2018 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulsa | 1 | 1 | -6 | -6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -6.0 |
| 2 | Arkansas State | 1 | 2 | -6 | -3.00 | 0 | 2.0 | -6.0 |
| 3 | Arkansas | 3 | 4 | -9 | -2.25 | 0 | 1.3 | -3.0 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.0 |
| 5 | Colorado | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 5 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| 7 | UCF | 2 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | -1.0 |
| 7 | Baylor | 3 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 1.3 | -0.7 |
| 7 | Minnesota | 4 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| 10 | North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Utah State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 13 | San Diego State | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 0 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
| 14 | TCU | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| 16 | Oregon | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 16 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 18 | Fresno State | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| 19 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 20 | Troy | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| 21 | Ohio State | 4 | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 4.0 |
| 22 | Wyoming | 4 | 10 | 18 | 1.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| 23 | Texas | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 23 | Navy | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 25 | Auburn | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| 26 | Akron | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 27 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 28 | Duke | 3 | 8 | 26 | 3.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 8.7 |
| 29 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 11.0 |
| 30 | Texas A&M | 4 | 9 | 34 | 3.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 8.5 |
| 31 | Syracuse | 3 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.3 |
| 32 | Stanford | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| 32 | USC | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 32 | East Carolina | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.0 |
| 35 | LSU | 5 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.2 |
| 36 | Iowa | 2 | 8 | 35 | 4.38 | 0 | 4.0 | 17.5 |
| 37 | New Mexico | 3 | 7 | 31 | 4.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 10.3 |
| 38 | Indiana | 4 | 7 | 32 | 4.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 8.0 |
| 39 | Ball State | 1 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 24.0 |
| 40 | Northwestern | 4 | 13 | 67 | 5.15 | 0 | 3.3 | 16.8 |
| 41 | Iowa State | 5 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.2 |
| 42 | Michigan State | 5 | 13 | 68 | 5.23 | 0 | 2.6 | 13.6 |
| 43 | BYU | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 44 | South Carolina | 5 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.4 |
| 45 | Ohio | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 46 | Utah | 4 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| 47 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 14 | 89 | 6.36 | 1 | 2.8 | 17.8 |
| 48 | Rutgers | 4 | 7 | 45 | 6.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 11.3 |
| 49 | Rice | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 50 | Hawaii | 3 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| 51 | Alabama | 5 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| 51 | Army | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 51 | USF | 2 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 51 | NC State | 3 | 6 | 42 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 55 | Tulane | 2 | 7 | 51 | 7.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 25.5 |
| 56 | Notre Dame | 4 | 8 | 60 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| 57 | Ole Miss | 3 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.7 |
| 58 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 9 | 69 | 7.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 17.3 |
| 59 | Temple | 2 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.5 |
| 60 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 60 | Cincinnati | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 62 | Clemson | 4 | 4 | 33 | 8.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.3 |
| 63 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 5 | 42 | 8.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 42.0 |
| 64 | San Jose State | 4 | 9 | 79 | 8.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 19.8 |
| 65 | Texas Tech | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| 66 | Wisconsin | 4 | 8 | 76 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 66 | UNLV | 2 | 8 | 76 | 9.50 | 1 | 4.0 | 38.0 |
| 68 | Oregon State | 3 | 6 | 58 | 9.67 | 1 | 2.0 | 19.3 |
| 69 | Wake Forest | 3 | 9 | 88 | 9.78 | 0 | 3.0 | 29.3 |
| 70 | Florida State | 4 | 14 | 141 | 10.07 | 0 | 3.5 | 35.3 |
| 71 | Central Michigan | 1 | 4 | 41 | 10.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 41.0 |
| 72 | Boise State | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.0 |
| 73 | Mississippi State | 6 | 4 | 46 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.7 |
| 73 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 4 | 46 | 11.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| 75 | Florida | 4 | 9 | 104 | 11.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 26.0 |
| 76 | New Mexico State | 1 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 47.0 |
| 77 | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.5 |
| 78 | SMU | 3 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.7 |
| 79 | Boston College | 2 | 7 | 89 | 12.71 | 1 | 3.5 | 44.5 |
| 80 | Michigan | 5 | 9 | 115 | 12.78 | 1 | 1.8 | 23.0 |
| 81 | Louisville | 4 | 10 | 130 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 32.5 |
| 82 | UCLA | 4 | 7 | 93 | 13.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 23.3 |
| 83 | California | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.5 |
| 84 | Memphis | 2 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 21.5 |
| 85 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 6 | 91 | 15.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.8 |
| 86 | Maryland | 5 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.4 |
| 87 | Illinois | 3 | 12 | 189 | 15.75 | 1 | 4.0 | 63.0 |
| 88 | Nebraska | 4 | 7 | 115 | 16.43 | 1 | 1.8 | 28.8 |
| 89 | West Virginia | 3 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.0 |
| 90 | Arizona State | 2 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.0 |
| 91 | Kansas | 3 | 4 | 71 | 17.75 | 1 | 1.3 | 23.7 |
| 92 | Toledo | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 93 | Kent State | 1 | 5 | 93 | 18.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 93.0 |
| 94 | Purdue | 3 | 3 | 56 | 18.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.7 |
| 95 | Connecticut | 4 | 9 | 169 | 18.78 | 1 | 2.3 | 42.3 |
| 96 | Missouri | 4 | 6 | 114 | 19.00 | 2 | 1.5 | 28.5 |
| 96 | Penn State | 4 | 8 | 152 | 19.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 98 | Georgia | 5 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| 98 | Kentucky | 4 | 8 | 156 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 100 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.5 |
| 101 | UAB | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 102 | Air Force | 3 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.7 |
| 103 | Liberty | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 103 | Miami (FL) | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 105 | Appalachian State | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 106 | Kansas State | 3 | 4 | 125 | 31.25 | 1 | 1.3 | 41.7 |
| 107 | Colorado State | 3 | 8 | 255 | 31.88 | 3 | 2.7 | 85.0 |
| 108 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 39 | 39.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 39.0 |
| 109 | Louisiana | 1 | 2 | 80 | 40.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 80.0 |
| 110 | Middle Tennessee State | 2 | 2 | 90 | 45.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 45.0 |