2022 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYU | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.5 | 
| 2 | Navy | 8 | 20 | 242 | 12.10 | 0 | 2.5 | 30.3 | 
| 3 | UNLV | 8 | 25 | 319 | 12.76 | 0 | 3.1 | 39.9 | 
| 4 | Northwestern | 9 | 13 | 166 | 12.77 | 0 | 1.4 | 18.4 | 
| 5 | Wisconsin | 9 | 16 | 214 | 13.38 | 0 | 1.8 | 23.8 | 
| 6 | Tulsa | 8 | 25 | 346 | 13.84 | 0 | 3.1 | 43.3 | 
| 7 | Texas Tech | 9 | 18 | 255 | 14.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.3 | 
| 8 | Louisiana | 8 | 21 | 308 | 14.67 | 0 | 2.6 | 38.5 | 
| 9 | Tennessee | 8 | 27 | 397 | 14.70 | 0 | 3.4 | 49.6 | 
| 10 | Missouri | 8 | 7 | 104 | 14.86 | 0 | 0.9 | 13.0 | 
| 11 | San Jose State | 8 | 25 | 374 | 14.96 | 1 | 3.1 | 46.8 | 
| 12 | Kansas State | 10 | 19 | 285 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.9 | 28.5 | 
| 13 | Iowa | 9 | 14 | 215 | 15.36 | 0 | 1.6 | 23.9 | 
| 14 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 29 | 450 | 15.52 | 0 | 3.6 | 56.3 | 
| 15 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 9 | 140 | 15.56 | 0 | 1.1 | 17.5 | 
| 15 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 9 | 140 | 15.56 | 0 | 1.1 | 17.5 | 
| 17 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 23 | 360 | 15.65 | 0 | 2.9 | 45.0 | 
| 18 | Air Force | 8 | 21 | 330 | 15.71 | 0 | 2.6 | 41.3 | 
| 19 | Colorado State | 8 | 5 | 79 | 15.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 9.9 | 
| 20 | Kent State | 8 | 22 | 348 | 15.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 43.5 | 
| 21 | Army | 2 | 7 | 111 | 15.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 55.5 | 
| 22 | Cincinnati | 8 | 16 | 257 | 16.06 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.1 | 
| 23 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 15 | 241 | 16.07 | 0 | 1.9 | 30.1 | 
| 24 | USF | 8 | 9 | 147 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.1 | 18.4 | 
| 25 | Stanford | 9 | 9 | 148 | 16.44 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.4 | 
| 26 | Arkansas State | 8 | 18 | 299 | 16.61 | 0 | 2.3 | 37.4 | 
| 27 | Central Michigan | 8 | 13 | 216 | 16.62 | 0 | 1.6 | 27.0 | 
| 28 | UCF | 9 | 20 | 333 | 16.65 | 0 | 2.2 | 37.0 | 
| 29 | Utah State | 8 | 12 | 200 | 16.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.0 | 
| 30 | Texas State | 8 | 26 | 437 | 16.81 | 0 | 3.3 | 54.6 | 
| 31 | Arizona State | 9 | 16 | 271 | 16.94 | 0 | 1.8 | 30.1 | 
| 32 | North Texas | 9 | 10 | 170 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 18.9 | 
| 32 | Mississippi State | 8 | 15 | 255 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.9 | 31.9 | 
| 34 | Michigan | 10 | 20 | 342 | 17.10 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.2 | 
| 35 | Ohio | 9 | 28 | 480 | 17.14 | 0 | 3.1 | 53.3 | 
| 36 | Appalachian State | 8 | 19 | 328 | 17.26 | 0 | 2.4 | 41.0 | 
| 36 | Washington | 9 | 39 | 673 | 17.26 | 0 | 4.3 | 74.8 | 
| 38 | Texas | 9 | 28 | 484 | 17.29 | 0 | 3.1 | 53.8 | 
| 39 | Liberty | 4 | 8 | 139 | 17.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.8 | 
| 39 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 21 | 365 | 17.38 | 0 | 2.6 | 45.6 | 
| 41 | South Alabama | 8 | 18 | 313 | 17.39 | 0 | 2.3 | 39.1 | 
| 42 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 17 | 296 | 17.41 | 0 | 2.1 | 37.0 | 
| 43 | Alabama | 8 | 19 | 331 | 17.42 | 0 | 2.4 | 41.4 | 
| 44 | Massachusetts | 4 | 9 | 159 | 17.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 39.8 | 
| 45 | Minnesota | 9 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.0 | 
| 45 | Nevada | 8 | 10 | 180 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.5 | 
| 45 | Duke | 8 | 25 | 450 | 18.00 | 0 | 3.1 | 56.3 | 
| 48 | UTSA | 9 | 35 | 631 | 18.03 | 0 | 3.9 | 70.1 | 
| 49 | Fresno State | 9 | 21 | 382 | 18.19 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.4 | 
| 50 | Troy | 9 | 18 | 328 | 18.22 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.4 | 
| 51 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 18 | 330 | 18.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.7 | 
| 52 | West Virginia | 9 | 28 | 514 | 18.36 | 0 | 3.1 | 57.1 | 
| 53 | Purdue | 10 | 26 | 479 | 18.42 | 0 | 2.6 | 47.9 | 
| 54 | Ball State | 8 | 22 | 407 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.8 | 50.9 | 
| 55 | Georgia | 9 | 11 | 205 | 18.64 | 0 | 1.2 | 22.8 | 
| 56 | USC | 10 | 34 | 634 | 18.65 | 0 | 3.4 | 63.4 | 
| 57 | Akron | 8 | 27 | 506 | 18.74 | 0 | 3.4 | 63.3 | 
| 58 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 25 | 475 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 52.8 | 
| 59 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 12 | 229 | 19.08 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.6 | 
| 60 | FIU | 8 | 13 | 249 | 19.15 | 0 | 1.6 | 31.1 | 
| 61 | Michigan State | 9 | 22 | 424 | 19.27 | 1 | 2.4 | 47.1 | 
| 62 | Tulane | 9 | 17 | 328 | 19.29 | 0 | 1.9 | 36.4 | 
| 63 | Louisville | 8 | 15 | 290 | 19.33 | 0 | 1.9 | 36.3 | 
| 64 | Old Dominion | 8 | 17 | 329 | 19.35 | 0 | 2.1 | 41.1 | 
| 64 | Illinois | 9 | 23 | 445 | 19.35 | 0 | 2.6 | 49.4 | 
| 66 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 16 | 310 | 19.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.8 | 
| 67 | Hawaii | 8 | 5 | 97 | 19.40 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.1 | 
| 68 | New Mexico | 8 | 7 | 137 | 19.57 | 0 | 0.9 | 17.1 | 
| 69 | Iowa State | 9 | 26 | 510 | 19.62 | 0 | 2.9 | 56.7 | 
| 70 | Syracuse | 8 | 17 | 334 | 19.65 | 0 | 2.1 | 41.8 | 
| 71 | Charlotte | 8 | 9 | 177 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.1 | 
| 72 | UCLA | 9 | 20 | 397 | 19.85 | 0 | 2.2 | 44.1 | 
| 73 | South Carolina | 8 | 10 | 199 | 19.90 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.9 | 
| 74 | California | 9 | 19 | 381 | 20.05 | 0 | 2.1 | 42.3 | 
| 75 | Nebraska | 9 | 12 | 241 | 20.08 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.8 | 
| 76 | Arizona | 9 | 16 | 322 | 20.13 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.8 | 
| 77 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 7 | 141 | 20.14 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.1 | 
| 78 | Clemson | 9 | 9 | 182 | 20.22 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.2 | 
| 79 | Southern Miss | 8 | 16 | 324 | 20.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.5 | 
| 80 | Connecticut | 3 | 9 | 183 | 20.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.0 | 
| 81 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 17 | 347 | 20.41 | 0 | 2.1 | 43.4 | 
| 82 | UAB | 8 | 23 | 472 | 20.52 | 0 | 2.9 | 59.0 | 
| 83 | Ohio State | 9 | 29 | 596 | 20.55 | 0 | 3.2 | 66.2 | 
| 84 | Oregon State | 9 | 18 | 370 | 20.56 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.1 | 
| 85 | James Madison | 8 | 15 | 309 | 20.60 | 0 | 1.9 | 38.6 | 
| 86 | Penn State | 9 | 19 | 393 | 20.68 | 0 | 2.1 | 43.7 | 
| 87 | UTEP | 8 | 11 | 231 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 28.9 | 
| 87 | San Diego State | 8 | 20 | 420 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 52.5 | 
| 87 | Wake Forest | 8 | 32 | 672 | 21.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 84.0 | 
| 90 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 25 | 528 | 21.12 | 0 | 3.1 | 66.0 | 
| 91 | Houston | 8 | 21 | 448 | 21.33 | 0 | 2.6 | 56.0 | 
| 92 | Bowling Green | 8 | 23 | 493 | 21.43 | 0 | 2.9 | 61.6 | 
| 93 | Toledo | 9 | 38 | 816 | 21.47 | 0 | 4.2 | 90.7 | 
| 94 | NC State | 8 | 11 | 237 | 21.55 | 1 | 1.4 | 29.6 | 
| 94 | Boise State | 9 | 29 | 625 | 21.55 | 1 | 3.2 | 69.4 | 
| 96 | Auburn | 8 | 21 | 453 | 21.57 | 1 | 2.6 | 56.6 | 
| 97 | North Carolina | 9 | 19 | 411 | 21.63 | 0 | 2.1 | 45.7 | 
| 98 | Washington State | 9 | 17 | 372 | 21.88 | 0 | 1.9 | 41.3 | 
| 99 | Marshall | 8 | 9 | 197 | 21.89 | 1 | 1.1 | 24.6 | 
| 99 | New Mexico State | 2 | 9 | 197 | 21.89 | 0 | 4.5 | 98.5 | 
| 101 | Florida | 8 | 12 | 265 | 22.08 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.1 | 
| 102 | TCU | 10 | 41 | 910 | 22.20 | 0 | 4.1 | 91.0 | 
| 103 | LSU | 9 | 15 | 334 | 22.27 | 0 | 1.7 | 37.1 | 
| 104 | Kentucky | 8 | 11 | 247 | 22.45 | 0 | 1.4 | 30.9 | 
| 105 | Memphis | 8 | 20 | 450 | 22.50 | 1 | 2.5 | 56.3 | 
| 105 | Utah | 10 | 46 | 1035 | 22.50 | 0 | 4.6 | 103.5 | 
| 107 | East Carolina | 8 | 30 | 684 | 22.80 | 1 | 3.8 | 85.5 | 
| 108 | Arkansas | 8 | 6 | 137 | 22.83 | 0 | 0.8 | 17.1 | 
| 109 | Ole Miss | 8 | 18 | 413 | 22.94 | 0 | 2.3 | 51.6 | 
| 110 | Indiana | 9 | 16 | 370 | 23.13 | 0 | 1.8 | 41.1 | 
| 111 | Oregon | 9 | 14 | 324 | 23.14 | 0 | 1.6 | 36.0 | 
| 112 | Buffalo | 8 | 19 | 441 | 23.21 | 1 | 2.4 | 55.1 | 
| 113 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 14 | 327 | 23.36 | 0 | 1.8 | 40.9 | 
| 114 | Temple | 8 | 30 | 705 | 23.50 | 1 | 3.8 | 88.1 | 
| 115 | Maryland | 9 | 14 | 332 | 23.71 | 0 | 1.6 | 36.9 | 
| 116 | Rice | 8 | 15 | 358 | 23.87 | 0 | 1.9 | 44.8 | 
| 117 | SMU | 8 | 24 | 573 | 23.88 | 0 | 3.0 | 71.6 | 
| 118 | Kansas | 9 | 13 | 320 | 24.62 | 0 | 1.4 | 35.6 | 
| 119 | Wyoming | 8 | 16 | 405 | 25.31 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.6 | 
| 120 | Colorado | 9 | 10 | 255 | 25.50 | 0 | 1.1 | 28.3 | 
| 121 | Florida State | 8 | 6 | 155 | 25.83 | 0 | 0.8 | 19.4 | 
| 122 | Rutgers | 9 | 17 | 448 | 26.35 | 2 | 1.9 | 49.8 | 
| 123 | Virginia | 7 | 10 | 266 | 26.60 | 0 | 1.4 | 38.0 | 
| 124 | Western Michigan | 8 | 15 | 401 | 26.73 | 0 | 1.9 | 50.1 | 
| 125 | Georgia State | 8 | 10 | 273 | 27.30 | 0 | 1.3 | 34.1 | 
| 126 | Boston College | 8 | 12 | 342 | 28.50 | 1 | 1.5 | 42.8 | 
| 127 | Oklahoma | 9 | 13 | 373 | 28.69 | 0 | 1.4 | 41.4 | 
| 128 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 16 | 464 | 29.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 58.0 | 
| 129 | Baylor | 9 | 10 | 297 | 29.70 | 1 | 1.1 | 33.0 | 
| 130 | Texas A&M | 8 | 3 | 134 | 44.67 | 1 | 0.4 | 16.8 |