2025 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/02/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Wake Forest 2 3 124 41.33 1 1.5 62.0
2 San Diego State 1 2 63 31.50 1 2.0 63.0
3 Oregon 4 7 169 24.14 2 1.8 42.3
4 South Alabama 2 2 42 21.00 0 1.0 21.0
4 UCF 2 1 21 21.00 0 0.5 10.5
6 Texas 6 7 146 20.86 1 1.2 24.3
7 Cincinnati 4 6 120 20.00 0 1.5 30.0
8 Arizona State 3 2 34 17.00 0 0.7 11.3
9 Notre Dame 4 4 65 16.25 1 1.0 16.3
10 Miami (FL) 3 6 93 15.50 0 2.0 31.0
11 Iowa 4 3 42 14.00 0 0.8 10.5
12 Oklahoma 6 7 97 13.86 0 1.2 16.2
13 South Carolina 6 8 96 12.00 0 1.3 16.0
13 Michigan State 3 1 12 12.00 0 0.3 4.0
15 Louisville 3 7 79 11.29 0 2.3 26.3
16 Charlotte 3 2 22 11.00 0 0.7 7.3
17 Georgia 6 9 96 10.67 0 1.5 16.0
18 Clemson 1 2 21 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
18 San Jose State 1 2 21 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
20 Baylor 2 3 30 10.00 0 1.5 15.0
21 BYU 5 8 79 9.88 0 1.6 15.8
22 Temple 5 4 39 9.75 0 0.8 7.8
23 Ole Miss 5 3 29 9.67 0 0.6 5.8
24 Kansas 4 4 37 9.25 0 1.0 9.3
25 North Carolina 1 5 46 9.20 0 5.0 46.0
26 Texas A&M 4 7 63 9.00 0 1.8 15.8
26 Illinois 3 2 18 9.00 0 0.7 6.0
28 Florida State 3 3 26 8.67 0 1.0 8.7
29 Colorado 4 2 17 8.50 0 0.5 4.3
30 Ohio State 4 4 33 8.25 0 1.0 8.3
31 Kansas State 3 2 16 8.00 0 0.7 5.3
31 Oklahoma State 3 2 16 8.00 0 0.7 5.3
31 Duke 4 1 8 8.00 0 0.3 2.0
34 USF 3 3 23 7.67 0 1.0 7.7
35 Penn State 3 2 15 7.50 0 0.7 5.0
35 Tulane 3 2 15 7.50 0 0.7 5.0
35 Purdue 5 2 15 7.50 0 0.4 3.0
38 Virginia Tech 4 6 44 7.33 0 1.5 11.0
39 Washington State 4 4 28 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
39 Northwestern 4 1 7 7.00 0 0.3 1.8
41 Alabama 7 10 68 6.80 0 1.4 9.7
41 Missouri 5 5 34 6.80 0 1.0 6.8
43 California 1 3 20 6.67 0 3.0 20.0
44 Marshall 2 2 13 6.50 0 1.0 6.5
45 Kennesaw State 1 1 6 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
45 Arkansas 5 4 24 6.00 0 0.8 4.8
45 Wisconsin 5 3 18 6.00 0 0.6 3.6
48 Nebraska 3 5 29 5.80 0 1.7 9.7
49 Indiana 3 3 16 5.33 0 1.0 5.3
50 UCLA 4 2 10 5.00 0 0.5 2.5
51 UTSA 3 4 19 4.75 0 1.3 6.3
52 Michigan 4 3 14 4.67 0 0.8 3.5
53 Florida 5 4 17 4.25 0 0.8 3.4
54 Troy 1 2 8 4.00 0 2.0 8.0
54 Georgia Southern 2 3 12 4.00 0 1.5 6.0
54 Iowa State 2 3 12 4.00 0 1.5 6.0
57 Tennessee 4 4 15 3.75 0 1.0 3.8
58 Tulsa 2 3 11 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
58 USC 3 3 11 3.67 0 1.0 3.7
60 Memphis 2 4 14 3.50 0 2.0 7.0
60 Old Dominion 2 2 7 3.50 0 1.0 3.5
62 NC State 4 3 10 3.33 0 0.8 2.5
63 Texas Tech 4 2 6 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
63 Vanderbilt 3 1 3 3.00 0 0.3 1.0
65 Kentucky 4 4 11 2.75 0 1.0 2.8
66 Auburn 6 10 27 2.70 0 1.7 4.5
67 UTEP 1 2 5 2.50 0 2.0 5.0
67 UAB 2 2 5 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
67 Washington 3 2 5 2.50 0 0.7 1.7
70 LSU 5 5 12 2.40 0 1.0 2.4
71 Utah 2 3 7 2.33 0 1.5 3.5
72 East Carolina 2 3 6 2.00 0 1.5 3.0
72 Florida Atlantic 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
72 North Texas 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
75 Army 3 1 1 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
76 Virginia 1 2 1 0.50 0 2.0 1.0
77 New Mexico 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
77 Utah State 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
77 Georgia State 3 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
80 Syracuse 3 2 -4 -2.00 0 0.7 -1.3
81 Western Michigan 1 1 -4 -4.00 0 1.0 -4.0