2026 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games on the Road/Neutral Site Only through 09/19/2026
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Tulane | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 3 | Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 4 | UCF | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| 5 | Ohio | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Louisville | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Texas State | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 8 | UTSA | 2 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.5 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 9 | USF | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 11 | UNLV | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 12 | Fresno State | 2 | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 23.5 |
| 13 | Navy | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 14 | Western Michigan | 2 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.0 |
| 15 | Duke | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 15 | Charlotte | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 15 | South Alabama | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| 18 | Memphis | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| 18 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| 18 | Arkansas State | 2 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.5 |
| 18 | Louisiana | 1 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 45.0 |
| 22 | Nevada | 1 | 4 | 63 | 15.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 63.0 |
| 23 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 23 | Ball State | 2 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.0 |
| 23 | New Mexico | 1 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.0 |
| 26 | Texas Tech | 1 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 49.0 |
| 27 | Alabama | 1 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 33.0 |
| 28 | Troy | 1 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.0 |
| 29 | Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 29 | Missouri | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 29 | USC | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 29 | Missouri State | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 29 | Ole Miss | 1 | 3 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 51.0 |
| 29 | Notre Dame | 1 | 3 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 51.0 |
| 35 | NC State | 2 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.0 |
| 35 | Purdue | 1 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 52.0 |
| 37 | Ohio State | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| 38 | Clemson | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 38 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.0 |
| 38 | Maryland | 1 | 5 | 90 | 18.00 | 0 | 5.0 | 90.0 |
| 41 | East Carolina | 2 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.5 |
| 42 | Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.5 |
| 43 | UCLA | 1 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 44 | James Madison | 1 | 3 | 59 | 19.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.0 |
| 45 | Georgia State | 2 | 10 | 198 | 19.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 99.0 |
| 46 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| 46 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 46 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 46 | Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.0 |
| 50 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.5 |
| 51 | FIU | 2 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.5 |
| 52 | Hawaii | 1 | 5 | 104 | 20.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 104.0 |
| 53 | Boise State | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 53 | Washington State | 2 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.5 |
| 53 | Wisconsin | 1 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 42.0 |
| 56 | North Carolina | 2 | 4 | 87 | 21.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.5 |
| 57 | North Texas | 2 | 9 | 196 | 21.78 | 0 | 4.5 | 98.0 |
| 58 | North Dakota State | 2 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| 58 | Florida | 1 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.0 |
| 58 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 2 | 44 | 22.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 44.0 |
| 61 | Southern Miss | 1 | 3 | 67 | 22.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 67.0 |
| 62 | Mississippi State | 2 | 7 | 157 | 22.43 | 0 | 3.5 | 78.5 |
| 63 | Sacramento State | 2 | 4 | 90 | 22.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 45.0 |
| 64 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.5 |
| 64 | San Jose State | 2 | 3 | 69 | 23.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 34.5 |
| 64 | Tulsa | 1 | 4 | 92 | 23.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 92.0 |
| 67 | UTEP | 2 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.5 |
| 67 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 69 | Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 69 | Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 69 | TCU | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 72 | UAB | 2 | 3 | 74 | 24.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 37.0 |
| 73 | Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 12.5 |
| 73 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 73 | Kennesaw State | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 76 | Delaware | 1 | 2 | 51 | 25.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 51.0 |
| 76 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 6 | 153 | 25.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 76.5 |
| 78 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 6 | 170 | 28.33 | 1 | 2.0 | 56.7 |
| 79 | SMU | 2 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 14.5 |
| 79 | California | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 79 | Temple | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| 82 | Akron | 2 | 2 | 59 | 29.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.5 |
| 83 | New Mexico State | 2 | 6 | 179 | 29.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 89.5 |
| 84 | Marshall | 2 | 1 | 34 | 34.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 17.0 |
| 85 | Liberty | 1 | 1 | 36 | 36.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 36.0 |
| 86 | Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 42 | 42.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 42.0 |
| 86 | Bowling Green | 2 | 4 | 168 | 42.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 84.0 |
| 88 | Colorado | 2 | 4 | 184 | 46.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 92.0 |
| 89 | Toledo | 1 | 1 | 47 | 47.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 47.0 |
| 90 | Jacksonville State | 2 | 3 | 154 | 51.33 | 1 | 1.5 | 77.0 |
| 91 | Cincinnati | 1 | 2 | 111 | 55.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 111.0 |
| 92 | Kansas | 1 | 1 | 100 | 100.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 100.0 |