2025 National Leaders Long Punt Return Plays - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026
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| Name | G | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | |
| 1 | Iowa | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Louisville | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Washington State | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | BYU | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Nebraska | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Miami (FL) | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mississippi State | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Missouri | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Old Dominion | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | South Carolina | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Toledo | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Appalachian State | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Buffalo | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FIU | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Fresno State | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Illinois | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Indiana | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Iowa State | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Kennesaw State | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Marshall | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Ohio State | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | San Diego State | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Southern Miss | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Temple | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Texas Tech | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Utah | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Virginia | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Wyoming | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Alabama | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Arizona | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Arkansas State | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Army | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Baylor | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | California | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Central Michigan | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Clemson | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Colorado State | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Connecticut | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Delaware | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Duke | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Florida | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Florida State | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kansas | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kent State | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | LSU | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Memphis | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Miami (OH) | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Michigan State | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Nevada | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | New Mexico | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | New Mexico State | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Ohio | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Penn State | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Sam Houston State | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | South Alabama | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Texas State | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Troy | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Tulsa | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | UCF | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | USC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | USF | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | UTEP | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | UTSA | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Wake Forest | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Washington | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Western Michigan | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Wisconsin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Air Force | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Akron | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Arizona State | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Arkansas | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Auburn | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Ball State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Boise State | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Boston College | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Bowling Green | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Charlotte | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Cincinnati | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Colorado | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | East Carolina | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Georgia | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Georgia State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Hawaii | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Houston | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Jacksonville State | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | James Madison | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Kansas State | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Kentucky | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Liberty | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Louisiana | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Maryland | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Massachusetts | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Michigan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Middle Tennessee State | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Minnesota | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Missouri State | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | NC State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Navy | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | North Carolina | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | North Texas | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Northwestern | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Notre Dame | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Ole Miss | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Oregon | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Oregon State | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Purdue | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Rice | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Rutgers | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | SMU | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | San Jose State | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Stanford | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Syracuse | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | TCU | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Tulane | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | UAB | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | UCLA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | UNLV | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Utah State | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | West Virginia | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |