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

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Iowa 9 19 567 29.84 3 2.1 63.0
2 Texas 7 15 338 22.53 1 2.1 48.3
3 Texas A&M 10 29 467 16.10 2 2.9 46.7
4 Washington State 9 20 387 19.35 0 2.2 43.0
5 Louisville 10 23 405 17.61 2 2.3 40.5
6 Indiana 10 19 359 18.89 2 1.9 35.9
7 South Carolina 7 16 225 14.06 3 2.3 32.1
8 Nebraska 9 18 284 15.78 1 2.0 31.6
9 Toledo 13 34 385 11.32 1 2.6 29.6
10 Florida Atlantic 10 14 281 20.07 2 1.4 28.1
11 BYU 10 19 277 14.58 1 1.9 27.7
12 Old Dominion 11 23 298 12.96 0 2.1 27.1
13 Utah 11 21 297 14.14 1 1.9 27.0
14 Oklahoma 8 18 215 11.94 0 2.3 26.9
15 Pittsburgh 11 20 293 14.65 2 1.8 26.6
16 Missouri 8 13 184 14.15 1 1.6 23.0
17 Texas Tech 9 24 204 8.50 0 2.7 22.7
18 Wyoming 11 21 242 11.52 1 1.9 22.0
19 Kent State 10 16 211 13.19 1 1.6 21.1
20 USF 10 22 207 9.41 1 2.2 20.7
21 Virginia 14 32 289 9.03 0 2.3 20.6
22 San Diego State 12 31 246 7.94 1 2.6 20.5
23 Louisiana Tech 13 25 263 10.52 0 1.9 20.2
24 Mississippi State 9 13 179 13.77 0 1.4 19.9
24 California 12 22 239 10.86 0 1.8 19.9
26 Illinois 10 11 195 17.73 1 1.1 19.5
27 Marshall 10 19 193 10.16 0 1.9 19.3
28 Buffalo 12 23 229 9.96 1 1.9 19.1
29 LSU 7 12 131 10.92 0 1.7 18.7
30 Florida 7 10 129 12.90 0 1.4 18.4
30 Notre Dame 8 14 147 10.50 1 1.8 18.4
30 Arizona 11 20 202 10.10 0 1.8 18.4
33 Oregon 9 19 164 8.63 0 2.1 18.2
34 Georgia 9 15 162 10.80 0 1.7 18.0
35 Ohio State 10 16 178 11.13 0 1.6 17.8
36 Colorado State 12 15 212 14.13 1 1.3 17.7
37 Kennesaw State 13 24 228 9.50 1 1.8 17.5
38 Temple 8 9 139 15.44 0 1.1 17.4
39 Miami (FL) 11 13 187 14.38 0 1.2 17.0
40 Alabama 9 16 152 9.50 0 1.8 16.9
41 Tennessee 9 12 149 12.42 0 1.3 16.6
41 Washington 10 16 166 10.38 1 1.6 16.6
43 Michigan State 8 10 132 13.20 0 1.3 16.5
44 Appalachian State 12 18 197 10.94 1 1.5 16.4
45 Arkansas 8 15 126 8.40 1 1.9 15.8
46 UCF 9 14 140 10.00 0 1.6 15.6
47 SMU 11 17 168 9.88 0 1.5 15.3
48 FIU 13 17 198 11.65 1 1.3 15.2
48 James Madison 13 23 197 8.57 0 1.8 15.2
50 Southern Miss 13 17 195 11.47 1 1.3 15.0
51 Penn State 9 18 131 7.28 1 2.0 14.6
52 Georgia Tech 11 15 157 10.47 0 1.4 14.3
53 UTEP 11 22 154 7.00 1 2.0 14.0
54 Iowa State 9 8 125 15.63 0 0.9 13.9
54 Fresno State 13 21 181 8.62 1 1.6 13.9
56 Virginia Tech 9 14 123 8.79 0 1.6 13.7
57 Coastal Carolina 11 21 147 7.00 1 1.9 13.4
58 Ohio 12 12 160 13.33 0 1.0 13.3
58 West Virginia 7 12 93 7.75 0 1.7 13.3
60 Maryland 10 18 131 7.28 0 1.8 13.1
60 Arkansas State 13 25 170 6.80 0 1.9 13.1
62 Florida State 9 9 113 12.56 0 1.0 12.6
63 Miami (OH) 14 20 174 8.70 1 1.4 12.4
64 Minnesota 10 20 120 6.00 0 2.0 12.0
65 Kansas 10 19 118 6.21 0 1.9 11.8
66 Houston 11 21 128 6.10 0 1.9 11.6
67 Wisconsin 6 8 69 8.63 0 1.3 11.5
67 Connecticut 13 19 150 7.89 0 1.5 11.5
69 Nevada 12 18 136 7.56 0 1.5 11.3
70 UAB 10 10 110 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
71 Wake Forest 12 20 130 6.50 0 1.7 10.8
72 Boston College 11 14 117 8.36 0 1.3 10.6
73 Vanderbilt 10 12 103 8.58 1 1.2 10.3
73 UTSA 10 15 103 6.87 0 1.5 10.3
75 Rutgers 9 5 91 18.20 3 0.6 10.1
75 Memphis 11 11 111 10.09 0 1.0 10.1
75 Clemson 13 18 131 7.28 0 1.4 10.1
78 Sam Houston State 11 13 110 8.46 1 1.2 10.0
78 Ole Miss 9 13 90 6.92 0 1.4 10.0
80 USC 8 5 78 15.60 0 0.6 9.8
80 Duke 11 9 108 12.00 1 0.8 9.8
82 Charlotte 9 8 82 10.25 0 0.9 9.1
82 North Carolina 10 12 91 7.58 0 1.2 9.1
82 Middle Tennessee State 12 16 109 6.81 0 1.3 9.1
82 Bowling Green 12 19 109 5.74 0 1.6 9.1
86 Arizona State 9 10 81 8.10 0 1.1 9.0
87 Louisiana-Monroe 11 12 98 8.17 0 1.1 8.9
88 South Alabama 10 10 88 8.80 0 1.0 8.8
88 Colorado 8 8 70 8.75 0 1.0 8.8
90 Baylor 9 11 78 7.09 0 1.2 8.7
91 Tulsa 10 8 85 10.63 0 0.8 8.5
91 Western Michigan 13 18 110 6.11 0 1.4 8.5
93 Army 10 9 82 9.11 0 0.9 8.2
94 Missouri State 12 16 97 6.06 0 1.3 8.1
95 New Mexico State 12 17 92 5.41 0 1.4 7.7
96 Northern Illinois 12 10 91 9.10 0 0.8 7.6
96 Oklahoma State 9 17 68 4.00 0 1.9 7.6
98 UNLV 14 14 103 7.36 2 1.0 7.4
99 Kansas State 9 14 66 4.71 0 1.6 7.3
100 Delaware 13 6 94 15.67 1 0.5 7.2
101 East Carolina 11 10 77 7.70 0 0.9 7.0
102 Troy 13 17 90 5.29 0 1.3 6.9
103 Oregon State 9 7 61 8.71 0 0.8 6.8
103 Michigan 9 15 61 4.07 0 1.7 6.8
105 North Texas 12 19 75 3.95 0 1.6 6.3
106 Texas State 12 14 72 5.14 0 1.2 6.0
107 Hawaii 13 13 77 5.92 0 1.0 5.9
108 Central Michigan 12 8 69 8.63 0 0.7 5.8
109 Navy 11 7 63 9.00 0 0.6 5.7
110 Boise State 13 14 73 5.21 0 1.1 5.6
111 Georgia Southern 11 8 61 7.63 0 0.7 5.5
111 Utah State 11 13 60 4.62 0 1.2 5.5
113 Kentucky 8 9 42 4.67 0 1.1 5.3
114 Syracuse 10 9 51 5.67 0 0.9 5.1
115 NC State 10 12 49 4.08 0 1.2 4.9
116 Cincinnati 9 10 42 4.20 0 1.1 4.7
117 Eastern Michigan 12 6 55 9.17 0 0.5 4.6
117 UCLA 8 7 37 5.29 0 0.9 4.6
117 Stanford 8 7 37 5.29 0 0.9 4.6
117 New Mexico 12 11 55 5.00 1 0.9 4.6
117 Auburn 7 8 32 4.00 0 1.1 4.6
122 Tulane 11 11 46 4.18 0 1.0 4.2
123 Akron 12 10 47 4.70 0 0.8 3.9
124 Jacksonville State 14 9 47 5.22 0 0.6 3.4
125 San Jose State 11 6 36 6.00 0 0.5 3.3
125 Liberty 11 12 36 3.00 0 1.1 3.3
127 Rice 10 8 28 3.50 0 0.8 2.8
128 TCU 10 7 24 3.43 0 0.7 2.4
128 Louisiana 12 12 29 2.42 0 1.0 2.4
130 Northwestern 9 14 20 1.43 0 1.6 2.2
131 Ball State 12 12 25 2.08 0 1.0 2.1
132 Purdue 7 6 11 1.83 0 0.9 1.6
133 Georgia State 9 7 10 1.43 0 0.8 1.1
134 Massachusetts 11 8 10 1.25 0 0.7 0.9
135 Air Force 11 3 8 2.67 0 0.3 0.7
135 Western Kentucky 13 5 9 1.80 0 0.4 0.7