2025 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 11/01/2025

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Kansas State 8 22 591 26.86 1 2.8 73.9
2 Bowling Green 7 19 552 29.05 1 2.7 78.9
3 Florida Atlantic 7 22 515 23.41 0 3.1 73.6
4 Western Michigan 9 22 499 22.68 0 2.4 55.4
5 Texas State 8 21 492 23.43 0 2.6 61.5
6 UAB 6 21 489 23.29 1 3.5 81.5
7 Akron 9 24 475 19.79 0 2.7 52.8
8 Georgia Southern 7 21 473 22.52 1 3.0 67.6
9 Baylor 8 22 472 21.45 0 2.8 59.0
10 Arkansas State 9 22 469 21.32 1 2.4 52.1
11 Colorado 6 18 456 25.33 0 3.0 76.0
12 Northern Illinois 8 16 436 27.25 1 2.0 54.5
13 Eastern Michigan 9 20 420 21.00 0 2.2 46.7
14 New Mexico 8 16 419 26.19 1 2.0 52.4
15 Louisiana Tech 8 16 415 25.94 1 2.0 51.9
16 Delaware 8 16 412 25.75 0 2.0 51.5
17 Connecticut 9 20 407 20.35 0 2.2 45.2
18 Virginia Tech 6 21 406 19.33 0 3.5 67.7
19 Ball State 8 21 405 19.29 1 2.6 50.6
20 Texas Tech 8 14 394 28.14 1 1.8 49.3
21 UCF 7 16 392 24.50 1 2.3 56.0
21 Navy 8 18 392 21.78 0 2.3 49.0
23 Washington 6 17 388 22.82 0 2.8 64.7
24 Nebraska 6 11 386 35.09 1 1.8 64.3
25 FIU 8 17 385 22.65 0 2.1 48.1
26 Pittsburgh 8 15 380 25.33 0 1.9 47.5
26 Troy 8 22 380 17.27 0 2.8 47.5
28 Charlotte 8 16 379 23.69 0 2.0 47.4
29 Tulane 7 17 372 21.88 0 2.4 53.1
30 TCU 8 16 368 23.00 0 2.0 46.0
31 Liberty 8 16 354 22.13 1 2.0 44.3
32 San Jose State 7 17 350 20.59 0 2.4 50.0
33 Kansas 6 12 348 29.00 1 2.0 58.0
34 Syracuse 7 17 342 20.12 0 2.4 48.9
35 Western Kentucky 9 16 338 21.13 1 1.8 37.6
36 Missouri State 7 18 330 18.33 0 2.6 47.1
37 BYU 7 13 327 25.15 0 1.9 46.7
38 Duke 7 11 326 29.64 1 1.6 46.6
39 Kent State 6 9 322 35.78 2 1.5 53.7
39 Tulsa 7 16 322 20.13 0 2.3 46.0
41 North Carolina 7 16 318 19.88 0 2.3 45.4
42 UNLV 8 16 311 19.44 0 2.0 38.9
43 Appalachian State 8 15 301 20.07 0 1.9 37.6
44 Auburn 5 10 297 29.70 1 2.0 59.4
44 James Madison 7 13 297 22.85 1 1.9 42.4
46 Sam Houston State 7 17 296 17.41 0 2.4 42.3
47 Louisiana 8 14 295 21.07 0 1.8 36.9
48 North Texas 9 15 294 19.60 0 1.7 32.7
48 Temple 7 16 294 18.38 0 2.3 42.0
50 Fresno State 9 13 291 22.38 0 1.4 32.3
51 Virginia 8 8 289 36.13 1 1.0 36.1
51 Iowa 7 10 289 28.90 1 1.4 41.3
53 UCLA 6 15 277 18.47 0 2.5 46.2
54 Minnesota 8 15 274 18.27 0 1.9 34.3
55 Texas A&M 7 10 273 27.30 0 1.4 39.0
55 Boston College 7 15 273 18.20 0 2.1 39.0
57 UTEP 7 19 272 14.32 0 2.7 38.9
58 Coastal Carolina 7 13 269 20.69 0 1.9 38.4
59 California 8 12 266 22.17 0 1.5 33.3
60 Wake Forest 7 11 264 24.00 1 1.6 37.7
61 Toledo 8 14 261 18.64 0 1.8 32.6
62 Kennesaw State 7 14 260 18.57 0 2.0 37.1
63 Stanford 6 14 259 18.50 0 2.3 43.2
64 Houston 8 13 258 19.85 0 1.6 32.3
65 Marshall 7 13 251 19.31 0 1.9 35.9
66 Georgia State 5 14 249 17.79 0 2.8 49.8
66 Oregon State 7 16 249 15.56 0 2.3 35.6
68 Louisville 6 8 246 30.75 0 1.3 41.0
69 Penn State 6 11 244 22.18 0 1.8 40.7
70 Miami (OH) 8 8 239 29.88 1 1.0 29.9
70 NC State 6 13 239 18.38 0 2.2 39.8
72 Boise State 8 14 233 16.64 0 1.8 29.1
73 Notre Dame 5 7 228 32.57 1 1.4 45.6
74 Buffalo 9 12 226 18.83 0 1.3 25.1
75 Vanderbilt 6 8 225 28.13 0 1.3 37.5
76 Cincinnati 8 10 224 22.40 0 1.3 28.0
77 USC 6 13 220 16.92 0 2.2 36.7
78 Arizona State 7 13 219 16.85 0 1.9 31.3
79 Rice 8 12 216 18.00 0 1.5 27.0
80 Nevada 8 10 211 21.10 0 1.3 26.4
81 Southern Miss 8 9 203 22.56 0 1.1 25.4
82 Purdue 6 10 202 20.20 0 1.7 33.7
83 UTSA 7 10 199 19.90 0 1.4 28.4
84 Ohio 7 10 197 19.70 0 1.4 28.1
85 Hawaii 9 8 190 23.75 0 0.9 21.1
86 Clemson 7 9 184 20.44 0 1.3 26.3
87 USF 6 10 178 17.80 0 1.7 29.7
88 Middle Tennessee State 8 9 176 19.56 0 1.1 22.0
89 West Virginia 7 9 175 19.44 0 1.3 25.0
90 Indiana 8 8 170 21.25 0 1.0 21.3
91 San Diego State 8 8 168 21.00 0 1.0 21.0
92 New Mexico State 8 9 167 18.56 0 1.1 20.9
93 LSU 5 7 163 23.29 0 1.4 32.6
93 Wisconsin 4 8 163 20.38 0 2.0 40.8
95 Michigan State 6 7 159 22.71 0 1.2 26.5
96 Georgia Tech 9 10 158 15.80 0 1.1 17.6
97 Central Michigan 8 10 155 15.50 0 1.3 19.4
98 Arizona 7 7 152 21.71 0 1.0 21.7
98 Washington State 6 8 152 19.00 0 1.3 25.3
100 Utah State 6 9 148 16.44 0 1.5 24.7
100 Maryland 6 11 148 13.45 0 1.8 24.7
102 Colorado State 7 7 146 20.86 0 1.0 20.9
103 Missouri 6 7 145 20.71 0 1.2 24.2
103 Michigan 6 10 145 14.50 0 1.7 24.2
105 SMU 8 7 143 20.43 0 0.9 17.9
106 Memphis 9 6 138 23.00 1 0.7 15.3
106 Old Dominion 8 8 138 17.25 0 1.0 17.3
106 Jacksonville State 8 9 138 15.33 0 1.1 17.3
109 Kentucky 4 8 131 16.38 0 2.0 32.8
110 Arkansas 4 5 127 25.40 0 1.3 31.8
110 Texas 6 8 127 15.88 0 1.3 21.2
112 Rutgers 7 6 125 20.83 0 0.9 17.9
113 Miami (FL) 6 6 124 20.67 0 1.0 20.7
114 Air Force 8 6 120 20.00 0 0.8 15.0
115 Tennessee 6 4 117 29.25 0 0.7 19.5
116 Florida State 5 5 113 22.60 0 1.0 22.6
117 Wyoming 8 6 105 17.50 0 0.8 13.1
118 East Carolina 7 5 102 20.40 0 0.7 14.6
119 Ole Miss 7 4 101 25.25 0 0.6 14.4
120 Oklahoma State 6 6 92 15.33 0 1.0 15.3
121 Oregon 7 4 91 22.75 0 0.6 13.0
122 Massachusetts 7 4 90 22.50 0 0.6 12.9
123 Iowa State 7 5 83 16.60 0 0.7 11.9
124 Georgia 5 4 76 19.00 0 0.8 15.2
124 Northwestern 7 5 76 15.20 0 0.7 10.9
126 South Alabama 9 7 74 10.57 0 0.8 8.2
127 South Carolina 4 4 68 17.00 0 1.0 17.0
128 Utah 6 6 66 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
129 Louisiana-Monroe 8 7 62 8.86 0 0.9 7.8
130 Ohio State 6 3 57 19.00 0 0.5 9.5
131 Alabama 4 4 38 9.50 0 1.0 9.5
132 Army 8 2 37 18.50 0 0.3 4.6
133 Mississippi State 6 2 30 15.00 0 0.3 5.0
134 Florida 4 1 25 25.00 0 0.3 6.3
134 Illinois 5 1 25 25.00 0 0.2 5.0
136 Oklahoma 5 1 15 15.00 0 0.2 3.0