2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games Won Only through 01/02/2026
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida State | 5 | 1 | -7 | -7.00 | 0 | 0.2 | -1.4 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 16 | 159 | 9.94 | 0 | 5.3 | 53.0 |
| 4 | Akron | 5 | 13 | 154 | 11.85 | 0 | 2.6 | 30.8 |
| 5 | New Mexico State | 4 | 6 | 75 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 18.8 |
| 6 | Tulane | 11 | 5 | 66 | 13.20 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 5 | 66 | 13.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.5 |
| 6 | Air Force | 4 | 5 | 66 | 13.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.5 |
| 9 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 4 | 53 | 13.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.7 |
| 10 | UCLA | 3 | 4 | 54 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 18.0 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 8 | 8 | 110 | 13.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.8 |
| 12 | Georgia | 12 | 13 | 179 | 13.77 | 0 | 1.1 | 14.9 |
| 13 | Oregon State | 2 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 14 | South Alabama | 4 | 5 | 71 | 14.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.8 |
| 15 | Western Michigan | 10 | 18 | 269 | 14.94 | 0 | 1.8 | 26.9 |
| 16 | Missouri State | 7 | 11 | 166 | 15.09 | 0 | 1.6 | 23.7 |
| 17 | Fresno State | 9 | 23 | 348 | 15.13 | 0 | 2.6 | 38.7 |
| 18 | Iowa | 9 | 24 | 365 | 15.21 | 0 | 2.7 | 40.6 |
| 19 | Rutgers | 5 | 9 | 137 | 15.22 | 0 | 1.8 | 27.4 |
| 20 | Rice | 5 | 4 | 61 | 15.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.2 |
| 21 | Bowling Green | 4 | 11 | 168 | 15.27 | 0 | 2.8 | 42.0 |
| 22 | Virginia | 11 | 24 | 373 | 15.54 | 0 | 2.2 | 33.9 |
| 23 | Arkansas State | 7 | 18 | 282 | 15.67 | 0 | 2.6 | 40.3 |
| 24 | South Carolina | 4 | 9 | 145 | 16.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 36.3 |
| 25 | Ball State | 4 | 12 | 194 | 16.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 48.5 |
| 26 | Miami (FL) | 12 | 5 | 81 | 16.20 | 0 | 0.4 | 6.8 |
| 27 | Wake Forest | 9 | 8 | 131 | 16.38 | 0 | 0.9 | 14.6 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 10 | 18 | 296 | 16.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.6 |
| 29 | Texas Tech | 12 | 16 | 264 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.0 |
| 30 | Ohio State | 12 | 16 | 266 | 16.63 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.2 |
| 31 | BYU | 12 | 16 | 267 | 16.69 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.3 |
| 32 | Memphis | 8 | 16 | 269 | 16.81 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.6 |
| 33 | Cincinnati | 7 | 13 | 219 | 16.85 | 0 | 1.9 | 31.3 |
| 34 | Florida | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 34 | Purdue | 2 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 36 | Missouri | 8 | 25 | 426 | 17.04 | 0 | 3.1 | 53.3 |
| 37 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 10 | 171 | 17.10 | 0 | 1.7 | 28.5 |
| 38 | Nebraska | 7 | 19 | 326 | 17.16 | 0 | 2.7 | 46.6 |
| 39 | Utah State | 6 | 17 | 293 | 17.24 | 0 | 2.8 | 48.8 |
| 40 | Kentucky | 5 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.8 |
| 41 | Mississippi State | 5 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 24.2 |
| 42 | Alabama | 11 | 21 | 365 | 17.38 | 1 | 1.9 | 33.2 |
| 43 | Delaware | 7 | 12 | 212 | 17.67 | 0 | 1.7 | 30.3 |
| 44 | Michigan State | 4 | 7 | 124 | 17.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 31.0 |
| 45 | Ole Miss | 13 | 10 | 178 | 17.80 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.7 |
| 46 | Temple | 5 | 6 | 108 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 21.6 |
| 46 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 22 | 396 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.4 | 44.0 |
| 48 | Baylor | 5 | 14 | 253 | 18.07 | 0 | 2.8 | 50.6 |
| 49 | West Virginia | 4 | 11 | 199 | 18.09 | 0 | 2.8 | 49.8 |
| 50 | North Carolina | 4 | 7 | 127 | 18.14 | 0 | 1.8 | 31.8 |
| 51 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 9 | 164 | 18.22 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.2 |
| 52 | Troy | 8 | 15 | 275 | 18.33 | 0 | 1.9 | 34.4 |
| 53 | UCF | 5 | 8 | 147 | 18.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 29.4 |
| 54 | Louisville | 9 | 18 | 332 | 18.44 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.9 |
| 55 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 4 | 74 | 18.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.3 |
| 56 | Hawaii | 9 | 30 | 556 | 18.53 | 0 | 3.3 | 61.8 |
| 57 | LSU | 7 | 5 | 93 | 18.60 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.3 |
| 58 | Stanford | 4 | 5 | 94 | 18.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.5 |
| 59 | Kent State | 5 | 11 | 207 | 18.82 | 0 | 2.2 | 41.4 |
| 60 | North Texas | 12 | 38 | 718 | 18.89 | 0 | 3.2 | 59.8 |
| 61 | Washington State | 7 | 14 | 265 | 18.93 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.9 |
| 62 | Maryland | 4 | 16 | 303 | 18.94 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.8 |
| 63 | California | 7 | 23 | 439 | 19.09 | 0 | 3.3 | 62.7 |
| 64 | Liberty | 4 | 8 | 154 | 19.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.5 |
| 64 | Iowa State | 8 | 32 | 616 | 19.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 77.0 |
| 66 | Navy | 11 | 24 | 463 | 19.29 | 0 | 2.2 | 42.1 |
| 67 | UTEP | 2 | 10 | 193 | 19.30 | 0 | 5.0 | 96.5 |
| 68 | Utah | 11 | 19 | 367 | 19.32 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.4 |
| 69 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.3 |
| 70 | Texas A&M | 11 | 19 | 368 | 19.37 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.5 |
| 71 | Old Dominion | 10 | 45 | 880 | 19.56 | 0 | 4.5 | 88.0 |
| 72 | SMU | 9 | 21 | 411 | 19.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.7 |
| 72 | Central Michigan | 7 | 23 | 450 | 19.57 | 0 | 3.3 | 64.3 |
| 74 | Duke | 9 | 14 | 275 | 19.64 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.6 |
| 75 | New Mexico | 9 | 10 | 197 | 19.70 | 0 | 1.1 | 21.9 |
| 76 | Notre Dame | 10 | 12 | 237 | 19.75 | 0 | 1.2 | 23.7 |
| 77 | Indiana | 14 | 31 | 614 | 19.81 | 0 | 2.2 | 43.9 |
| 78 | Boston College | 2 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.5 |
| 79 | Louisiana | 6 | 22 | 437 | 19.86 | 1 | 3.7 | 72.8 |
| 80 | Kennesaw State | 10 | 32 | 636 | 19.88 | 0 | 3.2 | 63.6 |
| 81 | Tulsa | 4 | 9 | 179 | 19.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.8 |
| 82 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 24 | 481 | 20.04 | 0 | 3.0 | 60.1 |
| 83 | Oregon | 13 | 20 | 401 | 20.05 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.8 |
| 84 | UTSA | 7 | 17 | 344 | 20.24 | 1 | 2.4 | 49.1 |
| 85 | San Diego State | 9 | 8 | 162 | 20.25 | 0 | 0.9 | 18.0 |
| 86 | Marshall | 5 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.2 |
| 87 | UAB | 4 | 14 | 285 | 20.36 | 1 | 3.5 | 71.3 |
| 88 | Michigan | 9 | 10 | 204 | 20.40 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.7 |
| 89 | James Madison | 12 | 25 | 515 | 20.60 | 0 | 2.1 | 42.9 |
| 89 | San Jose State | 3 | 10 | 206 | 20.60 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.7 |
| 91 | Kansas State | 6 | 14 | 289 | 20.64 | 0 | 2.3 | 48.2 |
| 92 | USF | 9 | 12 | 250 | 20.83 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.8 |
| 93 | Texas | 10 | 18 | 377 | 20.94 | 0 | 1.8 | 37.7 |
| 94 | TCU | 9 | 21 | 440 | 20.95 | 0 | 2.3 | 48.9 |
| 95 | Northwestern | 7 | 23 | 482 | 20.96 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.9 |
| 96 | Penn State | 7 | 15 | 316 | 21.07 | 0 | 2.1 | 45.1 |
| 96 | FIU | 7 | 29 | 611 | 21.07 | 0 | 4.1 | 87.3 |
| 98 | East Carolina | 9 | 26 | 548 | 21.08 | 0 | 2.9 | 60.9 |
| 99 | Kansas | 5 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 17.2 |
| 99 | Arizona State | 8 | 20 | 430 | 21.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 53.8 |
| 101 | Syracuse | 3 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 36.3 |
| 102 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 9 | 198 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 19.8 |
| 102 | Texas State | 7 | 11 | 242 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 34.6 |
| 104 | Clemson | 7 | 7 | 156 | 22.29 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.3 |
| 105 | Auburn | 5 | 8 | 179 | 22.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 35.8 |
| 106 | Arizona | 9 | 4 | 91 | 22.75 | 0 | 0.4 | 10.1 |
| 107 | Connecticut | 9 | 17 | 390 | 22.94 | 0 | 1.9 | 43.3 |
| 108 | Nevada | 3 | 3 | 69 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 108 | Appalachian State | 5 | 7 | 161 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 32.2 |
| 108 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 6 | 138 | 23.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 69.0 |
| 111 | USC | 9 | 17 | 392 | 23.06 | 0 | 1.9 | 43.6 |
| 111 | Toledo | 8 | 17 | 392 | 23.06 | 0 | 2.1 | 49.0 |
| 113 | Minnesota | 8 | 9 | 209 | 23.22 | 1 | 1.1 | 26.1 |
| 114 | UNLV | 10 | 22 | 522 | 23.73 | 1 | 2.2 | 52.2 |
| 115 | Colorado State | 2 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 12.0 |
| 116 | Washington | 9 | 17 | 409 | 24.06 | 0 | 1.9 | 45.4 |
| 117 | Miami (OH) | 7 | 19 | 467 | 24.58 | 0 | 2.7 | 66.7 |
| 118 | Southern Miss | 7 | 11 | 272 | 24.73 | 0 | 1.6 | 38.9 |
| 119 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 26 | 649 | 24.96 | 1 | 3.7 | 92.7 |
| 120 | Ohio | 9 | 23 | 576 | 25.04 | 0 | 2.6 | 64.0 |
| 121 | Buffalo | 5 | 5 | 127 | 25.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.4 |
| 122 | Army | 7 | 17 | 432 | 25.41 | 1 | 2.4 | 61.7 |
| 123 | Houston | 10 | 25 | 672 | 26.88 | 1 | 2.5 | 67.2 |
| 124 | NC State | 8 | 15 | 404 | 26.93 | 1 | 1.9 | 50.5 |
| 125 | Illinois | 9 | 8 | 216 | 27.00 | 1 | 0.9 | 24.0 |
| 126 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 11 | 305 | 27.73 | 0 | 2.8 | 76.3 |
| 127 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 12 | 341 | 28.42 | 1 | 1.3 | 37.9 |
| 128 | Boise State | 9 | 9 | 256 | 28.44 | 1 | 1.0 | 28.4 |
| 129 | Wyoming | 4 | 10 | 301 | 30.10 | 0 | 2.5 | 75.3 |
| 130 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 8 | 257 | 32.13 | 1 | 2.7 | 85.7 |
| 131 | Arkansas | 2 | 4 | 151 | 37.75 | 1 | 2.0 | 75.5 |