2011 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego State | 7 | 7 | -5 | -0.71 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.7 |
| 2 | Boise State | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 3 | Louisville | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 6 | Utah | 9 | 9 | 19 | 2.11 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| 7 | Ohio State | 8 | 17 | 38 | 2.24 | 0 | 2.1 | 4.8 |
| 8 | Alabama | 9 | 8 | 22 | 2.75 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
| 9 | Army | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 10 | South Florida | 7 | 6 | 20 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.9 |
| 11 | Toledo | 8 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| 12 | Arkansas State | 8 | 12 | 46 | 3.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.8 |
| 13 | North Texas | 8 | 18 | 70 | 3.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 8.8 |
| 14 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 6 | 24 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| 14 | Air Force | 7 | 7 | 28 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 14 | Maryland | 8 | 11 | 44 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 5.5 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 7 | 10 | 40 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 8 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| 19 | North Carolina | 8 | 14 | 61 | 4.36 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.6 |
| 20 | Ohio | 9 | 8 | 35 | 4.38 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| 20 | San Jose State | 7 | 8 | 35 | 4.38 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.0 |
| 22 | Florida | 8 | 12 | 53 | 4.42 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.6 |
| 23 | Stanford | 9 | 7 | 31 | 4.43 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| 24 | Rice | 8 | 14 | 65 | 4.64 | 0 | 1.8 | 8.1 |
| 25 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 8 | 8 | 38 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.8 |
| 26 | Iowa | 8 | 7 | 35 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.4 |
| 26 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 15 | 75 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.9 | 9.4 |
| 28 | Temple | 8 | 11 | 57 | 5.18 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.1 |
| 29 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 16 | 83 | 5.19 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.4 |
| 30 | Akron | 8 | 15 | 79 | 5.27 | 0 | 1.9 | 9.9 |
| 31 | California | 10 | 12 | 64 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.4 |
| 31 | Purdue | 8 | 12 | 64 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 33 | Wyoming | 7 | 11 | 60 | 5.45 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.6 |
| 34 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 16 | 88 | 5.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| 35 | North Carolina State | 8 | 11 | 61 | 5.55 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.6 |
| 36 | Mississippi State | 8 | 19 | 107 | 5.63 | 0 | 2.4 | 13.4 |
| 37 | Missouri | 9 | 11 | 62 | 5.64 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.9 |
| 38 | TCU | 7 | 6 | 34 | 5.67 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.9 |
| 39 | Rutgers | 7 | 12 | 70 | 5.83 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.0 |
| 40 | Texas Tech | 9 | 18 | 106 | 5.89 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.8 |
| 41 | LSU | 10 | 14 | 84 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.4 |
| 42 | Penn State | 8 | 8 | 49 | 6.13 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| 43 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 11 | 68 | 6.18 | 0 | 1.6 | 9.7 |
| 44 | Southern Mississippi | 9 | 14 | 87 | 6.21 | 0 | 1.6 | 9.7 |
| 45 | Wake Forest | 8 | 20 | 125 | 6.25 | 0 | 2.5 | 15.6 |
| 46 | Connecticut | 7 | 19 | 119 | 6.26 | 0 | 2.7 | 17.0 |
| 47 | Marshall | 8 | 11 | 69 | 6.27 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.6 |
| 48 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 13 | 86 | 6.62 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.6 |
| 48 | Duke | 8 | 13 | 86 | 6.62 | 0 | 1.6 | 10.8 |
| 50 | Auburn | 8 | 8 | 53 | 6.63 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.6 |
| 51 | Boston College | 8 | 10 | 67 | 6.70 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.4 |
| 52 | Oregon | 10 | 12 | 81 | 6.75 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.1 |
| 53 | South Carolina | 8 | 12 | 82 | 6.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.3 |
| 54 | SMU | 8 | 14 | 96 | 6.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 12.0 |
| 55 | Washington | 9 | 9 | 63 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 56 | UTEP | 8 | 15 | 107 | 7.13 | 0 | 1.9 | 13.4 |
| 57 | Western Michigan | 8 | 7 | 50 | 7.14 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.3 |
| 58 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 19 | 136 | 7.16 | 1 | 2.4 | 17.0 |
| 59 | Tulsa | 8 | 12 | 87 | 7.25 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.9 |
| 60 | Buffalo | 8 | 13 | 95 | 7.31 | 0 | 1.6 | 11.9 |
| 61 | Hawai'i | 7 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.1 |
| 61 | Troy | 8 | 9 | 66 | 7.33 | 1 | 1.1 | 8.3 |
| 63 | Colorado | 10 | 20 | 153 | 7.65 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.3 |
| 64 | Indiana | 8 | 20 | 157 | 7.85 | 1 | 2.5 | 19.6 |
| 65 | Wisconsin | 9 | 17 | 134 | 7.88 | 1 | 1.9 | 14.9 |
| 66 | Florida State | 8 | 13 | 103 | 7.92 | 0 | 1.6 | 12.9 |
| 67 | Washington State | 9 | 16 | 127 | 7.94 | 2 | 1.8 | 14.1 |
| 68 | Ball State | 8 | 14 | 112 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 14.0 |
| 69 | Iowa State | 9 | 20 | 161 | 8.05 | 1 | 2.2 | 17.9 |
| 70 | Baylor | 9 | 11 | 89 | 8.09 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.9 |
| 71 | UAB | 8 | 8 | 66 | 8.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.3 |
| 72 | Idaho | 7 | 17 | 141 | 8.29 | 0 | 2.4 | 20.1 |
| 73 | Bowling Green | 8 | 10 | 83 | 8.30 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.4 |
| 74 | Illinois | 8 | 17 | 144 | 8.47 | 0 | 2.1 | 18.0 |
| 75 | Cincinnati | 7 | 12 | 102 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.7 | 14.6 |
| 76 | Kansas State | 9 | 13 | 115 | 8.85 | 0 | 1.4 | 12.8 |
| 77 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 22 | 197 | 8.95 | 1 | 2.8 | 24.6 |
| 78 | Arizona State | 9 | 13 | 117 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 13.0 |
| 79 | Virginia | 8 | 13 | 118 | 9.08 | 0 | 1.6 | 14.8 |
| 80 | Kentucky | 8 | 13 | 122 | 9.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 15.3 |
| 81 | Michigan | 8 | 11 | 105 | 9.55 | 0 | 1.4 | 13.1 |
| 82 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 11 | 107 | 9.73 | 0 | 1.2 | 11.9 |
| 83 | UCLA | 10 | 24 | 237 | 9.88 | 1 | 2.4 | 23.7 |
| 84 | Nevada | 7 | 9 | 89 | 9.89 | 1 | 1.3 | 12.7 |
| 85 | Nebraska | 8 | 14 | 140 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 17.5 |
| 85 | Syracuse | 7 | 15 | 150 | 10.00 | 0 | 2.1 | 21.4 |
| 87 | Mississippi | 8 | 14 | 144 | 10.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 18.0 |
| 88 | Oklahoma | 9 | 9 | 93 | 10.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.3 |
| 89 | USC | 9 | 10 | 104 | 10.40 | 0 | 1.1 | 11.6 |
| 90 | Florida International | 8 | 14 | 146 | 10.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 18.3 |
| 91 | Texas | 9 | 10 | 106 | 10.60 | 0 | 1.1 | 11.8 |
| 92 | Kent State | 8 | 26 | 278 | 10.69 | 1 | 3.3 | 34.8 |
| 93 | Tennessee | 8 | 12 | 129 | 10.75 | 1 | 1.5 | 16.1 |
| 94 | Colorado State | 7 | 14 | 152 | 10.86 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.7 |
| 95 | Utah State | 7 | 15 | 164 | 10.93 | 0 | 2.1 | 23.4 |
| 96 | Clemson | 9 | 18 | 198 | 11.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 22.0 |
| 97 | Michigan State | 9 | 8 | 93 | 11.63 | 0 | 0.9 | 10.3 |
| 98 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 13 | 153 | 11.77 | 1 | 1.6 | 19.1 |
| 99 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 10 | 118 | 11.80 | 1 | 1.3 | 14.8 |
| 100 | Central Michigan | 8 | 17 | 204 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.1 | 25.5 |
| 101 | New Mexico | 7 | 20 | 241 | 12.05 | 1 | 2.9 | 34.4 |
| 102 | Houston | 9 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 1 | 0.4 | 5.4 |
| 103 | UNLV | 7 | 19 | 251 | 13.21 | 1 | 2.7 | 35.9 |
| 104 | Memphis | 8 | 36 | 478 | 13.28 | 0 | 4.5 | 59.8 |
| 105 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 15 | 209 | 13.93 | 1 | 2.1 | 29.9 |
| 106 | Oregon State | 9 | 9 | 126 | 14.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 107 | Texas A&M | 9 | 9 | 138 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.3 |
| 108 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 22 | 348 | 15.82 | 1 | 2.8 | 43.5 |
| 109 | Arizona | 9 | 12 | 196 | 16.33 | 1 | 1.3 | 21.8 |
| 110 | Kansas | 9 | 17 | 293 | 17.24 | 1 | 1.9 | 32.6 |
| 111 | Georgia | 9 | 17 | 300 | 17.65 | 2 | 1.9 | 33.3 |
| 112 | UCF | 8 | 10 | 177 | 17.70 | 1 | 1.3 | 22.1 |
| 113 | Arkansas | 8 | 15 | 282 | 18.80 | 2 | 1.9 | 35.3 |
| 114 | New Mexico State | 7 | 13 | 245 | 18.85 | 3 | 1.9 | 35.0 |
| 115 | Northwestern | 8 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 1 | 0.4 | 7.1 |
| 116 | Fresno State | 7 | 6 | 118 | 19.67 | 1 | 0.9 | 16.9 |
| 117 | Tulane | 8 | 17 | 345 | 20.29 | 3 | 2.1 | 43.1 |
| 118 | East Carolina | 8 | 14 | 356 | 25.43 | 2 | 1.8 | 44.5 |