2022 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UAB | 1 | 2 | 89 | 44.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 89.0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 2 | 7 | 209 | 29.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 104.5 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 5 | 13 | 360 | 27.69 | 0 | 2.6 | 72.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 3 | 83 | 27.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 20.8 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 1 | 3 | 82 | 27.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 82.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 4 | 8 | 206 | 25.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 51.5 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 6 | 152 | 25.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 38.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 2 | 6 | 151 | 25.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 75.5 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 7 | 176 | 25.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 3 | 8 | 199 | 24.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 66.3 |
| 1 | Akron | 1 | 5 | 124 | 24.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 124.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 6 | 145 | 24.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 36.3 |
| 1 | Tulane | 2 | 7 | 168 | 24.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 84.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 2 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.5 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 3 | 10 | 233 | 23.30 | 0 | 3.3 | 77.7 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 1 | 3 | 68 | 22.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 68.0 |
| 1 | Florida | 7 | 20 | 451 | 22.55 | 0 | 2.9 | 64.4 |
| 1 | Texas State | 1 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 3 | 5 | 111 | 22.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 37.0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 2 | 9 | 196 | 21.78 | 0 | 4.5 | 98.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 10 | 217 | 21.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 54.3 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 3 | 9 | 195 | 21.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 65.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 1 | 3 | 65 | 21.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 65.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.8 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Stanford | 7 | 25 | 524 | 20.96 | 0 | 3.6 | 74.9 |
| 1 | Boise State | 3 | 8 | 165 | 20.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 55.0 |
| 1 | UCF | 2 | 4 | 82 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 9 | 184 | 20.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 2 | 7 | 143 | 20.43 | 0 | 3.5 | 71.5 |
| 1 | BYU | 2 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.5 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 7 | 142 | 20.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.5 |
| 1 | Colorado | 7 | 25 | 506 | 20.24 | 0 | 3.6 | 72.3 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 2 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 6 | 20 | 398 | 19.90 | 0 | 3.3 | 66.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 7 | 139 | 19.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.3 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 7 | 138 | 19.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 2 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 9 | 176 | 19.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 1 | 4 | 78 | 19.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 78.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 1 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 7 | 10 | 195 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.9 |
| 1 | Illinois | 2 | 5 | 97 | 19.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.5 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 5 | 21 | 407 | 19.38 | 0 | 4.2 | 81.4 |
| 1 | Boston College | 3 | 5 | 96 | 19.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 5 | 14 | 268 | 19.14 | 0 | 2.8 | 53.6 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 7 | 134 | 19.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.7 |
| 1 | Oregon | 5 | 15 | 285 | 19.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 57.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 2 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.5 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 5 | 18 | 341 | 18.94 | 0 | 3.6 | 68.2 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 6 | 10 | 188 | 18.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 31.3 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 7 | 130 | 18.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 43.3 |
| 1 | Memphis | 2 | 9 | 167 | 18.56 | 0 | 4.5 | 83.5 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 11 | 204 | 18.55 | 0 | 2.8 | 51.0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 5 | 19 | 351 | 18.47 | 0 | 3.8 | 70.2 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 5 | 16 | 294 | 18.38 | 0 | 3.2 | 58.8 |
| 1 | Penn State | 3 | 9 | 164 | 18.22 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.7 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 3 | 9 | 163 | 18.11 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.3 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Washington | 4 | 7 | 124 | 17.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 2 | 9 | 159 | 17.67 | 0 | 4.5 | 79.5 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 2 | 6 | 106 | 17.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 53.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 1 | 3 | 53 | 17.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 53.0 |
| 1 | California | 6 | 14 | 246 | 17.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 3 | 11 | 193 | 17.55 | 0 | 3.7 | 64.3 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 10 | 175 | 17.50 | 0 | 3.3 | 58.3 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 4 | 7 | 122 | 17.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 30.5 |
| 1 | Nevada | 1 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 52.0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 6 | 16 | 276 | 17.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 46.0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 1 | 3 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 51.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 3 | 3 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 3 | 8 | 134 | 16.75 | 0 | 2.7 | 44.7 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 8 | 133 | 16.63 | 0 | 1.6 | 26.6 |
| 1 | Ohio | 1 | 5 | 83 | 16.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 83.0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 1 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.0 |
| 1 | USC | 7 | 24 | 387 | 16.13 | 0 | 3.4 | 55.3 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 1 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.5 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 7 | 109 | 15.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 36.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 1 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 77.0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 8 | 123 | 15.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.6 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 2 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 12 | 182 | 15.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 45.5 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 2 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.5 |
| 1 | Duke | 1 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 44.0 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 2 | 8 | 116 | 14.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 58.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 6 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 2 | 4 | 55 | 13.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 2 | 5 | 68 | 13.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 8 | 106 | 13.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 8 | 104 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 2 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.5 |
| 1 | South Florida | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 5 | 64 | 12.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 64.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 1 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 36.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 8 | 91 | 11.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.8 |
| 1 | UTSA | 2 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |