2023 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2024
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -3.0 |
| 2 | Louisiana | 8 | 6 | -9 | -1.50 | 0 | 0.8 | -1.1 |
| 3 | Kansas | 9 | 2 | -6 | -3.00 | 0 | 0.2 | -0.7 |
| 4 | LSU | 8 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| 5 | Rutgers | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 5 | West Virginia | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Tennessee | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 7 | UTSA | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 7 | New Mexico State | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 7 | San Jose State | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| 11 | Liberty | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 12 | Washington | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 13 | Missouri | 8 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| 14 | South Alabama | 8 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| 15 | Air Force | 8 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| 16 | Northwestern | 9 | 9 | 14 | 1.56 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| 17 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.1 |
| 18 | Miami (OH) | 9 | 14 | 20 | 1.43 | 0 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 18 | Appalachian State | 9 | 8 | 20 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| 20 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 11 | 24 | 2.18 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.4 |
| 20 | North Texas | 8 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| 22 | San Diego State | 8 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
| 23 | Troy | 9 | 7 | 26 | 3.71 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| 24 | Bowling Green | 8 | 7 | 25 | 3.57 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.1 |
| 24 | USC | 9 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| 26 | FIU | 8 | 11 | 26 | 2.36 | 0 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
| 27 | North Carolina | 8 | 8 | 31 | 3.88 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.9 |
| 28 | Akron | 8 | 10 | 33 | 3.30 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.1 |
| 28 | James Madison | 8 | 10 | 33 | 3.30 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.1 |
| 30 | Wyoming | 8 | 6 | 34 | 5.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| 31 | Duke | 8 | 12 | 35 | 2.92 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.4 |
| 32 | Central Michigan | 8 | 7 | 37 | 5.29 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.6 |
| 33 | Oregon | 10 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 0.4 | 4.7 |
| 34 | Toledo | 9 | 5 | 43 | 8.60 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.8 |
| 35 | Michigan | 10 | 5 | 49 | 9.80 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.9 |
| 36 | Washington State | 9 | 5 | 45 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| 37 | South Carolina | 8 | 9 | 41 | 4.56 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| 38 | Mississippi State | 8 | 5 | 45 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.6 |
| 39 | Wisconsin | 9 | 11 | 54 | 4.91 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
| 39 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 7 | 48 | 6.86 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.0 |
| 41 | Minnesota | 9 | 11 | 55 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.1 |
| 41 | Houston | 9 | 9 | 55 | 6.11 | 1 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| 41 | Florida | 8 | 6 | 49 | 8.17 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.1 |
| 44 | Louisville | 9 | 8 | 57 | 7.13 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.3 |
| 45 | Maryland | 9 | 10 | 58 | 5.80 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.4 |
| 45 | Oregon State | 9 | 9 | 58 | 6.44 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.4 |
| 47 | Ole Miss | 8 | 10 | 52 | 5.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.5 |
| 47 | Boston College | 8 | 8 | 52 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| 47 | Texas | 10 | 10 | 65 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| 50 | Tulane | 9 | 8 | 61 | 7.63 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.8 |
| 51 | Florida State | 9 | 8 | 62 | 7.75 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.9 |
| 51 | Memphis | 8 | 7 | 55 | 7.86 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.9 |
| 53 | Hawaii | 8 | 7 | 56 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.0 |
| 54 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 13 | 57 | 4.38 | 1 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| 54 | Cincinnati | 9 | 14 | 64 | 4.57 | 0 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| 54 | Auburn | 8 | 12 | 57 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.1 |
| 57 | Kentucky | 8 | 7 | 58 | 8.29 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.3 |
| 58 | UCLA | 9 | 12 | 67 | 5.58 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.4 |
| 58 | Buffalo | 8 | 10 | 59 | 5.90 | 1 | 1.3 | 7.4 |
| 58 | Illinois | 9 | 10 | 67 | 6.70 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.4 |
| 58 | Fresno State | 8 | 6 | 59 | 9.83 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
| 62 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 7 | 61 | 8.71 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.6 |
| 63 | Wake Forest | 8 | 11 | 62 | 5.64 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.8 |
| 63 | Colorado State | 8 | 9 | 62 | 6.89 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.8 |
| 65 | TCU | 9 | 8 | 71 | 8.88 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.9 |
| 66 | Arkansas State | 8 | 8 | 65 | 8.13 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.1 |
| 66 | Southern Miss | 8 | 7 | 65 | 9.29 | 0 | 0.9 | 8.1 |
| 68 | Texas A&M | 8 | 8 | 66 | 8.25 | 1 | 1.0 | 8.3 |
| 69 | Texas State | 8 | 7 | 68 | 9.71 | 0 | 0.9 | 8.5 |
| 70 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 5 | 69 | 13.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 8.6 |
| 71 | Oklahoma | 9 | 14 | 80 | 5.71 | 1 | 1.6 | 8.9 |
| 72 | Penn State | 9 | 17 | 81 | 4.76 | 0 | 1.9 | 9.0 |
| 72 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 7 | 72 | 10.29 | 0 | 0.9 | 9.0 |
| 74 | Texas Tech | 9 | 11 | 84 | 7.64 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.3 |
| 75 | East Carolina | 8 | 10 | 78 | 7.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.8 |
| 76 | Clemson | 8 | 12 | 79 | 6.58 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.9 |
| 76 | Alabama | 9 | 7 | 89 | 12.71 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.9 |
| 78 | UNLV | 9 | 8 | 92 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 10.2 |
| 79 | Purdue | 9 | 13 | 93 | 7.15 | 0 | 1.4 | 10.3 |
| 80 | USF | 8 | 6 | 84 | 14.00 | 1 | 0.8 | 10.5 |
| 81 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 13 | 85 | 6.54 | 0 | 1.6 | 10.6 |
| 82 | UAB | 8 | 8 | 86 | 10.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.8 |
| 83 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 11 | 89 | 8.09 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.1 |
| 83 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 9 | 89 | 9.89 | 0 | 1.1 | 11.1 |
| 85 | Nebraska | 9 | 11 | 103 | 9.36 | 0 | 1.2 | 11.4 |
| 85 | Temple | 8 | 4 | 91 | 22.75 | 1 | 0.5 | 11.4 |
| 87 | Utah | 9 | 11 | 104 | 9.45 | 1 | 1.2 | 11.6 |
| 88 | Colorado | 9 | 16 | 108 | 6.75 | 0 | 1.8 | 12.0 |
| 89 | Nevada | 8 | 16 | 97 | 6.06 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.1 |
| 90 | Iowa State | 9 | 15 | 112 | 7.47 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.4 |
| 90 | Ball State | 8 | 11 | 99 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 12.4 |
| 92 | Virginia | 8 | 14 | 101 | 7.21 | 1 | 1.8 | 12.6 |
| 92 | Old Dominion | 8 | 11 | 101 | 9.18 | 1 | 1.4 | 12.6 |
| 94 | NC State | 8 | 13 | 102 | 7.85 | 0 | 1.6 | 12.8 |
| 95 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 12 | 105 | 8.75 | 1 | 1.5 | 13.1 |
| 96 | Navy | 8 | 23 | 109 | 4.74 | 0 | 2.9 | 13.6 |
| 96 | Arizona | 9 | 9 | 122 | 13.56 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.6 |
| 98 | Arizona State | 9 | 9 | 125 | 13.89 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.9 |
| 99 | Western Michigan | 8 | 12 | 115 | 9.58 | 1 | 1.5 | 14.4 |
| 100 | UCF | 9 | 9 | 131 | 14.56 | 1 | 1.0 | 14.6 |
| 101 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 10 | 118 | 11.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.8 |
| 102 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 14 | 121 | 8.64 | 0 | 1.8 | 15.1 |
| 102 | Rice | 8 | 13 | 121 | 9.31 | 1 | 1.6 | 15.1 |
| 102 | Stanford | 9 | 14 | 136 | 9.71 | 1 | 1.6 | 15.1 |
| 102 | Boise State | 9 | 12 | 136 | 11.33 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.1 |
| 102 | Baylor | 9 | 10 | 136 | 13.60 | 0 | 1.1 | 15.1 |
| 107 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 15 | 122 | 8.13 | 1 | 1.9 | 15.3 |
| 108 | SMU | 9 | 13 | 140 | 10.77 | 1 | 1.4 | 15.6 |
| 109 | Indiana | 9 | 17 | 141 | 8.29 | 1 | 1.9 | 15.7 |
| 110 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 17 | 126 | 7.41 | 0 | 2.1 | 15.8 |
| 111 | Ohio State | 9 | 8 | 144 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 16.0 |
| 112 | Tulsa | 8 | 15 | 131 | 8.73 | 0 | 1.9 | 16.4 |
| 113 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 14 | 136 | 9.71 | 1 | 1.8 | 17.0 |
| 113 | Ohio | 8 | 9 | 136 | 15.11 | 0 | 1.1 | 17.0 |
| 115 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 8 | 152 | 19.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 115 | Kansas State | 9 | 9 | 171 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 117 | UTEP | 8 | 11 | 154 | 14.00 | 1 | 1.4 | 19.3 |
| 118 | Georgia State | 8 | 14 | 155 | 11.07 | 0 | 1.8 | 19.4 |
| 119 | Charlotte | 8 | 19 | 169 | 8.89 | 0 | 2.4 | 21.1 |
| 119 | Iowa | 10 | 21 | 211 | 10.05 | 0 | 2.1 | 21.1 |
| 121 | Michigan State | 9 | 15 | 194 | 12.93 | 1 | 1.7 | 21.6 |
| 122 | Utah State | 8 | 11 | 207 | 18.82 | 1 | 1.4 | 25.9 |
| 123 | Kent State | 8 | 20 | 208 | 10.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 26.0 |
| 123 | California | 9 | 13 | 234 | 18.00 | 1 | 1.4 | 26.0 |
| 125 | BYU | 9 | 14 | 235 | 16.79 | 1 | 1.6 | 26.1 |
| 126 | Marshall | 8 | 19 | 272 | 14.32 | 2 | 2.4 | 34.0 |
| 126 | New Mexico | 8 | 9 | 272 | 30.22 | 1 | 1.1 | 34.0 |
| 128 | Syracuse | 8 | 15 | 276 | 18.40 | 0 | 1.9 | 34.5 |
| 129 | Arkansas | 8 | 14 | 333 | 23.79 | 2 | 1.8 | 41.6 |