2012 National Leaders Turnover Margin - Games vs. BCS non-Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Fum. Gain | Int. Gain | Total Gain | Fum. Lost | Int. Lost | Total Lost | Margin | Margin/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boise State | 11 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 1.45 |
| 2 | SMU | 9 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 1.67 |
| 3 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1.44 |
| 4 | UCF | 12 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 1.00 |
| 5 | Texas State | 10 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1.00 |
| 5 | Kent State | 11 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0.91 |
| 7 | Fresno State | 10 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 0.90 |
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 0.90 |
| 9 | Mississippi State | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 9 | New Mexico | 10 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 0.80 |
| 9 | Wyoming | 10 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0.80 |
| 9 | Arkansas State | 10 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0.80 |
| 9 | San Jose State | 11 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 0.73 |
| 14 | Ohio | 11 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0.64 |
| 15 | UTSA | 8 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0.75 |
| 15 | Bowling Green | 10 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 0.60 |
| 15 | Central Michigan | 10 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0.60 |
| 18 | Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 |
| 18 | Navy | 8 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0.63 |
| 18 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0.56 |
| 18 | Toledo | 10 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0.50 |
| 18 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 0.50 |
| 18 | Rice | 11 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 0.45 |
| 24 | TCU | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 24 | Purdue | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 24 | Baylor | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 24 | Notre Dame | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 24 | North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 24 | LSU | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 24 | East Carolina | 10 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0.40 |
| 31 | USC | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 31 | North Carolina State | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 31 | Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 31 | South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 31 | Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 31 | Alabama | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 31 | Utah | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 31 | Texas | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 39 | Temple | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 39 | Stanford | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 39 | Clemson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 39 | Florida | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 39 | San Diego State | 11 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0.18 |
| 44 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 44 | Boston College | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 44 | West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 44 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 44 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 44 | Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 44 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 44 | UCLA | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 44 | Penn State | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 44 | Kansas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 44 | BYU | 7 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0.14 |
| 44 | Army | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0.14 |
| 44 | Marshall | 9 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0.11 |
| 44 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0.11 |
| 58 | Tulsa | 10 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Utah State | 10 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Illinois | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Michigan State | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Washington | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Iowa State | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | South Florida | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Texas Tech | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Iowa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 74 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 | -0.11 |
| 74 | Arizona | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 74 | Mississippi | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 74 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 74 | Oregon | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 74 | Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 74 | Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 74 | Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 74 | Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 |
| 74 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | -1.00 |
| 74 | California | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -1.00 |
| 85 | North Texas | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -2 | -0.22 |
| 85 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -2 | -0.22 |
| 85 | Buffalo | 8 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 18 | -2 | -0.25 |
| 85 | Connecticut | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | -0.67 |
| 85 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | -1.00 |
| 85 | Louisville | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | -1.00 |
| 85 | Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | -1.00 |
| 85 | Georgia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | -1.00 |
| 85 | Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | -1.00 |
| 94 | Houston | 11 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 29 | -3 | -0.27 |
| 94 | Troy | 10 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 22 | -3 | -0.30 |
| 94 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 19 | -3 | -0.30 |
| 94 | Ball State | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -3 | -0.30 |
| 94 | Nevada | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -3 | -0.33 |
| 94 | Rutgers | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -3 | -1.00 |
| 94 | Indiana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 |
| 94 | Colorado | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | -1.50 |
| 94 | Washington State | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | -1.50 |
| 94 | Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | -3.00 |
| 104 | Duke | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | -2.00 |
| 105 | Colorado State | 10 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -5 | -0.50 |
| 105 | Memphis | 10 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 21 | -5 | -0.50 |
| 105 | Florida International | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 19 | -5 | -0.50 |
| 108 | UNLV | 10 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -6 | -0.60 |
| 109 | UTEP | 9 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 21 | -7 | -0.78 |
| 110 | Tulane | 10 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 28 | -8 | -0.80 |
| 110 | South Alabama | 10 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 25 | -8 | -0.80 |
| 112 | Idaho | 9 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 28 | -10 | -1.11 |
| 112 | UAB | 9 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 24 | -10 | -1.11 |
| 114 | Massachusetts | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -11 | -1.38 |
| 115 | Akron | 10 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -12 | -1.20 |
| 115 | Western Michigan | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -12 | -1.50 |
| 117 | Hawai'i | 10 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 29 | -14 | -1.40 |
| 118 | Air Force | 11 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 29 | -15 | -1.36 |
| 119 | Southern Mississippi | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 26 | -16 | -1.60 |
| 120 | New Mexico State | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 25 | -20 | -2.00 |