2012 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. BCS non-Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | 2 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.5 |
| 2 | Texas | 2 | 10 | 126 | 12.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 63.0 |
| 3 | Missouri | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 27.0 |
| 4 | LSU | 2 | 10 | 149 | 14.90 | 0 | 5.0 | 74.5 |
| 5 | Clemson | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 4 | 60 | 15.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 60.0 |
| 7 | Rutgers | 3 | 13 | 200 | 15.38 | 0 | 4.3 | 66.7 |
| 8 | Mississippi State | 3 | 13 | 207 | 15.92 | 0 | 4.3 | 69.0 |
| 9 | UCLA | 2 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| 9 | Stanford | 1 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.0 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | 2 | 7 | 112 | 16.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 56.0 |
| 12 | Minnesota | 2 | 5 | 82 | 16.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 41.0 |
| 13 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.0 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 1 | 4 | 66 | 16.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 66.0 |
| 15 | Texas A&M | 2 | 6 | 100 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.0 |
| 16 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 51 | 851 | 16.69 | 0 | 5.1 | 85.1 |
| 17 | Akron | 10 | 24 | 401 | 16.71 | 0 | 2.4 | 40.1 |
| 18 | Oregon State | 1 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 19 | North Carolina | 2 | 12 | 205 | 17.08 | 0 | 6.0 | 102.5 |
| 20 | Florida | 2 | 8 | 137 | 17.13 | 0 | 4.0 | 68.5 |
| 21 | Alabama | 2 | 6 | 103 | 17.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 51.5 |
| 22 | Massachusetts | 8 | 22 | 390 | 17.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 48.8 |
| 23 | Penn State | 2 | 5 | 89 | 17.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 44.5 |
| 24 | BYU | 7 | 16 | 289 | 18.06 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.3 |
| 25 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 91.0 |
| 26 | Florida State | 1 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 73.0 |
| 27 | Connecticut | 3 | 10 | 183 | 18.30 | 0 | 3.3 | 61.0 |
| 28 | Tulsa | 10 | 33 | 608 | 18.42 | 0 | 3.3 | 60.8 |
| 29 | Ohio State | 3 | 13 | 241 | 18.54 | 0 | 4.3 | 80.3 |
| 30 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 45 | 835 | 18.56 | 0 | 4.5 | 83.5 |
| 31 | Memphis | 10 | 13 | 242 | 18.62 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.2 |
| 32 | Tennessee | 2 | 10 | 187 | 18.70 | 0 | 5.0 | 93.5 |
| 33 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 8 | 150 | 18.75 | 0 | 8.0 | 150.0 |
| 34 | Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 34 | Washington State | 2 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 34 | North Carolina State | 1 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 34 | Utah | 2 | 7 | 133 | 19.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 66.5 |
| 38 | Purdue | 2 | 12 | 230 | 19.17 | 0 | 6.0 | 115.0 |
| 39 | Bowling Green | 10 | 40 | 768 | 19.20 | 0 | 4.0 | 76.8 |
| 40 | Oregon | 2 | 13 | 253 | 19.46 | 0 | 6.5 | 126.5 |
| 41 | UCF | 12 | 51 | 993 | 19.47 | 0 | 4.3 | 82.8 |
| 41 | Fresno State | 10 | 43 | 837 | 19.47 | 0 | 4.3 | 83.7 |
| 43 | Troy | 10 | 36 | 707 | 19.64 | 0 | 3.6 | 70.7 |
| 44 | Arkansas State | 10 | 45 | 888 | 19.73 | 0 | 4.5 | 88.8 |
| 45 | Idaho | 9 | 28 | 555 | 19.82 | 0 | 3.1 | 61.7 |
| 46 | Georgia | 2 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.5 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 1 | 8 | 160 | 20.00 | 0 | 8.0 | 160.0 |
| 48 | Western Michigan | 8 | 35 | 701 | 20.03 | 0 | 4.4 | 87.6 |
| 49 | Toledo | 10 | 48 | 966 | 20.13 | 0 | 4.8 | 96.6 |
| 50 | SMU | 9 | 35 | 706 | 20.17 | 0 | 3.9 | 78.4 |
| 51 | San Jose State | 11 | 50 | 1012 | 20.24 | 0 | 4.5 | 92.0 |
| 52 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 59 | 1195 | 20.25 | 1 | 6.6 | 132.8 |
| 53 | UTEP | 9 | 20 | 408 | 20.40 | 1 | 2.2 | 45.3 |
| 54 | Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 28 | 572 | 20.43 | 0 | 3.1 | 63.6 |
| 55 | Buffalo | 8 | 22 | 450 | 20.45 | 1 | 2.8 | 56.3 |
| 56 | Illinois | 2 | 4 | 82 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 56 | Mississippi | 2 | 8 | 164 | 20.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 82.0 |
| 58 | Air Force | 11 | 29 | 595 | 20.52 | 0 | 2.6 | 54.1 |
| 59 | Ball State | 10 | 49 | 1010 | 20.61 | 1 | 4.9 | 101.0 |
| 60 | New Mexico State | 10 | 22 | 454 | 20.64 | 0 | 2.2 | 45.4 |
| 60 | Houston | 11 | 45 | 929 | 20.64 | 0 | 4.1 | 84.5 |
| 62 | Rice | 11 | 24 | 496 | 20.67 | 0 | 2.2 | 45.1 |
| 63 | Boise State | 11 | 52 | 1076 | 20.69 | 2 | 4.7 | 97.8 |
| 64 | Central Michigan | 10 | 39 | 809 | 20.74 | 0 | 3.9 | 80.9 |
| 65 | Kent State | 11 | 44 | 914 | 20.77 | 0 | 4.0 | 83.1 |
| 66 | Baylor | 2 | 7 | 146 | 20.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 73.0 |
| 67 | Wyoming | 10 | 27 | 569 | 21.07 | 0 | 2.7 | 56.9 |
| 68 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 39 | 825 | 21.15 | 0 | 3.9 | 82.5 |
| 69 | USC | 1 | 5 | 106 | 21.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 106.0 |
| 70 | Texas State | 10 | 25 | 531 | 21.24 | 0 | 2.5 | 53.1 |
| 71 | Tulane | 10 | 22 | 468 | 21.27 | 0 | 2.2 | 46.8 |
| 72 | Hawai'i | 10 | 34 | 733 | 21.56 | 0 | 3.4 | 73.3 |
| 72 | Notre Dame | 2 | 9 | 194 | 21.56 | 0 | 4.5 | 97.0 |
| 74 | South Carolina | 2 | 7 | 151 | 21.57 | 0 | 3.5 | 75.5 |
| 75 | South Alabama | 10 | 28 | 605 | 21.61 | 0 | 2.8 | 60.5 |
| 76 | Kansas State | 1 | 4 | 87 | 21.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 87.0 |
| 77 | Florida International | 10 | 24 | 523 | 21.79 | 0 | 2.4 | 52.3 |
| 78 | California | 1 | 4 | 88 | 22.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 88.0 |
| 79 | Utah State | 10 | 43 | 957 | 22.26 | 2 | 4.3 | 95.7 |
| 80 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 49 | 1097 | 22.39 | 1 | 4.9 | 109.7 |
| 81 | UNLV | 10 | 31 | 696 | 22.45 | 0 | 3.1 | 69.6 |
| 82 | Ohio | 11 | 45 | 1027 | 22.82 | 1 | 4.1 | 93.4 |
| 83 | Colorado State | 10 | 28 | 644 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 64.4 |
| 84 | Kansas | 2 | 8 | 185 | 23.13 | 0 | 4.0 | 92.5 |
| 85 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 41 | 950 | 23.17 | 0 | 4.6 | 105.6 |
| 86 | East Carolina | 10 | 41 | 966 | 23.56 | 2 | 4.1 | 96.6 |
| 87 | Iowa | 2 | 5 | 118 | 23.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 59.0 |
| 88 | Navy | 8 | 28 | 663 | 23.68 | 0 | 3.5 | 82.9 |
| 89 | Michigan | 2 | 8 | 190 | 23.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 95.0 |
| 90 | Nevada | 9 | 37 | 900 | 24.32 | 0 | 4.1 | 100.0 |
| 91 | Florida Atlantic | 9 | 28 | 685 | 24.46 | 1 | 3.1 | 76.1 |
| 92 | Temple | 1 | 2 | 49 | 24.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 49.0 |
| 93 | UTSA | 8 | 27 | 662 | 24.52 | 1 | 3.4 | 82.8 |
| 94 | Texas Tech | 2 | 15 | 370 | 24.67 | 1 | 7.5 | 185.0 |
| 95 | Kentucky | 2 | 7 | 173 | 24.71 | 0 | 3.5 | 86.5 |
| 96 | Iowa State | 2 | 9 | 223 | 24.78 | 0 | 4.5 | 111.5 |
| 97 | New Mexico | 10 | 25 | 621 | 24.84 | 1 | 2.5 | 62.1 |
| 98 | Michigan State | 3 | 9 | 224 | 24.89 | 0 | 3.0 | 74.7 |
| 99 | North Texas | 9 | 19 | 478 | 25.16 | 0 | 2.1 | 53.1 |
| 100 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 34 | 856 | 25.18 | 3 | 3.8 | 95.1 |
| 101 | South Florida | 2 | 4 | 103 | 25.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 51.5 |
| 102 | San Diego State | 11 | 37 | 954 | 25.78 | 1 | 3.4 | 86.7 |
| 103 | Army | 7 | 16 | 414 | 25.88 | 1 | 2.3 | 59.1 |
| 104 | Duke | 2 | 8 | 213 | 26.63 | 0 | 4.0 | 106.5 |
| 105 | Southern Mississippi | 10 | 29 | 773 | 26.66 | 1 | 2.9 | 77.3 |
| 106 | Indiana | 3 | 8 | 214 | 26.75 | 0 | 2.7 | 71.3 |
| 107 | Louisville | 2 | 10 | 268 | 26.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 134.0 |
| 108 | Colorado | 2 | 6 | 162 | 27.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 81.0 |
| 109 | Marshall | 9 | 53 | 1440 | 27.17 | 3 | 5.9 | 160.0 |
| 110 | Washington | 2 | 9 | 245 | 27.22 | 0 | 4.5 | 122.5 |
| 111 | UAB | 9 | 23 | 627 | 27.26 | 0 | 2.6 | 69.7 |
| 112 | Arizona | 2 | 4 | 110 | 27.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 55.0 |
| 113 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 8 | 221 | 27.63 | 0 | 4.0 | 110.5 |
| 114 | Arizona State | 1 | 9 | 251 | 27.89 | 1 | 9.0 | 251.0 |
| 115 | Wake Forest | 1 | 3 | 85 | 28.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 85.0 |
| 116 | Boston College | 1 | 2 | 57 | 28.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 57.0 |
| 117 | Cincinnati | 2 | 7 | 200 | 28.57 | 1 | 3.5 | 100.0 |
| 118 | Virginia | 1 | 5 | 152 | 30.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 152.0 |
| 119 | TCU | 1 | 2 | 70 | 35.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 70.0 |
| 120 | Nebraska | 2 | 5 | 198 | 39.60 | 1 | 2.5 | 99.0 |