2016 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | -5 | -2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.5 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 3 | -4 | -1.33 | 0 | 0.8 | -1.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 4 | -3 | -0.75 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.6 |
| 1 | Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Temple | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
| 1 | TCU | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Texas | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 3 | 11 | 19 | 1.73 | 0 | 3.7 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 4 | 8 | 15 | 1.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Washington | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Idaho | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 2 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.5 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 8 | 33 | 4.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Marshall | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 5 | 10 | 44 | 4.40 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 6 | 9 | 40 | 4.44 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.7 |
| 1 | North Texas | 1 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 14 | 68 | 4.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 7 | 5 | 25 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 5 | 25 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 2 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 10 | 55 | 5.50 | 0 | 3.3 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 6 | 34 | 5.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 7 | 13 | 74 | 5.69 | 0 | 1.9 | 10.6 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 9 | 52 | 5.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 3 | 7 | 42 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 16 | 96 | 6.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Indiana | 4 | 13 | 92 | 7.08 | 0 | 3.3 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Akron | 2 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 3 | 6 | 44 | 7.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.7 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 7 | 9 | 70 | 7.78 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 6 | 13 | 104 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.2 | 17.3 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 4 | 33 | 8.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 6 | 51 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 15 | 129 | 8.60 | 0 | 3.8 | 32.3 |
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | 4 | 35 | 8.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.8 |
| 1 | USC | 5 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.2 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.5 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 7 | 65 | 9.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 32.5 |
| 1 | Washington State | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 5 | 8 | 80 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 16.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 2 | 5 | 53 | 10.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 26.5 |
| 1 | California | 3 | 7 | 79 | 11.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | 6 | 68 | 11.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.7 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 3 | 10 | 114 | 11.40 | 0 | 3.3 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 5 | 9 | 104 | 11.56 | 0 | 1.8 | 20.8 |
| 1 | South Florida | 2 | 6 | 70 | 11.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 6 | 8 | 97 | 12.13 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.2 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 3 | 6 | 85 | 14.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Rice | 1 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 6 | 10 | 149 | 14.90 | 0 | 1.7 | 24.8 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 1 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 45.0 |
| 1 | UCF | 3 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.3 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 2 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 3 | 7 | 134 | 19.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.7 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 1 | 2 | 53 | 26.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 53.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 2 | 1 | 31 | 31.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 15.5 |
| 1 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 96 | 32.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 96.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 2 | 1 | 37 | 37.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 18.5 |
| 87 | Notre Dame | 3 | 8 | 74 | 9.25 | 1 | 2.7 | 24.7 |
| 87 | Syracuse | 6 | 18 | 174 | 9.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 29.0 |
| 87 | Utah | 3 | 6 | 61 | 10.17 | 1 | 2.0 | 20.3 |
| 87 | Rutgers | 5 | 14 | 161 | 11.50 | 1 | 2.8 | 32.2 |
| 87 | Kent State | 3 | 9 | 112 | 12.44 | 1 | 3.0 | 37.3 |
| 87 | Duke | 3 | 7 | 89 | 12.71 | 1 | 2.3 | 29.7 |
| 87 | Illinois | 5 | 9 | 129 | 14.33 | 1 | 1.8 | 25.8 |
| 87 | Florida | 4 | 8 | 134 | 16.75 | 1 | 2.0 | 33.5 |
| 87 | Tennessee | 4 | 6 | 106 | 17.67 | 1 | 1.5 | 26.5 |
| 87 | Florida State | 5 | 7 | 131 | 18.71 | 1 | 1.4 | 26.2 |
| 87 | Mississippi | 4 | 8 | 154 | 19.25 | 1 | 2.0 | 38.5 |
| 87 | East Carolina | 3 | 6 | 120 | 20.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 40.0 |
| 87 | Kansas | 3 | 4 | 85 | 21.25 | 1 | 1.3 | 28.3 |
| 87 | UCLA | 3 | 6 | 140 | 23.33 | 1 | 2.0 | 46.7 |
| 87 | Utah State | 1 | 2 | 121 | 60.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 121.0 |
| 102 | Colorado | 5 | 11 | 196 | 17.82 | 2 | 2.2 | 39.2 |