2024 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/20/2025

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Texas State 12 1 5 5.00 0 0.1 0.4
1 Oregon 9 1 13 13.00 0 0.1 1.4
3 Georgia 7 2 2 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
3 Louisiana-Lafayette 14 4 28 7.00 0 0.3 2.0
3 Nevada 10 3 31 10.33 0 0.3 3.1
6 Alabama 9 4 2 0.50 0 0.4 0.2
6 TCU 12 5 11 2.20 0 0.4 0.9
6 Rutgers 12 5 33 6.60 0 0.4 2.8
6 Texas A&M 9 4 33 8.25 0 0.4 3.7
6 BYU 10 4 44 11.00 0 0.4 4.4
6 Arizona State 11 4 55 13.75 0 0.4 5.0
12 LSU 10 5 3 0.60 0 0.5 0.3
12 North Texas 11 5 9 1.80 0 0.5 0.8
12 Northern Illinois 12 6 20 3.33 1 0.5 1.7
12 Troy 11 6 20 3.33 0 0.5 1.8
12 Indiana 11 6 21 3.50 0 0.5 1.9
12 Boise State 10 5 24 4.80 0 0.5 2.4
12 UCF 8 4 44 11.00 0 0.5 5.5
12 Washington State 11 6 69 11.50 0 0.5 6.3
20 Ohio State 9 5 12 2.40 0 0.6 1.3
20 Army 13 8 20 2.50 0 0.6 1.5
20 Kentucky 7 4 14 3.50 0 0.6 2.0
20 Charlotte 10 6 37 6.17 0 0.6 3.7
20 Penn State 10 6 37 6.17 0 0.6 3.7
20 Auburn 9 5 32 6.40 0 0.6 3.6
26 Boston College 10 7 19 2.71 0 0.7 1.9
26 North Carolina State 10 7 34 4.86 0 0.7 3.4
26 Western Michigan 12 8 43 5.38 0 0.7 3.6
26 Memphis 13 9 54 6.00 0 0.7 4.2
26 Louisiana-Monroe 11 8 60 7.50 0 0.7 5.5
26 Mississippi State 6 4 50 12.50 0 0.7 8.3
26 Bowling Green 12 8 101 12.63 1 0.7 8.4
26 Iowa 10 7 149 21.29 2 0.7 14.9
34 Arkansas 9 7 34 4.86 0 0.8 3.8
34 Temple 11 9 52 5.78 0 0.8 4.7
34 West Virginia 10 8 47 5.88 1 0.8 4.7
34 East Carolina 12 10 67 6.70 0 0.8 5.6
34 Oregon State 9 7 49 7.00 0 0.8 5.4
34 Missouri 11 9 67 7.44 0 0.8 6.1
34 Miami (Florida) 11 9 74 8.22 0 0.8 6.7
34 Fresno State 12 9 81 9.00 0 0.8 6.8
34 Tulane 12 9 84 9.33 0 0.8 7.0
34 Liberty 12 9 86 9.56 0 0.8 7.2
34 Marshall 12 10 137 13.70 1 0.8 11.4
45 Jacksonville State 14 13 51 3.92 0 0.9 3.6
45 Utah State 10 9 37 4.11 0 0.9 3.7
45 Mississippi 11 10 57 5.70 0 0.9 5.2
45 Akron 10 9 52 5.78 0 0.9 5.2
45 UCLA 9 8 49 6.13 0 0.9 5.4
45 UNLV 11 10 63 6.30 0 0.9 5.7
45 Western Kentucky 13 12 88 7.33 0 0.9 6.8
45 Iowa State 12 11 97 8.82 1 0.9 8.1
45 Illinois 10 9 87 9.67 0 0.9 8.7
45 Air Force 11 10 144 14.40 1 0.9 13.1
55 South Florida 10 10 30 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
55 Louisville 9 9 43 4.78 0 1.0 4.8
55 Oklahoma State 9 9 47 5.22 0 1.0 5.2
55 Florida 8 8 45 5.63 0 1.0 5.6
55 Wake Forest 9 9 63 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
55 Arkansas State 12 12 88 7.33 0 1.0 7.3
55 Maryland 9 9 67 7.44 0 1.0 7.4
55 USC 11 11 82 7.45 0 1.0 7.5
55 Michigan State 8 8 66 8.25 0 1.0 8.3
55 Kansas State 9 9 91 10.11 0 1.0 10.1
55 SMU 11 11 125 11.36 0 1.0 11.4
55 Nebraska 9 9 132 14.67 0 1.0 14.7
55 Michigan 7 7 131 18.71 0 1.0 18.7
55 Kansas 6 6 131 21.83 1 1.0 21.8
69 Oklahoma 7 8 -2 -0.25 0 1.1 -0.3
69 UTSA 10 11 8 0.73 0 1.1 0.8
69 Colorado State 11 12 9 0.75 0 1.1 0.8
69 Georgia Southern 11 12 46 3.83 0 1.1 4.2
69 Virginia 9 10 48 4.80 0 1.1 5.3
69 Coastal Carolina 13 14 68 4.86 0 1.1 5.2
69 Texas 11 12 85 7.08 0 1.1 7.7
69 Tennessee 10 11 101 9.18 0 1.1 10.1
77 Syracuse 11 13 56 4.31 1 1.2 5.1
77 Louisiana Tech 12 14 67 4.79 0 1.2 5.6
77 South Alabama 13 15 80 5.33 1 1.2 6.2
77 Cincinnati 9 11 65 5.91 0 1.2 7.2
77 San Jose State 11 13 97 7.46 0 1.2 8.8
77 Minnesota 11 13 114 8.77 0 1.2 10.4
77 Rice 10 12 112 9.33 1 1.2 11.2
84 Purdue 6 8 22 2.75 0 1.3 3.7
84 Miami (Ohio) 13 17 56 3.29 0 1.3 4.3
84 Clemson 10 13 48 3.69 0 1.3 4.8
84 Eastern Michigan 12 16 94 5.88 0 1.3 7.8
84 Baylor 10 13 84 6.46 0 1.3 8.4
84 Buffalo 12 16 123 7.69 0 1.3 10.3
84 Ohio 13 17 142 8.35 0 1.3 10.9
84 Vanderbilt 8 10 90 9.00 0 1.3 11.3
84 Ball State 11 14 134 9.57 0 1.3 12.2
84 Stanford 8 10 102 10.20 0 1.3 12.8
84 Arizona 9 12 139 11.58 1 1.3 15.4
84 Texas Tech 10 13 151 11.62 0 1.3 15.1
84 New Mexico 12 16 208 13.00 1 1.3 17.3
97 Houston 9 13 47 3.62 0 1.4 5.2
97 Toledo 13 18 88 4.89 0 1.4 6.8
97 Wyoming 9 13 64 4.92 0 1.4 7.1
97 Florida International 11 15 102 6.80 0 1.4 9.3
97 James Madison 13 18 140 7.78 2 1.4 10.8
97 Appalachian State 10 14 126 9.00 0 1.4 12.6
103 South Carolina 8 12 44 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
103 Old Dominion 11 16 61 3.81 0 1.5 5.5
103 Central Michigan 11 16 75 4.69 0 1.5 6.8
103 Notre Dame 11 17 80 4.71 0 1.5 7.3
103 North Carolina 13 19 147 7.74 1 1.5 11.3
103 Washington 10 15 184 12.27 0 1.5 18.4
109 Wisconsin 9 14 55 3.93 0 1.6 6.1
109 San Diego State 10 16 80 5.00 0 1.6 8.0
109 California 9 14 93 6.64 0 1.6 10.3
112 Florida Atlantic 11 19 103 5.42 0 1.7 9.4
112 UAB 10 17 111 6.53 0 1.7 11.1
112 Middle Tennessee 10 17 117 6.88 0 1.7 11.7
112 Massachusetts 10 17 129 7.59 0 1.7 12.9
112 Hawai'i 10 17 148 8.71 0 1.7 14.8
112 Colorado 12 20 260 13.00 0 1.7 21.7
112 Kent State 10 17 280 16.47 2 1.7 28.0
119 Duke 10 18 70 3.89 0 1.8 7.0
119 Virginia Tech 10 18 104 5.78 0 1.8 10.4
121 Utah 8 15 104 6.93 0 1.9 13.0
122 UTEP 11 22 129 5.86 0 2.0 11.7
122 Florida State 7 14 86 6.14 0 2.0 12.3
124 Pittsburgh 10 21 101 4.81 0 2.1 10.1
124 Southern Mississippi 12 25 132 5.28 0 2.1 11.0
124 Connecticut 12 25 215 8.60 1 2.1 17.9
124 Georgia Tech 9 19 197 10.37 1 2.1 21.9
124 Tulsa 11 23 393 17.09 2 2.1 35.7
124 Georgia State 12 25 475 19.00 1 2.1 39.6
130 Northwestern 9 20 238 11.90 1 2.2 26.4
131 New Mexico State 12 27 328 12.15 1 2.3 27.3
132 Sam Houston State 13 34 279 8.21 0 2.6 21.5
133 Kennesaw State 12 32 347 10.84 1 2.7 28.9
134 Navy 10 29 248 8.55 0 2.9 24.8