2017 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon State | 3 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 5 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 0.6 | -0.2 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | UCF | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Missouri | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Washington State | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 0 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 5 | 8 | 16 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 3.2 |
| 1 | Indiana | 4 | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 2 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Louisville | 3 | 8 | 23 | 2.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 3 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 4 | 9 | 32 | 3.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 4 | 9 | 33 | 3.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Navy | 3 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 2 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 10.0 |
| 1 | BYU | 4 | 7 | 30 | 4.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Temple | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 4 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 1 | SMU | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.7 |
| 1 | Florida | 2 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 9 | 50 | 5.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 12.5 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 3 | 8 | 45 | 5.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Georgia | 6 | 13 | 84 | 6.46 | 0 | 2.2 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 1 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 26.0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 1 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 3 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Iowa | 5 | 11 | 76 | 6.91 | 0 | 2.2 | 15.2 |
| 1 | UNLV | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 3 | 11 | 79 | 7.18 | 0 | 3.7 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.2 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 3 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Washington | 2 | 4 | 29 | 7.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.5 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 3 | 8 | 58 | 7.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 2 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 19.0 |
| 1 | USC | 4 | 6 | 46 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Maryland | 6 | 6 | 47 | 7.83 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 3 | 8 | 63 | 7.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 1 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 5 | 41 | 8.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 12 | 100 | 8.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 1 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 34.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 4 | 7 | 64 | 9.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 16.0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 3 | 4 | 37 | 9.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.3 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 6 | 56 | 9.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Houston | 2 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 8 | 81 | 10.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 20.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 8 | 82 | 10.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 20.5 |
| 1 | Duke | 3 | 7 | 74 | 10.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 24.7 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 32 | 10.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.7 |
| 1 | Rice | 1 | 3 | 32 | 10.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 4 | 53 | 13.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 1 | 4 | 54 | 13.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 54.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 5 | 8 | 110 | 13.75 | 0 | 1.6 | 22.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 3 | 4 | 63 | 15.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.0 |
| 1 | California | 3 | 5 | 79 | 15.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Florida International | 1 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 6 | 104 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 5 | 3 | 73 | 24.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 14.6 |
| 1 | Purdue | 2 | 2 | 59 | 29.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.5 |
| 86 | Texas A&M | 4 | 9 | 53 | 5.89 | 1 | 2.3 | 13.3 |
| 86 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| 86 | Notre Dame | 7 | 18 | 161 | 8.94 | 1 | 2.6 | 23.0 |
| 86 | Michigan | 4 | 9 | 107 | 11.89 | 1 | 2.3 | 26.8 |
| 86 | Auburn | 7 | 12 | 152 | 12.67 | 1 | 1.7 | 21.7 |
| 86 | Rutgers | 4 | 9 | 114 | 12.67 | 1 | 2.3 | 28.5 |
| 86 | East Carolina | 4 | 11 | 156 | 14.18 | 1 | 2.8 | 39.0 |
| 86 | UCLA | 4 | 11 | 157 | 14.27 | 1 | 2.8 | 39.3 |
| 86 | San Diego State | 2 | 5 | 82 | 16.40 | 1 | 2.5 | 41.0 |
| 86 | North Carolina | 4 | 14 | 241 | 17.21 | 1 | 3.5 | 60.3 |
| 86 | Arizona | 1 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 86 | Kansas | 3 | 6 | 115 | 19.17 | 1 | 2.0 | 38.3 |
| 86 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 8 | 158 | 19.75 | 1 | 1.6 | 31.6 |
| 86 | North Carolina State | 2 | 5 | 99 | 19.80 | 1 | 2.5 | 49.5 |
| 86 | Fresno State | 4 | 7 | 139 | 19.86 | 1 | 1.8 | 34.8 |
| 86 | Troy | 2 | 5 | 124 | 24.80 | 1 | 2.5 | 62.0 |
| 86 | Stanford | 5 | 6 | 150 | 25.00 | 1 | 1.2 | 30.0 |
| 86 | Massachusetts | 1 | 4 | 104 | 26.00 | 1 | 4.0 | 104.0 |
| 86 | Akron | 1 | 5 | 130 | 26.00 | 1 | 5.0 | 130.0 |
| 105 | Oregon | 3 | 7 | 93 | 13.29 | 2 | 2.3 | 31.0 |