2026 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 10/10/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 South Alabama 5 2 -4 -2.00 0 0.4 -0.8
2 Wake Forest 6 2 -3 -1.50 0 0.3 -0.5
2 Auburn 5 3 -3 -1.00 0 0.6 -0.6
4 New Mexico 4 1 -2 -2.00 0 0.3 -0.5
5 Utah 4 3 -1 -0.33 0 0.8 -0.3
6 Boise State 5 2 0 0.00 0 0.4 0.0
6 Cincinnati 4 3 0 0.00 0 0.8 0.0
8 Southern Miss 4 7 1 0.14 0 1.8 0.3
8 Nevada 4 1 1 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
8 Northwestern 4 1 1 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
11 Mississippi State 5 2 2 1.00 0 0.4 0.4
11 Baylor 4 2 2 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
11 Indiana 5 1 2 2.00 0 0.2 0.4
14 Oregon 4 4 3 0.75 0 1.0 0.8
14 Iowa 5 3 3 1.00 0 0.6 0.6
16 Notre Dame 6 3 4 1.33 0 0.5 0.7
17 BYU 4 1 5 5.00 0 0.3 1.3
18 Sacramento State 5 4 6 1.50 0 0.8 1.2
19 Nebraska 5 3 7 2.33 0 0.6 1.4
20 Georgia Tech 4 4 8 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
20 NC State 5 3 8 2.67 0 0.6 1.6
20 Syracuse 4 3 8 2.67 0 0.8 2.0
20 Missouri 5 1 8 8.00 0 0.2 1.6
24 Tulane 5 8 9 1.13 0 1.6 1.8
24 Jacksonville State 5 3 9 3.00 0 0.6 1.8
24 Florida Atlantic 4 2 9 4.50 0 0.5 2.3
27 Appalachian State 4 3 10 3.33 0 0.8 2.5
27 FIU 4 3 10 3.33 0 0.8 2.5
27 Oklahoma State 4 2 10 5.00 0 0.5 2.5
30 Utah State 5 7 12 1.71 0 1.4 2.4
30 South Carolina 5 3 12 4.00 0 0.6 2.4
32 Texas State 4 2 14 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
33 Texas A&M 6 9 16 1.78 0 1.5 2.7
33 Alabama 6 7 16 2.29 0 1.2 2.7
33 Coastal Carolina 5 4 16 4.00 0 0.8 3.2
33 Connecticut 5 2 16 8.00 0 0.4 3.2
33 Florida 5 2 16 8.00 0 0.4 3.2
38 Ball State 5 9 17 1.89 0 1.8 3.4
38 Liberty 5 2 17 8.50 0 0.4 3.4
40 Miami (FL) 4 3 18 6.00 0 0.8 4.5
41 Ohio State 6 4 19 4.75 0 0.7 3.2
41 Louisville 5 4 19 4.75 0 0.8 3.8
43 Arkansas 5 3 20 6.67 0 0.6 4.0
43 Georgia 5 3 20 6.67 0 0.6 4.0
45 West Virginia 5 2 21 10.50 0 0.4 4.2
46 Ole Miss 5 4 22 5.50 0 0.8 4.4
46 Navy 4 2 22 11.00 0 0.5 5.5
48 Florida State 5 5 23 4.60 0 1.0 4.6
48 Pittsburgh 5 5 23 4.60 0 1.0 4.6
50 Michigan 5 7 24 3.43 0 1.4 4.8
50 Clemson 5 4 24 6.00 0 0.8 4.8
50 Michigan State 6 2 24 12.00 0 0.3 4.0
50 Illinois 5 2 24 12.00 0 0.4 4.8
54 Oregon State 5 4 25 6.25 0 0.8 5.0
55 Texas Tech 4 2 26 13.00 0 0.5 6.5
55 Penn State 6 1 26 26.00 0 0.2 4.3
57 Tulsa 5 8 28 3.50 0 1.6 5.6
57 Arkansas State 5 5 28 5.60 0 1.0 5.6
57 New Mexico State 5 3 28 9.33 0 0.6 5.6
60 USF 5 7 29 4.14 0 1.4 5.8
60 Army 4 4 29 7.25 0 1.0 7.3
62 USC 7 5 30 6.00 0 0.7 4.3
62 Toledo 5 3 30 10.00 0 0.6 6.0
64 UNLV 6 8 31 3.88 0 1.3 5.2
64 Miami (OH) 5 4 31 7.75 0 0.8 6.2
64 Kansas 4 4 31 7.75 0 1.0 7.8
67 Fresno State 6 7 34 4.86 0 1.2 5.7
68 Minnesota 5 6 36 6.00 0 1.2 7.2
68 North Texas 5 1 36 36.00 0 0.2 7.2
70 Purdue 5 5 37 7.40 0 1.0 7.4
70 SMU 4 3 37 12.33 0 0.8 9.3
72 Temple 5 4 38 9.50 0 0.8 7.6
73 Houston 5 5 39 7.80 0 1.0 7.8
73 Wisconsin 4 4 39 9.75 0 1.0 9.8
75 Ohio 5 3 40 13.33 0 0.6 8.0
76 Western Michigan 5 4 41 10.25 0 0.8 8.2
77 James Madison 5 10 43 4.30 0 2.0 8.6
78 Louisiana Tech 4 7 44 6.29 0 1.8 11.0
79 UTSA 5 4 47 11.75 0 0.8 9.4
80 Kansas State 4 4 49 12.25 0 1.0 12.3
81 Oklahoma 5 10 51 5.10 0 2.0 10.2
81 Kentucky 5 6 51 8.50 0 1.2 10.2
81 TCU 4 5 51 10.20 0 1.3 12.8
84 North Dakota State 5 5 52 10.40 0 1.0 10.4
85 Hawaii 6 9 53 5.89 0 1.5 8.8
86 Colorado State 4 10 56 5.60 0 2.5 14.0
87 Wyoming 5 7 58 8.29 0 1.4 11.6
88 Virginia Tech 5 5 60 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
89 Massachusetts 4 6 61 10.17 0 1.5 15.3
89 Air Force 4 4 61 15.25 0 1.0 15.3
91 Stanford 6 8 64 8.00 0 1.3 10.7
92 Western Kentucky 5 8 68 8.50 0 1.6 13.6
92 LSU 5 6 68 11.33 1 1.2 13.6
94 Eastern Michigan 6 6 69 11.50 0 1.0 11.5
94 Charlotte 5 6 69 11.50 0 1.2 13.8
96 Delaware 4 9 72 8.00 1 2.3 18.0
97 Missouri State 4 9 73 8.11 0 2.3 18.3
98 Sam Houston State 4 8 75 9.38 0 2.0 18.8
98 Kennesaw State 4 4 75 18.75 0 1.0 18.8
100 Kent State 5 10 78 7.80 0 2.0 15.6
101 Tennessee 5 5 81 16.20 1 1.0 16.2
102 Texas 5 6 82 13.67 2 1.2 16.4
103 Troy 4 6 83 13.83 1 1.5 20.8
104 Old Dominion 5 5 88 17.60 0 1.0 17.6
105 Vanderbilt 5 10 92 9.20 2 2.0 18.4
105 Louisiana-Monroe 4 5 92 18.40 1 1.3 23.0
105 Georgia State 4 3 92 30.67 1 0.8 23.0
108 Virginia 5 10 94 9.40 0 2.0 18.8
108 East Carolina 4 9 94 10.44 0 2.3 23.5
108 UCF 5 8 94 11.75 0 1.6 18.8
108 UAB 5 6 94 15.67 0 1.2 18.8
112 Duke 4 8 97 12.13 0 2.0 24.3
112 Memphis 5 7 97 13.86 1 1.4 19.4
114 North Carolina 4 10 100 10.00 0 2.5 25.0
115 Iowa State 5 11 101 9.18 0 2.2 20.2
116 Marshall 5 9 104 11.56 0 1.8 20.8
117 Rice 5 15 105 7.00 0 3.0 21.0
118 UCLA 5 14 109 7.79 0 2.8 21.8
119 Arizona State 4 4 110 27.50 1 1.0 27.5
120 Washington 5 14 116 8.29 0 2.8 23.2
121 Boston College 4 9 127 14.11 0 2.3 31.8
122 Maryland 5 13 129 9.92 0 2.6 25.8
123 Washington State 5 14 130 9.29 0 2.8 26.0
124 Colorado 4 10 133 13.30 0 2.5 33.3
125 Central Michigan 5 11 136 12.36 0 2.2 27.2
126 Akron 5 9 146 16.22 0 1.8 29.2
127 Buffalo 4 15 147 9.80 0 3.8 36.8
128 San Diego State 5 14 153 10.93 0 2.8 30.6
129 Louisiana 5 9 156 17.33 1 1.8 31.2
130 California 5 10 161 16.10 1 2.0 32.2
131 Middle Tennessee State 4 11 167 15.18 0 2.8 41.8
132 UTEP 5 10 168 16.80 1 2.0 33.6
133 Bowling Green 5 14 182 13.00 1 2.8 36.4
134 Georgia Southern 5 6 184 30.67 2 1.2 36.8
135 San Jose State 5 10 192 19.20 0 2.0 38.4
136 Northern Illinois 4 7 193 27.57 2 1.8 48.3