2025 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 San Diego State 1 2 63 31.50 1 2.0 63.0
2 Wake Forest 2 3 124 41.33 1 1.5 62.0
3 North Carolina 1 5 46 9.20 0 5.0 46.0
4 Oregon 4 7 169 24.14 2 1.8 42.3
5 Cincinnati 4 6 120 20.00 0 1.5 30.0
6 Louisville 3 7 79 11.29 0 2.3 26.3
7 Texas 6 7 146 20.86 1 1.2 24.3
8 Miami (FL) 4 7 95 13.57 0 1.8 23.8
9 South Alabama 2 2 42 21.00 0 1.0 21.0
9 Clemson 1 2 21 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
9 San Jose State 1 2 21 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
12 California 1 3 20 6.67 0 3.0 20.0
13 Notre Dame 4 4 65 16.25 1 1.0 16.3
14 Oklahoma 6 7 97 13.86 0 1.2 16.2
15 South Carolina 6 8 96 12.00 0 1.3 16.0
15 Georgia 6 9 96 10.67 0 1.5 16.0
17 BYU 5 8 79 9.88 0 1.6 15.8
17 Texas A&M 4 7 63 9.00 0 1.8 15.8
19 Baylor 2 3 30 10.00 0 1.5 15.0
20 Arizona State 3 2 34 17.00 0 0.7 11.3
21 Virginia Tech 4 6 44 7.33 0 1.5 11.0
22 UCF 2 1 21 21.00 0 0.5 10.5
22 Iowa 4 3 42 14.00 0 0.8 10.5
24 Alabama 7 10 68 6.80 0 1.4 9.7
24 Nebraska 3 5 29 5.80 0 1.7 9.7
26 Kansas 4 4 37 9.25 0 1.0 9.3
27 Florida State 3 3 26 8.67 0 1.0 8.7
28 Ohio State 4 4 33 8.25 0 1.0 8.3
29 Troy 1 2 8 4.00 0 2.0 8.0
30 Temple 5 4 39 9.75 0 0.8 7.8
31 USF 3 3 23 7.67 0 1.0 7.7
32 Charlotte 3 2 22 11.00 0 0.7 7.3
33 Washington State 4 4 28 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
33 Memphis 2 4 14 3.50 0 2.0 7.0
35 Missouri 5 5 34 6.80 0 1.0 6.8
36 Marshall 2 2 13 6.50 0 1.0 6.5
37 UTSA 3 4 19 4.75 0 1.3 6.3
38 Illinois 3 2 18 9.00 0 0.7 6.0
38 Kennesaw State 1 1 6 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
38 Georgia Southern 2 3 12 4.00 0 1.5 6.0
38 Iowa State 2 3 12 4.00 0 1.5 6.0
42 Tulsa 2 3 11 3.67 0 1.5 5.5
43 Kansas State 3 2 16 8.00 0 0.7 5.3
43 Oklahoma State 3 2 16 8.00 0 0.7 5.3
43 Indiana 3 3 16 5.33 0 1.0 5.3
46 Penn State 3 2 15 7.50 0 0.7 5.0
46 Tulane 3 2 15 7.50 0 0.7 5.0
46 UTEP 1 2 5 2.50 0 2.0 5.0
49 Ole Miss 6 3 29 9.67 0 0.5 4.8
49 Arkansas 5 4 24 6.00 0 0.8 4.8
51 Auburn 6 10 27 2.70 0 1.7 4.5
52 Colorado 4 2 17 8.50 0 0.5 4.3
53 Michigan State 3 1 12 12.00 0 0.3 4.0
54 Tennessee 4 4 15 3.75 0 1.0 3.8
55 USC 3 3 11 3.67 0 1.0 3.7
56 Wisconsin 5 3 18 6.00 0 0.6 3.6
57 Michigan 4 3 14 4.67 0 0.8 3.5
57 Old Dominion 2 2 7 3.50 0 1.0 3.5
57 Utah 2 3 7 2.33 0 1.5 3.5
60 Florida 5 4 17 4.25 0 0.8 3.4
61 Purdue 5 2 15 7.50 0 0.4 3.0
61 East Carolina 2 3 6 2.00 0 1.5 3.0
63 Kentucky 4 4 11 2.75 0 1.0 2.8
64 UCLA 4 2 10 5.00 0 0.5 2.5
64 NC State 4 3 10 3.33 0 0.8 2.5
64 UAB 2 2 5 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
67 LSU 5 5 12 2.40 0 1.0 2.4
68 Duke 4 1 8 8.00 0 0.3 2.0
69 Northwestern 4 1 7 7.00 0 0.3 1.8
70 Washington 3 2 5 2.50 0 0.7 1.7
71 Texas Tech 4 2 6 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
72 Vanderbilt 3 1 3 3.00 0 0.3 1.0
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
72 Virginia 1 2 1 0.50 0 2.0 1.0
76 Army 3 1 1 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
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