2016 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games Won Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | 8 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.4 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 3 | 4 | -3 | -0.75 | 0 | 1.3 | -1.0 |
| 3 | Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | East Carolina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 5 | Arizona State | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 5 | SMU | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| 8 | Arizona | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| 9 | Kent State | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 10 | Kansas | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 5.0 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 12 | Baylor | 7 | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| 12 | Nevada | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| 12 | Rice | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.7 |
| 12 | Connecticut | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| 16 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| 17 | Rutgers | 2 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 6.5 |
| 18 | Tulane | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 19 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1.88 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| 19 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| 21 | Oregon | 4 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 21 | Duke | 4 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 23 | Houston | 9 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| 23 | Massachusetts | 2 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 8.5 |
| 25 | Ohio | 8 | 9 | 18 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
| 26 | Boston College | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1.58 | 0 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| 26 | Oregon State | 4 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.8 |
| 26 | Purdue | 3 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| 29 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 14 | 20 | 1.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
| 29 | South Alabama | 6 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| 29 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 32 | Michigan State | 3 | 8 | 21 | 2.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 7.0 |
| 32 | BYU | 9 | 7 | 21 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| 32 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
| 32 | New Mexico State | 3 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
| 36 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| 36 | Maryland | 6 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| 36 | Virginia | 2 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| 39 | Ole Miss | 5 | 4 | 23 | 5.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.6 |
| 40 | Ohio State | 11 | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 40 | Ball State | 4 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| 40 | Marshall | 3 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| 43 | Georgia | 8 | 9 | 28 | 3.11 | 0 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
| 44 | TCU | 6 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 0 | 1.8 | 4.8 |
| 44 | Navy | 9 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
| 46 | Troy | 10 | 10 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 47 | Arkansas State | 8 | 14 | 32 | 2.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 48 | Bowling Green | 4 | 7 | 33 | 4.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 8.3 |
| 48 | Western Michigan | 13 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 48 | Texas State | 2 | 4 | 33 | 8.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.5 |
| 51 | Iowa | 8 | 7 | 34 | 4.86 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| 51 | FIU | 4 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 51 | UTEP | 4 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 51 | Missouri | 4 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.5 |
| 55 | Akron | 5 | 6 | 35 | 5.83 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.0 |
| 56 | South Carolina | 6 | 10 | 36 | 3.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.0 |
| 56 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| 58 | LSU | 8 | 9 | 37 | 4.11 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.6 |
| 59 | Colorado State | 7 | 8 | 41 | 5.13 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| 59 | San Jose State | 4 | 5 | 41 | 8.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| 61 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 7 | 42 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.4 |
| 62 | Tennessee | 9 | 8 | 44 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.9 |
| 63 | USC | 10 | 6 | 46 | 7.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| 64 | Idaho | 9 | 8 | 47 | 5.88 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.2 |
| 65 | Southern Miss | 7 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| 66 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 12 | 49 | 4.08 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.1 |
| 67 | Syracuse | 4 | 6 | 51 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.8 |
| 68 | Clemson | 14 | 10 | 52 | 5.20 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| 68 | Illinois | 3 | 6 | 52 | 8.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.3 |
| 70 | Indiana | 6 | 9 | 53 | 5.89 | 1 | 1.5 | 8.8 |
| 71 | Kentucky | 7 | 12 | 57 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.7 | 8.1 |
| 72 | Air Force | 10 | 14 | 60 | 4.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 6.0 |
| 73 | Minnesota | 9 | 17 | 61 | 3.59 | 0 | 1.9 | 6.8 |
| 73 | San Diego State | 11 | 12 | 61 | 5.08 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.5 |
| 73 | Miami (OH) | 6 | 9 | 61 | 6.78 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.2 |
| 73 | UCLA | 4 | 8 | 61 | 7.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.3 |
| 77 | New Mexico | 9 | 12 | 63 | 5.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
| 77 | Toledo | 9 | 11 | 63 | 5.73 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.0 |
| 77 | Central Michigan | 6 | 8 | 63 | 7.88 | 1 | 1.3 | 10.5 |
| 80 | Memphis | 8 | 6 | 66 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.3 |
| 80 | Texas Tech | 5 | 5 | 66 | 13.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.2 |
| 82 | Temple | 10 | 11 | 67 | 6.09 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.7 |
| 82 | Oklahoma | 11 | 8 | 67 | 8.38 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.1 |
| 84 | Penn State | 11 | 15 | 72 | 4.80 | 0 | 1.4 | 6.5 |
| 84 | Kansas State | 9 | 13 | 72 | 5.54 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.0 |
| 86 | Texas A&M | 8 | 15 | 75 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.9 | 9.4 |
| 87 | Texas | 5 | 7 | 77 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 15.4 |
| 87 | Charlotte | 4 | 7 | 77 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 19.3 |
| 89 | Utah | 9 | 11 | 78 | 7.09 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.7 |
| 89 | California | 5 | 11 | 78 | 7.09 | 0 | 2.2 | 15.6 |
| 89 | UCF | 6 | 6 | 78 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 89 | UNLV | 4 | 6 | 78 | 13.00 | 1 | 1.5 | 19.5 |
| 93 | Wyoming | 8 | 13 | 83 | 6.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 10.4 |
| 93 | Boise State | 10 | 11 | 83 | 7.55 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.3 |
| 95 | Old Dominion | 10 | 6 | 84 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 8.4 |
| 96 | Tulsa | 10 | 13 | 86 | 6.62 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.6 |
| 96 | Georgia State | 3 | 11 | 86 | 7.82 | 0 | 3.7 | 28.7 |
| 96 | Washington State | 8 | 7 | 86 | 12.29 | 1 | 0.9 | 10.8 |
| 99 | West Virginia | 10 | 14 | 90 | 6.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| 100 | Mississippi State | 6 | 2 | 94 | 47.00 | 1 | 0.3 | 15.7 |
| 101 | Miami (FL) | 9 | 8 | 96 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 10.7 |
| 102 | Arkansas | 7 | 8 | 98 | 12.25 | 0 | 1.1 | 14.0 |
| 103 | Stanford | 10 | 14 | 100 | 7.14 | 0 | 1.4 | 10.0 |
| 104 | NC State | 7 | 5 | 106 | 21.20 | 0 | 0.7 | 15.1 |
| 105 | Florida | 9 | 13 | 108 | 8.31 | 0 | 1.4 | 12.0 |
| 105 | Louisiana | 6 | 4 | 108 | 27.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 18.0 |
| 107 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 10 | 109 | 10.90 | 0 | 1.1 | 12.1 |
| 107 | Nebraska | 9 | 10 | 109 | 10.90 | 0 | 1.1 | 12.1 |
| 109 | Michigan | 10 | 14 | 112 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.2 |
| 110 | Washington | 12 | 12 | 113 | 9.42 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| 111 | USF | 11 | 14 | 115 | 8.21 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.5 |
| 112 | Louisville | 9 | 10 | 119 | 11.90 | 0 | 1.1 | 13.2 |
| 113 | Wake Forest | 7 | 14 | 126 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 113 | Appalachian State | 10 | 7 | 126 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.6 |
| 115 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 16 | 132 | 8.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.5 |
| 116 | Wisconsin | 11 | 17 | 134 | 7.88 | 1 | 1.5 | 12.2 |
| 116 | Buffalo | 2 | 4 | 134 | 33.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 67.0 |
| 118 | Hawaii | 7 | 11 | 136 | 12.36 | 1 | 1.6 | 19.4 |
| 119 | Colorado | 10 | 16 | 141 | 8.81 | 1 | 1.6 | 14.1 |
| 120 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 6 | 148 | 24.67 | 1 | 0.7 | 16.4 |
| 121 | North Texas | 5 | 9 | 149 | 16.56 | 1 | 1.8 | 29.8 |
| 122 | Florida State | 10 | 12 | 157 | 13.08 | 0 | 1.2 | 15.7 |
| 123 | UTSA | 6 | 18 | 158 | 8.78 | 0 | 3.0 | 26.3 |
| 124 | Notre Dame | 4 | 6 | 165 | 27.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 41.3 |
| 125 | Northwestern | 7 | 18 | 191 | 10.61 | 0 | 2.6 | 27.3 |
| 126 | Alabama | 14 | 19 | 210 | 11.05 | 0 | 1.4 | 15.0 |