2022 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 1 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 7 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| 1 | BYU | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 2 | 4 | 48 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 3 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 1 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 38.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 2 | 7 | 90 | 12.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 45.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 5 | 9 | 122 | 13.56 | 0 | 1.8 | 24.4 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 4 | 55 | 13.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Nevada | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 10 | 146 | 14.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 36.5 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 2 | 8 | 123 | 15.38 | 0 | 4.0 | 61.5 |
| 1 | UNLV | 2 | 7 | 110 | 15.71 | 0 | 3.5 | 55.0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 2 | 6 | 95 | 15.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 47.5 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 6 | 16 | 266 | 16.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 44.3 |
| 1 | Toledo | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 3 | 9 | 153 | 17.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 51.0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 5 | 11 | 189 | 17.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 37.8 |
| 1 | Michigan | 3 | 12 | 208 | 17.33 | 0 | 4.0 | 69.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 2 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.5 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 3 | 6 | 105 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 5 | 9 | 164 | 18.22 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.8 |
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 15 | 275 | 18.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.0 |
| 1 | Washington | 4 | 14 | 257 | 18.36 | 0 | 3.5 | 64.3 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Penn State | 3 | 4 | 74 | 18.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.7 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 6 | 111 | 18.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.8 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 6 | 111 | 18.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.8 |
| 1 | Ohio | 1 | 3 | 56 | 18.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 1 | 4 | 75 | 18.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 6 | 113 | 18.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 2 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.5 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 2 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 47.5 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 6 | 115 | 19.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.8 |
| 1 | Arizona | 6 | 9 | 173 | 19.22 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.8 |
| 1 | Purdue | 3 | 6 | 116 | 19.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.7 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 5 | 97 | 19.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.3 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 6 | 117 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.3 |
| 1 | UCF | 2 | 6 | 117 | 19.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.5 |
| 1 | Georgia | 7 | 13 | 256 | 19.69 | 0 | 1.9 | 36.6 |
| 1 | UAB | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Florida | 7 | 11 | 224 | 20.36 | 0 | 1.6 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 5 | 102 | 20.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Louisville | 3 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 2 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 2 | 5 | 105 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 52.5 |
| 1 | USC | 7 | 22 | 462 | 21.00 | 0 | 3.1 | 66.0 |
| 1 | California | 6 | 14 | 295 | 21.07 | 0 | 2.3 | 49.2 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 10 | 211 | 21.10 | 0 | 3.3 | 70.3 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 11 | 235 | 21.36 | 0 | 2.8 | 58.8 |
| 1 | Kent State | 2 | 9 | 194 | 21.56 | 0 | 4.5 | 97.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 6 | 24 | 518 | 21.58 | 0 | 4.0 | 86.3 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 36.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 4 | 5 | 110 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 1 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 1 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 66.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 6 | 135 | 22.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.8 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 7 | 159 | 22.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 39.8 |
| 1 | South Florida | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 8 | 184 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 36.8 |
| 1 | Akron | 1 | 2 | 46 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 5 | 11 | 253 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.2 | 50.6 |
| 1 | Washington State | 6 | 7 | 162 | 23.14 | 0 | 1.2 | 27.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 2 | 9 | 210 | 23.33 | 0 | 4.5 | 105.0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 5 | 7 | 165 | 23.57 | 0 | 1.4 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 1 | 3 | 71 | 23.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 71.0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 2 | 3 | 72 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 3 | 8 | 198 | 24.75 | 0 | 2.7 | 66.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 1 | 2 | 52 | 26.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 52.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 5 | 16 | 417 | 26.06 | 0 | 3.2 | 83.4 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 4 | 105 | 26.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 79 | 26.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 19.8 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 5 | 132 | 26.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 4 | 106 | 26.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 5 | 137 | 27.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 34.3 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 1 | 2 | 55 | 27.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 55.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 7 | 9 | 251 | 27.89 | 0 | 1.3 | 35.9 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 2 | 2 | 56 | 28.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 3 | 9 | 252 | 28.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 84.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 2 | 2 | 59 | 29.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.5 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 2 | 1 | 30 | 30.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 2 | 3 | 91 | 30.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 45.5 |
| 1 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 33 | 33.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 1 | 2 | 66 | 33.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 66.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 2 | 3 | 100 | 33.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 50.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 50 | 50.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 50.0 |
| 106 | Auburn | 5 | 16 | 382 | 23.88 | 1 | 3.2 | 76.4 |
| 106 | Rutgers | 3 | 5 | 137 | 27.40 | 1 | 1.7 | 45.7 |
| 106 | Texas A&M | 4 | 3 | 134 | 44.67 | 1 | 0.8 | 33.5 |
| 106 | Boston College | 3 | 1 | 93 | 93.00 | 1 | 0.3 | 31.0 |