2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 12/27/2025

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Georgia 5 1 -4 -4.00 0 0.2 -0.8
2 Clemson 1 1 -2 -2.00 0 1.0 -2.0
3 Nebraska 2 1 -1 -1.00 0 0.5 -0.5
4 San Jose State 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
4 Baylor 2 2 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
4 Rutgers 2 2 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
7 Central Michigan 1 3 2 0.67 0 3.0 2.0
7 Boston College 2 2 2 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
7 Utah 2 2 2 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
7 New Mexico 1 2 2 1.00 0 2.0 2.0
11 Duke 4 3 3 1.00 0 0.8 0.8
11 Ohio State 3 1 3 3.00 0 0.3 1.0
13 Texas Tech 3 5 4 0.80 0 1.7 1.3
13 Oregon 3 2 4 2.00 0 0.7 1.3
15 Miami (FL) 2 4 5 1.25 0 2.0 2.5
16 San Diego State 1 3 6 2.00 0 3.0 6.0
16 Iowa 3 1 6 6.00 0 0.3 2.0
16 Iowa State 2 1 6 6.00 0 0.5 3.0
19 Missouri 5 4 9 2.25 0 0.8 1.8
19 Notre Dame 4 1 9 9.00 0 0.3 2.3
21 Temple 5 3 10 3.33 0 0.6 2.0
21 Tennessee 4 3 10 3.33 0 0.8 2.5
23 Army 3 3 11 3.67 0 1.0 3.7
23 Indiana 2 3 11 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
23 TCU 1 2 11 5.50 0 2.0 11.0
23 Troy 1 1 11 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
27 Rice 2 2 12 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
27 East Carolina 2 1 12 12.00 0 0.5 6.0
29 Georgia Southern 2 3 13 4.33 0 1.5 6.5
30 Memphis 2 2 14 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
30 South Alabama 2 2 14 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
32 Washington State 4 4 16 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
32 Penn State 3 2 16 8.00 0 0.7 5.3
34 USF 3 3 18 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
34 Boise State 1 2 18 9.00 0 2.0 18.0
36 Ohio 1 3 20 6.67 0 3.0 20.0
37 Louisville 3 4 21 5.25 0 1.3 7.0
38 BYU 5 3 22 7.33 0 0.6 4.4
39 Vanderbilt 3 3 23 7.67 0 1.0 7.7
39 Maryland 2 2 23 11.50 0 1.0 11.5
41 West Virginia 3 7 26 3.71 0 2.3 8.7
41 Marshall 2 4 26 6.50 0 2.0 13.0
41 Arizona 1 1 26 26.00 0 1.0 26.0
44 Florida 5 4 27 6.75 0 0.8 5.4
44 Utah State 2 4 27 6.75 0 2.0 13.5
46 Wyoming 1 2 28 14.00 0 2.0 28.0
47 Tulsa 2 4 29 7.25 0 2.0 14.5
48 Houston 2 1 30 30.00 0 0.5 15.0
49 Tulane 3 4 31 7.75 0 1.3 10.3
50 James Madison 1 3 33 11.00 1 3.0 33.0
51 Northwestern 4 6 34 5.67 0 1.5 8.5
52 Kennesaw State 1 1 35 35.00 0 1.0 35.0
53 Michigan 3 6 36 6.00 0 2.0 12.0
53 Coastal Carolina 2 5 36 7.20 0 2.5 18.0
55 Auburn 6 7 37 5.29 0 1.2 6.2
55 Kansas State 3 7 37 5.29 0 2.3 12.3
55 Purdue 5 6 37 6.17 0 1.2 7.4
55 Washington 3 3 37 12.33 0 1.0 12.3
59 Ole Miss 4 4 38 9.50 0 1.0 9.5
60 Michigan State 3 4 41 10.25 0 1.3 13.7
60 California 1 4 41 10.25 0 4.0 41.0
60 Massachusetts 1 3 41 13.67 0 3.0 41.0
63 Louisiana-Monroe 1 2 45 22.50 0 2.0 45.0
64 Louisiana 2 7 47 6.71 0 3.5 23.5
64 Syracuse 3 6 47 7.83 1 2.0 15.7
64 SMU 1 1 47 47.00 0 1.0 47.0
67 Appalachian State 1 5 48 9.60 0 5.0 48.0
68 Georgia Tech 2 3 53 17.67 0 1.5 26.5
68 Hawaii 1 2 53 26.50 0 2.0 53.0
70 South Carolina 6 7 55 7.86 0 1.2 9.2
70 Charlotte 3 6 55 9.17 0 2.0 18.3
72 Sam Houston State 1 3 56 18.67 0 3.0 56.0
73 Virginia Tech 4 4 57 14.25 0 1.0 14.3
74 Pittsburgh 3 6 58 9.67 0 2.0 19.3
74 Illinois 3 4 58 14.50 1 1.3 19.3
74 North Carolina 1 4 58 14.50 0 4.0 58.0
77 Minnesota 2 4 64 16.00 0 2.0 32.0
78 Wake Forest 2 5 68 13.60 0 2.5 34.0
79 Kansas 4 7 69 9.86 0 1.8 17.3
80 UCF 2 2 71 35.50 1 1.0 35.5
81 UTEP 1 3 72 24.00 0 3.0 72.0
82 UCLA 4 6 78 13.00 0 1.5 19.5
82 Arkansas 5 3 78 26.00 1 0.6 15.6
84 Oklahoma State 3 10 79 7.90 0 3.3 26.3
85 Oregon State 2 7 83 11.86 0 3.5 41.5
86 USC 3 1 85 85.00 1 0.3 28.3
87 Cincinnati 3 3 94 31.33 1 1.0 31.3
88 Alabama 6 6 95 15.83 0 1.0 15.8
89 Texas 5 8 105 13.13 0 1.6 21.0
90 Old Dominion 2 3 108 36.00 1 1.5 54.0
91 NC State 4 6 112 18.67 0 1.5 28.0
91 Arizona State 3 6 112 18.67 0 2.0 37.3
93 Wisconsin 5 11 115 10.45 0 2.2 23.0
94 Kentucky 4 5 125 25.00 0 1.3 31.3
95 Kent State 2 8 131 16.38 0 4.0 65.5
96 Stanford 4 7 142 20.29 0 1.8 35.5
97 Oklahoma 6 13 147 11.31 1 2.2 24.5
98 UTSA 3 10 154 15.40 1 3.3 51.3
99 Colorado 4 14 155 11.07 0 3.5 38.8
100 Mississippi State 5 9 160 17.78 1 1.8 32.0
101 Georgia State 3 13 168 12.92 1 4.3 56.0
102 Texas A&M 4 9 173 19.22 1 2.3 43.3
103 LSU 5 12 215 17.92 1 2.4 43.0