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

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Arizona State 4 1 36 36.00 0 0.3 9.0
2 Baylor 2 3 101 33.67 0 1.5 50.5
3 Texas Tech 4 1 33 33.00 0 0.3 8.3
4 USC 5 6 114 19.00 0 1.2 22.8
4 Northwestern 2 2 38 19.00 0 1.0 19.0
6 Charlotte 1 2 35 17.50 0 2.0 35.0
7 Purdue 3 4 66 16.50 0 1.3 22.0
8 North Texas 1 1 16 16.00 0 1.0 16.0
9 Tulane 2 3 47 15.67 0 1.5 23.5
10 Michigan 5 7 103 14.71 0 1.4 20.6
11 TCU 4 2 29 14.50 0 0.5 7.3
12 Mississippi State 4 4 49 12.25 0 1.0 12.3
13 Texas 6 6 72 12.00 1 1.0 12.0
13 UNLV 2 2 24 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
13 Hawai'i 1 1 12 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
16 Indiana 4 4 45 11.25 0 1.0 11.3
17 Utah State 1 2 22 11.00 0 2.0 22.0
17 Maryland 3 4 44 11.00 0 1.3 14.7
17 Virginia Tech 3 4 44 11.00 0 1.3 14.7
20 Colorado 2 7 75 10.71 0 3.5 37.5
21 Washington 5 3 32 10.67 0 0.6 6.4
22 Navy 2 5 53 10.60 0 2.5 26.5
23 Miami (Florida) 4 5 52 10.40 0 1.3 13.0
24 Wisconsin 3 6 62 10.33 0 2.0 20.7
24 Oregon State 4 3 31 10.33 0 0.8 7.8
26 Texas A&M 5 6 61 10.17 0 1.2 12.2
27 Georgia 5 7 71 10.14 0 1.4 14.2
28 Memphis 2 3 30 10.00 0 1.5 15.0
28 Louisiana-Monroe 1 1 10 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
30 Illinois 3 4 37 9.25 0 1.3 12.3
31 Duke 5 5 46 9.20 0 1.0 9.2
32 Louisville 3 7 63 9.00 0 2.3 21.0
32 Kentucky 6 1 9 9.00 0 0.2 1.5
34 North Carolina State 4 5 44 8.80 0 1.3 11.0
35 Clemson 3 9 79 8.78 0 3.0 26.3
36 Wyoming 1 2 17 8.50 0 2.0 17.0
37 Iowa 3 6 48 8.00 0 2.0 16.0
37 Wake Forest 4 4 32 8.00 0 1.0 8.0
37 Georgia Tech 4 3 24 8.00 0 0.8 6.0
40 South Florida 1 3 22 7.33 0 3.0 22.0
40 Oklahoma State 4 3 22 7.33 0 0.8 5.5
42 BYU 4 8 55 6.88 0 2.0 13.8
43 Old Dominion 1 2 13 6.50 0 2.0 13.0
43 Utah 3 2 13 6.50 0 0.7 4.3
45 Oregon 3 2 12 6.00 0 0.7 4.0
45 New Mexico State 2 1 6 6.00 0 0.5 3.0
45 Boston College 3 1 6 6.00 0 0.3 2.0
45 Florida 5 1 6 6.00 0 0.2 1.2
49 UCF 4 6 34 5.67 0 1.5 8.5
50 Marshall 1 2 10 5.00 0 2.0 10.0
51 Kansas State 5 6 29 4.83 0 1.2 5.8
52 Florida State 4 2 9 4.50 0 0.5 2.3
53 Ohio State 4 6 26 4.33 0 1.5 6.5
53 East Carolina 2 3 13 4.33 0 1.5 6.5
53 Louisiana Tech 2 3 13 4.33 0 1.5 6.5
56 Liberty 1 1 4 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
57 Auburn 4 5 19 3.80 0 1.3 4.8
58 Michigan State 5 4 15 3.75 0 0.8 3.0
59 Central Michigan 1 2 7 3.50 0 2.0 7.0
59 North Carolina 2 2 7 3.50 0 1.0 3.5
61 Virginia 3 3 10 3.33 0 1.0 3.3
61 Mississippi 4 3 10 3.33 0 0.8 2.5
63 South Alabama 1 3 9 3.00 0 3.0 9.0
63 Nebraska 2 4 12 3.00 0 2.0 6.0
63 Connecticut 2 1 3 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
66 Penn State 4 6 17 2.83 0 1.5 4.3
67 Syracuse 2 4 11 2.75 0 2.0 5.5
67 West Virginia 3 4 11 2.75 0 1.3 3.7
69 Houston 3 4 10 2.50 0 1.3 3.3
70 Cincinnati 3 3 7 2.33 0 1.0 2.3
71 South Carolina 4 4 9 2.25 0 1.0 2.3
72 Buffalo 1 2 4 2.00 0 2.0 4.0
72 Washington State 3 1 2 2.00 0 0.3 0.7
72 Kansas 4 1 2 2.00 0 0.3 0.5
75 Arkansas 4 4 6 1.50 0 1.0 1.5
76 Iowa State 6 8 11 1.38 0 1.3 1.8
77 Missouri 5 1 1 1.00 0 0.2 0.2
78 Tennessee 4 5 4 0.80 0 1.3 1.0
79 Bowling Green 2 2 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
79 Oklahoma 5 3 0 0.00 0 0.6 0.0
79 Notre Dame 4 2 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
82 Pittsburgh 3 3 -1 -0.33 0 1.0 -0.3
83 Arizona 2 1 -1 -1.00 0 0.5 -0.5
83 Sam Houston State 1 1 -1 -1.00 0 1.0 -1.0
83 Temple 1 1 -1 -1.00 0 1.0 -1.0
86 California 2 1 -2 -2.00 0 0.5 -1.0
87 SMU 1 2 -5 -2.50 0 2.0 -5.0
88 LSU 4 1 -3 -3.00 0 0.3 -0.8
89 Vanderbilt 4 1 -4 -4.00 0 0.3 -1.0
90 Alabama 6 3 -13 -4.33 0 0.5 -2.2
91 Rutgers 4 1 -9 -9.00 0 0.3 -2.3