2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 12/13/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida State | 9 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| 2 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 32 | 436 | 13.63 | 1 | 2.9 | 39.6 |
| 3 | Tennessee | 8 | 8 | 110 | 13.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.8 |
| 4 | Iowa | 9 | 17 | 234 | 13.76 | 0 | 1.9 | 26.0 |
| 5 | Texas | 7 | 10 | 143 | 14.30 | 0 | 1.4 | 20.4 |
| 6 | Virginia | 13 | 21 | 313 | 14.90 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.1 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 7 | 4 | 60 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 8.6 |
| 7 | UCLA | 8 | 8 | 120 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 12 | 17 | 255 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 21.3 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 7 | 12 | 181 | 15.08 | 0 | 1.7 | 25.9 |
| 11 | Georgia | 8 | 8 | 123 | 15.38 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.4 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 9 | 6 | 93 | 15.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.3 |
| 13 | Washington State | 8 | 13 | 202 | 15.54 | 0 | 1.6 | 25.3 |
| 14 | Minnesota | 10 | 11 | 174 | 15.82 | 0 | 1.1 | 17.4 |
| 15 | Fresno State | 12 | 24 | 381 | 15.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.8 |
| 16 | Rice | 10 | 7 | 113 | 16.14 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.3 |
| 17 | Tulsa | 10 | 18 | 291 | 16.17 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.1 |
| 18 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 11 | 179 | 16.27 | 0 | 1.1 | 17.9 |
| 18 | South Carolina | 6 | 11 | 179 | 16.27 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.8 |
| 20 | Texas Tech | 10 | 14 | 228 | 16.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.8 |
| 21 | BYU | 9 | 12 | 198 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.0 |
| 22 | Middle Tennessee State | 12 | 13 | 217 | 16.69 | 0 | 1.1 | 18.1 |
| 23 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 19 | 319 | 16.79 | 0 | 2.1 | 35.4 |
| 24 | Cincinnati | 9 | 15 | 252 | 16.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 28.0 |
| 25 | Memphis | 10 | 17 | 287 | 16.88 | 0 | 1.7 | 28.7 |
| 26 | Air Force | 11 | 15 | 255 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 23.2 |
| 27 | Missouri | 8 | 25 | 426 | 17.04 | 0 | 3.1 | 53.3 |
| 28 | Ole Miss | 9 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.4 |
| 28 | Mississippi State | 7 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.3 |
| 28 | Ohio State | 10 | 14 | 242 | 17.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 24.2 |
| 31 | Alabama | 8 | 17 | 295 | 17.35 | 1 | 2.1 | 36.9 |
| 32 | Purdue | 7 | 5 | 87 | 17.40 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.4 |
| 33 | Troy | 12 | 19 | 335 | 17.63 | 0 | 1.6 | 27.9 |
| 34 | Nebraska | 10 | 24 | 430 | 17.92 | 0 | 2.4 | 43.0 |
| 35 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 12 | 216 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 19.6 |
| 36 | North Texas | 11 | 37 | 675 | 18.24 | 0 | 3.4 | 61.4 |
| 37 | Michigan State | 9 | 10 | 183 | 18.30 | 0 | 1.1 | 20.3 |
| 38 | Louisville | 9 | 13 | 238 | 18.31 | 0 | 1.4 | 26.4 |
| 39 | Ball State | 12 | 28 | 513 | 18.32 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.8 |
| 40 | New Mexico | 11 | 14 | 257 | 18.36 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.4 |
| 40 | Utah State | 10 | 22 | 404 | 18.36 | 0 | 2.2 | 40.4 |
| 42 | Arizona State | 9 | 19 | 350 | 18.42 | 0 | 2.1 | 38.9 |
| 43 | LSU | 7 | 5 | 93 | 18.60 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.3 |
| 44 | Akron | 12 | 29 | 543 | 18.72 | 2 | 2.4 | 45.3 |
| 45 | New Mexico State | 12 | 20 | 375 | 18.75 | 1 | 1.7 | 31.3 |
| 46 | Arkansas State | 12 | 21 | 395 | 18.81 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.9 |
| 47 | SMU | 11 | 30 | 566 | 18.87 | 0 | 2.7 | 51.5 |
| 48 | Kentucky | 8 | 6 | 114 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.3 |
| 48 | Temple | 7 | 7 | 133 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 48 | Texas State | 11 | 19 | 361 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 32.8 |
| 51 | Bowling Green | 12 | 26 | 495 | 19.04 | 0 | 2.2 | 41.3 |
| 52 | California | 11 | 33 | 631 | 19.12 | 0 | 3.0 | 57.4 |
| 53 | Texas A&M | 9 | 13 | 249 | 19.15 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.7 |
| 53 | Hawaii | 11 | 34 | 651 | 19.15 | 0 | 3.1 | 59.2 |
| 55 | Delaware | 12 | 17 | 326 | 19.18 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.2 |
| 56 | Liberty | 11 | 21 | 405 | 19.29 | 0 | 1.9 | 36.8 |
| 56 | Navy | 10 | 24 | 463 | 19.29 | 0 | 2.4 | 46.3 |
| 58 | Tulane | 11 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| 59 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 6 | 117 | 19.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.8 |
| 59 | East Carolina | 10 | 24 | 468 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.4 | 46.8 |
| 61 | Jacksonville State | 13 | 28 | 547 | 19.54 | 1 | 2.2 | 42.1 |
| 61 | UTEP | 11 | 26 | 508 | 19.54 | 0 | 2.4 | 46.2 |
| 63 | Old Dominion | 10 | 44 | 860 | 19.55 | 0 | 4.4 | 86.0 |
| 64 | Kent State | 10 | 16 | 313 | 19.56 | 0 | 1.6 | 31.3 |
| 65 | Missouri State | 11 | 23 | 450 | 19.57 | 1 | 2.1 | 40.9 |
| 66 | Colorado | 8 | 5 | 98 | 19.60 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.3 |
| 67 | Kennesaw State | 12 | 35 | 687 | 19.63 | 0 | 2.9 | 57.3 |
| 68 | TCU | 11 | 24 | 475 | 19.79 | 0 | 2.2 | 43.2 |
| 69 | Utah | 10 | 15 | 297 | 19.80 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.7 |
| 70 | Notre Dame | 8 | 11 | 218 | 19.82 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.3 |
| 70 | Louisiana | 10 | 34 | 674 | 19.82 | 1 | 3.4 | 67.4 |
| 72 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 26 | 517 | 19.88 | 0 | 2.9 | 57.4 |
| 73 | Indiana | 11 | 29 | 577 | 19.90 | 0 | 2.6 | 52.5 |
| 74 | UCF | 10 | 12 | 239 | 19.92 | 0 | 1.2 | 23.9 |
| 75 | FIU | 12 | 44 | 881 | 20.02 | 0 | 3.7 | 73.4 |
| 76 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 17 | 341 | 20.06 | 0 | 1.7 | 34.1 |
| 76 | Duke | 9 | 16 | 321 | 20.06 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.7 |
| 78 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 6 | 121 | 20.17 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| 79 | Penn State | 9 | 16 | 324 | 20.25 | 0 | 1.8 | 36.0 |
| 80 | North Carolina | 11 | 12 | 244 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.2 |
| 81 | Michigan | 9 | 10 | 204 | 20.40 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.7 |
| 82 | Central Michigan | 11 | 32 | 657 | 20.53 | 0 | 2.9 | 59.7 |
| 83 | USF | 9 | 11 | 226 | 20.55 | 0 | 1.2 | 25.1 |
| 84 | Iowa State | 10 | 37 | 762 | 20.59 | 0 | 3.7 | 76.2 |
| 85 | James Madison | 13 | 26 | 540 | 20.77 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.5 |
| 86 | Stanford | 8 | 10 | 208 | 20.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.0 |
| 87 | Rutgers | 10 | 23 | 479 | 20.83 | 1 | 2.3 | 47.9 |
| 88 | Baylor | 10 | 22 | 463 | 21.05 | 1 | 2.2 | 46.3 |
| 89 | Appalachian State | 11 | 13 | 274 | 21.08 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.9 |
| 90 | Kansas | 8 | 10 | 213 | 21.30 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.6 |
| 91 | Boston College | 10 | 18 | 385 | 21.39 | 0 | 1.8 | 38.5 |
| 92 | Oregon | 10 | 15 | 322 | 21.47 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.2 |
| 93 | Buffalo | 12 | 18 | 390 | 21.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.5 |
| 94 | Florida | 7 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 0.7 | 15.6 |
| 95 | Syracuse | 9 | 7 | 153 | 21.86 | 0 | 0.8 | 17.0 |
| 96 | Kansas State | 9 | 18 | 395 | 21.94 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.9 |
| 97 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 9 | 198 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 98 | South Alabama | 10 | 19 | 419 | 22.05 | 1 | 1.9 | 41.9 |
| 99 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 23 | 508 | 22.09 | 0 | 1.9 | 42.3 |
| 100 | Auburn | 6 | 8 | 179 | 22.38 | 0 | 1.3 | 29.8 |
| 101 | West Virginia | 9 | 18 | 405 | 22.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 45.0 |
| 102 | Sam Houston State | 11 | 22 | 497 | 22.59 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.2 |
| 103 | UTSA | 9 | 17 | 385 | 22.65 | 1 | 1.9 | 42.8 |
| 104 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 | 272 | 22.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.7 |
| 105 | Washington | 10 | 19 | 432 | 22.74 | 0 | 1.9 | 43.2 |
| 106 | Arizona | 11 | 4 | 91 | 22.75 | 0 | 0.4 | 8.3 |
| 107 | Toledo | 12 | 23 | 524 | 22.78 | 0 | 1.9 | 43.7 |
| 108 | Connecticut | 12 | 21 | 481 | 22.90 | 0 | 1.8 | 40.1 |
| 109 | Marshall | 10 | 9 | 207 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 20.7 |
| 110 | USC | 9 | 17 | 392 | 23.06 | 0 | 1.9 | 43.6 |
| 111 | Illinois | 9 | 7 | 162 | 23.14 | 0 | 0.8 | 18.0 |
| 112 | UNLV | 13 | 32 | 748 | 23.38 | 1 | 2.5 | 57.5 |
| 113 | Northwestern | 8 | 27 | 633 | 23.44 | 1 | 3.4 | 79.1 |
| 114 | UAB | 10 | 24 | 563 | 23.46 | 1 | 2.4 | 56.3 |
| 115 | Ohio | 11 | 27 | 640 | 23.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 58.2 |
| 116 | Army | 9 | 17 | 405 | 23.82 | 1 | 1.9 | 45.0 |
| 117 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 27 | 650 | 24.07 | 1 | 2.7 | 65.0 |
| 118 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 20 | 482 | 24.10 | 2 | 1.7 | 40.2 |
| 119 | Wake Forest | 10 | 9 | 218 | 24.22 | 0 | 0.9 | 21.8 |
| 120 | Oregon State | 10 | 27 | 656 | 24.30 | 1 | 2.7 | 65.6 |
| 121 | Southern Miss | 12 | 13 | 316 | 24.31 | 0 | 1.1 | 26.3 |
| 122 | San Jose State | 11 | 22 | 536 | 24.36 | 1 | 2.0 | 48.7 |
| 123 | Houston | 10 | 21 | 516 | 24.57 | 0 | 2.1 | 51.6 |
| 124 | NC State | 8 | 17 | 418 | 24.59 | 1 | 2.1 | 52.3 |
| 125 | Maryland | 10 | 34 | 837 | 24.62 | 1 | 3.4 | 83.7 |
| 126 | Massachusetts | 11 | 21 | 518 | 24.67 | 1 | 1.9 | 47.1 |
| 127 | Boise State | 13 | 13 | 331 | 25.46 | 1 | 1.0 | 25.5 |
| 128 | San Diego State | 12 | 12 | 310 | 25.83 | 1 | 1.0 | 25.8 |
| 129 | Wyoming | 11 | 20 | 521 | 26.05 | 0 | 1.8 | 47.4 |
| 130 | Miami (OH) | 13 | 26 | 681 | 26.19 | 1 | 2.0 | 52.4 |
| 131 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 15 | 394 | 26.27 | 1 | 1.3 | 32.8 |
| 132 | Georgia State | 9 | 5 | 134 | 26.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 14.9 |
| 133 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 6 | 167 | 27.83 | 0 | 0.8 | 20.9 |
| 134 | Clemson | 11 | 10 | 299 | 29.90 | 1 | 0.9 | 27.2 |
| 135 | Arkansas | 7 | 8 | 247 | 30.88 | 1 | 1.1 | 35.3 |
| 136 | Nevada | 12 | 9 | 282 | 31.33 | 1 | 0.8 | 23.5 |