2018 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYU | 2 | 7 | 64 | 9.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Ohio | 8 | 36 | 465 | 12.92 | 0 | 4.5 | 58.1 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 8 | 6 | 89 | 14.83 | 0 | 0.8 | 11.1 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 18 | 269 | 14.94 | 0 | 2.3 | 33.6 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 10 | 23 | 345 | 15.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 34.5 |
| 1 | Rice | 8 | 7 | 106 | 15.14 | 0 | 0.9 | 13.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 8 | 12 | 188 | 15.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 8 | 6 | 95 | 15.83 | 0 | 0.8 | 11.9 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 8 | 34 | 542 | 15.94 | 0 | 4.3 | 67.8 |
| 1 | Iowa | 9 | 19 | 305 | 16.05 | 0 | 2.1 | 33.9 |
| 1 | Kent State | 8 | 21 | 343 | 16.33 | 0 | 2.6 | 42.9 |
| 1 | Temple | 8 | 29 | 477 | 16.45 | 0 | 3.6 | 59.6 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 8 | 14 | 233 | 16.64 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.1 |
| 1 | Memphis | 9 | 26 | 440 | 16.92 | 0 | 2.9 | 48.9 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 22 | 376 | 17.09 | 0 | 2.8 | 47.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 8 | 19 | 326 | 17.16 | 0 | 2.4 | 40.8 |
| 1 | SMU | 8 | 25 | 431 | 17.24 | 0 | 3.1 | 53.9 |
| 1 | UNLV | 8 | 12 | 207 | 17.25 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.9 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 2 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 60.5 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 11 | 191 | 17.36 | 0 | 1.4 | 23.9 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 9 | 32 | 568 | 17.75 | 0 | 3.6 | 63.1 |
| 1 | Louisville | 8 | 21 | 375 | 17.86 | 0 | 2.6 | 46.9 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 9 | 17 | 304 | 17.88 | 0 | 1.9 | 33.8 |
| 1 | Florida | 8 | 21 | 376 | 17.90 | 0 | 2.6 | 47.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 9 | 22 | 395 | 17.95 | 0 | 2.4 | 43.9 |
| 1 | Air Force | 8 | 25 | 452 | 18.08 | 0 | 3.1 | 56.5 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 9 | 15 | 273 | 18.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 30.3 |
| 1 | Purdue | 9 | 24 | 437 | 18.21 | 0 | 2.7 | 48.6 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 8 | 20 | 365 | 18.25 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.6 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 9 | 28 | 513 | 18.32 | 0 | 3.1 | 57.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 35 | 643 | 18.37 | 0 | 3.9 | 71.4 |
| 1 | Tulane | 8 | 16 | 294 | 18.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.8 |
| 1 | UCF | 9 | 37 | 686 | 18.54 | 0 | 4.1 | 76.2 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 6 | 112 | 18.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.3 |
| 1 | Washington State | 9 | 29 | 546 | 18.83 | 0 | 3.2 | 60.7 |
| 1 | North Texas | 8 | 22 | 417 | 18.95 | 0 | 2.8 | 52.1 |
| 1 | Florida International | 8 | 11 | 209 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 26.1 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 15 | 285 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 31.7 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 8 | 15 | 285 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.9 | 35.6 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 9 | 17 | 323 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.9 | 35.9 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 9 | 19 | 361 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.1 | 40.1 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 9 | 34 | 653 | 19.21 | 0 | 3.8 | 72.6 |
| 1 | Texas State | 8 | 17 | 330 | 19.41 | 0 | 2.1 | 41.3 |
| 1 | Boise State | 9 | 16 | 311 | 19.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 34.6 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 8 | 156 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.5 |
| 1 | Duke | 8 | 26 | 507 | 19.50 | 0 | 3.3 | 63.4 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 23 | 450 | 19.57 | 0 | 2.6 | 50.0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 8 | 8 | 158 | 19.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.8 |
| 1 | Ball State | 8 | 22 | 435 | 19.77 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.4 |
| 1 | Marshall | 8 | 25 | 495 | 19.80 | 0 | 3.1 | 61.9 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 9 | 31 | 614 | 19.81 | 0 | 3.4 | 68.2 |
| 1 | Maryland | 9 | 35 | 695 | 19.86 | 0 | 3.9 | 77.2 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 8 | 15 | 299 | 19.93 | 0 | 1.9 | 37.4 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 8 | 19 | 380 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.4 | 47.5 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 21 | 421 | 20.05 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.8 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 16 | 321 | 20.06 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.1 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 10 | 33 | 663 | 20.09 | 0 | 3.3 | 66.3 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 9 | 8 | 161 | 20.13 | 0 | 0.9 | 17.9 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 18 | 363 | 20.17 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.4 |
| 1 | Nevada | 8 | 17 | 344 | 20.24 | 0 | 2.1 | 43.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 9 | 14 | 286 | 20.43 | 0 | 1.6 | 31.8 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 9 | 29 | 594 | 20.48 | 0 | 3.2 | 66.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 8 | 26 | 534 | 20.54 | 0 | 3.3 | 66.8 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 9 | 16 | 332 | 20.75 | 0 | 1.8 | 36.9 |
| 1 | Alabama | 9 | 22 | 457 | 20.77 | 0 | 2.4 | 50.8 |
| 1 | Texas | 10 | 21 | 438 | 20.86 | 0 | 2.1 | 43.8 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 8 | 13 | 272 | 20.92 | 0 | 1.6 | 34.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 8 | 17 | 356 | 20.94 | 0 | 2.1 | 44.5 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 27 | 568 | 21.04 | 0 | 3.4 | 71.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 8 | 14 | 295 | 21.07 | 0 | 1.8 | 36.9 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 26 | 549 | 21.12 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.6 |
| 1 | Oregon | 9 | 35 | 741 | 21.17 | 0 | 3.9 | 82.3 |
| 1 | Utah State | 8 | 19 | 403 | 21.21 | 0 | 2.4 | 50.4 |
| 1 | Utah | 10 | 17 | 361 | 21.24 | 0 | 1.7 | 36.1 |
| 1 | Arizona | 9 | 10 | 213 | 21.30 | 0 | 1.1 | 23.7 |
| 1 | UTEP | 8 | 10 | 213 | 21.30 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.6 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 8 | 29 | 622 | 21.45 | 0 | 3.6 | 77.8 |
| 1 | UAB | 9 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| 1 | Penn State | 9 | 19 | 409 | 21.53 | 0 | 2.1 | 45.4 |
| 1 | Baylor | 9 | 18 | 392 | 21.78 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.6 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 8 | 16 | 349 | 21.81 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.6 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 9 | 16 | 350 | 21.88 | 0 | 1.8 | 38.9 |
| 1 | UCLA | 9 | 19 | 416 | 21.89 | 0 | 2.1 | 46.2 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 8 | 12 | 263 | 21.92 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.9 |
| 1 | Washington | 10 | 32 | 704 | 22.00 | 0 | 3.2 | 70.4 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 9 | 30 | 664 | 22.13 | 0 | 3.3 | 73.8 |
| 1 | Toledo | 8 | 23 | 515 | 22.39 | 0 | 2.9 | 64.4 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 9 | 19 | 429 | 22.58 | 0 | 2.1 | 47.7 |
| 1 | Houston | 8 | 37 | 839 | 22.68 | 0 | 4.6 | 104.9 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 16 | 367 | 22.94 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.9 |
| 1 | Auburn | 8 | 4 | 92 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Troy | 8 | 17 | 393 | 23.12 | 0 | 2.1 | 49.1 |
| 1 | USC | 9 | 14 | 324 | 23.14 | 0 | 1.6 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 8 | 18 | 417 | 23.17 | 0 | 2.3 | 52.1 |
| 1 | Boston College | 8 | 22 | 513 | 23.32 | 0 | 2.8 | 64.1 |
| 1 | LSU | 8 | 3 | 70 | 23.33 | 0 | 0.4 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Akron | 8 | 7 | 164 | 23.43 | 0 | 0.9 | 20.5 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 8 | 29 | 681 | 23.48 | 0 | 3.6 | 85.1 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 9 | 19 | 447 | 23.53 | 0 | 2.1 | 49.7 |
| 1 | UTSA | 8 | 12 | 285 | 23.75 | 0 | 1.5 | 35.6 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 8 | 13 | 309 | 23.77 | 0 | 1.6 | 38.6 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 8 | 18 | 432 | 24.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 54.0 |
| 1 | California | 9 | 16 | 385 | 24.06 | 0 | 1.8 | 42.8 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 8 | 7 | 172 | 24.57 | 0 | 0.9 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 34 | 844 | 24.82 | 0 | 4.3 | 105.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 12 | 299 | 24.92 | 0 | 1.5 | 37.4 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 8 | 22 | 560 | 25.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 70.0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 9 | 25 | 639 | 25.56 | 0 | 2.8 | 71.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 5 | 128 | 25.60 | 0 | 0.6 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 8 | 11 | 282 | 25.64 | 0 | 1.4 | 35.3 |
| 1 | Indiana | 9 | 24 | 643 | 26.79 | 0 | 2.7 | 71.4 |
| 1 | Georgia | 9 | 7 | 193 | 27.57 | 0 | 0.8 | 21.4 |
| 114 | Michigan | 9 | 22 | 422 | 19.18 | 1 | 2.4 | 46.9 |
| 114 | Western Michigan | 8 | 35 | 681 | 19.46 | 1 | 4.4 | 85.1 |
| 114 | Liberty | 4 | 11 | 229 | 20.82 | 1 | 2.8 | 57.3 |
| 114 | Clemson | 9 | 25 | 528 | 21.12 | 1 | 2.8 | 58.7 |
| 114 | Navy | 8 | 26 | 566 | 21.77 | 1 | 3.3 | 70.8 |
| 114 | Wyoming | 8 | 20 | 436 | 21.80 | 1 | 2.5 | 54.5 |
| 114 | Colorado State | 8 | 16 | 364 | 22.75 | 1 | 2.0 | 45.5 |
| 114 | Illinois | 9 | 19 | 436 | 22.95 | 1 | 2.1 | 48.4 |
| 114 | Old Dominion | 8 | 20 | 459 | 22.95 | 1 | 2.5 | 57.4 |
| 114 | Virginia | 8 | 10 | 245 | 24.50 | 1 | 1.3 | 30.6 |
| 114 | Mississippi | 8 | 25 | 640 | 25.60 | 1 | 3.1 | 80.0 |
| 114 | Connecticut | 8 | 23 | 605 | 26.30 | 1 | 2.9 | 75.6 |
| 114 | Oklahoma | 10 | 16 | 423 | 26.44 | 1 | 1.6 | 42.3 |
| 114 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 22 | 639 | 29.05 | 1 | 2.8 | 79.9 |
| 114 | Stanford | 9 | 3 | 127 | 42.33 | 1 | 0.3 | 14.1 |
| 129 | Arkansas | 8 | 16 | 402 | 25.13 | 2 | 2.0 | 50.3 |