2012 National Leaders Opponent Punting - Games in August/September Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Punts | Yards | Avg. | Punts/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 16 | 547 | 34.19 | 4.0 | 136.8 |
| 2 | Kansas | 4 | 17 | 587 | 34.53 | 4.3 | 146.8 |
| 3 | Temple | 3 | 15 | 521 | 34.73 | 5.0 | 173.7 |
| 4 | Buffalo | 4 | 24 | 865 | 36.04 | 6.0 | 216.3 |
| 5 | Memphis | 4 | 13 | 470 | 36.15 | 3.3 | 117.5 |
| 6 | Navy | 4 | 14 | 510 | 36.43 | 3.5 | 127.5 |
| 7 | Marshall | 5 | 22 | 802 | 36.45 | 4.4 | 160.4 |
| 8 | UAB | 4 | 22 | 804 | 36.55 | 5.5 | 201.0 |
| 9 | South Florida | 5 | 29 | 1064 | 36.69 | 5.8 | 212.8 |
| 10 | Arkansas | 5 | 25 | 922 | 36.88 | 5.0 | 184.4 |
| 11 | Army | 4 | 10 | 373 | 37.30 | 2.5 | 93.3 |
| 12 | Ohio | 5 | 27 | 1014 | 37.56 | 5.4 | 202.8 |
| 13 | Mississippi State | 4 | 22 | 829 | 37.68 | 5.5 | 207.3 |
| 14 | Western Michigan | 5 | 29 | 1100 | 37.93 | 5.8 | 220.0 |
| 15 | Tulane | 4 | 14 | 532 | 38.00 | 3.5 | 133.0 |
| 16 | Rutgers | 4 | 25 | 952 | 38.08 | 6.3 | 238.0 |
| 17 | Kent State | 4 | 17 | 654 | 38.47 | 4.3 | 163.5 |
| 18 | North Carolina | 5 | 36 | 1393 | 38.69 | 7.2 | 278.6 |
| 19 | Oregon | 5 | 36 | 1401 | 38.92 | 7.2 | 280.2 |
| 20 | Louisville | 5 | 17 | 663 | 39.00 | 3.4 | 132.6 |
| 21 | Bowling Green | 5 | 28 | 1094 | 39.07 | 5.6 | 218.8 |
| 21 | Illinois | 5 | 29 | 1133 | 39.07 | 5.8 | 226.6 |
| 23 | Georgia | 5 | 37 | 1448 | 39.14 | 7.4 | 289.6 |
| 24 | Nebraska | 5 | 33 | 1293 | 39.18 | 6.6 | 258.6 |
| 24 | Iowa State | 4 | 34 | 1332 | 39.18 | 8.5 | 333.0 |
| 26 | New Mexico State | 5 | 22 | 864 | 39.27 | 4.4 | 172.8 |
| 27 | Kentucky | 5 | 18 | 708 | 39.33 | 3.6 | 141.6 |
| 28 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 25 | 984 | 39.36 | 5.0 | 196.8 |
| 29 | Nevada | 5 | 28 | 1105 | 39.46 | 5.6 | 221.0 |
| 30 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 27 | 1066 | 39.48 | 6.8 | 266.5 |
| 31 | North Carolina State | 5 | 32 | 1264 | 39.50 | 6.4 | 252.8 |
| 32 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 13 | 514 | 39.54 | 3.3 | 128.5 |
| 33 | UTSA | 3 | 10 | 396 | 39.60 | 3.3 | 132.0 |
| 33 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 35 | 1386 | 39.60 | 7.0 | 277.2 |
| 35 | Connecticut | 5 | 43 | 1704 | 39.63 | 8.6 | 340.8 |
| 36 | USC | 4 | 22 | 872 | 39.64 | 5.5 | 218.0 |
| 37 | Oklahoma | 3 | 23 | 912 | 39.65 | 7.7 | 304.0 |
| 38 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 18 | 714 | 39.67 | 3.6 | 142.8 |
| 39 | Florida State | 5 | 43 | 1707 | 39.70 | 8.6 | 341.4 |
| 40 | SMU | 4 | 24 | 954 | 39.75 | 6.0 | 238.5 |
| 41 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 27 | 1075 | 39.81 | 6.8 | 268.8 |
| 42 | LSU | 5 | 37 | 1476 | 39.89 | 7.4 | 295.2 |
| 43 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 25 | 998 | 39.92 | 5.0 | 199.6 |
| 43 | Ohio State | 5 | 25 | 998 | 39.92 | 5.0 | 199.6 |
| 45 | Iowa | 5 | 27 | 1081 | 40.04 | 5.4 | 216.2 |
| 46 | Wisconsin | 5 | 32 | 1282 | 40.06 | 6.4 | 256.4 |
| 46 | Missouri | 5 | 35 | 1402 | 40.06 | 7.0 | 280.4 |
| 48 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 24 | 965 | 40.21 | 4.8 | 193.0 |
| 49 | Houston | 4 | 28 | 1129 | 40.32 | 7.0 | 282.3 |
| 50 | Clemson | 5 | 24 | 969 | 40.38 | 4.8 | 193.8 |
| 51 | Akron | 5 | 26 | 1051 | 40.42 | 5.2 | 210.2 |
| 52 | Kansas State | 4 | 18 | 728 | 40.44 | 4.5 | 182.0 |
| 53 | Minnesota | 5 | 28 | 1133 | 40.46 | 5.6 | 226.6 |
| 54 | Boston College | 4 | 19 | 771 | 40.58 | 4.8 | 192.8 |
| 55 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 21 | 859 | 40.90 | 4.2 | 171.8 |
| 56 | Duke | 5 | 25 | 1024 | 40.96 | 5.0 | 204.8 |
| 57 | San Diego State | 5 | 18 | 738 | 41.00 | 3.6 | 147.6 |
| 58 | Fresno State | 5 | 37 | 1518 | 41.03 | 7.4 | 303.6 |
| 59 | TCU | 4 | 27 | 1108 | 41.04 | 6.8 | 277.0 |
| 60 | Syracuse | 4 | 21 | 862 | 41.05 | 5.3 | 215.5 |
| 61 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 18 | 740 | 41.11 | 4.5 | 185.0 |
| 62 | UTEP | 5 | 26 | 1069 | 41.12 | 5.2 | 213.8 |
| 63 | Penn State | 5 | 21 | 864 | 41.14 | 4.2 | 172.8 |
| 63 | Washington State | 5 | 22 | 905 | 41.14 | 4.4 | 181.0 |
| 63 | Purdue | 4 | 22 | 905 | 41.14 | 5.5 | 226.3 |
| 66 | Hawai'i | 4 | 19 | 782 | 41.16 | 4.8 | 195.5 |
| 67 | Baylor | 4 | 12 | 495 | 41.25 | 3.0 | 123.8 |
| 68 | UCF | 4 | 20 | 826 | 41.30 | 5.0 | 206.5 |
| 69 | Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 17 | 703 | 41.35 | 3.4 | 140.6 |
| 70 | Auburn | 4 | 21 | 869 | 41.38 | 5.3 | 217.3 |
| 71 | Arkansas State | 5 | 27 | 1121 | 41.52 | 5.4 | 224.2 |
| 72 | Florida International | 5 | 28 | 1163 | 41.54 | 5.6 | 232.6 |
| 73 | East Carolina | 5 | 28 | 1168 | 41.71 | 5.6 | 233.6 |
| 74 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 17 | 710 | 41.76 | 4.3 | 177.5 |
| 75 | Indiana | 4 | 24 | 1003 | 41.79 | 6.0 | 250.8 |
| 76 | Ball State | 5 | 26 | 1089 | 41.88 | 5.2 | 217.8 |
| 77 | New Mexico | 5 | 12 | 504 | 42.00 | 2.4 | 100.8 |
| 77 | Michigan | 4 | 17 | 714 | 42.00 | 4.3 | 178.5 |
| 79 | Mississippi | 5 | 25 | 1052 | 42.08 | 5.0 | 210.4 |
| 80 | South Carolina | 5 | 29 | 1222 | 42.14 | 5.8 | 244.4 |
| 81 | Colorado | 5 | 25 | 1054 | 42.16 | 5.0 | 210.8 |
| 82 | California | 5 | 29 | 1224 | 42.21 | 5.8 | 244.8 |
| 83 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 15 | 634 | 42.27 | 3.8 | 158.5 |
| 84 | Arizona State | 5 | 33 | 1401 | 42.45 | 6.6 | 280.2 |
| 85 | Massachusetts | 5 | 15 | 637 | 42.47 | 3.0 | 127.4 |
| 86 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 21 | 893 | 42.52 | 5.3 | 223.3 |
| 86 | Arizona | 5 | 31 | 1318 | 42.52 | 6.2 | 263.6 |
| 88 | BYU | 5 | 36 | 1535 | 42.64 | 7.2 | 307.0 |
| 89 | Washington | 4 | 20 | 853 | 42.65 | 5.0 | 213.3 |
| 90 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 18 | 769 | 42.72 | 4.5 | 192.3 |
| 91 | Stanford | 4 | 28 | 1197 | 42.75 | 7.0 | 299.3 |
| 92 | South Alabama | 5 | 26 | 1112 | 42.77 | 5.2 | 222.4 |
| 93 | UCLA | 5 | 41 | 1757 | 42.85 | 8.2 | 351.4 |
| 94 | Toledo | 5 | 24 | 1029 | 42.88 | 4.8 | 205.8 |
| 95 | Boise State | 4 | 17 | 731 | 43.00 | 4.3 | 182.8 |
| 95 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 24 | 1032 | 43.00 | 6.0 | 258.0 |
| 97 | Notre Dame | 4 | 20 | 862 | 43.10 | 5.0 | 215.5 |
| 98 | North Texas | 5 | 27 | 1165 | 43.15 | 5.4 | 233.0 |
| 99 | Wake Forest | 5 | 23 | 993 | 43.17 | 4.6 | 198.6 |
| 100 | Oregon State | 3 | 20 | 865 | 43.25 | 6.7 | 288.3 |
| 101 | Utah | 4 | 26 | 1125 | 43.27 | 6.5 | 281.3 |
| 102 | Northwestern | 5 | 26 | 1126 | 43.31 | 5.2 | 225.2 |
| 103 | Michigan State | 5 | 30 | 1303 | 43.43 | 6.0 | 260.6 |
| 104 | Cincinnati | 3 | 22 | 956 | 43.45 | 7.3 | 318.7 |
| 105 | Tulsa | 5 | 42 | 1827 | 43.50 | 8.4 | 365.4 |
| 106 | Tennessee | 5 | 27 | 1181 | 43.74 | 5.4 | 236.2 |
| 107 | Troy | 5 | 32 | 1400 | 43.75 | 6.4 | 280.0 |
| 108 | Florida | 4 | 26 | 1139 | 43.81 | 6.5 | 284.8 |
| 109 | Texas A&M | 4 | 32 | 1408 | 44.00 | 8.0 | 352.0 |
| 110 | Central Michigan | 4 | 14 | 618 | 44.14 | 3.5 | 154.5 |
| 110 | Virginia | 5 | 22 | 971 | 44.14 | 4.4 | 194.2 |
| 112 | Maryland | 4 | 25 | 1106 | 44.24 | 6.3 | 276.5 |
| 113 | Utah State | 5 | 44 | 1950 | 44.32 | 8.8 | 390.0 |
| 114 | San Jose State | 5 | 27 | 1201 | 44.48 | 5.4 | 240.2 |
| 115 | Texas State | 4 | 12 | 535 | 44.58 | 3.0 | 133.8 |
| 116 | West Virginia | 4 | 19 | 854 | 44.95 | 4.8 | 213.5 |
| 117 | Wyoming | 4 | 17 | 765 | 45.00 | 4.3 | 191.3 |
| 117 | Alabama | 5 | 31 | 1395 | 45.00 | 6.2 | 279.0 |
| 119 | Idaho | 5 | 23 | 1037 | 45.09 | 4.6 | 207.4 |
| 120 | UNLV | 5 | 25 | 1131 | 45.24 | 5.0 | 226.2 |
| 121 | Texas Tech | 4 | 25 | 1157 | 46.28 | 6.3 | 289.3 |
| 122 | Air Force | 4 | 14 | 658 | 47.00 | 3.5 | 164.5 |
| 123 | Rice | 5 | 19 | 905 | 47.63 | 3.8 | 181.0 |
| 124 | Colorado State | 5 | 19 | 909 | 47.84 | 3.8 | 181.8 |