2026 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games in October Only through 10/10/2026
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boise State | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Utah State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Alabama | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Temple | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Illinois | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | UAB | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Missouri | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Florida State | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Liberty | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Hawaii | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Penn State | 2 | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 1 | 73 | 73.00 | 1 | 0.5 | 36.5 |
| 24 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 | -4 | -2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.0 |
| 24 | Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.0 |
| 24 | Auburn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Sacramento State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Nevada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 24 | Missouri State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 24 | Fresno State | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| 24 | FIU | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 24 | Iowa | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 24 | Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 24 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 24 | Delaware | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 24 | Texas State | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 24 | Tulane | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 24 | Syracuse | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 24 | Air Force | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 24 | Miami (FL) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 24 | NC State | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 24 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 24 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 24 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 24 | Wyoming | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 24 | James Madison | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 24 | Texas | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 24 | Connecticut | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 24 | Florida | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 24 | Memphis | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 24 | Colorado | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 24 | Akron | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 24 | Kent State | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 24 | SMU | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 24 | Clemson | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 24 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 24 | Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.5 |
| 24 | Army | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.5 |
| 24 | Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.5 |
| 24 | Ohio | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.5 |
| 24 | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 24 | East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 24 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 24 | Duke | 1 | 1 | 33 | 33.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 33.0 |
| 24 | Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 78 | 78.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 78.0 |
| 68 | USF | 2 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 1.5 | -0.5 |
| 68 | Ball State | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 68 | Buffalo | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| 68 | UNLV | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| 68 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| 68 | Tulsa | 2 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 68 | Texas A&M | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| 68 | Arkansas | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| 68 | Purdue | 2 | 3 | 21 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 10.5 |
| 68 | Houston | 2 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| 68 | Kansas | 2 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| 68 | California | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.5 |
| 68 | Minnesota | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.5 |
| 68 | UTEP | 2 | 3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 15.5 |
| 68 | Charlotte | 2 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 17.5 |
| 68 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 20.0 |
| 68 | Marshall | 2 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.5 |
| 68 | North Dakota State | 2 | 3 | 47 | 15.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 23.5 |
| 86 | Oregon | 1 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | 2.0 | -3.0 |
| 86 | Ole Miss | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 86 | Michigan | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 86 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| 86 | USC | 2 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 86 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| 86 | Kentucky | 2 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.5 |
| 86 | San Jose State | 2 | 4 | 44 | 11.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.0 |
| 86 | Stanford | 2 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.5 |
| 86 | TCU | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| 86 | Boston College | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| 86 | UCF | 2 | 4 | 66 | 16.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.0 |
| 86 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 2 | 48 | 24.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 48.0 |
| 99 | Central Michigan | 2 | 5 | 33 | 6.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 16.5 |
| 99 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 5 | 60 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 30.0 |
| 99 | LSU | 2 | 5 | 92 | 18.40 | 1 | 2.5 | 46.0 |
| 102 | Rice | 2 | 6 | 49 | 8.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 24.5 |
| 102 | North Carolina | 2 | 6 | 53 | 8.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 26.5 |
| 102 | San Diego State | 2 | 6 | 56 | 9.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 28.0 |
| 105 | Washington State | 2 | 7 | 16 | 2.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 8.0 |
| 105 | Washington | 2 | 7 | 49 | 7.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 24.5 |
| 105 | Virginia | 2 | 7 | 56 | 8.00 | 0 | 3.5 | 28.0 |
| 105 | Iowa State | 2 | 7 | 69 | 9.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 34.5 |
| 109 | Maryland | 2 | 8 | 79 | 9.88 | 0 | 4.0 | 39.5 |
| 110 | Oklahoma | 1 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 16.0 |
| 110 | UCLA | 1 | 5 | 52 | 10.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 52.0 |