2021 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 
| 2 | Arizona State | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 
| 3 | Arizona | 3 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 8.3 | 
| 4 | Georgia | 5 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 6.6 | 
| 5 | Missouri | 5 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 
| 5 | USC | 3 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.7 | 
| 7 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 
| 7 | Michigan State | 4 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 
| 7 | Kansas | 3 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.3 | 
| 10 | Virginia | 4 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.8 | 
| 11 | UCLA | 3 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.0 | 
| 12 | North Carolina | 4 | 4 | 43 | 10.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.8 | 
| 13 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 1 | 51 | 51.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 12.8 | 
| 14 | Arkansas | 5 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.8 | 
| 15 | Michigan | 4 | 5 | 56 | 11.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.0 | 
| 15 | Tulane | 4 | 3 | 56 | 18.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.0 | 
| 17 | TCU | 3 | 4 | 57 | 14.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 19.0 | 
| 18 | Minnesota | 4 | 4 | 58 | 14.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.5 | 
| 19 | Colorado | 3 | 4 | 60 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.0 | 
| 20 | Iowa | 4 | 3 | 62 | 20.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.5 | 
| 21 | Baylor | 4 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.5 | 
| 21 | Charlotte | 4 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.5 | 
| 23 | Nebraska | 3 | 4 | 70 | 17.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.3 | 
| 24 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 5 | 83 | 16.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.6 | 
| 25 | Colorado State | 4 | 7 | 88 | 12.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 22.0 | 
| 26 | Buffalo | 4 | 6 | 104 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.0 | 
| 27 | Texas | 3 | 5 | 108 | 21.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 36.0 | 
| 28 | Ball State | 5 | 6 | 112 | 18.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 22.4 | 
| 29 | San Jose State | 4 | 7 | 116 | 16.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.0 | 
| 30 | Washington | 3 | 6 | 117 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 | 
| 31 | Kansas State | 4 | 6 | 118 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.5 | 
| 32 | Oregon | 4 | 5 | 120 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 30.0 | 
| 33 | Louisville | 5 | 6 | 121 | 20.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.2 | 
| 34 | Mississippi State | 5 | 6 | 124 | 20.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.8 | 
| 34 | California | 3 | 6 | 124 | 20.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.3 | 
| 34 | LSU | 5 | 5 | 124 | 24.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.8 | 
| 37 | Duke | 4 | 10 | 126 | 12.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 31.5 | 
| 38 | Washington State | 4 | 8 | 132 | 16.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.0 | 
| 38 | Troy | 4 | 6 | 132 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.0 | 
| 40 | New Mexico | 4 | 7 | 136 | 19.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 34.0 | 
| 41 | USF | 4 | 7 | 138 | 19.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 34.5 | 
| 42 | Auburn | 5 | 10 | 141 | 14.10 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.2 | 
| 43 | Iowa State | 4 | 8 | 142 | 17.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.5 | 
| 43 | San Diego State | 5 | 4 | 142 | 35.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 28.4 | 
| 45 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 8 | 144 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 | 
| 45 | Oregon State | 4 | 6 | 144 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 36.0 | 
| 47 | Navy | 4 | 6 | 145 | 24.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 36.3 | 
| 48 | South Carolina | 5 | 7 | 146 | 20.86 | 0 | 1.4 | 29.2 | 
| 49 | Boston College | 4 | 8 | 147 | 18.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.8 | 
| 49 | Kentucky | 5 | 7 | 147 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 29.4 | 
| 51 | Syracuse | 4 | 11 | 148 | 13.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 37.0 | 
| 52 | UAB | 5 | 8 | 151 | 18.88 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.2 | 
| 53 | Bowling Green | 4 | 7 | 164 | 23.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 41.0 | 
| 53 | Florida State | 4 | 6 | 164 | 27.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 41.0 | 
| 55 | Rutgers | 4 | 9 | 167 | 18.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.8 | 
| 56 | Akron | 4 | 8 | 168 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 | 
| 57 | Hawaii | 5 | 10 | 169 | 16.90 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.8 | 
| 58 | Rice | 4 | 9 | 179 | 19.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.8 | 
| 59 | Texas State | 4 | 9 | 181 | 20.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.3 | 
| 59 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 8 | 181 | 22.63 | 0 | 1.6 | 36.2 | 
| 59 | Texas A&M | 4 | 8 | 181 | 22.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.3 | 
| 62 | Tennessee | 5 | 13 | 184 | 14.15 | 0 | 2.6 | 36.8 | 
| 63 | Toledo | 5 | 11 | 186 | 16.91 | 0 | 2.2 | 37.2 | 
| 64 | NC State | 4 | 6 | 187 | 31.17 | 1 | 1.5 | 46.8 | 
| 65 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 10 | 188 | 18.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 47.0 | 
| 66 | Alabama | 5 | 13 | 191 | 14.69 | 0 | 2.6 | 38.2 | 
| 67 | UNLV | 4 | 10 | 196 | 19.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 49.0 | 
| 68 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 13 | 198 | 15.23 | 0 | 2.6 | 39.6 | 
| 69 | Ohio | 4 | 11 | 199 | 18.09 | 0 | 2.8 | 49.8 | 
| 69 | Arkansas State | 4 | 9 | 199 | 22.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 49.8 | 
| 71 | FIU | 4 | 13 | 202 | 15.54 | 0 | 3.3 | 50.5 | 
| 71 | UTEP | 5 | 9 | 202 | 22.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 40.4 | 
| 73 | Wisconsin | 4 | 8 | 206 | 25.75 | 1 | 2.0 | 51.5 | 
| 74 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 7 | 207 | 29.57 | 1 | 1.8 | 51.8 | 
| 75 | Cincinnati | 5 | 12 | 212 | 17.67 | 0 | 2.4 | 42.4 | 
| 76 | Southern Miss | 4 | 5 | 216 | 43.20 | 2 | 1.3 | 54.0 | 
| 77 | Boise State | 4 | 11 | 218 | 19.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.5 | 
| 78 | Marshall | 5 | 14 | 219 | 15.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 43.8 | 
| 79 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 8 | 221 | 27.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 55.3 | 
| 80 | Central Michigan | 5 | 13 | 223 | 17.15 | 0 | 2.6 | 44.6 | 
| 81 | Houston | 5 | 14 | 227 | 16.21 | 0 | 2.8 | 45.4 | 
| 82 | Indiana | 3 | 7 | 230 | 32.86 | 1 | 2.3 | 76.7 | 
| 83 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 11 | 232 | 21.09 | 0 | 2.8 | 58.0 | 
| 84 | Memphis | 4 | 14 | 236 | 16.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 59.0 | 
| 85 | SMU | 4 | 11 | 237 | 21.55 | 0 | 2.8 | 59.3 | 
| 86 | East Carolina | 4 | 10 | 242 | 24.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 60.5 | 
| 86 | Wake Forest | 4 | 10 | 242 | 24.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 60.5 | 
| 86 | South Alabama | 4 | 9 | 242 | 26.89 | 1 | 2.3 | 60.5 | 
| 89 | Northwestern | 3 | 12 | 243 | 20.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 81.0 | 
| 89 | West Virginia | 4 | 11 | 243 | 22.09 | 0 | 2.8 | 60.8 | 
| 91 | Purdue | 4 | 12 | 247 | 20.58 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.8 | 
| 92 | Texas Tech | 4 | 12 | 251 | 20.92 | 0 | 3.0 | 62.8 | 
| 93 | Utah State | 5 | 14 | 260 | 18.57 | 0 | 2.8 | 52.0 | 
| 94 | Nevada | 5 | 9 | 261 | 29.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 52.2 | 
| 95 | Kent State | 5 | 16 | 271 | 16.94 | 0 | 3.2 | 54.2 | 
| 96 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 15 | 276 | 18.40 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.2 | 
| 97 | Oklahoma | 4 | 13 | 279 | 21.46 | 0 | 3.3 | 69.8 | 
| 98 | UTSA | 5 | 12 | 285 | 23.75 | 0 | 2.4 | 57.0 | 
| 99 | Clemson | 5 | 8 | 294 | 36.75 | 1 | 1.6 | 58.8 | 
| 100 | Ohio State | 4 | 13 | 297 | 22.85 | 1 | 3.3 | 74.3 | 
| 101 | UCF | 5 | 17 | 303 | 17.82 | 0 | 3.4 | 60.6 | 
| 102 | North Texas | 5 | 14 | 310 | 22.14 | 0 | 2.8 | 62.0 | 
| 103 | Temple | 4 | 12 | 314 | 26.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 78.5 | 
| 104 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 16 | 321 | 20.06 | 0 | 3.2 | 64.2 | 
| 105 | Massachusetts | 8 | 10 | 330 | 33.00 | 1 | 1.3 | 41.3 | 
| 106 | Louisiana | 5 | 18 | 331 | 18.39 | 0 | 3.6 | 66.2 | 
| 107 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 15 | 339 | 22.60 | 0 | 3.0 | 67.8 | 
| 108 | Western Michigan | 5 | 16 | 350 | 21.88 | 0 | 3.2 | 70.0 | 
| 109 | Liberty | 11 | 18 | 351 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.6 | 31.9 | 
| 110 | Air Force | 5 | 15 | 352 | 23.47 | 1 | 3.0 | 70.4 | 
| 111 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 17 | 353 | 20.76 | 0 | 4.3 | 88.3 | 
| 112 | Army | 10 | 19 | 369 | 19.42 | 1 | 1.9 | 36.9 | 
| 113 | Old Dominion | 5 | 16 | 381 | 23.81 | 1 | 3.2 | 76.2 | 
| 114 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 19 | 389 | 20.47 | 0 | 3.8 | 77.8 | 
| 115 | Middle Tennessee State | 5 | 19 | 402 | 21.16 | 0 | 3.8 | 80.4 | 
| 116 | Florida | 5 | 17 | 421 | 24.76 | 1 | 3.4 | 84.2 | 
| 117 | Wyoming | 5 | 16 | 423 | 26.44 | 0 | 3.2 | 84.6 | 
| 118 | Appalachian State | 5 | 19 | 427 | 22.47 | 1 | 3.8 | 85.4 | 
| 119 | New Mexico State | 11 | 20 | 440 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 40.0 | 
| 120 | Connecticut | 10 | 20 | 441 | 22.05 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.1 | 
| 121 | Georgia State | 5 | 17 | 467 | 27.47 | 0 | 3.4 | 93.4 | 
| 122 | Utah | 4 | 17 | 494 | 29.06 | 2 | 4.3 | 123.5 | 
| 123 | Maryland | 4 | 21 | 536 | 25.52 | 0 | 5.3 | 134.0 | 
| 124 | Fresno State | 5 | 25 | 538 | 21.52 | 0 | 5.0 | 107.6 | 
| 125 | Ole Miss | 5 | 28 | 588 | 21.00 | 0 | 5.6 | 117.6 | 
| 126 | Tulsa | 5 | 21 | 595 | 28.33 | 3 | 4.2 | 119.0 | 
| 127 | BYU | 13 | 31 | 665 | 21.45 | 0 | 2.4 | 51.2 | 
| 128 | Notre Dame | 13 | 46 | 937 | 20.37 | 0 | 3.5 | 72.1 |