2026 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games Lost Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 New Mexico 1 1 -2 -2.00 0 1.0 -2.0
1 Ohio State 1 1 -2 -2.00 0 1.0 -2.0
3 Oklahoma State 1 1 -1 -1.00 0 1.0 -1.0
3 Texas A&M 1 1 -1 -1.00 0 1.0 -1.0
5 Southern Miss 2 4 -1 -0.25 0 2.0 -0.5
6 NC State 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
6 Sam Houston State 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
6 Auburn 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
6 LSU 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
10 Boise State 1 1 1 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
10 Syracuse 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
12 Stanford 2 2 3 1.50 0 1.0 1.5
12 New Mexico State 2 1 3 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
14 Sacramento State 3 2 5 2.50 0 0.7 1.7
15 Baylor 1 1 2 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
15 Nevada 2 2 4 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
17 Tulane 2 5 5 1.00 0 2.5 2.5
18 Kansas 2 1 7 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
19 Georgia Tech 2 4 8 2.00 0 2.0 4.0
19 Utah State 3 5 12 2.40 0 1.7 4.0
19 Colorado 1 1 4 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
19 Liberty 1 1 4 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
19 FIU 2 1 8 8.00 0 0.5 4.0
24 Ohio 2 1 9 9.00 0 0.5 4.5
25 Ball State 2 5 10 2.00 0 2.5 5.0
25 Florida State 2 4 10 2.50 0 2.0 5.0
27 Texas State 2 1 11 11.00 0 0.5 5.5
28 UNLV 2 3 12 4.00 0 1.5 6.0
28 Virginia 1 1 6 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
30 Louisville 1 2 7 3.50 0 2.0 7.0
31 Hawaii 2 5 17 3.40 0 2.5 8.5
32 North Carolina 1 2 9 4.50 0 2.0 9.0
32 Western Michigan 1 2 9 4.50 0 2.0 9.0
34 Oregon State 2 3 19 6.33 0 1.5 9.5
35 Temple 2 2 22 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
36 Boston College 1 2 12 6.00 0 2.0 12.0
36 Miami (OH) 2 3 24 8.00 0 1.5 12.0
36 California 1 1 12 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
36 Kentucky 1 1 12 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
36 Wisconsin 1 1 12 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
41 Arkansas State 2 4 26 6.50 0 2.0 13.0
42 Houston 1 2 15 7.50 0 2.0 15.0
43 East Carolina 2 5 31 6.20 0 2.5 15.5
44 SMU 1 1 16 16.00 0 1.0 16.0
45 Eastern Michigan 3 5 49 9.80 0 1.7 16.3
46 UCF 1 3 17 5.67 0 3.0 17.0
46 Charlotte 3 4 51 12.75 0 1.3 17.0
48 North Texas 2 1 36 36.00 0 0.5 18.0
49 Middle Tennessee State 1 2 20 10.00 0 2.0 20.0
50 Fresno State 1 3 21 7.00 0 3.0 21.0
50 Wyoming 2 4 42 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
50 Western Kentucky 3 6 63 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
50 Arizona State 1 1 21 21.00 0 1.0 21.0
54 Missouri State 2 5 43 8.60 0 2.5 21.5
55 Navy 1 2 22 11.00 0 2.0 22.0
56 Iowa State 1 2 23 11.50 0 2.0 23.0
57 Louisiana Tech 2 5 48 9.60 0 2.5 24.0
58 Kent State 2 7 50 7.14 0 3.5 25.0
58 Kennesaw State 2 3 50 16.67 0 1.5 25.0
60 Rice 2 8 51 6.38 0 4.0 25.5
61 Colorado State 1 4 27 6.75 0 4.0 27.0
62 Toledo 1 3 30 10.00 0 3.0 30.0
63 UAB 2 2 73 36.50 0 1.0 36.5
64 Washington State 2 6 78 13.00 0 3.0 39.0
65 Louisiana-Monroe 3 6 119 19.83 1 2.0 39.7
66 Air Force 1 1 40 40.00 0 1.0 40.0
67 Marshall 1 3 41 13.67 0 3.0 41.0
67 UTSA 1 3 41 13.67 0 3.0 41.0
69 Old Dominion 2 3 85 28.33 0 1.5 42.5
70 Bowling Green 3 11 128 11.64 1 3.7 42.7
71 San Diego State 2 7 86 12.29 0 3.5 43.0
72 Central Michigan 1 2 47 23.50 0 2.0 47.0
73 Georgia State 1 2 55 27.50 0 2.0 55.0
74 Georgia Southern 2 4 113 28.25 1 2.0 56.5
75 Akron 2 6 124 20.67 0 3.0 62.0
76 UTEP 2 4 125 31.25 1 2.0 62.5
77 Northern Illinois 3 7 193 27.57 2 2.3 64.3
78 San Jose State 2 4 132 33.00 0 2.0 66.0
79 Buffalo 2 12 133 11.08 0 6.0 66.5
80 Troy 1 2 68 34.00 1 2.0 68.0
81 Memphis 1 2 72 36.00 1 2.0 72.0
82 Delaware 1 5 83 16.60 1 5.0 83.0
83 Louisiana 1 3 99 33.00 1 3.0 99.0