2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games Won Only through 12/27/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberty | 4 | 3 | -14 | -4.67 | 0 | 0.8 | -3.5 |
| 2 | Illinois | 8 | 3 | -13 | -4.33 | 0 | 0.4 | -1.6 |
| 3 | Purdue | 2 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -1.5 |
| 4 | Clemson | 7 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
| 5 | Temple | 5 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.4 | -0.2 |
| 6 | Nebraska | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 8 | Boston College | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 11 | Kansas | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| 11 | Oregon | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 13 | Arkansas State | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| 13 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 13 | UAB | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 13 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| 17 | Ohio State | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| 17 | Air Force | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| 17 | San Jose State | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| 20 | Syracuse | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| 21 | USC | 9 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| 21 | Miami (OH) | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| 21 | Bowling Green | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| 24 | Kent State | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
| 24 | Florida | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
| 26 | Memphis | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| 27 | Appalachian State | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| 28 | Northwestern | 7 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| 28 | Texas State | 6 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| 28 | Nevada | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| 28 | Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 32 | Iowa State | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2.14 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| 32 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| 34 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 8 | 16 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| 34 | Kentucky | 5 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| 36 | Kennesaw State | 10 | 10 | 17 | 1.70 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
| 36 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| 36 | Fresno State | 9 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| 39 | Baylor | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| 39 | Georgia | 12 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| 41 | TCU | 8 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
| 41 | Southern Miss | 7 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
| 43 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| 44 | UCF | 5 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.2 |
| 44 | Colorado State | 2 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.5 |
| 44 | Washington | 9 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| 47 | Old Dominion | 10 | 10 | 22 | 2.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| 47 | Penn State | 7 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| 47 | Marshall | 5 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.4 |
| 47 | Tulsa | 4 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 47 | Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 52 | Buffalo | 5 | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 4.8 |
| 52 | Army | 7 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.4 |
| 54 | Utah | 10 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.5 |
| 54 | New Mexico State | 4 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| 56 | Tennessee | 8 | 6 | 26 | 4.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| 56 | Washington State | 7 | 6 | 26 | 4.33 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| 58 | Texas Tech | 12 | 7 | 27 | 3.86 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| 59 | Akron | 5 | 6 | 28 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.6 |
| 59 | Wyoming | 4 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.0 |
| 61 | Michigan State | 4 | 4 | 29 | 7.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 61 | Colorado | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.7 |
| 63 | Minnesota | 8 | 7 | 31 | 4.43 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| 63 | Kansas State | 6 | 7 | 31 | 4.43 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| 63 | UTEP | 2 | 5 | 31 | 6.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 15.5 |
| 66 | UNLV | 10 | 7 | 33 | 4.71 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 66 | James Madison | 12 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| 66 | North Carolina | 4 | 4 | 33 | 8.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.3 |
| 66 | UCLA | 3 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 70 | Duke | 8 | 7 | 35 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.4 |
| 70 | Maryland | 4 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.8 |
| 72 | Louisiana | 6 | 8 | 38 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| 73 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 7 | 40 | 5.71 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.0 |
| 74 | California | 7 | 8 | 42 | 5.25 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.0 |
| 74 | Western Michigan | 10 | 7 | 42 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| 76 | Troy | 8 | 9 | 43 | 4.78 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.4 |
| 77 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 9 | 44 | 4.89 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| 77 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 4 | 44 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 77 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 4 | 44 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| 80 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 6 | 45 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.3 |
| 80 | South Carolina | 4 | 5 | 45 | 9.00 | 1 | 1.3 | 11.3 |
| 82 | New Mexico | 9 | 11 | 46 | 4.18 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.1 |
| 82 | FIU | 7 | 10 | 46 | 4.60 | 1 | 1.4 | 6.6 |
| 84 | Toledo | 8 | 7 | 48 | 6.86 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.0 |
| 85 | Alabama | 11 | 7 | 49 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| 86 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 4 | 50 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.7 |
| 87 | Ole Miss | 12 | 11 | 52 | 4.73 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| 87 | Delaware | 7 | 8 | 52 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.4 |
| 89 | Navy | 10 | 9 | 53 | 5.89 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.3 |
| 89 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 8 | 53 | 6.63 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| 89 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 7 | 53 | 7.57 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.9 |
| 92 | Michigan | 9 | 9 | 55 | 6.11 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| 93 | Louisville | 9 | 9 | 57 | 6.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| 94 | Arizona | 9 | 8 | 58 | 7.25 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.4 |
| 95 | Missouri | 8 | 6 | 59 | 9.83 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
| 96 | South Alabama | 4 | 5 | 60 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.0 |
| 97 | Oregon State | 2 | 7 | 61 | 8.71 | 0 | 3.5 | 30.5 |
| 98 | Connecticut | 9 | 7 | 63 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.0 |
| 99 | North Texas | 12 | 5 | 64 | 12.80 | 1 | 0.4 | 5.3 |
| 100 | Boise State | 9 | 5 | 65 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 7.2 |
| 101 | West Virginia | 4 | 10 | 67 | 6.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 16.8 |
| 101 | Ohio | 9 | 7 | 67 | 9.57 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
| 103 | Utah State | 6 | 10 | 68 | 6.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 11.3 |
| 104 | Wake Forest | 8 | 8 | 69 | 8.63 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.6 |
| 105 | Iowa | 8 | 5 | 73 | 14.60 | 0 | 0.6 | 9.1 |
| 106 | SMU | 8 | 9 | 74 | 8.22 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.3 |
| 107 | Texas A&M | 11 | 8 | 79 | 9.88 | 1 | 0.7 | 7.2 |
| 108 | East Carolina | 9 | 6 | 83 | 13.83 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.2 |
| 109 | Ball State | 4 | 4 | 84 | 21.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 110 | Indiana | 13 | 12 | 90 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.9 |
| 110 | Wisconsin | 4 | 8 | 90 | 11.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.5 |
| 112 | Tulane | 11 | 12 | 95 | 7.92 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.6 |
| 112 | Central Michigan | 7 | 6 | 95 | 15.83 | 1 | 0.9 | 13.6 |
| 114 | BYU | 12 | 8 | 97 | 12.13 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.1 |
| 115 | San Diego State | 9 | 9 | 100 | 11.11 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.1 |
| 116 | Stanford | 4 | 7 | 105 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 26.3 |
| 117 | USF | 9 | 5 | 107 | 21.40 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.9 |
| 118 | Texas | 9 | 12 | 112 | 9.33 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.4 |
| 119 | Rice | 5 | 9 | 114 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.8 | 22.8 |
| 120 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 15 | 116 | 7.73 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.9 |
| 121 | UTSA | 7 | 12 | 120 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.7 | 17.1 |
| 121 | NC State | 8 | 8 | 120 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 123 | Oklahoma | 10 | 20 | 131 | 6.55 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.1 |
| 124 | Houston | 10 | 13 | 143 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.3 |
| 125 | Missouri State | 7 | 12 | 144 | 12.00 | 1 | 1.7 | 20.6 |
| 126 | LSU | 7 | 13 | 153 | 11.77 | 1 | 1.9 | 21.9 |
| 127 | Arizona State | 8 | 12 | 163 | 13.58 | 0 | 1.5 | 20.4 |
| 128 | Virginia | 11 | 20 | 188 | 9.40 | 0 | 1.8 | 17.1 |
| 129 | Hawaii | 9 | 13 | 189 | 14.54 | 1 | 1.4 | 21.0 |
| 130 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 11 | 192 | 17.45 | 1 | 1.8 | 32.0 |