2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/02/2026
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rutgers | 3 | 5 | 40 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.3 |
| 2 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 15 | 121 | 8.07 | 0 | 3.8 | 30.3 |
| 3 | Kent State | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 4 | UCLA | 3 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.7 |
| 5 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.8 |
| 6 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 4 | 8 | 93 | 11.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.3 |
| 8 | Florida State | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| 9 | USF | 5 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 7.8 |
| 10 | Georgia | 4 | 4 | 54 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.5 |
| 10 | Temple | 4 | 4 | 54 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.5 |
| 12 | Missouri State | 5 | 9 | 123 | 13.67 | 0 | 1.8 | 24.6 |
| 13 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.3 |
| 13 | Wake Forest | 5 | 4 | 56 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 11.2 |
| 15 | Charlotte | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.3 |
| 15 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.3 |
| 17 | West Virginia | 3 | 7 | 102 | 14.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 34.0 |
| 18 | Tennessee | 5 | 6 | 88 | 14.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 17.6 |
| 19 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 7 | 104 | 14.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 26.0 |
| 20 | Northwestern | 4 | 9 | 135 | 15.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 33.8 |
| 21 | Nebraska | 4 | 13 | 202 | 15.54 | 0 | 3.3 | 50.5 |
| 22 | Missouri | 5 | 16 | 249 | 15.56 | 0 | 3.2 | 49.8 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 4 | 6 | 95 | 15.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.8 |
| 24 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 6 | 96 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.0 |
| 24 | Iowa | 4 | 10 | 160 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 40.0 |
| 26 | Fresno State | 5 | 15 | 241 | 16.07 | 0 | 3.0 | 48.2 |
| 27 | Hawaii | 5 | 11 | 177 | 16.09 | 0 | 2.2 | 35.4 |
| 28 | Michigan | 4 | 9 | 145 | 16.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 36.3 |
| 29 | Cincinnati | 4 | 8 | 129 | 16.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.3 |
| 30 | Texas Tech | 4 | 5 | 81 | 16.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.3 |
| 31 | Stanford | 4 | 7 | 114 | 16.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 28.5 |
| 32 | Kansas | 3 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.3 |
| 33 | Kennesaw State | 5 | 14 | 230 | 16.43 | 0 | 2.8 | 46.0 |
| 34 | Liberty | 4 | 6 | 99 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.8 |
| 35 | San Jose State | 4 | 7 | 116 | 16.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.0 |
| 36 | Troy | 5 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.4 |
| 37 | Louisiana | 5 | 14 | 236 | 16.86 | 0 | 2.8 | 47.2 |
| 38 | New Mexico State | 4 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 38 | Syracuse | 4 | 5 | 85 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.3 |
| 38 | Arkansas State | 5 | 7 | 119 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 23.8 |
| 41 | Texas A&M | 5 | 7 | 120 | 17.14 | 0 | 1.4 | 24.0 |
| 41 | North Texas | 5 | 14 | 240 | 17.14 | 0 | 2.8 | 48.0 |
| 43 | Virginia | 4 | 11 | 189 | 17.18 | 0 | 2.8 | 47.3 |
| 44 | UTEP | 4 | 10 | 172 | 17.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 43.0 |
| 45 | Rice | 5 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.8 |
| 46 | Miami (FL) | 6 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.7 |
| 47 | Ohio | 5 | 10 | 175 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 48 | Utah | 4 | 8 | 141 | 17.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.3 |
| 49 | North Carolina | 4 | 5 | 89 | 17.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.3 |
| 50 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 8 | 143 | 17.88 | 0 | 1.6 | 28.6 |
| 51 | Boise State | 5 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.8 |
| 51 | Arizona | 3 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.0 |
| 51 | Navy | 4 | 5 | 90 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.5 |
| 54 | Louisville | 5 | 12 | 217 | 18.08 | 0 | 2.4 | 43.4 |
| 54 | Maryland | 3 | 12 | 217 | 18.08 | 0 | 4.0 | 72.3 |
| 56 | Oregon | 5 | 10 | 181 | 18.10 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.2 |
| 57 | Buffalo | 4 | 7 | 128 | 18.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.0 |
| 58 | UCF | 3 | 8 | 147 | 18.38 | 0 | 2.7 | 49.0 |
| 59 | New Mexico | 5 | 7 | 129 | 18.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 25.8 |
| 60 | Alabama | 5 | 9 | 166 | 18.44 | 1 | 1.8 | 33.2 |
| 61 | Michigan State | 3 | 6 | 111 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 62 | James Madison | 5 | 11 | 204 | 18.55 | 0 | 2.2 | 40.8 |
| 63 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 7 | 131 | 18.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 26.2 |
| 64 | BYU | 4 | 11 | 206 | 18.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 51.5 |
| 64 | Iowa State | 3 | 11 | 206 | 18.73 | 0 | 3.7 | 68.7 |
| 66 | Indiana | 4 | 6 | 113 | 18.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.3 |
| 67 | Memphis | 5 | 7 | 133 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 26.6 |
| 68 | Toledo | 5 | 4 | 77 | 19.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.4 |
| 69 | Washington State | 11 | 16 | 309 | 19.31 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.1 |
| 70 | LSU | 5 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.6 |
| 71 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 8 | 156 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 71 | Air Force | 4 | 10 | 195 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.8 |
| 73 | California | 5 | 14 | 275 | 19.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 55.0 |
| 74 | Ball State | 4 | 11 | 218 | 19.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.5 |
| 75 | San Diego State | 5 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 1.2 | 23.8 |
| 76 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 76 | Western Michigan | 5 | 8 | 160 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 32.0 |
| 78 | Bowling Green | 4 | 9 | 186 | 20.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.5 |
| 79 | Marshall | 4 | 4 | 83 | 20.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.8 |
| 79 | Central Michigan | 5 | 8 | 166 | 20.75 | 0 | 1.6 | 33.2 |
| 81 | FIU | 5 | 11 | 232 | 21.09 | 0 | 2.2 | 46.4 |
| 82 | Delaware | 5 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 17.2 |
| 83 | TCU | 4 | 11 | 237 | 21.55 | 0 | 2.8 | 59.3 |
| 84 | Notre Dame | 12 | 15 | 324 | 21.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.0 |
| 85 | Penn State | 4 | 9 | 195 | 21.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 48.8 |
| 86 | Florida | 4 | 4 | 87 | 21.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.8 |
| 87 | Old Dominion | 5 | 21 | 460 | 21.90 | 0 | 4.2 | 92.0 |
| 88 | Clemson | 5 | 5 | 110 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 89 | SMU | 5 | 14 | 309 | 22.07 | 0 | 2.8 | 61.8 |
| 90 | UAB | 4 | 9 | 199 | 22.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 49.8 |
| 91 | Utah State | 5 | 12 | 267 | 22.25 | 0 | 2.4 | 53.4 |
| 92 | Auburn | 4 | 6 | 134 | 22.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.5 |
| 92 | East Carolina | 5 | 12 | 268 | 22.33 | 0 | 2.4 | 53.6 |
| 94 | Kentucky | 4 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.3 |
| 94 | Ole Miss | 5 | 4 | 90 | 22.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 18.0 |
| 96 | Appalachian State | 4 | 5 | 113 | 22.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.3 |
| 97 | Washington | 4 | 9 | 204 | 22.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 51.0 |
| 98 | Connecticut | 13 | 21 | 481 | 22.90 | 0 | 1.6 | 37.0 |
| 99 | Tulane | 5 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 4.6 |
| 100 | Tulsa | 4 | 7 | 162 | 23.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 40.5 |
| 101 | Texas | 5 | 7 | 165 | 23.57 | 0 | 1.4 | 33.0 |
| 102 | Arizona State | 4 | 7 | 166 | 23.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 41.5 |
| 103 | Texas State | 5 | 8 | 191 | 23.88 | 0 | 1.6 | 38.2 |
| 104 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 5 | 120 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 105 | Oregon State | 10 | 28 | 675 | 24.11 | 1 | 2.8 | 67.5 |
| 106 | South Alabama | 4 | 9 | 218 | 24.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 54.5 |
| 107 | Wyoming | 4 | 9 | 221 | 24.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 55.3 |
| 108 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
| 109 | Boston College | 4 | 10 | 252 | 25.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 63.0 |
| 110 | NC State | 4 | 7 | 178 | 25.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 44.5 |
| 111 | Massachusetts | 4 | 11 | 282 | 25.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 70.5 |
| 112 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 7 | 180 | 25.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 45.0 |
| 113 | UTSA | 5 | 9 | 232 | 25.78 | 0 | 1.8 | 46.4 |
| 114 | Duke | 5 | 6 | 156 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 31.2 |
| 115 | Minnesota | 4 | 6 | 157 | 26.17 | 1 | 1.5 | 39.3 |
| 116 | Colorado State | 4 | 5 | 131 | 26.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 32.8 |
| 116 | UNLV | 5 | 15 | 393 | 26.20 | 1 | 3.0 | 78.6 |
| 118 | Akron | 4 | 9 | 244 | 27.11 | 1 | 2.3 | 61.0 |
| 119 | Houston | 4 | 9 | 250 | 27.78 | 1 | 2.3 | 62.5 |
| 120 | Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 14.0 |
| 121 | Mississippi State | 5 | 9 | 255 | 28.33 | 1 | 1.8 | 51.0 |
| 122 | Army | 4 | 10 | 295 | 29.50 | 1 | 2.5 | 73.8 |
| 123 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 15 | 445 | 29.67 | 1 | 3.0 | 89.0 |
| 124 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 5 | 154 | 30.80 | 1 | 1.0 | 30.8 |
| 125 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 7 | 217 | 31.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 54.3 |
| 126 | Southern Miss | 5 | 5 | 163 | 32.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 32.6 |
| 127 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 2 | 66 | 33.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 13.2 |
| 128 | USC | 4 | 5 | 166 | 33.20 | 1 | 1.3 | 41.5 |
| 129 | Purdue | 3 | 6 | 201 | 33.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 67.0 |
| 130 | Arkansas | 4 | 4 | 151 | 37.75 | 1 | 1.0 | 37.8 |
| 131 | Illinois | 4 | 4 | 157 | 39.25 | 1 | 1.0 | 39.3 |
| 132 | Nevada | 4 | 4 | 169 | 42.25 | 1 | 1.0 | 42.3 |
| 133 | Baylor | 3 | 3 | 136 | 45.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 45.3 |
| 134 | Georgia State | 4 | 1 | 46 | 46.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 11.5 |