2026 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - All Games through 09/12/2026
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | 2 | 1 | -6 | -6.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -3.0 |
| 2 | Clemson | 2 | 1 | -5 | -5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -2.5 |
| 3 | Auburn | 2 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -1.5 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 2 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -1.0 |
| 5 | Southern Miss | 2 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 5 | South Alabama | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 5 | Texas Tech | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 9 | FIU | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 9 | NC State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Utah State | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| 17 | Boise State | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 18 | Tulane | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| 19 | Hawaii | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.7 |
| 20 | North Dakota State | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 20 | USC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 20 | Appalachian State | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 20 | Baylor | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 20 | LSU | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 20 | Oregon | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 20 | Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 20 | Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 20 | Nevada | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 20 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| 30 | Colorado | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 30 | Florida State | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 30 | Tulsa | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 33 | Sacramento State | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 33 | Bowling Green | 2 | 6 | 15 | 2.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.5 |
| 35 | Ball State | 2 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.5 |
| 36 | New Mexico State | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| 36 | Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 36 | Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 36 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 36 | UNLV | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 41 | Louisville | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 42 | Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 42 | Stanford | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.0 |
| 44 | Michigan | 2 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.5 |
| 45 | James Madison | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 45 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 47 | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 48 | BYU | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 48 | Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 48 | Purdue | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 48 | Liberty | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 52 | Troy | 2 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 53 | Buffalo | 2 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 14.0 |
| 54 | UCF | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 55 | UTSA | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| 55 | Boston College | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 55 | Colorado State | 2 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 58 | East Carolina | 2 | 5 | 31 | 6.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 15.5 |
| 59 | Oregon State | 2 | 3 | 19 | 6.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| 60 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| 61 | UCLA | 2 | 5 | 33 | 6.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 16.5 |
| 62 | USF | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| 63 | Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 63 | Army | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 63 | Fresno State | 2 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.5 |
| 66 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 66 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 68 | Temple | 2 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 69 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 1 | 2.5 | 19.5 |
| 70 | Texas | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 71 | Kent State | 2 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| 72 | Duke | 2 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.0 |
| 73 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 5 | 44 | 8.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 22.0 |
| 74 | Ohio | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 75 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 5 | 46 | 9.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 23.0 |
| 76 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.0 |
| 77 | Rice | 2 | 5 | 47 | 9.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 23.5 |
| 78 | Missouri State | 2 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 79 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 5 | 49 | 9.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 24.5 |
| 80 | Georgia | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 80 | Middle Tennessee State | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 80 | Toledo | 2 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 15.0 |
| 80 | Navy | 2 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 15.0 |
| 84 | Indiana | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 84 | Texas State | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 86 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 6 | 69 | 11.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| 87 | Marshall | 2 | 7 | 82 | 11.71 | 0 | 3.5 | 41.0 |
| 88 | Wyoming | 2 | 5 | 59 | 11.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 29.5 |
| 89 | Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| 89 | Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 89 | Iowa State | 2 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 18.0 |
| 92 | California | 2 | 5 | 62 | 12.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 31.0 |
| 93 | SMU | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.5 |
| 94 | Washington State | 2 | 6 | 78 | 13.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 39.0 |
| 95 | San Jose State | 3 | 6 | 79 | 13.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.3 |
| 96 | Washington | 2 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 20.0 |
| 97 | San Diego State | 2 | 6 | 84 | 14.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 42.0 |
| 98 | North Carolina | 2 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 21.5 |
| 99 | Virginia | 2 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 99 | Memphis | 3 | 5 | 80 | 16.00 | 1 | 1.7 | 26.7 |
| 101 | Delaware | 2 | 5 | 83 | 16.60 | 1 | 2.5 | 41.5 |
| 102 | Maryland | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| 102 | Charlotte | 2 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.0 |
| 104 | Illinois | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.5 |
| 105 | Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.5 |
| 106 | Old Dominion | 2 | 4 | 86 | 21.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.0 |
| 107 | Akron | 2 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 108 | Central Michigan | 2 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.5 |
| 109 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 5 | 124 | 24.80 | 1 | 2.5 | 62.0 |
| 110 | Louisiana | 2 | 4 | 100 | 25.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 111 | North Texas | 2 | 1 | 36 | 36.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 18.0 |
| 112 | Air Force | 2 | 1 | 40 | 40.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 20.0 |
| 113 | UTEP | 2 | 2 | 115 | 57.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 57.5 |
| 114 | UAB | 2 | 1 | 65 | 65.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 32.5 |