2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 11/22/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida State | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 8 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| 1 | BYU | 8 | 4 | 42 | 10.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Washington State | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 4 | 55 | 13.75 | 0 | 0.6 | 7.9 |
| 1 | Virginia | 8 | 10 | 141 | 14.10 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.6 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 8 | 6 | 85 | 14.17 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.6 |
| 1 | Iowa | 8 | 11 | 157 | 14.27 | 0 | 1.4 | 19.6 |
| 1 | Georgia | 8 | 8 | 115 | 14.38 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.4 |
| 1 | Rice | 7 | 7 | 102 | 14.57 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.6 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 7 | 11 | 161 | 14.64 | 0 | 1.6 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 13 | 195 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.9 | 27.9 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 7 | 14 | 210 | 15.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 7 | 11 | 166 | 15.09 | 0 | 1.6 | 23.7 |
| 1 | Memphis | 7 | 10 | 154 | 15.40 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 7 | 10 | 155 | 15.50 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.1 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 8 | 12 | 186 | 15.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.3 |
| 1 | Ball State | 7 | 14 | 217 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 8 | 10 | 156 | 15.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 19.5 |
| 1 | Air Force | 7 | 10 | 157 | 15.70 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.4 |
| 1 | Missouri State | 7 | 15 | 237 | 15.80 | 0 | 2.1 | 33.9 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 7 | 11 | 176 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 25.1 |
| 1 | Alabama | 7 | 8 | 129 | 16.13 | 0 | 1.1 | 18.4 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 7 | 11 | 180 | 16.36 | 0 | 1.6 | 25.7 |
| 1 | Florida | 8 | 5 | 83 | 16.60 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.4 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 8 | 11 | 183 | 16.64 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.9 |
| 1 | Purdue | 8 | 6 | 103 | 17.17 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.9 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 7 | 26 | 451 | 17.35 | 0 | 3.7 | 64.4 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 8 | 13 | 228 | 17.54 | 0 | 1.6 | 28.5 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 7 | 8 | 141 | 17.63 | 0 | 1.1 | 20.1 |
| 1 | Troy | 7 | 16 | 283 | 17.69 | 0 | 2.3 | 40.4 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 7 | 20 | 355 | 17.75 | 0 | 2.9 | 50.7 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 8 | 17 | 302 | 17.76 | 0 | 2.1 | 37.8 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 7 | 10 | 178 | 17.80 | 0 | 1.4 | 25.4 |
| 1 | Texas State | 7 | 12 | 214 | 17.83 | 0 | 1.7 | 30.6 |
| 1 | Army | 7 | 17 | 305 | 17.94 | 0 | 2.4 | 43.6 |
| 1 | Baylor | 8 | 20 | 359 | 17.95 | 0 | 2.5 | 44.9 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 8 | 10 | 180 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.5 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 8 | 15 | 273 | 18.20 | 0 | 1.9 | 34.1 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 7 | 15 | 274 | 18.27 | 0 | 2.1 | 39.1 |
| 1 | Delaware | 7 | 10 | 184 | 18.40 | 0 | 1.4 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Louisville | 8 | 7 | 129 | 18.43 | 0 | 0.9 | 16.1 |
| 1 | Boston College | 7 | 11 | 203 | 18.45 | 0 | 1.6 | 29.0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 7 | 14 | 259 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 7 | 15 | 278 | 18.53 | 0 | 2.1 | 39.7 |
| 1 | Missouri | 7 | 15 | 280 | 18.67 | 0 | 2.1 | 40.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 8 | 15 | 281 | 18.73 | 0 | 1.9 | 35.1 |
| 1 | California | 7 | 20 | 376 | 18.80 | 0 | 2.9 | 53.7 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 7 | 4 | 76 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.9 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 7 | 8 | 152 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 21.7 |
| 1 | SMU | 7 | 17 | 325 | 19.12 | 0 | 2.4 | 46.4 |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 7 | 8 | 153 | 19.13 | 0 | 1.1 | 21.9 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 8 | 4 | 77 | 19.25 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Indiana | 8 | 16 | 309 | 19.31 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.6 |
| 1 | Liberty | 7 | 14 | 271 | 19.36 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.7 |
| 1 | Texas | 7 | 14 | 272 | 19.43 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.9 |
| 1 | FIU | 7 | 26 | 506 | 19.46 | 0 | 3.7 | 72.3 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 9 | 176 | 19.56 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.1 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 7 | 24 | 470 | 19.58 | 0 | 3.4 | 67.1 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 7 | 11 | 216 | 19.64 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.9 |
| 1 | North Texas | 7 | 26 | 514 | 19.77 | 0 | 3.7 | 73.4 |
| 1 | UNLV | 7 | 12 | 238 | 19.83 | 0 | 1.7 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 7 | 20 | 401 | 20.05 | 0 | 2.9 | 57.3 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 7 | 7 | 141 | 20.14 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.1 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 24 | 485 | 20.21 | 0 | 3.4 | 69.3 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 9 | 182 | 20.22 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.8 |
| 1 | Oregon | 8 | 9 | 184 | 20.44 | 0 | 1.1 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Ole Miss | 7 | 4 | 82 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.7 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 10 | 205 | 20.50 | 0 | 1.4 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Kent State | 7 | 12 | 247 | 20.58 | 0 | 1.7 | 35.3 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 7 | 12 | 248 | 20.67 | 0 | 1.7 | 35.4 |
| 1 | Hawaii | 7 | 21 | 434 | 20.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 62.0 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 7 | 19 | 394 | 20.74 | 0 | 2.7 | 56.3 |
| 1 | Auburn | 7 | 5 | 105 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 7 | 7 | 147 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 14 | 294 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 1 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 4 | 85 | 21.25 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.1 |
| 1 | Kansas | 8 | 10 | 213 | 21.30 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.6 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 7 | 6 | 128 | 21.33 | 0 | 0.9 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 7 | 6 | 129 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 18.4 |
| 1 | USF | 7 | 10 | 216 | 21.60 | 0 | 1.4 | 30.9 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 7 | 14 | 303 | 21.64 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.3 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 8 | 31 | 671 | 21.65 | 0 | 3.9 | 83.9 |
| 1 | Colorado | 8 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 13.6 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 7 | 15 | 331 | 22.07 | 0 | 2.1 | 47.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 7 | 7 | 155 | 22.14 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.1 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 7 | 4 | 89 | 22.25 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Penn State | 8 | 8 | 179 | 22.38 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.4 |
| 1 | Utah | 8 | 8 | 179 | 22.38 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.4 |
| 1 | Nevada | 7 | 5 | 113 | 22.60 | 0 | 0.7 | 16.1 |
| 1 | James Madison | 7 | 13 | 294 | 22.62 | 0 | 1.9 | 42.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 7 | 19 | 432 | 22.74 | 0 | 2.7 | 61.7 |
| 1 | Illinois | 8 | 9 | 205 | 22.78 | 0 | 1.1 | 25.6 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 7 | 5 | 114 | 22.80 | 0 | 0.7 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 9 | 19 | 434 | 22.84 | 0 | 2.1 | 48.2 |
| 1 | Houston | 8 | 18 | 412 | 22.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 51.5 |
| 1 | Tulane | 7 | 2 | 46 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.6 |
| 1 | LSU | 7 | 10 | 230 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 32.9 |
| 1 | Stanford | 8 | 10 | 231 | 23.10 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.9 |
| 1 | USC | 8 | 12 | 285 | 23.75 | 0 | 1.5 | 35.6 |
| 1 | Arizona | 9 | 3 | 72 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 8 | 7 | 169 | 24.14 | 0 | 0.9 | 21.1 |
| 1 | UCF | 8 | 5 | 121 | 24.20 | 0 | 0.6 | 15.1 |
| 1 | Maryland | 8 | 24 | 584 | 24.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 73.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 7 | 4 | 100 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Washington | 8 | 9 | 228 | 25.33 | 0 | 1.1 | 28.5 |
| 1 | Ohio | 7 | 17 | 431 | 25.35 | 0 | 2.4 | 61.6 |
| 1 | Temple | 7 | 8 | 204 | 25.50 | 0 | 1.1 | 29.1 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 7 | 12 | 313 | 26.08 | 0 | 1.7 | 44.7 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 7 | 5 | 132 | 26.40 | 0 | 0.7 | 18.9 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 7 | 7 | 195 | 27.86 | 0 | 1.0 | 27.9 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 13 | 365 | 28.08 | 0 | 1.9 | 52.1 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 6 | 174 | 29.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 24.9 |
| 114 | Akron | 8 | 20 | 299 | 14.95 | 1 | 2.5 | 37.4 |
| 114 | New Mexico State | 7 | 16 | 295 | 18.44 | 1 | 2.3 | 42.1 |
| 114 | Louisiana | 7 | 27 | 563 | 20.85 | 1 | 3.9 | 80.4 |
| 114 | UTSA | 7 | 17 | 364 | 21.41 | 1 | 2.4 | 52.0 |
| 114 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 16 | 355 | 22.19 | 1 | 2.0 | 44.4 |
| 114 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 10 | 229 | 22.90 | 1 | 1.4 | 32.7 |
| 114 | Rutgers | 8 | 14 | 337 | 24.07 | 1 | 1.8 | 42.1 |
| 114 | NC State | 8 | 18 | 434 | 24.11 | 1 | 2.3 | 54.3 |
| 114 | West Virginia | 8 | 15 | 391 | 26.07 | 1 | 1.9 | 48.9 |
| 114 | Northwestern | 8 | 21 | 555 | 26.43 | 1 | 2.6 | 69.4 |
| 114 | Massachusetts | 7 | 9 | 244 | 27.11 | 1 | 1.3 | 34.9 |
| 114 | San Jose State | 7 | 15 | 412 | 27.47 | 1 | 2.1 | 58.9 |
| 114 | Boise State | 7 | 8 | 221 | 27.63 | 1 | 1.1 | 31.6 |
| 114 | UCLA | 8 | 8 | 225 | 28.13 | 1 | 1.0 | 28.1 |
| 114 | Miami (OH) | 7 | 18 | 520 | 28.89 | 1 | 2.6 | 74.3 |
| 114 | UAB | 7 | 14 | 427 | 30.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 61.0 |
| 114 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 9 | 293 | 32.56 | 1 | 1.3 | 41.9 |
| 114 | San Diego State | 7 | 6 | 198 | 33.00 | 1 | 0.9 | 28.3 |
| 114 | Clemson | 8 | 6 | 206 | 34.33 | 1 | 0.8 | 25.8 |
| 133 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 19 | 540 | 28.42 | 2 | 2.7 | 77.1 |