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