2025 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 09/11/2025

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Arkansas State 2 2 128 64.00 1 1.0 64.0
2 Virginia 2 2 119 59.50 1 1.0 59.5
3 Massachusetts 2 1 57 57.00 0 0.5 28.5
4 Auburn 2 3 147 49.00 1 1.5 73.5
5 Bowling Green 2 4 194 48.50 1 2.0 97.0
6 BYU 2 1 44 44.00 0 0.5 22.0
7 UCF 2 3 130 43.33 1 1.5 65.0
8 LSU 1 1 42 42.00 0 1.0 42.0
9 Louisiana Tech 1 1 41 41.00 0 1.0 41.0
10 Pittsburgh 2 4 162 40.50 0 2.0 81.0
11 Kansas State 2 7 273 39.00 1 3.5 136.5
11 Kent State 1 3 117 39.00 1 3.0 117.0
13 Louisville 2 3 113 37.67 0 1.5 56.5
14 Wake Forest 3 5 182 36.40 1 1.7 60.7
15 Penn State 2 3 106 35.33 0 1.5 53.0
16 Middle Tennessee State 2 1 35 35.00 0 0.5 17.5
17 Michigan State 2 4 130 32.50 0 2.0 65.0
18 Texas A&M 2 5 161 32.20 0 2.5 80.5
19 Delaware 2 3 90 30.00 0 1.5 45.0
20 Vanderbilt 2 1 29 29.00 0 0.5 14.5
21 Southern Miss 2 3 86 28.67 0 1.5 43.0
22 Iowa State 3 2 56 28.00 0 0.7 18.7
22 Houston 2 1 28 28.00 0 0.5 14.0
24 New Mexico 1 3 83 27.67 0 3.0 83.0
25 Northern Illinois 2 7 189 27.00 1 3.5 94.5
26 Arkansas 2 2 53 26.50 0 1.0 26.5
27 Navy 2 3 79 26.33 0 1.5 39.5
28 California 2 5 130 26.00 0 2.5 65.0
28 UTSA 1 2 52 26.00 0 2.0 52.0
30 FIU 1 4 103 25.75 0 4.0 103.0
31 Louisiana 2 3 77 25.67 0 1.5 38.5
32 USF 2 2 51 25.50 0 1.0 25.5
33 Florida 1 1 25 25.00 0 1.0 25.0
33 Miami (FL) 1 1 25 25.00 0 1.0 25.0
33 Illinois 2 1 25 25.00 0 0.5 12.5
33 Wisconsin 2 1 25 25.00 0 0.5 12.5
37 Eastern Michigan 2 7 173 24.71 0 3.5 86.5
38 East Carolina 2 2 48 24.00 0 1.0 24.0
38 Kansas 2 2 48 24.00 0 1.0 24.0
40 Colorado State 2 4 95 23.75 0 2.0 47.5
41 Baylor 1 6 142 23.67 0 6.0 142.0
41 Hawaii 3 3 71 23.67 0 1.0 23.7
43 Washington 2 6 141 23.50 0 3.0 70.5
44 Florida Atlantic 2 7 163 23.29 0 3.5 81.5
45 Texas State 2 6 138 23.00 0 3.0 69.0
45 Michigan 1 3 69 23.00 0 3.0 69.0
45 Fresno State 3 6 138 23.00 0 2.0 46.0
45 Marshall 1 1 23 23.00 0 1.0 23.0
49 Oregon 2 4 91 22.75 0 2.0 45.5
50 Indiana 2 2 45 22.50 0 1.0 22.5
51 West Virginia 2 5 111 22.20 0 2.5 55.5
52 Rutgers 2 4 88 22.00 0 2.0 44.0
52 Texas Tech 2 3 66 22.00 0 1.5 33.0
54 Akron 2 8 173 21.63 0 4.0 86.5
55 Kentucky 1 2 43 21.50 0 2.0 43.0
55 Cincinnati 2 2 43 21.50 0 1.0 21.5
57 Tulane 2 6 128 21.33 0 3.0 64.0
58 UCLA 1 5 106 21.20 0 5.0 106.0
59 Tennessee 2 2 42 21.00 0 1.0 21.0
59 Nevada 1 1 21 21.00 0 1.0 21.0
61 Western Kentucky 3 4 83 20.75 0 1.3 27.7
62 North Carolina 2 7 145 20.71 0 3.5 72.5
63 Oklahoma State 1 2 41 20.50 0 2.0 41.0
64 Western Michigan 2 8 162 20.25 0 4.0 81.0
65 UAB 2 9 182 20.22 0 4.5 91.0
66 Connecticut 2 6 120 20.00 0 3.0 60.0
66 Sam Houston State 3 7 140 20.00 0 2.3 46.7
66 Washington State 2 4 80 20.00 0 2.0 40.0
66 Florida State 1 2 40 20.00 0 2.0 40.0
66 Purdue 2 3 60 20.00 0 1.5 30.0
66 Boise State 1 1 20 20.00 0 1.0 20.0
66 Georgia 2 1 20 20.00 0 0.5 10.0
66 Memphis 2 1 20 20.00 0 0.5 10.0
74 Rice 2 4 79 19.75 0 2.0 39.5
75 Missouri State 2 5 98 19.60 0 2.5 49.0
76 James Madison 2 5 97 19.40 0 2.5 48.5
76 USC 2 5 97 19.40 0 2.5 48.5
78 Duke 1 3 58 19.33 0 3.0 58.0
79 North Texas 2 3 57 19.00 0 1.5 28.5
79 Appalachian State 2 2 38 19.00 0 1.0 19.0
79 SMU 2 2 38 19.00 0 1.0 19.0
79 NC State 3 1 19 19.00 0 0.3 6.3
83 UTEP 2 6 113 18.83 0 3.0 56.5
84 Georgia State 1 4 75 18.75 0 4.0 75.0
84 Nebraska 2 4 75 18.75 0 2.0 37.5
86 UNLV 3 5 92 18.40 0 1.7 30.7
87 Boston College 2 5 91 18.20 0 2.5 45.5
88 Texas 1 2 36 18.00 0 2.0 36.0
88 Buffalo 2 1 18 18.00 0 0.5 9.0
88 Coastal Carolina 2 1 18 18.00 0 0.5 9.0
91 Utah State 1 2 35 17.50 0 2.0 35.0
92 Jacksonville State 2 3 52 17.33 0 1.5 26.0
93 Stanford 2 5 86 17.20 0 2.5 43.0
93 Temple 2 5 86 17.20 0 2.5 43.0
95 Ball State 1 2 34 17.00 0 2.0 34.0
95 New Mexico State 2 3 51 17.00 0 1.5 25.5
95 Ohio State 1 1 17 17.00 0 1.0 17.0
95 Army 2 1 17 17.00 0 0.5 8.5
99 Missouri 2 4 67 16.75 0 2.0 33.5
100 San Jose State 1 4 66 16.50 0 4.0 66.0
100 Liberty 2 6 99 16.50 0 3.0 49.5
102 Georgia Southern 2 5 82 16.40 0 2.5 41.0
103 Arizona State 2 3 49 16.33 0 1.5 24.5
104 Toledo 2 4 64 16.00 0 2.0 32.0
104 Syracuse 1 1 16 16.00 0 1.0 16.0
106 Central Michigan 2 2 31 15.50 0 1.0 15.5
107 Clemson 1 2 30 15.00 0 2.0 30.0
107 Oklahoma 1 1 15 15.00 0 1.0 15.0
109 Oregon State 2 8 116 14.50 0 4.0 58.0
110 Old Dominion 1 2 28 14.00 0 2.0 28.0
111 Troy 1 5 67 13.40 0 5.0 67.0
112 Maryland 2 4 53 13.25 0 2.0 26.5
113 Mississippi State 2 1 13 13.00 0 0.5 6.5
114 Ohio 2 4 46 11.50 0 2.0 23.0
115 South Carolina 2 1 11 11.00 0 0.5 5.5
116 Utah 2 2 19 9.50 0 1.0 9.5
117 Minnesota 2 1 8 8.00 0 0.5 4.0
118 Georgia Tech 2 1 6 6.00 0 0.5 3.0
119 Alabama 1 1 1 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
120 South Alabama 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0