2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in October Only through 10/25/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 3 | -27 | -9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -9.0 |
| 2 | Liberty | 2 | 3 | -14 | -4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | -7.0 |
| 3 | Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | -5 | -1.67 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.7 |
| 4 | Northwestern | 4 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.8 |
| 5 | Arkansas State | 3 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.7 |
| 6 | Temple | 4 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 3 | 4 | -1 | -0.25 | 0 | 1.3 | -0.3 |
| 8 | Arkansas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Old Dominion | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Oregon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Boston College | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| 13 | Southern Miss | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 14 | Missouri | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| 15 | Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 15 | UCF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 15 | UNLV | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 15 | New Mexico State | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 15 | Rutgers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 15 | UTEP | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 21 | SMU | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 0 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 22 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 23 | Buffalo | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 23 | Tennessee | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 25 | Central Michigan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 25 | Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 25 | Utah | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 25 | James Madison | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 25 | Marshall | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| 30 | Troy | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
| 31 | Clemson | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 32 | FIU | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| 32 | Air Force | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| 34 | TCU | 4 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 4.8 |
| 35 | Baylor | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.7 |
| 36 | Auburn | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| 36 | Louisville | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| 38 | Purdue | 4 | 8 | 25 | 3.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.3 |
| 39 | Ball State | 4 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 40 | Fresno State | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| 41 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 41 | Bowling Green | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| 41 | Jacksonville State | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 44 | Army | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| 45 | Colorado State | 4 | 7 | 26 | 3.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 6.5 |
| 46 | Maryland | 3 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| 46 | UTSA | 3 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| 46 | Wake Forest | 3 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| 46 | Texas | 4 | 6 | 27 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.8 |
| 50 | Akron | 4 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| 51 | Indiana | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| 52 | East Carolina | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 52 | Florida | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 54 | Boise State | 4 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 55 | Kansas State | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 56 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| 56 | Texas A&M | 4 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 58 | Michigan | 4 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
| 59 | Toledo | 3 | 8 | 45 | 5.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 15.0 |
| 60 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.7 |
| 61 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.7 |
| 62 | California | 3 | 7 | 41 | 5.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 13.7 |
| 63 | Iowa | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| 63 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| 63 | BYU | 4 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 63 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| 67 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| 68 | Texas State | 3 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| 69 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 13 | 90 | 6.92 | 0 | 3.3 | 22.5 |
| 70 | New Mexico | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| 70 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| 70 | Ohio | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| 70 | North Texas | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 70 | San Diego State | 3 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 75 | Duke | 2 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| 76 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 76 | Washington | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 76 | Washington State | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| 79 | Alabama | 4 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 79 | Oregon State | 3 | 9 | 72 | 8.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 24.0 |
| 81 | West Virginia | 3 | 6 | 49 | 8.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.3 |
| 82 | Louisiana | 3 | 6 | 50 | 8.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.7 |
| 83 | Massachusetts | 4 | 8 | 67 | 8.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.8 |
| 83 | Kansas | 3 | 8 | 67 | 8.38 | 0 | 2.7 | 22.3 |
| 85 | Tulane | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 85 | South Alabama | 3 | 12 | 102 | 8.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 34.0 |
| 87 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.7 |
| 88 | Tulsa | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
| 88 | Delaware | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 88 | Ole Miss | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 91 | Colorado | 3 | 7 | 64 | 9.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 21.3 |
| 92 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 8 | 76 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 93 | Appalachian State | 4 | 5 | 49 | 9.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.3 |
| 94 | Charlotte | 4 | 7 | 72 | 10.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 18.0 |
| 95 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 5 | 52 | 10.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| 96 | Virginia | 3 | 12 | 125 | 10.42 | 0 | 4.0 | 41.7 |
| 97 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 8 | 84 | 10.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 98 | Wisconsin | 4 | 9 | 96 | 10.67 | 0 | 2.3 | 24.0 |
| 99 | North Carolina | 3 | 9 | 97 | 10.78 | 0 | 3.0 | 32.3 |
| 100 | Kent State | 4 | 11 | 120 | 10.91 | 1 | 2.8 | 30.0 |
| 101 | Penn State | 3 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| 102 | Georgia State | 4 | 7 | 82 | 11.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 20.5 |
| 103 | Houston | 4 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.8 |
| 104 | UCLA | 4 | 5 | 60 | 12.00 | 1 | 1.3 | 15.0 |
| 105 | Connecticut | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.3 |
| 105 | Navy | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.3 |
| 107 | Georgia | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 108 | Missouri State | 2 | 3 | 42 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 21.0 |
| 109 | Michigan State | 4 | 11 | 155 | 14.09 | 1 | 2.8 | 38.8 |
| 110 | Rice | 3 | 7 | 99 | 14.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 33.0 |
| 111 | Texas Tech | 4 | 4 | 57 | 14.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.3 |
| 111 | NC State | 3 | 4 | 57 | 14.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 19.0 |
| 113 | Stanford | 3 | 9 | 144 | 16.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 48.0 |
| 114 | USF | 4 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.8 |
| 115 | Minnesota | 4 | 9 | 152 | 16.89 | 1 | 2.3 | 38.0 |
| 116 | UAB | 3 | 3 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 116 | San Jose State | 3 | 5 | 85 | 17.00 | 1 | 1.7 | 28.3 |
| 118 | Mississippi State | 3 | 8 | 139 | 17.38 | 1 | 2.7 | 46.3 |
| 119 | Wyoming | 4 | 5 | 87 | 17.40 | 2 | 1.3 | 21.8 |
| 120 | Arizona | 3 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.7 |
| 121 | Arizona State | 3 | 4 | 78 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.0 |
| 122 | Nevada | 4 | 4 | 81 | 20.25 | 1 | 1.0 | 20.3 |
| 123 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.3 |
| 124 | LSU | 3 | 8 | 174 | 21.75 | 1 | 2.7 | 58.0 |
| 125 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 7 | 158 | 22.57 | 1 | 2.3 | 52.7 |
| 126 | Florida State | 3 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 8.7 |
| 126 | Utah State | 3 | 2 | 52 | 26.00 | 1 | 0.7 | 17.3 |
| 128 | Syracuse | 3 | 3 | 83 | 27.67 | 1 | 1.0 | 27.7 |
| 129 | Oklahoma | 4 | 4 | 130 | 32.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 32.5 |
| 130 | Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 112 | 37.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 37.3 |
| 131 | Hawaii | 2 | 3 | 116 | 38.67 | 1 | 1.5 | 58.0 |