2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Iowa State 3 1 -7 -7.00 0 0.3 -2.3
2 Georgia 5 1 -4 -4.00 0 0.2 -0.8
3 Nebraska 4 3 0 0.00 0 0.8 0.0
3 San Jose State 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
5 Central Michigan 1 3 2 0.67 0 3.0 2.0
5 Utah 2 2 2 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
5 New Mexico 1 2 2 1.00 0 2.0 2.0
8 Duke 3 3 3 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
9 Boston College 1 1 4 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
10 Ohio State 4 2 5 2.50 0 0.5 1.3
11 San Diego State 1 3 6 2.00 0 3.0 6.0
11 Iowa 4 1 6 6.00 0 0.3 1.5
13 Miami (FL) 5 6 8 1.33 1 1.2 1.6
14 Missouri 5 4 9 2.25 0 0.8 1.8
14 Notre Dame 4 1 9 9.00 0 0.3 2.3
16 Tennessee 4 3 10 3.33 0 0.8 2.5
16 Temple 4 2 10 5.00 0 0.5 2.5
18 Kansas State 3 4 11 2.75 0 1.3 3.7
18 Army 3 3 11 3.67 0 1.0 3.7
18 Virginia Tech 3 3 11 3.67 0 1.0 3.7
18 Arkansas 4 2 11 5.50 0 0.5 2.8
18 TCU 3 2 11 5.50 0 0.7 3.7
18 Troy 1 1 11 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
24 East Carolina 2 1 12 12.00 0 0.5 6.0
25 Georgia Southern 2 3 13 4.33 0 1.5 6.5
26 Baylor 3 4 14 3.50 0 1.3 4.7
26 Rice 3 3 14 4.67 0 1.0 4.7
26 Memphis 2 2 14 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
26 South Alabama 2 2 14 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
30 Washington State 4 4 16 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
31 USF 3 3 18 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
31 Boise State 1 2 18 9.00 0 2.0 18.0
33 Ohio 1 3 20 6.67 0 3.0 20.0
34 Louisville 3 4 21 5.25 0 1.3 7.0
35 BYU 4 3 22 7.33 0 0.8 5.5
36 Maryland 2 2 23 11.50 0 1.0 11.5
37 Marshall 2 4 26 6.50 0 2.0 13.0
37 Arizona 2 1 26 26.00 0 0.5 13.0
39 Oregon 6 4 27 6.75 0 0.7 4.5
39 Florida 5 4 27 6.75 0 0.8 5.4
39 Utah State 2 4 27 6.75 0 2.0 13.5
42 Wyoming 1 2 28 14.00 0 2.0 28.0
43 Tulsa 2 4 29 7.25 0 2.0 14.5
44 Tulane 3 4 31 7.75 0 1.3 10.3
45 Texas Tech 5 6 32 5.33 0 1.2 6.4
46 Auburn 5 6 34 5.67 0 1.2 6.8
46 Northwestern 4 6 34 5.67 0 1.5 8.5
48 Kennesaw State 1 1 35 35.00 0 1.0 35.0
49 Coastal Carolina 2 5 36 7.20 0 2.5 18.0
50 Purdue 5 6 37 6.17 0 1.2 7.4
50 Washington 3 3 37 12.33 0 1.0 12.3
52 Vanderbilt 3 4 39 9.75 0 1.3 13.0
52 Louisiana 1 4 39 9.75 0 4.0 39.0
54 Wake Forest 1 3 40 13.33 0 3.0 40.0
55 Pittsburgh 2 4 41 10.25 0 2.0 20.5
55 California 1 4 41 10.25 0 4.0 41.0
55 Penn State 4 3 41 13.67 0 0.8 10.3
58 Rutgers 3 3 43 14.33 0 1.0 14.3
59 Louisiana-Monroe 1 2 45 22.50 0 2.0 45.0
60 Syracuse 2 5 46 9.20 1 2.5 23.0
61 Appalachian State 1 5 48 9.60 0 5.0 48.0
61 James Madison 1 3 48 16.00 1 3.0 48.0
63 SMU 2 4 50 12.50 0 2.0 25.0
64 Georgia Tech 2 3 53 17.67 0 1.5 26.5
64 Kansas 2 3 53 17.67 0 1.5 26.5
66 Oklahoma State 3 8 55 6.88 0 2.7 18.3
66 South Carolina 5 7 55 7.86 0 1.4 11.0
66 Charlotte 3 6 55 9.17 0 2.0 18.3
69 Sam Houston State 1 3 56 18.67 0 3.0 56.0
70 Illinois 3 4 58 14.50 1 1.3 19.3
70 North Carolina 2 4 58 14.50 0 2.0 29.0
72 West Virginia 5 12 62 5.17 0 2.4 12.4
73 Ole Miss 6 7 63 9.00 0 1.2 10.5
74 Indiana 6 10 64 6.40 0 1.7 10.7
74 Michigan 4 8 64 8.00 0 2.0 16.0
76 UTEP 1 3 72 24.00 0 3.0 72.0
77 UCLA 4 6 78 13.00 0 1.5 19.5
77 Arizona State 4 4 78 19.50 0 1.0 19.5
79 Houston 2 2 83 41.50 0 1.0 41.5
80 USC 5 1 85 85.00 1 0.2 17.0
81 UCF 3 5 86 17.20 1 1.7 28.7
82 Oregon State 3 10 101 10.10 0 3.3 33.7
83 Alabama 6 7 103 14.71 0 1.2 17.2
84 Colorado 4 11 104 9.45 0 2.8 26.0
85 Cincinnati 4 4 107 26.75 1 1.0 26.8
86 Old Dominion 2 3 108 36.00 1 1.5 54.0
87 NC State 3 6 112 18.67 0 2.0 37.3
88 Texas 6 9 115 12.78 0 1.5 19.2
89 Kentucky 4 5 125 25.00 0 1.3 31.3
90 Kent State 2 8 131 16.38 0 4.0 65.5
91 Stanford 4 7 142 20.29 0 1.8 35.5
92 Minnesota 3 8 144 18.00 1 2.7 48.0
93 Wisconsin 6 14 149 10.64 0 2.3 24.8
93 Oklahoma 5 11 149 13.55 1 2.2 29.8
95 UTSA 3 10 154 15.40 1 3.3 51.3
96 Mississippi State 4 9 160 17.78 1 2.3 40.0
97 Texas A&M 3 8 166 20.75 1 2.7 55.3
98 Georgia State 3 13 168 12.92 1 4.3 56.0
99 Massachusetts 1 4 182 45.50 1 4.0 182.0
100 Michigan State 4 7 188 26.86 1 1.8 47.0
101 LSU 6 12 215 17.92 1 2.0 35.8