2012 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games at Home Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 4 | -11 | -2.75 | 0 | 0.7 | -1.8 |
| 2 | Auburn | 7 | 3 | -5 | -1.67 | 0 | 0.4 | -0.7 |
| 3 | Texas Tech | 6 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| 4 | South Carolina | 7 | 4 | -3 | -0.75 | 0 | 0.6 | -0.4 |
| 5 | Ball State | 5 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 0.6 | -0.4 |
| 5 | Kansas State | 7 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 0.4 | -0.3 |
| 7 | Mississippi State | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Buffalo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| 9 | North Texas | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 10 | Northwestern | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1.75 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| 11 | New Mexico | 6 | 8 | 15 | 1.88 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| 12 | Oregon | 7 | 6 | 12 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| 14 | Kent State | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| 15 | Mississippi | 7 | 10 | 22 | 2.20 | 0 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
| 16 | Ohio | 6 | 8 | 21 | 2.63 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| 17 | UTEP | 6 | 12 | 35 | 2.92 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.8 |
| 18 | Arizona State | 6 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| 18 | Idaho | 5 | 9 | 27 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| 20 | Connecticut | 6 | 13 | 40 | 3.08 | 0 | 2.2 | 6.7 |
| 21 | Bowling Green | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| 22 | Illinois | 7 | 15 | 50 | 3.33 | 0 | 2.1 | 7.1 |
| 23 | South Alabama | 6 | 18 | 67 | 3.72 | 0 | 3.0 | 11.2 |
| 24 | Texas | 6 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| 25 | Memphis | 6 | 7 | 27 | 3.86 | 0 | 1.2 | 4.5 |
| 26 | Stanford | 7 | 8 | 31 | 3.88 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| 27 | UCLA | 7 | 9 | 35 | 3.89 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.0 |
| 28 | Navy | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
| 28 | Troy | 6 | 6 | 24 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 30 | Iowa | 7 | 16 | 65 | 4.06 | 0 | 2.3 | 9.3 |
| 31 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 11 | 45 | 4.09 | 0 | 1.6 | 6.4 |
| 32 | Kansas | 6 | 8 | 33 | 4.13 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| 33 | Oregon State | 7 | 9 | 38 | 4.22 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.4 |
| 34 | North Carolina State | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.8 |
| 34 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 12 | 51 | 4.25 | 0 | 2.4 | 10.2 |
| 36 | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 9 | 39 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.8 |
| 37 | Texas State | 6 | 7 | 31 | 4.43 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| 38 | Colorado | 6 | 20 | 90 | 4.50 | 0 | 3.3 | 15.0 |
| 39 | Arizona | 8 | 12 | 55 | 4.58 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.9 |
| 40 | Boise State | 6 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| 41 | North Carolina | 7 | 13 | 60 | 4.62 | 0 | 1.9 | 8.6 |
| 42 | Rutgers | 6 | 11 | 51 | 4.64 | 0 | 1.8 | 8.5 |
| 43 | Washington State | 5 | 12 | 57 | 4.75 | 0 | 2.4 | 11.4 |
| 44 | Arkansas State | 6 | 10 | 48 | 4.80 | 1 | 1.7 | 8.0 |
| 45 | Tulane | 7 | 21 | 101 | 4.81 | 0 | 3.0 | 14.4 |
| 46 | Indiana | 6 | 11 | 53 | 4.82 | 1 | 1.8 | 8.8 |
| 47 | Utah State | 6 | 5 | 25 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
| 47 | Boston College | 6 | 11 | 55 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.2 |
| 49 | Temple | 6 | 14 | 71 | 5.07 | 0 | 2.3 | 11.8 |
| 50 | Toledo | 6 | 7 | 36 | 5.14 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
| 51 | Duke | 7 | 14 | 75 | 5.36 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.7 |
| 52 | Michigan | 6 | 8 | 44 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.3 |
| 53 | Washington | 6 | 9 | 50 | 5.56 | 1 | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| 54 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 10 | 56 | 5.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| 55 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 8 | 45 | 5.63 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| 56 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 9 | 51 | 5.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 57 | BYU | 6 | 7 | 40 | 5.71 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.7 |
| 58 | Fresno State | 6 | 4 | 23 | 5.75 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| 58 | Oklahoma | 6 | 4 | 23 | 5.75 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| 60 | Cincinnati | 7 | 10 | 58 | 5.80 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.3 |
| 61 | LSU | 8 | 9 | 53 | 5.89 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.6 |
| 62 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| 63 | Florida | 7 | 12 | 73 | 6.08 | 1 | 1.7 | 10.4 |
| 64 | Marshall | 6 | 8 | 49 | 6.13 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.2 |
| 65 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 66 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 9 | 58 | 6.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 11.6 |
| 67 | Texas A&M | 6 | 6 | 41 | 6.83 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| 68 | Rice | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| 69 | Nebraska | 7 | 11 | 78 | 7.09 | 0 | 1.6 | 11.1 |
| 70 | Louisville | 7 | 12 | 86 | 7.17 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.3 |
| 71 | Clemson | 7 | 9 | 65 | 7.22 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| 72 | Kentucky | 7 | 14 | 103 | 7.36 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.7 |
| 73 | Tulsa | 7 | 10 | 75 | 7.50 | 1 | 1.4 | 10.7 |
| 74 | TCU | 6 | 7 | 53 | 7.57 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| 75 | Ohio State | 8 | 12 | 91 | 7.58 | 1 | 1.5 | 11.4 |
| 76 | Nevada | 6 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| 77 | UTSA | 4 | 7 | 54 | 7.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 13.5 |
| 78 | Alabama | 7 | 7 | 55 | 7.86 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.9 |
| 79 | Missouri | 7 | 17 | 134 | 7.88 | 0 | 2.4 | 19.1 |
| 80 | San Diego State | 7 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| 80 | East Carolina | 6 | 6 | 48 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 80 | Minnesota | 7 | 9 | 72 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| 80 | Virginia | 7 | 10 | 80 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.4 |
| 84 | South Florida | 6 | 7 | 57 | 8.14 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.5 |
| 85 | Houston | 7 | 10 | 84 | 8.40 | 0 | 1.4 | 12.0 |
| 86 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 8 | 68 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.3 |
| 87 | Wisconsin | 7 | 17 | 146 | 8.59 | 1 | 2.4 | 20.9 |
| 88 | Michigan State | 7 | 15 | 129 | 8.60 | 0 | 2.1 | 18.4 |
| 89 | Iowa State | 7 | 8 | 69 | 8.63 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.9 |
| 90 | Notre Dame | 6 | 7 | 63 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 10.5 |
| 91 | SMU | 7 | 21 | 190 | 9.05 | 0 | 3.0 | 27.1 |
| 92 | Wyoming | 6 | 9 | 82 | 9.11 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.7 |
| 93 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 4 | 37 | 9.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.2 |
| 94 | New Mexico State | 6 | 19 | 176 | 9.26 | 0 | 3.2 | 29.3 |
| 95 | Arkansas | 7 | 11 | 102 | 9.27 | 0 | 1.6 | 14.6 |
| 96 | Army | 7 | 7 | 66 | 9.43 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| 97 | West Virginia | 7 | 14 | 134 | 9.57 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.1 |
| 98 | Maryland | 6 | 21 | 203 | 9.67 | 1 | 3.5 | 33.8 |
| 99 | Utah | 6 | 7 | 69 | 9.86 | 0 | 1.2 | 11.5 |
| 100 | Central Michigan | 7 | 9 | 89 | 9.89 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.7 |
| 101 | Wake Forest | 7 | 17 | 177 | 10.41 | 2 | 2.4 | 25.3 |
| 102 | Akron | 6 | 16 | 169 | 10.56 | 0 | 2.7 | 28.2 |
| 103 | Georgia | 7 | 7 | 74 | 10.57 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.6 |
| 104 | Tennessee | 7 | 8 | 86 | 10.75 | 0 | 1.1 | 12.3 |
| 105 | Purdue | 7 | 11 | 119 | 10.82 | 1 | 1.6 | 17.0 |
| 106 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 6 | 69 | 11.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.5 |
| 107 | San Jose State | 6 | 9 | 112 | 12.44 | 0 | 1.5 | 18.7 |
| 108 | UAB | 6 | 14 | 176 | 12.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 29.3 |
| 109 | Western Michigan | 6 | 11 | 142 | 12.91 | 0 | 1.8 | 23.7 |
| 110 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 8 | 105 | 13.13 | 1 | 1.3 | 17.5 |
| 111 | Hawai'i | 6 | 11 | 145 | 13.18 | 0 | 1.8 | 24.2 |
| 112 | Florida International | 6 | 11 | 155 | 14.09 | 0 | 1.8 | 25.8 |
| 113 | Air Force | 6 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.2 |
| 114 | UNLV | 7 | 7 | 104 | 14.86 | 1 | 1.0 | 14.9 |
| 115 | California | 7 | 10 | 149 | 14.90 | 0 | 1.4 | 21.3 |
| 116 | UCF | 6 | 5 | 75 | 15.00 | 1 | 0.8 | 12.5 |
| 116 | Colorado State | 6 | 10 | 150 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 25.0 |
| 118 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 9 | 148 | 16.44 | 1 | 1.5 | 24.7 |
| 119 | Penn State | 7 | 6 | 100 | 16.67 | 1 | 0.9 | 14.3 |
| 120 | Massachusetts | 5 | 9 | 155 | 17.22 | 1 | 1.8 | 31.0 |
| 121 | USC | 6 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| 122 | Baylor | 6 | 4 | 96 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 16.0 |
| 123 | Florida State | 7 | 2 | 52 | 26.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.4 |
| 124 | Syracuse | 5 | 5 | 136 | 27.20 | 1 | 1.0 | 27.2 |