2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 12/06/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemson | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 2 | Oregon | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| 4 | Temple | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1.80 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 4 | North Texas | 12 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 12 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| 7 | Iowa State | 11 | 7 | 15 | 2.14 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| 8 | Georgia | 12 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| 9 | Memphis | 11 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 9 | Nebraska | 11 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| 11 | Fresno State | 11 | 8 | 24 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| 12 | Florida State | 11 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
| 13 | Utah | 11 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
| 14 | James Madison | 12 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| 15 | Baylor | 11 | 11 | 32 | 2.91 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.9 |
| 16 | Army | 10 | 7 | 30 | 4.29 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| 17 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 6 | 34 | 5.67 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.1 |
| 18 | Tennessee | 11 | 9 | 36 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| 19 | Louisville | 11 | 9 | 37 | 4.11 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| 20 | Boston College | 11 | 12 | 38 | 3.17 | 0 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
| 20 | Illinois | 11 | 9 | 38 | 4.22 | 1 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 22 | Texas State | 11 | 7 | 41 | 5.86 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| 23 | Duke | 12 | 12 | 45 | 3.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| 24 | New Mexico | 11 | 13 | 43 | 3.31 | 0 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| 24 | Washington State | 11 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| 26 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 9 | 44 | 4.89 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 27 | Northwestern | 11 | 11 | 46 | 4.18 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.2 |
| 28 | Kennesaw State | 12 | 11 | 52 | 4.73 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| 29 | Auburn | 11 | 8 | 48 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.4 |
| 30 | Southern Miss | 11 | 15 | 50 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.4 | 4.5 |
| 30 | Ole Miss | 11 | 8 | 50 | 6.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.5 |
| 30 | Florida | 11 | 7 | 49 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| 33 | Air Force | 11 | 8 | 51 | 6.38 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.6 |
| 34 | UNLV | 12 | 11 | 57 | 5.18 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| 35 | Texas Tech | 12 | 9 | 61 | 6.78 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.1 |
| 36 | Navy | 10 | 8 | 52 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.2 |
| 37 | Purdue | 11 | 16 | 59 | 3.69 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| 37 | Kansas State | 11 | 14 | 59 | 4.21 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.4 |
| 37 | Rutgers | 11 | 5 | 59 | 11.80 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
| 40 | SMU | 11 | 16 | 60 | 3.75 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| 41 | Arkansas State | 11 | 8 | 64 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| 42 | Missouri | 11 | 8 | 67 | 8.38 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.1 |
| 43 | Arizona | 11 | 9 | 68 | 7.56 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.2 |
| 43 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 9 | 68 | 7.56 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.2 |
| 45 | Marshall | 11 | 14 | 69 | 4.93 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| 46 | Miami (OH) | 12 | 9 | 77 | 8.56 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.4 |
| 47 | Penn State | 11 | 9 | 72 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.5 |
| 48 | Western Michigan | 12 | 11 | 79 | 7.18 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.6 |
| 48 | Connecticut | 11 | 10 | 73 | 7.30 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.6 |
| 50 | Toledo | 11 | 18 | 76 | 4.22 | 0 | 1.6 | 6.9 |
| 50 | Tulsa | 11 | 12 | 76 | 6.33 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.9 |
| 52 | Troy | 12 | 19 | 84 | 4.42 | 0 | 1.6 | 7.0 |
| 52 | Washington | 11 | 7 | 77 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 7.0 |
| 54 | Liberty | 11 | 11 | 80 | 7.27 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 54 | Iowa | 11 | 7 | 80 | 11.43 | 0 | 0.6 | 7.3 |
| 56 | Boise State | 12 | 12 | 89 | 7.42 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.4 |
| 57 | New Mexico State | 11 | 19 | 82 | 4.32 | 0 | 1.7 | 7.5 |
| 57 | Kansas | 11 | 17 | 83 | 4.88 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| 57 | Ohio | 11 | 11 | 82 | 7.45 | 1 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 57 | Indiana | 12 | 12 | 90 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 61 | Michigan | 12 | 15 | 91 | 6.07 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.6 |
| 62 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 12 | 85 | 7.08 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.7 |
| 63 | Middle Tennessee State | 11 | 11 | 86 | 7.82 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.8 |
| 64 | South Carolina | 11 | 13 | 92 | 7.08 | 1 | 1.2 | 8.4 |
| 65 | Maryland | 11 | 10 | 95 | 9.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 8.6 |
| 65 | BYU | 12 | 9 | 103 | 11.44 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.6 |
| 65 | USC | 12 | 6 | 103 | 17.17 | 1 | 0.5 | 8.6 |
| 68 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 7 | 96 | 13.71 | 0 | 0.6 | 8.7 |
| 69 | Alabama | 12 | 11 | 105 | 9.55 | 0 | 0.9 | 8.8 |
| 70 | Jacksonville State | 12 | 12 | 107 | 8.92 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.9 |
| 71 | East Carolina | 11 | 8 | 99 | 12.38 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.0 |
| 72 | Arkansas | 11 | 6 | 100 | 16.67 | 1 | 0.5 | 9.1 |
| 73 | San Jose State | 11 | 10 | 103 | 10.30 | 1 | 0.9 | 9.4 |
| 74 | Buffalo | 11 | 18 | 107 | 5.94 | 0 | 1.6 | 9.7 |
| 74 | Delaware | 11 | 14 | 107 | 7.64 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.7 |
| 76 | Colorado State | 11 | 19 | 110 | 5.79 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.0 |
| 76 | Wake Forest | 11 | 12 | 110 | 9.17 | 0 | 1.1 | 10.0 |
| 78 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 12 | 111 | 9.25 | 0 | 1.1 | 10.1 |
| 78 | Cincinnati | 11 | 10 | 111 | 11.10 | 1 | 0.9 | 10.1 |
| 80 | TCU | 11 | 11 | 113 | 10.27 | 1 | 1.0 | 10.3 |
| 81 | Nevada | 11 | 13 | 118 | 9.08 | 1 | 1.2 | 10.7 |
| 82 | Tulane | 13 | 17 | 143 | 8.41 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.0 |
| 82 | Texas A&M | 11 | 11 | 121 | 11.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 84 | California | 11 | 18 | 122 | 6.78 | 0 | 1.6 | 11.1 |
| 85 | Central Michigan | 11 | 11 | 123 | 11.18 | 1 | 1.0 | 11.2 |
| 86 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 13 | 125 | 9.62 | 0 | 1.2 | 11.4 |
| 86 | USF | 11 | 7 | 125 | 17.86 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.4 |
| 88 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 19 | 130 | 6.84 | 0 | 1.7 | 11.8 |
| 88 | Appalachian State | 11 | 17 | 130 | 7.65 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.8 |
| 90 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 18 | 143 | 7.94 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.9 |
| 90 | UCLA | 12 | 18 | 143 | 7.94 | 1 | 1.5 | 11.9 |
| 92 | Louisiana | 11 | 20 | 132 | 6.60 | 0 | 1.8 | 12.0 |
| 93 | Texas | 12 | 17 | 145 | 8.53 | 0 | 1.4 | 12.1 |
| 93 | Old Dominion | 11 | 9 | 133 | 14.78 | 1 | 0.8 | 12.1 |
| 95 | San Diego State | 11 | 16 | 141 | 8.81 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.8 |
| 96 | FIU | 11 | 17 | 142 | 8.35 | 2 | 1.5 | 12.9 |
| 97 | Utah State | 11 | 18 | 144 | 8.00 | 1 | 1.6 | 13.1 |
| 98 | UCF | 11 | 14 | 145 | 10.36 | 1 | 1.3 | 13.2 |
| 99 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 23 | 150 | 6.52 | 0 | 2.1 | 13.6 |
| 99 | Ball State | 11 | 21 | 150 | 7.14 | 0 | 1.9 | 13.6 |
| 101 | Syracuse | 11 | 16 | 151 | 9.44 | 2 | 1.5 | 13.7 |
| 102 | North Carolina | 11 | 17 | 152 | 8.94 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.8 |
| 103 | Mississippi State | 11 | 12 | 154 | 12.83 | 1 | 1.1 | 14.0 |
| 104 | UAB | 11 | 13 | 157 | 12.08 | 0 | 1.2 | 14.3 |
| 105 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 15 | 163 | 10.87 | 0 | 1.4 | 14.8 |
| 106 | UTEP | 11 | 19 | 165 | 8.68 | 1 | 1.7 | 15.0 |
| 107 | UTSA | 11 | 17 | 167 | 9.82 | 1 | 1.5 | 15.2 |
| 108 | Charlotte | 11 | 22 | 171 | 7.77 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.5 |
| 108 | Kentucky | 11 | 13 | 170 | 13.08 | 0 | 1.2 | 15.5 |
| 110 | West Virginia | 11 | 28 | 172 | 6.14 | 0 | 2.5 | 15.6 |
| 110 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 18 | 172 | 9.56 | 0 | 1.6 | 15.6 |
| 112 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 20 | 178 | 8.90 | 0 | 1.8 | 16.2 |
| 113 | Minnesota | 11 | 16 | 179 | 11.19 | 1 | 1.5 | 16.3 |
| 114 | South Alabama | 11 | 19 | 180 | 9.47 | 0 | 1.7 | 16.4 |
| 115 | Bowling Green | 11 | 10 | 195 | 19.50 | 2 | 0.9 | 17.7 |
| 116 | Hawaii | 11 | 11 | 197 | 17.91 | 1 | 1.0 | 17.9 |
| 117 | Oklahoma | 11 | 20 | 200 | 10.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 18.2 |
| 118 | Kent State | 11 | 21 | 201 | 9.57 | 1 | 1.9 | 18.3 |
| 118 | NC State | 11 | 15 | 201 | 13.40 | 0 | 1.4 | 18.3 |
| 118 | Missouri State | 11 | 15 | 201 | 13.40 | 1 | 1.4 | 18.3 |
| 121 | Houston | 11 | 13 | 202 | 15.54 | 0 | 1.2 | 18.4 |
| 122 | Wyoming | 11 | 22 | 206 | 9.36 | 2 | 2.0 | 18.7 |
| 123 | Rice | 11 | 21 | 220 | 10.48 | 0 | 1.9 | 20.0 |
| 124 | Arizona State | 11 | 13 | 225 | 17.31 | 0 | 1.2 | 20.5 |
| 125 | Colorado | 12 | 26 | 247 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.2 | 20.6 |
| 126 | Wisconsin | 12 | 26 | 259 | 9.96 | 0 | 2.2 | 21.6 |
| 127 | Akron | 11 | 22 | 239 | 10.86 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.7 |
| 128 | Stanford | 12 | 21 | 278 | 13.24 | 0 | 1.8 | 23.2 |
| 129 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 13 | 266 | 20.46 | 1 | 1.2 | 24.2 |
| 130 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 23 | 267 | 11.61 | 1 | 2.1 | 24.3 |
| 131 | Virginia | 12 | 24 | 320 | 13.33 | 1 | 2.0 | 26.7 |
| 132 | Georgia State | 11 | 23 | 335 | 14.57 | 1 | 2.1 | 30.5 |
| 133 | Massachusetts | 11 | 19 | 352 | 18.53 | 1 | 1.7 | 32.0 |
| 134 | LSU | 11 | 25 | 368 | 14.72 | 2 | 2.3 | 33.5 |
| 135 | Michigan State | 11 | 26 | 398 | 15.31 | 2 | 2.4 | 36.2 |
| 136 | Oregon State | 11 | 34 | 587 | 17.26 | 2 | 3.1 | 53.4 |