2026 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) 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 Auburn 4 2 -3 -1.50 0 0.5 -0.8
2 Wake Forest 5 2 -3 -1.50 0 0.4 -0.6
4 Iowa 5 1 -1 -1.00 0 0.2 -0.2
4 Utah 5 3 -1 -0.33 0 0.6 -0.2
4 Texas A&M 3 5 -1 -0.20 0 1.7 -0.3
7 NC State 5 1 0 0.00 0 0.2 0.0
7 Boise State 6 2 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
7 Cincinnati 5 3 0 0.00 0 0.6 0.0
7 Louisiana Tech 4 4 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
11 Southern Miss 5 7 1 0.14 0 1.4 0.2
11 Utah State 4 3 1 0.33 0 0.8 0.3
11 Northwestern 4 1 1 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
14 Baylor 5 2 2 1.00 0 0.4 0.4
15 Texas Tech 4 2 3 1.50 0 0.5 0.8
15 Arkansas 3 2 3 1.50 0 0.7 1.0
17 Notre Dame 6 3 4 1.33 0 0.5 0.7
17 Miami (FL) 4 1 4 4.00 0 0.3 1.0
17 Mississippi State 3 1 4 4.00 0 0.3 1.3
20 Nevada 5 3 5 1.67 0 0.6 1.0
20 BYU 5 1 5 5.00 0 0.2 1.0
22 Sacramento State 6 4 6 1.50 0 0.7 1.0
22 South Alabama 5 2 6 3.00 0 0.4 1.2
22 UTSA 5 1 6 6.00 0 0.2 1.2
22 Oregon State 4 1 6 6.00 0 0.3 1.5
26 Nebraska 5 3 7 2.33 0 0.6 1.4
26 Georgia Tech 4 2 7 3.50 0 0.5 1.8
26 Kansas 3 1 7 7.00 0 0.3 2.3
26 Louisville 3 1 7 7.00 0 0.3 2.3
30 Syracuse 5 3 8 2.67 0 0.6 1.6
30 Missouri 5 1 8 8.00 0 0.2 1.6
30 Texas 3 1 8 8.00 1 0.3 2.7
33 Tulane 5 8 9 1.13 0 1.6 1.8
33 Jacksonville State 6 3 9 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
33 Florida Atlantic 5 2 9 4.50 0 0.4 1.8
36 Appalachian State 5 3 10 3.33 0 0.6 2.0
36 FIU 5 3 10 3.33 0 0.6 2.0
36 Oklahoma State 5 2 10 5.00 0 0.4 2.0
39 Fresno State 4 3 13 4.33 0 0.8 3.3
39 Clemson 3 3 13 4.33 0 1.0 4.3
39 Indiana 5 2 13 6.50 0 0.4 2.6
39 Florida State 4 1 13 13.00 0 0.3 3.3
43 Ball State 4 5 14 2.80 0 1.3 3.5
43 Alabama 3 5 14 2.80 0 1.7 4.7
43 Texas State 4 2 14 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
46 Sam Houston State 4 3 15 5.00 0 0.8 3.8
46 Oklahoma 3 2 15 7.50 0 0.7 5.0
46 West Virginia 5 1 15 15.00 0 0.2 3.0
49 Coastal Carolina 6 4 16 4.00 0 0.7 2.7
49 Connecticut 6 2 16 8.00 0 0.3 2.7
51 Ohio State 4 2 18 9.00 0 0.5 4.5
52 Stanford 3 3 19 6.33 0 1.0 6.3
53 Troy 4 5 20 4.00 0 1.3 5.0
53 Georgia 5 3 20 6.67 0 0.6 4.0
55 Ole Miss 4 4 22 5.50 0 1.0 5.5
56 Michigan 4 6 23 3.83 0 1.5 5.8
56 Pittsburgh 6 5 23 4.60 0 0.8 3.8
56 Liberty 6 3 23 7.67 0 0.5 3.8
59 Tulsa 5 6 24 4.00 0 1.2 4.8
59 Kentucky 4 5 24 4.80 0 1.3 6.0
59 Western Kentucky 4 4 24 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
59 Houston 5 3 24 8.00 0 0.6 4.8
59 Illinois 5 3 24 8.00 0 0.6 4.8
59 Michigan State 5 2 24 12.00 0 0.4 4.8
59 Tennessee 5 1 24 24.00 1 0.2 4.8
66 Memphis 5 5 25 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
67 Purdue 3 4 26 6.50 0 1.3 8.7
67 TCU 4 3 26 8.67 0 0.8 6.5
69 Wisconsin 4 3 27 9.00 0 0.8 6.8
70 Arkansas State 6 5 28 5.60 0 0.8 4.7
70 UCF 4 4 28 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
70 New Mexico State 6 3 28 9.33 0 0.5 4.7
73 USF 6 7 29 4.14 0 1.2 4.8
74 USC 7 5 30 6.00 0 0.7 4.3
74 Toledo 6 3 30 10.00 0 0.5 5.0
74 Navy 5 3 30 10.00 0 0.6 6.0
77 UNLV 6 8 31 3.88 0 1.3 5.2
77 Miami (OH) 6 4 31 7.75 0 0.7 5.2
79 Minnesota 5 6 36 6.00 0 1.2 7.2
79 Army 5 5 36 7.20 0 1.0 7.2
79 Ohio 6 4 36 9.00 0 0.7 6.0
82 LSU 4 6 38 6.33 0 1.5 9.5
83 Temple 6 5 39 7.80 0 0.8 6.5
84 Western Michigan 5 4 41 10.25 0 0.8 8.2
85 Kansas State 4 3 42 14.00 0 0.8 10.5
86 Colorado State 4 7 43 6.14 0 1.8 10.8
86 Iowa State 3 3 43 14.33 0 1.0 14.3
88 Missouri State 4 6 44 7.33 0 1.5 11.0
89 James Madison 6 11 45 4.09 0 1.8 7.5
90 SMU 5 4 51 12.75 0 0.8 10.2
91 Kent State 5 6 52 8.67 0 1.2 10.4
91 North Dakota State 6 5 52 10.40 0 0.8 8.7
93 Hawaii 6 9 53 5.89 0 1.5 8.8
93 Kennesaw State 4 4 53 13.25 0 1.0 13.3
95 Maryland 4 5 56 11.20 0 1.3 14.0
96 Rice 5 10 58 5.80 0 2.0 11.6
96 Massachusetts 6 8 58 7.25 0 1.3 9.7
96 Louisiana 5 7 58 8.29 0 1.4 11.6
99 Virginia Tech 6 5 60 12.00 0 0.8 10.0
100 Air Force 5 4 61 15.25 0 0.8 12.2
101 East Carolina 4 7 66 9.43 0 1.8 16.5
102 Washington 4 7 67 9.57 0 1.8 16.8
103 Vanderbilt 4 9 68 7.56 2 2.3 17.0
104 Eastern Michigan 7 6 69 11.50 0 0.9 9.9
104 Northern Illinois 4 2 69 34.50 1 0.5 17.3
106 Delaware 5 9 72 8.00 1 1.8 14.4
107 Wyoming 6 9 83 9.22 0 1.5 13.8
108 North Carolina 4 9 85 9.44 0 2.3 21.3
109 Central Michigan 5 8 86 10.75 0 1.6 17.2
110 Georgia State 5 3 92 30.67 1 0.6 18.4
111 Virginia 6 10 94 9.40 0 1.7 15.7
112 Old Dominion 6 7 96 13.71 0 1.2 16.0
113 Duke 5 8 97 12.13 0 1.6 19.4
114 Boston College 4 7 99 14.14 0 1.8 24.8
115 UAB 6 7 100 14.29 0 1.2 16.7
116 Akron 5 7 102 14.57 0 1.4 20.4
117 Marshall 6 9 104 11.56 0 1.5 17.3
118 San Diego State 5 12 105 8.75 0 2.4 21.0
119 UCLA 5 14 109 7.79 0 2.8 21.8
120 Arizona State 5 4 110 27.50 1 0.8 22.0
121 Charlotte 5 9 123 13.67 0 1.8 24.6
122 Washington State 6 14 130 9.29 0 2.3 21.7
123 Colorado 3 10 137 13.70 0 3.3 45.7
124 San Jose State 5 10 143 14.30 0 2.0 28.6
125 California 5 9 149 16.56 1 1.8 29.8
126 Buffalo 6 16 151 9.44 0 2.7 25.2
127 Middle Tennessee State 5 11 167 15.18 0 2.2 33.4
128 UTEP 6 10 168 16.80 1 1.7 28.0
129 Bowling Green 6 14 182 13.00 1 2.3 30.3
130 Louisiana-Monroe 4 8 198 24.75 2 2.0 49.5
131 Georgia Southern 5 6 199 33.17 2 1.2 39.8