2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games in October Only through 12/13/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYU | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 1 | Virginia | 3 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.7 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Georgia | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Rice | 4 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 4 | 7 | 84 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 3 | 5 | 67 | 13.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 22.3 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.3 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 3 | 5 | 73 | 14.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 24.3 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 3 | 4 | 59 | 14.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 19.7 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 3 | 6 | 92 | 15.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 30.7 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 3 | 8 | 123 | 15.38 | 0 | 2.7 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 25.7 |
| 1 | USF | 4 | 7 | 109 | 15.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 27.3 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 5 | 78 | 15.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 19.5 |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 3 | 5 | 78 | 15.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 26.0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 4 | 7 | 110 | 15.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 27.5 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 4 | 63 | 15.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.8 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 7 | 111 | 15.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 27.8 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 8 | 127 | 15.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.8 |
| 1 | Missouri State | 3 | 4 | 64 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.3 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 4 | 7 | 112 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 28.0 |
| 1 | Hawaii | 2 | 7 | 112 | 16.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 56.0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 4 | 12 | 193 | 16.08 | 0 | 3.0 | 48.3 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 3 | 7 | 113 | 16.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 37.7 |
| 1 | Texas State | 4 | 5 | 81 | 16.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.3 |
| 1 | Liberty | 2 | 4 | 65 | 16.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.5 |
| 1 | Iowa | 3 | 8 | 130 | 16.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 43.3 |
| 1 | Memphis | 4 | 6 | 98 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 4 | 6 | 98 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.5 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 10 | 164 | 16.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 41.0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 4 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.3 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 3 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.7 |
| 1 | Air Force | 3 | 12 | 202 | 16.83 | 0 | 4.0 | 67.3 |
| 1 | Florida State | 3 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.7 |
| 1 | Duke | 2 | 3 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.5 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 6 | 104 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 3 | 10 | 175 | 17.50 | 0 | 3.3 | 58.3 |
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | 5 | 88 | 17.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.0 |
| 1 | NC State | 3 | 6 | 106 | 17.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.3 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 3 | 7 | 124 | 17.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.3 |
| 1 | Tulane | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 3 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.0 |
| 1 | FIU | 4 | 15 | 272 | 18.13 | 0 | 3.8 | 68.0 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Troy | 4 | 12 | 219 | 18.25 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.8 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 6 | 110 | 18.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.7 |
| 1 | SMU | 4 | 9 | 165 | 18.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 41.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana | 3 | 9 | 165 | 18.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 5 | 93 | 18.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.3 |
| 1 | Washington State | 3 | 4 | 75 | 18.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.0 |
| 1 | Missouri | 3 | 5 | 94 | 18.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 31.3 |
| 1 | Alabama | 4 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 3 | 11 | 210 | 19.09 | 0 | 3.7 | 70.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 7 | 135 | 19.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 33.8 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 3 | 7 | 136 | 19.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.3 |
| 1 | Penn State | 3 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 7 | 137 | 19.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 45.7 |
| 1 | Temple | 4 | 5 | 98 | 19.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.5 |
| 1 | TCU | 4 | 9 | 179 | 19.89 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.8 |
| 1 | California | 3 | 13 | 259 | 19.92 | 0 | 4.3 | 86.3 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 3 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.3 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.3 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 4 | 7 | 140 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 3 | 9 | 180 | 20.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 60.0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 18 | 361 | 20.06 | 0 | 4.5 | 90.3 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 7 | 142 | 20.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.5 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 3 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.3 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 3 | 6 | 122 | 20.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.7 |
| 1 | North Texas | 3 | 15 | 307 | 20.47 | 0 | 5.0 | 102.3 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 8 | 164 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.7 | 54.7 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 3 | 7 | 144 | 20.57 | 0 | 2.3 | 48.0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 4 | 10 | 207 | 20.70 | 0 | 2.5 | 51.8 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 8 | 166 | 20.75 | 0 | 2.7 | 55.3 |
| 1 | Colorado | 3 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Clemson | 3 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | 5 | 105 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 6 | 126 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.5 |
| 1 | James Madison | 4 | 8 | 168 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 2 | 10 | 214 | 21.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 107.0 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Army | 3 | 8 | 172 | 21.50 | 0 | 2.7 | 57.3 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 3 | 65 | 21.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.7 |
| 1 | Navy | 3 | 6 | 130 | 21.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.3 |
| 1 | Nevada | 4 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 3 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.7 |
| 1 | UCF | 3 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.7 |
| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 5 | 110 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 36.7 |
| 1 | Delaware | 3 | 4 | 90 | 22.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 30.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 4 | 6 | 136 | 22.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 34.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 3 | 6 | 136 | 22.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.3 |
| 1 | Auburn | 3 | 3 | 69 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 3 | 3 | 69 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 3 | 4 | 92 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 30.7 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 3 | 9 | 207 | 23.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 69.0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 4 | 4 | 94 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.5 |
| 1 | Toledo | 3 | 7 | 167 | 23.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 55.7 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 4 | 4 | 97 | 24.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.3 |
| 1 | Oregon | 3 | 4 | 97 | 24.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 32.3 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 4 | 98 | 24.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 32.7 |
| 1 | Utah | 3 | 4 | 98 | 24.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 32.7 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 4 | 3 | 75 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 18.8 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 6 | 151 | 25.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 37.8 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 3 | 12 | 302 | 25.17 | 0 | 4.0 | 100.7 |
| 1 | Illinois | 3 | 6 | 152 | 25.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.7 |
| 1 | Ohio | 3 | 8 | 207 | 25.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 69.0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | 2 | 52 | 26.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 17.3 |
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 13 | 345 | 26.54 | 0 | 3.3 | 86.3 |
| 1 | UNLV | 3 | 3 | 81 | 27.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 27.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 3 | 4 | 108 | 27.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 13 | 363 | 27.92 | 0 | 4.3 | 121.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 3 | 6 | 170 | 28.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 56.7 |
| 1 | Washington | 4 | 3 | 86 | 28.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 4 | 8 | 253 | 31.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 63.3 |
| 1 | Marshall | 3 | 2 | 69 | 34.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 23.0 |
| 123 | Akron | 4 | 8 | 169 | 21.13 | 1 | 2.0 | 42.3 |
| 123 | Northwestern | 4 | 10 | 238 | 23.80 | 1 | 2.5 | 59.5 |
| 123 | New Mexico State | 3 | 6 | 172 | 28.67 | 1 | 2.0 | 57.3 |
| 123 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 6 | 173 | 28.83 | 1 | 1.5 | 43.3 |
| 123 | UAB | 3 | 8 | 240 | 30.00 | 1 | 2.7 | 80.0 |
| 123 | Massachusetts | 4 | 5 | 179 | 35.80 | 1 | 1.3 | 44.8 |
| 123 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 6 | 234 | 39.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 78.0 |
| 123 | Boise State | 4 | 3 | 137 | 45.67 | 1 | 0.8 | 34.3 |
| 123 | USC | 2 | 2 | 113 | 56.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 56.5 |