2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulane | 11 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| 2 | Florida State | 9 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| 2 | Colorado | 8 | 3 | 53 | 17.67 | 0 | 0.4 | 6.6 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 6 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.2 |
| 4 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 7 | 141 | 20.14 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.8 |
| 4 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 6 | 121 | 20.17 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| 4 | Arizona | 11 | 5 | 108 | 21.60 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.8 |
| 8 | Georgia State | 9 | 5 | 134 | 26.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 14.9 |
| 9 | Rice | 10 | 7 | 98 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.8 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 9 | 6 | 93 | 15.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.3 |
| 9 | Purdue | 7 | 5 | 87 | 17.40 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.4 |
| 9 | LSU | 7 | 5 | 93 | 18.60 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.3 |
| 9 | Florida | 7 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 0.7 | 15.6 |
| 9 | Syracuse | 10 | 7 | 153 | 21.86 | 0 | 0.7 | 15.3 |
| 15 | Ole Miss | 9 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.4 |
| 15 | Kentucky | 8 | 6 | 114 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.3 |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 7 | 185 | 26.43 | 0 | 0.8 | 20.6 |
| 15 | Clemson | 13 | 11 | 316 | 28.73 | 1 | 0.8 | 24.3 |
| 15 | Nevada | 12 | 9 | 282 | 31.33 | 1 | 0.8 | 23.5 |
| 20 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 9 | 198 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 19.8 |
| 20 | Marshall | 10 | 9 | 207 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 20.7 |
| 22 | Georgia | 9 | 9 | 125 | 13.89 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.9 |
| 22 | Tennessee | 9 | 9 | 131 | 14.56 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.6 |
| 22 | UCLA | 8 | 8 | 120 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 22 | Temple | 8 | 8 | 132 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.5 |
| 22 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 | 272 | 22.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.7 |
| 22 | Southern Miss | 13 | 13 | 316 | 24.31 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.3 |
| 22 | Boise State | 13 | 13 | 331 | 25.46 | 1 | 1.0 | 25.5 |
| 22 | San Diego State | 12 | 12 | 310 | 25.83 | 1 | 1.0 | 25.8 |
| 22 | Illinois | 10 | 10 | 299 | 29.90 | 1 | 1.0 | 29.9 |
| 31 | Texas Tech | 9 | 10 | 150 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 16.7 |
| 31 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 11 | 179 | 16.27 | 0 | 1.1 | 17.9 |
| 31 | Middle Tennessee State | 12 | 13 | 217 | 16.69 | 0 | 1.1 | 18.1 |
| 31 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 12 | 216 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 19.6 |
| 31 | Michigan State | 8 | 9 | 165 | 18.33 | 0 | 1.1 | 20.6 |
| 31 | Michigan | 9 | 10 | 204 | 20.40 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.7 |
| 31 | USF | 10 | 11 | 226 | 20.55 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.6 |
| 31 | Auburn | 7 | 8 | 179 | 22.38 | 0 | 1.1 | 25.6 |
| 31 | Wake Forest | 12 | 13 | 292 | 22.46 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.3 |
| 31 | Mississippi State | 9 | 10 | 284 | 28.40 | 1 | 1.1 | 31.6 |
| 41 | North Carolina | 10 | 12 | 244 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.4 |
| 41 | Appalachian State | 12 | 14 | 288 | 20.57 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.0 |
| 41 | Minnesota | 10 | 12 | 274 | 22.83 | 1 | 1.2 | 27.4 |
| 41 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 16 | 424 | 26.50 | 1 | 1.2 | 32.6 |
| 45 | New Mexico | 12 | 15 | 270 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.5 |
| 45 | Delaware | 13 | 17 | 326 | 19.18 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.1 |
| 45 | UCF | 9 | 12 | 239 | 19.92 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.6 |
| 45 | Kansas | 10 | 13 | 262 | 20.15 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.2 |
| 45 | Stanford | 8 | 10 | 208 | 20.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.0 |
| 50 | Texas | 7 | 10 | 143 | 14.30 | 0 | 1.4 | 20.4 |
| 50 | Air Force | 11 | 15 | 255 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 23.2 |
| 50 | Ohio State | 10 | 14 | 242 | 17.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 24.2 |
| 50 | Notre Dame | 8 | 11 | 218 | 19.82 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.3 |
| 50 | Oregon | 9 | 13 | 290 | 22.31 | 0 | 1.4 | 32.2 |
| 50 | Arkansas | 8 | 11 | 318 | 28.91 | 1 | 1.4 | 39.8 |
| 56 | Western Michigan | 13 | 20 | 315 | 15.75 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.2 |
| 56 | Memphis | 11 | 17 | 287 | 16.88 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.1 |
| 56 | Troy | 13 | 20 | 350 | 17.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.9 |
| 56 | Louisville | 10 | 15 | 276 | 18.40 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.6 |
| 56 | Buffalo | 12 | 18 | 390 | 21.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.5 |
| 61 | Oklahoma | 8 | 13 | 194 | 14.92 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.3 |
| 61 | BYU | 10 | 16 | 267 | 16.69 | 0 | 1.6 | 26.7 |
| 61 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 18 | 348 | 19.33 | 0 | 1.6 | 31.6 |
| 61 | Kent State | 10 | 16 | 313 | 19.56 | 0 | 1.6 | 31.3 |
| 61 | Duke | 11 | 18 | 361 | 20.06 | 0 | 1.6 | 32.8 |
| 61 | Kansas State | 9 | 14 | 297 | 21.21 | 0 | 1.6 | 33.0 |
| 61 | Connecticut | 13 | 21 | 481 | 22.90 | 0 | 1.6 | 37.0 |
| 68 | South Carolina | 7 | 12 | 191 | 15.92 | 0 | 1.7 | 27.3 |
| 68 | New Mexico State | 12 | 20 | 375 | 18.75 | 1 | 1.7 | 31.3 |
| 68 | Utah | 11 | 19 | 367 | 19.32 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.4 |
| 68 | Texas A&M | 10 | 17 | 329 | 19.35 | 0 | 1.7 | 32.9 |
| 68 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 20 | 482 | 24.10 | 2 | 1.7 | 40.2 |
| 73 | Virginia | 14 | 25 | 386 | 15.44 | 0 | 1.8 | 27.6 |
| 73 | Tulsa | 10 | 18 | 291 | 16.17 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.1 |
| 73 | Cincinnati | 9 | 16 | 278 | 17.38 | 0 | 1.8 | 30.9 |
| 73 | Washington State | 9 | 16 | 286 | 17.88 | 0 | 1.8 | 31.8 |
| 73 | Texas State | 12 | 22 | 438 | 19.91 | 0 | 1.8 | 36.5 |
| 73 | Arizona State | 9 | 16 | 319 | 19.94 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.4 |
| 73 | Penn State | 9 | 16 | 329 | 20.56 | 0 | 1.8 | 36.6 |
| 73 | USC | 8 | 14 | 308 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 38.5 |
| 73 | Toledo | 13 | 24 | 541 | 22.54 | 0 | 1.8 | 41.6 |
| 73 | Washington | 10 | 18 | 432 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 43.2 |
| 73 | Massachusetts | 11 | 20 | 506 | 25.30 | 1 | 1.8 | 46.0 |
| 73 | Wyoming | 11 | 20 | 521 | 26.05 | 0 | 1.8 | 47.4 |
| 85 | Iowa | 9 | 17 | 234 | 13.76 | 0 | 1.9 | 26.0 |
| 85 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 17 | 299 | 17.59 | 0 | 1.9 | 33.2 |
| 85 | Arkansas State | 13 | 25 | 471 | 18.84 | 0 | 1.9 | 36.2 |
| 85 | Liberty | 11 | 21 | 405 | 19.29 | 0 | 1.9 | 36.8 |
| 85 | South Alabama | 10 | 19 | 419 | 22.05 | 1 | 1.9 | 41.9 |
| 85 | UTSA | 10 | 19 | 419 | 22.05 | 1 | 1.9 | 41.9 |
| 85 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 23 | 508 | 22.09 | 0 | 1.9 | 42.3 |
| 85 | Miami (OH) | 14 | 26 | 681 | 26.19 | 1 | 1.9 | 48.6 |
| 93 | Fresno State | 13 | 26 | 418 | 16.08 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.2 |
| 93 | James Madison | 13 | 26 | 540 | 20.77 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.5 |
| 93 | Boston College | 11 | 22 | 473 | 21.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.0 |
| 93 | Sam Houston State | 11 | 22 | 497 | 22.59 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.2 |
| 93 | San Jose State | 11 | 22 | 536 | 24.36 | 1 | 2.0 | 48.7 |
| 98 | Alabama | 9 | 19 | 334 | 17.58 | 1 | 2.1 | 37.1 |
| 98 | Baylor | 9 | 19 | 415 | 21.84 | 1 | 2.1 | 46.1 |
| 98 | West Virginia | 7 | 15 | 337 | 22.47 | 1 | 2.1 | 48.1 |
| 101 | Missouri State | 12 | 26 | 451 | 17.35 | 1 | 2.2 | 37.6 |
| 101 | Rutgers | 9 | 20 | 350 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.2 | 38.9 |
| 101 | Bowling Green | 12 | 26 | 495 | 19.04 | 0 | 2.2 | 41.3 |
| 101 | Navy | 11 | 24 | 463 | 19.29 | 0 | 2.2 | 42.1 |
| 101 | TCU | 10 | 22 | 430 | 19.55 | 0 | 2.2 | 43.0 |
| 101 | Army | 10 | 22 | 526 | 23.91 | 1 | 2.2 | 52.6 |
| 107 | Nebraska | 9 | 21 | 359 | 17.10 | 0 | 2.3 | 39.9 |
| 107 | Ball State | 12 | 28 | 513 | 18.32 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.8 |
| 107 | Utah State | 11 | 25 | 462 | 18.48 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.0 |
| 107 | Jacksonville State | 14 | 32 | 697 | 21.78 | 1 | 2.3 | 49.8 |
| 107 | UNLV | 14 | 32 | 748 | 23.38 | 1 | 2.3 | 53.4 |
| 107 | NC State | 10 | 23 | 572 | 24.87 | 1 | 2.3 | 57.2 |
| 113 | Akron | 12 | 29 | 543 | 18.72 | 2 | 2.4 | 45.3 |
| 113 | UTEP | 11 | 26 | 508 | 19.54 | 0 | 2.4 | 46.2 |
| 113 | Ohio | 12 | 29 | 668 | 23.03 | 0 | 2.4 | 55.7 |
| 113 | UAB | 10 | 24 | 563 | 23.46 | 1 | 2.4 | 56.3 |
| 113 | Oregon State | 9 | 22 | 540 | 24.55 | 1 | 2.4 | 60.0 |
| 113 | Houston | 11 | 26 | 693 | 26.65 | 1 | 2.4 | 63.0 |
| 119 | East Carolina | 11 | 28 | 547 | 19.54 | 0 | 2.5 | 49.7 |
| 119 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 27 | 534 | 19.78 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.5 |
| 121 | SMU | 11 | 29 | 538 | 18.55 | 0 | 2.6 | 48.9 |
| 122 | Central Michigan | 12 | 32 | 657 | 20.53 | 0 | 2.7 | 54.8 |
| 122 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 30 | 718 | 23.93 | 1 | 2.7 | 65.3 |
| 124 | Hawaii | 13 | 36 | 684 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 52.6 |
| 124 | Kennesaw State | 13 | 37 | 719 | 19.43 | 0 | 2.8 | 55.3 |
| 124 | Indiana | 10 | 28 | 560 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 56.0 |
| 127 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 32 | 436 | 13.63 | 1 | 2.9 | 39.6 |
| 128 | California | 12 | 36 | 688 | 19.11 | 0 | 3.0 | 57.3 |
| 129 | Missouri | 8 | 25 | 426 | 17.04 | 0 | 3.1 | 53.3 |
| 130 | North Texas | 12 | 38 | 682 | 17.95 | 0 | 3.2 | 56.8 |
| 130 | Louisiana | 12 | 38 | 753 | 19.82 | 1 | 3.2 | 62.8 |
| 130 | Northwestern | 9 | 29 | 680 | 23.45 | 1 | 3.2 | 75.6 |
| 133 | FIU | 13 | 44 | 881 | 20.02 | 0 | 3.4 | 67.8 |
| 133 | Maryland | 10 | 34 | 837 | 24.62 | 1 | 3.4 | 83.7 |
| 135 | Iowa State | 9 | 35 | 727 | 20.77 | 0 | 3.9 | 80.8 |
| 136 | Old Dominion | 11 | 46 | 897 | 19.50 | 0 | 4.2 | 81.5 |