2012 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - All Games through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawai'i | 12 | 58 | 1488 | 25.66 | 3 | 4.8 | 124.0 |
| 2 | Florida International | 12 | 59 | 1438 | 24.37 | 1 | 4.9 | 119.8 |
| 3 | Texas State | 12 | 54 | 1356 | 25.11 | 0 | 4.5 | 113.0 |
| 4 | Purdue | 13 | 60 | 1376 | 22.93 | 1 | 4.6 | 105.8 |
| 5 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 45 | 1235 | 27.44 | 2 | 3.8 | 102.9 |
| 6 | Temple | 11 | 47 | 1126 | 23.96 | 1 | 4.3 | 102.4 |
| 7 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 59 | 1228 | 20.81 | 0 | 4.9 | 102.3 |
| 8 | Colorado | 12 | 57 | 1198 | 21.02 | 1 | 4.8 | 99.8 |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 50 | 1186 | 23.72 | 1 | 4.2 | 98.8 |
| 10 | Virginia | 12 | 55 | 1152 | 20.95 | 0 | 4.6 | 96.0 |
| 11 | Memphis | 12 | 50 | 1142 | 22.84 | 0 | 4.2 | 95.2 |
| 12 | Massachusetts | 12 | 57 | 1140 | 20.00 | 0 | 4.8 | 95.0 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 12 | 49 | 1139 | 23.24 | 1 | 4.1 | 94.9 |
| 13 | California | 12 | 55 | 1139 | 20.71 | 0 | 4.6 | 94.9 |
| 15 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 53 | 1137 | 21.45 | 1 | 4.4 | 94.8 |
| 16 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 44 | 1129 | 25.66 | 1 | 3.7 | 94.1 |
| 17 | North Carolina State | 13 | 52 | 1219 | 23.44 | 2 | 4.0 | 93.8 |
| 18 | Central Michigan | 13 | 54 | 1214 | 22.48 | 0 | 4.2 | 93.4 |
| 19 | UTEP | 12 | 47 | 1096 | 23.32 | 2 | 3.9 | 91.3 |
| 20 | Toledo | 13 | 53 | 1170 | 22.08 | 3 | 4.1 | 90.0 |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 46 | 1148 | 24.96 | 2 | 3.5 | 88.3 |
| 22 | Tennessee | 12 | 52 | 1046 | 20.12 | 1 | 4.3 | 87.2 |
| 22 | Western Michigan | 12 | 53 | 1046 | 19.74 | 0 | 4.4 | 87.2 |
| 24 | West Virginia | 13 | 57 | 1118 | 19.61 | 1 | 4.4 | 86.0 |
| 25 | Marshall | 12 | 51 | 1014 | 19.88 | 0 | 4.3 | 84.5 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 12 | 48 | 1009 | 21.02 | 0 | 4.0 | 84.1 |
| 27 | Kansas State | 13 | 38 | 1087 | 28.61 | 2 | 2.9 | 83.6 |
| 28 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 44 | 1083 | 24.61 | 0 | 3.4 | 83.3 |
| 29 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 45 | 1082 | 24.04 | 1 | 3.5 | 83.2 |
| 30 | UNLV | 13 | 56 | 1077 | 19.23 | 0 | 4.3 | 82.8 |
| 31 | San Jose State | 13 | 42 | 1059 | 25.21 | 2 | 3.2 | 81.5 |
| 32 | Ball State | 13 | 45 | 1056 | 23.47 | 0 | 3.5 | 81.2 |
| 33 | Indiana | 12 | 44 | 973 | 22.11 | 1 | 3.7 | 81.1 |
| 34 | Duke | 13 | 58 | 1043 | 17.98 | 0 | 4.5 | 80.2 |
| 35 | Baylor | 13 | 49 | 1039 | 21.20 | 0 | 3.8 | 79.9 |
| 36 | Maryland | 12 | 40 | 957 | 23.93 | 2 | 3.3 | 79.8 |
| 37 | Navy | 13 | 44 | 1034 | 23.50 | 1 | 3.4 | 79.5 |
| 38 | New Mexico State | 12 | 44 | 951 | 21.61 | 1 | 3.7 | 79.3 |
| 39 | Washington State | 12 | 43 | 942 | 21.91 | 0 | 3.6 | 78.5 |
| 40 | Mississippi State | 13 | 45 | 1018 | 22.62 | 1 | 3.5 | 78.3 |
| 41 | San Diego State | 13 | 42 | 1005 | 23.93 | 2 | 3.2 | 77.3 |
| 42 | Fresno State | 13 | 47 | 997 | 21.21 | 0 | 3.6 | 76.7 |
| 43 | Texas | 13 | 43 | 996 | 23.16 | 1 | 3.3 | 76.6 |
| 43 | UTSA | 10 | 41 | 766 | 18.68 | 0 | 4.1 | 76.6 |
| 45 | Army | 12 | 46 | 916 | 19.91 | 0 | 3.8 | 76.3 |
| 46 | Colorado State | 12 | 41 | 914 | 22.29 | 0 | 3.4 | 76.2 |
| 47 | Illinois | 12 | 48 | 904 | 18.83 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.3 |
| 48 | USC | 13 | 37 | 976 | 26.38 | 1 | 2.8 | 75.1 |
| 49 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 44 | 1050 | 23.86 | 2 | 3.1 | 75.0 |
| 50 | East Carolina | 13 | 49 | 972 | 19.84 | 1 | 3.8 | 74.8 |
| 51 | Ohio | 13 | 45 | 968 | 21.51 | 1 | 3.5 | 74.5 |
| 52 | Kent State | 14 | 48 | 1039 | 21.65 | 3 | 3.4 | 74.2 |
| 53 | New Mexico | 13 | 40 | 956 | 23.90 | 2 | 3.1 | 73.5 |
| 54 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 41 | 939 | 22.90 | 0 | 3.2 | 72.2 |
| 55 | Missouri | 12 | 35 | 864 | 24.69 | 2 | 2.9 | 72.0 |
| 56 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 43 | 933 | 21.70 | 0 | 3.3 | 71.8 |
| 57 | Boston College | 12 | 49 | 859 | 17.53 | 0 | 4.1 | 71.6 |
| 58 | Michigan | 13 | 42 | 926 | 22.05 | 0 | 3.2 | 71.2 |
| 59 | Buffalo | 12 | 45 | 850 | 18.89 | 0 | 3.8 | 70.8 |
| 60 | Tulane | 12 | 44 | 847 | 19.25 | 0 | 3.7 | 70.6 |
| 61 | Washington | 13 | 43 | 909 | 21.14 | 0 | 3.3 | 69.9 |
| 61 | Idaho | 12 | 47 | 839 | 17.85 | 1 | 3.9 | 69.9 |
| 63 | Oklahoma | 13 | 35 | 904 | 25.83 | 1 | 2.7 | 69.5 |
| 64 | Tulsa | 14 | 36 | 959 | 26.64 | 1 | 2.6 | 68.5 |
| 64 | Nevada | 13 | 43 | 891 | 20.72 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.5 |
| 66 | Kansas | 12 | 42 | 819 | 19.50 | 0 | 3.5 | 68.3 |
| 67 | UCLA | 14 | 43 | 951 | 22.12 | 0 | 3.1 | 67.9 |
| 68 | Air Force | 13 | 38 | 878 | 23.11 | 0 | 2.9 | 67.5 |
| 69 | UCF | 14 | 38 | 943 | 24.82 | 3 | 2.7 | 67.4 |
| 69 | Rice | 13 | 38 | 876 | 23.05 | 1 | 2.9 | 67.4 |
| 71 | Auburn | 12 | 36 | 808 | 22.44 | 1 | 3.0 | 67.3 |
| 72 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 40 | 874 | 21.85 | 0 | 3.1 | 67.2 |
| 73 | Utah | 12 | 31 | 803 | 25.90 | 4 | 2.6 | 66.9 |
| 74 | Houston | 12 | 41 | 801 | 19.54 | 0 | 3.4 | 66.8 |
| 75 | Mississippi | 13 | 43 | 861 | 20.02 | 1 | 3.3 | 66.2 |
| 75 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 47 | 861 | 18.32 | 0 | 3.6 | 66.2 |
| 77 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 41 | 787 | 19.20 | 0 | 3.4 | 65.6 |
| 78 | Nebraska | 14 | 42 | 908 | 21.62 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.9 |
| 79 | Minnesota | 13 | 41 | 842 | 20.54 | 0 | 3.2 | 64.8 |
| 80 | Cincinnati | 13 | 34 | 839 | 24.68 | 0 | 2.6 | 64.5 |
| 81 | Florida | 13 | 36 | 835 | 23.19 | 1 | 2.8 | 64.2 |
| 82 | South Alabama | 13 | 40 | 833 | 20.83 | 0 | 3.1 | 64.1 |
| 83 | Iowa | 12 | 34 | 761 | 22.38 | 1 | 2.8 | 63.4 |
| 84 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 38 | 882 | 23.21 | 1 | 2.7 | 63.0 |
| 85 | Utah State | 13 | 38 | 816 | 21.47 | 0 | 2.9 | 62.8 |
| 86 | Texas Tech | 13 | 35 | 812 | 23.20 | 2 | 2.7 | 62.5 |
| 87 | TCU | 13 | 36 | 807 | 22.42 | 0 | 2.8 | 62.1 |
| 87 | Akron | 12 | 45 | 745 | 16.56 | 0 | 3.8 | 62.1 |
| 89 | North Texas | 12 | 38 | 729 | 19.18 | 0 | 3.2 | 60.8 |
| 90 | Troy | 12 | 39 | 721 | 18.49 | 0 | 3.3 | 60.1 |
| 91 | Bowling Green | 13 | 39 | 775 | 19.87 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.6 |
| 92 | Arizona State | 13 | 34 | 761 | 22.38 | 1 | 2.6 | 58.5 |
| 93 | UAB | 12 | 33 | 687 | 20.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 57.3 |
| 94 | LSU | 13 | 31 | 744 | 24.00 | 0 | 2.4 | 57.2 |
| 95 | Syracuse | 13 | 39 | 740 | 18.97 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.9 |
| 96 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 35 | 672 | 19.20 | 0 | 2.9 | 56.0 |
| 97 | Clemson | 13 | 35 | 717 | 20.49 | 0 | 2.7 | 55.2 |
| 98 | Arkansas State | 13 | 37 | 712 | 19.24 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.8 |
| 99 | Florida State | 14 | 31 | 764 | 24.65 | 0 | 2.2 | 54.6 |
| 100 | Michigan State | 13 | 36 | 707 | 19.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.4 |
| 101 | Boise State | 13 | 27 | 702 | 26.00 | 0 | 2.1 | 54.0 |
| 102 | Oregon | 13 | 36 | 699 | 19.42 | 1 | 2.8 | 53.8 |
| 103 | Iowa State | 13 | 36 | 698 | 19.39 | 0 | 2.8 | 53.7 |
| 103 | Wake Forest | 12 | 39 | 644 | 16.51 | 0 | 3.3 | 53.7 |
| 105 | Texas A&M | 13 | 35 | 697 | 19.91 | 0 | 2.7 | 53.6 |
| 106 | SMU | 13 | 30 | 692 | 23.07 | 0 | 2.3 | 53.2 |
| 107 | South Florida | 12 | 36 | 624 | 17.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 52.0 |
| 108 | Georgia | 14 | 32 | 709 | 22.16 | 1 | 2.3 | 50.6 |
| 109 | Stanford | 14 | 31 | 704 | 22.71 | 0 | 2.2 | 50.3 |
| 110 | Northwestern | 13 | 31 | 647 | 20.87 | 0 | 2.4 | 49.8 |
| 111 | Oregon State | 13 | 35 | 642 | 18.34 | 0 | 2.7 | 49.4 |
| 112 | Connecticut | 12 | 30 | 587 | 19.57 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.9 |
| 113 | BYU | 13 | 26 | 629 | 24.19 | 0 | 2.0 | 48.4 |
| 114 | Ohio State | 12 | 29 | 578 | 19.93 | 0 | 2.4 | 48.2 |
| 115 | Arkansas | 12 | 31 | 566 | 18.26 | 0 | 2.6 | 47.2 |
| 116 | Louisville | 13 | 35 | 606 | 17.31 | 0 | 2.7 | 46.6 |
| 117 | Notre Dame | 13 | 30 | 588 | 19.60 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.2 |
| 117 | Penn State | 12 | 30 | 542 | 18.07 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.2 |
| 119 | Wyoming | 12 | 30 | 541 | 18.03 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.1 |
| 120 | South Carolina | 13 | 26 | 563 | 21.65 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.3 |
| 121 | Arizona | 13 | 29 | 560 | 19.31 | 0 | 2.2 | 43.1 |
| 122 | Rutgers | 13 | 24 | 557 | 23.21 | 0 | 1.8 | 42.8 |
| 123 | Alabama | 14 | 21 | 503 | 23.95 | 1 | 1.5 | 35.9 |
| 124 | Wisconsin | 14 | 22 | 489 | 22.23 | 0 | 1.6 | 34.9 |