2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games Won Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idaho | 1 | 5 | 62 | 12.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 62.0 |
| 2 | Auburn | 3 | 6 | 75 | 12.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 3 | Army | 2 | 5 | 64 | 12.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 32.0 |
| 4 | Boston College | 2 | 6 | 86 | 14.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 43.0 |
| 5 | Akron | 1 | 5 | 74 | 14.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 74.0 |
| 6 | South Florida | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| 7 | Syracuse | 8 | 31 | 476 | 15.35 | 0 | 3.9 | 59.5 |
| 8 | Florida International | 3 | 6 | 93 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 9 | UTEP | 3 | 8 | 125 | 15.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 41.7 |
| 10 | Arkansas | 4 | 8 | 126 | 15.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.5 |
| 11 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 48.0 |
| 12 | Central Michigan | 7 | 28 | 450 | 16.07 | 0 | 4.0 | 64.3 |
| 13 | Washington State | 3 | 8 | 130 | 16.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 43.3 |
| 14 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 21 | 349 | 16.62 | 0 | 2.6 | 43.6 |
| 15 | Florida State | 12 | 53 | 882 | 16.64 | 0 | 4.4 | 73.5 |
| 16 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | 43 | 726 | 16.88 | 0 | 6.1 | 103.7 |
| 17 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 13 | 222 | 17.08 | 0 | 6.5 | 111.0 |
| 18 | Temple | 4 | 6 | 104 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.0 |
| 19 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 58 | 1009 | 17.40 | 0 | 4.8 | 84.1 |
| 20 | North Carolina State | 7 | 20 | 356 | 17.80 | 0 | 2.9 | 50.9 |
| 21 | Memphis | 4 | 7 | 125 | 17.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 31.3 |
| 22 | Oklahoma | 10 | 49 | 878 | 17.92 | 0 | 4.9 | 87.8 |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 25 | 450 | 18.00 | 0 | 3.6 | 64.3 |
| 24 | TCU | 7 | 26 | 469 | 18.04 | 0 | 3.7 | 67.0 |
| 25 | Hawai'i | 3 | 20 | 363 | 18.15 | 0 | 6.7 | 121.0 |
| 26 | Minnesota | 6 | 17 | 309 | 18.18 | 0 | 2.8 | 51.5 |
| 27 | Stanford | 12 | 32 | 582 | 18.19 | 0 | 2.7 | 48.5 |
| 28 | Iowa | 4 | 14 | 255 | 18.21 | 0 | 3.5 | 63.8 |
| 29 | Oregon State | 9 | 29 | 536 | 18.48 | 0 | 3.2 | 59.6 |
| 30 | LSU | 10 | 44 | 818 | 18.59 | 0 | 4.4 | 81.8 |
| 31 | Florida | 11 | 35 | 651 | 18.60 | 0 | 3.2 | 59.2 |
| 32 | Mississippi State | 8 | 40 | 745 | 18.63 | 2 | 5.0 | 93.1 |
| 33 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 9 | 168 | 18.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.0 |
| 34 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 | 43 | 804 | 18.70 | 0 | 4.8 | 89.3 |
| 35 | Texas A&M | 11 | 35 | 658 | 18.80 | 0 | 3.2 | 59.8 |
| 36 | Arkansas State | 10 | 47 | 886 | 18.85 | 0 | 4.7 | 88.6 |
| 37 | Ball State | 9 | 41 | 775 | 18.90 | 0 | 4.6 | 86.1 |
| 38 | Tulsa | 11 | 44 | 834 | 18.95 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.8 |
| 39 | Missouri | 5 | 23 | 436 | 18.96 | 0 | 4.6 | 87.2 |
| 40 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 59 | 1122 | 19.02 | 1 | 6.6 | 124.7 |
| 41 | Arizona | 8 | 33 | 628 | 19.03 | 0 | 4.1 | 78.5 |
| 42 | Boise State | 11 | 52 | 992 | 19.08 | 1 | 4.7 | 90.2 |
| 43 | Wisconsin | 8 | 31 | 593 | 19.13 | 0 | 3.9 | 74.1 |
| 44 | Rice | 7 | 16 | 307 | 19.19 | 0 | 2.3 | 43.9 |
| 45 | UCF | 10 | 48 | 926 | 19.29 | 0 | 4.8 | 92.6 |
| 46 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 49 | 948 | 19.35 | 1 | 5.4 | 105.3 |
| 47 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 14 | 272 | 19.43 | 0 | 3.5 | 68.0 |
| 48 | Maryland | 4 | 16 | 311 | 19.44 | 0 | 4.0 | 77.8 |
| 49 | Illinois | 2 | 4 | 78 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 50 | SMU | 7 | 33 | 646 | 19.58 | 0 | 4.7 | 92.3 |
| 50 | Tennessee | 5 | 24 | 470 | 19.58 | 0 | 4.8 | 94.0 |
| 52 | Houston | 5 | 28 | 553 | 19.75 | 0 | 5.6 | 110.6 |
| 53 | Western Michigan | 4 | 27 | 536 | 19.85 | 0 | 6.8 | 134.0 |
| 54 | Northwestern | 10 | 53 | 1056 | 19.92 | 1 | 5.3 | 105.6 |
| 55 | Rutgers | 9 | 32 | 640 | 20.00 | 0 | 3.6 | 71.1 |
| 55 | Georgia | 12 | 49 | 980 | 20.00 | 0 | 4.1 | 81.7 |
| 57 | Troy | 5 | 20 | 402 | 20.10 | 0 | 4.0 | 80.4 |
| 58 | South Alabama | 2 | 7 | 141 | 20.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 70.5 |
| 59 | Wyoming | 4 | 13 | 263 | 20.23 | 0 | 3.3 | 65.8 |
| 60 | Fresno State | 9 | 51 | 1035 | 20.29 | 0 | 5.7 | 115.0 |
| 61 | UTSA | 6 | 23 | 467 | 20.30 | 0 | 3.8 | 77.8 |
| 62 | Texas | 9 | 37 | 757 | 20.46 | 1 | 4.1 | 84.1 |
| 63 | BYU | 8 | 33 | 676 | 20.48 | 1 | 4.1 | 84.5 |
| 64 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 33 | 678 | 20.55 | 0 | 5.5 | 113.0 |
| 65 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 36 | 744 | 20.67 | 0 | 4.5 | 93.0 |
| 66 | Kent State | 11 | 46 | 953 | 20.72 | 0 | 4.2 | 86.6 |
| 67 | Ohio State | 12 | 57 | 1184 | 20.77 | 1 | 4.8 | 98.7 |
| 68 | Wake Forest | 5 | 10 | 208 | 20.80 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.6 |
| 69 | Utah | 5 | 20 | 418 | 20.90 | 1 | 4.0 | 83.6 |
| 70 | USC | 7 | 27 | 565 | 20.93 | 0 | 3.9 | 80.7 |
| 71 | Arizona State | 8 | 38 | 796 | 20.95 | 1 | 4.8 | 99.5 |
| 71 | Texas Tech | 8 | 39 | 817 | 20.95 | 1 | 4.9 | 102.1 |
| 73 | Toledo | 9 | 46 | 966 | 21.00 | 0 | 5.1 | 107.3 |
| 74 | Marshall | 5 | 34 | 716 | 21.06 | 0 | 6.8 | 143.2 |
| 75 | San Jose State | 11 | 52 | 1101 | 21.17 | 0 | 4.7 | 100.1 |
| 76 | Ohio | 9 | 41 | 871 | 21.24 | 1 | 4.6 | 96.8 |
| 77 | Cincinnati | 10 | 36 | 768 | 21.33 | 0 | 3.6 | 76.8 |
| 78 | Washington | 7 | 33 | 706 | 21.39 | 0 | 4.7 | 100.9 |
| 79 | North Texas | 4 | 15 | 322 | 21.47 | 0 | 3.8 | 80.5 |
| 80 | Oregon | 12 | 93 | 2004 | 21.55 | 0 | 7.8 | 167.0 |
| 81 | Bowling Green | 8 | 36 | 777 | 21.58 | 0 | 4.5 | 97.1 |
| 82 | West Virginia | 7 | 43 | 931 | 21.65 | 0 | 6.1 | 133.0 |
| 83 | Purdue | 6 | 33 | 716 | 21.70 | 0 | 5.5 | 119.3 |
| 84 | Texas State | 4 | 18 | 391 | 21.72 | 0 | 4.5 | 97.8 |
| 85 | Alabama | 13 | 50 | 1088 | 21.76 | 1 | 3.8 | 83.7 |
| 86 | Baylor | 8 | 37 | 806 | 21.78 | 1 | 4.6 | 100.8 |
| 87 | Duke | 6 | 26 | 569 | 21.88 | 0 | 4.3 | 94.8 |
| 88 | Connecticut | 5 | 18 | 394 | 21.89 | 0 | 3.6 | 78.8 |
| 89 | South Carolina | 11 | 30 | 657 | 21.90 | 0 | 2.7 | 59.7 |
| 90 | Utah State | 11 | 47 | 1032 | 21.96 | 2 | 4.3 | 93.8 |
| 91 | New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 92 | UCLA | 9 | 15 | 331 | 22.07 | 0 | 1.7 | 36.8 |
| 93 | East Carolina | 8 | 33 | 730 | 22.12 | 1 | 4.1 | 91.3 |
| 94 | Clemson | 11 | 38 | 843 | 22.18 | 0 | 3.5 | 76.6 |
| 95 | Nebraska | 10 | 23 | 511 | 22.22 | 1 | 2.3 | 51.1 |
| 96 | Indiana | 4 | 12 | 269 | 22.42 | 0 | 3.0 | 67.3 |
| 97 | Notre Dame | 12 | 43 | 965 | 22.44 | 0 | 3.6 | 80.4 |
| 98 | Navy | 8 | 34 | 768 | 22.59 | 0 | 4.3 | 96.0 |
| 99 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 34 | 769 | 22.62 | 0 | 4.9 | 109.9 |
| 100 | Air Force | 6 | 16 | 362 | 22.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 60.3 |
| 101 | UNLV | 2 | 9 | 205 | 22.78 | 0 | 4.5 | 102.5 |
| 102 | Buffalo | 4 | 19 | 433 | 22.79 | 0 | 4.8 | 108.3 |
| 103 | North Carolina | 8 | 45 | 1027 | 22.82 | 2 | 5.6 | 128.4 |
| 104 | Michigan | 8 | 37 | 850 | 22.97 | 0 | 4.6 | 106.3 |
| 105 | Nevada | 7 | 36 | 844 | 23.44 | 0 | 5.1 | 120.6 |
| 106 | Kansas State | 11 | 51 | 1202 | 23.57 | 2 | 4.6 | 109.3 |
| 107 | Mississippi | 7 | 24 | 567 | 23.63 | 1 | 3.4 | 81.0 |
| 108 | Colorado State | 4 | 17 | 402 | 23.65 | 0 | 4.3 | 100.5 |
| 109 | California | 3 | 16 | 381 | 23.81 | 0 | 5.3 | 127.0 |
| 110 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 44 | 1048 | 23.82 | 0 | 5.5 | 131.0 |
| 111 | San Diego State | 9 | 26 | 623 | 23.96 | 0 | 2.9 | 69.2 |
| 112 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 40 | 964 | 24.10 | 0 | 5.7 | 137.7 |
| 113 | Iowa State | 6 | 25 | 613 | 24.52 | 0 | 4.2 | 102.2 |
| 114 | UAB | 3 | 15 | 368 | 24.53 | 0 | 5.0 | 122.7 |
| 115 | Penn State | 8 | 29 | 724 | 24.97 | 1 | 3.6 | 90.5 |
| 116 | Michigan State | 7 | 21 | 527 | 25.10 | 0 | 3.0 | 75.3 |
| 117 | Tulane | 2 | 4 | 102 | 25.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 51.0 |
| 118 | Louisville | 11 | 63 | 1618 | 25.68 | 2 | 5.7 | 147.1 |
| 119 | Kentucky | 2 | 9 | 232 | 25.78 | 0 | 4.5 | 116.0 |
| 120 | Kansas | 1 | 6 | 164 | 27.33 | 0 | 6.0 | 164.0 |
| 121 | Virginia | 4 | 13 | 360 | 27.69 | 1 | 3.3 | 90.0 |
| 122 | New Mexico | 4 | 14 | 418 | 29.86 | 1 | 3.5 | 104.5 |
| 123 | Colorado | 1 | 4 | 139 | 34.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 139.0 |