2011 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 2 | 5 | 56 | 11.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 3 | 6 | 73 | 12.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Houston | 1 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 37.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 3 | 4 | 52 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 9 | 119 | 13.22 | 0 | 4.5 | 59.5 |
| 1 | Duke | 3 | 8 | 111 | 13.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 37.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 8 | 126 | 15.75 | 0 | 2.7 | 42.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 3 | 11 | 174 | 15.82 | 0 | 3.7 | 58.0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 16 | 257 | 16.06 | 0 | 4.0 | 64.3 |
| 1 | Ball State | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 1 | UCF | 1 | 4 | 70 | 17.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 70.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 6 | 25 | 451 | 18.04 | 0 | 4.2 | 75.2 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 4 | 19 | 345 | 18.16 | 0 | 4.8 | 86.3 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 12 | 218 | 18.17 | 0 | 4.0 | 72.7 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 6 | 13 | 238 | 18.31 | 0 | 2.2 | 39.7 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 5 | 20 | 367 | 18.35 | 0 | 4.0 | 73.4 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 16 | 295 | 18.44 | 0 | 4.0 | 73.8 |
| 1 | Florida State | 2 | 3 | 56 | 18.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 2 | 10 | 189 | 18.90 | 0 | 5.0 | 94.5 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 1 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 57.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 1 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 57.0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 4 | 12 | 228 | 19.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 57.0 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 5 | 97 | 19.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 97.0 |
| 1 | Akron | 1 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 5 | 12 | 234 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.4 | 46.8 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 3 | 5 | 98 | 19.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 32.7 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 14 | 276 | 19.71 | 0 | 3.5 | 69.0 |
| 1 | California | 3 | 13 | 257 | 19.77 | 0 | 4.3 | 85.7 |
| 1 | Alabama | 3 | 15 | 299 | 19.93 | 0 | 5.0 | 99.7 |
| 1 | SMU | 3 | 9 | 181 | 20.11 | 0 | 3.0 | 60.3 |
| 1 | Clemson | 5 | 21 | 423 | 20.14 | 0 | 4.2 | 84.6 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 6 | 121 | 20.17 | 0 | 6.0 | 121.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 5 | 14 | 283 | 20.21 | 0 | 2.8 | 56.6 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 12 | 244 | 20.33 | 0 | 4.0 | 81.3 |
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | 17 | 348 | 20.47 | 0 | 5.7 | 116.0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 6 | 7 | 144 | 20.57 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 4 | 13 | 270 | 20.77 | 0 | 3.3 | 67.5 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 28 | 582 | 20.79 | 0 | 7.0 | 145.5 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 3 | 12 | 250 | 20.83 | 0 | 4.0 | 83.3 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 5 | 18 | 378 | 21.00 | 0 | 3.6 | 75.6 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 1 | 4 | 84 | 21.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 84.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 3 | 14 | 297 | 21.21 | 0 | 4.7 | 99.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 14 | 298 | 21.29 | 0 | 4.7 | 99.3 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 3 | 12 | 256 | 21.33 | 0 | 4.0 | 85.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 2 | 9 | 193 | 21.44 | 0 | 4.5 | 96.5 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.7 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 15 | 325 | 21.67 | 0 | 3.8 | 81.3 |
| 1 | BYU | 1 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 109.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 2 | 10 | 218 | 21.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 109.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 8 | 175 | 21.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.8 |
| 1 | UAB | 2 | 9 | 199 | 22.11 | 0 | 4.5 | 99.5 |
| 1 | Virginia | 3 | 8 | 178 | 22.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 59.3 |
| 1 | Tulane | 1 | 4 | 89 | 22.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 89.0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 11 | 245 | 22.27 | 0 | 2.8 | 61.3 |
| 1 | Troy | 2 | 7 | 156 | 22.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 78.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 10 | 223 | 22.30 | 0 | 2.5 | 55.8 |
| 1 | UTEP | 2 | 7 | 157 | 22.43 | 0 | 3.5 | 78.5 |
| 1 | Memphis | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 19 | 437 | 23.00 | 0 | 4.8 | 109.3 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 25 | 579 | 23.16 | 0 | 6.3 | 144.8 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 1 | 3 | 70 | 23.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 70.0 |
| 1 | Nevada | 3 | 11 | 260 | 23.64 | 0 | 3.7 | 86.7 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 3 | 7 | 166 | 23.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 55.3 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 2 | 48 | 24.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 48.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 2 | 12 | 289 | 24.08 | 0 | 6.0 | 144.5 |
| 1 | Purdue | 2 | 7 | 169 | 24.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 84.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 11 | 267 | 24.27 | 0 | 2.8 | 66.8 |
| 1 | Florida | 5 | 15 | 375 | 25.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 75.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 22 | 558 | 25.36 | 0 | 5.5 | 139.5 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 2 | 2 | 51 | 25.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 11 | 281 | 25.55 | 0 | 2.8 | 70.3 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 3 | 14 | 361 | 25.79 | 0 | 4.7 | 120.3 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 4 | 13 | 338 | 26.00 | 0 | 3.3 | 84.5 |
| 1 | North Texas | 2 | 5 | 131 | 26.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 65.5 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 8 | 210 | 26.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 52.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 1 | 4 | 107 | 26.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 107.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 2 | 8 | 219 | 27.38 | 0 | 4.0 | 109.5 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 3 | 9 | 247 | 27.44 | 0 | 3.0 | 82.3 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 5 | 14 | 393 | 28.07 | 0 | 2.8 | 78.6 |
| 1 | Indiana | 2 | 3 | 85 | 28.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 42.5 |
| 1 | Louisville | 2 | 10 | 284 | 28.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 142.0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 2 | 7 | 200 | 28.57 | 0 | 3.5 | 100.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 2 | 3 | 88 | 29.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 1 | 2 | 60 | 30.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 60.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 1 | 3 | 90 | 30.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 90.0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 31 | 31.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 31.0 |
| 93 | West Virginia | 3 | 18 | 425 | 23.61 | 1 | 6.0 | 141.7 |
| 93 | Rice | 3 | 13 | 308 | 23.69 | 1 | 4.3 | 102.7 |
| 93 | Kansas | 4 | 13 | 310 | 23.85 | 1 | 3.3 | 77.5 |
| 93 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 14 | 344 | 24.57 | 1 | 2.8 | 68.8 |
| 93 | Tulsa | 4 | 11 | 280 | 25.45 | 1 | 2.8 | 70.0 |
| 93 | Arizona State | 3 | 14 | 370 | 26.43 | 1 | 4.7 | 123.3 |
| 93 | Marshall | 4 | 14 | 379 | 27.07 | 1 | 3.5 | 94.8 |
| 93 | USC | 2 | 12 | 335 | 27.92 | 1 | 6.0 | 167.5 |
| 93 | Texas Tech | 4 | 17 | 478 | 28.12 | 1 | 4.3 | 119.5 |
| 93 | South Florida | 2 | 10 | 282 | 28.20 | 1 | 5.0 | 141.0 |
| 93 | Washington | 5 | 24 | 684 | 28.50 | 1 | 4.8 | 136.8 |
| 93 | Maryland | 3 | 15 | 431 | 28.73 | 1 | 5.0 | 143.7 |
| 93 | New Mexico | 3 | 4 | 117 | 29.25 | 1 | 1.3 | 39.0 |
| 93 | South Carolina | 4 | 19 | 569 | 29.95 | 1 | 4.8 | 142.3 |
| 93 | Texas | 4 | 13 | 398 | 30.62 | 1 | 3.3 | 99.5 |
| 93 | UNLV | 3 | 8 | 253 | 31.63 | 1 | 2.7 | 84.3 |
| 93 | Fresno State | 2 | 7 | 255 | 36.43 | 1 | 3.5 | 127.5 |
| 93 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 5 | 198 | 39.60 | 1 | 2.5 | 99.0 |
| 111 | Washington State | 2 | 8 | 329 | 41.13 | 2 | 4.0 | 164.5 |