2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - All Games through 11/01/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida State | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 
| 2 | Arizona | 8 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 
| 3 | Wisconsin | 8 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 
| 4 | Tulane | 8 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 
| 5 | Minnesota | 9 | 6 | 69 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.7 | 
| 6 | Rice | 9 | 5 | 80 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 8.9 | 
| 7 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 4 | 82 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.3 | 
| 8 | Colorado | 9 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 9.6 | 
| 9 | Tennessee | 9 | 6 | 106 | 17.67 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.8 | 
| 10 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 5 | 107 | 21.40 | 0 | 0.6 | 13.4 | 
| 11 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.1 | 
| 12 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 6 | 120 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.0 | 
| 13 | Georgia State | 8 | 4 | 121 | 30.25 | 0 | 0.5 | 15.1 | 
| 14 | Charlotte | 8 | 6 | 123 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.4 | 
| 15 | Kentucky | 8 | 7 | 125 | 17.86 | 0 | 0.9 | 15.6 | 
| 16 | Wake Forest | 8 | 7 | 131 | 18.71 | 0 | 0.9 | 16.4 | 
| 17 | Kent State | 8 | 9 | 137 | 15.22 | 0 | 1.1 | 17.1 | 
| 18 | Georgia | 8 | 9 | 138 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.1 | 17.3 | 
| 19 | UCLA | 8 | 10 | 139 | 13.90 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.4 | 
| 20 | Ole Miss | 9 | 7 | 141 | 20.14 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.7 | 
| 21 | Florida | 8 | 7 | 143 | 20.43 | 0 | 0.9 | 17.9 | 
| 22 | USF | 8 | 10 | 148 | 14.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 18.5 | 
| 23 | Mississippi State | 9 | 9 | 149 | 16.56 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.6 | 
| 23 | North Carolina | 8 | 8 | 149 | 18.63 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.6 | 
| 25 | Washington State | 9 | 9 | 151 | 16.78 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.8 | 
| 26 | Syracuse | 9 | 7 | 153 | 21.86 | 0 | 0.8 | 17.0 | 
| 27 | Notre Dame | 8 | 7 | 156 | 22.29 | 0 | 0.9 | 19.5 | 
| 28 | Iowa | 8 | 11 | 159 | 14.45 | 0 | 1.4 | 19.9 | 
| 29 | BYU | 8 | 11 | 161 | 14.64 | 0 | 1.4 | 20.1 | 
| 30 | Marshall | 8 | 7 | 166 | 23.71 | 0 | 0.9 | 20.8 | 
| 31 | Utah | 9 | 8 | 169 | 21.13 | 0 | 0.9 | 18.8 | 
| 32 | Temple | 9 | 10 | 177 | 17.70 | 0 | 1.1 | 19.7 | 
| 33 | Boise State | 9 | 6 | 180 | 30.00 | 1 | 0.7 | 20.0 | 
| 34 | Texas Tech | 9 | 11 | 185 | 16.82 | 0 | 1.2 | 20.6 | 
| 35 | Appalachian State | 8 | 9 | 192 | 21.33 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.0 | 
| 35 | San Diego State | 8 | 9 | 192 | 21.33 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.0 | 
| 37 | Texas | 9 | 12 | 193 | 16.08 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.4 | 
| 38 | Texas State | 8 | 10 | 195 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.4 | 
| 39 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 11 | 198 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 24.8 | 
| 39 | Illinois | 9 | 9 | 198 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 | 
| 41 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 11 | 200 | 18.18 | 0 | 1.2 | 22.2 | 
| 41 | Ohio State | 8 | 11 | 200 | 18.18 | 0 | 1.4 | 25.0 | 
| 43 | Penn State | 8 | 10 | 203 | 20.30 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.4 | 
| 44 | Washington | 8 | 9 | 205 | 22.78 | 0 | 1.1 | 25.6 | 
| 45 | Clemson | 8 | 6 | 206 | 34.33 | 1 | 0.8 | 25.8 | 
| 46 | Texas A&M | 8 | 11 | 207 | 18.82 | 0 | 1.4 | 25.9 | 
| 47 | Delaware | 8 | 10 | 211 | 21.10 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.4 | 
| 48 | Nevada | 8 | 6 | 213 | 35.50 | 1 | 0.8 | 26.6 | 
| 49 | Western Michigan | 9 | 12 | 216 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.0 | 
| 49 | LSU | 8 | 9 | 216 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 27.0 | 
| 51 | Tulsa | 8 | 11 | 218 | 19.82 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.3 | 
| 52 | Virginia | 9 | 14 | 219 | 15.64 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.3 | 
| 52 | Missouri State | 8 | 12 | 219 | 18.25 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.4 | 
| 54 | Arkansas State | 9 | 13 | 221 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 24.6 | 
| 54 | Auburn | 9 | 10 | 221 | 22.10 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.6 | 
| 56 | Michigan State | 9 | 14 | 228 | 16.29 | 0 | 1.6 | 25.3 | 
| 56 | Colorado State | 8 | 9 | 228 | 25.33 | 0 | 1.1 | 28.5 | 
| 58 | Duke | 8 | 12 | 229 | 19.08 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.6 | 
| 58 | New Mexico State | 8 | 12 | 229 | 19.08 | 1 | 1.5 | 28.6 | 
| 60 | Buffalo | 9 | 11 | 230 | 20.91 | 0 | 1.2 | 25.6 | 
| 61 | Oklahoma | 9 | 15 | 231 | 15.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 25.7 | 
| 62 | Kansas | 9 | 12 | 235 | 19.58 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.1 | 
| 63 | Oregon | 8 | 11 | 238 | 21.64 | 0 | 1.4 | 29.8 | 
| 64 | UCF | 8 | 12 | 239 | 19.92 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.9 | 
| 65 | Louisville | 8 | 13 | 242 | 18.62 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.3 | 
| 66 | Michigan | 9 | 13 | 250 | 19.23 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.8 | 
| 67 | Cincinnati | 9 | 15 | 252 | 16.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 28.0 | 
| 68 | Liberty | 8 | 14 | 253 | 18.07 | 0 | 1.8 | 31.6 | 
| 69 | Alabama | 8 | 14 | 257 | 18.36 | 1 | 1.8 | 32.1 | 
| 70 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 11 | 259 | 23.55 | 1 | 1.4 | 32.4 | 
| 71 | Arkansas | 9 | 9 | 260 | 28.89 | 1 | 1.0 | 28.9 | 
| 72 | Air Force | 8 | 16 | 262 | 16.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.8 | 
| 73 | Southern Miss | 8 | 11 | 266 | 24.18 | 0 | 1.4 | 33.3 | 
| 74 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 14 | 270 | 19.29 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.0 | 
| 75 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 14 | 273 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.3 | 
| 76 | New Mexico | 9 | 15 | 276 | 18.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 30.7 | 
| 77 | Indiana | 9 | 15 | 278 | 18.53 | 0 | 1.7 | 30.9 | 
| 78 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 11 | 280 | 25.45 | 1 | 1.4 | 35.0 | 
| 79 | Purdue | 9 | 11 | 284 | 25.82 | 1 | 1.2 | 31.6 | 
| 80 | Memphis | 9 | 17 | 287 | 16.88 | 0 | 1.9 | 31.9 | 
| 81 | Troy | 9 | 16 | 290 | 18.13 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.2 | 
| 82 | Fresno State | 9 | 18 | 291 | 16.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.3 | 
| 82 | Stanford | 9 | 11 | 291 | 26.45 | 0 | 1.2 | 32.3 | 
| 84 | USC | 8 | 11 | 299 | 27.18 | 1 | 1.4 | 37.4 | 
| 85 | Ball State | 8 | 18 | 302 | 16.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 37.8 | 
| 86 | South Carolina | 9 | 17 | 304 | 17.88 | 0 | 1.9 | 33.8 | 
| 87 | James Madison | 8 | 16 | 305 | 19.06 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.1 | 
| 88 | Nebraska | 9 | 20 | 307 | 15.35 | 0 | 2.2 | 34.1 | 
| 89 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 14 | 311 | 22.21 | 0 | 1.8 | 38.9 | 
| 90 | Utah State | 8 | 14 | 314 | 22.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 39.3 | 
| 91 | Toledo | 8 | 14 | 316 | 22.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 39.5 | 
| 92 | Connecticut | 9 | 15 | 318 | 21.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 35.3 | 
| 93 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 27 | 324 | 12.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 36.0 | 
| 94 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 15 | 332 | 22.13 | 1 | 1.7 | 36.9 | 
| 95 | Bowling Green | 9 | 18 | 334 | 18.56 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.1 | 
| 96 | San Jose State | 8 | 18 | 358 | 19.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.8 | 
| 97 | Boston College | 9 | 16 | 361 | 22.56 | 0 | 1.8 | 40.1 | 
| 97 | Rutgers | 9 | 16 | 361 | 22.56 | 1 | 1.8 | 40.1 | 
| 99 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 14 | 364 | 26.00 | 1 | 1.6 | 40.4 | 
| 100 | Northwestern | 8 | 19 | 365 | 19.21 | 1 | 2.4 | 45.6 | 
| 101 | UTEP | 8 | 21 | 374 | 17.81 | 0 | 2.6 | 46.8 | 
| 102 | South Alabama | 9 | 19 | 382 | 20.11 | 0 | 2.1 | 42.4 | 
| 103 | Army | 8 | 16 | 385 | 24.06 | 1 | 2.0 | 48.1 | 
| 104 | Central Michigan | 9 | 21 | 395 | 18.81 | 0 | 2.3 | 43.9 | 
| 105 | Hawaii | 9 | 23 | 398 | 17.30 | 0 | 2.6 | 44.2 | 
| 105 | Kansas State | 9 | 17 | 398 | 23.41 | 0 | 1.9 | 44.2 | 
| 107 | UTSA | 8 | 17 | 405 | 23.82 | 0 | 2.1 | 50.6 | 
| 108 | TCU | 8 | 21 | 407 | 19.38 | 0 | 2.6 | 50.9 | 
| 109 | Arizona State | 9 | 21 | 413 | 19.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.9 | 
| 110 | Navy | 8 | 20 | 419 | 20.95 | 0 | 2.5 | 52.4 | 
| 111 | West Virginia | 9 | 18 | 425 | 23.61 | 1 | 2.0 | 47.2 | 
| 112 | Houston | 9 | 19 | 433 | 22.79 | 0 | 2.1 | 48.1 | 
| 113 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 18 | 445 | 24.72 | 0 | 2.3 | 55.6 | 
| 114 | Baylor | 9 | 20 | 446 | 22.30 | 1 | 2.2 | 49.6 | 
| 115 | Kennesaw State | 8 | 25 | 448 | 17.92 | 0 | 3.1 | 56.0 | 
| 116 | Missouri | 8 | 26 | 449 | 17.27 | 0 | 3.3 | 56.1 | 
| 116 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 21 | 449 | 21.38 | 1 | 2.6 | 56.1 | 
| 118 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 19 | 453 | 23.84 | 1 | 2.4 | 56.6 | 
| 119 | UAB | 8 | 18 | 454 | 25.22 | 1 | 2.3 | 56.8 | 
| 120 | Louisiana | 9 | 26 | 456 | 17.54 | 0 | 2.9 | 50.7 | 
| 121 | Massachusetts | 8 | 16 | 461 | 28.81 | 1 | 2.0 | 57.6 | 
| 122 | East Carolina | 8 | 21 | 463 | 22.05 | 0 | 2.6 | 57.9 | 
| 123 | NC State | 9 | 19 | 465 | 24.47 | 1 | 2.1 | 51.7 | 
| 124 | Akron | 9 | 19 | 468 | 24.63 | 2 | 2.1 | 52.0 | 
| 125 | Ohio | 8 | 20 | 483 | 24.15 | 0 | 2.5 | 60.4 | 
| 126 | SMU | 9 | 25 | 500 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 55.6 | 
| 127 | Wyoming | 9 | 19 | 503 | 26.47 | 0 | 2.1 | 55.9 | 
| 128 | FIU | 8 | 26 | 504 | 19.38 | 0 | 3.3 | 63.0 | 
| 129 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 26 | 517 | 19.88 | 0 | 2.9 | 57.4 | 
| 130 | Oregon State | 9 | 24 | 531 | 22.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 59.0 | 
| 131 | UNLV | 8 | 22 | 551 | 25.05 | 1 | 2.8 | 68.9 | 
| 132 | California | 9 | 28 | 558 | 19.93 | 0 | 3.1 | 62.0 | 
| 133 | North Texas | 9 | 31 | 612 | 19.74 | 0 | 3.4 | 68.0 | 
| 134 | Old Dominion | 9 | 32 | 616 | 19.25 | 0 | 3.6 | 68.4 | 
| 135 | Iowa State | 9 | 34 | 728 | 21.41 | 0 | 3.8 | 80.9 | 
| 135 | Maryland | 8 | 32 | 728 | 22.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 91.0 |