2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - All Games through 11/22/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida State | 11 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 11 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| 3 | Tulane | 11 | 3 | 69 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
| 4 | Arizona | 11 | 4 | 91 | 22.75 | 0 | 0.4 | 8.3 |
| 5 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 5 | 97 | 19.40 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.8 |
| 6 | Colorado | 11 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.9 |
| 7 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.8 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 11 | 8 | 130 | 16.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.8 |
| 9 | Minnesota | 11 | 9 | 134 | 14.89 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.2 |
| 10 | Ole Miss | 11 | 7 | 141 | 20.14 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.8 |
| 11 | Florida | 11 | 8 | 153 | 19.13 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.9 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 11 | 10 | 156 | 15.60 | 0 | 0.9 | 14.2 |
| 13 | Rice | 11 | 10 | 158 | 15.80 | 0 | 0.9 | 14.4 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 11 | 8 | 158 | 19.75 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.4 |
| 15 | Georgia | 11 | 11 | 167 | 15.18 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.2 |
| 16 | Mississippi State | 11 | 10 | 168 | 16.80 | 0 | 0.9 | 15.3 |
| 17 | Georgia State | 11 | 6 | 178 | 29.67 | 0 | 0.5 | 16.2 |
| 18 | BYU | 11 | 12 | 179 | 14.92 | 0 | 1.1 | 16.3 |
| 19 | Marshall | 11 | 8 | 183 | 22.88 | 0 | 0.7 | 16.6 |
| 20 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 7 | 185 | 26.43 | 0 | 0.6 | 16.8 |
| 21 | Iowa | 11 | 14 | 186 | 13.29 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.9 |
| 22 | Wake Forest | 11 | 11 | 192 | 17.45 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.5 |
| 23 | Syracuse | 11 | 10 | 199 | 19.90 | 0 | 0.9 | 18.1 |
| 24 | Middle Tennessee State | 11 | 12 | 201 | 16.75 | 0 | 1.1 | 18.3 |
| 25 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 12 | 216 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 19.6 |
| 26 | Illinois | 11 | 10 | 225 | 22.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 20.5 |
| 27 | Washington State | 11 | 14 | 236 | 16.86 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.5 |
| 27 | Clemson | 11 | 7 | 236 | 33.71 | 1 | 0.6 | 21.5 |
| 29 | Auburn | 11 | 11 | 239 | 21.73 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.7 |
| 30 | North Carolina | 11 | 12 | 244 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.2 |
| 31 | Michigan | 11 | 13 | 250 | 19.23 | 0 | 1.2 | 22.7 |
| 31 | Utah | 11 | 12 | 250 | 20.83 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.7 |
| 33 | Boise State | 11 | 10 | 253 | 25.30 | 1 | 0.9 | 23.0 |
| 34 | USF | 11 | 13 | 255 | 19.62 | 0 | 1.2 | 23.2 |
| 35 | Louisville | 11 | 14 | 256 | 18.29 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.3 |
| 36 | Virginia | 11 | 17 | 257 | 15.12 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.4 |
| 36 | Ohio State | 11 | 15 | 257 | 17.13 | 0 | 1.4 | 23.4 |
| 38 | Temple | 11 | 12 | 258 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.1 | 23.5 |
| 39 | Appalachian State | 11 | 12 | 260 | 21.67 | 0 | 1.1 | 23.6 |
| 40 | Kansas | 11 | 13 | 262 | 20.15 | 0 | 1.2 | 23.8 |
| 41 | UCLA | 11 | 12 | 263 | 21.92 | 1 | 1.1 | 23.9 |
| 42 | Texas Tech | 11 | 16 | 264 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.0 |
| 43 | Kent State | 11 | 14 | 265 | 18.93 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.1 |
| 44 | Western Michigan | 11 | 16 | 266 | 16.63 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.2 |
| 45 | Michigan State | 11 | 16 | 267 | 16.69 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.3 |
| 45 | LSU | 11 | 12 | 267 | 22.25 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.3 |
| 47 | UCF | 11 | 13 | 268 | 20.62 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.4 |
| 48 | Delaware | 11 | 14 | 270 | 19.29 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.5 |
| 48 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 14 | 270 | 19.29 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.5 |
| 50 | Texas | 11 | 15 | 272 | 18.13 | 0 | 1.4 | 24.7 |
| 50 | Colorado State | 11 | 12 | 272 | 22.67 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.7 |
| 52 | Arkansas | 11 | 10 | 279 | 27.90 | 1 | 0.9 | 25.4 |
| 53 | Nevada | 11 | 9 | 282 | 31.33 | 1 | 0.8 | 25.6 |
| 54 | Duke | 11 | 15 | 285 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 25.9 |
| 55 | Oregon | 11 | 15 | 286 | 19.07 | 0 | 1.4 | 26.0 |
| 56 | Memphis | 11 | 17 | 287 | 16.88 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.1 |
| 57 | Notre Dame | 11 | 13 | 292 | 22.46 | 0 | 1.2 | 26.5 |
| 57 | San Diego State | 11 | 11 | 292 | 26.55 | 1 | 1.0 | 26.5 |
| 59 | New Mexico | 11 | 16 | 294 | 18.38 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.7 |
| 60 | Alabama | 11 | 17 | 295 | 17.35 | 1 | 1.5 | 26.8 |
| 61 | Cincinnati | 11 | 17 | 300 | 17.65 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.3 |
| 62 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 16 | 301 | 18.81 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.4 |
| 63 | Purdue | 11 | 12 | 304 | 25.33 | 1 | 1.1 | 27.6 |
| 64 | Oklahoma | 11 | 19 | 309 | 16.26 | 0 | 1.7 | 28.1 |
| 65 | Stanford | 11 | 13 | 311 | 23.92 | 0 | 1.2 | 28.3 |
| 66 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 28 | 316 | 11.29 | 0 | 2.5 | 28.7 |
| 66 | Southern Miss | 11 | 13 | 316 | 24.31 | 0 | 1.2 | 28.7 |
| 68 | Tulsa | 11 | 18 | 323 | 17.94 | 0 | 1.6 | 29.4 |
| 68 | Buffalo | 11 | 14 | 323 | 23.07 | 0 | 1.3 | 29.4 |
| 70 | Texas State | 11 | 17 | 328 | 19.29 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.8 |
| 71 | New Mexico State | 11 | 18 | 329 | 18.28 | 1 | 1.6 | 29.9 |
| 72 | Troy | 11 | 19 | 335 | 17.63 | 0 | 1.7 | 30.5 |
| 73 | Penn State | 11 | 16 | 343 | 21.44 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.2 |
| 74 | Fresno State | 11 | 21 | 345 | 16.43 | 0 | 1.9 | 31.4 |
| 75 | Washington | 11 | 15 | 347 | 23.13 | 0 | 1.4 | 31.5 |
| 76 | Air Force | 11 | 20 | 352 | 17.60 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.0 |
| 77 | South Carolina | 11 | 20 | 356 | 17.80 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.4 |
| 78 | Missouri State | 11 | 21 | 359 | 17.10 | 0 | 1.9 | 32.6 |
| 79 | Texas A&M | 11 | 19 | 368 | 19.37 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.5 |
| 80 | Liberty | 11 | 20 | 370 | 18.50 | 0 | 1.8 | 33.6 |
| 81 | Nebraska | 11 | 23 | 371 | 16.13 | 0 | 2.1 | 33.7 |
| 82 | Arkansas State | 11 | 18 | 374 | 20.78 | 0 | 1.6 | 34.0 |
| 83 | Rutgers | 11 | 19 | 377 | 19.84 | 1 | 1.7 | 34.3 |
| 84 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 18 | 383 | 21.28 | 1 | 1.6 | 34.8 |
| 85 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 15 | 394 | 26.27 | 1 | 1.4 | 35.8 |
| 86 | South Alabama | 11 | 20 | 398 | 19.90 | 0 | 1.8 | 36.2 |
| 87 | Indiana | 11 | 21 | 408 | 19.43 | 0 | 1.9 | 37.1 |
| 88 | UTEP | 11 | 24 | 431 | 17.96 | 0 | 2.2 | 39.2 |
| 89 | Ball State | 11 | 25 | 435 | 17.40 | 0 | 2.3 | 39.5 |
| 90 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 18 | 441 | 24.50 | 1 | 1.6 | 40.1 |
| 91 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 17 | 446 | 26.24 | 2 | 1.5 | 40.5 |
| 92 | USC | 11 | 17 | 451 | 26.53 | 1 | 1.5 | 41.0 |
| 93 | James Madison | 11 | 22 | 455 | 20.68 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.4 |
| 93 | Boston College | 11 | 21 | 455 | 21.67 | 0 | 1.9 | 41.4 |
| 95 | Bowling Green | 11 | 24 | 460 | 19.17 | 0 | 2.2 | 41.8 |
| 96 | Kansas State | 11 | 20 | 462 | 23.10 | 0 | 1.8 | 42.0 |
| 97 | Arizona State | 11 | 24 | 468 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.2 | 42.5 |
| 98 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 20 | 469 | 23.45 | 0 | 1.8 | 42.6 |
| 99 | Army | 10 | 22 | 479 | 21.77 | 1 | 2.2 | 47.9 |
| 100 | Connecticut | 12 | 21 | 481 | 22.90 | 0 | 1.8 | 40.1 |
| 101 | Sam Houston State | 11 | 21 | 483 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.9 | 43.9 |
| 102 | Utah State | 11 | 24 | 487 | 20.29 | 0 | 2.2 | 44.3 |
| 103 | Navy | 10 | 25 | 491 | 19.64 | 0 | 2.5 | 49.1 |
| 104 | Toledo | 11 | 22 | 492 | 22.36 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.7 |
| 105 | West Virginia | 11 | 22 | 493 | 22.41 | 1 | 2.0 | 44.8 |
| 106 | Baylor | 11 | 23 | 495 | 21.52 | 1 | 2.1 | 45.0 |
| 107 | TCU | 11 | 25 | 496 | 19.84 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.1 |
| 108 | Jacksonville State | 11 | 25 | 505 | 20.20 | 1 | 2.3 | 45.9 |
| 109 | Missouri | 11 | 30 | 511 | 17.03 | 0 | 2.7 | 46.5 |
| 110 | Houston | 11 | 23 | 515 | 22.39 | 0 | 2.1 | 46.8 |
| 111 | NC State | 11 | 23 | 521 | 22.65 | 1 | 2.1 | 47.4 |
| 112 | Massachusetts | 11 | 20 | 526 | 26.30 | 1 | 1.8 | 47.8 |
| 113 | San Jose State | 11 | 22 | 528 | 24.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 48.0 |
| 114 | Wyoming | 11 | 21 | 534 | 25.43 | 0 | 1.9 | 48.5 |
| 115 | Akron | 12 | 29 | 543 | 18.72 | 2 | 2.4 | 45.3 |
| 116 | East Carolina | 11 | 28 | 544 | 19.43 | 0 | 2.5 | 49.5 |
| 117 | UTSA | 11 | 24 | 562 | 23.42 | 1 | 2.2 | 51.1 |
| 118 | Hawaii | 11 | 30 | 578 | 19.27 | 0 | 2.7 | 52.5 |
| 118 | Ohio | 11 | 25 | 578 | 23.12 | 0 | 2.3 | 52.5 |
| 120 | Kennesaw State | 11 | 31 | 592 | 19.10 | 0 | 2.8 | 53.8 |
| 121 | California | 11 | 31 | 594 | 19.16 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.0 |
| 122 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 29 | 605 | 20.86 | 0 | 2.6 | 55.0 |
| 123 | SMU | 11 | 30 | 607 | 20.23 | 0 | 2.7 | 55.2 |
| 124 | Miami (OH) | 11 | 23 | 620 | 26.96 | 1 | 2.1 | 56.4 |
| 125 | UAB | 11 | 23 | 626 | 27.22 | 1 | 2.1 | 56.9 |
| 126 | UNLV | 11 | 27 | 631 | 23.37 | 1 | 2.5 | 57.4 |
| 127 | Central Michigan | 11 | 32 | 636 | 19.88 | 0 | 2.9 | 57.8 |
| 128 | Northwestern | 11 | 28 | 643 | 22.96 | 1 | 2.5 | 58.5 |
| 129 | Oregon State | 11 | 28 | 675 | 24.11 | 1 | 2.5 | 61.4 |
| 130 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 27 | 696 | 25.78 | 2 | 2.5 | 63.3 |
| 131 | FIU | 11 | 37 | 738 | 19.95 | 0 | 3.4 | 67.1 |
| 132 | Louisiana | 11 | 38 | 742 | 19.53 | 1 | 3.5 | 67.5 |
| 133 | North Texas | 11 | 39 | 747 | 19.15 | 0 | 3.5 | 67.9 |
| 134 | Maryland | 11 | 36 | 801 | 22.25 | 0 | 3.3 | 72.8 |
| 135 | Old Dominion | 11 | 45 | 874 | 19.42 | 0 | 4.1 | 79.5 |
| 136 | Iowa State | 11 | 42 | 877 | 20.88 | 0 | 3.8 | 79.7 |