2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 12/13/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | 11 | 3 | 72 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Florida State | 11 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.1 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 12 | 5 | 63 | 12.60 | 0 | 0.4 | 5.3 |
| 4 | Tulane | 13 | 6 | 89 | 14.83 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.8 |
| 4 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 6 | 117 | 19.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.6 |
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 6 | 174 | 29.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 15.8 |
| 7 | Minnesota | 11 | 7 | 135 | 19.29 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.3 |
| 7 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 7 | 136 | 19.43 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.4 |
| 7 | Mississippi State | 11 | 7 | 138 | 19.71 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.5 |
| 7 | Colorado | 12 | 7 | 139 | 19.86 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.6 |
| 7 | Georgia State | 11 | 7 | 200 | 28.57 | 0 | 0.6 | 18.2 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 11 | 8 | 130 | 16.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.8 |
| 12 | Ole Miss | 11 | 8 | 141 | 17.63 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.8 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 11 | 8 | 158 | 19.75 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.4 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 11 | 8 | 172 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 15.6 |
| 16 | Rice | 11 | 9 | 141 | 15.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.8 |
| 16 | Florida | 11 | 9 | 170 | 18.89 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.5 |
| 16 | Syracuse | 11 | 9 | 179 | 19.89 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.3 |
| 16 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 9 | 182 | 20.22 | 0 | 0.8 | 16.5 |
| 16 | Marshall | 11 | 9 | 207 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 18.8 |
| 16 | Clemson | 11 | 9 | 269 | 29.89 | 1 | 0.8 | 24.5 |
| 16 | Nevada | 11 | 9 | 282 | 31.33 | 1 | 0.8 | 25.6 |
| 23 | BYU | 12 | 11 | 181 | 16.45 | 0 | 0.9 | 15.1 |
| 23 | Tennessee | 11 | 10 | 180 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 16.4 |
| 23 | Southern Miss | 11 | 10 | 201 | 20.10 | 0 | 0.9 | 18.3 |
| 23 | UCF | 11 | 10 | 223 | 22.30 | 0 | 0.9 | 20.3 |
| 23 | Illinois | 11 | 10 | 225 | 22.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 20.5 |
| 23 | San Diego State | 11 | 10 | 275 | 27.50 | 1 | 0.9 | 25.0 |
| 23 | Arkansas | 11 | 10 | 297 | 29.70 | 1 | 0.9 | 27.0 |
| 30 | UCLA | 12 | 12 | 263 | 21.92 | 1 | 1.0 | 21.9 |
| 30 | LSU | 11 | 11 | 246 | 22.36 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.4 |
| 30 | Temple | 11 | 11 | 267 | 24.27 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.3 |
| 30 | Boise State | 13 | 13 | 331 | 25.46 | 1 | 1.0 | 25.5 |
| 34 | Georgia | 12 | 13 | 179 | 13.77 | 0 | 1.1 | 14.9 |
| 34 | Appalachian State | 11 | 12 | 235 | 19.58 | 0 | 1.1 | 21.4 |
| 34 | Auburn | 11 | 12 | 264 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.0 |
| 34 | Colorado State | 11 | 12 | 272 | 22.67 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.7 |
| 34 | Wake Forest | 11 | 12 | 282 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.1 | 25.6 |
| 39 | Middle Tennessee State | 11 | 13 | 217 | 16.69 | 0 | 1.2 | 19.7 |
| 39 | Michigan | 12 | 14 | 266 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 22.2 |
| 39 | Penn State | 11 | 13 | 264 | 20.31 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.0 |
| 39 | Purdue | 11 | 13 | 323 | 24.85 | 1 | 1.2 | 29.4 |
| 39 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 13 | 367 | 28.23 | 1 | 1.2 | 33.4 |
| 44 | Virginia | 12 | 16 | 215 | 13.44 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.9 |
| 44 | Texas Tech | 12 | 15 | 246 | 16.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.5 |
| 44 | Ohio State | 12 | 15 | 252 | 16.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.0 |
| 44 | Cincinnati | 11 | 14 | 254 | 18.14 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.1 |
| 44 | Louisville | 11 | 14 | 257 | 18.36 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.4 |
| 44 | USF | 11 | 14 | 269 | 19.21 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.5 |
| 44 | Oregon | 11 | 14 | 277 | 19.79 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.2 |
| 44 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 14 | 280 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.5 |
| 44 | Utah | 11 | 14 | 282 | 20.14 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.6 |
| 44 | Notre Dame | 12 | 15 | 324 | 21.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.0 |
| 54 | Washington State | 11 | 15 | 246 | 16.40 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.4 |
| 54 | Duke | 12 | 17 | 301 | 17.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 25.1 |
| 54 | Northern Illinois | 11 | 15 | 281 | 18.73 | 1 | 1.4 | 25.5 |
| 54 | Kansas | 11 | 15 | 286 | 19.07 | 0 | 1.4 | 26.0 |
| 54 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 15 | 301 | 20.07 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.4 |
| 54 | Stanford | 12 | 17 | 345 | 20.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 28.8 |
| 60 | Iowa | 11 | 16 | 232 | 14.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 21.1 |
| 60 | Michigan State | 11 | 16 | 260 | 16.25 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.6 |
| 60 | Memphis | 11 | 17 | 299 | 17.59 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.2 |
| 60 | Texas | 12 | 18 | 327 | 18.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.3 |
| 60 | New Mexico | 11 | 16 | 306 | 19.13 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.8 |
| 60 | Delaware | 11 | 16 | 307 | 19.19 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.9 |
| 60 | Kent State | 11 | 16 | 319 | 19.94 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.0 |
| 60 | Buffalo | 11 | 17 | 365 | 21.47 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.2 |
| 60 | Washington | 12 | 18 | 429 | 23.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 35.8 |
| 60 | Massachusetts | 11 | 17 | 430 | 25.29 | 1 | 1.5 | 39.1 |
| 60 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 17 | 432 | 25.41 | 1 | 1.5 | 39.3 |
| 71 | Tulsa | 11 | 18 | 254 | 14.11 | 0 | 1.6 | 23.1 |
| 71 | Western Michigan | 12 | 19 | 291 | 15.32 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.3 |
| 71 | James Madison | 12 | 19 | 428 | 22.53 | 0 | 1.6 | 35.7 |
| 74 | Alabama | 12 | 20 | 357 | 17.85 | 1 | 1.7 | 29.8 |
| 74 | Troy | 12 | 20 | 360 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 30.0 |
| 74 | Oklahoma | 11 | 19 | 344 | 18.11 | 0 | 1.7 | 31.3 |
| 74 | Texas A&M | 11 | 19 | 356 | 18.74 | 0 | 1.7 | 32.4 |
| 74 | Texas State | 11 | 19 | 361 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 32.8 |
| 74 | Boston College | 11 | 19 | 416 | 21.89 | 0 | 1.7 | 37.8 |
| 74 | Wyoming | 11 | 19 | 486 | 25.58 | 0 | 1.7 | 44.2 |
| 74 | USC | 12 | 20 | 526 | 26.30 | 1 | 1.7 | 43.8 |
| 82 | Air Force | 11 | 20 | 330 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.8 | 30.0 |
| 82 | New Mexico State | 11 | 20 | 375 | 18.75 | 1 | 1.8 | 34.1 |
| 82 | Arizona State | 11 | 20 | 384 | 19.20 | 0 | 1.8 | 34.9 |
| 82 | Arkansas State | 11 | 20 | 388 | 19.40 | 0 | 1.8 | 35.3 |
| 82 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 20 | 418 | 20.90 | 1 | 1.8 | 38.0 |
| 82 | Connecticut | 11 | 20 | 451 | 22.55 | 0 | 1.8 | 41.0 |
| 82 | West Virginia | 11 | 20 | 464 | 23.20 | 1 | 1.8 | 42.2 |
| 89 | Fresno State | 11 | 21 | 320 | 15.24 | 0 | 1.9 | 29.1 |
| 89 | South Carolina | 11 | 21 | 368 | 17.52 | 0 | 1.9 | 33.5 |
| 89 | Army | 11 | 21 | 470 | 22.38 | 1 | 1.9 | 42.7 |
| 89 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 23 | 519 | 22.57 | 0 | 1.9 | 43.3 |
| 93 | Nebraska | 11 | 22 | 402 | 18.27 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.5 |
| 93 | Liberty | 11 | 22 | 423 | 19.23 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.5 |
| 93 | Jacksonville State | 12 | 24 | 492 | 20.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 93 | Rutgers | 11 | 22 | 457 | 20.77 | 1 | 2.0 | 41.5 |
| 93 | Kansas State | 11 | 22 | 474 | 21.55 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.1 |
| 93 | Toledo | 11 | 22 | 507 | 23.05 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.1 |
| 93 | San Jose State | 11 | 22 | 547 | 24.86 | 1 | 2.0 | 49.7 |
| 100 | Ball State | 11 | 23 | 420 | 18.26 | 0 | 2.1 | 38.2 |
| 100 | Bowling Green | 11 | 23 | 428 | 18.61 | 0 | 2.1 | 38.9 |
| 100 | Indiana | 12 | 25 | 501 | 20.04 | 0 | 2.1 | 41.8 |
| 100 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 23 | 508 | 22.09 | 0 | 2.1 | 46.2 |
| 100 | UAB | 11 | 23 | 600 | 26.09 | 1 | 2.1 | 54.5 |
| 105 | Missouri | 11 | 24 | 425 | 17.71 | 0 | 2.2 | 38.6 |
| 105 | UTEP | 11 | 24 | 457 | 19.04 | 0 | 2.2 | 41.5 |
| 105 | TCU | 11 | 24 | 478 | 19.92 | 0 | 2.2 | 43.5 |
| 105 | South Alabama | 11 | 24 | 556 | 23.17 | 1 | 2.2 | 50.5 |
| 105 | NC State | 11 | 24 | 562 | 23.42 | 1 | 2.2 | 51.1 |
| 105 | UTSA | 11 | 24 | 565 | 23.54 | 1 | 2.2 | 51.4 |
| 105 | Houston | 11 | 24 | 581 | 24.21 | 0 | 2.2 | 52.8 |
| 105 | Miami (OH) | 12 | 26 | 681 | 26.19 | 1 | 2.2 | 56.8 |
| 113 | Missouri State | 11 | 25 | 489 | 19.56 | 1 | 2.3 | 44.5 |
| 113 | Baylor | 11 | 25 | 512 | 20.48 | 1 | 2.3 | 46.5 |
| 115 | Navy | 11 | 26 | 491 | 18.88 | 0 | 2.4 | 44.6 |
| 115 | East Carolina | 11 | 26 | 533 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.4 | 48.5 |
| 115 | Utah State | 11 | 26 | 534 | 20.54 | 0 | 2.4 | 48.5 |
| 115 | Ohio | 11 | 26 | 603 | 23.19 | 0 | 2.4 | 54.8 |
| 115 | Northwestern | 11 | 26 | 636 | 24.46 | 1 | 2.4 | 57.8 |
| 120 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 27 | 383 | 14.19 | 1 | 2.5 | 34.8 |
| 120 | Akron | 11 | 27 | 521 | 19.30 | 2 | 2.5 | 47.4 |
| 120 | UNLV | 12 | 30 | 695 | 23.17 | 1 | 2.5 | 57.9 |
| 120 | Oregon State | 11 | 27 | 664 | 24.59 | 1 | 2.5 | 60.4 |
| 124 | SMU | 11 | 29 | 555 | 19.14 | 0 | 2.6 | 50.5 |
| 124 | Kennesaw State | 12 | 31 | 624 | 20.13 | 0 | 2.6 | 52.0 |
| 124 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 29 | 751 | 25.90 | 2 | 2.6 | 68.3 |
| 127 | California | 11 | 30 | 564 | 18.80 | 0 | 2.7 | 51.3 |
| 128 | Hawaii | 11 | 31 | 598 | 19.29 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.4 |
| 128 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 31 | 655 | 21.13 | 0 | 2.8 | 59.5 |
| 130 | Central Michigan | 11 | 33 | 673 | 20.39 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.2 |
| 131 | Louisiana | 11 | 34 | 703 | 20.68 | 1 | 3.1 | 63.9 |
| 132 | North Texas | 12 | 40 | 767 | 19.18 | 0 | 3.3 | 63.9 |
| 133 | Maryland | 11 | 37 | 920 | 24.86 | 1 | 3.4 | 83.6 |
| 134 | Old Dominion | 11 | 38 | 707 | 18.61 | 0 | 3.5 | 64.3 |
| 135 | FIU | 11 | 41 | 830 | 20.24 | 0 | 3.7 | 75.5 |
| 136 | Iowa State | 11 | 44 | 923 | 20.98 | 0 | 4.0 | 83.9 |