2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 11/01/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| 3 | Wake Forest | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| 4 | Kent State | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 5 | New Mexico State | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.7 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| 7 | Tulane | 4 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.8 |
| 8 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
| 9 | Illinois | 3 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.7 |
| 10 | Boise State | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.3 |
| 13 | Arizona | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.5 |
| 14 | Iowa | 3 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.7 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.7 |
| 14 | Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.7 |
| 17 | USF | 4 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.8 |
| 18 | Arkansas State | 4 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.8 |
| 19 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| 20 | Georgia State | 4 | 1 | 46 | 46.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 11.5 |
| 21 | LSU | 3 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.3 |
| 22 | UCLA | 3 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.7 |
| 23 | Troy | 4 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.0 |
| 24 | Rutgers | 3 | 5 | 40 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.3 |
| 25 | Temple | 4 | 4 | 54 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.5 |
| 26 | Rice | 4 | 3 | 56 | 18.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.0 |
| 26 | Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 14.0 |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 1 | 42 | 42.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 14.0 |
| 29 | Toledo | 4 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.0 |
| 30 | Kansas | 3 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.3 |
| 30 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.3 |
| 32 | Washington State | 8 | 8 | 140 | 17.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.5 |
| 33 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 4 | 56 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 18.7 |
| 34 | Minnesota | 3 | 5 | 57 | 11.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 19.0 |
| 35 | Notre Dame | 8 | 7 | 156 | 22.29 | 0 | 0.9 | 19.5 |
| 36 | Ole Miss | 3 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.7 |
| 37 | Marshall | 4 | 4 | 83 | 20.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.8 |
| 38 | North Carolina | 4 | 5 | 89 | 17.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.3 |
| 39 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.5 |
| 40 | Delaware | 3 | 3 | 68 | 22.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.7 |
| 41 | Mississippi State | 4 | 6 | 92 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.0 |
| 42 | Oklahoma | 4 | 8 | 93 | 11.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.3 |
| 42 | Florida | 3 | 3 | 70 | 23.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.3 |
| 44 | San Diego State | 4 | 5 | 94 | 18.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.5 |
| 44 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 5 | 94 | 18.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.5 |
| 46 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 5 | 71 | 14.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 23.7 |
| 46 | Utah | 3 | 4 | 71 | 17.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.7 |
| 48 | Texas A&M | 3 | 4 | 72 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.0 |
| 49 | Liberty | 4 | 6 | 99 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.8 |
| 50 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.0 |
| 50 | Western Michigan | 4 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.0 |
| 52 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 7 | 104 | 14.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 26.0 |
| 52 | Georgia | 2 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.0 |
| 54 | Syracuse | 3 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.7 |
| 54 | Stanford | 3 | 3 | 80 | 26.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 26.7 |
| 56 | Michigan | 3 | 6 | 81 | 13.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 27.0 |
| 56 | Texas Tech | 3 | 5 | 81 | 16.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 27.0 |
| 58 | Duke | 3 | 3 | 83 | 27.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 27.7 |
| 59 | Appalachian State | 4 | 5 | 113 | 22.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.3 |
| 60 | Texas State | 4 | 5 | 114 | 22.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.5 |
| 61 | San Jose State | 4 | 7 | 116 | 16.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.0 |
| 61 | New Mexico | 4 | 6 | 116 | 19.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.0 |
| 61 | NC State | 3 | 4 | 87 | 21.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 29.0 |
| 64 | Northwestern | 3 | 7 | 88 | 12.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 29.3 |
| 65 | Tulsa | 3 | 3 | 89 | 29.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.7 |
| 66 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 15 | 121 | 8.07 | 0 | 3.8 | 30.3 |
| 67 | Missouri State | 4 | 6 | 122 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.5 |
| 68 | South Carolina | 2 | 4 | 62 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 69 | Buffalo | 4 | 7 | 128 | 18.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.0 |
| 69 | Navy | 2 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.0 |
| 71 | Colorado State | 4 | 5 | 131 | 26.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 32.8 |
| 72 | Indiana | 3 | 5 | 99 | 19.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.0 |
| 73 | Memphis | 4 | 7 | 133 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 33.3 |
| 74 | West Virginia | 3 | 7 | 102 | 14.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 34.0 |
| 74 | Oregon | 3 | 6 | 102 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 74 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 4 | 102 | 25.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 34.0 |
| 77 | Houston | 3 | 5 | 103 | 20.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 34.3 |
| 78 | Connecticut | 9 | 15 | 318 | 21.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 35.3 |
| 79 | Hawaii | 4 | 9 | 144 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 36.0 |
| 80 | Ohio | 4 | 8 | 147 | 18.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.8 |
| 81 | Michigan State | 3 | 6 | 111 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 82 | Arkansas | 4 | 4 | 151 | 37.75 | 1 | 1.0 | 37.8 |
| 83 | Virginia | 3 | 7 | 116 | 16.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 38.7 |
| 84 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 8 | 156 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 85 | Air Force | 3 | 7 | 119 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 39.7 |
| 85 | Washington | 3 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.7 |
| 87 | Cincinnati | 3 | 7 | 120 | 17.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 40.0 |
| 88 | Southern Miss | 4 | 5 | 163 | 32.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 40.8 |
| 89 | Central Michigan | 4 | 8 | 166 | 20.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.5 |
| 90 | Louisville | 3 | 7 | 127 | 18.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.3 |
| 90 | Nevada | 4 | 4 | 169 | 42.25 | 1 | 1.0 | 42.3 |
| 92 | UTEP | 4 | 10 | 172 | 17.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 43.0 |
| 93 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 3 | 132 | 44.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 44.0 |
| 94 | Auburn | 3 | 6 | 134 | 22.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.7 |
| 95 | Louisiana | 4 | 11 | 179 | 16.27 | 0 | 2.8 | 44.8 |
| 96 | Baylor | 3 | 3 | 136 | 45.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 45.3 |
| 97 | BYU | 3 | 8 | 137 | 17.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 45.7 |
| 97 | James Madison | 3 | 8 | 137 | 17.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 45.7 |
| 99 | Bowling Green | 4 | 9 | 186 | 20.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.5 |
| 100 | East Carolina | 4 | 8 | 189 | 23.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.3 |
| 101 | Alabama | 3 | 7 | 143 | 20.43 | 1 | 2.3 | 47.7 |
| 102 | UCF | 3 | 8 | 147 | 18.38 | 0 | 2.7 | 49.0 |
| 103 | Kennesaw State | 4 | 12 | 198 | 16.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 49.5 |
| 103 | UTSA | 4 | 7 | 198 | 28.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 49.5 |
| 105 | UAB | 4 | 9 | 199 | 22.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 49.8 |
| 106 | Fresno State | 4 | 13 | 204 | 15.69 | 0 | 3.3 | 51.0 |
| 107 | Utah State | 4 | 9 | 209 | 23.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 52.3 |
| 108 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 7 | 217 | 31.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 54.3 |
| 109 | Ball State | 4 | 11 | 218 | 19.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.5 |
| 109 | California | 4 | 11 | 218 | 19.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.5 |
| 109 | South Alabama | 4 | 9 | 218 | 24.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 54.5 |
| 112 | Penn State | 3 | 8 | 164 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.7 | 54.7 |
| 113 | Arizona State | 3 | 7 | 166 | 23.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 55.3 |
| 113 | Wyoming | 4 | 9 | 221 | 24.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 55.3 |
| 113 | USC | 3 | 5 | 166 | 33.20 | 1 | 1.7 | 55.3 |
| 116 | Missouri | 4 | 15 | 231 | 15.40 | 0 | 3.8 | 57.8 |
| 117 | FIU | 4 | 11 | 232 | 21.09 | 0 | 2.8 | 58.0 |
| 117 | Army | 3 | 4 | 174 | 43.50 | 1 | 1.3 | 58.0 |
| 119 | North Texas | 4 | 13 | 233 | 17.92 | 0 | 3.3 | 58.3 |
| 120 | Akron | 4 | 9 | 244 | 27.11 | 1 | 2.3 | 61.0 |
| 121 | Nebraska | 3 | 11 | 185 | 16.82 | 0 | 3.7 | 61.7 |
| 122 | Boston College | 4 | 10 | 252 | 25.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 63.0 |
| 123 | Oregon State | 8 | 24 | 531 | 22.13 | 0 | 3.0 | 66.4 |
| 124 | Purdue | 3 | 6 | 201 | 33.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 67.0 |
| 125 | Iowa State | 3 | 11 | 206 | 18.73 | 0 | 3.7 | 68.7 |
| 126 | SMU | 4 | 13 | 282 | 21.69 | 0 | 3.3 | 70.5 |
| 126 | Massachusetts | 4 | 11 | 282 | 25.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 70.5 |
| 128 | TCU | 3 | 10 | 215 | 21.50 | 0 | 3.3 | 71.7 |
| 129 | Maryland | 3 | 12 | 217 | 18.08 | 0 | 4.0 | 72.3 |
| 130 | Jacksonville State | 4 | 11 | 295 | 26.82 | 1 | 2.8 | 73.8 |
| 131 | UNLV | 4 | 15 | 393 | 26.20 | 1 | 3.8 | 98.3 |
| 132 | Old Dominion | 4 | 19 | 423 | 22.26 | 0 | 4.8 | 105.8 |