2025 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/19/2026
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent State | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Tulane | 4 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.8 |
| 3 | Florida State | 10 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| 3 | Arizona | 11 | 4 | 89 | 22.25 | 0 | 0.4 | 8.1 |
| 5 | Temple | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 5 | Wisconsin | 10 | 5 | 63 | 12.60 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.3 |
| 5 | Ole Miss | 11 | 6 | 88 | 14.67 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Delaware | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| 5 | Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.5 |
| 5 | Miami (FL) | 13 | 7 | 139 | 19.86 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.7 |
| 5 | Western Michigan | 2 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| 5 | Memphis | 2 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.5 |
| 5 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 1 | 42 | 42.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 21.0 |
| 5 | Georgia State | 2 | 1 | 46 | 46.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 23.0 |
| 15 | Minnesota | 10 | 6 | 117 | 19.50 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.7 |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 6 | 174 | 29.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 17.4 |
| 17 | Kentucky | 9 | 6 | 85 | 14.17 | 0 | 0.7 | 9.4 |
| 17 | Florida | 10 | 7 | 119 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.9 |
| 17 | Tennessee | 10 | 7 | 137 | 19.57 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.7 |
| 17 | Colorado | 10 | 7 | 139 | 19.86 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.9 |
| 17 | Syracuse | 9 | 6 | 138 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 15.3 |
| 22 | BYU | 12 | 10 | 169 | 16.90 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.1 |
| 22 | Purdue | 9 | 7 | 122 | 17.43 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.6 |
| 22 | North Carolina | 10 | 8 | 172 | 21.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 17.2 |
| 22 | UCF | 10 | 8 | 183 | 22.88 | 0 | 0.8 | 18.3 |
| 26 | Georgia | 11 | 10 | 127 | 12.70 | 0 | 0.9 | 11.5 |
| 26 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 10 | 187 | 18.70 | 0 | 0.9 | 17.0 |
| 26 | Auburn | 9 | 8 | 183 | 22.88 | 0 | 0.9 | 20.3 |
| 26 | Clemson | 11 | 10 | 286 | 28.60 | 1 | 0.9 | 26.0 |
| 26 | Mississippi State | 10 | 9 | 269 | 29.89 | 1 | 0.9 | 26.9 |
| 31 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 31 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 31 | Texas Tech | 12 | 12 | 200 | 16.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.7 |
| 31 | FIU | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 31 | New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 31 | Toledo | 3 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 31 | Penn State | 10 | 10 | 210 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 31 | Boise State | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 31 | Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 31 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.5 |
| 31 | UCLA | 10 | 10 | 244 | 24.40 | 1 | 1.0 | 24.4 |
| 31 | Washington | 10 | 10 | 249 | 24.90 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.9 |
| 31 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 31 | Rice | 1 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 28.0 |
| 31 | Texas State | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 31 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 30.0 |
| 31 | UAB | 1 | 1 | 44 | 44.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 44.0 |
| 31 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 2 | 115 | 57.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 57.5 |
| 49 | Louisville | 9 | 10 | 181 | 18.10 | 0 | 1.1 | 20.1 |
| 49 | Michigan | 11 | 12 | 250 | 20.83 | 0 | 1.1 | 22.7 |
| 49 | Arkansas | 8 | 9 | 199 | 22.11 | 0 | 1.1 | 24.9 |
| 49 | LSU | 10 | 11 | 251 | 22.82 | 0 | 1.1 | 25.1 |
| 49 | Wake Forest | 10 | 11 | 269 | 24.45 | 0 | 1.1 | 26.9 |
| 49 | Illinois | 11 | 12 | 342 | 28.50 | 1 | 1.1 | 31.1 |
| 55 | Cincinnati | 10 | 12 | 213 | 17.75 | 0 | 1.2 | 21.3 |
| 55 | Oregon | 13 | 16 | 312 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.2 | 24.0 |
| 55 | Alabama | 13 | 15 | 324 | 21.60 | 1 | 1.2 | 24.9 |
| 55 | Stanford | 9 | 11 | 275 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 30.6 |
| 59 | Ohio State | 12 | 15 | 252 | 16.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.0 |
| 59 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 13 | 250 | 19.23 | 0 | 1.3 | 25.0 |
| 59 | James Madison | 3 | 4 | 92 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 30.7 |
| 59 | Central Michigan | 3 | 4 | 100 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 33.3 |
| 63 | Michigan State | 10 | 14 | 223 | 15.93 | 0 | 1.4 | 22.3 |
| 63 | Duke | 11 | 15 | 268 | 17.87 | 0 | 1.4 | 24.4 |
| 63 | Washington State | 5 | 7 | 127 | 18.14 | 0 | 1.4 | 25.4 |
| 66 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| 66 | Kansas | 10 | 15 | 286 | 19.07 | 0 | 1.5 | 28.6 |
| 66 | San Diego State | 2 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 29.5 |
| 66 | Oklahoma | 10 | 15 | 313 | 20.87 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.3 |
| 66 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.0 |
| 66 | Notre Dame | 10 | 15 | 324 | 21.60 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.4 |
| 66 | Ball State | 2 | 3 | 69 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 34.5 |
| 66 | USC | 10 | 15 | 360 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 36.0 |
| 66 | Bowling Green | 2 | 3 | 88 | 29.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 44.0 |
| 66 | Massachusetts | 2 | 3 | 100 | 33.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 50.0 |
| 76 | Virginia | 12 | 19 | 270 | 14.21 | 0 | 1.6 | 22.5 |
| 76 | Nebraska | 11 | 18 | 294 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.6 | 26.7 |
| 76 | Arizona State | 11 | 18 | 315 | 17.50 | 0 | 1.6 | 28.6 |
| 76 | Utah | 11 | 18 | 352 | 19.56 | 0 | 1.6 | 32.0 |
| 80 | Hawaii | 3 | 5 | 80 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 26.7 |
| 80 | Texas A&M | 9 | 15 | 284 | 18.93 | 0 | 1.7 | 31.6 |
| 82 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 18 | 390 | 21.67 | 1 | 1.8 | 39.0 |
| 82 | Boston College | 9 | 16 | 351 | 21.94 | 0 | 1.8 | 39.0 |
| 84 | West Virginia | 10 | 19 | 448 | 23.58 | 1 | 1.9 | 44.8 |
| 85 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| 85 | Troy | 1 | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 30.0 |
| 85 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.0 |
| 85 | South Carolina | 10 | 20 | 347 | 17.35 | 0 | 2.0 | 34.7 |
| 85 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 85 | Ohio | 3 | 6 | 107 | 17.83 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.7 |
| 85 | New Mexico | 3 | 6 | 109 | 18.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.3 |
| 85 | Tulsa | 2 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.5 |
| 85 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.0 |
| 85 | Missouri State | 2 | 4 | 76 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 85 | Akron | 1 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 85 | Oregon State | 7 | 14 | 310 | 22.14 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.3 |
| 85 | South Alabama | 1 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 85 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 4 | 100 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 85 | Connecticut | 3 | 6 | 157 | 26.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 52.3 |
| 85 | UTSA | 1 | 2 | 67 | 33.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 67.0 |
| 85 | Nevada | 1 | 2 | 88 | 44.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 88.0 |
| 85 | Army | 1 | 2 | 143 | 71.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 143.0 |
| 103 | Iowa | 11 | 23 | 363 | 15.78 | 0 | 2.1 | 33.0 |
| 103 | Missouri | 10 | 21 | 395 | 18.81 | 0 | 2.1 | 39.5 |
| 103 | TCU | 12 | 25 | 500 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.1 | 41.7 |
| 103 | Rutgers | 9 | 19 | 427 | 22.47 | 1 | 2.1 | 47.4 |
| 107 | Kansas State | 10 | 22 | 474 | 21.55 | 0 | 2.2 | 47.4 |
| 107 | NC State | 9 | 20 | 475 | 23.75 | 1 | 2.2 | 52.8 |
| 109 | Baylor | 11 | 25 | 512 | 20.48 | 1 | 2.3 | 46.5 |
| 109 | Texas | 10 | 23 | 492 | 21.39 | 0 | 2.3 | 49.2 |
| 109 | East Carolina | 3 | 7 | 155 | 22.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 51.7 |
| 112 | Indiana | 13 | 31 | 609 | 19.65 | 0 | 2.4 | 46.8 |
| 112 | Houston | 11 | 26 | 686 | 26.38 | 1 | 2.4 | 62.4 |
| 114 | San Jose State | 2 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.5 |
| 114 | Wyoming | 2 | 5 | 125 | 25.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 62.5 |
| 114 | Colorado State | 2 | 5 | 131 | 26.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 65.5 |
| 117 | SMU | 11 | 29 | 561 | 19.34 | 0 | 2.6 | 51.0 |
| 118 | Utah State | 3 | 8 | 203 | 25.38 | 0 | 2.7 | 67.7 |
| 118 | Northwestern | 9 | 24 | 611 | 25.46 | 1 | 2.7 | 67.9 |
| 120 | California | 10 | 29 | 548 | 18.90 | 0 | 2.9 | 54.8 |
| 121 | Fresno State | 2 | 6 | 79 | 13.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 39.5 |
| 121 | UTEP | 1 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 43.0 |
| 121 | North Texas | 1 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 54.0 |
| 121 | Appalachian State | 1 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.0 |
| 121 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 27 | 553 | 20.48 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.4 |
| 126 | Maryland | 9 | 28 | 730 | 26.07 | 1 | 3.1 | 81.1 |
| 127 | Old Dominion | 2 | 7 | 152 | 21.71 | 0 | 3.5 | 76.0 |
| 128 | Iowa State | 10 | 39 | 819 | 21.00 | 0 | 3.9 | 81.9 |
| 129 | UNLV | 1 | 5 | 106 | 21.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 106.0 |