2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 10/25/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberty | 3 | 3 | -14 | -4.67 | 0 | 1.0 | -4.7 |
| 2 | Louisville | 4 | 3 | -11 | -3.67 | 0 | 0.8 | -2.8 |
| 3 | Boston College | 5 | 4 | -7 | -1.75 | 0 | 0.8 | -1.4 |
| 4 | Arkansas State | 4 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.5 |
| 5 | Temple | 4 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| 5 | Oregon | 5 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.4 | -0.2 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 6 | 4 | -1 | -0.25 | 0 | 0.7 | -0.2 |
| 8 | Arkansas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Old Dominion | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| 10 | Nebraska | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| 12 | Southern Miss | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 12 | UTEP | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 14 | Utah | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 14 | UNLV | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 14 | Clemson | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 17 | SMU | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 18 | Boise State | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 18 | Northwestern | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 18 | Marshall | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| 21 | Troy | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
| 22 | Western Michigan | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 23 | East Carolina | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 24 | UCF | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| 25 | TCU | 5 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 3.8 |
| 26 | Iowa State | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| 26 | Purdue | 5 | 9 | 27 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| 28 | Ball State | 4 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 29 | Fresno State | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| 30 | Baylor | 5 | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 4.8 |
| 31 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 31 | Buffalo | 4 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.3 |
| 33 | Duke | 4 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 34 | Army | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 34 | Tennessee | 5 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| 36 | Colorado State | 4 | 7 | 26 | 3.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 6.5 |
| 37 | Missouri | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| 38 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 7 | 30 | 4.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.5 |
| 39 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 6 | 26 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 40 | UTSA | 3 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| 40 | Texas | 4 | 6 | 27 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.8 |
| 42 | Kennesaw State | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 42 | James Madison | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| 42 | Ohio | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| 42 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 42 | Tulane | 3 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.7 |
| 47 | Illinois | 5 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 1 | 1.2 | 6.6 |
| 47 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.3 |
| 47 | New Mexico State | 4 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| 50 | Texas A&M | 5 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.6 |
| 51 | Air Force | 5 | 6 | 34 | 5.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.8 |
| 51 | Toledo | 4 | 9 | 51 | 5.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 12.8 |
| 53 | California | 4 | 7 | 41 | 5.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.3 |
| 54 | Iowa | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| 54 | BYU | 5 | 5 | 30 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 54 | Kansas State | 6 | 7 | 42 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.0 |
| 54 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| 58 | Michigan | 5 | 8 | 49 | 6.13 | 0 | 1.6 | 9.8 |
| 59 | Auburn | 5 | 6 | 37 | 6.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| 60 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 15 | 93 | 6.20 | 0 | 3.0 | 18.6 |
| 61 | Georgia | 5 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| 61 | Central Michigan | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
| 63 | Bowling Green | 4 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 64 | Kansas | 5 | 10 | 67 | 6.70 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.4 |
| 65 | Texas State | 3 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| 65 | Louisiana | 4 | 8 | 54 | 6.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.5 |
| 67 | Ole Miss | 5 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| 68 | New Mexico | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| 68 | North Texas | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 68 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| 68 | San Diego State | 3 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 68 | Kent State | 4 | 9 | 63 | 7.00 | 1 | 2.3 | 15.8 |
| 73 | West Virginia | 5 | 12 | 85 | 7.08 | 0 | 2.4 | 17.0 |
| 74 | Appalachian State | 4 | 7 | 50 | 7.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 12.5 |
| 75 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.5 |
| 76 | Wake Forest | 4 | 8 | 59 | 7.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.8 |
| 77 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.6 |
| 77 | Navy | 5 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.6 |
| 79 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| 80 | Akron | 5 | 9 | 70 | 7.78 | 0 | 1.8 | 14.0 |
| 81 | Tulsa | 5 | 6 | 47 | 7.83 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.4 |
| 82 | Alabama | 5 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.4 |
| 82 | Indiana | 5 | 5 | 40 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 84 | Massachusetts | 4 | 8 | 67 | 8.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.8 |
| 85 | Colorado | 5 | 11 | 93 | 8.45 | 0 | 2.2 | 18.6 |
| 86 | South Alabama | 4 | 12 | 102 | 8.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 25.5 |
| 87 | Maryland | 4 | 6 | 53 | 8.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.3 |
| 88 | UCLA | 5 | 7 | 62 | 8.86 | 1 | 1.4 | 12.4 |
| 89 | USC | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| 89 | Delaware | 4 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 91 | Florida | 4 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.0 |
| 92 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 8 | 76 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 92 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 10 | 95 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 94 | Texas Tech | 5 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.6 |
| 95 | Wisconsin | 5 | 12 | 116 | 9.67 | 0 | 2.4 | 23.2 |
| 96 | Penn State | 4 | 4 | 41 | 10.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.3 |
| 97 | Charlotte | 5 | 7 | 72 | 10.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 14.4 |
| 98 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 8 | 84 | 10.50 | 0 | 1.6 | 16.8 |
| 99 | North Carolina | 3 | 9 | 97 | 10.78 | 0 | 3.0 | 32.3 |
| 100 | Arizona | 5 | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 101 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 6 | 67 | 11.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.8 |
| 102 | Georgia State | 4 | 7 | 82 | 11.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 20.5 |
| 103 | Houston | 5 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.4 |
| 104 | Rutgers | 5 | 5 | 59 | 11.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.8 |
| 105 | Virginia | 5 | 11 | 132 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.2 | 26.4 |
| 106 | NC State | 5 | 10 | 132 | 13.20 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.4 |
| 107 | Mississippi State | 4 | 10 | 133 | 13.30 | 1 | 2.5 | 33.3 |
| 108 | Missouri State | 3 | 3 | 42 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 109 | Stanford | 5 | 11 | 156 | 14.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 31.2 |
| 110 | Michigan State | 5 | 12 | 178 | 14.83 | 1 | 2.4 | 35.6 |
| 111 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| 112 | Rice | 4 | 8 | 125 | 15.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.3 |
| 113 | Washington | 5 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 9.4 |
| 114 | Minnesota | 5 | 10 | 157 | 15.70 | 1 | 2.0 | 31.4 |
| 115 | Nevada | 4 | 5 | 79 | 15.80 | 1 | 1.3 | 19.8 |
| 116 | USF | 4 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.8 |
| 117 | UAB | 4 | 3 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.8 |
| 117 | San Jose State | 3 | 5 | 85 | 17.00 | 1 | 1.7 | 28.3 |
| 119 | Oklahoma | 4 | 8 | 139 | 17.38 | 1 | 2.0 | 34.8 |
| 120 | Wyoming | 4 | 5 | 87 | 17.40 | 2 | 1.3 | 21.8 |
| 121 | LSU | 5 | 13 | 234 | 18.00 | 1 | 2.6 | 46.8 |
| 122 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 9 | 179 | 19.89 | 1 | 2.3 | 44.8 |
| 123 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.3 |
| 124 | Syracuse | 5 | 4 | 83 | 20.75 | 1 | 0.8 | 16.6 |
| 125 | Arizona State | 5 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.8 |
| 126 | Kentucky | 5 | 5 | 111 | 22.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.2 |
| 127 | FIU | 3 | 3 | 75 | 25.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 128 | Florida State | 4 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.5 |
| 128 | Utah State | 4 | 2 | 52 | 26.00 | 1 | 0.5 | 13.0 |
| 130 | Hawaii | 4 | 4 | 123 | 30.75 | 1 | 1.0 | 30.8 |