2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoffs - Games on the Road/Neutral Site Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Kickoffs | Yards | Avg. | Touchback | Touchback % | Out-Of-Bounds | Onside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent State | 9 | 40 | 1875 | 46.88 | 3 | 7.50 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | West Virginia | 6 | 39 | 2154 | 55.23 | 13 | 33.33 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Louisville | 6 | 27 | 1529 | 56.63 | 10 | 37.04 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | San Jose State | 7 | 29 | 1659 | 57.21 | 5 | 17.24 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Toledo | 7 | 38 | 2175 | 57.24 | 8 | 21.05 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 5 | 36 | 2069 | 57.47 | 10 | 27.78 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Oregon | 6 | 28 | 1616 | 57.71 | 7 | 25.00 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Kansas State | 6 | 31 | 1791 | 57.77 | 11 | 35.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Western Michigan | 6 | 37 | 2143 | 57.92 | 10 | 27.03 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | UCF | 8 | 34 | 1976 | 58.12 | 13 | 38.24 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | UNLV | 6 | 43 | 2518 | 58.56 | 4 | 9.30 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 43 | 2524 | 58.70 | 16 | 37.21 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Florida State | 7 | 27 | 1588 | 58.81 | 8 | 29.63 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Utah | 6 | 32 | 1888 | 59.00 | 16 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Colorado | 6 | 53 | 3134 | 59.13 | 14 | 26.42 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Army | 5 | 33 | 1960 | 59.39 | 9 | 27.27 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Massachusetts | 7 | 51 | 3031 | 59.43 | 12 | 23.53 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | Maryland | 6 | 39 | 2318 | 59.44 | 13 | 33.33 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Indiana | 6 | 38 | 2260 | 59.47 | 12 | 31.58 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Bowling Green | 8 | 34 | 2023 | 59.50 | 9 | 26.47 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Arizona State | 7 | 38 | 2263 | 59.55 | 13 | 34.21 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Ball State | 8 | 50 | 2989 | 59.78 | 16 | 32.00 | 4 | 2 |
| 23 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 43 | 2578 | 59.95 | 14 | 32.56 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Illinois | 5 | 40 | 2400 | 60.00 | 10 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Texas Tech | 7 | 48 | 2882 | 60.04 | 20 | 41.67 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 45 | 2703 | 60.07 | 12 | 26.67 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Houston | 5 | 41 | 2466 | 60.15 | 18 | 43.90 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 40 | 2413 | 60.33 | 14 | 35.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Michigan | 7 | 37 | 2234 | 60.38 | 6 | 16.22 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | Central Michigan | 6 | 39 | 2356 | 60.41 | 13 | 33.33 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | North Texas | 7 | 46 | 2781 | 60.46 | 15 | 32.61 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | BYU | 7 | 25 | 1512 | 60.48 | 8 | 32.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Memphis | 6 | 39 | 2364 | 60.62 | 9 | 23.08 | 3 | 2 |
| 34 | UCLA | 7 | 42 | 2547 | 60.64 | 12 | 28.57 | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | California | 5 | 34 | 2063 | 60.68 | 11 | 32.35 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Nevada | 7 | 40 | 2427 | 60.68 | 14 | 35.00 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | Boise State | 7 | 25 | 1518 | 60.72 | 6 | 24.00 | 1 | 3 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 6 | 33 | 2004 | 60.73 | 16 | 48.48 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 38 | 2308 | 60.74 | 16 | 42.11 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | North Carolina State | 7 | 47 | 2855 | 60.74 | 11 | 23.40 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 41 | 2492 | 60.78 | 11 | 26.83 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | 43 | 2615 | 60.81 | 17 | 39.53 | 0 | 2 |
| 43 | Fresno State | 7 | 39 | 2374 | 60.87 | 6 | 15.38 | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | Auburn | 5 | 30 | 1827 | 60.90 | 10 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 46 | 2802 | 60.91 | 18 | 39.13 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Iowa | 5 | 25 | 1524 | 60.96 | 10 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Miami (Ohio) | 7 | 50 | 3048 | 60.96 | 22 | 44.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | Northwestern | 6 | 34 | 2073 | 60.97 | 14 | 41.18 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Rutgers | 7 | 27 | 1647 | 61.00 | 14 | 51.85 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | San Diego State | 6 | 31 | 1892 | 61.03 | 8 | 25.81 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | UTEP | 6 | 38 | 2319 | 61.03 | 4 | 10.53 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 44 | 2687 | 61.07 | 10 | 22.73 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Hawai'i | 6 | 43 | 2627 | 61.09 | 9 | 20.93 | 1 | 1 |
| 54 | Ohio | 7 | 38 | 2322 | 61.11 | 11 | 28.95 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Virginia | 5 | 26 | 1589 | 61.12 | 6 | 23.08 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | Florida International | 6 | 39 | 2384 | 61.13 | 8 | 20.51 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | UTSA | 6 | 33 | 2019 | 61.18 | 11 | 33.33 | 0 | 1 |
| 58 | Temple | 5 | 29 | 1776 | 61.24 | 7 | 24.14 | 1 | 2 |
| 58 | Buffalo | 6 | 37 | 2266 | 61.24 | 15 | 40.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | New Mexico | 7 | 38 | 2327 | 61.24 | 11 | 28.95 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 31 | 1899 | 61.26 | 10 | 32.26 | 0 | 2 |
| 62 | Mississippi State | 6 | 38 | 2329 | 61.29 | 8 | 21.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Georgia | 7 | 32 | 1962 | 61.31 | 16 | 50.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 64 | Colorado State | 6 | 41 | 2514 | 61.32 | 15 | 36.59 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Washington | 7 | 45 | 2760 | 61.33 | 18 | 40.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | East Carolina | 7 | 44 | 2699 | 61.34 | 17 | 38.64 | 0 | 1 |
| 67 | Texas A&M | 7 | 31 | 1902 | 61.35 | 13 | 41.94 | 1 | 2 |
| 68 | TCU | 7 | 33 | 2026 | 61.39 | 14 | 42.42 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Iowa State | 6 | 32 | 1966 | 61.44 | 14 | 43.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | LSU | 5 | 20 | 1231 | 61.55 | 9 | 45.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 | Cincinnati | 6 | 32 | 1970 | 61.56 | 11 | 34.38 | 2 | 1 |
| 72 | Wyoming | 6 | 35 | 2155 | 61.57 | 15 | 42.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | Texas State | 6 | 34 | 2094 | 61.59 | 9 | 26.47 | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | Florida | 6 | 27 | 1664 | 61.63 | 6 | 22.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | North Carolina | 5 | 28 | 1727 | 61.68 | 9 | 32.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | USC | 7 | 34 | 2099 | 61.74 | 16 | 47.06 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Boston College | 6 | 39 | 2408 | 61.74 | 15 | 38.46 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Troy | 6 | 31 | 1915 | 61.77 | 11 | 35.48 | 2 | 2 |
| 78 | Duke | 6 | 48 | 2965 | 61.77 | 14 | 29.17 | 0 | 1 |
| 78 | Navy | 8 | 48 | 2965 | 61.77 | 14 | 29.17 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Washington State | 7 | 48 | 2965 | 61.77 | 17 | 35.42 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | Minnesota | 6 | 32 | 1979 | 61.84 | 16 | 50.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 41 | 2536 | 61.85 | 11 | 26.83 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Alabama | 7 | 22 | 1361 | 61.86 | 10 | 45.45 | 0 | 1 |
| 85 | Connecticut | 6 | 31 | 1918 | 61.87 | 15 | 48.39 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | South Alabama | 7 | 45 | 2784 | 61.87 | 18 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Syracuse | 8 | 47 | 2908 | 61.87 | 24 | 51.06 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Idaho | 7 | 60 | 3713 | 61.88 | 19 | 31.67 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Akron | 6 | 41 | 2540 | 61.95 | 18 | 43.90 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | Kansas | 6 | 49 | 3036 | 61.96 | 21 | 42.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | Ohio State | 4 | 20 | 1240 | 62.00 | 9 | 45.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 91 | Utah State | 7 | 31 | 1922 | 62.00 | 6 | 19.35 | 1 | 2 |
| 93 | Tulane | 5 | 36 | 2233 | 62.03 | 17 | 47.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Arkansas | 5 | 33 | 2048 | 62.06 | 16 | 48.48 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 36 | 2234 | 62.06 | 7 | 19.44 | 1 | 1 |
| 96 | South Florida | 6 | 37 | 2299 | 62.14 | 18 | 48.65 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | Tulsa | 7 | 38 | 2366 | 62.26 | 13 | 34.21 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 42 | 2615 | 62.26 | 20 | 47.62 | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | Nebraska | 7 | 47 | 2926 | 62.26 | 23 | 48.94 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Notre Dame | 7 | 24 | 1495 | 62.29 | 7 | 29.17 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | UAB | 6 | 45 | 2803 | 62.29 | 27 | 60.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 102 | Arkansas State | 7 | 41 | 2555 | 62.32 | 17 | 41.46 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | Purdue | 6 | 37 | 2307 | 62.35 | 14 | 37.84 | 0 | 1 |
| 104 | Rice | 8 | 41 | 2557 | 62.37 | 14 | 34.15 | 0 | 3 |
| 105 | Michigan State | 6 | 23 | 1435 | 62.39 | 9 | 39.13 | 1 | 1 |
| 106 | Baylor | 7 | 50 | 3123 | 62.46 | 23 | 46.00 | 0 | 3 |
| 107 | Texas | 7 | 48 | 3002 | 62.54 | 21 | 43.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 | Kentucky | 5 | 35 | 2191 | 62.60 | 14 | 40.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | Oregon State | 6 | 31 | 1941 | 62.61 | 16 | 51.61 | 1 | 1 |
| 110 | Oklahoma | 7 | 35 | 2194 | 62.69 | 16 | 45.71 | 0 | 1 |
| 111 | Stanford | 7 | 21 | 1318 | 62.76 | 9 | 42.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 112 | Missouri | 5 | 28 | 1760 | 62.86 | 12 | 42.86 | 2 | 0 |
| 113 | New Mexico State | 6 | 49 | 3088 | 63.02 | 24 | 48.98 | 1 | 0 |
| 114 | Wake Forest | 5 | 32 | 2018 | 63.06 | 11 | 34.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 | SMU | 6 | 35 | 2215 | 63.29 | 18 | 51.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 35 | 2217 | 63.34 | 16 | 45.71 | 1 | 0 |
| 117 | South Carolina | 6 | 33 | 2092 | 63.39 | 14 | 42.42 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Air Force | 7 | 47 | 2981 | 63.43 | 22 | 46.81 | 2 | 0 |
| 119 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 31 | 1967 | 63.45 | 11 | 35.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 119 | Clemson | 6 | 33 | 2094 | 63.45 | 17 | 51.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | Arizona | 5 | 41 | 2604 | 63.51 | 24 | 58.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 122 | Marshall | 6 | 47 | 2991 | 63.64 | 20 | 42.55 | 0 | 1 |
| 123 | Penn State | 5 | 17 | 1083 | 63.71 | 10 | 58.82 | 0 | 1 |
| 124 | Wisconsin | 7 | 32 | 2045 | 63.91 | 22 | 68.75 | 0 | 0 |