2025 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 TCU 3 1 53 53.00 0 0.3 17.7
2 Wake Forest 1 3 124 41.33 1 3.0 124.0
3 Massachusetts 1 1 33 33.00 0 1.0 33.0
4 San Diego State 1 2 63 31.50 1 2.0 63.0
5 Iowa State 3 4 88 22.00 1 1.3 29.3
6 South Alabama 2 2 42 21.00 0 1.0 21.0
7 Texas 6 7 146 20.86 1 1.2 24.3
8 Cincinnati 4 6 114 19.00 0 1.5 28.5
9 UCF 3 3 56 18.67 0 1.0 18.7
10 Oregon 6 10 186 18.60 2 1.7 31.0
11 Notre Dame 4 4 65 16.25 1 1.0 16.3
12 Kansas 2 1 16 16.00 0 0.5 8.0
13 Iowa 4 3 42 14.00 0 0.8 10.5
14 Oklahoma 5 7 97 13.86 0 1.4 19.4
15 West Virginia 5 1 13 13.00 0 0.2 2.6
16 Arizona State 4 4 51 12.75 0 1.0 12.8
17 Texas Tech 5 3 36 12.00 0 0.6 7.2
18 South Carolina 5 7 83 11.86 0 1.4 16.6
19 Temple 4 3 35 11.67 0 0.8 8.8
20 Louisville 3 7 79 11.29 0 2.3 26.3
21 Charlotte 3 2 22 11.00 0 0.7 7.3
21 Rice 3 1 11 11.00 0 0.3 3.7
23 Miami (FL) 5 11 120 10.91 0 2.2 24.0
24 San Jose State 1 2 21 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
25 Georgia 5 8 81 10.13 0 1.6 16.2
26 Texas A&M 3 6 58 9.67 0 2.0 19.3
26 Ole Miss 6 3 29 9.67 0 0.5 4.8
28 North Carolina 2 5 46 9.20 0 2.5 23.0
29 Indiana 6 6 55 9.17 1 1.0 9.2
30 Baylor 3 7 63 9.00 0 2.3 21.0
30 Illinois 3 2 18 9.00 0 0.7 6.0
30 Michigan State 4 2 18 9.00 0 0.5 4.5
33 Florida State 3 3 26 8.67 0 1.0 8.7
34 Ohio State 4 4 33 8.25 0 1.0 8.3
35 Nebraska 4 7 57 8.14 0 1.8 14.3
36 Duke 3 1 8 8.00 0 0.3 2.7
37 USF 3 3 23 7.67 0 1.0 7.7
38 Tulane 3 2 15 7.50 0 0.7 5.0
38 Penn State 4 2 15 7.50 0 0.5 3.8
38 Purdue 5 2 15 7.50 0 0.4 3.0
41 Washington State 4 4 28 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
41 Syracuse 2 1 7 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
41 Northwestern 4 1 7 7.00 0 0.3 1.8
44 Alabama 6 10 68 6.80 0 1.7 11.3
44 Missouri 5 5 34 6.80 0 1.0 6.8
46 California 1 3 20 6.67 0 3.0 20.0
47 Marshall 2 2 13 6.50 0 1.0 6.5
48 Oregon State 3 3 19 6.33 0 1.0 6.3
49 Kennesaw State 1 1 6 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
49 Wisconsin 6 4 24 6.00 0 0.7 4.0
51 NC State 3 2 10 5.00 0 0.7 3.3
51 UCLA 4 2 10 5.00 0 0.5 2.5
53 UTSA 3 4 19 4.75 0 1.3 6.3
54 Michigan 4 3 14 4.67 0 0.8 3.5
55 Florida 5 4 17 4.25 0 0.8 3.4
56 Troy 1 2 8 4.00 0 2.0 8.0
56 Georgia Southern 2 3 12 4.00 0 1.5 6.0
56 Virginia Tech 3 4 16 4.00 0 1.3 5.3
56 Kansas State 3 1 4 4.00 0 0.3 1.3
60 Tennessee 4 4 15 3.75 0 1.0 3.8
61 BYU 4 7 26 3.71 0 1.8 6.5
62 Tulsa 2 3 11 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
62 LSU 6 6 22 3.67 0 1.0 3.7
62 USC 5 3 11 3.67 0 0.6 2.2
65 Memphis 2 4 14 3.50 0 2.0 7.0
65 Auburn 5 8 28 3.50 0 1.6 5.6
65 Old Dominion 2 2 7 3.50 0 1.0 3.5
65 Oklahoma State 3 2 7 3.50 0 0.7 2.3
69 Colorado 4 3 9 3.00 0 0.8 2.3
70 Kentucky 4 4 11 2.75 0 1.0 2.8
71 UTEP 1 2 5 2.50 0 2.0 5.0
71 UAB 2 2 5 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
71 Washington 3 2 5 2.50 0 0.7 1.7
74 Utah 2 3 7 2.33 0 1.5 3.5
75 East Carolina 2 3 6 2.00 0 1.5 3.0
75 Florida Atlantic 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
75 North Texas 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
78 Army 3 1 1 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
79 New Mexico 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
79 Utah State 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
79 Georgia State 3 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
82 Arkansas 4 2 -2 -1.00 0 0.5 -0.5
83 Western Michigan 1 1 -4 -4.00 0 1.0 -4.0