2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 11/01/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulane | 7 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| 1 | Arizona | 7 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.8 |
| 4 | Florida State | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| 4 | Colorado | 6 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.5 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 5 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Illinois | 5 | 3 | 53 | 17.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.6 |
| 6 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.7 |
| 6 | Georgia State | 5 | 3 | 75 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 15.0 |
| 10 | Tennessee | 6 | 4 | 60 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.0 |
| 10 | Purdue | 6 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.2 |
| 10 | Wake Forest | 7 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.4 |
| 10 | LSU | 5 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.0 |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 4 | 82 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.3 |
| 10 | Miami (FL) | 6 | 4 | 92 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 15.3 |
| 10 | Florida | 4 | 4 | 92 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 17 | Rice | 8 | 5 | 80 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.0 |
| 17 | Kentucky | 4 | 5 | 83 | 16.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.8 |
| 17 | Colorado State | 7 | 5 | 115 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 16.4 |
| 20 | Minnesota | 8 | 6 | 69 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.6 |
| 20 | Washington State | 6 | 6 | 90 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 20 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 6 | 120 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.0 |
| 20 | Charlotte | 8 | 6 | 123 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.4 |
| 20 | Syracuse | 7 | 6 | 129 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 18.4 |
| 20 | Boise State | 8 | 6 | 180 | 30.00 | 1 | 0.8 | 22.5 |
| 20 | Clemson | 7 | 6 | 206 | 34.33 | 1 | 0.9 | 29.4 |
| 20 | Nevada | 8 | 6 | 213 | 35.50 | 1 | 0.8 | 26.6 |
| 28 | UCLA | 6 | 7 | 96 | 13.71 | 0 | 1.2 | 16.0 |
| 28 | Ohio State | 6 | 7 | 114 | 16.29 | 0 | 1.2 | 19.0 |
| 28 | Mississippi State | 6 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 0 | 1.2 | 20.2 |
| 28 | Michigan State | 6 | 7 | 131 | 18.71 | 0 | 1.2 | 21.8 |
| 28 | Ole Miss | 7 | 7 | 141 | 20.14 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.1 |
| 28 | Utah | 6 | 7 | 150 | 21.43 | 0 | 1.2 | 25.0 |
| 28 | Marshall | 7 | 7 | 166 | 23.71 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.7 |
| 35 | Georgia | 5 | 8 | 123 | 15.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.6 |
| 35 | Kent State | 6 | 8 | 125 | 15.63 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.8 |
| 35 | North Carolina | 7 | 8 | 149 | 18.63 | 0 | 1.1 | 21.3 |
| 35 | Kansas | 6 | 8 | 170 | 21.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.3 |
| 35 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 8 | 173 | 21.63 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.8 |
| 35 | Auburn | 5 | 8 | 179 | 22.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 35.8 |
| 35 | Stanford | 6 | 8 | 188 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 31.3 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 4 | 8 | 247 | 30.88 | 1 | 2.0 | 61.8 |
| 43 | Oklahoma | 5 | 9 | 99 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 19.8 |
| 43 | Texas | 6 | 9 | 127 | 14.11 | 0 | 1.5 | 21.2 |
| 43 | USF | 6 | 9 | 145 | 16.11 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.2 |
| 43 | South Carolina | 4 | 9 | 146 | 16.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 36.5 |
| 43 | Missouri State | 7 | 9 | 157 | 17.44 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.4 |
| 43 | Texas A&M | 7 | 9 | 168 | 18.67 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.0 |
| 43 | Utah State | 6 | 9 | 169 | 18.78 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.2 |
| 43 | Alabama | 4 | 9 | 172 | 19.11 | 1 | 2.3 | 43.0 |
| 43 | Temple | 7 | 9 | 178 | 19.78 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.4 |
| 43 | USC | 6 | 9 | 186 | 20.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.0 |
| 43 | Appalachian State | 8 | 9 | 192 | 21.33 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.0 |
| 43 | San Diego State | 8 | 9 | 192 | 21.33 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.0 |
| 43 | Washington | 6 | 9 | 205 | 22.78 | 0 | 1.5 | 34.2 |
| 56 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 10 | 159 | 15.90 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.7 |
| 56 | Texas State | 8 | 10 | 195 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.4 |
| 56 | Penn State | 6 | 10 | 203 | 20.30 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.8 |
| 56 | Tulsa | 7 | 10 | 204 | 20.40 | 0 | 1.4 | 29.1 |
| 56 | Michigan | 6 | 10 | 204 | 20.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 34.0 |
| 56 | Delaware | 8 | 10 | 211 | 21.10 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.4 |
| 62 | Iowa | 7 | 11 | 159 | 14.45 | 0 | 1.6 | 22.7 |
| 62 | BYU | 7 | 11 | 161 | 14.64 | 0 | 1.6 | 23.0 |
| 62 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 11 | 179 | 16.27 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.8 |
| 62 | Texas Tech | 8 | 11 | 185 | 16.82 | 0 | 1.4 | 23.1 |
| 62 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 11 | 198 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 28.3 |
| 62 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 11 | 200 | 18.18 | 0 | 1.2 | 22.2 |
| 62 | Duke | 7 | 11 | 215 | 19.55 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.7 |
| 62 | Buffalo | 9 | 11 | 230 | 20.91 | 0 | 1.2 | 25.6 |
| 62 | Oregon | 7 | 11 | 238 | 21.64 | 0 | 1.6 | 34.0 |
| 62 | Southern Miss | 8 | 11 | 266 | 24.18 | 0 | 1.4 | 33.3 |
| 62 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 11 | 280 | 25.45 | 1 | 1.4 | 35.0 |
| 73 | Virginia | 8 | 12 | 196 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.5 |
| 73 | New Mexico | 8 | 12 | 207 | 17.25 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.9 |
| 73 | Western Michigan | 9 | 12 | 216 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.0 |
| 73 | Louisville | 6 | 12 | 223 | 18.58 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.2 |
| 73 | New Mexico State | 8 | 12 | 229 | 19.08 | 1 | 1.5 | 28.6 |
| 73 | UCF | 7 | 12 | 239 | 19.92 | 0 | 1.7 | 34.1 |
| 79 | Arkansas State | 9 | 13 | 221 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 24.6 |
| 79 | Sam Houston State | 7 | 13 | 289 | 22.23 | 0 | 1.9 | 41.3 |
| 79 | NC State | 6 | 13 | 344 | 26.46 | 1 | 2.2 | 57.3 |
| 82 | Liberty | 8 | 14 | 253 | 18.07 | 0 | 1.8 | 31.6 |
| 82 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 14 | 273 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.3 |
| 82 | UAB | 6 | 14 | 309 | 22.07 | 0 | 2.3 | 51.5 |
| 82 | Toledo | 8 | 14 | 316 | 22.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 39.5 |
| 82 | Rutgers | 7 | 14 | 322 | 23.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 46.0 |
| 82 | West Virginia | 7 | 14 | 337 | 24.07 | 1 | 2.0 | 48.1 |
| 82 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 14 | 364 | 26.00 | 1 | 1.6 | 40.4 |
| 89 | Bowling Green | 7 | 15 | 246 | 16.40 | 0 | 2.1 | 35.1 |
| 89 | Cincinnati | 8 | 15 | 252 | 16.80 | 0 | 1.9 | 31.5 |
| 89 | Indiana | 8 | 15 | 278 | 18.53 | 0 | 1.9 | 34.8 |
| 89 | James Madison | 7 | 15 | 280 | 18.67 | 0 | 2.1 | 40.0 |
| 89 | Connecticut | 9 | 15 | 318 | 21.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 35.3 |
| 89 | UTSA | 7 | 15 | 338 | 22.53 | 0 | 2.1 | 48.3 |
| 89 | Boston College | 7 | 15 | 339 | 22.60 | 0 | 2.1 | 48.4 |
| 89 | Kansas State | 8 | 15 | 355 | 23.67 | 0 | 1.9 | 44.4 |
| 89 | Massachusetts | 7 | 15 | 417 | 27.80 | 1 | 2.1 | 59.6 |
| 98 | Air Force | 8 | 16 | 262 | 16.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.8 |
| 98 | Troy | 8 | 16 | 290 | 18.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.3 |
| 98 | Arizona State | 7 | 16 | 295 | 18.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 42.1 |
| 98 | San Jose State | 7 | 16 | 322 | 20.13 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.0 |
| 98 | Army | 8 | 16 | 385 | 24.06 | 1 | 2.0 | 48.1 |
| 103 | Nebraska | 6 | 17 | 275 | 16.18 | 0 | 2.8 | 45.8 |
| 103 | Memphis | 9 | 17 | 287 | 16.88 | 0 | 1.9 | 31.9 |
| 103 | Houston | 8 | 17 | 395 | 23.24 | 0 | 2.1 | 49.4 |
| 103 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 17 | 418 | 24.59 | 1 | 2.4 | 59.7 |
| 107 | Fresno State | 9 | 18 | 291 | 16.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.3 |
| 107 | Ball State | 8 | 18 | 302 | 16.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 37.8 |
| 107 | UTEP | 7 | 18 | 331 | 18.39 | 0 | 2.6 | 47.3 |
| 107 | East Carolina | 7 | 18 | 387 | 21.50 | 0 | 2.6 | 55.3 |
| 107 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 18 | 445 | 24.72 | 0 | 2.3 | 55.6 |
| 107 | Wyoming | 8 | 18 | 490 | 27.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 61.3 |
| 113 | Northwestern | 7 | 19 | 365 | 19.21 | 1 | 2.7 | 52.1 |
| 113 | South Alabama | 9 | 19 | 382 | 20.11 | 0 | 2.1 | 42.4 |
| 113 | Baylor | 8 | 19 | 428 | 22.53 | 1 | 2.4 | 53.5 |
| 113 | Akron | 9 | 19 | 468 | 24.63 | 2 | 2.1 | 52.0 |
| 113 | Ohio | 7 | 19 | 480 | 25.26 | 0 | 2.7 | 68.6 |
| 118 | Central Michigan | 8 | 20 | 379 | 18.95 | 0 | 2.5 | 47.4 |
| 118 | Navy | 8 | 20 | 419 | 20.95 | 0 | 2.5 | 52.4 |
| 120 | TCU | 8 | 21 | 407 | 19.38 | 0 | 2.6 | 50.9 |
| 120 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 21 | 449 | 21.38 | 1 | 2.6 | 56.1 |
| 122 | Missouri | 6 | 22 | 376 | 17.09 | 0 | 3.7 | 62.7 |
| 122 | SMU | 8 | 22 | 447 | 20.32 | 0 | 2.8 | 55.9 |
| 122 | Oregon State | 7 | 22 | 495 | 22.50 | 0 | 3.1 | 70.7 |
| 122 | UNLV | 8 | 22 | 551 | 25.05 | 1 | 2.8 | 68.9 |
| 126 | Hawaii | 9 | 23 | 398 | 17.30 | 0 | 2.6 | 44.2 |
| 127 | Kennesaw State | 7 | 24 | 431 | 17.96 | 0 | 3.4 | 61.6 |
| 127 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 24 | 482 | 20.08 | 0 | 3.0 | 60.3 |
| 127 | Maryland | 6 | 24 | 550 | 22.92 | 0 | 4.0 | 91.7 |
| 130 | Louisiana | 8 | 25 | 434 | 17.36 | 0 | 3.1 | 54.3 |
| 131 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 26 | 323 | 12.42 | 0 | 3.3 | 40.4 |
| 131 | FIU | 8 | 26 | 504 | 19.38 | 0 | 3.3 | 63.0 |
| 131 | Iowa State | 7 | 26 | 529 | 20.35 | 0 | 3.7 | 75.6 |
| 134 | California | 8 | 27 | 534 | 19.78 | 0 | 3.4 | 66.8 |
| 135 | Old Dominion | 8 | 31 | 588 | 18.97 | 0 | 3.9 | 73.5 |
| 135 | North Texas | 9 | 31 | 612 | 19.74 | 0 | 3.4 | 68.0 |