2026 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games on the Road/Neutral Site Only through 09/19/2026
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado | 2 | 2 | -6 | -3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -3.0 |
| 1 | Auburn | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -3.0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 2 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | -1.5 |
| 4 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.0 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -2.0 |
| 6 | Southern Miss | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 2.0 | -2.0 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| 8 | NC State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 8 | LSU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Boise State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 14 | Tulane | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 16 | Appalachian State | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 16 | Baylor | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 16 | Ball State | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 5.0 |
| 19 | Utah State | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 6.0 |
| 20 | Sacramento State | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 21 | New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 21 | North Dakota State | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 21 | UCLA | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 21 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 21 | Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 21 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 21 | James Madison | 1 | 4 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 12.0 |
| 28 | Louisville | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 29 | Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 29 | Liberty | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 31 | Hawaii | 1 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 17.0 |
| 32 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 33 | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 34 | Stanford | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 35 | Fresno State | 2 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.5 |
| 36 | UNLV | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 37 | UCF | 1 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 17.0 |
| 38 | Virginia | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 38 | Boston College | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| 40 | Arkansas State | 2 | 4 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 41 | Kansas | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 41 | USF | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 41 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 44 | Kent State | 2 | 7 | 50 | 7.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 25.0 |
| 45 | Houston | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| 46 | FIU | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 46 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| 48 | Ohio | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 49 | Rice | 1 | 5 | 47 | 9.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 47.0 |
| 50 | Missouri State | 1 | 4 | 38 | 9.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 38.0 |
| 51 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 24.0 |
| 52 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 20.0 |
| 52 | Toledo | 1 | 3 | 30 | 10.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 30.0 |
| 54 | Wyoming | 2 | 4 | 42 | 10.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 54 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 6 | 63 | 10.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 56 | East Carolina | 2 | 6 | 65 | 10.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 32.5 |
| 57 | Navy | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.0 |
| 58 | Buffalo | 2 | 12 | 133 | 11.08 | 0 | 6.0 | 66.5 |
| 59 | Iowa State | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| 60 | Bowling Green | 2 | 11 | 128 | 11.64 | 1 | 5.5 | 64.0 |
| 61 | North Carolina | 2 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.5 |
| 61 | UTSA | 2 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.5 |
| 63 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 63 | Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.0 |
| 65 | California | 1 | 4 | 50 | 12.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 50.0 |
| 66 | Washington State | 2 | 6 | 78 | 13.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 39.0 |
| 67 | SMU | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.5 |
| 68 | Marshall | 2 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 20.5 |
| 69 | Duke | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 70 | San Diego State | 1 | 4 | 66 | 16.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 66.0 |
| 71 | Delaware | 1 | 5 | 83 | 16.60 | 1 | 5.0 | 83.0 |
| 72 | Maryland | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 72 | San Jose State | 2 | 4 | 72 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.0 |
| 74 | Akron | 2 | 6 | 124 | 20.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 62.0 |
| 75 | Central Michigan | 1 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 76 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 76 | Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 78 | Memphis | 2 | 3 | 73 | 24.33 | 1 | 1.5 | 36.5 |
| 79 | Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 55 | 27.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 27.5 |
| 80 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 7 | 193 | 27.57 | 2 | 3.5 | 96.5 |
| 81 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 4 | 113 | 28.25 | 1 | 2.0 | 56.5 |
| 82 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 1 | 31 | 31.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 15.5 |
| 83 | UTEP | 2 | 4 | 125 | 31.25 | 1 | 2.0 | 62.5 |
| 84 | Arizona State | 2 | 3 | 98 | 32.67 | 1 | 1.5 | 49.0 |
| 85 | Louisiana | 1 | 3 | 99 | 33.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 99.0 |
| 86 | Troy | 1 | 2 | 68 | 34.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 68.0 |
| 87 | North Texas | 2 | 1 | 36 | 36.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 18.0 |
| 88 | UAB | 2 | 2 | 73 | 36.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 36.5 |
| 89 | Old Dominion | 1 | 2 | 78 | 39.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 78.0 |