2022 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2023

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Duke 12 12 263 21.92 1 1.0 21.9
2 Colorado 5 8 157 19.63 1 1.6 31.4
3 Alabama 8 23 442 19.22 2 2.9 55.3
4 Oregon State 8 15 270 18.00 2 1.9 33.8
5 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 23 407 17.70 2 2.1 37.0
6 Tennessee 7 14 240 17.14 1 2.0 34.3
7 Fresno State 12 14 238 17.00 2 1.2 19.8
8 South Carolina 9 13 216 16.62 2 1.4 24.0
9 Kansas State 9 11 175 15.91 2 1.2 19.4
10 Nebraska 11 5 77 15.40 1 0.5 7.0
11 Bowling Green 11 12 182 15.17 1 1.1 16.5
12 Houston 12 12 180 15.00 1 1.0 15.0
13 Missouri 9 10 148 14.80 1 1.1 16.4
14 Baylor 10 14 191 13.64 1 1.4 19.1
15 TCU 10 19 253 13.32 2 1.9 25.3
16 Oklahoma 9 11 146 13.27 0 1.2 16.2
17 Georgia 8 18 235 13.06 0 2.3 29.4
18 Louisiana Tech 11 15 195 13.00 0 1.4 17.7
19 North Carolina 10 13 165 12.69 0 1.3 16.5
20 Arkansas 9 10 125 12.50 1 1.1 13.9
21 Army 11 13 160 12.31 3 1.2 14.5
22 Colorado State 11 17 200 11.76 1 1.5 18.2
23 California 6 15 176 11.73 0 2.5 29.3
24 Cincinnati 12 14 159 11.36 0 1.2 13.3
25 Oklahoma State 10 13 147 11.31 1 1.3 14.7
26 Southern Mississippi 11 23 259 11.26 0 2.1 23.5
27 Texas 9 16 176 11.00 1 1.8 19.6
28 SMU 11 13 142 10.92 0 1.2 12.9
29 Virginia Tech 10 19 207 10.89 1 1.9 20.7
29 Washington 9 9 98 10.89 0 1.0 10.9
31 UCF 12 25 268 10.72 2 2.1 22.3
32 Middle Tennessee 13 21 224 10.67 2 1.6 17.2
33 UAB 12 12 126 10.50 2 1.0 10.5
34 Florida State 11 19 197 10.37 0 1.7 17.9
35 Florida 6 10 102 10.20 0 1.7 17.0
36 Tulane 12 21 209 9.95 1 1.8 17.4
37 Michigan State 8 10 99 9.90 0 1.3 12.4
38 Notre Dame 9 24 237 9.88 0 2.7 26.3
39 Memphis 11 24 236 9.83 1 2.2 21.5
40 South Alabama 11 22 216 9.82 1 2.0 19.6
41 Iowa 11 29 284 9.79 0 2.6 25.8
42 Florida Atlantic 12 14 136 9.71 0 1.2 11.3
43 Troy 14 14 132 9.43 0 1.0 9.4
44 Utah State 12 22 205 9.32 1 1.8 17.1
45 Georgia Southern 13 20 186 9.30 1 1.5 14.3
46 South Florida 11 11 102 9.27 0 1.0 9.3
47 Texas State 11 15 138 9.20 0 1.4 12.5
47 Massachusetts 11 10 92 9.20 0 0.9 8.4
49 Navy 11 16 147 9.19 0 1.5 13.4
50 North Carolina State 11 16 146 9.13 1 1.5 13.3
51 Michigan 11 28 254 9.07 1 2.5 23.1
52 Washington State 7 18 162 9.00 0 2.6 23.1
52 Western Kentucky 13 15 135 9.00 1 1.2 10.4
54 Rice 12 18 161 8.94 0 1.5 13.4
55 Auburn 7 13 114 8.77 0 1.9 16.3
56 Syracuse 9 19 166 8.74 0 2.1 18.4
57 Ohio State 9 15 129 8.60 0 1.7 14.3
57 Wake Forest 11 15 129 8.60 0 1.4 11.7
59 Toledo 13 30 252 8.40 0 2.3 19.4
60 Pittsburgh 11 31 254 8.19 1 2.8 23.1
61 Marshall 11 19 155 8.16 1 1.7 14.1
62 Kent State 10 14 113 8.07 1 1.4 11.3
63 Mississippi 9 12 96 8.00 0 1.3 10.7
63 Old Dominion 12 15 120 8.00 0 1.3 10.0
65 Nevada 11 13 103 7.92 0 1.2 9.4
66 San Diego State 11 22 172 7.82 3 2.0 15.6
67 Charlotte 11 14 107 7.64 0 1.3 9.7
68 Georgia Tech 8 10 76 7.60 0 1.3 9.5
69 East Carolina 12 18 134 7.44 0 1.5 11.2
70 New Mexico State 13 24 177 7.38 0 1.8 13.6
71 Florida International 12 11 81 7.36 0 0.9 6.8
72 LSU 9 12 87 7.25 0 1.3 9.7
73 Coastal Carolina 12 10 72 7.20 0 0.8 6.0
74 Miami (Ohio) 13 24 172 7.17 0 1.8 13.2
75 BYU 11 12 85 7.08 0 1.1 7.7
76 Boise State 11 24 168 7.00 1 2.2 15.3
76 Maryland 10 21 147 7.00 0 2.1 14.7
78 Purdue 11 19 129 6.79 0 1.7 11.7
79 Iowa State 9 11 72 6.55 0 1.2 8.0
80 Illinois 11 21 137 6.52 0 1.9 12.5
81 San Jose State 11 6 39 6.50 0 0.5 3.5
82 Utah 8 28 180 6.43 0 3.5 22.5
83 Clemson 10 24 154 6.42 0 2.4 15.4
84 UNLV 10 12 75 6.25 0 1.2 7.5
85 Mississippi State 10 15 92 6.13 0 1.5 9.2
86 Akron 11 19 116 6.11 0 1.7 10.5
87 Rutgers 9 12 73 6.08 0 1.3 8.1
88 Minnesota 12 13 78 6.00 0 1.1 6.5
89 Eastern Michigan 13 9 52 5.78 0 0.7 4.0
90 James Madison 11 20 114 5.70 0 1.8 10.4
91 Kansas 10 3 17 5.67 0 0.3 1.7
92 UTEP 12 18 100 5.56 1 1.5 8.3
93 Wisconsin 12 24 132 5.50 0 2.0 11.0
94 Arizona 6 8 43 5.38 0 1.3 7.2
95 Oregon 8 12 64 5.33 0 1.5 8.0
95 West Virginia 8 9 48 5.33 0 1.1 6.0
97 Texas A&M 8 14 74 5.29 0 1.8 9.3
98 Georgia State 11 11 58 5.27 0 1.0 5.3
99 Miami (Florida) 9 12 63 5.25 0 1.3 7.0
99 Virginia 9 12 63 5.25 0 1.3 7.0
101 Arkansas State 10 14 73 5.21 0 1.4 7.3
101 Texas Tech 10 14 73 5.21 0 1.4 7.3
103 Boston College 9 13 67 5.15 0 1.4 7.4
104 Temple 12 15 77 5.13 0 1.3 6.4
105 Central Michigan 11 20 102 5.10 0 1.8 9.3
106 USC 7 15 75 5.00 0 2.1 10.7
106 Kentucky 9 19 95 5.00 0 2.1 10.6
106 Tulsa 11 17 85 5.00 0 1.5 7.7
109 Appalachian State 11 16 79 4.94 0 1.5 7.2
110 UTSA 12 12 59 4.92 0 1.0 4.9
111 Vanderbilt 8 7 34 4.86 0 0.9 4.3
112 Penn State 10 20 97 4.85 0 2.0 9.7
113 Wyoming 12 6 29 4.83 1 0.5 2.4
114 UCLA 8 10 47 4.70 0 1.3 5.9
115 New Mexico 10 16 72 4.50 0 1.6 7.2
116 North Texas 14 11 49 4.45 0 0.8 3.5
117 Louisville 10 21 92 4.38 0 2.1 9.2
118 Connecticut 11 14 58 4.14 0 1.3 5.3
118 Louisiana-Monroe 9 7 29 4.14 1 0.8 3.2
120 Ball State 11 14 57 4.07 0 1.3 5.2
121 Liberty 13 19 76 4.00 0 1.5 5.8
122 Western Michigan 11 9 35 3.89 0 0.8 3.2
123 Hawai'i 11 13 49 3.77 0 1.2 4.5
124 Arizona State 7 17 59 3.47 0 2.4 8.4
125 Indiana 9 9 26 2.89 0 1.0 2.9
126 Air Force 13 4 11 2.75 0 0.3 0.8
127 Stanford 5 12 30 2.50 0 2.4 6.0
128 Northwestern 10 8 19 2.38 0 0.8 1.9
129 Ohio 13 15 31 2.07 0 1.2 2.4
130 Northern Illinois 12 7 13 1.86 0 0.6 1.1
131 Buffalo 13 10 10 1.00 0 0.8 0.8