2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 11/22/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida State | 10 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 11 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| 3 | Tulane | 11 | 3 | 69 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
| 4 | Arizona | 10 | 3 | 72 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.2 |
| 5 | Minnesota | 10 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.5 |
| 6 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 5 | 97 | 19.40 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.7 |
| 7 | Colorado | 11 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.9 |
| 8 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.9 |
| 8 | Mississippi State | 10 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.9 |
| 10 | Kentucky | 10 | 8 | 130 | 16.25 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.0 |
| 11 | Rice | 10 | 9 | 141 | 15.67 | 0 | 0.9 | 14.1 |
| 11 | Ole Miss | 10 | 7 | 141 | 20.14 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.1 |
| 13 | Florida | 10 | 8 | 153 | 19.13 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.3 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 10 | 8 | 153 | 19.13 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.3 |
| 15 | Iowa | 10 | 11 | 157 | 14.27 | 0 | 1.1 | 15.7 |
| 16 | Charlotte | 10 | 8 | 158 | 19.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.8 |
| 17 | Virginia | 10 | 12 | 159 | 13.25 | 0 | 1.2 | 15.9 |
| 18 | BYU | 10 | 10 | 162 | 16.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.2 |
| 19 | Georgia | 10 | 11 | 167 | 15.18 | 0 | 1.1 | 16.7 |
| 20 | North Carolina | 10 | 8 | 172 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 17.2 |
| 21 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 6 | 174 | 29.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 17.4 |
| 22 | Georgia State | 10 | 6 | 178 | 29.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 17.8 |
| 23 | Syracuse | 10 | 9 | 179 | 19.89 | 0 | 0.9 | 17.9 |
| 24 | Wake Forest | 10 | 10 | 181 | 18.10 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.1 |
| 25 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 9 | 182 | 20.22 | 0 | 0.9 | 18.2 |
| 26 | Marshall | 10 | 8 | 183 | 22.88 | 0 | 0.8 | 18.3 |
| 27 | UCF | 10 | 9 | 188 | 20.89 | 0 | 0.9 | 18.8 |
| 28 | Washington State | 10 | 12 | 191 | 15.92 | 0 | 1.2 | 19.1 |
| 29 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 12 | 201 | 16.75 | 0 | 1.2 | 20.1 |
| 29 | Southern Miss | 10 | 10 | 201 | 20.10 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.1 |
| 31 | Temple | 10 | 9 | 203 | 22.56 | 0 | 0.9 | 20.3 |
| 32 | Louisville | 10 | 11 | 205 | 18.64 | 0 | 1.1 | 20.5 |
| 33 | Clemson | 10 | 6 | 206 | 34.33 | 1 | 0.6 | 20.6 |
| 34 | Utah | 10 | 10 | 216 | 21.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.6 |
| 35 | Appalachian State | 10 | 11 | 221 | 20.09 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.1 |
| 36 | Illinois | 10 | 10 | 225 | 22.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.5 |
| 37 | Arkansas | 10 | 7 | 226 | 32.29 | 1 | 0.7 | 22.6 |
| 38 | Duke | 10 | 14 | 239 | 17.07 | 0 | 1.4 | 23.9 |
| 38 | Auburn | 10 | 11 | 239 | 21.73 | 0 | 1.1 | 23.9 |
| 40 | Oregon | 10 | 13 | 241 | 18.54 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.1 |
| 41 | Ohio State | 10 | 14 | 243 | 17.36 | 0 | 1.4 | 24.3 |
| 42 | Western Michigan | 10 | 15 | 245 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.5 |
| 42 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 12 | 245 | 20.42 | 1 | 1.2 | 24.5 |
| 44 | Texas Tech | 10 | 15 | 246 | 16.40 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.6 |
| 44 | LSU | 10 | 11 | 246 | 22.36 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.6 |
| 46 | Michigan State | 10 | 15 | 247 | 16.47 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.7 |
| 47 | Tulsa | 10 | 16 | 249 | 15.56 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.9 |
| 48 | Michigan | 11 | 13 | 250 | 19.23 | 0 | 1.2 | 22.7 |
| 49 | Delaware | 10 | 13 | 251 | 19.31 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.1 |
| 50 | Boise State | 10 | 10 | 253 | 25.30 | 1 | 1.0 | 25.3 |
| 51 | Cincinnati | 10 | 14 | 254 | 18.14 | 0 | 1.4 | 25.4 |
| 52 | USF | 10 | 13 | 255 | 19.62 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.5 |
| 52 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 13 | 255 | 19.62 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.5 |
| 54 | San Diego State | 10 | 9 | 257 | 28.56 | 1 | 0.9 | 25.7 |
| 55 | Kent State | 10 | 13 | 259 | 19.92 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.9 |
| 56 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 22 | 262 | 11.91 | 0 | 2.2 | 26.2 |
| 56 | Kansas | 10 | 13 | 262 | 20.15 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.2 |
| 58 | UCLA | 11 | 12 | 263 | 21.92 | 1 | 1.1 | 23.9 |
| 59 | Penn State | 10 | 12 | 264 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 26.4 |
| 60 | Memphis | 10 | 16 | 272 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 27.2 |
| 60 | Texas | 11 | 15 | 272 | 18.13 | 0 | 1.4 | 24.7 |
| 60 | Alabama | 10 | 15 | 272 | 18.13 | 1 | 1.5 | 27.2 |
| 60 | Colorado State | 10 | 12 | 272 | 22.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 27.2 |
| 64 | New Mexico | 10 | 15 | 274 | 18.27 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.4 |
| 65 | Nevada | 10 | 9 | 282 | 31.33 | 1 | 0.9 | 28.2 |
| 66 | Fresno State | 10 | 18 | 284 | 15.78 | 0 | 1.8 | 28.4 |
| 67 | Notre Dame | 11 | 13 | 292 | 22.46 | 0 | 1.2 | 26.5 |
| 68 | Oklahoma | 10 | 18 | 297 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.8 | 29.7 |
| 69 | Buffalo | 10 | 13 | 298 | 22.92 | 0 | 1.3 | 29.8 |
| 70 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 15 | 301 | 20.07 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.1 |
| 71 | Purdue | 10 | 12 | 304 | 25.33 | 1 | 1.2 | 30.4 |
| 72 | Indiana | 10 | 16 | 309 | 19.31 | 0 | 1.6 | 30.9 |
| 73 | Stanford | 11 | 13 | 311 | 23.92 | 0 | 1.2 | 28.3 |
| 74 | Texas A&M | 10 | 16 | 320 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 32.0 |
| 75 | Washington | 10 | 13 | 323 | 24.85 | 0 | 1.3 | 32.3 |
| 76 | Texas State | 10 | 17 | 328 | 19.29 | 0 | 1.7 | 32.8 |
| 77 | New Mexico State | 10 | 18 | 329 | 18.28 | 1 | 1.8 | 32.9 |
| 78 | Air Force | 10 | 19 | 330 | 17.37 | 0 | 1.9 | 33.0 |
| 79 | Nebraska | 10 | 19 | 331 | 17.42 | 0 | 1.9 | 33.1 |
| 80 | Troy | 10 | 19 | 335 | 17.63 | 0 | 1.9 | 33.5 |
| 81 | Missouri State | 10 | 20 | 336 | 16.80 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.6 |
| 82 | UTEP | 10 | 19 | 337 | 17.74 | 0 | 1.9 | 33.7 |
| 83 | Ball State | 10 | 20 | 342 | 17.10 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.2 |
| 84 | James Madison | 10 | 15 | 343 | 22.87 | 0 | 1.5 | 34.3 |
| 85 | South Carolina | 10 | 20 | 356 | 17.80 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.6 |
| 86 | Liberty | 10 | 19 | 358 | 18.84 | 0 | 1.9 | 35.8 |
| 87 | Arkansas State | 10 | 17 | 367 | 21.59 | 0 | 1.7 | 36.7 |
| 87 | Rutgers | 10 | 17 | 367 | 21.59 | 1 | 1.7 | 36.7 |
| 87 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 13 | 367 | 28.23 | 1 | 1.3 | 36.7 |
| 90 | Boston College | 10 | 17 | 376 | 22.12 | 0 | 1.7 | 37.6 |
| 91 | South Alabama | 10 | 19 | 381 | 20.05 | 0 | 1.9 | 38.1 |
| 92 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 18 | 383 | 21.28 | 1 | 1.8 | 38.3 |
| 93 | Arizona State | 10 | 20 | 384 | 19.20 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.4 |
| 94 | Bowling Green | 10 | 21 | 393 | 18.71 | 0 | 2.1 | 39.3 |
| 95 | Massachusetts | 10 | 15 | 394 | 26.27 | 1 | 1.5 | 39.4 |
| 96 | Missouri | 10 | 23 | 400 | 17.39 | 0 | 2.3 | 40.0 |
| 97 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | 16 | 409 | 25.56 | 1 | 1.6 | 40.9 |
| 98 | Kansas State | 10 | 19 | 434 | 22.84 | 0 | 1.9 | 43.4 |
| 99 | West Virginia | 10 | 19 | 443 | 23.32 | 1 | 1.9 | 44.3 |
| 100 | Army | 9 | 19 | 448 | 23.58 | 1 | 2.1 | 49.8 |
| 101 | Jacksonville State | 10 | 21 | 450 | 21.43 | 1 | 2.1 | 45.0 |
| 102 | Navy | 9 | 23 | 451 | 19.61 | 0 | 2.6 | 50.1 |
| 102 | Connecticut | 11 | 20 | 451 | 22.55 | 0 | 1.8 | 41.0 |
| 102 | USC | 11 | 17 | 451 | 26.53 | 1 | 1.5 | 41.0 |
| 105 | East Carolina | 10 | 24 | 457 | 19.04 | 0 | 2.4 | 45.7 |
| 106 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 20 | 469 | 23.45 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.9 |
| 107 | Utah State | 10 | 23 | 472 | 20.52 | 0 | 2.3 | 47.2 |
| 108 | Toledo | 10 | 21 | 475 | 22.62 | 0 | 2.1 | 47.5 |
| 109 | TCU | 10 | 24 | 478 | 19.92 | 0 | 2.4 | 47.8 |
| 110 | Sam Houston State | 11 | 21 | 483 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.9 | 43.9 |
| 111 | Wyoming | 10 | 19 | 486 | 25.58 | 0 | 1.9 | 48.6 |
| 112 | Houston | 10 | 22 | 492 | 22.36 | 0 | 2.2 | 49.2 |
| 113 | Baylor | 10 | 23 | 495 | 21.52 | 1 | 2.3 | 49.5 |
| 114 | California | 10 | 27 | 503 | 18.63 | 0 | 2.7 | 50.3 |
| 114 | San Jose State | 10 | 20 | 503 | 25.15 | 1 | 2.0 | 50.3 |
| 116 | Kennesaw State | 10 | 26 | 512 | 19.69 | 0 | 2.6 | 51.2 |
| 117 | Akron | 11 | 27 | 521 | 19.30 | 2 | 2.5 | 47.4 |
| 117 | NC State | 10 | 22 | 521 | 23.68 | 1 | 2.2 | 52.1 |
| 119 | Hawaii | 10 | 27 | 525 | 19.44 | 0 | 2.7 | 52.5 |
| 120 | Ohio | 10 | 23 | 538 | 23.39 | 0 | 2.3 | 53.8 |
| 121 | SMU | 10 | 26 | 543 | 20.88 | 0 | 2.6 | 54.3 |
| 122 | UTSA | 10 | 23 | 552 | 24.00 | 1 | 2.3 | 55.2 |
| 123 | UAB | 10 | 19 | 553 | 29.11 | 1 | 1.9 | 55.3 |
| 124 | UNLV | 10 | 25 | 578 | 23.12 | 1 | 2.5 | 57.8 |
| 125 | Northwestern | 10 | 23 | 580 | 25.22 | 1 | 2.3 | 58.0 |
| 126 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 29 | 605 | 20.86 | 0 | 2.9 | 60.5 |
| 127 | Miami (OH) | 10 | 23 | 620 | 26.96 | 1 | 2.3 | 62.0 |
| 128 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 24 | 629 | 26.21 | 2 | 2.4 | 62.9 |
| 129 | Central Michigan | 10 | 32 | 636 | 19.88 | 0 | 3.2 | 63.6 |
| 130 | Oregon State | 10 | 26 | 647 | 24.88 | 1 | 2.6 | 64.7 |
| 131 | Old Dominion | 10 | 36 | 671 | 18.64 | 0 | 3.6 | 67.1 |
| 132 | FIU | 10 | 34 | 687 | 20.21 | 0 | 3.4 | 68.7 |
| 133 | Louisiana | 10 | 34 | 703 | 20.68 | 1 | 3.4 | 70.3 |
| 134 | North Texas | 10 | 36 | 717 | 19.92 | 0 | 3.6 | 71.7 |
| 135 | Maryland | 10 | 33 | 774 | 23.45 | 0 | 3.3 | 77.4 |
| 136 | Iowa State | 10 | 39 | 830 | 21.28 | 0 | 3.9 | 83.0 |