2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoffs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026
| Name | G | Kickoffs | Yards | Avg. | Touchback | Touchback % | Out-Of-Bounds | Onside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | 11 | 74 | 4423 | 59.77 | 22 | 29.73 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Western Michigan | 13 | 47 | 2818 | 59.96 | 15 | 31.91 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Arkansas State | 13 | 69 | 4035 | 58.48 | 23 | 33.33 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Liberty | 11 | 54 | 3178 | 58.85 | 19 | 35.19 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Michigan | 9 | 34 | 1951 | 57.38 | 12 | 35.29 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Kansas State | 9 | 42 | 2603 | 61.98 | 15 | 35.71 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Kennesaw State | 13 | 59 | 3518 | 59.63 | 22 | 37.29 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Troy | 13 | 67 | 3952 | 58.99 | 25 | 37.31 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Rutgers | 9 | 50 | 2964 | 59.28 | 19 | 38.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 63 | 3813 | 60.52 | 24 | 38.10 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Toledo | 13 | 44 | 2667 | 60.61 | 17 | 38.64 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Stanford | 8 | 41 | 2492 | 60.78 | 16 | 39.02 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Bowling Green | 12 | 61 | 3606 | 59.11 | 24 | 39.34 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | Texas State | 12 | 61 | 3663 | 60.05 | 24 | 39.34 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Buffalo | 12 | 60 | 3505 | 58.42 | 24 | 40.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Minnesota | 10 | 40 | 2368 | 59.20 | 16 | 40.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Oregon State | 9 | 50 | 2979 | 59.58 | 20 | 40.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 67 | 4135 | 61.72 | 27 | 40.30 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | San Diego State | 12 | 37 | 2221 | 60.03 | 15 | 40.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Auburn | 7 | 27 | 1680 | 62.22 | 11 | 40.74 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Ohio | 12 | 51 | 2922 | 57.29 | 21 | 41.18 | 4 | 2 |
| 22 | Akron | 12 | 65 | 3987 | 61.34 | 27 | 41.54 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Central Michigan | 12 | 52 | 3192 | 61.38 | 22 | 42.31 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Penn State | 9 | 33 | 1971 | 59.73 | 14 | 42.42 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Washington | 10 | 40 | 2391 | 59.78 | 17 | 42.50 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 47 | 2876 | 61.19 | 20 | 42.55 | 0 | 4 |
| 27 | Hawaii | 13 | 68 | 4208 | 61.88 | 29 | 42.65 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | UTEP | 11 | 70 | 4180 | 59.71 | 30 | 42.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | USC | 8 | 35 | 2117 | 60.49 | 15 | 42.86 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Marshall | 10 | 51 | 3119 | 61.16 | 22 | 43.14 | 4 | 2 |
| 31 | UCLA | 8 | 44 | 2701 | 61.39 | 19 | 43.18 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | South Carolina | 7 | 30 | 1829 | 60.97 | 13 | 43.33 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Georgia State | 9 | 60 | 3714 | 61.90 | 26 | 43.33 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | UCF | 9 | 39 | 2482 | 63.64 | 17 | 43.59 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 55 | 3364 | 61.16 | 24 | 43.64 | 3 | 4 |
| 36 | Kent State | 10 | 54 | 3115 | 57.69 | 24 | 44.44 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Tulane | 11 | 45 | 2658 | 59.07 | 20 | 44.44 | 4 | 6 |
| 36 | Texas Tech | 9 | 27 | 1644 | 60.89 | 12 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 7 | 38 | 2401 | 63.18 | 17 | 44.74 | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | Michigan State | 8 | 40 | 2455 | 61.38 | 18 | 45.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 | Baylor | 9 | 51 | 3201 | 62.76 | 23 | 45.10 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Iowa | 9 | 31 | 1884 | 60.77 | 14 | 45.16 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Tulsa | 10 | 53 | 3224 | 60.83 | 24 | 45.28 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 | Connecticut | 13 | 65 | 3963 | 60.97 | 30 | 46.15 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | Nebraska | 9 | 39 | 2428 | 62.26 | 18 | 46.15 | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | Louisiana | 12 | 67 | 4071 | 60.76 | 31 | 46.27 | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | Texas A&M | 10 | 43 | 2622 | 60.98 | 20 | 46.51 | 1 | 1 |
| 48 | Kansas | 10 | 49 | 2990 | 61.02 | 23 | 46.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Jacksonville State | 14 | 71 | 4357 | 61.37 | 34 | 47.89 | 5 | 1 |
| 50 | Boise State | 13 | 60 | 3727 | 62.12 | 29 | 48.33 | 1 | 5 |
| 50 | Missouri State | 12 | 60 | 3784 | 63.07 | 29 | 48.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | San Jose State | 11 | 70 | 4214 | 60.20 | 34 | 48.57 | 3 | 1 |
| 53 | Delaware | 13 | 80 | 4947 | 61.84 | 39 | 48.75 | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | TCU | 10 | 47 | 2986 | 63.53 | 23 | 48.94 | 1 | 4 |
| 55 | Utah State | 11 | 58 | 3548 | 61.17 | 29 | 50.00 | 2 | 2 |
| 56 | Fresno State | 13 | 53 | 3250 | 61.32 | 27 | 50.94 | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | James Madison | 13 | 47 | 2941 | 62.57 | 24 | 51.06 | 2 | 2 |
| 58 | Arizona State | 9 | 45 | 2800 | 62.22 | 23 | 51.11 | 0 | 1 |
| 59 | Colorado | 8 | 43 | 2635 | 61.28 | 22 | 51.16 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 | Notre Dame | 8 | 29 | 1726 | 59.52 | 15 | 51.72 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 54 | 3390 | 62.78 | 28 | 51.85 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Maryland | 10 | 48 | 2989 | 62.27 | 25 | 52.08 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Oklahoma | 8 | 23 | 1397 | 60.74 | 12 | 52.17 | 1 | 3 |
| 63 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 69 | 4244 | 61.51 | 36 | 52.17 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | North Texas | 12 | 59 | 3465 | 58.73 | 31 | 52.54 | 2 | 5 |
| 66 | Sam Houston State | 11 | 76 | 4542 | 59.76 | 40 | 52.63 | 4 | 1 |
| 66 | FIU | 13 | 76 | 4643 | 61.09 | 40 | 52.63 | 3 | 1 |
| 66 | Wisconsin | 6 | 19 | 1175 | 61.84 | 10 | 52.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | BYU | 10 | 38 | 2400 | 63.16 | 20 | 52.63 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 | Ball State | 12 | 70 | 4199 | 59.99 | 37 | 52.86 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Miami (OH) | 14 | 67 | 4087 | 61.00 | 36 | 53.73 | 6 | 2 |
| 72 | Houston | 11 | 50 | 3066 | 61.32 | 27 | 54.00 | 3 | 2 |
| 73 | Temple | 8 | 37 | 2322 | 62.76 | 20 | 54.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 61 | 3740 | 61.31 | 33 | 54.10 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Utah | 11 | 44 | 2706 | 61.50 | 24 | 54.55 | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Missouri | 8 | 33 | 2063 | 62.52 | 18 | 54.55 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | USF | 10 | 42 | 2498 | 59.48 | 23 | 54.76 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | Arizona | 11 | 42 | 2664 | 63.43 | 23 | 54.76 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 | Middle Tennessee State | 12 | 73 | 4411 | 60.42 | 40 | 54.79 | 4 | 1 |
| 80 | Indiana | 10 | 29 | 1828 | 63.03 | 16 | 55.17 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Army | 10 | 38 | 2351 | 61.87 | 21 | 55.26 | 1 | 3 |
| 82 | North Carolina | 10 | 45 | 2809 | 62.42 | 25 | 55.56 | 2 | 2 |
| 83 | Ohio State | 10 | 25 | 1560 | 62.40 | 14 | 56.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Cincinnati | 9 | 37 | 2196 | 59.35 | 21 | 56.76 | 3 | 3 |
| 85 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 63 | 3959 | 62.84 | 36 | 57.14 | 4 | 2 |
| 85 | SMU | 11 | 42 | 2649 | 63.07 | 24 | 57.14 | 1 | 2 |
| 87 | UAB | 10 | 68 | 4051 | 59.57 | 39 | 57.35 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Alabama | 9 | 33 | 2015 | 61.06 | 19 | 57.58 | 2 | 1 |
| 89 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 64 | 3879 | 60.61 | 37 | 57.81 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Appalachian State | 12 | 64 | 3920 | 61.25 | 37 | 57.81 | 1 | 4 |
| 91 | UNLV | 14 | 76 | 4878 | 64.18 | 44 | 57.89 | 2 | 2 |
| 92 | Navy | 11 | 46 | 2916 | 63.39 | 27 | 58.70 | 0 | 6 |
| 93 | Oregon | 9 | 27 | 1693 | 62.70 | 16 | 59.26 | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | Syracuse | 10 | 64 | 4094 | 63.97 | 38 | 59.38 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | Purdue | 7 | 37 | 2304 | 62.27 | 22 | 59.46 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | California | 12 | 62 | 3874 | 62.48 | 37 | 59.68 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 67 | 4184 | 62.45 | 40 | 59.70 | 0 | 2 |
| 98 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 45 | 2717 | 60.38 | 27 | 60.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 98 | UTSA | 10 | 50 | 3036 | 60.72 | 30 | 60.00 | 4 | 3 |
| 98 | Washington State | 9 | 30 | 1851 | 61.70 | 18 | 60.00 | 2 | 2 |
| 98 | South Alabama | 10 | 55 | 3436 | 62.47 | 33 | 60.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | LSU | 7 | 20 | 1256 | 62.80 | 12 | 60.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Florida State | 9 | 40 | 2528 | 63.20 | 24 | 60.00 | 4 | 0 |
| 104 | Iowa State | 9 | 38 | 2320 | 61.05 | 23 | 60.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Kentucky | 8 | 38 | 2358 | 62.05 | 23 | 60.53 | 2 | 1 |
| 106 | New Mexico | 12 | 56 | 3479 | 62.13 | 34 | 60.71 | 1 | 1 |
| 107 | Memphis | 11 | 46 | 2806 | 61.00 | 28 | 60.87 | 3 | 2 |
| 108 | Texas | 7 | 31 | 1858 | 59.94 | 19 | 61.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 109 | East Carolina | 11 | 44 | 2689 | 61.11 | 27 | 61.36 | 0 | 2 |
| 110 | Northwestern | 9 | 29 | 1744 | 60.14 | 18 | 62.07 | 2 | 1 |
| 111 | NC State | 10 | 53 | 3323 | 62.70 | 33 | 62.26 | 3 | 2 |
| 112 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 32 | 2024 | 63.25 | 20 | 62.50 | 0 | 4 |
| 113 | Old Dominion | 11 | 35 | 2114 | 60.40 | 22 | 62.86 | 0 | 4 |
| 113 | Boston College | 11 | 70 | 4430 | 63.29 | 44 | 62.86 | 0 | 1 |
| 115 | Wake Forest | 12 | 62 | 3848 | 62.06 | 39 | 62.90 | 1 | 0 |
| 116 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 54 | 3214 | 59.52 | 34 | 62.96 | 3 | 4 |
| 117 | Air Force | 11 | 65 | 4120 | 63.38 | 42 | 64.62 | 0 | 3 |
| 118 | Clemson | 13 | 60 | 3691 | 61.52 | 39 | 65.00 | 2 | 1 |
| 119 | Arkansas | 8 | 46 | 2922 | 63.52 | 30 | 65.22 | 2 | 1 |
| 120 | Rice | 10 | 61 | 3738 | 61.28 | 40 | 65.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | Duke | 11 | 63 | 3933 | 62.43 | 42 | 66.67 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 | Tennessee | 9 | 45 | 2890 | 64.22 | 30 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 123 | Mississippi State | 9 | 46 | 2898 | 63.00 | 31 | 67.39 | 3 | 1 |
| 123 | Louisville | 10 | 46 | 2941 | 63.93 | 31 | 67.39 | 1 | 0 |
| 125 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 50 | 3175 | 63.50 | 34 | 68.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 126 | Southern Miss | 13 | 66 | 4084 | 61.88 | 45 | 68.18 | 2 | 5 |
| 127 | Charlotte | 9 | 57 | 3517 | 61.70 | 39 | 68.42 | 4 | 0 |
| 127 | Virginia | 14 | 57 | 3574 | 62.70 | 39 | 68.42 | 0 | 1 |
| 129 | Nevada | 12 | 69 | 4408 | 63.88 | 48 | 69.57 | 4 | 0 |
| 130 | Colorado State | 12 | 70 | 4340 | 62.00 | 49 | 70.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 131 | Illinois | 10 | 42 | 2572 | 61.24 | 30 | 71.43 | 2 | 0 |
| 132 | Georgia | 9 | 32 | 2066 | 64.56 | 23 | 71.88 | 0 | 0 |
| 133 | New Mexico State | 12 | 64 | 4105 | 64.14 | 47 | 73.44 | 1 | 0 |
| 134 | Wyoming | 11 | 47 | 2995 | 63.72 | 35 | 74.47 | 0 | 0 |
| 135 | Florida | 7 | 28 | 1713 | 61.18 | 21 | 75.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 136 | Ole Miss | 9 | 36 | 2275 | 63.19 | 28 | 77.78 | 0 | 1 |