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

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Penn State 9 24 319 13.29 2 2.7 35.4
2 Texas 8 18 309 17.17 1 2.3 38.6
3 Miami (Ohio) 14 24 299 12.46 0 1.7 21.4
4 Florida State 10 25 289 11.56 0 2.5 28.9
5 UNLV 12 16 285 17.81 0 1.3 23.8
6 Florida Atlantic 11 15 282 18.80 1 1.4 25.6
7 SMU 13 25 270 10.80 1 1.9 20.8
8 James Madison 13 18 266 14.78 1 1.4 20.5
9 Texas A&M 8 21 263 12.52 1 2.6 32.9
10 Iowa 11 24 256 10.67 1 2.2 23.3
11 Tennessee 9 16 255 15.94 1 1.8 28.3
12 Syracuse 11 22 247 11.23 0 2.0 22.5
13 Virginia Tech 10 21 245 11.67 0 2.1 24.5
14 USC 8 14 243 17.36 1 1.8 30.4
14 South Alabama 12 21 243 11.57 0 1.8 20.3
16 Utah State 12 28 237 8.46 0 2.3 19.8
17 Louisiana Tech 10 27 234 8.67 2 2.7 23.4
18 Auburn 9 20 231 11.55 1 2.2 25.7
19 West Virginia 10 18 214 11.89 1 1.8 21.4
20 Georgia Southern 13 27 204 7.56 0 2.1 15.7
21 Oregon State 9 10 203 20.30 1 1.1 22.6
22 Texas Tech 9 11 201 18.27 1 1.2 22.3
23 Michigan 10 22 195 8.86 0 2.2 19.5
24 Georgia 9 17 189 11.12 1 1.9 21.0
24 Oregon 11 19 189 9.95 0 1.7 17.2
26 Alabama 8 17 187 11.00 1 2.1 23.4
26 Charlotte 11 21 187 8.90 1 1.9 17.0
28 San Diego State 12 21 185 8.81 0 1.8 15.4
29 Fresno State 13 20 184 9.20 0 1.5 14.2
30 Rice 11 19 182 9.58 0 1.7 16.5
31 Arkansas 8 11 174 15.82 1 1.4 21.8
32 Notre Dame 9 13 168 12.92 1 1.4 18.7
33 Southern Mississippi 11 16 167 10.44 1 1.5 15.2
34 Arkansas State 12 16 161 10.06 1 1.3 13.4
35 San Jose State 13 8 156 19.50 2 0.6 12.0
36 Washington 10 16 152 9.50 1 1.6 15.2
37 Colorado State 12 13 150 11.54 1 1.1 12.5
38 Vanderbilt 8 14 149 10.64 0 1.8 18.6
39 Florida 7 13 145 11.15 0 1.9 20.7
40 Eastern Michigan 13 13 142 10.92 0 1.0 10.9
41 Mississippi State 8 12 140 11.67 1 1.5 17.5
42 Oklahoma 8 18 137 7.61 1 2.3 17.1
43 Florida International 11 13 132 10.15 0 1.2 12.0
43 Wisconsin 10 16 132 8.25 0 1.6 13.2
45 Sam Houston State 11 19 130 6.84 0 1.7 11.8
46 New Mexico State 13 17 129 7.59 0 1.3 9.9
47 Bowling Green 11 15 128 8.53 1 1.4 11.6
48 North Carolina State 9 12 127 10.58 0 1.3 14.1
49 UTSA 12 17 125 7.35 1 1.4 10.4
50 TCU 8 11 123 11.18 1 1.4 15.4
50 Navy 10 15 123 8.20 0 1.5 12.3
50 UCLA 12 18 123 6.83 0 1.5 10.3
53 UCF 9 11 122 11.09 0 1.2 13.6
54 Middle Tennessee 9 11 120 10.91 0 1.2 13.3
55 Nevada 11 7 118 16.86 0 0.6 10.7
56 Kansas 9 5 117 23.40 1 0.6 13.0
57 Iowa State 7 8 116 14.50 0 1.1 16.6
57 Wake Forest 8 12 116 9.67 0 1.5 14.5
59 Army 11 7 113 16.14 2 0.6 10.3
60 Old Dominion 12 16 112 7.00 0 1.3 9.3
61 North Carolina 11 7 107 15.29 1 0.6 9.7
61 Mississippi 9 11 107 9.73 1 1.2 11.9
61 Pittsburgh 9 19 107 5.63 0 2.1 11.9
64 Boston College 10 11 106 9.64 0 1.1 10.6
64 Kent State 12 14 106 7.57 0 1.2 8.8
66 Toledo 14 19 105 5.53 0 1.4 7.5
67 Northern Illinois 13 12 104 8.67 1 0.9 8.0
68 Duke 8 11 103 9.36 0 1.4 12.9
68 Clemson 10 14 103 7.36 0 1.4 10.3
70 Colorado 10 10 101 10.10 0 1.0 10.1
71 Baylor 10 10 100 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
72 Tulane 12 11 99 9.00 1 0.9 8.3
73 Utah 10 22 98 4.45 0 2.2 9.8
74 Georgia Tech 9 9 97 10.78 0 1.0 10.8
74 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 17 97 5.71 0 1.3 7.5
76 Illinois 9 8 96 12.00 0 0.9 10.7
76 UTEP 10 8 96 12.00 1 0.8 9.6
78 Minnesota 10 8 94 11.75 0 0.8 9.4
79 Purdue 9 16 93 5.81 0 1.8 10.3
79 Akron 12 16 93 5.81 0 1.3 7.8
81 Houston 9 11 90 8.18 0 1.2 10.0
82 South Carolina 8 9 89 9.89 1 1.1 11.1
82 Hawai'i 12 14 89 6.36 0 1.2 7.4
84 Memphis 11 12 88 7.33 0 1.1 8.0
85 Jacksonville State 12 16 87 5.44 1 1.3 7.3
86 Troy 13 17 86 5.06 0 1.3 6.6
87 East Carolina 10 10 83 8.30 0 1.0 8.3
87 Texas State 13 12 83 6.92 0 0.9 6.4
89 Liberty 13 12 82 6.83 0 0.9 6.3
90 Massachusetts 10 12 80 6.67 0 1.2 8.0
91 Arizona 11 12 79 6.58 1 1.1 7.2
92 LSU 9 6 77 12.83 0 0.7 8.6
92 Temple 11 13 77 5.92 0 1.2 7.0
94 Michigan State 7 9 74 8.22 0 1.3 10.6
95 Missouri 8 8 70 8.75 0 1.0 8.8
95 South Florida 12 15 70 4.67 0 1.3 5.8
97 Coastal Carolina 13 14 69 4.93 0 1.1 5.3
98 Washington State 9 8 68 8.50 0 0.9 7.6
99 Tulsa 9 6 67 11.17 0 0.7 7.4
100 Louisiana-Monroe 11 7 65 9.29 1 0.6 5.9
101 Kentucky 7 7 64 9.14 0 1.0 9.1
101 Western Michigan 11 7 64 9.14 0 0.6 5.8
101 Arizona State 8 9 64 7.11 0 1.1 8.0
104 Central Michigan 11 13 61 4.69 0 1.2 5.5
105 UAB 11 6 60 10.00 0 0.5 5.5
106 Louisville 11 21 58 2.76 1 1.9 5.3
107 Maryland 10 8 57 7.13 0 0.8 5.7
108 Virginia 9 13 51 3.92 0 1.4 5.7
109 Ohio State 9 11 49 4.45 0 1.2 5.4
110 Stanford 8 7 48 6.86 0 0.9 6.0
111 Buffalo 11 9 46 5.11 0 0.8 4.2
112 Cincinnati 9 12 45 3.75 0 1.3 5.0
113 Kansas State 8 10 44 4.40 0 1.3 5.5
114 Ohio 13 15 41 2.73 0 1.2 3.2
115 Western Kentucky 11 11 40 3.64 0 1.0 3.6
116 Appalachian State 14 2 37 18.50 0 0.1 2.6
116 Connecticut 10 10 37 3.70 0 1.0 3.7
116 BYU 8 15 37 2.47 0 1.9 4.6
119 Nebraska 10 12 36 3.00 0 1.2 3.6
120 North Texas 11 10 34 3.40 0 0.9 3.1
121 Northwestern 11 9 32 3.56 0 0.8 2.9
122 California 11 8 28 3.50 0 0.7 2.5
123 Miami (Florida) 9 7 27 3.86 0 0.8 3.0
123 Boise State 13 8 27 3.38 0 0.6 2.1
125 Air Force 13 8 23 2.88 0 0.6 1.8
126 Rutgers 9 5 21 4.20 2 0.6 2.3
126 Georgia State 12 9 21 2.33 1 0.8 1.8
128 Oklahoma State 10 9 20 2.22 0 0.9 2.0
129 Wyoming 12 7 16 2.29 0 0.6 1.3
130 Ball State 11 14 15 1.07 0 1.3 1.4
131 Marshall 12 7 9 1.29 0 0.6 0.8
132 New Mexico 12 4 5 1.25 0 0.3 0.4
133 Indiana 8 8 -14 -1.75 0 1.0 -1.8