2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 11/01/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Temple | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 2 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 3 | Florida State | 6 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 4 | Minnesota | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| 4 | Kent State | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| 6 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 8 | FIU | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 10 | Western Michigan | 2 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| 10 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 10 | Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 13 | Tulane | 3 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.7 |
| 13 | Memphis | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| 15 | James Madison | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 6 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 17 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| 19 | Rice | 1 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 28.0 |
| 20 | Texas State | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 21 | Troy | 1 | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 30.0 |
| 22 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 23 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 24 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 25 | Penn State | 5 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| 26 | Akron | 1 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 42 | 42.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 42.0 |
| 28 | UTEP | 1 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 43.0 |
| 28 | Toledo | 2 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.5 |
| 30 | UAB | 1 | 1 | 44 | 44.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 44.0 |
| 31 | Georgia State | 2 | 1 | 46 | 46.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 23.0 |
| 32 | Hawaii | 2 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.5 |
| 32 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.5 |
| 32 | South Alabama | 1 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 35 | North Texas | 1 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.0 |
| 36 | Connecticut | 2 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.0 |
| 37 | San Diego State | 2 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.5 |
| 38 | Appalachian State | 1 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.0 |
| 39 | BYU | 6 | 5 | 63 | 12.60 | 0 | 0.8 | 10.5 |
| 40 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.0 |
| 41 | UTSA | 1 | 2 | 67 | 33.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 67.0 |
| 42 | Mississippi State | 6 | 4 | 68 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.3 |
| 43 | Ball State | 2 | 3 | 69 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 34.5 |
| 44 | Washington State | 4 | 4 | 72 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 45 | Missouri State | 2 | 4 | 76 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 45 | East Carolina | 2 | 3 | 76 | 25.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 38.0 |
| 47 | North Carolina | 6 | 4 | 77 | 19.25 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.8 |
| 48 | Fresno State | 2 | 6 | 79 | 13.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 39.5 |
| 49 | Kentucky | 6 | 5 | 80 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.3 |
| 50 | Ole Miss | 7 | 4 | 82 | 20.50 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.7 |
| 51 | Purdue | 6 | 5 | 83 | 16.60 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.8 |
| 52 | Georgia | 6 | 6 | 86 | 14.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.3 |
| 52 | Colorado | 7 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.3 |
| 52 | Washington | 6 | 3 | 86 | 28.67 | 0 | 0.5 | 14.3 |
| 55 | Bowling Green | 2 | 3 | 88 | 29.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 44.0 |
| 55 | Nevada | 1 | 2 | 88 | 44.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 88.0 |
| 57 | Tennessee | 7 | 4 | 89 | 22.25 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.7 |
| 58 | San Jose State | 2 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.5 |
| 59 | Florida | 6 | 5 | 92 | 18.40 | 0 | 0.8 | 15.3 |
| 59 | Miami (FL) | 5 | 4 | 92 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 18.4 |
| 61 | New Mexico | 2 | 5 | 96 | 19.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.0 |
| 62 | Syracuse | 7 | 4 | 97 | 24.25 | 0 | 0.6 | 13.9 |
| 63 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 4 | 98 | 24.50 | 0 | 0.6 | 14.0 |
| 64 | Central Michigan | 2 | 4 | 100 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 64 | Massachusetts | 2 | 3 | 100 | 33.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 50.0 |
| 64 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 100 | 100.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 100.0 |
| 67 | Virginia | 7 | 8 | 103 | 12.88 | 0 | 1.1 | 14.7 |
| 68 | UNLV | 1 | 5 | 106 | 21.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 106.0 |
| 69 | Ohio | 3 | 6 | 107 | 17.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.7 |
| 70 | Arkansas | 5 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.8 |
| 71 | Louisville | 5 | 6 | 115 | 19.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 23.0 |
| 72 | UCF | 6 | 6 | 119 | 19.83 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.8 |
| 73 | UCLA | 6 | 8 | 120 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.0 |
| 73 | Wake Forest | 6 | 6 | 120 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 75 | Texas Tech | 7 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.3 |
| 76 | Wyoming | 2 | 5 | 125 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 62.5 |
| 77 | Iowa | 6 | 8 | 130 | 16.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.7 |
| 78 | Colorado State | 2 | 5 | 131 | 26.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 65.5 |
| 79 | USC | 5 | 6 | 133 | 22.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 26.6 |
| 80 | Texas A&M | 5 | 7 | 135 | 19.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 27.0 |
| 80 | Utah | 7 | 6 | 135 | 22.50 | 0 | 0.9 | 19.3 |
| 82 | Auburn | 7 | 6 | 140 | 23.33 | 0 | 0.9 | 20.0 |
| 83 | Nebraska | 7 | 10 | 142 | 14.20 | 0 | 1.4 | 20.3 |
| 84 | Army | 1 | 2 | 143 | 71.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 143.0 |
| 85 | Utah State | 2 | 5 | 145 | 29.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 72.5 |
| 86 | Old Dominion | 2 | 7 | 152 | 21.71 | 0 | 3.5 | 76.0 |
| 87 | Notre Dame | 7 | 7 | 156 | 22.29 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.3 |
| 88 | Cincinnati | 7 | 10 | 165 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.4 | 23.6 |
| 89 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 8 | 166 | 20.75 | 0 | 1.1 | 23.7 |
| 90 | Michigan | 7 | 8 | 170 | 21.25 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.3 |
| 91 | Michigan State | 7 | 11 | 171 | 15.55 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.4 |
| 91 | Duke | 6 | 10 | 171 | 17.10 | 0 | 1.7 | 28.5 |
| 93 | Oklahoma | 6 | 9 | 175 | 19.44 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.2 |
| 94 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 9 | 176 | 19.56 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.3 |
| 95 | Illinois | 7 | 8 | 178 | 22.25 | 0 | 1.1 | 25.4 |
| 96 | Indiana | 6 | 10 | 179 | 17.90 | 0 | 1.7 | 29.8 |
| 96 | LSU | 6 | 7 | 179 | 25.57 | 0 | 1.2 | 29.8 |
| 98 | Ohio State | 6 | 10 | 186 | 18.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 31.0 |
| 99 | Texas | 6 | 11 | 193 | 17.55 | 0 | 1.8 | 32.2 |
| 99 | Oregon | 7 | 9 | 193 | 21.44 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.6 |
| 101 | Clemson | 7 | 6 | 206 | 34.33 | 1 | 0.9 | 29.4 |
| 102 | Boston College | 6 | 9 | 217 | 24.11 | 0 | 1.5 | 36.2 |
| 103 | Alabama | 7 | 9 | 224 | 24.89 | 1 | 1.3 | 32.0 |
| 104 | Kansas | 7 | 12 | 235 | 19.58 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.6 |
| 105 | Stanford | 7 | 9 | 255 | 28.33 | 0 | 1.3 | 36.4 |
| 106 | Arizona State | 7 | 15 | 260 | 17.33 | 0 | 2.1 | 37.1 |
| 107 | Northwestern | 5 | 12 | 277 | 23.08 | 1 | 2.4 | 55.4 |
| 108 | Missouri | 5 | 15 | 290 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.0 |
| 109 | Oregon State | 6 | 13 | 293 | 22.54 | 0 | 2.2 | 48.8 |
| 110 | South Carolina | 8 | 17 | 304 | 17.88 | 0 | 2.1 | 38.0 |
| 110 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 13 | 304 | 23.38 | 1 | 1.9 | 43.4 |
| 112 | Rutgers | 6 | 11 | 321 | 29.18 | 1 | 1.8 | 53.5 |
| 113 | West Virginia | 7 | 14 | 359 | 25.64 | 1 | 2.0 | 51.3 |
| 114 | Houston | 7 | 16 | 368 | 23.00 | 0 | 2.3 | 52.6 |
| 115 | Kansas State | 7 | 16 | 370 | 23.13 | 0 | 2.3 | 52.9 |
| 116 | NC State | 6 | 15 | 378 | 25.20 | 1 | 2.5 | 63.0 |
| 117 | TCU | 7 | 20 | 389 | 19.45 | 0 | 2.9 | 55.6 |
| 118 | SMU | 7 | 20 | 415 | 20.75 | 0 | 2.9 | 59.3 |
| 119 | Baylor | 8 | 20 | 446 | 22.30 | 1 | 2.5 | 55.8 |
| 120 | California | 7 | 23 | 451 | 19.61 | 0 | 3.3 | 64.4 |
| 121 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 24 | 486 | 20.25 | 0 | 3.4 | 69.4 |
| 122 | Maryland | 5 | 20 | 511 | 25.55 | 0 | 4.0 | 102.2 |
| 123 | Iowa State | 7 | 26 | 577 | 22.19 | 0 | 3.7 | 82.4 |