2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 12/27/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 6 | 2 | -4 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.7 |
| 2 | Florida State | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 3 | Utah | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| 5 | Clemson | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| 5 | Oregon | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 5 | San Jose State | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 8 | Missouri | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| 9 | Temple | 8 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| 9 | Fresno State | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| 12 | Texas State | 6 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| 12 | Memphis | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 12 | Notre Dame | 7 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| 15 | Iowa State | 7 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| 16 | Navy | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| 17 | Delaware | 6 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.8 |
| 18 | Toledo | 5 | 10 | 18 | 1.80 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.6 |
| 18 | Baylor | 7 | 7 | 18 | 2.57 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| 18 | Connecticut | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 21 | East Carolina | 7 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| 21 | Ohio | 3 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.7 |
| 23 | Washington State | 8 | 7 | 22 | 3.14 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
| 23 | Nebraska | 7 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| 25 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| 26 | Boise State | 8 | 8 | 24 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 27 | Middle Tennessee State | 6 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
| 28 | Boston College | 8 | 8 | 27 | 3.38 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| 29 | Central Michigan | 5 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.6 |
| 30 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 8 | 29 | 3.63 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| 30 | Army | 6 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
| 32 | UNLV | 5 | 8 | 30 | 3.75 | 0 | 1.6 | 6.0 |
| 32 | Tulsa | 5 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
| 34 | Iowa | 7 | 4 | 35 | 8.75 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| 35 | Kansas State | 6 | 9 | 37 | 4.11 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.2 |
| 35 | Auburn | 6 | 7 | 37 | 5.29 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.2 |
| 37 | Texas Tech | 5 | 7 | 38 | 5.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.6 |
| 37 | Southern Miss | 5 | 6 | 38 | 6.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.6 |
| 39 | Kennesaw State | 9 | 7 | 39 | 5.57 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| 39 | Air Force | 7 | 6 | 39 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.6 |
| 41 | New Mexico | 5 | 11 | 40 | 3.64 | 0 | 2.2 | 8.0 |
| 41 | Arizona | 6 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.7 |
| 43 | Buffalo | 5 | 8 | 41 | 5.13 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.2 |
| 44 | Louisville | 8 | 11 | 42 | 3.82 | 0 | 1.4 | 5.3 |
| 45 | Duke | 10 | 12 | 45 | 3.75 | 0 | 1.2 | 4.5 |
| 45 | James Madison | 5 | 6 | 45 | 7.50 | 1 | 1.2 | 9.0 |
| 47 | Western Michigan | 6 | 5 | 46 | 9.20 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.7 |
| 48 | Marshall | 4 | 9 | 47 | 5.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 11.8 |
| 49 | Washington | 6 | 4 | 48 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.0 |
| 50 | Florida | 8 | 6 | 50 | 8.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| 51 | Northwestern | 9 | 11 | 51 | 4.64 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.7 |
| 51 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 6 | 51 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| 53 | New Mexico State | 6 | 12 | 52 | 4.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.7 |
| 54 | Penn State | 8 | 6 | 53 | 8.83 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.6 |
| 55 | South Carolina | 8 | 9 | 54 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.8 |
| 55 | Jacksonville State | 7 | 7 | 54 | 7.71 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.7 |
| 55 | Illinois | 7 | 7 | 54 | 7.71 | 1 | 1.0 | 7.7 |
| 58 | Ole Miss | 6 | 7 | 55 | 7.86 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.2 |
| 59 | Maryland | 5 | 6 | 56 | 9.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 11.2 |
| 60 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 0.4 | 8.3 |
| 61 | San Diego State | 7 | 14 | 59 | 4.21 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.4 |
| 61 | Rutgers | 8 | 5 | 59 | 11.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 7.4 |
| 63 | Miami (OH) | 6 | 6 | 61 | 10.17 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.2 |
| 64 | Purdue | 9 | 15 | 62 | 4.13 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.9 |
| 64 | SMU | 7 | 11 | 62 | 5.64 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.9 |
| 64 | Indiana | 7 | 8 | 62 | 7.75 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.9 |
| 64 | Arkansas State | 5 | 6 | 62 | 10.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 12.4 |
| 68 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 8 | 66 | 8.25 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.4 |
| 68 | USF | 7 | 4 | 66 | 16.50 | 0 | 0.6 | 9.4 |
| 70 | Michigan | 8 | 12 | 68 | 5.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 71 | Kansas | 7 | 11 | 69 | 6.27 | 0 | 1.6 | 9.9 |
| 71 | Liberty | 8 | 7 | 69 | 9.86 | 0 | 0.9 | 8.6 |
| 73 | Troy | 7 | 10 | 73 | 7.30 | 0 | 1.4 | 10.4 |
| 73 | North Texas | 8 | 5 | 73 | 14.60 | 1 | 0.6 | 9.1 |
| 75 | Louisiana | 6 | 11 | 74 | 6.73 | 0 | 1.8 | 12.3 |
| 75 | Tulane | 9 | 10 | 74 | 7.40 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.2 |
| 75 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 6 | 74 | 12.33 | 0 | 0.9 | 10.6 |
| 78 | Ball State | 4 | 9 | 76 | 8.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 19.0 |
| 78 | BYU | 9 | 7 | 76 | 10.86 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.4 |
| 80 | California | 7 | 11 | 83 | 7.55 | 0 | 1.6 | 11.9 |
| 81 | Rice | 7 | 11 | 84 | 7.64 | 0 | 1.6 | 12.0 |
| 82 | Wake Forest | 7 | 9 | 86 | 9.56 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.3 |
| 82 | UAB | 7 | 7 | 86 | 12.29 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| 84 | Nevada | 7 | 8 | 87 | 10.88 | 1 | 1.1 | 12.4 |
| 85 | UCF | 5 | 6 | 88 | 14.67 | 1 | 1.2 | 17.6 |
| 86 | Appalachian State | 5 | 12 | 90 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.4 | 18.0 |
| 86 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 8 | 90 | 11.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.5 |
| 88 | West Virginia | 8 | 18 | 93 | 5.17 | 0 | 2.3 | 11.6 |
| 89 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 9 | 94 | 10.44 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.4 |
| 89 | Hawaii | 5 | 5 | 94 | 18.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.8 |
| 89 | TCU | 6 | 4 | 94 | 23.50 | 1 | 0.7 | 15.7 |
| 92 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 11 | 95 | 8.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 23.8 |
| 93 | Missouri State | 7 | 10 | 98 | 9.80 | 0 | 1.4 | 14.0 |
| 93 | Arkansas | 9 | 5 | 98 | 19.60 | 1 | 0.6 | 10.9 |
| 95 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 8 | 101 | 12.63 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.8 |
| 96 | Alabama | 8 | 7 | 102 | 14.57 | 0 | 0.9 | 12.8 |
| 96 | USC | 8 | 4 | 102 | 25.50 | 1 | 0.5 | 12.8 |
| 98 | Texas | 5 | 8 | 105 | 13.13 | 0 | 1.6 | 21.0 |
| 99 | Colorado State | 9 | 17 | 106 | 6.24 | 0 | 1.9 | 11.8 |
| 99 | Old Dominion | 4 | 8 | 106 | 13.25 | 1 | 2.0 | 26.5 |
| 101 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 11 | 107 | 9.73 | 0 | 1.4 | 13.4 |
| 102 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 17 | 109 | 6.41 | 0 | 2.8 | 18.2 |
| 103 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 8 | 110 | 13.75 | 0 | 1.1 | 15.7 |
| 103 | Cincinnati | 6 | 6 | 110 | 18.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 18.3 |
| 103 | Houston | 5 | 5 | 110 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 106 | Arizona State | 6 | 7 | 113 | 16.14 | 0 | 1.2 | 18.8 |
| 107 | UCLA | 10 | 16 | 116 | 7.25 | 1 | 1.6 | 11.6 |
| 108 | Utah State | 8 | 11 | 117 | 10.64 | 1 | 1.4 | 14.6 |
| 109 | North Carolina | 7 | 12 | 118 | 9.83 | 0 | 1.7 | 16.9 |
| 110 | Charlotte | 7 | 13 | 123 | 9.46 | 0 | 1.9 | 17.6 |
| 111 | FIU | 8 | 11 | 128 | 11.64 | 1 | 1.4 | 16.0 |
| 112 | Bowling Green | 5 | 6 | 131 | 21.83 | 1 | 1.2 | 26.2 |
| 113 | Syracuse | 9 | 14 | 139 | 9.93 | 2 | 1.6 | 15.4 |
| 113 | UTEP | 6 | 10 | 139 | 13.90 | 1 | 1.7 | 23.2 |
| 115 | South Alabama | 5 | 14 | 142 | 10.14 | 0 | 2.8 | 28.4 |
| 116 | Akron | 3 | 10 | 143 | 14.30 | 0 | 3.3 | 47.7 |
| 117 | NC State | 9 | 10 | 147 | 14.70 | 0 | 1.1 | 16.3 |
| 118 | Kent State | 4 | 10 | 152 | 15.20 | 1 | 2.5 | 38.0 |
| 119 | Oklahoma | 8 | 17 | 154 | 9.06 | 1 | 2.1 | 19.3 |
| 119 | Mississippi State | 8 | 11 | 154 | 14.00 | 1 | 1.4 | 19.3 |
| 121 | Kentucky | 7 | 11 | 164 | 14.91 | 0 | 1.6 | 23.4 |
| 122 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 19 | 165 | 8.68 | 0 | 2.4 | 20.6 |
| 123 | Wyoming | 5 | 15 | 169 | 11.27 | 2 | 3.0 | 33.8 |
| 124 | Minnesota | 7 | 13 | 174 | 13.38 | 1 | 1.9 | 24.9 |
| 125 | Texas A&M | 6 | 11 | 175 | 15.91 | 1 | 1.8 | 29.2 |
| 126 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 11 | 186 | 16.91 | 0 | 1.2 | 20.7 |
| 127 | Stanford | 8 | 13 | 190 | 14.62 | 0 | 1.6 | 23.8 |
| 128 | Wisconsin | 9 | 21 | 208 | 9.90 | 0 | 2.3 | 23.1 |
| 129 | Colorado | 9 | 23 | 228 | 9.91 | 0 | 2.6 | 25.3 |
| 130 | Virginia | 8 | 15 | 239 | 15.93 | 1 | 1.9 | 29.9 |
| 131 | LSU | 9 | 16 | 249 | 15.56 | 1 | 1.8 | 27.7 |
| 132 | UTSA | 7 | 16 | 263 | 16.44 | 2 | 2.3 | 37.6 |
| 133 | Massachusetts | 5 | 11 | 270 | 24.55 | 1 | 2.2 | 54.0 |
| 134 | Georgia State | 6 | 18 | 276 | 15.33 | 1 | 3.0 | 46.0 |
| 135 | Michigan State | 8 | 21 | 351 | 16.71 | 2 | 2.6 | 43.9 |
| 136 | Oregon State | 8 | 29 | 504 | 17.38 | 1 | 3.6 | 63.0 |