2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in August/September Only through 10/28/2025

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Texas Tech 4 1 -9 -9.00 0 0.3 -2.3
2 Mississippi State 5 2 -6 -3.00 0 0.4 -1.2
3 BYU 4 2 -5 -2.50 0 0.5 -1.3
4 Duke 5 2 -4 -2.00 0 0.4 -0.8
5 SMU 4 5 -3 -0.60 0 1.3 -0.8
6 Utah 5 2 -2 -1.00 0 0.4 -0.4
7 Nebraska 4 1 -1 -1.00 0 0.3 -0.3
7 Oregon 5 1 -1 -1.00 0 0.2 -0.2
7 UCLA 4 5 -1 -0.20 0 1.3 -0.3
10 San Jose State 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
10 Army 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
10 Clemson 4 3 0 0.00 0 0.8 0.0
13 Kentucky 4 4 1 0.25 0 1.0 0.3
13 Appalachian State 4 3 1 0.33 0 0.8 0.3
15 Toledo 5 6 2 0.33 0 1.2 0.4
16 Cincinnati 4 3 3 1.00 0 0.8 0.8
16 North Texas 5 2 3 1.50 0 0.4 0.6
16 Alabama 4 1 3 3.00 0 0.3 0.8
16 Ohio State 4 1 3 3.00 0 0.3 0.8
16 Texas State 4 1 3 3.00 0 0.3 0.8
21 Louisville 4 5 4 0.80 0 1.3 1.0
21 Memphis 5 2 4 2.00 0 0.4 0.8
23 Fresno State 5 2 5 2.50 0 0.4 1.0
24 North Carolina 4 3 6 2.00 0 0.8 1.5
25 UNLV 4 3 7 2.33 0 0.8 1.8
25 Miami (OH) 4 1 7 7.00 0 0.3 1.8
27 Nevada 4 4 9 2.25 0 1.0 2.3
27 Miami (FL) 4 3 9 3.00 0 0.8 2.3
27 Delaware 4 2 9 4.50 0 0.5 2.3
27 Notre Dame 4 1 9 9.00 0 0.3 2.3
31 Syracuse 5 6 10 1.67 0 1.2 2.0
31 USC 5 3 10 3.33 0 0.6 2.0
31 Temple 4 3 10 3.33 0 0.8 2.5
34 UCF 4 3 11 3.67 0 0.8 2.8
34 Minnesota 4 3 11 3.67 0 0.8 2.8
34 Vanderbilt 5 2 11 5.50 0 0.4 2.2
34 James Madison 4 1 11 11.00 0 0.3 2.8
38 Boston College 4 5 12 2.40 0 1.3 3.0
38 Purdue 4 4 12 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
38 South Carolina 5 3 12 4.00 0 0.6 2.4
38 Northwestern 4 3 12 4.00 0 0.8 3.0
42 Iowa State 5 4 13 3.25 0 0.8 2.6
42 Navy 4 3 13 4.33 0 0.8 3.3
44 Charlotte 4 7 14 2.00 0 1.8 3.5
44 Pittsburgh 4 4 14 3.50 0 1.0 3.5
44 Georgia 4 3 14 4.67 0 0.8 3.5
44 South Alabama 5 2 14 7.00 0 0.4 2.8
48 Tennessee 5 2 15 7.50 0 0.4 3.0
49 Kansas 5 7 16 2.29 0 1.4 3.2
50 Baylor 5 5 17 3.40 0 1.0 3.4
50 Penn State 4 3 17 5.67 0 0.8 4.3
52 New Mexico 4 5 18 3.60 0 1.3 4.5
52 Oklahoma State 4 4 18 4.50 0 1.0 4.5
54 Connecticut 5 4 21 5.25 0 0.8 4.2
55 Northern Illinois 4 9 22 2.44 0 2.3 5.5
56 Michigan 4 6 23 3.83 0 1.5 5.8
56 Ole Miss 5 4 23 5.75 0 0.8 4.6
58 Washington State 5 6 25 4.17 0 1.2 5.0
59 Texas 4 4 26 6.50 0 1.0 6.5
59 Air Force 4 3 26 8.67 0 0.8 6.5
61 Arkansas 5 4 28 7.00 0 0.8 5.6
61 East Carolina 5 4 28 7.00 0 0.8 5.6
63 Oklahoma 4 8 29 3.63 0 2.0 7.3
64 Virginia 5 2 31 15.50 0 0.4 6.2
65 California 5 5 32 6.40 0 1.0 6.4
65 Washington 4 1 32 32.00 0 0.3 8.0
67 Michigan State 4 3 33 11.00 0 0.8 8.3
68 Auburn 5 5 34 6.80 0 1.0 6.8
68 Iowa 5 2 34 17.00 0 0.4 6.8
68 Missouri 5 2 34 17.00 0 0.4 6.8
71 Indiana 5 4 35 8.75 0 0.8 7.0
71 Maryland 4 3 35 11.67 0 0.8 8.8
73 Georgia Tech 5 4 36 9.00 0 0.8 7.2
74 Kennesaw State 5 4 37 9.25 0 0.8 7.4
74 Florida 4 3 37 12.33 0 0.8 9.3
76 Central Michigan 5 6 39 6.50 0 1.2 7.8
77 Arizona 4 4 40 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
78 Wake Forest 4 4 41 10.25 0 1.0 10.3
79 Troy 4 6 42 7.00 0 1.5 10.5
80 UAB 4 3 43 14.33 0 0.8 10.8
81 Liberty 5 3 45 15.00 0 0.6 9.0
82 Kansas State 5 7 46 6.57 0 1.4 9.2
82 Southern Miss 5 7 46 6.57 0 1.4 9.2
84 Wyoming 4 4 49 12.25 0 1.0 12.3
85 San Diego State 4 6 50 8.33 0 1.5 12.5
86 Boise State 4 2 53 26.50 0 0.5 13.3
87 Buffalo 5 9 55 6.11 0 1.8 11.0
87 New Mexico State 4 8 55 6.88 0 2.0 13.8
89 Western Michigan 5 5 56 11.20 0 1.0 11.2
89 Rutgers 5 2 56 28.00 0 0.4 11.2
91 Marshall 5 8 57 7.13 0 1.6 11.4
91 Houston 4 6 57 9.50 0 1.5 14.3
91 Sam Houston State 4 5 57 11.40 0 1.3 14.3
94 Jacksonville State 5 5 58 11.60 0 1.0 11.6
94 USF 4 3 58 19.33 0 0.8 14.5
96 Louisiana 5 10 62 6.20 0 2.0 12.4
96 Utah State 5 10 62 6.20 0 2.0 12.4
96 Tulsa 5 9 62 6.89 0 1.8 12.4
99 Arkansas State 5 5 63 12.60 0 1.0 12.6
100 Louisiana Tech 5 10 64 6.40 0 2.0 12.8
100 Illinois 5 5 64 12.80 1 1.0 12.8
100 Texas A&M 4 4 64 16.00 1 1.0 16.0
103 West Virginia 5 11 65 5.91 0 2.2 13.0
103 Colorado State 4 9 65 7.22 0 2.3 16.3
105 Western Kentucky 5 10 66 6.60 0 2.0 13.2
106 Kent State 4 8 67 8.38 0 2.0 16.8
107 Georgia Southern 5 8 68 8.50 0 1.6 13.6
108 Wisconsin 4 8 70 8.75 0 2.0 17.5
109 Rice 5 7 72 10.29 0 1.4 14.4
110 Tulane 5 7 74 10.57 0 1.4 14.8
111 Florida Atlantic 4 6 75 12.50 0 1.5 18.8
112 Colorado 5 8 77 9.63 0 1.6 15.4
113 Eastern Michigan 5 7 84 12.00 0 1.4 16.8
114 Virginia Tech 5 5 88 17.60 1 1.0 17.6
115 Arizona State 5 7 89 12.71 0 1.4 17.8
115 Louisiana-Monroe 4 6 89 14.83 0 1.5 22.3
117 Hawaii 6 8 90 11.25 0 1.3 15.0
117 Stanford 5 7 90 12.86 0 1.4 18.0
119 Missouri State 5 5 91 18.20 0 1.0 18.2
120 LSU 5 8 93 11.63 0 1.6 18.6
121 NC State 5 7 98 14.00 0 1.4 19.6
122 Ball State 4 11 103 9.36 1 2.8 25.8
123 Ohio 5 10 105 10.50 1 2.0 21.0
124 Coastal Carolina 4 11 110 10.00 0 2.8 27.5
125 Old Dominion 4 5 116 23.20 1 1.3 29.0
126 Bowling Green 5 5 122 24.40 1 1.0 24.4
127 UTEP 5 15 124 8.27 0 3.0 24.8
128 FIU 4 7 131 18.71 2 1.8 32.8
129 Middle Tennessee State 5 9 133 14.78 0 1.8 26.6
130 UTSA 4 10 161 16.10 1 2.5 40.3
131 Akron 5 13 164 12.62 0 2.6 32.8
132 Georgia State 4 12 194 16.17 1 3.0 48.5
133 Oregon State 5 14 216 15.43 1 2.8 43.2
134 Massachusetts 4 8 247 30.88 1 2.0 61.8