2018 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2019
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas State | 1 | 2 | -6 | -3.00 | 0 | 2.0 | -6.0 |
| 2 | Texas State | 1 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | 2.0 | -3.0 |
| 2 | Minnesota | 10 | 6 | -3 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
| 4 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 5 | North Texas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 6 | Bowling Green | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| 6 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 6 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 9 | Southern Miss | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 9 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 11 | UTEP | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| 13 | Wyoming | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| 14 | Old Dominion | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.0 |
| 15 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 16 | USF | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 17 | Memphis | 2 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.5 |
| 18 | Alabama | 12 | 8 | 20 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 19 | Fresno State | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.0 |
| 20 | Cincinnati | 2 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 11.0 |
| 20 | Oklahoma | 12 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| 20 | Massachusetts | 2 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| 23 | Tulsa | 2 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 24 | Houston | 2 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.5 |
| 24 | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.5 |
| 24 | Buffalo | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 24 | South Alabama | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 28 | Auburn | 10 | 10 | 26 | 2.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| 29 | Rice | 2 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.5 |
| 30 | Appalachian State | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 31 | Army | 2 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 15.0 |
| 32 | BYU | 5 | 9 | 31 | 3.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 6.2 |
| 32 | Marshall | 2 | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 15.5 |
| 32 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 31 | 31.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 31.0 |
| 35 | Texas Tech | 10 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.4 |
| 36 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 36 | 36.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 18.0 |
| 37 | East Carolina | 2 | 5 | 37 | 7.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 18.5 |
| 37 | Boise State | 1 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 39 | Nevada | 2 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 19.0 |
| 40 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.5 |
| 40 | UAB | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 42 | Ohio State | 13 | 13 | 43 | 3.31 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| 42 | Ohio | 1 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 43.0 |
| 44 | Virginia | 10 | 12 | 44 | 3.67 | 1 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| 45 | UTSA | 3 | 5 | 46 | 9.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 15.3 |
| 45 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 4 | 46 | 11.50 | 1 | 4.0 | 46.0 |
| 47 | San Diego State | 2 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 24.0 |
| 48 | FIU | 2 | 4 | 50 | 12.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 49 | TCU | 11 | 11 | 51 | 4.64 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.6 |
| 49 | Arizona | 9 | 10 | 51 | 5.10 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.7 |
| 51 | LSU | 9 | 12 | 52 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| 52 | Mississippi State | 10 | 6 | 54 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.4 |
| 53 | North Carolina | 9 | 16 | 56 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.8 | 6.2 |
| 54 | Indiana | 10 | 15 | 57 | 3.80 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.7 |
| 54 | Georgia | 11 | 4 | 57 | 14.25 | 0 | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| 56 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 9 | 60 | 6.67 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.0 |
| 56 | Tulane | 2 | 6 | 60 | 10.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 30.0 |
| 58 | Liberty | 2 | 5 | 61 | 12.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 30.5 |
| 59 | Akron | 3 | 5 | 63 | 12.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 21.0 |
| 59 | UNLV | 1 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 63.0 |
| 61 | Iowa State | 11 | 11 | 65 | 5.91 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.9 |
| 61 | Stanford | 10 | 11 | 65 | 5.91 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.5 |
| 63 | West Virginia | 11 | 9 | 69 | 7.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| 64 | Utah | 11 | 13 | 71 | 5.46 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.5 |
| 65 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 10 | 77 | 7.70 | 0 | 3.3 | 25.7 |
| 66 | Iowa | 11 | 19 | 79 | 4.16 | 0 | 1.7 | 7.2 |
| 66 | Ole Miss | 9 | 9 | 79 | 8.78 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.8 |
| 68 | Colorado | 10 | 17 | 82 | 4.82 | 0 | 1.7 | 8.2 |
| 68 | Purdue | 12 | 15 | 82 | 5.47 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.8 |
| 70 | Louisiana | 2 | 3 | 86 | 28.67 | 1 | 1.5 | 43.0 |
| 71 | UCF | 2 | 3 | 87 | 29.00 | 1 | 1.5 | 43.5 |
| 72 | Oregon State | 10 | 19 | 88 | 4.63 | 1 | 1.9 | 8.8 |
| 73 | Northwestern | 12 | 18 | 90 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| 73 | South Carolina | 10 | 13 | 90 | 6.92 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| 73 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 2 | 90 | 45.00 | 1 | 0.7 | 30.0 |
| 76 | Central Michigan | 3 | 10 | 91 | 9.10 | 0 | 3.3 | 30.3 |
| 77 | Rutgers | 10 | 18 | 95 | 5.28 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.5 |
| 78 | Oregon | 10 | 11 | 96 | 8.73 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.6 |
| 78 | Washington State | 10 | 11 | 96 | 8.73 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.6 |
| 78 | Baylor | 11 | 10 | 96 | 9.60 | 0 | 0.9 | 8.7 |
| 81 | NC State | 9 | 15 | 97 | 6.47 | 1 | 1.7 | 10.8 |
| 82 | Maryland | 10 | 9 | 98 | 10.89 | 0 | 0.9 | 9.8 |
| 82 | Charlotte | 1 | 3 | 98 | 32.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 98.0 |
| 84 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 13 | 99 | 7.62 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.0 |
| 85 | Kansas | 10 | 14 | 102 | 7.29 | 1 | 1.4 | 10.2 |
| 86 | Ball State | 1 | 4 | 103 | 25.75 | 1 | 4.0 | 103.0 |
| 87 | Connecticut | 1 | 3 | 110 | 36.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 110.0 |
| 88 | Arkansas | 8 | 12 | 116 | 9.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.5 |
| 89 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 16 | 117 | 7.31 | 1 | 1.6 | 11.7 |
| 90 | Temple | 3 | 7 | 119 | 17.00 | 1 | 2.3 | 39.7 |
| 90 | Kent State | 3 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.7 |
| 90 | SMU | 2 | 5 | 119 | 23.80 | 1 | 2.5 | 59.5 |
| 93 | Clemson | 12 | 16 | 120 | 7.50 | 1 | 1.3 | 10.0 |
| 94 | New Mexico State | 1 | 3 | 123 | 41.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 123.0 |
| 95 | Missouri | 10 | 11 | 127 | 11.55 | 2 | 1.1 | 12.7 |
| 96 | Texas A&M | 10 | 19 | 129 | 6.79 | 0 | 1.9 | 12.9 |
| 96 | Florida | 10 | 15 | 129 | 8.60 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.9 |
| 98 | Michigan State | 11 | 26 | 135 | 5.19 | 0 | 2.4 | 12.3 |
| 99 | Syracuse | 9 | 14 | 136 | 9.71 | 1 | 1.6 | 15.1 |
| 100 | Texas | 13 | 16 | 138 | 8.63 | 0 | 1.2 | 10.6 |
| 100 | Nebraska | 10 | 15 | 138 | 9.20 | 1 | 1.5 | 13.8 |
| 102 | Notre Dame | 11 | 17 | 144 | 8.47 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.1 |
| 103 | Wake Forest | 8 | 18 | 147 | 8.17 | 0 | 2.3 | 18.4 |
| 104 | San Jose State | 2 | 7 | 149 | 21.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 74.5 |
| 105 | Michigan | 10 | 15 | 151 | 10.07 | 1 | 1.5 | 15.1 |
| 105 | Kansas State | 10 | 13 | 151 | 11.62 | 1 | 1.3 | 15.1 |
| 107 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 16 | 185 | 11.56 | 1 | 2.0 | 23.1 |
| 107 | Wisconsin | 10 | 15 | 185 | 12.33 | 1 | 1.5 | 18.5 |
| 109 | Penn State | 11 | 22 | 186 | 8.45 | 1 | 2.0 | 16.9 |
| 110 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 26 | 188 | 7.23 | 2 | 2.4 | 17.1 |
| 111 | USC | 10 | 18 | 192 | 10.67 | 1 | 1.8 | 19.2 |
| 112 | Washington | 12 | 19 | 200 | 10.53 | 0 | 1.6 | 16.7 |
| 113 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 20 | 203 | 10.15 | 1 | 2.0 | 20.3 |
| 114 | Boston College | 9 | 25 | 204 | 8.16 | 2 | 2.8 | 22.7 |
| 115 | California | 11 | 20 | 210 | 10.50 | 0 | 1.8 | 19.1 |
| 116 | Duke | 10 | 24 | 218 | 9.08 | 1 | 2.4 | 21.8 |
| 117 | Arizona State | 10 | 16 | 219 | 13.69 | 1 | 1.6 | 21.9 |
| 118 | Kentucky | 10 | 16 | 231 | 14.44 | 0 | 1.6 | 23.1 |
| 119 | Louisville | 10 | 23 | 236 | 10.26 | 1 | 2.3 | 23.6 |
| 120 | Colorado State | 3 | 10 | 265 | 26.50 | 2 | 3.3 | 88.3 |
| 121 | Illinois | 9 | 23 | 282 | 12.26 | 1 | 2.6 | 31.3 |
| 122 | Florida State | 9 | 28 | 298 | 10.64 | 1 | 3.1 | 33.1 |
| 123 | UCLA | 10 | 17 | 315 | 18.53 | 2 | 1.7 | 31.5 |