2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Temple | 5 | 5 | 72 | 14.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.4 |
| 2 | Syracuse | 6 | 22 | 354 | 16.09 | 0 | 3.7 | 59.0 |
| 3 | Rutgers | 5 | 17 | 277 | 16.29 | 0 | 3.4 | 55.4 |
| 4 | Auburn | 9 | 11 | 187 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 20.8 |
| 5 | Akron | 7 | 14 | 239 | 17.07 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.1 |
| 6 | Fresno State | 6 | 23 | 396 | 17.22 | 0 | 3.8 | 66.0 |
| 7 | Florida State | 6 | 18 | 312 | 17.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 52.0 |
| 8 | Bowling Green | 6 | 19 | 330 | 17.37 | 0 | 3.2 | 55.0 |
| 9 | Florida | 9 | 29 | 510 | 17.59 | 0 | 3.2 | 56.7 |
| 10 | Utah | 8 | 18 | 317 | 17.61 | 0 | 2.3 | 39.6 |
| 11 | Stanford | 10 | 24 | 424 | 17.67 | 0 | 2.4 | 42.4 |
| 12 | Arkansas State | 7 | 30 | 533 | 17.77 | 0 | 4.3 | 76.1 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 8 | 22 | 392 | 17.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 49.0 |
| 14 | Nebraska | 10 | 26 | 471 | 18.12 | 0 | 2.6 | 47.1 |
| 15 | LSU | 8 | 29 | 526 | 18.14 | 0 | 3.6 | 65.8 |
| 16 | Washington State | 7 | 15 | 273 | 18.20 | 0 | 2.1 | 39.0 |
| 17 | Ohio State | 6 | 28 | 510 | 18.21 | 0 | 4.7 | 85.0 |
| 18 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 21 | 388 | 18.48 | 0 | 4.2 | 77.6 |
| 19 | Texas Tech | 7 | 23 | 426 | 18.52 | 0 | 3.3 | 60.9 |
| 20 | Oklahoma | 9 | 35 | 656 | 18.74 | 0 | 3.9 | 72.9 |
| 21 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 30 | 564 | 18.80 | 0 | 6.0 | 112.8 |
| 22 | Missouri | 9 | 28 | 529 | 18.89 | 0 | 3.1 | 58.8 |
| 23 | Troy | 6 | 24 | 459 | 19.13 | 0 | 4.0 | 76.5 |
| 24 | Air Force | 6 | 19 | 364 | 19.16 | 0 | 3.2 | 60.7 |
| 25 | Tennessee | 7 | 23 | 441 | 19.17 | 0 | 3.3 | 63.0 |
| 26 | Massachusetts | 6 | 13 | 250 | 19.23 | 0 | 2.2 | 41.7 |
| 26 | Toledo | 7 | 31 | 596 | 19.23 | 0 | 4.4 | 85.1 |
| 28 | Oregon State | 9 | 24 | 462 | 19.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 51.3 |
| 29 | San Jose State | 8 | 39 | 753 | 19.31 | 0 | 4.9 | 94.1 |
| 30 | Western Michigan | 5 | 19 | 367 | 19.32 | 0 | 3.8 | 73.4 |
| 31 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 27 | 529 | 19.59 | 0 | 3.9 | 75.6 |
| 32 | BYU | 6 | 10 | 197 | 19.70 | 0 | 1.7 | 32.8 |
| 33 | Northwestern | 7 | 36 | 717 | 19.92 | 0 | 5.1 | 102.4 |
| 34 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 21 | 421 | 20.05 | 0 | 2.6 | 52.6 |
| 35 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 25 | 506 | 20.24 | 0 | 4.2 | 84.3 |
| 36 | Iowa | 7 | 15 | 305 | 20.33 | 0 | 2.1 | 43.6 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | 8 | 19 | 387 | 20.37 | 0 | 2.4 | 48.4 |
| 38 | UCF | 6 | 20 | 411 | 20.55 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.5 |
| 39 | Rice | 5 | 10 | 206 | 20.60 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.2 |
| 40 | Duke | 7 | 24 | 495 | 20.63 | 0 | 3.4 | 70.7 |
| 41 | Kansas | 10 | 29 | 599 | 20.66 | 1 | 2.9 | 59.9 |
| 42 | Tulsa | 5 | 11 | 228 | 20.73 | 0 | 2.2 | 45.6 |
| 43 | Boston College | 7 | 25 | 519 | 20.76 | 0 | 3.6 | 74.1 |
| 44 | Minnesota | 7 | 14 | 291 | 20.79 | 1 | 2.0 | 41.6 |
| 45 | Alabama | 8 | 28 | 584 | 20.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 73.0 |
| 46 | Penn State | 6 | 16 | 336 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.7 | 56.0 |
| 47 | Ball State | 7 | 42 | 890 | 21.19 | 1 | 6.0 | 127.1 |
| 48 | Georgia | 6 | 23 | 488 | 21.22 | 0 | 3.8 | 81.3 |
| 49 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 21 | 446 | 21.24 | 0 | 3.0 | 63.7 |
| 50 | Wyoming | 6 | 14 | 298 | 21.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 49.7 |
| 51 | Arizona | 10 | 27 | 576 | 21.33 | 0 | 2.7 | 57.6 |
| 52 | USC | 8 | 30 | 641 | 21.37 | 0 | 3.8 | 80.1 |
| 53 | Kent State | 6 | 19 | 407 | 21.42 | 0 | 3.2 | 67.8 |
| 54 | Ohio | 5 | 18 | 387 | 21.50 | 0 | 3.6 | 77.4 |
| 55 | Kentucky | 8 | 15 | 323 | 21.53 | 0 | 1.9 | 40.4 |
| 56 | Memphis | 6 | 7 | 151 | 21.57 | 0 | 1.2 | 25.2 |
| 57 | Texas State | 7 | 14 | 303 | 21.64 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.3 |
| 58 | TCU | 9 | 20 | 433 | 21.65 | 0 | 2.2 | 48.1 |
| 59 | Mississippi State | 6 | 18 | 391 | 21.72 | 0 | 3.0 | 65.2 |
| 60 | Purdue | 6 | 18 | 393 | 21.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 65.5 |
| 61 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 22 | 481 | 21.86 | 0 | 3.7 | 80.2 |
| 62 | Maryland | 5 | 20 | 441 | 22.05 | 0 | 4.0 | 88.2 |
| 63 | New Mexico State | 6 | 12 | 265 | 22.08 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.2 |
| 64 | Indiana | 7 | 16 | 354 | 22.13 | 0 | 2.3 | 50.6 |
| 65 | Notre Dame | 9 | 29 | 642 | 22.14 | 0 | 3.2 | 71.3 |
| 66 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 27 | 601 | 22.26 | 1 | 4.5 | 100.2 |
| 67 | New Mexico | 5 | 10 | 223 | 22.30 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.6 |
| 68 | Oregon | 9 | 62 | 1384 | 22.32 | 0 | 6.9 | 153.8 |
| 69 | Idaho | 8 | 23 | 515 | 22.39 | 0 | 2.9 | 64.4 |
| 70 | SMU | 7 | 20 | 451 | 22.55 | 0 | 2.9 | 64.4 |
| 71 | Florida International | 7 | 17 | 391 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.4 | 55.9 |
| 72 | California | 9 | 25 | 577 | 23.08 | 0 | 2.8 | 64.1 |
| 73 | Houston | 6 | 16 | 370 | 23.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 61.7 |
| 74 | Michigan State | 9 | 18 | 418 | 23.22 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.4 |
| 75 | UNLV | 5 | 15 | 349 | 23.27 | 0 | 3.0 | 69.8 |
| 76 | Michigan | 7 | 18 | 419 | 23.28 | 0 | 2.6 | 59.9 |
| 77 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 39 | 926 | 23.74 | 0 | 4.3 | 102.9 |
| 78 | Tulane | 8 | 15 | 357 | 23.80 | 0 | 1.9 | 44.6 |
| 79 | Colorado State | 5 | 8 | 191 | 23.88 | 0 | 1.6 | 38.2 |
| 79 | Utah State | 6 | 32 | 764 | 23.88 | 2 | 5.3 | 127.3 |
| 81 | South Alabama | 7 | 21 | 503 | 23.95 | 0 | 3.0 | 71.9 |
| 82 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 22 | 529 | 24.05 | 0 | 2.8 | 66.1 |
| 83 | Washington | 8 | 26 | 634 | 24.38 | 0 | 3.3 | 79.3 |
| 84 | Baylor | 10 | 37 | 904 | 24.43 | 1 | 3.7 | 90.4 |
| 85 | Iowa State | 10 | 30 | 737 | 24.57 | 0 | 3.0 | 73.7 |
| 86 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 15 | 369 | 24.60 | 1 | 2.5 | 61.5 |
| 86 | San Diego State | 6 | 20 | 492 | 24.60 | 1 | 3.3 | 82.0 |
| 88 | Boise State | 6 | 21 | 517 | 24.62 | 1 | 3.5 | 86.2 |
| 89 | Nevada | 4 | 13 | 321 | 24.69 | 0 | 3.3 | 80.3 |
| 90 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 19 | 471 | 24.79 | 0 | 3.2 | 78.5 |
| 91 | UCLA | 9 | 11 | 273 | 24.82 | 0 | 1.2 | 30.3 |
| 92 | North Carolina | 5 | 19 | 473 | 24.89 | 1 | 3.8 | 94.6 |
| 93 | South Carolina | 7 | 18 | 449 | 24.94 | 0 | 2.6 | 64.1 |
| 94 | Arizona State | 6 | 22 | 551 | 25.05 | 1 | 3.7 | 91.8 |
| 95 | Colorado | 8 | 15 | 376 | 25.07 | 1 | 1.9 | 47.0 |
| 96 | Navy | 6 | 17 | 427 | 25.12 | 0 | 2.8 | 71.2 |
| 97 | South Florida | 8 | 14 | 353 | 25.21 | 0 | 1.8 | 44.1 |
| 98 | Louisville | 5 | 29 | 732 | 25.24 | 1 | 5.8 | 146.4 |
| 99 | Texas | 9 | 33 | 834 | 25.27 | 1 | 3.7 | 92.7 |
| 100 | North Carolina State | 5 | 10 | 253 | 25.30 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.6 |
| 101 | UTSA | 4 | 15 | 380 | 25.33 | 1 | 3.8 | 95.0 |
| 102 | West Virginia | 8 | 37 | 940 | 25.41 | 1 | 4.6 | 117.5 |
| 103 | Arkansas | 9 | 12 | 305 | 25.42 | 0 | 1.3 | 33.9 |
| 104 | Illinois | 7 | 11 | 280 | 25.45 | 0 | 1.6 | 40.0 |
| 105 | Central Michigan | 6 | 17 | 435 | 25.59 | 0 | 2.8 | 72.5 |
| 106 | Cincinnati | 5 | 15 | 384 | 25.60 | 1 | 3.0 | 76.8 |
| 107 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 12 | 310 | 25.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 77.5 |
| 108 | Kansas State | 9 | 46 | 1195 | 25.98 | 3 | 5.1 | 132.8 |
| 109 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 24 | 627 | 26.13 | 2 | 2.7 | 69.7 |
| 110 | Buffalo | 6 | 13 | 340 | 26.15 | 2 | 2.2 | 56.7 |
| 111 | Connecticut | 5 | 8 | 211 | 26.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 42.2 |
| 111 | UTEP | 8 | 13 | 343 | 26.38 | 1 | 1.6 | 42.9 |
| 113 | Hawai'i | 6 | 13 | 359 | 27.62 | 1 | 2.2 | 59.8 |
| 114 | East Carolina | 5 | 14 | 387 | 27.64 | 1 | 2.8 | 77.4 |
| 115 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 26 | 720 | 27.69 | 1 | 3.7 | 102.9 |
| 116 | Virginia | 7 | 19 | 530 | 27.89 | 1 | 2.7 | 75.7 |
| 117 | Mississippi | 7 | 23 | 646 | 28.09 | 2 | 3.3 | 92.3 |
| 118 | UAB | 5 | 11 | 311 | 28.27 | 0 | 2.2 | 62.2 |
| 119 | Marshall | 6 | 33 | 953 | 28.88 | 3 | 5.5 | 158.8 |
| 120 | Wake Forest | 6 | 7 | 204 | 29.14 | 1 | 1.2 | 34.0 |
| 121 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 23 | 671 | 29.17 | 3 | 2.9 | 83.9 |
| 122 | Clemson | 6 | 25 | 741 | 29.64 | 0 | 4.2 | 123.5 |
| 123 | Army | 6 | 11 | 332 | 30.18 | 1 | 1.8 | 55.3 |
| 124 | North Texas | 7 | 14 | 423 | 30.21 | 1 | 2.0 | 60.4 |