2026 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 09/19/2026
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento State | 2 | 1 | -8 | -8.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -4.0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Army | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Louisville | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.5 |
| 1 | James Madison | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 12.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 12.5 |
| 1 | Rice | 2 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 14.0 |
| 1 | BYU | 2 | 1 | 34 | 34.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Marshall | 2 | 1 | 34 | 34.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 1 | 35 | 35.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 35.0 |
| 1 | Liberty | 1 | 1 | 36 | 36.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 1 | 1 | 47 | 47.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 47.0 |
| 36 | South Carolina | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 36 | Ohio | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 36 | Cincinnati | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 36 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.5 |
| 36 | Charlotte | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 36 | UTSA | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 36 | New Mexico | 2 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 36 | Clemson | 2 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.5 |
| 36 | Alabama | 1 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.0 |
| 36 | Ohio State | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 36 | Temple | 2 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 36 | UCLA | 1 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 36 | FIU | 2 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.5 |
| 36 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 36 | Wisconsin | 1 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 36 | Texas A&M | 2 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.5 |
| 36 | Florida State | 2 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.5 |
| 36 | Stanford | 2 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.5 |
| 36 | UTEP | 2 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.5 |
| 36 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 36 | Delaware | 1 | 2 | 51 | 25.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 51.0 |
| 36 | Colorado | 1 | 2 | 54 | 27.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 54.0 |
| 36 | California | 1 | 2 | 56 | 28.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 56.0 |
| 36 | Akron | 2 | 2 | 59 | 29.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.5 |
| 36 | UNLV | 1 | 2 | 71 | 35.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 71.0 |
| 36 | Kansas | 2 | 2 | 118 | 59.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 59.0 |
| 62 | Tulane | 3 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.3 |
| 62 | UCF | 2 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.5 |
| 62 | Fresno State | 1 | 3 | 39 | 13.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 39.0 |
| 62 | Penn State | 1 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 41.0 |
| 62 | Arkansas State | 2 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.5 |
| 62 | Louisiana | 1 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 45.0 |
| 62 | Ball State | 2 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.0 |
| 62 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.0 |
| 62 | NC State | 2 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.0 |
| 62 | Texas State | 2 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.0 |
| 62 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.5 |
| 62 | Washington State | 2 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.5 |
| 62 | Florida | 2 | 3 | 65 | 21.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.5 |
| 62 | LSU | 2 | 3 | 65 | 21.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.5 |
| 62 | UAB | 2 | 3 | 74 | 24.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 37.0 |
| 77 | Nevada | 1 | 4 | 63 | 15.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 63.0 |
| 77 | Northwestern | 1 | 4 | 63 | 15.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 63.0 |
| 77 | USC | 2 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.5 |
| 77 | Wake Forest | 1 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 67.0 |
| 77 | Ole Miss | 2 | 4 | 71 | 17.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.5 |
| 77 | North Carolina | 2 | 4 | 87 | 21.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.5 |
| 77 | San Jose State | 2 | 4 | 88 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.0 |
| 77 | Georgia State | 1 | 4 | 106 | 26.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 106.0 |
| 77 | Bowling Green | 2 | 4 | 168 | 42.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 84.0 |
| 86 | East Carolina | 2 | 5 | 84 | 16.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 42.0 |
| 86 | Maryland | 2 | 5 | 90 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.0 |
| 86 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.5 |
| 86 | Southern Miss | 2 | 5 | 103 | 20.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 51.5 |
| 86 | Missouri State | 2 | 5 | 114 | 22.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 57.0 |
| 86 | Oregon State | 2 | 5 | 131 | 26.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 65.5 |
| 86 | North Texas | 1 | 5 | 139 | 27.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 139.0 |
| 86 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 5 | 140 | 28.00 | 1 | 2.5 | 70.0 |
| 94 | Notre Dame | 2 | 6 | 113 | 18.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 56.5 |
| 94 | Purdue | 2 | 6 | 116 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.0 |
| 94 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 6 | 153 | 25.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 76.5 |
| 97 | Mississippi State | 2 | 7 | 157 | 22.43 | 0 | 3.5 | 78.5 |