2023 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2024

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 West Virginia 3 3 -19 -6.33 0 1.0 -6.3
2 Kansas 4 2 -6 -3.00 0 0.5 -1.5
2 Auburn 4 5 -6 -1.20 0 1.3 -1.5
4 Oklahoma State 4 2 -5 -2.50 0 0.5 -1.3
5 Boston College 3 2 -4 -2.00 0 0.7 -1.3
6 Arizona 2 1 -2 -2.00 0 0.5 -1.0
7 South Florida 1 1 -1 -1.00 0 1.0 -1.0
8 Florida International 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
8 South Alabama 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
8 Tennessee 4 4 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
8 Maryland 3 4 0 0.00 0 1.3 0.0
12 New Mexico State 2 1 1 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
12 Old Dominion 1 1 1 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
14 USC 5 2 2 1.00 0 0.4 0.4
14 Louisiana-Monroe 1 1 2 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
16 Cincinnati 3 3 3 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
16 Utah State 1 3 3 1.00 0 3.0 3.0
16 Rutgers 4 2 3 1.50 0 0.5 0.8
16 LSU 4 1 3 3.00 0 0.3 0.8
20 UTSA 1 1 4 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
21 Texas 6 4 6 1.50 0 0.7 1.0
21 Utah 3 4 6 1.50 1 1.3 2.0
23 TCU 4 3 7 2.33 0 0.8 1.8
23 Minnesota 3 3 7 2.33 0 1.0 2.3
23 SMU 1 1 7 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
26 North Carolina 2 4 8 2.00 0 2.0 4.0
26 Mississippi 4 1 8 8.00 0 0.3 2.0
28 Mississippi State 4 2 9 4.50 0 0.5 2.3
28 Central Michigan 1 2 9 4.50 0 2.0 9.0
30 Boise State 1 3 10 3.33 0 3.0 10.0
31 UCLA 1 2 11 5.50 0 2.0 11.0
31 Washington State 3 1 11 11.00 0 0.3 3.7
33 Clemson 3 5 12 2.40 0 1.7 4.0
33 Washington 5 4 12 3.00 0 0.8 2.4
33 East Carolina 2 4 12 3.00 0 2.0 6.0
33 UTEP 2 3 12 4.00 0 1.5 6.0
33 Liberty 1 1 12 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
38 Buffalo 1 2 13 6.50 0 2.0 13.0
39 Georgia Tech 4 5 15 3.00 0 1.3 3.8
39 Charlotte 1 2 15 7.50 0 2.0 15.0
39 Memphis 2 1 15 15.00 0 0.5 7.5
42 Oklahoma 5 5 16 3.20 1 1.0 3.2
42 Ohio State 4 2 16 8.00 0 0.5 4.0
44 Wisconsin 3 4 17 4.25 0 1.3 5.7
45 Duke 5 10 19 1.90 0 2.0 3.8
45 Northwestern 2 3 19 6.33 0 1.5 9.5
45 Louisiana Tech 2 2 19 9.50 0 1.0 9.5
45 North Texas 1 1 19 19.00 0 1.0 19.0
49 Colorado 2 4 21 5.25 0 2.0 10.5
49 Southern Mississippi 1 3 21 7.00 0 3.0 21.0
51 South Carolina 4 4 24 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
51 Houston 3 4 24 6.00 0 1.3 8.0
51 Western Kentucky 2 2 24 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
54 Connecticut 2 2 25 12.50 0 1.0 12.5
55 Georgia State 1 2 27 13.50 0 2.0 27.0
56 Arkansas 4 5 32 6.40 0 1.3 8.0
57 Illinois 3 5 33 6.60 0 1.7 11.0
58 Stanford 4 5 34 6.80 0 1.3 8.5
59 UNLV 2 3 35 11.67 0 1.5 17.5
60 Oregon 3 2 36 18.00 0 0.7 12.0
61 Tulsa 3 6 37 6.17 0 2.0 12.3
61 Troy 1 3 37 12.33 0 3.0 37.0
63 Arizona State 4 5 38 7.60 0 1.3 9.5
64 Michigan 5 6 39 6.50 0 1.2 7.8
64 Florida State 4 6 39 6.50 0 1.5 9.8
66 Kentucky 6 6 42 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
66 Navy 2 6 42 7.00 0 3.0 21.0
66 Alabama 6 5 42 8.40 0 0.8 7.0
66 Marshall 1 3 42 14.00 0 3.0 42.0
70 Wake Forest 4 8 43 5.38 0 2.0 10.8
70 Missouri 5 6 43 7.17 0 1.2 8.6
70 North Carolina State 4 4 43 10.75 0 1.0 10.8
70 UAB 1 4 43 10.75 0 4.0 43.0
74 Oregon State 4 4 44 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
75 Penn State 4 12 45 3.75 0 3.0 11.3
75 Florida 5 3 45 15.00 0 0.6 9.0
77 Baylor 2 5 46 9.20 0 2.5 23.0
77 Virginia Tech 3 4 46 11.50 0 1.3 15.3
79 Texas Tech 4 5 47 9.40 0 1.3 11.8
79 Tulane 2 4 47 11.75 0 2.0 23.5
81 Rice 2 4 48 12.00 0 2.0 24.0
82 Texas A&M 5 5 49 9.80 1 1.0 9.8
83 Nebraska 2 4 52 13.00 0 2.0 26.0
84 Bowling Green 2 5 54 10.80 0 2.5 27.0
84 Kansas State 5 3 54 18.00 0 0.6 10.8
86 Florida Atlantic 1 3 58 19.33 0 3.0 58.0
87 Hawai'i 1 6 59 9.83 0 6.0 59.0
87 Wyoming 1 4 59 14.75 0 4.0 59.0
89 Temple 1 2 67 33.50 1 2.0 67.0
90 Miami (Florida) 4 5 68 13.60 0 1.3 17.0
91 Vanderbilt 4 7 73 10.43 0 1.8 18.3
92 Iowa State 6 10 77 7.70 0 1.7 12.8
92 Western Michigan 1 5 77 15.40 0 5.0 77.0
94 Indiana 4 9 79 8.78 0 2.3 19.8
94 Iowa 3 7 79 11.29 0 2.3 26.3
96 Purdue 3 9 84 9.33 0 3.0 28.0
97 Arkansas State 1 3 90 30.00 1 3.0 90.0
98 Middle Tennessee 3 9 91 10.11 0 3.0 30.3
99 Pittsburgh 3 5 102 20.40 1 1.7 34.0
100 BYU 4 5 103 20.60 1 1.3 25.8
101 UCF 4 5 106 21.20 1 1.3 26.5
102 Syracuse 2 6 107 17.83 0 3.0 53.5
103 Ball State 1 4 117 29.25 1 4.0 117.0
104 Virginia 3 7 122 17.43 1 2.3 40.7
105 Notre Dame 4 14 127 9.07 0 3.5 31.8
106 California 2 4 158 39.50 1 2.0 79.0
107 Michigan State 5 13 162 12.46 1 2.6 32.4
108 Massachusetts 2 6 188 31.33 2 3.0 94.0