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