2026 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams 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
2 Charlotte 2 1 -3 -3.00 0 0.5 -1.5
3 New Mexico 2 1 -2 -2.00 0 0.5 -1.0
3 Auburn 3 2 -3 -1.50 0 0.7 -1.0
5 Ohio State 3 1 -2 -2.00 0 0.3 -0.7
6 Oklahoma State 2 1 -1 -1.00 0 0.5 -0.5
6 Utah 2 2 -1 -0.50 0 1.0 -0.5
6 Southern Miss 2 4 -1 -0.25 0 2.0 -0.5
9 Texas A&M 3 5 -1 -0.20 0 1.7 -0.3
10 Jacksonville State 3 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
10 Wake Forest 3 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
10 NC State 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
10 Sam Houston State 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
10 Alabama 3 3 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
15 Boise State 2 1 1 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
15 USC 4 1 2 2.00 0 0.3 0.5
17 LSU 3 2 2 1.00 0 0.7 0.7
18 Northwestern 1 1 1 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
18 Appalachian State 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
18 Baylor 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
18 Oregon 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
18 Syracuse 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
18 Ole Miss 3 1 3 3.00 0 0.3 1.0
18 Notre Dame 3 1 3 3.00 0 0.3 1.0
25 Mississippi State 3 1 4 4.00 0 0.3 1.3
26 New Mexico State 2 1 3 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
27 Tulane 3 5 5 1.00 0 1.7 1.7
27 Sacramento State 3 2 5 2.50 0 0.7 1.7
27 North Dakota State 3 2 5 2.50 0 0.7 1.7
30 Cincinnati 2 2 4 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
30 Liberty 2 1 4 4.00 0 0.5 2.0
32 BYU 2 1 5 5.00 0 0.5 2.5
32 Kansas State 2 1 5 5.00 0 0.5 2.5
34 FIU 3 2 8 4.00 0 0.7 2.7
35 Florida Atlantic 3 2 9 4.50 0 0.7 3.0
35 Ohio 3 1 9 9.00 0 0.3 3.0
37 Florida State 3 4 10 2.50 0 1.3 3.3
38 Tulsa 2 3 7 2.33 0 1.5 3.5
38 Kansas 2 1 7 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
38 South Alabama 2 1 7 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
41 Texas State 3 1 11 11.00 0 0.3 3.7
42 Georgia Tech 2 4 8 2.00 0 2.0 4.0
42 UNLV 3 4 12 3.00 0 1.3 4.0
44 Clemson 3 3 13 4.33 0 1.0 4.3
45 Minnesota 2 3 9 3.00 0 1.5 4.5
45 Western Michigan 2 2 9 4.50 0 1.0 4.5
47 Ball State 2 5 10 2.00 0 2.5 5.0
47 Oklahoma 3 2 15 7.50 0 0.7 5.0
49 Texas 3 2 16 8.00 0 0.7 5.3
50 Hawaii 3 6 17 2.83 0 2.0 5.7
50 Michigan 3 4 17 4.25 0 1.3 5.7
50 Stanford 3 4 17 4.25 0 1.3 5.7
50 Pittsburgh 3 3 17 5.67 0 1.0 5.7
54 Utah State 2 5 12 2.40 0 2.5 6.0
54 Louisville 2 3 12 4.00 0 1.5 6.0
54 Boston College 2 2 12 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
54 Kentucky 2 2 12 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
54 Wisconsin 2 1 12 12.00 0 0.5 6.0
59 Louisiana-Monroe 2 3 13 4.33 0 1.5 6.5
60 Fresno State 3 4 21 5.25 0 1.3 7.0
60 Miami (FL) 2 2 14 7.00 0 1.0 7.0
62 Houston 2 2 15 7.50 0 1.0 7.5
63 TCU 2 2 16 8.00 0 1.0 8.0
64 UCF 2 3 17 5.67 0 1.5 8.5
65 Maryland 2 1 18 18.00 0 0.5 9.0
66 Oregon State 2 3 19 6.33 0 1.5 9.5
66 Illinois 2 1 19 19.00 0 0.5 9.5
68 USF 2 3 20 6.67 0 1.5 10.0
68 Georgia 2 2 20 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
70 Temple 2 2 22 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
70 Texas Tech 2 1 22 22.00 0 0.5 11.0
72 James Madison 2 6 23 3.83 0 3.0 11.5
72 Iowa State 2 2 23 11.50 0 1.0 11.5
74 Miami (OH) 2 3 24 8.00 0 1.5 12.0
74 Tennessee 2 1 24 24.00 1 0.5 12.0
74 North Texas 3 1 36 36.00 0 0.3 12.0
77 Arkansas State 2 4 26 6.50 0 2.0 13.0
78 SMU 2 2 27 13.50 0 1.0 13.5
79 UCLA 3 6 42 7.00 0 2.0 14.0
80 Toledo 2 3 30 10.00 0 1.5 15.0
81 Eastern Michigan 4 6 69 11.50 0 1.5 17.3
82 Colorado State 2 7 37 5.29 0 3.5 18.5
83 Virginia 2 3 38 12.67 0 1.5 19.0
84 Washington 2 3 40 13.33 0 1.5 20.0
85 Wyoming 2 4 42 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
85 Western Kentucky 3 6 63 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
87 Duke 3 7 64 9.14 0 2.3 21.3
88 Missouri State 2 5 43 8.60 0 2.5 21.5
89 Navy 1 2 22 11.00 0 2.0 22.0
90 East Carolina 3 8 69 8.63 0 2.7 23.0
91 North Carolina 2 4 47 11.75 0 2.0 23.5
91 UTSA 2 4 47 11.75 0 2.0 23.5
93 Louisiana Tech 2 5 48 9.60 0 2.5 24.0
93 Massachusetts 1 2 24 12.00 0 2.0 24.0
95 UAB 3 2 73 36.50 0 0.7 24.3
96 Kent State 2 7 50 7.14 0 3.5 25.0
96 Kennesaw State 2 3 50 16.67 0 1.5 25.0
98 Rice 2 8 51 6.38 0 4.0 25.5
99 Central Michigan 2 3 53 17.67 0 1.5 26.5
100 Memphis 3 5 80 16.00 1 1.7 26.7
101 Marshall 3 7 82 11.71 0 2.3 27.3
102 Georgia State 2 2 55 27.50 0 1.0 27.5
103 Vanderbilt 2 4 56 14.00 1 2.0 28.0
104 California 2 5 62 12.40 0 2.5 31.0
105 Washington State 2 6 78 13.00 0 3.0 39.0
106 Troy 2 4 79 19.75 1 2.0 39.5
107 Air Force 1 1 40 40.00 0 1.0 40.0
108 Delaware 2 6 81 13.50 1 3.0 40.5
109 Old Dominion 2 3 85 28.33 0 1.5 42.5
110 San Diego State 2 7 86 12.29 0 3.5 43.0
111 Arizona State 2 3 98 32.67 1 1.5 49.0
112 San Jose State 3 6 148 24.67 0 2.0 49.3
113 Middle Tennessee State 2 7 103 14.71 0 3.5 51.5
114 Georgia Southern 2 4 113 28.25 1 2.0 56.5
115 Akron 2 6 124 20.67 0 3.0 62.0
116 UTEP 2 4 125 31.25 1 2.0 62.5
117 Bowling Green 2 11 128 11.64 1 5.5 64.0
118 Buffalo 2 12 133 11.08 0 6.0 66.5
119 Louisiana 2 6 151 25.17 1 3.0 75.5
120 Northern Illinois 2 7 193 27.57 2 3.5 96.5