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