2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/19/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 BYU 4 1 -11 -11.00 0 0.3 -2.8
2 UCLA 3 3 -3 -1.00 0 1.0 -1.0
3 SMU 5 5 -3 -0.60 0 1.0 -0.6
4 Utah 4 1 -2 -2.00 0 0.3 -0.5
5 Clemson 5 4 -2 -0.50 0 0.8 -0.4
6 Appalachian State 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
6 Florida State 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
6 Maryland 3 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
6 San Jose State 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
10 Nebraska 4 2 1 0.50 0 0.5 0.3
10 USC 4 2 1 0.50 0 0.5 0.3
10 Army 4 2 1 0.50 0 0.5 0.3
13 Texas State 5 1 3 3.00 0 0.2 0.6
14 Cincinnati 4 3 3 1.00 0 0.8 0.8
14 Memphis 5 2 4 2.00 0 0.4 0.8
14 Mississippi State 5 2 4 2.00 0 0.4 0.8
14 Georgia 4 1 3 3.00 0 0.3 0.8
18 Notre Dame 12 2 11 5.50 0 0.2 0.9
19 Miami (FL) 8 7 8 1.14 1 0.9 1.0
19 UNLV 5 4 5 1.25 0 0.8 1.0
19 Illinois 4 2 4 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
19 Fresno State 5 2 5 2.50 0 0.4 1.0
23 Baylor 3 2 4 2.00 0 0.7 1.3
23 Ohio State 4 2 5 2.50 0 0.5 1.3
23 Air Force 4 1 5 5.00 0 0.3 1.3
26 Duke 5 2 7 3.50 0 0.4 1.4
27 North Carolina 4 3 6 2.00 0 0.8 1.5
28 UCF 3 2 5 2.50 0 0.7 1.7
29 Toledo 5 9 10 1.11 0 1.8 2.0
29 Minnesota 4 3 8 2.67 0 0.8 2.0
29 Northwestern 4 3 8 2.67 0 0.8 2.0
29 Tennessee 5 1 10 10.00 0 0.2 2.0
33 Nevada 4 4 9 2.25 0 1.0 2.3
33 Iowa State 3 2 7 3.50 0 0.7 2.3
35 Temple 4 3 10 3.33 0 0.8 2.5
35 Penn State 4 2 10 5.00 0 0.5 2.5
37 Washington 4 1 11 11.00 0 0.3 2.8
38 Purdue 3 3 10 3.33 0 1.0 3.3
38 Ole Miss 6 6 20 3.33 0 1.0 3.3
38 Michigan State 3 2 10 5.00 0 0.7 3.3
41 Washington State 11 9 37 4.11 0 0.8 3.4
42 South Alabama 4 2 14 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
43 Alabama 5 3 19 6.33 0 0.6 3.8
44 Delaware 5 8 21 2.63 0 1.6 4.2
45 New Mexico 5 6 22 3.67 0 1.2 4.4
45 Missouri 5 3 22 7.33 0 0.6 4.4
47 Florida 4 2 19 9.50 0 0.5 4.8
48 Oklahoma 4 4 20 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
48 Oklahoma State 3 2 15 7.50 0 0.7 5.0
48 Vanderbilt 5 3 25 8.33 0 0.6 5.0
51 Kansas 3 5 16 3.20 0 1.7 5.3
52 Northern Illinois 4 9 22 2.44 0 2.3 5.5
53 Central Michigan 5 5 28 5.60 0 1.0 5.6
54 Boston College 4 6 23 3.83 0 1.5 5.8
54 Connecticut 13 11 76 6.91 0 0.8 5.8
54 Miami (OH) 5 2 29 14.50 0 0.4 5.8
54 NC State 4 1 23 23.00 0 0.3 5.8
58 East Carolina 5 4 30 7.50 0 0.8 6.0
58 Virginia 4 3 24 8.00 0 0.8 6.0
60 New Mexico State 4 5 25 5.00 0 1.3 6.3
61 California 5 6 32 5.33 0 1.2 6.4
62 Arizona 3 1 20 20.00 0 0.3 6.7
63 Indiana 5 6 34 5.67 0 1.2 6.8
63 LSU 5 4 34 8.50 0 0.8 6.8
65 Arkansas 4 4 28 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
65 Texas Tech 4 1 28 28.00 0 0.3 7.0
67 Texas 5 5 36 7.20 0 1.0 7.2
68 Michigan 4 5 30 6.00 0 1.3 7.5
69 Western Michigan 5 3 39 13.00 0 0.6 7.8
70 Kennesaw State 5 4 40 10.00 0 0.8 8.0
71 Tulsa 4 5 33 6.60 0 1.3 8.3
72 Troy 5 6 42 7.00 0 1.2 8.4
73 Iowa 4 2 34 17.00 0 0.5 8.5
74 Jacksonville State 5 3 43 14.33 0 0.6 8.6
75 Pittsburgh 5 6 44 7.33 0 1.2 8.8
75 Wake Forest 5 1 44 44.00 0 0.2 8.8
77 Southern Miss 5 7 46 6.57 0 1.4 9.2
78 Louisville 5 6 47 7.83 0 1.2 9.4
79 James Madison 5 3 48 16.00 1 0.6 9.6
80 West Virginia 3 5 29 5.80 0 1.7 9.7
81 Rice 5 8 50 6.25 0 1.6 10.0
81 Kansas State 2 3 20 6.67 0 1.5 10.0
83 Buffalo 4 7 41 5.86 0 1.8 10.3
84 FIU 5 10 52 5.20 1 2.0 10.4
85 Kentucky 4 7 42 6.00 0 1.8 10.5
86 San Diego State 5 9 56 6.22 0 1.8 11.2
87 Liberty 4 3 45 15.00 0 0.8 11.3
88 Louisiana 5 8 58 7.25 0 1.6 11.6
89 Wyoming 4 4 49 12.25 0 1.0 12.3
90 Arkansas State 5 7 64 9.14 0 1.4 12.8
91 Syracuse 4 8 52 6.50 1 2.0 13.0
91 South Carolina 4 6 52 8.67 1 1.5 13.0
93 North Texas 5 4 66 16.50 1 0.8 13.2
94 Navy 4 3 53 17.67 0 0.8 13.3
95 Georgia Tech 5 5 68 13.60 0 1.0 13.6
96 Florida Atlantic 4 5 55 11.00 0 1.3 13.8
96 Georgia Southern 4 5 55 11.00 0 1.3 13.8
98 Boise State 5 5 71 14.20 0 1.0 14.2
98 Tulane 5 5 71 14.20 0 1.0 14.2
100 Marshall 4 7 57 8.14 0 1.8 14.3
101 Arizona State 4 6 58 9.67 0 1.5 14.5
102 Western Kentucky 5 13 78 6.00 0 2.6 15.6
103 Colorado 3 4 48 12.00 0 1.3 16.0
104 Colorado State 4 9 65 7.22 0 2.3 16.3
105 Sam Houston State 4 5 66 13.20 0 1.3 16.5
106 Wisconsin 3 5 50 10.00 0 1.7 16.7
107 Houston 4 7 67 9.57 0 1.8 16.8
108 Charlotte 4 12 69 5.75 0 3.0 17.3
109 Utah State 5 11 91 8.27 0 2.2 18.2
110 Eastern Michigan 4 5 73 14.60 0 1.3 18.3
111 Louisiana-Monroe 4 5 74 14.80 0 1.3 18.5
112 Ohio 5 8 97 12.13 1 1.6 19.4
113 UAB 4 5 80 16.00 0 1.3 20.0
114 USF 5 4 106 26.50 0 0.8 21.2
115 Stanford 4 6 86 14.33 0 1.5 21.5
116 Virginia Tech 4 5 88 17.60 1 1.3 22.0
117 Old Dominion 5 9 113 12.56 1 1.8 22.6
118 Hawaii 5 9 117 13.00 0 1.8 23.4
119 Louisiana Tech 5 14 123 8.79 0 2.8 24.6
120 Ball State 4 11 103 9.36 1 2.8 25.8
121 Missouri State 5 8 130 16.25 0 1.6 26.0
122 Bowling Green 4 4 109 27.25 1 1.0 27.3
123 Texas A&M 5 7 140 20.00 1 1.4 28.0
124 Akron 4 9 117 13.00 0 2.3 29.3
125 Middle Tennessee State 4 9 118 13.11 0 2.3 29.5
126 Kent State 4 10 124 12.40 0 2.5 31.0
127 UTEP 4 13 125 9.62 0 3.3 31.3
128 Coastal Carolina 5 14 169 12.07 0 2.8 33.8
129 Oregon State 10 25 341 13.64 2 2.5 34.1
130 Georgia State 4 12 194 16.17 1 3.0 48.5
131 UTSA 5 13 265 20.38 2 2.6 53.0
132 Massachusetts 4 8 247 30.88 1 2.0 61.8