2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 12/27/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYU | 4 | 1 | -11 | -11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -2.8 |
| 1 | Utah | 3 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.7 |
| 1 | UCLA | 3 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 5 | -3 | -0.60 | 0 | 1.3 | -0.8 |
| 1 | Clemson | 5 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.4 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Army | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 1 | USC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Michigan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Miami (FL) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 0 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 9 | 22 | 2.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| 1 | UCF | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | Delaware | 5 | 8 | 21 | 2.63 | 0 | 1.6 | 4.2 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Georgia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 3 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Purdue | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| 1 | Duke | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Ole Miss | 5 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 5 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Washington State | 11 | 9 | 37 | 4.11 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Air Force | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 4 | 5 | 25 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| 1 | California | 5 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.4 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 5 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.6 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 12 | 69 | 5.75 | 0 | 3.0 | 17.3 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 3 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.7 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 4 | 7 | 41 | 5.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 7 | 42 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 13 | 78 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.6 | 15.6 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 5 | 9 | 56 | 6.22 | 0 | 1.8 | 11.2 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 5 | 7 | 46 | 6.57 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.2 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 5 | 33 | 6.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 13 | 11 | 76 | 6.91 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Troy | 5 | 6 | 42 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.4 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 9 | 65 | 7.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana | 5 | 8 | 58 | 7.25 | 0 | 1.6 | 11.6 |
| 1 | Missouri | 5 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 6 | 44 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 5 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 4 | 6 | 46 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Louisville | 5 | 6 | 47 | 7.83 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.4 |
| 1 | Virginia | 4 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 7 | 57 | 8.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 5 | 4 | 33 | 8.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.6 |
| 1 | Utah State | 5 | 11 | 91 | 8.27 | 0 | 2.2 | 18.2 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 11 | 93 | 8.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 23.3 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 5 | 7 | 64 | 9.14 | 0 | 1.4 | 12.8 |
| 1 | Florida | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| 1 | Houston | 4 | 7 | 67 | 9.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 16.8 |
| 1 | UTEP | 4 | 13 | 125 | 9.62 | 0 | 3.3 | 31.3 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 6 | 58 | 9.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 3 | 5 | 50 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 16.7 |
| 1 | Washington | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.8 |
| 1 | Colorado | 3 | 4 | 48 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 4 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | 10 | 124 | 12.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 5 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 7.8 |
| 1 | Hawaii | 5 | 9 | 117 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 23.4 |
| 1 | Akron | 4 | 9 | 117 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 29.3 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 9 | 118 | 13.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 29.5 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 5 | 66 | 13.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 5 | 68 | 13.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.6 |
| 1 | Boise State | 5 | 5 | 71 | 14.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.2 |
| 1 | Tulane | 5 | 5 | 71 | 14.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.2 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 8.6 |
| 1 | Stanford | 4 | 6 | 86 | 14.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 5 | 73 | 14.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 5 | 74 | 14.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 18.5 |
| 1 | Liberty | 4 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 7 | 111 | 15.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 27.8 |
| 1 | UAB | 4 | 5 | 80 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Missouri State | 5 | 8 | 130 | 16.25 | 0 | 1.6 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 3 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Arizona | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| 1 | NC State | 4 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.8 |
| 1 | USF | 5 | 4 | 106 | 26.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 21.2 |
| 113 | FIU | 5 | 9 | 52 | 5.78 | 1 | 1.8 | 10.4 |
| 113 | Syracuse | 4 | 8 | 52 | 6.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 113 | South Carolina | 4 | 6 | 52 | 8.67 | 1 | 1.5 | 13.0 |
| 113 | Ball State | 4 | 11 | 103 | 9.36 | 1 | 2.8 | 25.8 |
| 113 | James Madison | 5 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 1 | 0.6 | 6.6 |
| 113 | Ohio | 5 | 8 | 97 | 12.13 | 1 | 1.6 | 19.4 |
| 113 | Old Dominion | 5 | 9 | 113 | 12.56 | 1 | 1.8 | 22.6 |
| 113 | Georgia State | 4 | 12 | 194 | 16.17 | 1 | 3.0 | 48.5 |
| 113 | North Texas | 5 | 4 | 66 | 16.50 | 1 | 0.8 | 13.2 |
| 113 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 5 | 88 | 17.60 | 1 | 1.3 | 22.0 |
| 113 | Texas A&M | 5 | 7 | 140 | 20.00 | 1 | 1.4 | 28.0 |
| 113 | Bowling Green | 4 | 4 | 109 | 27.25 | 1 | 1.0 | 27.3 |
| 113 | Massachusetts | 4 | 8 | 247 | 30.88 | 1 | 2.0 | 61.8 |
| 126 | Oregon State | 10 | 25 | 341 | 13.64 | 2 | 2.5 | 34.1 |
| 126 | UTSA | 5 | 13 | 265 | 20.38 | 2 | 2.6 | 53.0 |