2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akron | 11 | 28 | 455 | 16.25 | 0 | 2.5 | 41.4 |
| 2 | Syracuse | 12 | 40 | 667 | 16.68 | 0 | 3.3 | 55.6 |
| 3 | Florida State | 12 | 50 | 844 | 16.88 | 0 | 4.2 | 70.3 |
| 4 | Auburn | 11 | 12 | 205 | 17.08 | 0 | 1.1 | 18.6 |
| 5 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 57 | 979 | 17.18 | 0 | 4.4 | 75.3 |
| 6 | Rutgers | 12 | 40 | 703 | 17.58 | 0 | 3.3 | 58.6 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 12 | 50 | 908 | 18.16 | 0 | 4.2 | 75.7 |
| 8 | Stanford | 14 | 38 | 694 | 18.26 | 0 | 2.7 | 49.6 |
| 9 | LSU | 12 | 45 | 823 | 18.29 | 0 | 3.8 | 68.6 |
| 10 | Florida | 12 | 35 | 641 | 18.31 | 0 | 2.9 | 53.4 |
| 11 | Arizona | 12 | 40 | 734 | 18.35 | 0 | 3.3 | 61.2 |
| 12 | Texas A&M | 11 | 34 | 627 | 18.44 | 0 | 3.1 | 57.0 |
| 13 | Tulsa | 13 | 41 | 760 | 18.54 | 0 | 3.2 | 58.5 |
| 14 | Temple | 10 | 15 | 279 | 18.60 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.9 |
| 15 | Iowa | 11 | 26 | 484 | 18.62 | 0 | 2.4 | 44.0 |
| 16 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 55 | 1030 | 18.73 | 0 | 4.6 | 85.8 |
| 17 | Memphis | 11 | 15 | 282 | 18.80 | 0 | 1.4 | 25.6 |
| 18 | Massachusetts | 12 | 27 | 511 | 18.93 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.6 |
| 19 | Missouri | 11 | 37 | 702 | 18.97 | 0 | 3.4 | 63.8 |
| 20 | Bowling Green | 12 | 43 | 817 | 19.00 | 0 | 3.6 | 68.1 |
| 21 | Arkansas State | 12 | 49 | 939 | 19.16 | 0 | 4.1 | 78.3 |
| 22 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 50 | 959 | 19.18 | 0 | 4.5 | 87.2 |
| 23 | Fresno State | 12 | 55 | 1063 | 19.33 | 0 | 4.6 | 88.6 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 13 | 44 | 854 | 19.41 | 0 | 3.4 | 65.7 |
| 25 | TCU | 12 | 33 | 643 | 19.48 | 0 | 2.8 | 53.6 |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 75 | 1468 | 19.57 | 1 | 6.3 | 122.3 |
| 27 | Troy | 12 | 46 | 903 | 19.63 | 0 | 3.8 | 75.3 |
| 28 | Minnesota | 12 | 25 | 491 | 19.64 | 1 | 2.1 | 40.9 |
| 29 | Central Michigan | 12 | 46 | 913 | 19.85 | 0 | 3.8 | 76.1 |
| 29 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 48 | 953 | 19.85 | 1 | 4.0 | 79.4 |
| 29 | San Jose State | 12 | 53 | 1052 | 19.85 | 0 | 4.4 | 87.7 |
| 32 | UCF | 14 | 55 | 1094 | 19.89 | 0 | 3.9 | 78.1 |
| 33 | Toledo | 12 | 54 | 1077 | 19.94 | 0 | 4.5 | 89.8 |
| 34 | Oregon State | 12 | 34 | 680 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 56.7 |
| 34 | Georgia | 13 | 48 | 960 | 20.00 | 0 | 3.7 | 73.8 |
| 36 | Western Michigan | 11 | 43 | 864 | 20.09 | 0 | 3.9 | 78.5 |
| 37 | Kentucky | 11 | 20 | 403 | 20.15 | 0 | 1.8 | 36.6 |
| 38 | Northwestern | 12 | 63 | 1271 | 20.17 | 1 | 5.3 | 105.9 |
| 39 | Ball State | 13 | 61 | 1235 | 20.25 | 1 | 4.7 | 95.0 |
| 40 | Boston College | 11 | 35 | 711 | 20.31 | 0 | 3.2 | 64.6 |
| 41 | Mississippi State | 12 | 49 | 1000 | 20.41 | 2 | 4.1 | 83.3 |
| 42 | Boise State | 13 | 60 | 1228 | 20.47 | 2 | 4.6 | 94.5 |
| 43 | Utah | 11 | 30 | 615 | 20.50 | 1 | 2.7 | 55.9 |
| 44 | UTEP | 12 | 23 | 472 | 20.52 | 1 | 1.9 | 39.3 |
| 45 | UNLV | 12 | 38 | 782 | 20.58 | 0 | 3.2 | 65.2 |
| 46 | Florida International | 12 | 29 | 600 | 20.69 | 0 | 2.4 | 50.0 |
| 47 | Air Force | 12 | 33 | 684 | 20.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 57.0 |
| 48 | Kansas | 11 | 33 | 685 | 20.76 | 1 | 3.0 | 62.3 |
| 49 | Texas Tech | 12 | 48 | 997 | 20.77 | 1 | 4.0 | 83.1 |
| 49 | Ohio State | 12 | 57 | 1184 | 20.77 | 1 | 4.8 | 98.7 |
| 51 | Rice | 13 | 27 | 561 | 20.78 | 0 | 2.1 | 43.2 |
| 51 | Kent State | 13 | 49 | 1018 | 20.78 | 0 | 3.8 | 78.3 |
| 53 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 48 | 1001 | 20.85 | 0 | 3.7 | 77.0 |
| 54 | Nebraska | 13 | 30 | 628 | 20.93 | 1 | 2.3 | 48.3 |
| 54 | Wyoming | 11 | 30 | 628 | 20.93 | 0 | 2.7 | 57.1 |
| 56 | Tennessee | 11 | 41 | 861 | 21.00 | 1 | 3.7 | 78.3 |
| 57 | Duke | 12 | 40 | 841 | 21.03 | 0 | 3.3 | 70.1 |
| 58 | Maryland | 11 | 44 | 928 | 21.09 | 0 | 4.0 | 84.4 |
| 59 | SMU | 12 | 42 | 888 | 21.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 74.0 |
| 60 | USC | 13 | 45 | 952 | 21.16 | 0 | 3.5 | 73.2 |
| 61 | Purdue | 12 | 48 | 1020 | 21.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 85.0 |
| 62 | BYU | 12 | 35 | 745 | 21.29 | 1 | 2.9 | 62.1 |
| 63 | North Carolina State | 12 | 28 | 597 | 21.32 | 0 | 2.3 | 49.8 |
| 64 | Houston | 12 | 46 | 984 | 21.39 | 0 | 3.8 | 82.0 |
| 65 | New Mexico State | 11 | 24 | 514 | 21.42 | 0 | 2.2 | 46.7 |
| 66 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 42 | 901 | 21.45 | 0 | 3.8 | 81.9 |
| 67 | Idaho | 11 | 32 | 687 | 21.47 | 0 | 2.9 | 62.5 |
| 68 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 32 | 692 | 21.63 | 0 | 2.9 | 62.9 |
| 69 | Arkansas | 11 | 17 | 369 | 21.71 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.5 |
| 70 | Arizona State | 12 | 46 | 1004 | 21.83 | 1 | 3.8 | 83.7 |
| 71 | UCLA | 14 | 21 | 459 | 21.86 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.8 |
| 72 | Indiana | 11 | 31 | 678 | 21.87 | 0 | 2.8 | 61.6 |
| 73 | Utah State | 12 | 48 | 1050 | 21.88 | 2 | 4.0 | 87.5 |
| 74 | Oregon | 12 | 91 | 1995 | 21.92 | 0 | 7.6 | 166.3 |
| 75 | Alabama | 13 | 48 | 1060 | 22.08 | 1 | 3.7 | 81.5 |
| 76 | Washington State | 11 | 26 | 575 | 22.12 | 1 | 2.4 | 52.3 |
| 77 | Notre Dame | 13 | 45 | 996 | 22.13 | 0 | 3.5 | 76.6 |
| 78 | Texas State | 11 | 28 | 620 | 22.14 | 0 | 2.5 | 56.4 |
| 79 | Cincinnati | 11 | 41 | 908 | 22.15 | 1 | 3.7 | 82.5 |
| 80 | Texas | 13 | 51 | 1137 | 22.29 | 1 | 3.9 | 87.5 |
| 80 | Ohio | 12 | 49 | 1092 | 22.29 | 1 | 4.1 | 91.0 |
| 82 | Buffalo | 11 | 27 | 606 | 22.44 | 2 | 2.5 | 55.1 |
| 83 | Connecticut | 12 | 30 | 676 | 22.53 | 0 | 2.5 | 56.3 |
| 84 | Tulane | 12 | 23 | 523 | 22.74 | 0 | 1.9 | 43.6 |
| 85 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 54 | 1236 | 22.89 | 1 | 4.5 | 103.0 |
| 86 | Washington | 12 | 41 | 940 | 22.93 | 0 | 3.4 | 78.3 |
| 87 | South Alabama | 12 | 32 | 736 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.7 | 61.3 |
| 87 | Navy | 12 | 39 | 897 | 23.00 | 0 | 3.3 | 74.8 |
| 89 | Penn State | 12 | 39 | 901 | 23.10 | 1 | 3.3 | 75.1 |
| 90 | Colorado State | 11 | 30 | 694 | 23.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 63.1 |
| 91 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 33 | 764 | 23.15 | 1 | 3.0 | 69.5 |
| 92 | Wake Forest | 11 | 18 | 418 | 23.22 | 1 | 1.6 | 38.0 |
| 93 | Michigan | 13 | 48 | 1116 | 23.25 | 0 | 3.7 | 85.8 |
| 94 | Illinois | 11 | 18 | 421 | 23.39 | 0 | 1.6 | 38.3 |
| 95 | Baylor | 12 | 45 | 1054 | 23.42 | 1 | 3.8 | 87.8 |
| 96 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 39 | 914 | 23.44 | 3 | 3.5 | 83.1 |
| 97 | Iowa State | 12 | 38 | 893 | 23.50 | 0 | 3.2 | 74.4 |
| 98 | South Carolina | 12 | 32 | 753 | 23.53 | 0 | 2.7 | 62.8 |
| 99 | Nevada | 12 | 49 | 1154 | 23.55 | 0 | 4.1 | 96.2 |
| 100 | East Carolina | 12 | 43 | 1021 | 23.74 | 2 | 3.6 | 85.1 |
| 101 | West Virginia | 12 | 59 | 1402 | 23.76 | 1 | 4.9 | 116.8 |
| 102 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 42 | 999 | 23.79 | 1 | 3.5 | 83.3 |
| 103 | Hawai'i | 11 | 35 | 833 | 23.80 | 1 | 3.2 | 75.7 |
| 104 | Clemson | 12 | 45 | 1080 | 24.00 | 0 | 3.8 | 90.0 |
| 104 | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 49 | 1176 | 24.00 | 0 | 4.5 | 106.9 |
| 106 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 62 | 1498 | 24.16 | 0 | 4.8 | 115.2 |
| 107 | Michigan State | 13 | 29 | 702 | 24.21 | 0 | 2.2 | 54.0 |
| 108 | Mississippi | 12 | 40 | 969 | 24.23 | 2 | 3.3 | 80.8 |
| 109 | South Florida | 11 | 17 | 412 | 24.24 | 0 | 1.5 | 37.5 |
| 110 | North Carolina | 11 | 57 | 1395 | 24.47 | 3 | 5.2 | 126.8 |
| 111 | UTSA | 8 | 27 | 662 | 24.52 | 1 | 3.4 | 82.8 |
| 112 | New Mexico | 12 | 27 | 671 | 24.85 | 1 | 2.3 | 55.9 |
| 113 | Kansas State | 12 | 55 | 1370 | 24.91 | 3 | 4.6 | 114.2 |
| 114 | San Diego State | 12 | 40 | 1001 | 25.03 | 1 | 3.3 | 83.4 |
| 115 | Army | 11 | 22 | 554 | 25.18 | 1 | 2.0 | 50.4 |
| 116 | Louisville | 12 | 66 | 1669 | 25.29 | 2 | 5.5 | 139.1 |
| 117 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 37 | 940 | 25.41 | 1 | 3.1 | 78.3 |
| 118 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 32 | 820 | 25.63 | 2 | 2.7 | 68.3 |
| 119 | Marshall | 11 | 62 | 1627 | 26.24 | 3 | 5.6 | 147.9 |
| 120 | UAB | 11 | 24 | 637 | 26.54 | 0 | 2.2 | 57.9 |
| 121 | California | 11 | 31 | 855 | 27.58 | 2 | 2.8 | 77.7 |
| 122 | North Texas | 11 | 22 | 623 | 28.32 | 1 | 2.0 | 56.6 |
| 123 | Colorado | 11 | 27 | 768 | 28.44 | 2 | 2.5 | 69.8 |
| 124 | Virginia | 11 | 26 | 745 | 28.65 | 2 | 2.4 | 67.7 |