2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 11/01/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | 6 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| 2 | Tulane | 4 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| 3 | Florida State | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Rice | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 4.8 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | 5 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| 3 | Penn State | 5 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| 7 | Nevada | 4 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| 7 | Syracuse | 6 | 3 | 73 | 24.33 | 0 | 0.5 | 12.2 |
| 9 | BYU | 5 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.8 |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 8.0 |
| 9 | Mississippi State | 5 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.4 |
| 9 | Washington | 5 | 3 | 86 | 28.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 17.2 |
| 13 | Ole Miss | 6 | 4 | 82 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.7 |
| 13 | Colorado | 6 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.3 |
| 13 | Auburn | 6 | 4 | 87 | 21.75 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.5 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 6 | 4 | 89 | 22.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.8 |
| 13 | Utah | 6 | 4 | 98 | 24.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 16.3 |
| 18 | Kentucky | 6 | 5 | 80 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.3 |
| 18 | Purdue | 6 | 5 | 83 | 16.60 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.8 |
| 18 | Florida | 5 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.6 |
| 18 | North Carolina | 4 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.0 |
| 18 | UCF | 5 | 4 | 92 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 18.4 |
| 18 | Charlotte | 5 | 4 | 94 | 23.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 18.8 |
| 18 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 3 | 73 | 24.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 18.3 |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 4 | 98 | 24.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 19.6 |
| 18 | Georgia State | 4 | 3 | 75 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 18.8 |
| 18 | Buffalo | 5 | 4 | 102 | 25.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 20.4 |
| 18 | Marshall | 4 | 3 | 83 | 27.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 20.8 |
| 18 | Boise State | 5 | 4 | 148 | 37.00 | 1 | 0.8 | 29.6 |
| 30 | Washington State | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 30 | Georgia | 6 | 6 | 86 | 14.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.3 |
| 30 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 4 | 63 | 15.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.8 |
| 30 | Texas Tech | 6 | 6 | 104 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.3 |
| 30 | Fresno State | 5 | 5 | 87 | 17.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.4 |
| 30 | Appalachian State | 4 | 4 | 79 | 19.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.8 |
| 30 | Arkansas | 5 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.8 |
| 30 | Colorado State | 4 | 4 | 97 | 24.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.3 |
| 30 | San Diego State | 4 | 4 | 98 | 24.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.5 |
| 30 | Oregon | 5 | 5 | 136 | 27.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 27.2 |
| 30 | Clemson | 6 | 6 | 206 | 34.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 34.3 |
| 41 | Virginia | 6 | 7 | 103 | 14.71 | 0 | 1.2 | 17.2 |
| 41 | UCLA | 5 | 6 | 101 | 16.83 | 0 | 1.2 | 20.2 |
| 41 | Boston College | 5 | 6 | 109 | 18.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 21.8 |
| 41 | Louisville | 5 | 6 | 115 | 19.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 23.0 |
| 41 | Wake Forest | 5 | 6 | 120 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.0 |
| 41 | Temple | 5 | 6 | 123 | 20.50 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.6 |
| 41 | USC | 5 | 6 | 133 | 22.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 26.6 |
| 41 | Michigan | 6 | 7 | 169 | 24.14 | 0 | 1.2 | 28.2 |
| 49 | Michigan State | 6 | 8 | 117 | 14.63 | 0 | 1.3 | 19.5 |
| 49 | Texas State | 4 | 5 | 81 | 16.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.3 |
| 49 | Cincinnati | 6 | 8 | 132 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.0 |
| 49 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.8 |
| 49 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 8 | 166 | 20.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.7 |
| 49 | Utah State | 4 | 5 | 105 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.3 |
| 49 | Illinois | 6 | 8 | 178 | 22.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 29.7 |
| 49 | Stanford | 6 | 8 | 211 | 26.38 | 0 | 1.3 | 35.2 |
| 49 | Massachusetts | 4 | 5 | 179 | 35.80 | 1 | 1.3 | 44.8 |
| 58 | Alabama | 5 | 7 | 114 | 16.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.8 |
| 58 | Western Michigan | 5 | 7 | 116 | 16.57 | 0 | 1.4 | 23.2 |
| 58 | Texas A&M | 5 | 7 | 135 | 19.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.0 |
| 58 | Oklahoma | 5 | 7 | 138 | 19.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.6 |
| 58 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 7 | 142 | 20.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 28.4 |
| 58 | Delaware | 5 | 7 | 143 | 20.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 28.6 |
| 58 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 7 | 169 | 24.14 | 0 | 1.4 | 33.8 |
| 58 | LSU | 5 | 7 | 179 | 25.57 | 0 | 1.4 | 35.8 |
| 66 | Nebraska | 6 | 9 | 122 | 13.56 | 0 | 1.5 | 20.3 |
| 66 | Missouri State | 4 | 6 | 97 | 16.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.3 |
| 66 | Southern Miss | 4 | 6 | 103 | 17.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.8 |
| 66 | Kansas | 6 | 9 | 186 | 20.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.0 |
| 66 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 9 | 293 | 32.56 | 1 | 1.5 | 48.8 |
| 71 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 8 | 127 | 15.88 | 0 | 1.6 | 25.4 |
| 71 | Tulsa | 5 | 8 | 129 | 16.13 | 0 | 1.6 | 25.8 |
| 71 | Iowa | 5 | 8 | 130 | 16.25 | 0 | 1.6 | 26.0 |
| 71 | James Madison | 5 | 8 | 168 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 33.6 |
| 75 | Indiana | 6 | 10 | 179 | 17.90 | 0 | 1.7 | 29.8 |
| 76 | Ball State | 4 | 7 | 84 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 21.0 |
| 76 | USF | 4 | 7 | 109 | 15.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 27.3 |
| 76 | Air Force | 5 | 9 | 143 | 15.89 | 0 | 1.8 | 28.6 |
| 76 | Duke | 5 | 9 | 146 | 16.22 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.2 |
| 76 | Bowling Green | 5 | 9 | 148 | 16.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.6 |
| 76 | Kent State | 4 | 7 | 119 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.8 |
| 76 | New Mexico | 5 | 9 | 160 | 17.78 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.0 |
| 76 | Ohio State | 5 | 9 | 171 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 34.2 |
| 76 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 9 | 176 | 19.56 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.2 |
| 76 | UNLV | 4 | 7 | 158 | 22.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 39.5 |
| 76 | Rutgers | 6 | 11 | 321 | 29.18 | 1 | 1.8 | 53.5 |
| 76 | West Virginia | 6 | 11 | 323 | 29.36 | 1 | 1.8 | 53.8 |
| 88 | South Carolina | 7 | 13 | 242 | 18.62 | 0 | 1.9 | 34.6 |
| 89 | Memphis | 5 | 10 | 154 | 15.40 | 0 | 2.0 | 30.8 |
| 89 | South Alabama | 5 | 10 | 164 | 16.40 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.8 |
| 89 | Arkansas State | 5 | 10 | 178 | 17.80 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.6 |
| 89 | Liberty | 4 | 8 | 154 | 19.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.5 |
| 89 | Sam Houston State | 5 | 10 | 209 | 20.90 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.8 |
| 89 | Akron | 5 | 10 | 224 | 22.40 | 1 | 2.0 | 44.8 |
| 89 | Wyoming | 5 | 10 | 282 | 28.20 | 0 | 2.0 | 56.4 |
| 96 | TCU | 5 | 11 | 192 | 17.45 | 0 | 2.2 | 38.4 |
| 96 | Texas | 5 | 11 | 193 | 17.55 | 0 | 2.2 | 38.6 |
| 96 | New Mexico State | 5 | 11 | 215 | 19.55 | 1 | 2.2 | 43.0 |
| 96 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 13 | 304 | 23.38 | 1 | 2.2 | 50.7 |
| 100 | Arizona State | 6 | 14 | 247 | 17.64 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.2 |
| 100 | Kansas State | 7 | 16 | 370 | 23.13 | 0 | 2.3 | 52.9 |
| 100 | Houston | 6 | 14 | 330 | 23.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 55.0 |
| 100 | UAB | 4 | 9 | 255 | 28.33 | 1 | 2.3 | 63.8 |
| 104 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | 12 | 203 | 16.92 | 0 | 2.4 | 40.6 |
| 104 | Army | 5 | 12 | 211 | 17.58 | 0 | 2.4 | 42.2 |
| 104 | SMU | 5 | 12 | 218 | 18.17 | 0 | 2.4 | 43.6 |
| 104 | Northwestern | 5 | 12 | 277 | 23.08 | 1 | 2.4 | 55.4 |
| 108 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 10 | 154 | 15.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 38.5 |
| 108 | UTSA | 4 | 10 | 207 | 20.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 51.8 |
| 108 | NC State | 6 | 15 | 378 | 25.20 | 1 | 2.5 | 63.0 |
| 111 | Old Dominion | 5 | 13 | 193 | 14.85 | 0 | 2.6 | 38.6 |
| 111 | Central Michigan | 5 | 13 | 229 | 17.62 | 0 | 2.6 | 45.8 |
| 111 | Troy | 5 | 13 | 238 | 18.31 | 0 | 2.6 | 47.6 |
| 114 | Hawaii | 5 | 14 | 254 | 18.14 | 0 | 2.8 | 50.8 |
| 114 | Baylor | 6 | 17 | 310 | 18.24 | 0 | 2.8 | 51.7 |
| 114 | UTEP | 4 | 11 | 202 | 18.36 | 0 | 2.8 | 50.5 |
| 114 | Missouri | 4 | 11 | 218 | 19.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.5 |
| 114 | Navy | 6 | 17 | 355 | 20.88 | 0 | 2.8 | 59.2 |
| 114 | San Jose State | 4 | 11 | 242 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 60.5 |
| 114 | Toledo | 4 | 11 | 256 | 23.27 | 0 | 2.8 | 64.0 |
| 114 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 11 | 297 | 27.00 | 1 | 2.8 | 74.3 |
| 122 | Louisiana | 5 | 15 | 277 | 18.47 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.4 |
| 122 | Ohio | 4 | 12 | 336 | 28.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 84.0 |
| 124 | Kennesaw State | 4 | 13 | 250 | 19.23 | 0 | 3.3 | 62.5 |
| 124 | East Carolina | 4 | 13 | 274 | 21.08 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.5 |
| 124 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 13 | 345 | 26.54 | 0 | 3.3 | 86.3 |
| 127 | California | 5 | 17 | 340 | 20.00 | 0 | 3.4 | 68.0 |
| 128 | North Texas | 5 | 18 | 379 | 21.06 | 0 | 3.6 | 75.8 |
| 129 | FIU | 4 | 15 | 272 | 18.13 | 0 | 3.8 | 68.0 |
| 129 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 23 | 468 | 20.35 | 0 | 3.8 | 78.0 |
| 129 | Iowa State | 6 | 23 | 522 | 22.70 | 0 | 3.8 | 87.0 |
| 132 | Maryland | 5 | 20 | 511 | 25.55 | 0 | 4.0 | 102.2 |