2025 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 12/06/2025
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYU | 1 | 1 | -11 | -11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -11.0 |
| 2 | UCLA | 2 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.5 | -1.5 |
| 3 | Temple | 9 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| 4 | Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 10 | USC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 10 | Kansas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 10 | West Virginia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 13 | Clemson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 13 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 15 | Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| 16 | Kennesaw State | 10 | 10 | 17 | 1.70 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
| 17 | UTSA | 10 | 12 | 25 | 2.08 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
| 18 | North Carolina | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 19 | Georgia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 19 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 21 | Fresno State | 9 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
| 22 | North Texas | 11 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| 22 | Purdue | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
| 24 | Old Dominion | 9 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| 25 | Duke | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 26 | Colorado State | 9 | 15 | 57 | 3.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.3 |
| 27 | Washington State | 6 | 7 | 27 | 3.86 | 0 | 1.2 | 4.5 |
| 28 | New Mexico | 9 | 10 | 39 | 3.90 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.3 |
| 29 | Ohio | 8 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.5 |
| 29 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 29 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 32 | Southern Miss | 10 | 12 | 50 | 4.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
| 33 | Marshall | 10 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.8 |
| 35 | New Mexico State | 10 | 19 | 82 | 4.32 | 0 | 1.9 | 8.2 |
| 36 | Troy | 11 | 19 | 84 | 4.42 | 0 | 1.7 | 7.6 |
| 37 | Memphis | 10 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| 37 | Indiana | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 39 | Army | 9 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 39 | Western Michigan | 10 | 8 | 40 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 39 | Florida | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 39 | Penn State | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 39 | Michigan State | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 44 | Connecticut | 8 | 6 | 31 | 5.17 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| 45 | Buffalo | 10 | 17 | 89 | 5.24 | 0 | 1.7 | 8.9 |
| 46 | James Madison | 10 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| 47 | UNLV | 11 | 10 | 57 | 5.70 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.2 |
| 48 | Toledo | 9 | 14 | 80 | 5.71 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.9 |
| 49 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 14 | 81 | 5.79 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.1 |
| 50 | UTEP | 10 | 16 | 93 | 5.81 | 1 | 1.6 | 9.3 |
| 51 | Texas State | 10 | 7 | 41 | 5.86 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.1 |
| 52 | LSU | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| 52 | Louisville | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| 54 | Kent State | 8 | 12 | 76 | 6.33 | 1 | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| 55 | Air Force | 11 | 8 | 51 | 6.38 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.6 |
| 56 | Navy | 10 | 8 | 52 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.2 |
| 56 | Texas | 3 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.7 |
| 58 | Tulsa | 9 | 11 | 73 | 6.64 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.1 |
| 59 | Boston College | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 60 | Syracuse | 2 | 7 | 50 | 7.14 | 1 | 3.5 | 25.0 |
| 61 | Charlotte | 9 | 15 | 108 | 7.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.0 |
| 62 | Liberty | 11 | 11 | 80 | 7.27 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 63 | Louisiana | 10 | 17 | 124 | 7.29 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.4 |
| 64 | Boise State | 12 | 12 | 89 | 7.42 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.4 |
| 65 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 15 | 114 | 7.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.7 |
| 66 | Appalachian State | 10 | 17 | 130 | 7.65 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.0 |
| 67 | Arkansas | 3 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.7 |
| 68 | Jacksonville State | 11 | 11 | 86 | 7.82 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.8 |
| 69 | FIU | 10 | 15 | 119 | 7.93 | 2 | 1.5 | 11.9 |
| 70 | Tulane | 10 | 14 | 114 | 8.14 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.4 |
| 71 | Stanford | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.3 |
| 72 | Utah State | 9 | 14 | 117 | 8.36 | 1 | 1.6 | 13.0 |
| 73 | Arkansas State | 9 | 7 | 59 | 8.43 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.6 |
| 74 | Ball State | 9 | 15 | 127 | 8.47 | 0 | 1.7 | 14.1 |
| 75 | Akron | 10 | 17 | 147 | 8.65 | 0 | 1.7 | 14.7 |
| 76 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 15 | 130 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.0 |
| 77 | Wyoming | 9 | 19 | 166 | 8.74 | 2 | 2.1 | 18.4 |
| 78 | Miami (OH) | 10 | 8 | 70 | 8.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.0 |
| 79 | Delaware | 9 | 10 | 88 | 8.80 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.8 |
| 80 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 16 | 144 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 14.4 |
| 81 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 9 | 83 | 9.22 | 0 | 0.9 | 8.3 |
| 82 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 12 | 111 | 9.25 | 0 | 1.2 | 11.1 |
| 83 | Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | 12 | 113 | 9.42 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.6 |
| 84 | South Alabama | 10 | 19 | 180 | 9.47 | 0 | 1.9 | 18.0 |
| 85 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 86 | San Diego State | 9 | 11 | 109 | 9.91 | 0 | 1.2 | 12.1 |
| 87 | Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 87 | Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 89 | Massachusetts | 9 | 12 | 129 | 10.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 14.3 |
| 90 | Rice | 10 | 20 | 218 | 10.90 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.8 |
| 91 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 91 | Nevada | 10 | 10 | 110 | 11.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 93 | UAB | 10 | 11 | 122 | 11.09 | 0 | 1.1 | 12.2 |
| 94 | San Jose State | 9 | 9 | 103 | 11.44 | 1 | 1.0 | 11.4 |
| 95 | Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| 96 | Missouri State | 9 | 13 | 159 | 12.23 | 1 | 1.4 | 17.7 |
| 97 | East Carolina | 9 | 7 | 87 | 12.43 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.7 |
| 98 | Coastal Carolina | 9 | 17 | 232 | 13.65 | 1 | 1.9 | 25.8 |
| 99 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 100 | Bowling Green | 9 | 6 | 86 | 14.33 | 1 | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 101 | Colorado | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.5 |
| 102 | Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.5 |
| 102 | Georgia State | 9 | 14 | 217 | 15.50 | 0 | 1.6 | 24.1 |
| 104 | Central Michigan | 9 | 6 | 95 | 15.83 | 1 | 0.7 | 10.6 |
| 105 | South Carolina | 1 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 33.0 |
| 106 | USF | 9 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 0.4 | 7.4 |
| 107 | Hawaii | 9 | 8 | 140 | 17.50 | 1 | 0.9 | 15.6 |
| 108 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 5 | 88 | 17.60 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.8 |
| 109 | Texas A&M | 3 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 19.3 |
| 110 | Oregon State | 4 | 6 | 125 | 20.83 | 2 | 1.5 | 31.3 |
| 111 | California | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 112 | NC State | 2 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.5 |
| 113 | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 33 | 33.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 33.0 |