2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games Lost Only through 11/01/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USF | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 
| 2 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 
| 3 | Arizona State | 3 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.7 | 
| 4 | Boise State | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 
| 5 | Nebraska | 3 | 4 | 45 | 11.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.0 | 
| 6 | TCU | 2 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 17.0 | 
| 7 | North Texas | 1 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 36.0 | 
| 8 | Wisconsin | 6 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 
| 8 | Texas | 2 | 4 | 52 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.0 | 
| 10 | Mississippi State | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 
| 11 | UCLA | 5 | 6 | 85 | 14.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 17.0 | 
| 12 | Ohio | 3 | 5 | 72 | 14.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 24.0 | 
| 13 | Michigan State | 6 | 8 | 117 | 14.63 | 0 | 1.3 | 19.5 | 
| 14 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 | 
| 14 | Army | 4 | 7 | 105 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 26.3 | 
| 14 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 11 | 165 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 27.5 | 
| 17 | Michigan | 2 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.0 | 
| 18 | Tulsa | 6 | 9 | 144 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.0 | 
| 19 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 6 | 97 | 16.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 48.5 | 
| 20 | Troy | 3 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.3 | 
| 20 | Air Force | 6 | 12 | 196 | 16.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.7 | 
| 22 | UTEP | 6 | 11 | 181 | 16.45 | 0 | 1.8 | 30.2 | 
| 23 | Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.5 | 
| 23 | Liberty | 4 | 6 | 99 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.8 | 
| 25 | Old Dominion | 3 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.3 | 
| 26 | Florida State | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 
| 26 | Duke | 3 | 3 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 | 
| 28 | Buffalo | 4 | 6 | 103 | 17.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.8 | 
| 29 | Temple | 4 | 4 | 69 | 17.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.3 | 
| 30 | Rice | 5 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.4 | 
| 31 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 3 | 53 | 17.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.5 | 
| 31 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 3 | 53 | 17.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.5 | 
| 33 | Arkansas State | 4 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.0 | 
| 33 | Washington State | 5 | 4 | 72 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.4 | 
| 33 | Memphis | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 
| 33 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 | 
| 33 | FIU | 5 | 15 | 270 | 18.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.0 | 
| 38 | Missouri State | 3 | 6 | 109 | 18.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.3 | 
| 39 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 9 | 164 | 18.22 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.4 | 
| 40 | Missouri | 2 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.5 | 
| 41 | Texas State | 5 | 6 | 110 | 18.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 22.0 | 
| 42 | New Mexico | 3 | 7 | 129 | 18.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 43.0 | 
| 43 | Kent State | 5 | 5 | 93 | 18.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.6 | 
| 44 | Kansas | 4 | 8 | 149 | 18.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.3 | 
| 45 | Kentucky | 5 | 3 | 56 | 18.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.2 | 
| 46 | Utah | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.5 | 
| 46 | San Jose State | 5 | 8 | 152 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.4 | 
| 48 | Louisiana | 6 | 16 | 305 | 19.06 | 0 | 2.7 | 50.8 | 
| 49 | Wake Forest | 3 | 4 | 77 | 19.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.7 | 
| 50 | North Carolina | 5 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.6 | 
| 51 | Ball State | 5 | 9 | 175 | 19.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.0 | 
| 52 | Penn State | 5 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 7.8 | 
| 53 | California | 4 | 11 | 216 | 19.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.0 | 
| 54 | Houston | 2 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.5 | 
| 55 | Middle Tennessee State | 7 | 6 | 120 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 17.1 | 
| 55 | South Carolina | 6 | 9 | 180 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.0 | 
| 55 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.3 | 
| 58 | Appalachian State | 4 | 4 | 81 | 20.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.3 | 
| 59 | Florida | 5 | 7 | 143 | 20.43 | 0 | 1.4 | 28.6 | 
| 60 | Fresno State | 3 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.7 | 
| 60 | Charlotte | 7 | 6 | 123 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 17.6 | 
| 62 | NC State | 4 | 11 | 226 | 20.55 | 0 | 2.8 | 56.5 | 
| 63 | Western Michigan | 4 | 5 | 103 | 20.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.8 | 
| 64 | Central Michigan | 4 | 9 | 186 | 20.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.5 | 
| 65 | Auburn | 5 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 8.4 | 
| 65 | Navy | 1 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 | 
| 67 | Hawaii | 3 | 5 | 106 | 21.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 35.3 | 
| 68 | New Mexico State | 5 | 11 | 234 | 21.27 | 1 | 2.2 | 46.8 | 
| 69 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.0 | 
| 70 | Colorado | 6 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.3 | 
| 71 | Arkansas | 7 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 0.7 | 15.6 | 
| 71 | South Alabama | 7 | 15 | 327 | 21.80 | 0 | 2.1 | 46.7 | 
| 73 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 7 | 153 | 21.86 | 0 | 1.4 | 30.6 | 
| 74 | Syracuse | 6 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 
| 74 | Toledo | 4 | 6 | 132 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.0 | 
| 74 | San Diego State | 1 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.0 | 
| 77 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 15 | 332 | 22.13 | 1 | 1.9 | 41.5 | 
| 78 | Sam Houston State | 8 | 14 | 311 | 22.21 | 0 | 1.8 | 38.9 | 
| 79 | SMU | 3 | 10 | 223 | 22.30 | 0 | 3.3 | 74.3 | 
| 80 | Bowling Green | 6 | 9 | 201 | 22.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.5 | 
| 81 | Wyoming | 5 | 9 | 202 | 22.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 40.4 | 
| 82 | Connecticut | 3 | 4 | 91 | 22.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 30.3 | 
| 83 | Oregon State | 7 | 22 | 503 | 22.86 | 0 | 3.1 | 71.9 | 
| 84 | Tulane | 2 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.5 | 
| 84 | Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 46 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 15.3 | 
| 84 | UCF | 4 | 4 | 92 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 | 
| 84 | UNLV | 2 | 6 | 138 | 23.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 69.0 | 
| 88 | Boston College | 8 | 12 | 282 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 35.3 | 
| 89 | Iowa State | 4 | 15 | 354 | 23.60 | 0 | 3.8 | 88.5 | 
| 90 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 3 | 73 | 24.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 36.5 | 
| 91 | Marshall | 4 | 5 | 122 | 24.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 30.5 | 
| 92 | Kansas State | 5 | 6 | 149 | 24.83 | 0 | 1.2 | 29.8 | 
| 93 | James Madison | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 | 
| 94 | East Carolina | 3 | 6 | 152 | 25.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.7 | 
| 95 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 2 | 51 | 25.50 | 0 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 
| 95 | Colorado State | 6 | 8 | 204 | 25.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 34.0 | 
| 97 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 52 | 26.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 17.3 | 
| 98 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 9 | 237 | 26.33 | 1 | 1.8 | 47.4 | 
| 99 | Maryland | 4 | 16 | 425 | 26.56 | 0 | 4.0 | 106.3 | 
| 100 | Delaware | 4 | 3 | 81 | 27.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 20.3 | 
| 100 | UAB | 5 | 8 | 216 | 27.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 43.2 | 
| 102 | LSU | 3 | 5 | 136 | 27.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 45.3 | 
| 103 | Purdue | 7 | 9 | 250 | 27.78 | 1 | 1.3 | 35.7 | 
| 104 | Southern Miss | 2 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 14.0 | 
| 104 | Rutgers | 5 | 9 | 252 | 28.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 50.4 | 
| 104 | UTSA | 4 | 9 | 252 | 28.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 63.0 | 
| 107 | West Virginia | 6 | 10 | 285 | 28.50 | 1 | 1.7 | 47.5 | 
| 108 | Massachusetts | 8 | 16 | 461 | 28.81 | 1 | 2.0 | 57.6 | 
| 109 | Notre Dame | 2 | 3 | 87 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 43.5 | 
| 110 | Utah State | 4 | 6 | 176 | 29.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 44.0 | 
| 111 | Illinois | 3 | 4 | 119 | 29.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 39.7 | 
| 112 | Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 60 | 30.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 30.0 | 
| 113 | Georgia State | 7 | 4 | 121 | 30.25 | 0 | 0.6 | 17.3 | 
| 114 | Stanford | 6 | 7 | 213 | 30.43 | 0 | 1.2 | 35.5 | 
| 115 | Baylor | 4 | 6 | 193 | 32.17 | 1 | 1.5 | 48.3 | 
| 116 | Akron | 6 | 11 | 369 | 33.55 | 2 | 1.8 | 61.5 | 
| 117 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 7 | 240 | 34.29 | 1 | 2.3 | 80.0 | 
| 118 | Nevada | 7 | 6 | 213 | 35.50 | 1 | 0.9 | 30.4 | 
| 119 | Northwestern | 3 | 4 | 160 | 40.00 | 1 | 1.3 | 53.3 | 
| 120 | Clemson | 5 | 3 | 143 | 47.67 | 1 | 0.6 | 28.6 | 
| 121 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 2 | 111 | 55.50 | 1 | 0.7 | 37.0 | 
| 122 | USC | 2 | 2 | 113 | 56.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 56.5 |