2026 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - All Games through 10/10/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 New Mexico 5 2 -8 -4.00 0 0.4 -1.6
2 South Alabama 6 3 -5 -1.67 0 0.5 -0.8
3 Auburn 5 3 -3 -1.00 0 0.6 -0.6
4 Wake Forest 6 2 -3 -1.50 0 0.3 -0.5
5 Utah 5 3 -1 -0.33 0 0.6 -0.2
6 Boise State 6 2 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
6 Cincinnati 5 3 0 0.00 0 0.6 0.0
8 Southern Miss 5 7 1 0.14 0 1.4 0.2
8 Northwestern 5 1 1 1.00 0 0.2 0.2
10 Baylor 5 2 2 1.00 0 0.4 0.4
10 Mississippi State 5 2 2 1.00 0 0.4 0.4
12 Iowa 6 3 3 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
13 Oregon 5 4 3 0.75 0 0.8 0.6
14 Notre Dame 6 3 4 1.33 0 0.5 0.7
15 Sacramento State 6 4 6 1.50 0 0.7 1.0
15 Nevada 5 3 5 1.67 0 0.6 1.0
15 BYU 5 1 5 5.00 0 0.2 1.0
18 Nebraska 6 3 7 2.33 0 0.5 1.2
19 NC State 6 3 8 2.67 0 0.5 1.3
19 Missouri 6 1 8 8.00 0 0.2 1.3
21 Jacksonville State 6 3 9 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
22 Georgia Tech 5 4 8 2.00 0 0.8 1.6
22 Syracuse 5 3 8 2.67 0 0.6 1.6
24 Tulane 5 8 9 1.13 0 1.6 1.8
24 Florida Atlantic 5 2 9 4.50 0 0.4 1.8
26 Utah State 6 7 12 1.71 0 1.2 2.0
26 Appalachian State 5 3 10 3.33 0 0.6 2.0
26 FIU 5 3 10 3.33 0 0.6 2.0
26 South Carolina 6 3 12 4.00 0 0.5 2.0
26 Oklahoma State 5 2 10 5.00 0 0.4 2.0
31 Indiana 6 2 13 6.50 0 0.3 2.2
32 Texas A&M 6 9 16 1.78 0 1.5 2.7
32 Alabama 6 7 16 2.29 0 1.2 2.7
32 Coastal Carolina 6 4 16 4.00 0 0.7 2.7
32 Connecticut 6 2 16 8.00 0 0.3 2.7
32 Florida 6 2 16 8.00 0 0.3 2.7
37 Texas State 5 2 14 7.00 0 0.4 2.8
38 Louisville 6 4 19 4.75 0 0.7 3.2
38 Ohio State 6 4 19 4.75 0 0.7 3.2
40 Georgia 6 3 20 6.67 0 0.5 3.3
41 West Virginia 6 2 21 10.50 0 0.3 3.5
42 Miami (FL) 5 3 18 6.00 0 0.6 3.6
43 Florida State 6 5 23 4.60 0 0.8 3.8
43 Pittsburgh 6 5 23 4.60 0 0.8 3.8
43 Arkansas 6 4 23 5.75 0 0.7 3.8
43 Liberty 6 3 23 7.67 0 0.5 3.8
47 Ball State 6 11 24 2.18 0 1.8 4.0
47 Illinois 6 3 24 8.00 0 0.5 4.0
47 Michigan State 6 2 24 12.00 0 0.3 4.0
50 Oregon State 6 4 25 6.25 0 0.7 4.2
51 USC 7 5 30 6.00 0 0.7 4.3
51 Penn State 6 1 26 26.00 0 0.2 4.3
53 Ole Miss 5 4 22 5.50 0 0.8 4.4
54 Arkansas State 6 5 28 5.60 0 0.8 4.7
54 New Mexico State 6 3 28 9.33 0 0.5 4.7
56 Michigan 5 7 24 3.43 0 1.4 4.8
56 USF 6 7 29 4.14 0 1.2 4.8
56 Clemson 5 4 24 6.00 0 0.8 4.8
59 Texas Tech 5 3 25 8.33 0 0.6 5.0
59 Toledo 6 3 30 10.00 0 0.5 5.0
61 Tulsa 6 9 31 3.44 0 1.5 5.2
61 UNLV 6 8 31 3.88 0 1.3 5.2
61 Miami (OH) 6 4 31 7.75 0 0.7 5.2
64 Fresno State 6 7 34 4.86 0 1.2 5.7
65 Minnesota 6 6 36 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
65 Ohio 6 4 36 9.00 0 0.7 6.0
65 Navy 5 3 30 10.00 0 0.6 6.0
65 North Texas 6 1 36 36.00 0 0.2 6.0
69 Kansas 5 4 31 7.75 0 0.8 6.2
70 Houston 6 5 39 7.80 0 0.8 6.5
70 Temple 6 5 39 7.80 0 0.8 6.5
72 Western Michigan 6 4 41 10.25 0 0.7 6.8
73 Purdue 6 6 42 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
74 Army 5 5 36 7.20 0 1.0 7.2
75 James Madison 6 11 45 4.09 0 1.8 7.5
76 Wisconsin 5 4 39 9.75 0 0.8 7.8
76 UTSA 6 4 47 11.75 0 0.7 7.8
78 Kentucky 6 7 52 7.43 0 1.2 8.7
78 North Dakota State 6 5 52 10.40 0 0.8 8.7
80 Louisiana Tech 5 8 44 5.50 0 1.6 8.8
80 Hawaii 6 9 53 5.89 0 1.5 8.8
82 Massachusetts 6 8 58 7.25 0 1.3 9.7
83 Kansas State 5 4 49 12.25 0 0.8 9.8
84 Eastern Michigan 7 6 69 11.50 0 0.9 9.9
85 Virginia Tech 6 5 60 12.00 0 0.8 10.0
86 Oklahoma 5 10 51 5.10 0 2.0 10.2
86 TCU 5 5 51 10.20 0 1.0 10.2
86 SMU 5 4 51 12.75 0 0.8 10.2
89 Stanford 6 8 64 8.00 0 1.3 10.7
90 Western Kentucky 6 8 68 8.50 0 1.3 11.3
91 Air Force 5 4 61 15.25 0 0.8 12.2
92 Tennessee 6 5 81 16.20 1 0.8 13.5
93 Kent State 6 11 82 7.45 0 1.8 13.7
94 Wyoming 6 9 83 9.22 0 1.5 13.8
95 Colorado State 5 11 70 6.36 0 2.2 14.0
96 Delaware 5 9 72 8.00 1 1.8 14.4
97 Missouri State 5 9 73 8.11 0 1.8 14.6
98 Sam Houston State 5 8 75 9.38 0 1.6 15.0
99 Kennesaw State 5 5 77 15.40 0 1.0 15.4
100 Virginia 6 10 94 9.40 0 1.7 15.7
100 UCF 6 8 94 11.75 0 1.3 15.7
102 Old Dominion 6 7 96 13.71 0 1.2 16.0
103 Memphis 6 7 97 13.86 1 1.2 16.2
104 Texas 5 6 82 13.67 2 1.2 16.4
105 LSU 6 9 99 11.00 1 1.5 16.5
106 UAB 6 7 100 14.29 0 1.2 16.7
107 Marshall 6 9 104 11.56 0 1.5 17.3
108 Rice 6 15 105 7.00 0 2.5 17.5
109 Troy 5 7 88 12.57 1 1.4 17.6
110 Vanderbilt 6 12 108 9.00 2 2.0 18.0
111 Georgia State 5 3 92 30.67 1 0.6 18.4
112 East Carolina 5 10 93 9.30 0 2.0 18.6
113 Iowa State 6 12 114 9.50 0 2.0 19.0
114 Washington 6 14 116 8.29 0 2.3 19.3
115 Duke 5 8 97 12.13 0 1.6 19.4
116 Charlotte 6 9 123 13.67 0 1.5 20.5
117 North Carolina 5 11 105 9.55 0 2.2 21.0
118 Maryland 6 13 129 9.92 0 2.2 21.5
119 Washington State 6 14 130 9.29 0 2.3 21.7
120 UCLA 5 14 109 7.79 0 2.8 21.8
121 Arizona State 5 4 110 27.50 1 0.8 22.0
122 Central Michigan 6 11 136 12.36 0 1.8 22.7
123 Akron 6 9 146 16.22 0 1.5 24.3
124 Buffalo 6 16 151 9.44 0 2.7 25.2
125 Boston College 5 9 127 14.11 0 1.8 25.4
126 Louisiana 6 10 157 15.70 1 1.7 26.2
127 California 6 10 161 16.10 1 1.7 26.8
128 UTEP 6 10 168 16.80 1 1.7 28.0
129 San Diego State 6 16 171 10.69 0 2.7 28.5
130 Colorado 5 12 150 12.50 0 2.4 30.0
131 Bowling Green 6 14 182 13.00 1 2.3 30.3
132 Georgia Southern 6 7 197 28.14 2 1.2 32.8
133 San Jose State 6 12 199 16.58 0 2.0 33.2
134 Middle Tennessee State 5 11 167 15.18 0 2.2 33.4
135 Northern Illinois 5 7 193 27.57 2 1.4 38.6
136 Louisiana-Monroe 5 8 198 24.75 2 1.6 39.6