2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 12/13/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida State | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | BYU | 10 | 5 | 61 | 12.20 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.1 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 9 | 5 | 63 | 12.60 | 0 | 0.6 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 8 | 13 | 166 | 12.77 | 0 | 1.6 | 20.8 |
| 1 | Tulane | 9 | 5 | 66 | 13.20 | 0 | 0.6 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Georgia | 9 | 9 | 125 | 13.89 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.9 |
| 1 | Virginia | 10 | 14 | 197 | 14.07 | 0 | 1.4 | 19.7 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 9 | 15 | 212 | 14.13 | 0 | 1.7 | 23.6 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 8 | 6 | 85 | 14.17 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.6 |
| 1 | Air Force | 8 | 11 | 157 | 14.27 | 0 | 1.4 | 19.6 |
| 1 | Iowa | 9 | 16 | 232 | 14.50 | 0 | 1.8 | 25.8 |
| 1 | Rice | 8 | 7 | 102 | 14.57 | 0 | 0.9 | 12.8 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 17 | 252 | 14.82 | 0 | 1.9 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 5 | 75 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 9.4 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 9 | 11 | 169 | 15.36 | 0 | 1.2 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 12 | 192 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 8 | 11 | 177 | 16.09 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.1 |
| 1 | Ole Miss | 8 | 5 | 82 | 16.40 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Memphis | 8 | 11 | 181 | 16.45 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.6 |
| 1 | Alabama | 9 | 13 | 214 | 16.46 | 0 | 1.4 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Washington State | 2 | 4 | 66 | 16.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Florida | 8 | 5 | 83 | 16.60 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.4 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 10 | 11 | 183 | 16.64 | 0 | 1.1 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Duke | 9 | 13 | 217 | 16.69 | 0 | 1.4 | 24.1 |
| 1 | SMU | 8 | 20 | 337 | 16.85 | 0 | 2.5 | 42.1 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 10 | 14 | 237 | 16.93 | 0 | 1.4 | 23.7 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Baylor | 9 | 22 | 376 | 17.09 | 0 | 2.4 | 41.8 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 9 | 15 | 257 | 17.13 | 0 | 1.7 | 28.6 |
| 1 | Army | 9 | 19 | 327 | 17.21 | 0 | 2.1 | 36.3 |
| 1 | Ball State | 8 | 17 | 295 | 17.35 | 0 | 2.1 | 36.9 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 8 | 28 | 487 | 17.39 | 0 | 3.5 | 60.9 |
| 1 | Purdue | 9 | 7 | 122 | 17.43 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.6 |
| 1 | Texas State | 8 | 14 | 247 | 17.64 | 0 | 1.8 | 30.9 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 9 | 17 | 302 | 17.76 | 0 | 1.9 | 33.6 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 9 | 10 | 180 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 9 | 17 | 308 | 18.12 | 0 | 1.9 | 34.2 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 8 | 17 | 309 | 18.18 | 0 | 2.1 | 38.6 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 8 | 15 | 273 | 18.20 | 0 | 1.9 | 34.1 |
| 1 | Louisville | 8 | 7 | 129 | 18.43 | 0 | 0.9 | 16.1 |
| 1 | Delaware | 8 | 13 | 240 | 18.46 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 8 | 13 | 243 | 18.69 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.4 |
| 1 | TCU | 9 | 15 | 281 | 18.73 | 0 | 1.7 | 31.2 |
| 1 | North Texas | 9 | 30 | 564 | 18.80 | 0 | 3.3 | 62.7 |
| 1 | Utah State | 8 | 18 | 340 | 18.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.5 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 8 | 15 | 284 | 18.93 | 0 | 1.9 | 35.5 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 8 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.9 |
| 1 | California | 8 | 23 | 437 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.9 | 54.6 |
| 1 | Missouri | 8 | 16 | 305 | 19.06 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.1 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 8 | 11 | 210 | 19.09 | 0 | 1.4 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 8 | 8 | 153 | 19.13 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.1 |
| 1 | Navy | 9 | 23 | 441 | 19.17 | 0 | 2.6 | 49.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 8 | 17 | 327 | 19.24 | 0 | 2.1 | 40.9 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 8 | 6 | 116 | 19.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.5 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 9 | 6 | 117 | 19.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 8 | 18 | 352 | 19.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 8 | 22 | 431 | 19.59 | 0 | 2.8 | 53.9 |
| 1 | FIU | 8 | 33 | 649 | 19.67 | 0 | 4.1 | 81.1 |
| 1 | Kansas | 9 | 12 | 237 | 19.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Liberty | 8 | 17 | 336 | 19.76 | 0 | 2.1 | 42.0 |
| 1 | Colorado | 9 | 7 | 139 | 19.86 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.4 |
| 1 | Penn State | 9 | 9 | 179 | 19.89 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.9 |
| 1 | UTEP | 8 | 19 | 379 | 19.95 | 0 | 2.4 | 47.4 |
| 1 | Indiana | 10 | 25 | 501 | 20.04 | 0 | 2.5 | 50.1 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 10 | 201 | 20.10 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.1 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 8 | 8 | 161 | 20.13 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.1 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 8 | 7 | 141 | 20.14 | 0 | 0.9 | 17.6 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 9 | 182 | 20.22 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.8 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 8 | 25 | 507 | 20.28 | 0 | 3.1 | 63.4 |
| 1 | Hawaii | 8 | 25 | 507 | 20.28 | 0 | 3.1 | 63.4 |
| 1 | Miami (FL) | 8 | 5 | 102 | 20.40 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.8 |
| 1 | Utah | 9 | 12 | 245 | 20.42 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.2 |
| 1 | Kent State | 8 | 15 | 307 | 20.47 | 0 | 1.9 | 38.4 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 10 | 205 | 20.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.6 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 26 | 535 | 20.58 | 0 | 3.3 | 66.9 |
| 1 | UNLV | 9 | 17 | 355 | 20.88 | 0 | 1.9 | 39.4 |
| 1 | USF | 8 | 11 | 230 | 20.91 | 0 | 1.4 | 28.8 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 9 | 24 | 506 | 21.08 | 0 | 2.7 | 56.2 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 15 | 317 | 21.13 | 0 | 1.9 | 39.6 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 16 | 339 | 21.19 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.4 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 9 | 36 | 764 | 21.22 | 0 | 4.0 | 84.9 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 8 | 6 | 129 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.1 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 10 | 22 | 474 | 21.55 | 0 | 2.2 | 47.4 |
| 1 | Auburn | 8 | 6 | 130 | 21.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 8 | 12 | 263 | 21.92 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.9 |
| 1 | Oregon | 9 | 10 | 220 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.4 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 8 | 9 | 199 | 22.11 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.9 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 8 | 7 | 155 | 22.14 | 0 | 0.9 | 19.4 |
| 1 | James Madison | 9 | 17 | 379 | 22.29 | 0 | 1.9 | 42.1 |
| 1 | Nevada | 8 | 5 | 113 | 22.60 | 0 | 0.6 | 14.1 |
| 1 | Illinois | 9 | 9 | 205 | 22.78 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.8 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 8 | 5 | 114 | 22.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 14.3 |
| 1 | LSU | 8 | 10 | 230 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.8 |
| 1 | Stanford | 8 | 10 | 231 | 23.10 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.9 |
| 1 | Michigan | 9 | 8 | 185 | 23.13 | 0 | 0.9 | 20.6 |
| 1 | Toledo | 8 | 20 | 464 | 23.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 58.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 8 | 11 | 262 | 23.82 | 0 | 1.4 | 32.8 |
| 1 | Arizona | 10 | 3 | 72 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.2 |
| 1 | USC | 9 | 15 | 360 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 40.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 8 | 5 | 124 | 24.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 15.5 |
| 1 | Ohio | 8 | 20 | 496 | 24.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 62.0 |
| 1 | Washington | 9 | 10 | 249 | 24.90 | 0 | 1.1 | 27.7 |
| 1 | Houston | 9 | 20 | 501 | 25.05 | 0 | 2.2 | 55.7 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 16 | 404 | 25.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.5 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 8 | 10 | 253 | 25.30 | 0 | 1.3 | 31.6 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 8 | 6 | 154 | 25.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 19.3 |
| 1 | UCF | 9 | 6 | 156 | 26.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 17.3 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 8 | 12 | 313 | 26.08 | 0 | 1.5 | 39.1 |
| 1 | Temple | 8 | 10 | 268 | 26.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 33.5 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 6 | 174 | 29.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 21.8 |
| 111 | Akron | 8 | 20 | 299 | 14.95 | 1 | 2.5 | 37.4 |
| 111 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 18 | 316 | 17.56 | 1 | 2.3 | 39.5 |
| 111 | New Mexico State | 8 | 18 | 341 | 18.94 | 1 | 2.3 | 42.6 |
| 111 | Missouri State | 8 | 20 | 390 | 19.50 | 1 | 2.5 | 48.8 |
| 111 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 13 | 265 | 20.38 | 1 | 1.6 | 33.1 |
| 111 | Louisiana | 8 | 27 | 563 | 20.85 | 1 | 3.4 | 70.4 |
| 111 | UTSA | 8 | 18 | 377 | 20.94 | 1 | 2.3 | 47.1 |
| 111 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 18 | 390 | 21.67 | 1 | 2.0 | 43.3 |
| 111 | South Alabama | 8 | 16 | 355 | 22.19 | 1 | 2.0 | 44.4 |
| 111 | Rutgers | 9 | 19 | 427 | 22.47 | 1 | 2.1 | 47.4 |
| 111 | NC State | 9 | 20 | 475 | 23.75 | 1 | 2.2 | 52.8 |
| 111 | Massachusetts | 8 | 11 | 280 | 25.45 | 1 | 1.4 | 35.0 |
| 111 | Northwestern | 9 | 24 | 611 | 25.46 | 1 | 2.7 | 67.9 |
| 111 | West Virginia | 9 | 16 | 412 | 25.75 | 1 | 1.8 | 45.8 |
| 111 | Maryland | 9 | 28 | 730 | 26.07 | 1 | 3.1 | 81.1 |
| 111 | UAB | 8 | 18 | 474 | 26.33 | 1 | 2.3 | 59.3 |
| 111 | San Jose State | 8 | 17 | 456 | 26.82 | 1 | 2.1 | 57.0 |
| 111 | Miami (OH) | 9 | 21 | 581 | 27.67 | 1 | 2.3 | 64.6 |
| 111 | Boise State | 9 | 10 | 277 | 27.70 | 1 | 1.1 | 30.8 |
| 111 | UCLA | 9 | 8 | 225 | 28.13 | 1 | 0.9 | 25.0 |
| 111 | San Diego State | 8 | 7 | 216 | 30.86 | 1 | 0.9 | 27.0 |
| 111 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 9 | 293 | 32.56 | 1 | 1.1 | 36.6 |
| 111 | Clemson | 8 | 6 | 206 | 34.33 | 1 | 0.8 | 25.8 |
| 134 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 24 | 662 | 27.58 | 2 | 3.0 | 82.8 |