2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games in October Only through 10/10/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -5.0 |
| 2 | Troy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 4 | Rice | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 6 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 7 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 10 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 10 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 1 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 33.0 |
| 13 | Virginia | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| 14 | North Texas | 1 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 36.0 |
| 15 | Liberty | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 15 | Akron | 1 | 4 | 50 | 12.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 50.0 |
| 17 | Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 17 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 17 | Texas | 1 | 4 | 52 | 13.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 52.0 |
| 20 | Missouri State | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 27.0 |
| 21 | New Mexico | 1 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 41.0 |
| 22 | Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 22 | Ohio | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 22 | USF | 2 | 4 | 56 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 25 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 45.0 |
| 26 | Memphis | 1 | 4 | 61 | 15.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 61.0 |
| 27 | South Alabama | 1 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 46.0 |
| 28 | Temple | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 28 | Texas State | 1 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.0 |
| 30 | Air Force | 1 | 6 | 97 | 16.17 | 0 | 6.0 | 97.0 |
| 31 | Illinois | 1 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.0 |
| 31 | Old Dominion | 1 | 6 | 99 | 16.50 | 0 | 6.0 | 99.0 |
| 33 | Fresno State | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 33 | Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 33 | Southern Miss | 1 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 33 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 3 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 51.0 |
| 37 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 37 | James Madison | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 37 | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 37 | Tulane | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 37 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 42 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 73.0 |
| 43 | Duke | 1 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 43 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 4 | 74 | 18.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 74.0 |
| 45 | San Jose State | 1 | 4 | 75 | 18.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.0 |
| 46 | Houston | 1 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 46 | SMU | 1 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 57.0 |
| 48 | Rutgers | 1 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 48 | Texas Tech | 1 | 4 | 78 | 19.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 78.0 |
| 50 | Baylor | 1 | 5 | 99 | 19.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 99.0 |
| 51 | UAB | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 51 | Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 51 | Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 51 | UNLV | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 51 | Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 51 | Central Michigan | 1 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 60.0 |
| 57 | Appalachian State | 1 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.0 |
| 58 | Michigan | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 58 | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 58 | Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 58 | Clemson | 1 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 63.0 |
| 58 | Army | 1 | 5 | 105 | 21.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 105.0 |
| 63 | FIU | 1 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.0 |
| 63 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 64.0 |
| 65 | Wake Forest | 1 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.0 |
| 66 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 66 | UCF | 1 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.0 |
| 66 | UTSA | 1 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.0 |
| 66 | Connecticut | 1 | 4 | 88 | 22.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 88.0 |
| 70 | Oregon State | 1 | 4 | 89 | 22.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 89.0 |
| 71 | TCU | 1 | 3 | 68 | 22.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 68.0 |
| 72 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 73 | Maryland | 1 | 5 | 116 | 23.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 116.0 |
| 74 | Ball State | 1 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 75 | Washington | 2 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 12.0 |
| 75 | Colorado | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 75 | Navy | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 75 | Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 79 | Colorado State | 2 | 4 | 97 | 24.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 48.5 |
| 80 | Kansas State | 1 | 2 | 50 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 80 | California | 1 | 4 | 100 | 25.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 100.0 |
| 82 | East Carolina | 1 | 3 | 76 | 25.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 76.0 |
| 83 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 26.0 |
| 83 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 26.0 |
| 83 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 26.0 |
| 83 | Kansas | 1 | 2 | 52 | 26.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 52.0 |
| 83 | West Virginia | 1 | 3 | 78 | 26.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 78.0 |
| 88 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 3 | 80 | 26.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 80.0 |
| 89 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 27.0 |
| 90 | Delaware | 1 | 2 | 55 | 27.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 55.0 |
| 91 | UCLA | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 30.0 |
| 91 | San Diego State | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 30.0 |
| 93 | Iowa State | 1 | 3 | 93 | 31.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 93.0 |