2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | 6 | 8 | 114 | 14.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 19.0 |
| 2 | Akron | 11 | 32 | 496 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.9 | 45.1 |
| 3 | Florida State | 11 | 50 | 819 | 16.38 | 0 | 4.5 | 74.5 |
| 4 | Syracuse | 11 | 37 | 615 | 16.62 | 0 | 3.4 | 55.9 |
| 5 | Temple | 10 | 15 | 257 | 17.13 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.7 |
| 6 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 61 | 1062 | 17.41 | 0 | 4.7 | 81.7 |
| 7 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 51 | 889 | 17.43 | 0 | 5.7 | 98.8 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 9 | 43 | 753 | 17.51 | 0 | 4.8 | 83.7 |
| 9 | LSU | 8 | 37 | 663 | 17.92 | 0 | 4.6 | 82.9 |
| 10 | North Carolina State | 10 | 26 | 468 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.6 | 46.8 |
| 11 | Florida | 6 | 17 | 311 | 18.29 | 0 | 2.8 | 51.8 |
| 12 | Rutgers | 12 | 40 | 736 | 18.40 | 0 | 3.3 | 61.3 |
| 13 | Mississippi State | 9 | 45 | 829 | 18.42 | 2 | 5.0 | 92.1 |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 9 | 24 | 443 | 18.46 | 0 | 2.7 | 49.2 |
| 15 | Arkansas | 8 | 14 | 259 | 18.50 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.4 |
| 15 | Arizona | 10 | 34 | 629 | 18.50 | 0 | 3.4 | 62.9 |
| 17 | Tulsa | 14 | 48 | 893 | 18.60 | 0 | 3.4 | 63.8 |
| 18 | Oregon State | 10 | 32 | 599 | 18.72 | 0 | 3.2 | 59.9 |
| 19 | Missouri | 6 | 26 | 488 | 18.77 | 0 | 4.3 | 81.3 |
| 20 | Memphis | 12 | 15 | 282 | 18.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.5 |
| 21 | Stanford | 10 | 31 | 584 | 18.84 | 0 | 3.1 | 58.4 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 9 | 30 | 568 | 18.93 | 0 | 3.3 | 63.1 |
| 23 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 26 | 493 | 18.96 | 0 | 2.6 | 49.3 |
| 24 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 59 | 1122 | 19.02 | 1 | 6.6 | 124.7 |
| 25 | TCU | 10 | 31 | 590 | 19.03 | 0 | 3.1 | 59.0 |
| 26 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 53 | 1011 | 19.08 | 0 | 4.4 | 84.3 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | 8 | 32 | 611 | 19.09 | 0 | 4.0 | 76.4 |
| 28 | Boston College | 8 | 28 | 536 | 19.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 67.0 |
| 29 | Central Michigan | 12 | 47 | 901 | 19.17 | 0 | 3.9 | 75.1 |
| 30 | Georgia | 9 | 34 | 658 | 19.35 | 0 | 3.8 | 73.1 |
| 30 | Northwestern | 10 | 52 | 1006 | 19.35 | 1 | 5.2 | 100.6 |
| 30 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 49 | 948 | 19.35 | 1 | 5.4 | 105.3 |
| 33 | Western Michigan | 11 | 47 | 913 | 19.43 | 0 | 4.3 | 83.0 |
| 34 | Arkansas State | 11 | 51 | 994 | 19.49 | 0 | 4.6 | 90.4 |
| 35 | Troy | 12 | 46 | 903 | 19.63 | 0 | 3.8 | 75.3 |
| 36 | UCF | 13 | 53 | 1044 | 19.70 | 0 | 4.1 | 80.3 |
| 37 | UCLA | 10 | 14 | 276 | 19.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.6 |
| 38 | Idaho | 9 | 25 | 495 | 19.80 | 0 | 2.8 | 55.0 |
| 39 | Utah | 10 | 29 | 577 | 19.90 | 1 | 2.9 | 57.7 |
| 40 | Fresno State | 11 | 56 | 1115 | 19.91 | 0 | 5.1 | 101.4 |
| 41 | South Carolina | 7 | 22 | 439 | 19.95 | 0 | 3.1 | 62.7 |
| 42 | Iowa | 8 | 23 | 459 | 19.96 | 0 | 2.9 | 57.4 |
| 43 | UNLV | 11 | 38 | 766 | 20.16 | 0 | 3.5 | 69.6 |
| 44 | UTSA | 8 | 30 | 605 | 20.17 | 0 | 3.8 | 75.6 |
| 45 | Ball State | 11 | 49 | 990 | 20.20 | 1 | 4.5 | 90.0 |
| 46 | Bowling Green | 11 | 43 | 870 | 20.23 | 0 | 3.9 | 79.1 |
| 47 | Baylor | 10 | 41 | 831 | 20.27 | 1 | 4.1 | 83.1 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 10 | 27 | 549 | 20.33 | 0 | 2.7 | 54.9 |
| 49 | Kansas | 8 | 26 | 531 | 20.42 | 0 | 3.3 | 66.4 |
| 50 | Boise State | 13 | 60 | 1228 | 20.47 | 2 | 4.6 | 94.5 |
| 51 | Maryland | 10 | 40 | 819 | 20.48 | 0 | 4.0 | 81.9 |
| 52 | UTEP | 11 | 23 | 472 | 20.52 | 1 | 2.1 | 42.9 |
| 52 | Minnesota | 10 | 23 | 472 | 20.52 | 1 | 2.3 | 47.2 |
| 54 | Air Force | 12 | 31 | 637 | 20.55 | 0 | 2.6 | 53.1 |
| 55 | Toledo | 11 | 52 | 1072 | 20.62 | 0 | 4.7 | 97.5 |
| 56 | BYU | 8 | 33 | 682 | 20.67 | 1 | 4.1 | 85.3 |
| 57 | Illinois | 9 | 13 | 270 | 20.77 | 0 | 1.4 | 30.0 |
| 58 | Rice | 13 | 27 | 561 | 20.78 | 0 | 2.1 | 43.2 |
| 59 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 48 | 1001 | 20.85 | 0 | 3.7 | 77.0 |
| 60 | Kent State | 13 | 51 | 1064 | 20.86 | 0 | 3.9 | 81.8 |
| 61 | New Mexico State | 10 | 21 | 439 | 20.90 | 0 | 2.1 | 43.9 |
| 62 | USC | 10 | 34 | 713 | 20.97 | 0 | 3.4 | 71.3 |
| 62 | Washington | 8 | 31 | 650 | 20.97 | 0 | 3.9 | 81.3 |
| 64 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 46 | 967 | 21.02 | 0 | 4.2 | 87.9 |
| 65 | Kentucky | 7 | 18 | 379 | 21.06 | 0 | 2.6 | 54.1 |
| 66 | Arizona State | 11 | 45 | 949 | 21.09 | 1 | 4.1 | 86.3 |
| 67 | SMU | 12 | 45 | 950 | 21.11 | 0 | 3.8 | 79.2 |
| 68 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 34 | 718 | 21.12 | 0 | 3.4 | 71.8 |
| 69 | Purdue | 10 | 44 | 931 | 21.16 | 0 | 4.4 | 93.1 |
| 70 | San Jose State | 11 | 52 | 1101 | 21.17 | 0 | 4.7 | 100.1 |
| 71 | Florida International | 11 | 27 | 573 | 21.22 | 0 | 2.5 | 52.1 |
| 72 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 40 | 852 | 21.30 | 2 | 3.6 | 77.5 |
| 73 | Oregon | 10 | 78 | 1664 | 21.33 | 0 | 7.8 | 166.4 |
| 74 | Clemson | 10 | 35 | 747 | 21.34 | 0 | 3.5 | 74.7 |
| 75 | Duke | 10 | 40 | 854 | 21.35 | 0 | 4.0 | 85.4 |
| 76 | Houston | 12 | 46 | 984 | 21.39 | 0 | 3.8 | 82.0 |
| 77 | South Florida | 10 | 13 | 280 | 21.54 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.0 |
| 78 | Ohio State | 10 | 46 | 994 | 21.61 | 1 | 4.6 | 99.4 |
| 79 | Texas Tech | 10 | 47 | 1020 | 21.70 | 1 | 4.7 | 102.0 |
| 80 | Nebraska | 10 | 19 | 414 | 21.79 | 1 | 1.9 | 41.4 |
| 80 | Texas State | 10 | 29 | 632 | 21.79 | 0 | 2.9 | 63.2 |
| 82 | Utah State | 12 | 47 | 1025 | 21.81 | 2 | 3.9 | 85.4 |
| 83 | Texas | 10 | 42 | 917 | 21.83 | 1 | 4.2 | 91.7 |
| 84 | Hawai'i | 11 | 40 | 876 | 21.90 | 1 | 3.6 | 79.6 |
| 85 | Notre Dame | 9 | 36 | 789 | 21.92 | 0 | 4.0 | 87.7 |
| 86 | Michigan | 7 | 33 | 724 | 21.94 | 0 | 4.7 | 103.4 |
| 87 | Tennessee | 7 | 31 | 682 | 22.00 | 1 | 4.4 | 97.4 |
| 88 | Ohio | 13 | 53 | 1168 | 22.04 | 1 | 4.1 | 89.8 |
| 89 | San Diego State | 11 | 32 | 708 | 22.13 | 0 | 2.9 | 64.4 |
| 90 | Buffalo | 10 | 29 | 643 | 22.17 | 1 | 2.9 | 64.3 |
| 91 | Navy | 11 | 42 | 939 | 22.36 | 0 | 3.8 | 85.4 |
| 91 | Alabama | 9 | 36 | 805 | 22.36 | 1 | 4.0 | 89.4 |
| 93 | West Virginia | 10 | 51 | 1150 | 22.55 | 1 | 5.1 | 115.0 |
| 94 | Cincinnati | 12 | 41 | 928 | 22.63 | 1 | 3.4 | 77.3 |
| 94 | Kansas State | 10 | 46 | 1041 | 22.63 | 2 | 4.6 | 104.1 |
| 96 | Tulane | 12 | 23 | 523 | 22.74 | 0 | 1.9 | 43.6 |
| 97 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 59 | 1346 | 22.81 | 1 | 4.9 | 112.2 |
| 98 | Nevada | 12 | 52 | 1187 | 22.83 | 0 | 4.3 | 98.9 |
| 99 | Connecticut | 11 | 27 | 619 | 22.93 | 0 | 2.5 | 56.3 |
| 100 | South Alabama | 13 | 35 | 805 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.7 | 61.9 |
| 101 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 38 | 878 | 23.11 | 1 | 3.5 | 79.8 |
| 102 | Washington State | 9 | 22 | 511 | 23.23 | 1 | 2.4 | 56.8 |
| 103 | Indiana | 10 | 28 | 651 | 23.25 | 0 | 2.8 | 65.1 |
| 104 | Iowa State | 10 | 37 | 867 | 23.43 | 0 | 3.7 | 86.7 |
| 105 | Colorado State | 9 | 25 | 587 | 23.48 | 0 | 2.8 | 65.2 |
| 105 | North Carolina | 11 | 62 | 1456 | 23.48 | 3 | 5.6 | 132.4 |
| 107 | Louisville | 12 | 66 | 1557 | 23.59 | 1 | 5.5 | 129.8 |
| 108 | Mississippi | 7 | 24 | 567 | 23.63 | 1 | 3.4 | 81.0 |
| 109 | North Texas | 10 | 23 | 545 | 23.70 | 0 | 2.3 | 54.5 |
| 110 | East Carolina | 12 | 47 | 1117 | 23.77 | 2 | 3.9 | 93.1 |
| 111 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 53 | 1262 | 23.81 | 0 | 4.4 | 105.2 |
| 112 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 55 | 1340 | 24.36 | 0 | 5.0 | 121.8 |
| 113 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 29 | 707 | 24.38 | 1 | 2.9 | 70.7 |
| 114 | Penn State | 9 | 31 | 768 | 24.77 | 1 | 3.4 | 85.3 |
| 115 | Marshall | 12 | 69 | 1735 | 25.14 | 3 | 5.8 | 144.6 |
| 116 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 27 | 690 | 25.56 | 1 | 3.0 | 76.7 |
| 117 | Wake Forest | 8 | 15 | 384 | 25.60 | 1 | 1.9 | 48.0 |
| 118 | New Mexico | 11 | 28 | 721 | 25.75 | 1 | 2.5 | 65.5 |
| 119 | UAB | 10 | 31 | 806 | 26.00 | 0 | 3.1 | 80.6 |
| 120 | Michigan State | 7 | 19 | 501 | 26.37 | 0 | 2.7 | 71.6 |
| 121 | Army | 11 | 18 | 482 | 26.78 | 1 | 1.6 | 43.8 |
| 122 | California | 8 | 32 | 877 | 27.41 | 2 | 4.0 | 109.6 |
| 123 | Virginia | 12 | 29 | 797 | 27.48 | 2 | 2.4 | 66.4 |
| 124 | Colorado | 10 | 27 | 804 | 29.78 | 2 | 2.7 | 80.4 |