2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games in August/September Only through 11/01/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| 3 | Tulane | 5 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 4.6 |
| 4 | Arizona | 4 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| 5 | Iowa | 5 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.8 |
| 6 | Clemson | 4 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.5 |
| 7 | Charlotte | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.3 |
| 8 | Boise State | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| 9 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 10 | Arkansas State | 5 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 8.6 |
| 11 | Colorado | 5 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 8.8 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 9.0 |
| 12 | Rice | 5 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Illinois | 5 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 9.2 |
| 14 | LSU | 5 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 9.2 |
| 16 | Middle Tennessee State | 5 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 9.4 |
| 17 | USF | 4 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.8 |
| 18 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 4 | 54 | 13.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.8 |
| 19 | Georgia State | 4 | 1 | 46 | 46.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 11.5 |
| 20 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 2 | 61 | 30.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 12.2 |
| 21 | Kent State | 4 | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| 22 | Kansas | 5 | 4 | 65 | 16.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.0 |
| 22 | Washington State | 5 | 4 | 65 | 16.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.0 |
| 22 | Georgia | 4 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.0 |
| 22 | Troy | 4 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.0 |
| 22 | Appalachian State | 4 | 2 | 52 | 26.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 13.0 |
| 27 | Temple | 4 | 4 | 54 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.5 |
| 28 | New Mexico State | 4 | 4 | 55 | 13.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.8 |
| 29 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 4 | 56 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 30 | Utah | 5 | 4 | 71 | 17.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.2 |
| 31 | Minnesota | 4 | 5 | 57 | 11.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.3 |
| 32 | Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.8 |
| 33 | Air Force | 4 | 4 | 60 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 34 | UCLA | 4 | 5 | 61 | 12.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.3 |
| 35 | Texas A&M | 4 | 4 | 72 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 36 | Mississippi State | 5 | 6 | 92 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 18.4 |
| 36 | Western Kentucky | 5 | 6 | 92 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 18.4 |
| 38 | Marshall | 5 | 5 | 97 | 19.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.4 |
| 39 | Texas Tech | 4 | 5 | 81 | 16.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.3 |
| 40 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 5 | 84 | 16.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.0 |
| 41 | Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 87 | 29.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 21.8 |
| 42 | Wake Forest | 4 | 5 | 88 | 17.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.0 |
| 43 | Liberty | 5 | 7 | 111 | 15.86 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.2 |
| 44 | North Carolina | 4 | 5 | 89 | 17.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.3 |
| 45 | Ole Miss | 5 | 6 | 114 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 22.8 |
| 46 | San Diego State | 4 | 5 | 94 | 18.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.5 |
| 47 | Delaware | 4 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.8 |
| 48 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 8 | 122 | 15.25 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.4 |
| 49 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 6 | 99 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.8 |
| 50 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.0 |
| 50 | Ohio State | 4 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.0 |
| 52 | Tulsa | 5 | 5 | 126 | 25.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.2 |
| 53 | Oklahoma | 4 | 8 | 103 | 12.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.8 |
| 54 | Michigan | 4 | 7 | 104 | 14.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 26.0 |
| 55 | Syracuse | 5 | 6 | 133 | 22.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 26.6 |
| 55 | Western Michigan | 5 | 6 | 133 | 22.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 26.6 |
| 57 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 6 | 137 | 22.83 | 0 | 1.2 | 27.4 |
| 58 | Indiana | 5 | 7 | 138 | 19.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.6 |
| 58 | USC | 5 | 7 | 138 | 19.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.6 |
| 60 | Florida | 4 | 5 | 111 | 22.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.8 |
| 61 | Oregon | 5 | 7 | 141 | 20.14 | 0 | 1.4 | 28.2 |
| 62 | Texas State | 4 | 5 | 114 | 22.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 28.5 |
| 63 | Virginia | 5 | 8 | 144 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 28.8 |
| 64 | San Jose State | 4 | 7 | 116 | 16.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.0 |
| 64 | New Mexico | 4 | 6 | 116 | 19.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.0 |
| 66 | Buffalo | 5 | 8 | 147 | 18.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 29.4 |
| 67 | Kansas State | 5 | 6 | 148 | 24.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 29.6 |
| 68 | Washington | 4 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.8 |
| 68 | Toledo | 5 | 7 | 149 | 21.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 29.8 |
| 70 | Stanford | 5 | 6 | 150 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 30.0 |
| 71 | Arkansas | 5 | 4 | 151 | 37.75 | 1 | 0.8 | 30.2 |
| 72 | Auburn | 5 | 7 | 152 | 21.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 30.4 |
| 73 | Missouri State | 5 | 8 | 155 | 19.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 31.0 |
| 74 | Northwestern | 4 | 9 | 127 | 14.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 31.8 |
| 75 | Colorado State | 4 | 5 | 131 | 26.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 32.8 |
| 76 | James Madison | 4 | 8 | 137 | 17.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.3 |
| 77 | Connecticut | 5 | 8 | 174 | 21.75 | 0 | 1.6 | 34.8 |
| 78 | Cincinnati | 4 | 8 | 140 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 79 | South Carolina | 5 | 11 | 176 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.2 | 35.2 |
| 80 | Duke | 5 | 9 | 178 | 19.78 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.6 |
| 81 | Baylor | 5 | 7 | 181 | 25.86 | 1 | 1.4 | 36.2 |
| 82 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 4 | 148 | 37.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 37.0 |
| 83 | Southern Miss | 5 | 6 | 188 | 31.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 37.6 |
| 84 | Memphis | 5 | 11 | 189 | 17.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 37.8 |
| 84 | East Carolina | 5 | 8 | 189 | 23.63 | 0 | 1.6 | 37.8 |
| 86 | BYU | 4 | 9 | 157 | 17.44 | 0 | 2.3 | 39.3 |
| 87 | Hawaii | 6 | 13 | 237 | 18.23 | 0 | 2.2 | 39.5 |
| 88 | UTEP | 5 | 11 | 199 | 18.09 | 0 | 2.2 | 39.8 |
| 89 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 17 | 160 | 9.41 | 0 | 4.3 | 40.0 |
| 90 | Alabama | 4 | 9 | 162 | 18.00 | 1 | 2.3 | 40.5 |
| 91 | Fresno State | 5 | 13 | 204 | 15.69 | 0 | 2.6 | 40.8 |
| 92 | Penn State | 4 | 8 | 164 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 93 | Nevada | 4 | 4 | 169 | 42.25 | 1 | 1.0 | 42.3 |
| 94 | Bowling Green | 5 | 11 | 217 | 19.73 | 0 | 2.2 | 43.4 |
| 95 | Louisville | 4 | 10 | 179 | 17.90 | 0 | 2.5 | 44.8 |
| 96 | Michigan State | 4 | 10 | 181 | 18.10 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.3 |
| 97 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 8 | 185 | 23.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.3 |
| 98 | Nebraska | 4 | 12 | 186 | 15.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 46.5 |
| 99 | North Texas | 5 | 13 | 233 | 17.92 | 0 | 2.6 | 46.6 |
| 100 | Kennesaw State | 5 | 14 | 238 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.8 | 47.6 |
| 101 | UCF | 4 | 10 | 195 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.8 |
| 102 | UAB | 4 | 9 | 196 | 21.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 49.0 |
| 102 | Utah State | 5 | 11 | 245 | 22.27 | 0 | 2.2 | 49.0 |
| 104 | UTSA | 4 | 7 | 198 | 28.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 49.5 |
| 105 | Arizona State | 5 | 11 | 249 | 22.64 | 0 | 2.2 | 49.8 |
| 105 | West Virginia | 5 | 10 | 249 | 24.90 | 1 | 2.0 | 49.8 |
| 107 | Rutgers | 5 | 12 | 253 | 21.08 | 1 | 2.4 | 50.6 |
| 108 | Central Michigan | 5 | 12 | 256 | 21.33 | 0 | 2.4 | 51.2 |
| 109 | South Alabama | 5 | 11 | 259 | 23.55 | 0 | 2.2 | 51.8 |
| 110 | Army | 4 | 8 | 213 | 26.63 | 1 | 2.0 | 53.3 |
| 111 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 7 | 217 | 31.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 54.3 |
| 111 | Purdue | 4 | 7 | 217 | 31.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 54.3 |
| 113 | Ball State | 4 | 11 | 218 | 19.82 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.5 |
| 114 | Louisiana | 5 | 15 | 275 | 18.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.0 |
| 114 | California | 5 | 14 | 275 | 19.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 55.0 |
| 116 | Ohio | 5 | 12 | 276 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.4 | 55.2 |
| 117 | Wyoming | 4 | 9 | 221 | 24.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 55.3 |
| 118 | TCU | 4 | 12 | 228 | 19.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 57.0 |
| 119 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 11 | 289 | 26.27 | 1 | 2.2 | 57.8 |
| 120 | FIU | 4 | 11 | 232 | 21.09 | 0 | 2.8 | 58.0 |
| 121 | Boston College | 4 | 10 | 234 | 23.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 58.5 |
| 122 | NC State | 5 | 10 | 296 | 29.60 | 1 | 2.0 | 59.2 |
| 123 | Akron | 5 | 11 | 299 | 27.18 | 1 | 2.2 | 59.8 |
| 124 | Navy | 4 | 12 | 247 | 20.58 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.8 |
| 125 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 15 | 339 | 22.60 | 1 | 3.0 | 67.8 |
| 126 | Houston | 4 | 12 | 276 | 23.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 69.0 |
| 127 | Oregon State | 5 | 15 | 351 | 23.40 | 0 | 3.0 | 70.2 |
| 128 | SMU | 4 | 13 | 282 | 21.69 | 0 | 3.3 | 70.5 |
| 128 | Massachusetts | 4 | 11 | 282 | 25.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 70.5 |
| 130 | Missouri | 5 | 21 | 355 | 16.90 | 0 | 4.2 | 71.0 |
| 131 | Iowa State | 5 | 19 | 374 | 19.68 | 0 | 3.8 | 74.8 |
| 132 | Maryland | 4 | 16 | 303 | 18.94 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.8 |
| 133 | UNLV | 4 | 15 | 393 | 26.20 | 1 | 3.8 | 98.3 |
| 134 | Old Dominion | 4 | 19 | 423 | 22.26 | 0 | 4.8 | 105.8 |