2026 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games at Home Only through 10/10/2026
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | 3 | 1 | -6 | -6.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -2.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 3 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.7 |
| 1 | Boise State | 3 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Sacramento State | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | BYU | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 1 | Missouri State | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | UCF | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| 1 | Texas State | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.7 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 3 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 3 | 1 | 27 | 27.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 9.0 |
| 33 | Utah | 4 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| 33 | Hawaii | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Delaware | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 33 | Southern Miss | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| 33 | Tulane | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| 33 | FIU | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 33 | Ohio | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 33 | Iowa | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 33 | Nevada | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 33 | South Alabama | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| 33 | NC State | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 33 | Buffalo | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| 33 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| 33 | Fresno State | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 33 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 33 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| 33 | Kansas State | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| 33 | Central Michigan | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| 33 | Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 33 | Texas | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 33 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 33 | Illinois | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| 33 | Liberty | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.3 |
| 33 | Oregon State | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.3 |
| 33 | Akron | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.7 |
| 33 | West Virginia | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| 33 | SMU | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.0 |
| 33 | Georgia State | 3 | 2 | 80 | 40.00 | 1 | 0.7 | 26.7 |
| 61 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 3 | -4 | -1.33 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.3 |
| 61 | Oregon | 3 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.3 |
| 61 | Cincinnati | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Stanford | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 61 | James Madison | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 61 | USF | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 61 | Troy | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 61 | Ball State | 2 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 61 | USC | 5 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.0 |
| 61 | Georgia | 4 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 61 | Kent State | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 61 | North Dakota State | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| 61 | Arkansas | 4 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| 61 | Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.3 |
| 61 | North Carolina | 2 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 61 | Colorado | 2 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.0 |
| 61 | Wyoming | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.5 |
| 61 | Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.3 |
| 61 | Army | 3 | 3 | 32 | 10.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.7 |
| 61 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 61 | Air Force | 3 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.3 |
| 82 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 82 | UTEP | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 82 | Old Dominion | 3 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| 82 | Florida State | 4 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 82 | Massachusetts | 4 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 82 | Clemson | 3 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| 82 | Memphis | 3 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.0 |
| 82 | East Carolina | 3 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| 82 | Maryland | 3 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.7 |
| 82 | Temple | 4 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 82 | Marshall | 3 | 4 | 41 | 10.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.7 |
| 82 | TCU | 3 | 4 | 41 | 10.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.7 |
| 82 | Louisiana | 3 | 4 | 53 | 13.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.7 |
| 82 | Kennesaw State | 3 | 4 | 53 | 13.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 17.7 |
| 82 | Tennessee | 4 | 4 | 57 | 14.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.3 |
| 82 | California | 4 | 4 | 90 | 22.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 22.5 |
| 82 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 4 | 179 | 44.75 | 2 | 2.0 | 89.5 |
| 99 | UNLV | 3 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| 99 | Michigan | 4 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 99 | Minnesota | 4 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| 99 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.6 |
| 99 | UAB | 3 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.0 |
| 99 | Purdue | 4 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| 99 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.7 |
| 99 | Washington State | 3 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 12.7 |
| 99 | UCLA | 2 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 19.5 |
| 99 | Virginia | 4 | 5 | 45 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.3 |
| 99 | Iowa State | 4 | 5 | 52 | 10.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| 99 | Middle Tennessee State | 2 | 5 | 83 | 16.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 41.5 |
| 99 | Boston College | 3 | 5 | 87 | 17.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 29.0 |
| 112 | Texas A&M | 4 | 6 | -2 | -0.33 | 0 | 1.5 | -0.5 |
| 112 | Alabama | 4 | 6 | 16 | 2.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| 112 | Tulsa | 3 | 6 | 26 | 4.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.7 |
| 112 | LSU | 4 | 6 | 38 | 6.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| 112 | Rice | 3 | 6 | 48 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 112 | Duke | 3 | 6 | 50 | 8.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.7 |
| 112 | San Jose State | 3 | 6 | 117 | 19.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 39.0 |
| 119 | San Diego State | 3 | 7 | 58 | 8.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 19.3 |
| 119 | Charlotte | 3 | 7 | 114 | 16.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 38.0 |
| 121 | Colorado State | 4 | 8 | 51 | 6.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.8 |
| 122 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 9 | 95 | 10.56 | 1 | 2.3 | 23.8 |
| 123 | Washington | 5 | 10 | 91 | 9.10 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.2 |