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

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Illinois 10 5 -20 -4.00 0 0.5 -2.0
2 Mississippi State 9 5 -2 -0.40 0 0.6 -0.2
3 Temple 8 3 -1 -0.33 0 0.4 -0.1
4 Oregon 9 2 0 0.00 0 0.2 0.0
5 Clemson 13 10 2 0.20 0 0.8 0.2
5 Notre Dame 8 1 2 2.00 0 0.1 0.3
7 Cincinnati 9 6 4 0.67 0 0.7 0.4
7 Ohio State 10 1 4 4.00 0 0.1 0.4
9 Memphis 11 4 8 2.00 0 0.4 0.7
10 SMU 11 12 10 0.83 0 1.1 0.9
11 Ole Miss 9 7 14 2.00 0 0.8 1.6
11 Auburn 7 2 14 7.00 0 0.3 2.0
13 Rutgers 9 2 16 8.00 0 0.2 1.8
14 Northwestern 9 6 17 2.83 0 0.7 1.9
15 Baylor 9 8 18 2.25 0 0.9 2.0
15 USC 8 5 18 3.60 0 0.6 2.3
17 Vanderbilt 10 4 20 5.00 0 0.4 2.0
18 Old Dominion 11 10 22 2.20 0 0.9 2.0
18 Purdue 7 10 22 2.20 0 1.4 3.1
18 Iowa State 9 6 22 3.67 0 0.7 2.4
18 Georgia 9 4 22 5.50 0 0.4 2.4
18 Florida 7 3 22 7.33 0 0.4 3.1
23 Texas A&M 10 6 23 3.83 0 0.6 2.3
23 Nebraska 9 3 23 7.67 0 0.3 2.6
25 Kennesaw State 13 11 24 2.18 0 0.8 1.8
25 Fresno State 13 8 24 3.00 0 0.6 1.8
25 Army 10 5 24 4.80 0 0.5 2.4
28 Utah 11 4 25 6.25 0 0.4 2.3
29 Tennessee 9 6 26 4.33 0 0.7 2.9
30 Washington State 9 7 27 3.86 0 0.8 3.0
30 Florida State 9 3 27 9.00 0 0.3 3.0
32 Kansas 10 14 30 2.14 0 1.4 3.0
33 Penn State 9 6 31 5.17 0 0.7 3.4
34 James Madison 13 6 33 5.50 0 0.5 2.5
35 Boston College 11 12 35 2.92 0 1.1 3.2
35 Miami (FL) 11 7 35 5.00 0 0.6 3.2
35 Alabama 9 7 35 5.00 0 0.8 3.9
38 Minnesota 10 9 37 4.11 0 0.9 3.7
39 Texas 7 9 40 4.44 0 1.3 5.7
40 Texas State 12 7 41 5.86 0 0.6 3.4
41 Duke 11 9 42 4.67 0 0.8 3.8
42 Marshall 10 10 43 4.30 0 1.0 4.3
43 South Carolina 7 7 44 6.29 1 1.0 6.3
44 Louisville 10 8 45 5.63 0 0.8 4.5
45 Pittsburgh 11 9 48 5.33 0 0.8 4.4
45 Kentucky 8 9 48 5.33 0 1.1 6.0
47 Air Force 11 8 51 6.38 0 0.7 4.6
47 Washington 10 5 51 10.20 0 0.5 5.1
49 Georgia Tech 11 8 53 6.63 0 0.7 4.8
50 Michigan 9 9 55 6.11 0 1.0 6.1
51 New Mexico 12 13 57 4.38 0 1.1 4.8
51 Texas Tech 9 4 57 14.25 0 0.4 6.3
53 UCF 9 10 59 5.90 0 1.1 6.6
53 Missouri 8 6 59 9.83 0 0.8 7.4
55 UNLV 14 13 62 4.77 0 0.9 4.4
55 Arizona 11 9 62 6.89 0 0.8 5.6
55 Indiana 10 8 62 7.75 0 0.8 6.2
58 Southern Miss 13 16 63 3.94 0 1.2 4.8
59 UCLA 8 12 65 5.42 1 1.5 8.1
59 Tulsa 10 10 65 6.50 0 1.0 6.5
61 Arkansas State 13 11 67 6.09 0 0.8 5.2
62 Kansas State 9 12 68 5.67 0 1.3 7.6
63 Kent State 10 14 69 4.93 1 1.4 6.9
64 Boise State 13 11 71 6.45 0 0.8 5.5
65 Maryland 10 9 72 8.00 0 0.9 7.2
66 Iowa 9 6 74 12.33 0 0.7 8.2
67 Connecticut 13 11 76 6.91 0 0.8 5.8
68 Western Michigan 13 11 79 7.18 0 0.8 6.1
69 Appalachian State 12 13 80 6.15 0 1.1 6.7
69 Liberty 11 11 80 7.27 0 1.0 7.3
69 North Texas 12 6 80 13.33 1 0.5 6.7
72 BYU 10 6 81 13.50 0 0.6 8.1
73 Sam Houston State 11 15 87 5.80 0 1.4 7.9
74 California 12 16 88 5.50 0 1.3 7.3
75 NC State 10 9 89 9.89 0 0.9 8.9
75 East Carolina 11 8 89 11.13 0 0.7 8.1
77 Toledo 13 22 90 4.09 0 1.7 6.9
78 North Carolina 10 13 94 7.23 0 1.3 9.4
78 Arkansas 8 5 94 18.80 1 0.6 11.8
80 New Mexico State 12 20 95 4.75 0 1.7 7.9
80 Oklahoma State 9 16 95 5.94 0 1.8 10.6
82 Georgia Southern 11 12 96 8.00 0 1.1 8.7
83 Oklahoma 8 15 97 6.47 0 1.9 12.1
83 Ohio 12 10 97 9.70 1 0.8 8.1
85 Miami (OH) 14 10 99 9.90 0 0.7 7.1
86 Louisiana 12 17 100 5.88 0 1.4 8.3
87 TCU 10 9 102 11.33 1 0.9 10.2
88 San Jose State 11 9 103 11.44 1 0.8 9.4
89 Troy 13 18 105 5.83 0 1.4 8.1
89 Syracuse 10 11 105 9.55 1 1.1 10.5
91 Navy 11 12 106 8.83 0 1.1 9.6
92 Buffalo 12 18 107 5.94 0 1.5 8.9
92 Jacksonville State 14 12 107 8.92 0 0.9 7.6
94 Delaware 13 18 109 6.06 0 1.4 8.4
95 Colorado State 12 19 110 5.79 0 1.6 9.2
95 West Virginia 7 16 110 6.88 0 2.3 15.7
95 Wisconsin 6 12 110 9.17 0 2.0 18.3
95 Florida Atlantic 10 9 110 12.22 0 0.9 11.0
99 Tulane 11 13 112 8.62 0 1.2 10.2
100 Wake Forest 12 10 114 11.40 0 0.8 9.5
101 Charlotte 9 16 116 7.25 0 1.8 12.9
102 Nevada 12 13 118 9.08 1 1.1 9.8
102 Louisiana-Monroe 11 13 118 9.08 0 1.2 10.7
104 Central Michigan 12 8 121 15.13 1 0.7 10.1
105 UTEP 11 21 124 5.90 1 1.9 11.3
106 UTSA 10 12 128 10.67 1 1.2 12.8
107 Stanford 8 14 136 9.71 0 1.8 17.0
108 Northern Illinois 12 20 137 6.85 0 1.7 11.4
109 San Diego State 12 16 141 8.81 0 1.3 11.8
110 Colorado 8 15 143 9.53 0 1.9 17.9
111 Middle Tennessee State 12 13 148 11.38 0 1.1 12.3
112 LSU 7 13 153 11.77 1 1.9 21.9
113 USF 10 5 155 31.00 0 0.5 15.5
114 Houston 11 14 156 11.14 0 1.3 14.2
115 Utah State 11 16 157 9.81 1 1.5 14.3
115 UAB 10 13 157 12.08 0 1.3 15.7
117 FIU 13 21 160 7.62 2 1.6 12.3
118 Louisiana Tech 13 23 162 7.04 0 1.8 12.5
119 South Alabama 10 17 166 9.76 0 1.7 16.6
120 Massachusetts 11 15 170 11.33 0 1.4 15.5
121 Eastern Michigan 12 18 172 9.56 0 1.5 14.3
122 Arizona State 9 13 174 13.38 0 1.4 19.3
123 Wyoming 11 21 187 8.90 2 1.9 17.0
124 Georgia State 9 11 189 17.18 0 1.2 21.0
125 Western Kentucky 13 25 194 7.76 0 1.9 14.9
126 Bowling Green 12 10 195 19.50 2 0.8 16.3
127 Ball State 12 23 196 8.52 1 1.9 16.3
128 Rice 10 20 210 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
128 Michigan State 8 19 210 11.05 1 2.4 26.3
130 Missouri State 12 19 238 12.53 1 1.6 19.8
131 Akron 12 23 239 10.39 0 1.9 19.9
132 Hawaii 13 16 249 15.56 1 1.2 19.2
133 Virginia Tech 9 11 255 23.18 1 1.2 28.3
134 Virginia 14 24 320 13.33 1 1.7 22.9
135 Coastal Carolina 11 23 336 14.61 1 2.1 30.5
136 Oregon State 9 26 478 18.38 2 2.9 53.1