 197 | 28.14 | 1 | 3.5 | 98.5 |
| 58 | Mississippi State | 3 | 7 | 197 | 28.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 65.7 |
| 60 | Cincinnati | 2 | 7 | 170 | 24.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 85.0 |
| 60 | Baylor | 2 | 8 | 170 | 21.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 85.0 |
| 60 | Indiana | 3 | 8 | 170 | 21.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 56.7 |
| 63 | Washington State | 2 | 9 | 167 | 18.56 | 0 | 4.5 | 83.5 |
| 64 | Tennessee | 2 | 10 | 165 | 16.50 | 0 | 5.0 | 82.5 |
| 65 | Kentucky | 2 | 6 | 157 | 26.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 78.5 |
| 66 | Connecticut | 3 | 7 | 156 | 22.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 52.0 |
| 67 | Michigan State | 3 | 7 | 154 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 51.3 |
| 68 | Rutgers | 3 | 5 | 148 | 29.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 49.3 |
| 68 | Iowa State | 2 | 7 | 148 | 21.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 74.0 |
| 70 | Nebraska | 2 | 7 | 147 | 21.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 73.5 |
| 71 | Texas Tech | 2 | 5 | 139 | 27.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 69.5 |
| 72 | Michigan | 2 | 6 | 133 | 22.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 66.5 |
| 73 | LSU | 2 | 4 | 125 | 31.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 62.5 |
| 73 | Iowa | 2 | 9 | 125 | 13.89 | 0 | 4.5 | 62.5 |
| 75 | Virginia | 1 | 7 | 124 | 17.71 | 0 | 7.0 | 124.0 |
| 75 | Florida | 2 | 8 | 124 | 15.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 62.0 |
| 77 | California | 1 | 6 | 123 | 20.50 | 0 | 6.0 | 123.0 |
| 78 | Arizona | 2 | 5 | 122 | 24.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 61.0 |
| 79 | Clemson | 1 | 6 | 121 | 20.17 | 0 | 6.0 | 121.0 |
| 80 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 5 | 120 | 24.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 120.0 |
| 81 | Kansas State | 1 | 2 | 119 | 59.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 119.0 |
| 82 | Minnesota | 2 | 7 | 116 | 16.57 | 0 | 3.5 | 58.0 |
| 82 | Purdue | 2 | 7 | 116 | 16.57 | 0 | 3.5 | 58.0 |
| 84 | Washington | 2 | 7 | 114 | 16.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 57.0 |
| 85 | UCLA | 2 | 3 | 106 | 35.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 53.0 |
| 86 | Ohio State | 3 | 5 | 105 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 35.0 |
| 87 | Wisconsin | 2 | 5 | 103 | 20.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 51.5 |
| 87 | Penn State | 2 | 6 | 103 | 17.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 51.5 |
| 89 | USC | 1 | 1 | 100 | 100.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 100.0 |
| 90 | Louisville | 2 | 6 | 96 | 16.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 48.0 |
| 91 | TCU | 1 | 2 | 94 | 47.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 94.0 |
| 91 | Arizona State | 1 | 4 | 94 | 23.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 94.0 |
| 91 | Illinois | 2 | 5 | 94 | 18.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 47.0 |
| 94 | West Virginia | 1 | 5 | 92 | 18.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 92.0 |
| 95 | Duke | 2 | 5 | 90 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.0 |
| 96 | Kansas | 2 | 4 | 89 | 22.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.5 |
| 97 | North Carolina | 2 | 3 | 88 | 29.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 44.0 |
| 98 | Texas A&M | 2 | 6 | 85 | 14.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 42.5 |
| 99 | Auburn | 2 | 3 | 84 | 28.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 42.0 |
| 100 | Temple | 1 | 2 | 74 | 37.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 74.0 |
| 101 | Utah | 2 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.5 |
| 102 | Oregon State | 1 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.0 |
| 102 | South Florida | 2 | 5 | 64 | 12.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 32.0 |
| 104 | Texas | 2 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.5 |
| 105 | Missouri | 1 | 2 | 51 | 25.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 51.0 |
| 106 | Notre Dame | 2 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.0 |
| 107 | Oregon | 2 | 4 | 48 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.0 |
| 108 | Alabama | 2 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.5 |
| 109 | Arkansas | 2 | 4 | 44 | 11.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.0 |
| 110 | North Carolina State | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 111 | Stanford | 1 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 40.0 |
| 112 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 113 | Mississippi | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| 114 | Boston College | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 115 | Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |