2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/06/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Jose State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | UNLV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Rice | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 1 | 35 | 35.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 17.5 |
| 12 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 12 | Memphis | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| 12 | Fresno State | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 12 | Ohio State | 11 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 12 | Notre Dame | 10 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| 12 | FIU | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| 12 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 12 | UAB | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 12 | Missouri State | 2 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 22 | Southern Miss | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| 22 | New Mexico | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| 22 | Nevada | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.0 |
| 22 | Louisiana | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.0 |
| 22 | Temple | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
| 22 | Washington State | 5 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| 22 | Florida State | 10 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| 22 | Tulane | 3 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.7 |
| 22 | Western Michigan | 2 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.5 |
| 22 | Wyoming | 2 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 20.0 |
| 22 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 25.0 |
| 22 | Hawaii | 2 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.5 |
| 22 | USF | 2 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.0 |
| 22 | UTEP | 1 | 3 | 72 | 24.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 72.0 |
| 22 | Arkansas | 8 | 3 | 77 | 25.67 | 1 | 0.4 | 9.6 |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 3 | 82 | 27.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 41.0 |
| 38 | Toledo | 2 | 4 | -4 | -1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | -2.0 |
| 38 | Oregon | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 38 | Georgia | 10 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| 38 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 38 | Delaware | 2 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.5 |
| 38 | Nebraska | 10 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| 38 | Marshall | 1 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 26.0 |
| 38 | Utah State | 2 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.5 |
| 38 | Connecticut | 3 | 4 | 42 | 10.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.0 |
| 38 | Colorado State | 2 | 4 | 53 | 13.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.5 |
| 38 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 4 | 62 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 38 | USC | 9 | 4 | 102 | 25.50 | 1 | 0.4 | 11.3 |
| 38 | Bowling Green | 2 | 4 | 109 | 27.25 | 1 | 2.0 | 54.5 |
| 38 | Old Dominion | 2 | 4 | 116 | 29.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 58.0 |
| 52 | Central Michigan | 2 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 14.0 |
| 52 | Utah | 10 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| 52 | San Diego State | 2 | 5 | 32 | 6.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 16.0 |
| 52 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 52 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 5.0 | 48.0 |
| 52 | Rutgers | 9 | 5 | 59 | 11.80 | 0 | 0.6 | 6.6 |
| 52 | Akron | 1 | 5 | 92 | 18.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 92.0 |
| 52 | UTSA | 1 | 5 | 142 | 28.40 | 1 | 5.0 | 142.0 |
| 60 | Iowa State | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 60 | Louisville | 9 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
| 60 | Ball State | 2 | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 11.5 |
| 60 | Miami (FL) | 9 | 6 | 35 | 5.83 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
| 60 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 6 | 35 | 5.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 17.5 |
| 60 | Florida | 10 | 6 | 44 | 7.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| 60 | Iowa | 10 | 6 | 47 | 7.83 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.7 |
| 60 | Ohio | 3 | 6 | 62 | 10.33 | 1 | 2.0 | 20.7 |
| 68 | Ole Miss | 9 | 7 | 38 | 5.43 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
| 68 | Penn State | 9 | 7 | 62 | 8.86 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.9 |
| 68 | Charlotte | 2 | 7 | 63 | 9.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 31.5 |
| 68 | Washington | 10 | 7 | 77 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.7 |
| 68 | Massachusetts | 2 | 7 | 223 | 31.86 | 1 | 3.5 | 111.5 |
| 73 | Clemson | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| 73 | Tennessee | 9 | 8 | 26 | 3.25 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.9 |
| 73 | Illinois | 10 | 8 | 38 | 4.75 | 1 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| 73 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 8 | 47 | 5.88 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.2 |
| 73 | Auburn | 9 | 8 | 48 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.3 |
| 73 | Texas A&M | 8 | 8 | 63 | 7.88 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.9 |
| 73 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 8 | 64 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.4 |
| 73 | Missouri | 9 | 8 | 67 | 8.38 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.4 |
| 73 | BYU | 11 | 8 | 114 | 14.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.4 |
| 82 | Northwestern | 9 | 9 | 43 | 4.78 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.8 |
| 82 | Texas Tech | 11 | 9 | 61 | 6.78 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.5 |
| 82 | Arizona | 10 | 9 | 68 | 7.56 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.8 |
| 82 | Syracuse | 9 | 9 | 101 | 11.22 | 1 | 1.0 | 11.2 |
| 82 | Cincinnati | 10 | 9 | 111 | 12.33 | 1 | 0.9 | 11.1 |
| 82 | Georgia State | 2 | 9 | 118 | 13.11 | 1 | 4.5 | 59.0 |
| 82 | Kent State | 3 | 9 | 125 | 13.89 | 0 | 3.0 | 41.7 |
| 89 | Boston College | 9 | 10 | 24 | 2.40 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
| 89 | Duke | 10 | 10 | 38 | 3.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| 89 | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 81 | 8.10 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.1 |
| 89 | Maryland | 9 | 10 | 95 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.1 | 10.6 |
| 93 | Baylor | 11 | 11 | 32 | 2.91 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.9 |
| 93 | South Carolina | 10 | 11 | 59 | 5.36 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| 93 | Alabama | 11 | 11 | 105 | 9.55 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.5 |
| 93 | TCU | 11 | 11 | 113 | 10.27 | 1 | 1.0 | 10.3 |
| 93 | Kentucky | 9 | 11 | 168 | 15.27 | 0 | 1.2 | 18.7 |
| 93 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 11 | 258 | 23.45 | 1 | 1.1 | 25.8 |
| 99 | Wake Forest | 9 | 12 | 110 | 9.17 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.2 |
| 99 | Mississippi State | 9 | 12 | 154 | 12.83 | 1 | 1.3 | 17.1 |
| 99 | Houston | 10 | 12 | 191 | 15.92 | 0 | 1.2 | 19.1 |
| 102 | Purdue | 9 | 13 | 49 | 3.77 | 0 | 1.4 | 5.4 |
| 102 | Kansas State | 10 | 13 | 59 | 4.54 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.9 |
| 102 | Texas | 9 | 13 | 119 | 9.15 | 0 | 1.4 | 13.2 |
| 102 | Arizona State | 10 | 13 | 225 | 17.31 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.5 |
| 106 | Michigan | 10 | 14 | 91 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.1 |
| 106 | UCF | 10 | 14 | 145 | 10.36 | 1 | 1.4 | 14.5 |
| 106 | NC State | 9 | 14 | 178 | 12.71 | 0 | 1.6 | 19.8 |
| 109 | Kansas | 10 | 15 | 82 | 5.47 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.2 |
| 109 | UCLA | 10 | 15 | 146 | 9.73 | 1 | 1.5 | 14.6 |
| 109 | North Carolina | 10 | 15 | 147 | 9.80 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.7 |
| 109 | Minnesota | 10 | 15 | 179 | 11.93 | 1 | 1.5 | 17.9 |
| 113 | SMU | 10 | 16 | 60 | 3.75 | 0 | 1.6 | 6.0 |
| 114 | California | 10 | 17 | 100 | 5.88 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.0 |
| 115 | Stanford | 9 | 18 | 253 | 14.06 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.1 |
| 116 | Oklahoma | 9 | 19 | 190 | 10.00 | 1 | 2.1 | 21.1 |
| 117 | LSU | 9 | 22 | 350 | 15.91 | 2 | 2.4 | 38.9 |
| 118 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 23 | 150 | 6.52 | 0 | 2.3 | 15.0 |
| 119 | Colorado | 10 | 24 | 218 | 9.08 | 0 | 2.4 | 21.8 |
| 119 | Wisconsin | 10 | 24 | 228 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.4 | 22.8 |
| 119 | Virginia | 11 | 24 | 320 | 13.33 | 1 | 2.2 | 29.1 |
| 119 | Michigan State | 10 | 24 | 388 | 16.17 | 2 | 2.4 | 38.8 |
| 123 | West Virginia | 10 | 26 | 171 | 6.58 | 0 | 2.6 | 17.1 |
| 124 | Oregon State | 7 | 28 | 462 | 16.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 66.0 |