2021 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 4 | Boise State | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 5 | San Jose State | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 6 | UTSA | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 7 | San Diego State | 2 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 12.5 |
| 7 | Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 9 | Penn State | 11 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| 9 | Troy | 1 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 28.0 |
| 11 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 |
| 12 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 38 | 38.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 38.0 |
| 13 | Texas State | 1 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.0 |
| 14 | North Texas | 1 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 44.0 |
| 15 | Colorado State | 2 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.5 |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 2 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.0 |
| 17 | Missouri | 9 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| 18 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 3 | 53 | 17.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.5 |
| 19 | Nevada | 2 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.0 |
| 20 | USF | 2 | 3 | 55 | 18.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.5 |
| 21 | New Mexico State | 2 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.5 |
| 22 | Hawaii | 2 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.0 |
| 23 | Akron | 2 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.5 |
| 24 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 64 | 12.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 64.0 |
| 24 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 2 | 64 | 32.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 64.0 |
| 26 | Baylor | 11 | 4 | 65 | 16.25 | 0 | 0.4 | 5.9 |
| 27 | Charlotte | 2 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.0 |
| 28 | Ball State | 1 | 3 | 67 | 22.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 67.0 |
| 29 | Appalachian State | 1 | 4 | 68 | 17.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 68.0 |
| 30 | Stanford | 11 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 0.4 | 6.3 |
| 31 | Houston | 2 | 4 | 70 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 32 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 6 | 72 | 12.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 36.0 |
| 33 | Kansas | 10 | 7 | 77 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.7 |
| 34 | Kent State | 3 | 5 | 80 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 26.7 |
| 35 | Ohio | 2 | 5 | 92 | 18.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 46.0 |
| 36 | SMU | 1 | 3 | 93 | 31.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 93.0 |
| 37 | Texas A&M | 9 | 5 | 94 | 18.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.4 |
| 38 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 4 | 95 | 23.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 95.0 |
| 39 | UNLV | 2 | 5 | 103 | 20.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 51.5 |
| 40 | Rice | 2 | 4 | 108 | 27.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 54.0 |
| 40 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 3 | 108 | 36.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 108.0 |
| 42 | UCF | 2 | 6 | 109 | 18.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.5 |
| 43 | East Carolina | 1 | 3 | 111 | 37.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 111.0 |
| 44 | Bowling Green | 2 | 5 | 116 | 23.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 58.0 |
| 45 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 5 | 119 | 23.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 59.5 |
| 45 | Old Dominion | 1 | 2 | 119 | 59.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 119.0 |
| 47 | Utah State | 2 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 60.5 |
| 48 | Connecticut | 3 | 6 | 125 | 20.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.7 |
| 49 | South Alabama | 1 | 3 | 134 | 44.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 134.0 |
| 50 | Army | 3 | 9 | 142 | 15.78 | 0 | 3.0 | 47.3 |
| 50 | Western Michigan | 2 | 4 | 142 | 35.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 71.0 |
| 52 | Iowa | 12 | 9 | 146 | 16.22 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.2 |
| 53 | Central Michigan | 3 | 9 | 148 | 16.44 | 0 | 3.0 | 49.3 |
| 54 | Michigan | 12 | 12 | 150 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.5 |
| 55 | Air Force | 1 | 5 | 159 | 31.80 | 1 | 5.0 | 159.0 |
| 56 | Massachusetts | 3 | 3 | 169 | 56.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 56.3 |
| 57 | Southern Miss | 1 | 3 | 177 | 59.00 | 2 | 3.0 | 177.0 |
| 58 | Georgia | 13 | 14 | 186 | 13.29 | 0 | 1.1 | 14.3 |
| 59 | Arizona | 9 | 6 | 190 | 31.67 | 0 | 0.7 | 21.1 |
| 60 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 11 | 192 | 17.45 | 0 | 1.2 | 21.3 |
| 60 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 7 | 192 | 27.43 | 0 | 3.5 | 96.0 |
| 62 | Arkansas | 10 | 9 | 195 | 21.67 | 0 | 0.9 | 19.5 |
| 63 | LSU | 10 | 9 | 196 | 21.78 | 0 | 0.9 | 19.6 |
| 64 | Oregon State | 10 | 9 | 200 | 22.22 | 0 | 0.9 | 20.0 |
| 64 | Temple | 2 | 6 | 200 | 33.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 100.0 |
| 66 | Indiana | 9 | 9 | 213 | 23.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.7 |
| 67 | Kentucky | 10 | 10 | 214 | 21.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.4 |
| 68 | Georgia State | 2 | 7 | 216 | 30.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 108.0 |
| 69 | Tulsa | 2 | 7 | 219 | 31.29 | 1 | 3.5 | 109.5 |
| 70 | Washington | 10 | 12 | 236 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 23.6 |
| 71 | Clemson | 11 | 13 | 241 | 18.54 | 0 | 1.2 | 21.9 |
| 71 | Illinois | 10 | 10 | 241 | 24.10 | 1 | 1.0 | 24.1 |
| 73 | Rutgers | 11 | 14 | 242 | 17.29 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.0 |
| 74 | Duke | 10 | 16 | 244 | 15.25 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.4 |
| 75 | Northwestern | 10 | 16 | 247 | 15.44 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.7 |
| 75 | Virginia | 9 | 10 | 247 | 24.70 | 1 | 1.1 | 27.4 |
| 77 | Fresno State | 2 | 11 | 249 | 22.64 | 0 | 5.5 | 124.5 |
| 78 | Alabama | 11 | 11 | 264 | 24.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 79 | North Carolina | 10 | 12 | 267 | 22.25 | 0 | 1.2 | 26.7 |
| 80 | Auburn | 9 | 14 | 273 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.3 |
| 81 | Minnesota | 11 | 17 | 275 | 16.18 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.0 |
| 82 | NC State | 9 | 10 | 313 | 31.30 | 1 | 1.1 | 34.8 |
| 83 | Mississippi State | 10 | 15 | 318 | 21.20 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.8 |
| 84 | Arizona State | 10 | 15 | 323 | 21.53 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.3 |
| 85 | Texas Tech | 10 | 19 | 326 | 17.16 | 0 | 1.9 | 32.6 |
| 86 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 14 | 337 | 24.07 | 0 | 1.6 | 37.4 |
| 87 | South Carolina | 10 | 20 | 339 | 16.95 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.9 |
| 87 | Colorado | 11 | 16 | 339 | 21.19 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.8 |
| 89 | USC | 9 | 14 | 374 | 26.71 | 1 | 1.6 | 41.6 |
| 90 | BYU | 7 | 17 | 387 | 22.76 | 0 | 2.4 | 55.3 |
| 91 | Florida State | 9 | 15 | 391 | 26.07 | 0 | 1.7 | 43.4 |
| 92 | Tennessee | 10 | 18 | 402 | 22.33 | 1 | 1.8 | 40.2 |
| 93 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 19 | 408 | 21.47 | 0 | 1.9 | 40.8 |
| 94 | Texas | 10 | 15 | 409 | 27.27 | 0 | 1.5 | 40.9 |
| 95 | Wisconsin | 10 | 25 | 411 | 16.44 | 0 | 2.5 | 41.1 |
| 96 | Kansas State | 11 | 18 | 413 | 22.94 | 0 | 1.6 | 37.5 |
| 97 | Nebraska | 10 | 17 | 417 | 24.53 | 1 | 1.7 | 41.7 |
| 98 | Florida | 9 | 18 | 418 | 23.22 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.4 |
| 99 | TCU | 10 | 20 | 432 | 21.60 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.2 |
| 100 | California | 10 | 24 | 476 | 19.83 | 0 | 2.4 | 47.6 |
| 101 | Michigan State | 11 | 28 | 496 | 17.71 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.1 |
| 102 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 21 | 503 | 23.95 | 1 | 2.1 | 50.3 |
| 103 | Iowa State | 11 | 17 | 504 | 29.65 | 1 | 1.5 | 45.8 |
| 104 | Boston College | 9 | 24 | 510 | 21.25 | 1 | 2.7 | 56.7 |
| 105 | Syracuse | 9 | 22 | 527 | 23.95 | 1 | 2.4 | 58.6 |
| 106 | Louisville | 10 | 27 | 547 | 20.26 | 0 | 2.7 | 54.7 |
| 107 | UCLA | 10 | 23 | 552 | 24.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 55.2 |
| 108 | Washington State | 9 | 23 | 575 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.6 | 63.9 |
| 109 | Purdue | 11 | 32 | 633 | 19.78 | 0 | 2.9 | 57.5 |
| 110 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 31 | 664 | 21.42 | 1 | 3.1 | 66.4 |
| 111 | Ohio State | 11 | 37 | 676 | 18.27 | 1 | 3.4 | 61.5 |
| 112 | Ole Miss | 10 | 33 | 686 | 20.79 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.6 |
| 113 | Utah | 11 | 36 | 746 | 20.72 | 1 | 3.3 | 67.8 |
| 114 | Notre Dame | 10 | 39 | 803 | 20.59 | 0 | 3.9 | 80.3 |
| 115 | West Virginia | 12 | 36 | 808 | 22.44 | 1 | 3.0 | 67.3 |
| 116 | Oklahoma | 11 | 33 | 809 | 24.52 | 2 | 3.0 | 73.5 |
| 117 | Oregon | 12 | 35 | 813 | 23.23 | 0 | 2.9 | 67.8 |
| 118 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 34 | 819 | 24.09 | 1 | 3.1 | 74.5 |
| 119 | Wake Forest | 11 | 39 | 884 | 22.67 | 1 | 3.5 | 80.4 |
| 120 | Maryland | 11 | 37 | 968 | 26.16 | 1 | 3.4 | 88.0 |