2026 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in August/September Only through 10/10/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 New Mexico 4 2 -8 -4.00 0 0.5 -2.0
2 South Alabama 4 3 -5 -1.67 0 0.8 -1.3
3 Auburn 4 2 -3 -1.50 0 0.5 -0.8
3 Wake Forest 4 2 -3 -1.50 0 0.5 -0.8
5 Texas A&M 4 6 -2 -0.33 0 1.5 -0.5
6 Iowa 4 1 -1 -1.00 0 0.3 -0.3
6 Oklahoma State 4 1 -1 -1.00 0 0.3 -0.3
6 Utah 4 3 -1 -0.33 0 0.8 -0.3
9 Jacksonville State 5 1 0 0.00 0 0.2 0.0
9 NC State 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
9 Cincinnati 4 3 0 0.00 0 0.8 0.0
12 Southern Miss 4 7 1 0.14 0 1.8 0.3
12 Boise State 4 1 1 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
12 Coastal Carolina 4 1 1 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
12 Northwestern 3 1 1 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
16 USC 5 1 2 2.00 0 0.2 0.4
17 Baylor 4 2 2 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
18 Syracuse 3 1 2 2.00 0 0.3 0.7
19 Arkansas 4 1 3 3.00 0 0.3 0.8
20 Notre Dame 4 3 4 1.33 0 0.8 1.0
20 Nevada 4 2 4 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
20 Mississippi State 4 1 4 4.00 0 0.3 1.0
23 Sacramento State 5 3 6 2.00 0 0.6 1.2
24 North Dakota State 4 2 5 2.50 0 0.5 1.3
24 Ohio 4 2 5 2.50 0 0.5 1.3
26 Tulane 4 7 6 0.86 0 1.8 1.5
26 Oregon 4 2 6 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
26 West Virginia 4 1 6 6.00 0 0.3 1.5
29 BYU 3 1 5 5.00 0 0.3 1.7
30 LSU 4 4 7 1.75 0 1.0 1.8
30 Nebraska 4 2 7 3.50 0 0.5 1.8
32 Georgia Tech 4 4 8 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
32 FIU 4 2 8 4.00 0 0.5 2.0
34 Minnesota 4 3 9 3.00 0 0.8 2.3
34 Florida Atlantic 4 2 9 4.50 0 0.5 2.3
34 Western Michigan 4 2 9 4.50 0 0.5 2.3
34 Kansas 3 1 7 7.00 0 0.3 2.3
38 Florida State 4 4 10 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
38 Appalachian State 4 3 10 3.33 0 0.8 2.5
38 Liberty 4 2 10 5.00 0 0.5 2.5
41 Ohio State 4 2 11 5.50 0 0.5 2.8
41 South Carolina 4 2 11 5.50 0 0.5 2.8
41 Indiana 4 1 11 11.00 0 0.3 2.8
41 Texas State 4 1 11 11.00 0 0.3 2.8
45 Utah State 4 6 12 2.00 0 1.5 3.0
45 Louisville 4 3 12 4.00 0 0.8 3.0
45 Michigan State 4 1 12 12.00 0 0.3 3.0
48 Clemson 4 3 13 4.33 0 0.8 3.3
48 Kentucky 4 3 13 4.33 0 0.8 3.3
50 Alabama 4 6 14 2.33 0 1.5 3.5
50 Georgia State 4 2 14 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
50 Miami (FL) 4 2 14 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
53 Army 3 3 11 3.67 0 1.0 3.7
54 Ball State 4 8 15 1.88 0 2.0 3.8
54 Tulsa 4 6 15 2.50 0 1.5 3.8
54 Houston 4 2 15 7.50 0 0.5 3.8
57 UNLV 4 5 17 3.40 0 1.3 4.3
57 Stanford 4 4 17 4.25 0 1.0 4.3
57 Pittsburgh 4 3 17 5.67 0 0.8 4.3
60 Michigan 4 5 18 3.60 0 1.3 4.5
61 Illinois 4 2 19 9.50 0 0.5 4.8
61 Ole Miss 4 2 19 9.50 0 0.5 4.8
63 Georgia 4 3 20 6.67 0 0.8 5.0
64 Purdue 4 3 21 7.00 0 0.8 5.3
65 Miami (OH) 4 3 24 8.00 0 0.8 6.0
66 Oregon State 4 4 25 6.25 0 1.0 6.3
66 Texas Tech 4 3 25 8.33 0 0.8 6.3
68 Arkansas State 4 4 26 6.50 0 1.0 6.5
68 TCU 4 3 26 8.67 0 0.8 6.5
70 New Mexico State 4 2 27 13.50 0 0.5 6.8
71 UCF 4 4 28 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
71 Wisconsin 4 3 28 9.33 0 0.8 7.0
73 James Madison 4 9 30 3.33 0 2.3 7.5
73 USF 4 4 30 7.50 0 1.0 7.5
73 Toledo 4 3 30 10.00 0 0.8 7.5
76 Fresno State 4 5 31 6.20 0 1.3 7.8
77 Hawaii 4 8 32 4.00 0 2.0 8.0
78 Massachusetts 4 6 33 5.50 0 1.5 8.3
79 Oklahoma 4 5 35 7.00 0 1.3 8.8
80 Temple 4 4 36 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
80 North Texas 4 1 36 36.00 0 0.3 9.0
82 Virginia 4 3 38 12.67 0 0.8 9.5
83 Navy 3 3 30 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
84 SMU 4 3 41 13.67 0 0.8 10.3
85 Kansas State 4 3 42 14.00 0 0.8 10.5
86 Iowa State 4 5 45 9.00 0 1.3 11.3
87 UTSA 4 4 47 11.75 0 1.0 11.8
88 Maryland 4 5 50 10.00 0 1.3 12.5
89 Kennesaw State 4 4 52 13.00 0 1.0 13.0
90 Eastern Michigan 5 6 69 11.50 0 1.2 13.8
91 Rice 4 9 56 6.22 0 2.3 14.0
92 UCLA 4 9 57 6.33 0 2.3 14.3
93 Marshall 4 6 59 9.83 0 1.5 14.8
94 Sam Houston State 4 6 60 10.00 0 1.5 15.0
95 Western Kentucky 4 6 63 10.50 0 1.5 15.8
96 Kent State 4 9 64 7.11 0 2.3 16.0
96 Louisiana Tech 3 6 48 8.00 0 2.0 16.0
96 Duke 4 7 64 9.14 0 1.8 16.0
99 Washington 4 7 67 9.57 0 1.8 16.8
100 East Carolina 4 9 68 7.56 0 2.3 17.0
100 Vanderbilt 4 9 68 7.56 2 2.3 17.0
102 Delaware 4 8 69 8.63 1 2.0 17.3
102 Wyoming 4 7 69 9.86 0 1.8 17.3
102 North Carolina 3 5 52 10.40 0 1.7 17.3
105 Colorado State 4 11 70 6.36 0 2.8 17.5
106 Missouri State 4 8 72 9.00 0 2.0 18.0
107 Air Force 3 2 55 27.50 0 0.7 18.3
108 Texas 4 5 74 14.80 1 1.3 18.5
109 Memphis 4 5 80 16.00 1 1.3 20.0
110 Tennessee 4 5 81 16.20 1 1.3 20.3
111 Troy 4 7 88 12.57 1 1.8 22.0
111 Charlotte 4 6 88 14.67 0 1.5 22.0
113 UAB 4 6 94 15.67 0 1.5 23.5
114 Old Dominion 4 6 95 15.83 0 1.5 23.8
115 Boston College 4 7 99 14.14 0 1.8 24.8
116 Central Michigan 4 6 103 17.17 0 1.5 25.8
117 Washington State 4 7 114 16.29 0 1.8 28.5
118 San Diego State 4 10 115 11.50 0 2.5 28.8
119 Middle Tennessee State 4 9 119 13.22 0 2.3 29.8
120 Georgia Southern 4 6 124 20.67 1 1.5 31.0
121 Akron 4 7 128 18.29 0 1.8 32.0
122 Arizona State 3 3 98 32.67 1 1.0 32.7
123 California 4 7 134 19.14 1 1.8 33.5
124 Buffalo 4 13 137 10.54 0 3.3 34.3
124 UTEP 4 7 137 19.57 1 1.8 34.3
126 Colorado 4 11 141 12.82 0 2.8 35.3
127 Louisiana 4 8 153 19.13 1 2.0 38.3
128 Bowling Green 4 12 155 12.92 1 3.0 38.8
128 San Jose State 4 8 155 19.38 0 2.0 38.8
130 Louisiana-Monroe 4 7 192 27.43 2 1.8 48.0
131 Northern Illinois 4 7 193 27.57 2 1.8 48.3