2012 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS Teams With Non-Winning Record Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | 3 | 9 | 479 | 53.22 | 4 | 3.0 | 159.7 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 3 | 4 | 166 | 41.50 | 1 | 1.3 | 55.3 |
| 3 | Missouri | 2 | 4 | 153 | 38.25 | 1 | 2.0 | 76.5 |
| 4 | USC | 5 | 9 | 290 | 32.22 | 1 | 1.8 | 58.0 |
| 5 | SMU | 5 | 8 | 245 | 30.63 | 0 | 1.6 | 49.0 |
| 6 | Kansas State | 3 | 7 | 210 | 30.00 | 1 | 2.3 | 70.0 |
| 7 | LSU | 4 | 8 | 237 | 29.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 59.3 |
| 8 | Tulsa | 8 | 24 | 705 | 29.38 | 1 | 3.0 | 88.1 |
| 9 | Rutgers | 7 | 11 | 310 | 28.18 | 0 | 1.6 | 44.3 |
| 10 | Arizona State | 6 | 12 | 334 | 27.83 | 1 | 2.0 | 55.7 |
| 11 | San Diego State | 6 | 12 | 332 | 27.67 | 1 | 2.0 | 55.3 |
| 12 | Texas Tech | 5 | 13 | 359 | 27.62 | 1 | 2.6 | 71.8 |
| 13 | Colorado | 3 | 11 | 301 | 27.36 | 1 | 3.7 | 100.3 |
| 14 | Utah State | 6 | 12 | 322 | 26.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 53.7 |
| 15 | UTEP | 4 | 18 | 482 | 26.78 | 1 | 4.5 | 120.5 |
| 16 | Hawai'i | 5 | 15 | 401 | 26.73 | 1 | 3.0 | 80.2 |
| 17 | Temple | 5 | 18 | 480 | 26.67 | 0 | 3.6 | 96.0 |
| 17 | TCU | 3 | 9 | 240 | 26.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 80.0 |
| 19 | Maryland | 6 | 18 | 471 | 26.17 | 1 | 3.0 | 78.5 |
| 19 | Boise State | 7 | 12 | 314 | 26.17 | 0 | 1.7 | 44.9 |
| 21 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 18 | 468 | 26.00 | 1 | 2.3 | 58.5 |
| 22 | South Florida | 3 | 6 | 155 | 25.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 51.7 |
| 23 | Florida International | 5 | 26 | 671 | 25.81 | 1 | 5.2 | 134.2 |
| 24 | Memphis | 5 | 16 | 412 | 25.75 | 0 | 3.2 | 82.4 |
| 25 | UCLA | 5 | 15 | 386 | 25.73 | 0 | 3.0 | 77.2 |
| 26 | UCF | 8 | 23 | 589 | 25.61 | 2 | 2.9 | 73.6 |
| 27 | Rice | 8 | 28 | 714 | 25.50 | 1 | 3.5 | 89.3 |
| 28 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 22 | 555 | 25.23 | 1 | 4.4 | 111.0 |
| 29 | BYU | 6 | 14 | 352 | 25.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 58.7 |
| 30 | South Carolina | 5 | 7 | 175 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 35.0 |
| 31 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 18 | 442 | 24.56 | 0 | 2.6 | 63.1 |
| 32 | Mississippi | 5 | 9 | 217 | 24.11 | 0 | 1.8 | 43.4 |
| 33 | Ball State | 6 | 20 | 481 | 24.05 | 0 | 3.3 | 80.2 |
| 34 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 25 | 599 | 23.96 | 0 | 3.6 | 85.6 |
| 35 | Cincinnati | 6 | 13 | 311 | 23.92 | 0 | 2.2 | 51.8 |
| 36 | Houston | 6 | 16 | 380 | 23.75 | 0 | 2.7 | 63.3 |
| 37 | Colorado State | 6 | 18 | 423 | 23.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 70.5 |
| 38 | Georgia | 7 | 20 | 461 | 23.05 | 1 | 2.9 | 65.9 |
| 39 | North Carolina | 6 | 27 | 619 | 22.93 | 0 | 4.5 | 103.2 |
| 40 | North Carolina State | 7 | 19 | 434 | 22.84 | 1 | 2.7 | 62.0 |
| 41 | Fresno State | 6 | 13 | 295 | 22.69 | 0 | 2.2 | 49.2 |
| 42 | Nebraska | 3 | 6 | 136 | 22.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.3 |
| 43 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 15 | 337 | 22.47 | 0 | 5.0 | 112.3 |
| 44 | Clemson | 6 | 19 | 422 | 22.21 | 0 | 3.2 | 70.3 |
| 45 | Toledo | 5 | 18 | 399 | 22.17 | 1 | 3.6 | 79.8 |
| 46 | Air Force | 6 | 17 | 375 | 22.06 | 0 | 2.8 | 62.5 |
| 47 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 19 | 418 | 22.00 | 0 | 3.8 | 83.6 |
| 48 | Connecticut | 7 | 15 | 329 | 21.93 | 0 | 2.1 | 47.0 |
| 49 | Illinois | 4 | 10 | 218 | 21.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 54.5 |
| 50 | Ohio | 7 | 24 | 523 | 21.79 | 1 | 3.4 | 74.7 |
| 51 | Central Michigan | 6 | 18 | 392 | 21.78 | 0 | 3.0 | 65.3 |
| 52 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 18 | 391 | 21.72 | 0 | 3.0 | 65.2 |
| 53 | Washington State | 4 | 13 | 282 | 21.69 | 0 | 3.3 | 70.5 |
| 54 | Massachusetts | 6 | 24 | 520 | 21.67 | 0 | 4.0 | 86.7 |
| 55 | Kansas | 1 | 5 | 108 | 21.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 108.0 |
| 55 | Northwestern | 5 | 10 | 216 | 21.60 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.2 |
| 57 | Mississippi State | 6 | 14 | 302 | 21.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 50.3 |
| 58 | Army | 5 | 17 | 365 | 21.47 | 0 | 3.4 | 73.0 |
| 58 | Ohio State | 6 | 15 | 322 | 21.47 | 0 | 2.5 | 53.7 |
| 60 | Tulane | 4 | 11 | 236 | 21.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 59.0 |
| 61 | Texas State | 4 | 16 | 342 | 21.38 | 0 | 4.0 | 85.5 |
| 62 | Iowa State | 2 | 6 | 128 | 21.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.0 |
| 63 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 7 | 149 | 21.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 37.3 |
| 64 | Marshall | 5 | 16 | 340 | 21.25 | 0 | 3.2 | 68.0 |
| 64 | New Mexico | 7 | 20 | 425 | 21.25 | 0 | 2.9 | 60.7 |
| 66 | Iowa | 4 | 10 | 212 | 21.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 53.0 |
| 67 | Notre Dame | 4 | 12 | 254 | 21.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 63.5 |
| 68 | Penn State | 6 | 8 | 169 | 21.13 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.2 |
| 69 | Auburn | 2 | 5 | 105 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 52.5 |
| 69 | Stanford | 4 | 5 | 105 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.3 |
| 71 | Kent State | 7 | 21 | 435 | 20.71 | 1 | 3.0 | 62.1 |
| 71 | Navy | 6 | 14 | 290 | 20.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 48.3 |
| 73 | Wyoming | 5 | 10 | 206 | 20.60 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.2 |
| 74 | Nevada | 8 | 24 | 494 | 20.58 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.8 |
| 75 | California | 2 | 7 | 143 | 20.43 | 0 | 3.5 | 71.5 |
| 76 | Virginia | 4 | 20 | 407 | 20.35 | 0 | 5.0 | 101.8 |
| 77 | East Carolina | 7 | 22 | 444 | 20.18 | 0 | 3.1 | 63.4 |
| 78 | Michigan | 6 | 15 | 302 | 20.13 | 0 | 2.5 | 50.3 |
| 79 | Buffalo | 5 | 18 | 362 | 20.11 | 0 | 3.6 | 72.4 |
| 80 | Boston College | 4 | 12 | 241 | 20.08 | 0 | 3.0 | 60.3 |
| 81 | Duke | 5 | 14 | 281 | 20.07 | 0 | 2.8 | 56.2 |
| 82 | Baylor | 2 | 7 | 139 | 19.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 69.5 |
| 83 | Idaho | 3 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.7 |
| 84 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 15 | 297 | 19.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 49.5 |
| 85 | Troy | 6 | 14 | 277 | 19.79 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.2 |
| 86 | UNLV | 7 | 27 | 534 | 19.78 | 0 | 3.9 | 76.3 |
| 87 | South Alabama | 5 | 17 | 334 | 19.65 | 0 | 3.4 | 66.8 |
| 88 | UAB | 6 | 16 | 314 | 19.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 52.3 |
| 89 | Wisconsin | 5 | 5 | 98 | 19.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.6 |
| 90 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 12 | 235 | 19.58 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.8 |
| 91 | Texas A&M | 3 | 6 | 117 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 92 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 16 | 311 | 19.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.4 |
| 93 | Michigan State | 4 | 10 | 193 | 19.30 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.3 |
| 94 | Purdue | 6 | 22 | 424 | 19.27 | 0 | 3.7 | 70.7 |
| 95 | Florida State | 6 | 10 | 192 | 19.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 32.0 |
| 96 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 6 | 115 | 19.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.3 |
| 97 | New Mexico State | 5 | 14 | 268 | 19.14 | 0 | 2.8 | 53.6 |
| 98 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 14 | 263 | 18.79 | 0 | 2.3 | 43.8 |
| 99 | Western Michigan | 6 | 20 | 375 | 18.75 | 0 | 3.3 | 62.5 |
| 100 | Indiana | 4 | 13 | 243 | 18.69 | 0 | 3.3 | 60.8 |
| 101 | San Jose State | 4 | 11 | 203 | 18.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 50.8 |
| 102 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 9 | 166 | 18.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.5 |
| 103 | UTSA | 4 | 11 | 202 | 18.36 | 0 | 2.8 | 50.5 |
| 104 | Washington | 4 | 9 | 165 | 18.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.3 |
| 105 | Oregon | 3 | 9 | 164 | 18.22 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.7 |
| 106 | West Virginia | 4 | 13 | 236 | 18.15 | 0 | 3.3 | 59.0 |
| 107 | Florida | 3 | 6 | 108 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 |
| 108 | Louisville | 7 | 17 | 304 | 17.88 | 0 | 2.4 | 43.4 |
| 108 | North Texas | 4 | 8 | 143 | 17.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.8 |
| 110 | Arkansas State | 5 | 15 | 267 | 17.80 | 0 | 3.0 | 53.4 |
| 111 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 22 | 384 | 17.45 | 0 | 5.5 | 96.0 |
| 112 | Kentucky | 3 | 11 | 191 | 17.36 | 0 | 3.7 | 63.7 |
| 113 | Syracuse | 6 | 12 | 206 | 17.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.3 |
| 114 | Tennessee | 4 | 19 | 326 | 17.16 | 0 | 4.8 | 81.5 |
| 115 | Arizona | 2 | 6 | 100 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.0 |
| 116 | Akron | 4 | 12 | 199 | 16.58 | 0 | 3.0 | 49.8 |
| 117 | Alabama | 5 | 6 | 99 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.2 | 19.8 |
| 118 | Bowling Green | 6 | 8 | 131 | 16.38 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.8 |
| 119 | Oregon State | 3 | 6 | 97 | 16.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.3 |
| 120 | Wake Forest | 5 | 10 | 160 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.0 |
| 121 | Texas | 4 | 7 | 107 | 15.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 26.8 |
| 122 | Minnesota | 5 | 14 | 212 | 15.14 | 0 | 2.8 | 42.4 |
| 123 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 8 | 121 | 15.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 40.3 |