2019 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/13/2020
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 3 | -11 | -3.67 | 0 | 0.8 | -2.8 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 | -6 | -2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.0 |
| 3 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 4 | USC | 4 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| 5 | Rice | 2 | 4 | -1 | -0.25 | 0 | 2.0 | -0.5 |
| 6 | West Virginia | 3 | 6 | -1 | -0.17 | 1 | 2.0 | -0.3 |
| 7 | Fresno State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Wyoming | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 9 | TCU | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| 10 | SMU | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| 11 | Northwestern | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| 12 | Air Force | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 12 | Florida | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 12 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 15 | Army | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| 16 | Syracuse | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 17 | Louisville | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 4.0 |
| 18 | Penn State | 5 | 10 | 17 | 1.70 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
| 19 | Temple | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 19 | Nebraska | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 21 | Virginia | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| 22 | Texas State | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 23 | Ohio State | 6 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 24 | Maryland | 4 | 12 | 33 | 2.75 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.3 |
| 25 | Navy | 3 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 4.7 |
| 26 | UCF | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 27 | Baylor | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| 28 | Texas | 4 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 29 | UAB | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 29 | Nevada | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 29 | North Carolina State | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 32 | Notre Dame | 3 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 7.0 |
| 33 | Hawai'i | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 34 | Florida State | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| 35 | Clemson | 2 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 35 | Cincinnati | 4 | 8 | 40 | 5.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 37 | Arizona State | 2 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.5 |
| 38 | Purdue | 4 | 10 | 54 | 5.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 13.5 |
| 39 | Marshall | 3 | 7 | 38 | 5.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 12.7 |
| 40 | Iowa State | 5 | 9 | 50 | 5.56 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.0 |
| 41 | Texas Tech | 3 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| 42 | South Carolina | 5 | 6 | 36 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.2 |
| 42 | Connecticut | 3 | 6 | 36 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 42 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 24.0 |
| 45 | East Carolina | 3 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.3 |
| 45 | Oregon State | 2 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.5 |
| 47 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 19.0 |
| 48 | Houston | 5 | 10 | 64 | 6.40 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.8 |
| 49 | Missouri | 2 | 6 | 39 | 6.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 19.5 |
| 50 | Kent State | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| 50 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 6 | 40 | 6.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| 52 | Stanford | 3 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| 53 | Wisconsin | 6 | 7 | 48 | 6.86 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.0 |
| 54 | Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 54 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 56 | UNLV | 1 | 8 | 58 | 7.25 | 0 | 8.0 | 58.0 |
| 57 | Oregon | 3 | 12 | 89 | 7.42 | 0 | 4.0 | 29.7 |
| 58 | Rutgers | 5 | 10 | 78 | 7.80 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.6 |
| 59 | Washington State | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| 59 | UCLA | 3 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 59 | Boston College | 3 | 10 | 80 | 8.00 | 0 | 3.3 | 26.7 |
| 62 | Michigan | 6 | 14 | 113 | 8.07 | 0 | 2.3 | 18.8 |
| 63 | Tulsa | 4 | 10 | 81 | 8.10 | 0 | 2.5 | 20.3 |
| 64 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 8 | 67 | 8.38 | 0 | 2.7 | 22.3 |
| 65 | Georgia State | 1 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 34.0 |
| 65 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 12 | 102 | 8.50 | 1 | 4.0 | 34.0 |
| 67 | Indiana | 3 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.7 |
| 68 | Memphis | 4 | 7 | 61 | 8.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 15.3 |
| 69 | Bowling Green | 1 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 36.0 |
| 70 | Central Michigan | 1 | 7 | 65 | 9.29 | 0 | 7.0 | 65.0 |
| 71 | New Mexico State | 1 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 28.0 |
| 72 | South Alabama | 2 | 5 | 50 | 10.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 25.0 |
| 73 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 6 | 61 | 10.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 30.5 |
| 74 | South Florida | 5 | 20 | 209 | 10.45 | 0 | 4.0 | 41.8 |
| 75 | Mississippi State | 3 | 6 | 64 | 10.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.3 |
| 76 | New Mexico | 3 | 4 | 43 | 10.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.3 |
| 77 | Oklahoma | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| 78 | Michigan State | 4 | 8 | 100 | 12.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 78 | Mississippi | 4 | 8 | 100 | 12.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 80 | Tennessee | 3 | 4 | 51 | 12.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.0 |
| 81 | Alabama | 3 | 5 | 64 | 12.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 21.3 |
| 82 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 4 | 53 | 13.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.5 |
| 83 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 10 | 137 | 13.70 | 0 | 3.3 | 45.7 |
| 84 | Georgia | 5 | 5 | 69 | 13.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.8 |
| 85 | Washington | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.7 |
| 86 | Charlotte | 2 | 5 | 73 | 14.60 | 1 | 2.5 | 36.5 |
| 87 | BYU | 2 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.0 |
| 88 | Colorado | 3 | 8 | 125 | 15.63 | 1 | 2.7 | 41.7 |
| 89 | California | 2 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 90 | LSU | 7 | 5 | 82 | 16.40 | 1 | 0.7 | 11.7 |
| 91 | Illinois | 4 | 5 | 84 | 16.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.0 |
| 92 | Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 93 | Iowa | 4 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.0 |
| 94 | Auburn | 6 | 8 | 139 | 17.38 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.2 |
| 95 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 96 | Arizona | 2 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.0 |
| 97 | Utah | 2 | 6 | 118 | 19.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.0 |
| 98 | Wake Forest | 1 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.0 |
| 99 | Tulane | 4 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.5 |
| 100 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 101 | Texas A&M | 5 | 10 | 230 | 23.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 46.0 |
| 102 | Kansas State | 4 | 3 | 75 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 18.8 |
| 103 | Duke | 2 | 2 | 51 | 25.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.5 |
| 104 | UTSA | 1 | 3 | 83 | 27.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 83.0 |
| 105 | San Jose State | 2 | 2 | 71 | 35.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 35.5 |
| 106 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 1 | 41 | 41.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 41.0 |
| 107 | Utah State | 3 | 2 | 84 | 42.00 | 1 | 0.7 | 28.0 |
| 108 | Kansas | 3 | 1 | 46 | 46.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 15.3 |
| 108 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 92 | 46.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 46.0 |