2026 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 10/10/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Cincinnati 2 1 -4 -4.00 0 0.5 -2.0
2 Wake Forest 4 1 -3 -3.00 0 0.3 -0.8
3 Mississippi State 3 1 -2 -2.00 0 0.3 -0.7
4 Boise State 2 1 -1 -1.00 0 0.5 -0.5
5 Georgia 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
5 Baylor 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
5 Utah State 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
5 Utah 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
5 Auburn 3 2 0 0.00 0 0.7 0.0
5 Syracuse 3 2 0 0.00 0 0.7 0.0
11 Sacramento State 3 2 1 0.50 0 0.7 0.3
12 Oregon 2 3 1 0.33 0 1.5 0.5
12 Nevada 2 1 1 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
12 New Mexico State 2 1 1 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
15 Indiana 3 1 2 2.00 0 0.3 0.7
16 Stanford 4 4 3 0.75 0 1.0 0.8
17 Missouri State 1 1 1 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
17 Iowa 3 3 3 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
17 Old Dominion 3 2 3 1.50 0 0.7 1.0
17 Arkansas State 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
21 Fresno State 2 2 3 1.50 0 1.0 1.5
22 BYU 3 1 5 5.00 0 0.3 1.7
22 Illinois 3 1 5 5.00 0 0.3 1.7
24 USF 3 4 6 1.50 0 1.3 2.0
24 FIU 1 1 2 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
24 Louisiana 2 2 4 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
27 Nebraska 3 3 7 2.33 0 1.0 2.3
28 UNLV 2 2 5 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
28 Western Kentucky 2 2 5 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
30 NC State 3 3 8 2.67 0 1.0 2.7
30 Pittsburgh 3 3 8 2.67 0 1.0 2.7
30 Missouri 3 1 8 8.00 0 0.3 2.7
33 Delaware 1 1 3 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
33 Texas State 1 1 3 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
33 Tulane 1 1 3 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
33 South Carolina 4 3 12 4.00 0 0.8 3.0
33 Louisville 4 2 12 6.00 0 0.5 3.0
38 Michigan 2 3 7 2.33 0 1.5 3.5
38 Ball State 2 2 7 3.50 0 1.0 3.5
38 Miami (OH) 2 1 7 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
41 Alabama 4 5 16 3.20 0 1.3 4.0
41 Texas A&M 4 5 16 3.20 0 1.3 4.0
41 Florida 4 2 16 8.00 0 0.5 4.0
44 Jacksonville State 2 2 9 4.50 0 1.0 4.5
45 Hawaii 3 3 15 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
46 Wyoming 3 3 16 5.33 0 1.0 5.3
47 Oklahoma State 2 1 11 11.00 0 0.5 5.5
48 Louisiana-Monroe 1 1 6 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
48 Miami (FL) 3 3 18 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
48 Kent State 3 2 18 9.00 0 0.7 6.0
51 Ole Miss 3 3 19 6.33 0 1.0 6.3
52 Liberty 2 1 13 13.00 0 0.5 6.5
53 Florida State 3 4 20 5.00 0 1.3 6.7
53 James Madison 3 4 20 5.00 0 1.3 6.7
53 Arkansas 3 3 20 6.67 0 1.0 6.7
53 Eastern Michigan 3 1 20 20.00 0 0.3 6.7
57 Buffalo 2 3 14 4.67 0 1.5 7.0
57 Ohio State 3 3 21 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
57 Purdue 3 3 21 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
57 USC 4 4 28 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
57 West Virginia 3 2 21 10.50 0 0.7 7.0
62 Navy 3 2 22 11.00 0 0.7 7.3
63 Coastal Carolina 2 3 15 5.00 0 1.5 7.5
64 Washington State 2 7 16 2.29 0 3.5 8.0
64 Tulsa 2 3 16 5.33 0 1.5 8.0
64 Temple 2 2 16 8.00 0 1.0 8.0
64 Michigan State 3 2 24 12.00 0 0.7 8.0
68 Memphis 2 2 17 8.50 0 1.0 8.5
69 Penn State 3 1 26 26.00 0 0.3 8.7
70 Akron 2 2 18 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
70 Minnesota 3 3 27 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
72 Army 3 4 29 7.25 0 1.3 9.7
72 Clemson 3 3 29 9.67 0 1.0 9.7
74 UAB 2 4 21 5.25 0 2.0 10.5
75 Texas Tech 2 1 22 22.00 0 0.5 11.0
76 Massachusetts 3 4 37 9.25 0 1.3 12.3
76 SMU 3 3 37 12.33 0 1.0 12.3
78 Kentucky 4 6 51 8.50 0 1.5 12.8
79 Houston 3 5 39 7.80 0 1.7 13.0
80 Wisconsin 2 3 27 9.00 0 1.5 13.5
80 Bowling Green 2 2 27 13.50 0 1.0 13.5
82 Sam Houston State 1 2 15 7.50 0 2.0 15.0
83 Kansas 2 4 31 7.75 0 2.0 15.5
83 UTEP 2 3 31 10.33 0 1.5 15.5
83 Ohio 2 2 31 15.50 0 1.0 15.5
86 North Dakota State 3 3 47 15.67 0 1.0 15.7
87 Middle Tennessee State 1 2 16 8.00 0 2.0 16.0
87 Western Michigan 2 2 32 16.00 0 1.0 16.0
89 Central Michigan 2 5 33 6.60 0 2.5 16.5
90 Charlotte 2 3 35 11.67 0 1.5 17.5
90 TCU 2 3 35 11.67 0 1.5 17.5
92 Vanderbilt 3 6 53 8.83 1 2.0 17.7
93 Oklahoma 2 8 36 4.50 0 4.0 18.0
94 Air Force 3 2 55 27.50 0 0.7 18.3
95 Tennessee 3 4 57 14.25 0 1.3 19.0
96 Virginia Tech 3 5 60 12.00 0 1.7 20.0
97 North Carolina 2 6 42 7.00 0 3.0 21.0
98 San Jose State 2 4 44 11.00 0 2.0 22.0
98 LSU 3 5 66 13.20 1 1.7 22.0
98 Kansas State 2 3 44 14.67 0 1.5 22.0
101 Marshall 2 3 45 15.00 0 1.5 22.5
102 Rice 2 6 49 8.17 0 3.0 24.5
103 East Carolina 1 1 25 25.00 0 1.0 25.0
103 Kennesaw State 1 1 25 25.00 0 1.0 25.0
105 Washington 3 11 76 6.91 0 3.7 25.3
105 UCLA 3 9 76 8.44 0 3.0 25.3
107 UCF 3 5 77 15.40 0 1.7 25.7
108 Iowa State 3 9 78 8.67 0 3.0 26.0
109 San Diego State 2 6 56 9.33 0 3.0 28.0
110 Virginia 3 9 88 9.78 0 3.0 29.3
111 Texas 2 4 66 16.50 2 2.0 33.0
112 Duke 2 5 71 14.20 0 2.5 35.5
113 Georgia Southern 2 1 73 73.00 1 0.5 36.5
114 Maryland 3 12 111 9.25 0 4.0 37.0
115 California 3 7 128 18.29 1 2.3 42.7
116 Arizona State 2 3 89 29.67 1 1.5 44.5
117 Boston College 2 7 115 16.43 0 3.5 57.5
118 Colorado 2 8 139 17.38 0 4.0 69.5
119 Georgia State 1 1 78 78.00 1 1.0 78.0