2016 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS Teams With Non-Winning Record Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowling Green | 5 | 20 | 256 | 12.80 | 0 | 4.0 | 51.2 |
| 1 | Memphis | 6 | 13 | 181 | 13.92 | 0 | 2.2 | 30.2 |
| 1 | Navy | 5 | 26 | 391 | 15.04 | 0 | 5.2 | 78.2 |
| 1 | Iowa | 5 | 8 | 121 | 15.13 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.2 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 6 | 6 | 91 | 15.17 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.2 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 6 | 91 | 15.17 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.2 |
| 1 | Purdue | 5 | 18 | 277 | 15.39 | 0 | 3.6 | 55.4 |
| 1 | Idaho | 7 | 30 | 468 | 15.60 | 0 | 4.3 | 66.9 |
| 1 | Washington | 6 | 26 | 406 | 15.62 | 0 | 4.3 | 67.7 |
| 1 | Marshall | 5 | 6 | 94 | 15.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 5 | 13 | 204 | 15.69 | 0 | 2.6 | 40.8 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 5 | 24 | 382 | 15.92 | 0 | 4.8 | 76.4 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 5 | 14 | 232 | 16.57 | 0 | 2.8 | 46.4 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 7 | 38 | 642 | 16.89 | 0 | 5.4 | 91.7 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 3 | 14 | 237 | 16.93 | 0 | 4.7 | 79.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 25 | 426 | 17.04 | 0 | 4.2 | 71.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 5 | 23 | 392 | 17.04 | 0 | 4.6 | 78.4 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 6 | 22 | 379 | 17.23 | 0 | 3.7 | 63.2 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 22 | 380 | 17.27 | 0 | 3.7 | 63.3 |
| 1 | Florida | 5 | 6 | 104 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 20.8 |
| 1 | Indiana | 6 | 15 | 262 | 17.47 | 0 | 2.5 | 43.7 |
| 1 | Troy | 6 | 20 | 351 | 17.55 | 0 | 3.3 | 58.5 |
| 1 | LSU | 3 | 13 | 235 | 18.08 | 0 | 4.3 | 78.3 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 28 | 508 | 18.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 63.5 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 6 | 6 | 109 | 18.17 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.2 |
| 1 | USC | 7 | 26 | 475 | 18.27 | 0 | 3.7 | 67.9 |
| 1 | Maryland | 6 | 29 | 532 | 18.34 | 0 | 4.8 | 88.7 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 17 | 313 | 18.41 | 0 | 4.3 | 78.3 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 4 | 8 | 148 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 6 | 23 | 430 | 18.70 | 0 | 3.8 | 71.7 |
| 1 | Baylor | 7 | 32 | 601 | 18.78 | 0 | 4.6 | 85.9 |
| 1 | Toledo | 6 | 30 | 566 | 18.87 | 0 | 5.0 | 94.3 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 6 | 26 | 495 | 19.04 | 0 | 4.3 | 82.5 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 11 | 210 | 19.09 | 0 | 2.2 | 42.0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 41 | 785 | 19.15 | 0 | 5.9 | 112.1 |
| 1 | Utah | 8 | 28 | 539 | 19.25 | 0 | 3.5 | 67.4 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 5 | 14 | 270 | 19.29 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 5 | 17 | 328 | 19.29 | 0 | 3.4 | 65.6 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 10 | 193 | 19.30 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.3 |
| 1 | Nevada | 8 | 23 | 444 | 19.30 | 0 | 2.9 | 55.5 |
| 1 | Alabama | 3 | 10 | 193 | 19.30 | 0 | 3.3 | 64.3 |
| 1 | Florida International | 8 | 32 | 623 | 19.47 | 0 | 4.0 | 77.9 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 30 | 584 | 19.47 | 0 | 7.5 | 146.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 7 | 137 | 19.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 34.3 |
| 1 | Air Force | 6 | 19 | 373 | 19.63 | 0 | 3.2 | 62.2 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 6 | 11 | 216 | 19.64 | 0 | 1.8 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 5 | 40 | 786 | 19.65 | 0 | 8.0 | 157.2 |
| 1 | TCU | 5 | 15 | 295 | 19.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 2 | 10 | 197 | 19.70 | 0 | 5.0 | 98.5 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 20 | 395 | 19.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 79.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 6 | 23 | 457 | 19.87 | 0 | 3.8 | 76.2 |
| 1 | Kent State | 6 | 24 | 481 | 20.04 | 0 | 4.0 | 80.2 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 5 | 15 | 301 | 20.07 | 0 | 3.0 | 60.2 |
| 1 | Temple | 7 | 41 | 828 | 20.20 | 0 | 5.9 | 118.3 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 4 | 14 | 283 | 20.21 | 0 | 3.5 | 70.8 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 19 | 384 | 20.21 | 0 | 3.8 | 76.8 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 29 | 587 | 20.24 | 0 | 4.1 | 83.9 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 6 | 122 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.5 |
| 1 | Akron | 6 | 36 | 732 | 20.33 | 0 | 6.0 | 122.0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 6 | 22 | 449 | 20.41 | 0 | 3.7 | 74.8 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 8 | 48 | 982 | 20.46 | 0 | 6.0 | 122.8 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 9 | 46 | 945 | 20.54 | 0 | 5.1 | 105.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 4 | 11 | 226 | 20.55 | 0 | 2.8 | 56.5 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 9 | 185 | 20.56 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.7 |
| 1 | Houston | 6 | 19 | 391 | 20.58 | 0 | 3.2 | 65.2 |
| 1 | South Florida | 8 | 43 | 885 | 20.58 | 0 | 5.4 | 110.6 |
| 1 | Stanford | 7 | 16 | 330 | 20.63 | 0 | 2.3 | 47.1 |
| 1 | UTSA | 5 | 14 | 290 | 20.71 | 0 | 2.8 | 58.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 7 | 29 | 602 | 20.76 | 0 | 4.1 | 86.0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 8 | 35 | 727 | 20.77 | 0 | 4.4 | 90.9 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 5 | 22 | 457 | 20.77 | 0 | 4.4 | 91.4 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 6 | 24 | 502 | 20.92 | 0 | 4.0 | 83.7 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 7 | 14 | 293 | 20.93 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.9 |
| 1 | Missouri | 2 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 7 | 16 | 336 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 48.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 5 | 14 | 294 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 58.8 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 7 | 25 | 525 | 21.00 | 0 | 3.6 | 75.0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | 8 | 169 | 21.13 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.2 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 8 | 169 | 21.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.3 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 5 | 16 | 338 | 21.13 | 0 | 3.2 | 67.6 |
| 1 | BYU | 7 | 22 | 465 | 21.14 | 0 | 3.1 | 66.4 |
| 1 | Duke | 2 | 10 | 212 | 21.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 106.0 |
| 1 | UCF | 6 | 18 | 382 | 21.22 | 0 | 3.0 | 63.7 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 19 | 405 | 21.32 | 0 | 4.8 | 101.3 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 5 | 15 | 320 | 21.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 2 | 8 | 171 | 21.38 | 0 | 4.0 | 85.5 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 5 | 20 | 430 | 21.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 86.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 5 | 15 | 323 | 21.53 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.6 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 39 | 840 | 21.54 | 0 | 5.6 | 120.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 9 | 194 | 21.56 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.7 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 5 | 27 | 583 | 21.59 | 0 | 5.4 | 116.6 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 5 | 18 | 390 | 21.67 | 0 | 3.6 | 78.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 50 | 1084 | 21.68 | 0 | 5.0 | 108.4 |
| 1 | Tulane | 5 | 14 | 305 | 21.79 | 0 | 2.8 | 61.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 9 | 197 | 21.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 49.3 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 5 | 16 | 351 | 21.94 | 0 | 3.2 | 70.2 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 5 | 16 | 353 | 22.06 | 0 | 3.2 | 70.6 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 5 | 13 | 288 | 22.15 | 0 | 2.6 | 57.6 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 5 | 5 | 111 | 22.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.2 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 5 | 10 | 222 | 22.20 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.4 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 3 | 9 | 200 | 22.22 | 0 | 3.0 | 66.7 |
| 1 | Texas | 7 | 32 | 715 | 22.34 | 0 | 4.6 | 102.1 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 7 | 27 | 604 | 22.37 | 0 | 3.9 | 86.3 |
| 1 | Clemson | 2 | 17 | 381 | 22.41 | 0 | 8.5 | 190.5 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 4 | 20 | 456 | 22.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 114.0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 5 | 20 | 463 | 23.15 | 0 | 4.0 | 92.6 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 14 | 334 | 23.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 83.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 8 | 9 | 216 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 27.0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 6 | 21 | 510 | 24.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 85.0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 5 | 18 | 438 | 24.33 | 0 | 3.6 | 87.6 |
| 1 | Colorado | 5 | 18 | 438 | 24.33 | 0 | 3.6 | 87.6 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 8 | 42 | 1032 | 24.57 | 0 | 5.3 | 129.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 12 | 303 | 25.25 | 0 | 3.0 | 75.8 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 3 | 12 | 309 | 25.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 103.0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 6 | 24 | 629 | 26.21 | 0 | 4.0 | 104.8 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 15 | 395 | 26.33 | 0 | 3.8 | 98.8 |
| 117 | Arkansas State | 9 | 39 | 665 | 17.05 | 1 | 4.3 | 73.9 |
| 117 | California | 6 | 29 | 506 | 17.45 | 1 | 4.8 | 84.3 |
| 117 | Ohio | 8 | 39 | 780 | 20.00 | 1 | 4.9 | 97.5 |
| 117 | Notre Dame | 5 | 18 | 387 | 21.50 | 1 | 3.6 | 77.4 |
| 117 | West Virginia | 6 | 28 | 604 | 21.57 | 1 | 4.7 | 100.7 |
| 117 | Buffalo | 7 | 20 | 453 | 22.65 | 1 | 2.9 | 64.7 |
| 117 | Washington State | 6 | 27 | 616 | 22.81 | 1 | 4.5 | 102.7 |
| 117 | Army | 7 | 26 | 601 | 23.12 | 1 | 3.7 | 85.9 |
| 117 | Boise State | 6 | 20 | 478 | 23.90 | 1 | 3.3 | 79.7 |
| 117 | East Carolina | 5 | 18 | 467 | 25.94 | 1 | 3.6 | 93.4 |
| 117 | North Texas | 5 | 8 | 230 | 28.75 | 1 | 1.6 | 46.0 |
| 117 | Syracuse | 2 | 6 | 180 | 30.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 90.0 |