2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in August/September Only through 09/13/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMU | 3 | 2 | -6 | -3.00 | 0 | 0.7 | -2.0 |
| 2 | Ole Miss | 3 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.7 |
| 2 | Utah | 3 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.7 |
| 4 | Toledo | 3 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| 5 | UCLA | 3 | 4 | -3 | -0.75 | 0 | 1.3 | -1.0 |
| 6 | Clemson | 3 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | -0.3 |
| 6 | Purdue | 3 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | -0.3 |
| 8 | Maryland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 8 | South Alabama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 8 | San Jose State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Army | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Appalachian State | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 12 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 12 | USC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 15 | Michigan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 17 | North Texas | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| 18 | Baylor | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 18 | Illinois | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 18 | Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 18 | Syracuse | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
| 18 | Washington State | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
| 18 | Charlotte | 3 | 7 | 14 | 2.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| 24 | Nevada | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 25 | Iowa State | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| 25 | UNLV | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| 27 | Boston College | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 28 | Fresno State | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| 28 | North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 28 | California | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| 31 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| 32 | Alabama | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| 32 | Bowling Green | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| 32 | Ohio State | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| 32 | Texas State | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| 32 | Connecticut | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| 32 | Minnesota | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| 32 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 39 | Kansas | 3 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 5.3 |
| 40 | Southern Miss | 3 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| 41 | Arkansas State | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| 41 | Iowa | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| 41 | Ball State | 3 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 1 | 2.7 | 9.3 |
| 44 | Louisiana | 3 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.0 |
| 45 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.5 |
| 46 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 7 | 27 | 3.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 9.0 |
| 47 | Northwestern | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 47 | South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 47 | New Mexico | 3 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| 50 | Navy | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 51 | Delaware | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| 51 | Indiana | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| 53 | Georgia | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| 54 | Air Force | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 54 | Michigan State | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 54 | Penn State | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 54 | Temple | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 54 | Oklahoma | 3 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.7 |
| 54 | Rice | 3 | 5 | 25 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 8.3 |
| 60 | FIU | 3 | 7 | 38 | 5.43 | 1 | 2.3 | 12.7 |
| 61 | Colorado State | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 62 | Central Michigan | 3 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| 63 | West Virginia | 3 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.7 |
| 64 | Tulsa | 3 | 5 | 30 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.0 |
| 64 | Utah State | 3 | 7 | 42 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 14.0 |
| 66 | Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| 66 | Texas | 3 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.7 |
| 66 | Ohio | 3 | 6 | 39 | 6.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 69 | Kent State | 3 | 9 | 59 | 6.56 | 0 | 3.0 | 19.7 |
| 70 | Kansas State | 4 | 7 | 46 | 6.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 11.5 |
| 71 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 7 | 47 | 6.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 15.7 |
| 72 | Marshall | 3 | 6 | 41 | 6.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.7 |
| 73 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 73 | Arkansas | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 73 | San Diego State | 2 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.5 |
| 76 | Arizona | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 77 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 78 | UAB | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| 78 | Virginia | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| 78 | Boise State | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 78 | East Carolina | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 82 | Troy | 3 | 5 | 42 | 8.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 14.0 |
| 83 | Colorado | 3 | 5 | 44 | 8.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 14.7 |
| 84 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 84 | Louisville | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 86 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 9 | 85 | 9.44 | 0 | 3.0 | 28.3 |
| 87 | UTEP | 3 | 13 | 125 | 9.62 | 0 | 4.3 | 41.7 |
| 88 | Arizona State | 3 | 6 | 58 | 9.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.3 |
| 89 | UCF | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 89 | Wisconsin | 3 | 5 | 50 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 16.7 |
| 91 | New Mexico State | 3 | 6 | 62 | 10.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 20.7 |
| 92 | Buffalo | 3 | 3 | 32 | 10.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.7 |
| 93 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| 93 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 18.3 |
| 95 | Florida | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.7 |
| 96 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.7 |
| 97 | Hawaii | 4 | 7 | 83 | 11.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 20.8 |
| 98 | Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| 98 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 100 | Wyoming | 3 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| 101 | Houston | 3 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.7 |
| 101 | LSU | 3 | 6 | 76 | 12.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.3 |
| 103 | Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 104 | Texas A&M | 3 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 1 | 1.0 | 13.7 |
| 105 | Akron | 3 | 8 | 117 | 14.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 39.0 |
| 106 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 4 | 61 | 15.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.3 |
| 107 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 7 | 110 | 15.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 36.7 |
| 108 | NC State | 3 | 5 | 82 | 16.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 27.3 |
| 109 | Stanford | 3 | 5 | 86 | 17.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 28.7 |
| 110 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 5 | 88 | 17.60 | 1 | 1.7 | 29.3 |
| 111 | Georgia State | 3 | 8 | 143 | 17.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 47.7 |
| 112 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 3 | 55 | 18.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.3 |
| 113 | USF | 3 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.3 |
| 114 | Missouri | 3 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| 114 | Tulane | 3 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.0 |
| 116 | UTSA | 3 | 7 | 153 | 21.86 | 1 | 2.3 | 51.0 |
| 117 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.5 |
| 118 | Missouri State | 3 | 4 | 93 | 23.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 31.0 |
| 119 | Liberty | 3 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 8.3 |
| 120 | Oregon State | 3 | 5 | 128 | 25.60 | 1 | 1.7 | 42.7 |
| 121 | Old Dominion | 3 | 4 | 116 | 29.00 | 1 | 1.3 | 38.7 |
| 122 | Kennesaw State | 3 | 1 | 35 | 35.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 11.7 |
| 123 | Massachusetts | 3 | 5 | 206 | 41.20 | 1 | 1.7 | 68.7 |