2012 National Leaders Kickoffs - Games in November Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Kickoffs | Yards | Avg. | Touchback | Touchback % | Out-Of-Bounds | Onside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 16 | 1036 | 64.75 | 10 | 62.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Rice | 3 | 24 | 1551 | 64.63 | 16 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 3 | 18 | 1163 | 64.61 | 13 | 72.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tulane | 4 | 21 | 1355 | 64.52 | 10 | 47.62 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Memphis | 4 | 25 | 1611 | 64.44 | 17 | 68.00 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Temple | 4 | 22 | 1416 | 64.36 | 17 | 77.27 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Auburn | 4 | 17 | 1092 | 64.24 | 13 | 76.47 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Mississippi | 4 | 25 | 1602 | 64.08 | 12 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Nevada | 2 | 11 | 704 | 64.00 | 4 | 36.36 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Utah State | 3 | 23 | 1470 | 63.91 | 10 | 43.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | South Florida | 3 | 10 | 638 | 63.80 | 7 | 70.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Arkansas | 4 | 16 | 1020 | 63.75 | 9 | 56.25 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Fresno State | 3 | 26 | 1656 | 63.69 | 7 | 26.92 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Duke | 3 | 16 | 1019 | 63.69 | 8 | 50.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Stanford | 5 | 27 | 1719 | 63.67 | 14 | 51.85 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | 4 | 31 | 1973 | 63.65 | 17 | 54.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | North Carolina State | 4 | 24 | 1527 | 63.63 | 14 | 58.33 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Utah | 4 | 25 | 1587 | 63.48 | 12 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Clemson | 4 | 32 | 2024 | 63.25 | 12 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | New Mexico | 4 | 16 | 1011 | 63.19 | 8 | 50.00 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Texas State | 4 | 17 | 1074 | 63.18 | 11 | 64.71 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | UCLA | 5 | 34 | 2146 | 63.12 | 21 | 61.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Iowa State | 4 | 21 | 1320 | 62.86 | 11 | 52.38 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Iowa | 4 | 14 | 880 | 62.86 | 5 | 35.71 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 3 | 16 | 1004 | 62.75 | 5 | 31.25 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Georgia | 4 | 28 | 1756 | 62.71 | 15 | 53.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | BYU | 3 | 20 | 1254 | 62.70 | 11 | 55.00 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | Wisconsin | 3 | 18 | 1128 | 62.67 | 8 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | East Carolina | 3 | 23 | 1441 | 62.65 | 11 | 47.83 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Alabama | 4 | 25 | 1563 | 62.52 | 6 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Wyoming | 4 | 22 | 1375 | 62.50 | 10 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Nebraska | 4 | 23 | 1435 | 62.39 | 16 | 69.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | North Texas | 4 | 17 | 1060 | 62.35 | 8 | 47.06 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 32 | 1994 | 62.31 | 9 | 28.13 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | UTEP | 3 | 17 | 1059 | 62.29 | 6 | 35.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Virginia | 4 | 21 | 1306 | 62.19 | 9 | 42.86 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | UCF | 4 | 25 | 1554 | 62.16 | 11 | 44.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Florida State | 3 | 19 | 1181 | 62.16 | 6 | 31.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Army | 3 | 14 | 870 | 62.14 | 7 | 50.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 40 | Florida International | 3 | 15 | 932 | 62.13 | 7 | 46.67 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Texas | 3 | 17 | 1056 | 62.12 | 9 | 52.94 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Cincinnati | 4 | 19 | 1180 | 62.11 | 10 | 52.63 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 | Ohio | 4 | 21 | 1304 | 62.10 | 7 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Notre Dame | 4 | 22 | 1366 | 62.09 | 4 | 18.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Illinois | 4 | 13 | 807 | 62.08 | 4 | 30.77 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 | Navy | 3 | 15 | 926 | 61.73 | 5 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Tennessee | 4 | 24 | 1481 | 61.71 | 4 | 16.67 | 3 | 1 |
| 48 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 17 | 1048 | 61.65 | 2 | 11.76 | 4 | 1 |
| 49 | SMU | 4 | 19 | 1171 | 61.63 | 10 | 52.63 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | Wake Forest | 4 | 12 | 739 | 61.58 | 5 | 41.67 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Texas Tech | 4 | 24 | 1476 | 61.50 | 12 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Kent State | 5 | 33 | 2028 | 61.45 | 15 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | New Mexico State | 3 | 7 | 430 | 61.43 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Indiana | 4 | 19 | 1167 | 61.42 | 7 | 36.84 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 | Tulsa | 4 | 22 | 1350 | 61.36 | 8 | 36.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Colorado State | 4 | 21 | 1286 | 61.24 | 7 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Central Michigan | 4 | 26 | 1590 | 61.15 | 6 | 23.08 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Minnesota | 4 | 13 | 795 | 61.15 | 6 | 46.15 | 0 | 1 |
| 59 | Washington State | 4 | 14 | 856 | 61.14 | 4 | 28.57 | 0 | 2 |
| 60 | Ohio State | 3 | 18 | 1097 | 60.94 | 6 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Penn State | 4 | 27 | 1645 | 60.93 | 10 | 37.04 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Florida | 4 | 23 | 1400 | 60.87 | 8 | 34.78 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 16 | 973 | 60.81 | 2 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 34 | 2067 | 60.79 | 21 | 61.76 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 | UAB | 4 | 21 | 1276 | 60.76 | 9 | 42.86 | 0 | 1 |
| 66 | Hawai'i | 4 | 15 | 910 | 60.67 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 67 | Michigan | 4 | 23 | 1395 | 60.65 | 7 | 30.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 18 | 1091 | 60.61 | 3 | 16.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Missouri | 4 | 19 | 1151 | 60.58 | 6 | 31.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Oklahoma | 4 | 31 | 1877 | 60.55 | 12 | 38.71 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Connecticut | 3 | 11 | 665 | 60.45 | 2 | 18.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | San Jose State | 4 | 29 | 1752 | 60.41 | 12 | 41.38 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | Toledo | 3 | 17 | 1024 | 60.24 | 3 | 17.65 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Kansas State | 3 | 19 | 1137 | 59.84 | 5 | 26.32 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Oregon State | 4 | 28 | 1673 | 59.75 | 10 | 35.71 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 31 | 1852 | 59.74 | 7 | 22.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | USC | 4 | 24 | 1433 | 59.71 | 5 | 20.83 | 0 | 1 |
| 78 | South Alabama | 4 | 18 | 1072 | 59.56 | 6 | 33.33 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 | Houston | 4 | 23 | 1369 | 59.52 | 7 | 30.43 | 2 | 1 |
| 80 | Purdue | 4 | 21 | 1249 | 59.48 | 4 | 19.05 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 23 | 1366 | 59.39 | 5 | 21.74 | 0 | 2 |
| 82 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 19 | 1128 | 59.37 | 5 | 26.32 | 0 | 2 |
| 83 | Mississippi State | 4 | 20 | 1185 | 59.25 | 2 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Massachusetts | 4 | 16 | 946 | 59.13 | 4 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | North Carolina | 3 | 23 | 1358 | 59.04 | 2 | 8.70 | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | Louisville | 4 | 22 | 1298 | 59.00 | 1 | 4.55 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | TCU | 3 | 14 | 826 | 59.00 | 7 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | West Virginia | 4 | 28 | 1648 | 58.86 | 7 | 25.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 89 | Northwestern | 3 | 22 | 1293 | 58.77 | 3 | 13.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 28 | 1638 | 58.50 | 2 | 7.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Ball State | 3 | 21 | 1228 | 58.48 | 6 | 28.57 | 0 | 1 |
| 92 | LSU | 4 | 24 | 1402 | 58.42 | 4 | 16.67 | 1 | 1 |
| 93 | Colorado | 4 | 15 | 873 | 58.20 | 5 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | UTSA | 4 | 25 | 1451 | 58.04 | 8 | 32.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | Boston College | 4 | 15 | 867 | 57.80 | 1 | 6.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Arizona State | 4 | 24 | 1383 | 57.63 | 8 | 33.33 | 1 | 1 |
| 97 | Maryland | 4 | 15 | 864 | 57.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 15 | 862 | 57.47 | 2 | 13.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Kansas | 3 | 13 | 747 | 57.46 | 4 | 30.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Idaho | 4 | 15 | 861 | 57.40 | 3 | 20.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 101 | Syracuse | 4 | 26 | 1485 | 57.12 | 9 | 34.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Washington | 4 | 22 | 1256 | 57.09 | 6 | 27.27 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 17 | 966 | 56.82 | 3 | 17.65 | 1 | 0 |
| 104 | Western Michigan | 3 | 17 | 960 | 56.47 | 3 | 17.65 | 0 | 1 |
| 105 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 34 | 1915 | 56.32 | 5 | 14.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 23 | 1293 | 56.22 | 1 | 4.35 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | Arkansas State | 3 | 22 | 1236 | 56.18 | 5 | 22.73 | 1 | 1 |
| 108 | Troy | 4 | 28 | 1572 | 56.14 | 6 | 21.43 | 1 | 1 |
| 109 | Kentucky | 3 | 11 | 613 | 55.73 | 2 | 18.18 | 0 | 1 |
| 110 | Oregon | 4 | 31 | 1722 | 55.55 | 1 | 3.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | Rutgers | 4 | 14 | 774 | 55.29 | 1 | 7.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 112 | UNLV | 4 | 15 | 826 | 55.07 | 2 | 13.33 | 0 | 2 |
| 113 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 31 | 1706 | 55.03 | 7 | 22.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 114 | Akron | 3 | 11 | 605 | 55.00 | 3 | 27.27 | 0 | 1 |
| 115 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 18 | 986 | 54.78 | 1 | 5.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | Baylor | 4 | 31 | 1685 | 54.35 | 10 | 32.26 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 | Boise State | 3 | 19 | 1016 | 53.47 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 118 | California | 3 | 11 | 580 | 52.73 | 1 | 9.09 | 1 | 0 |
| 119 | Bowling Green | 3 | 14 | 724 | 51.71 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | Buffalo | 4 | 19 | 980 | 51.58 | 4 | 21.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | Marshall | 4 | 29 | 1489 | 51.34 | 1 | 3.45 | 1 | 2 |
| 122 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 19 | 973 | 51.21 | 1 | 5.26 | 1 | 2 |
| 123 | Arizona | 4 | 25 | 1273 | 50.92 | 8 | 32.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 124 | Air Force | 4 | 12 | 603 | 50.25 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 |