2026 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 09/19/2026
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Army | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 3 | Old Dominion | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 4 | USF | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| 5 | Rutgers | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| 6 | Louisville | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 6 | South Carolina | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.5 |
| 8 | Tulane | 3 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.3 |
| 9 | UTSA | 2 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.5 |
| 10 | Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 11 | UCF | 2 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.5 |
| 12 | Iowa | 2 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 17.5 |
| 13 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| 13 | Navy | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 15 | Fresno State | 3 | 5 | 61 | 12.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 20.3 |
| 16 | Kennesaw State | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.5 |
| 17 | Washington | 2 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.0 |
| 17 | Western Michigan | 2 | 3 | 38 | 12.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 19.0 |
| 19 | Charlotte | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 19 | Troy | 2 | 5 | 65 | 13.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 32.5 |
| 21 | Ohio State | 3 | 5 | 67 | 13.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 22.3 |
| 22 | Ohio | 3 | 3 | 42 | 14.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 23 | Nevada | 2 | 6 | 85 | 14.17 | 0 | 3.0 | 42.5 |
| 24 | Alabama | 3 | 5 | 71 | 14.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 23.7 |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| 25 | Memphis | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| 25 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| 25 | Arkansas State | 2 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.5 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 2 | 3 | 45 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 22.5 |
| 30 | FIU | 3 | 4 | 61 | 15.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 20.3 |
| 31 | Penn State | 3 | 5 | 78 | 15.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 26.0 |
| 32 | Northwestern | 1 | 4 | 63 | 15.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 63.0 |
| 33 | Indiana | 2 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| 33 | New Mexico | 2 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 33 | Ball State | 2 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.0 |
| 36 | Texas Tech | 2 | 4 | 65 | 16.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 32.5 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 2 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.5 |
| 38 | Sacramento State | 3 | 5 | 82 | 16.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 27.3 |
| 39 | Clemson | 3 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.0 |
| 39 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.0 |
| 39 | Baylor | 2 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.5 |
| 42 | Wake Forest | 3 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 22.3 |
| 43 | East Carolina | 3 | 7 | 118 | 16.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 39.3 |
| 44 | Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 44 | Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 44 | Missouri | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 47 | Notre Dame | 3 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 40.3 |
| 48 | NC State | 2 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.0 |
| 48 | Wisconsin | 2 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 26.0 |
| 50 | North Dakota State | 3 | 3 | 53 | 17.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.7 |
| 51 | Ole Miss | 3 | 4 | 71 | 17.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.7 |
| 52 | Illinois | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| 52 | Temple | 2 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 |
| 52 | Miami (FL) | 2 | 3 | 54 | 18.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.0 |
| 52 | Maryland | 2 | 5 | 90 | 18.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.0 |
| 56 | Sam Houston State | 2 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 45.5 |
| 57 | Houston | 2 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 36.5 |
| 58 | Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.5 |
| 58 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 18.5 |
| 58 | USC | 4 | 6 | 111 | 18.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 27.8 |
| 61 | Hawaii | 3 | 7 | 132 | 18.86 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.0 |
| 62 | UCLA | 3 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.7 |
| 62 | Liberty | 2 | 4 | 76 | 19.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| 64 | Purdue | 2 | 6 | 116 | 19.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 58.0 |
| 65 | Michigan | 3 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 13.0 |
| 65 | Iowa State | 2 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.5 |
| 67 | Texas A&M | 3 | 4 | 79 | 19.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.3 |
| 68 | Georgia State | 2 | 10 | 198 | 19.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 99.0 |
| 69 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| 69 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| 69 | Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.0 |
| 69 | Texas State | 3 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 26.7 |
| 69 | James Madison | 2 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 40.0 |
| 74 | Texas | 3 | 5 | 101 | 20.20 | 0 | 1.7 | 33.7 |
| 75 | Duke | 3 | 4 | 81 | 20.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 27.0 |
| 76 | Florida State | 3 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 20.3 |
| 76 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 30.5 |
| 78 | Southern Miss | 2 | 5 | 103 | 20.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 51.5 |
| 79 | Boise State | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.5 |
| 79 | Utah | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 10.5 |
| 79 | Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 79 | Washington State | 2 | 3 | 63 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 31.5 |
| 83 | Delaware | 2 | 5 | 106 | 21.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 53.0 |
| 84 | Middle Tennessee State | 2 | 5 | 107 | 21.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 53.5 |
| 84 | North Texas | 3 | 10 | 214 | 21.40 | 0 | 3.3 | 71.3 |
| 86 | South Alabama | 2 | 9 | 193 | 21.44 | 0 | 4.5 | 96.5 |
| 87 | Georgia | 2 | 2 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.5 |
| 88 | Michigan State | 3 | 3 | 65 | 21.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.7 |
| 88 | Florida | 2 | 3 | 65 | 21.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 32.5 |
| 90 | North Carolina | 2 | 4 | 87 | 21.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 43.5 |
| 91 | San Jose State | 3 | 4 | 88 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 29.3 |
| 92 | Mississippi State | 3 | 7 | 157 | 22.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 52.3 |
| 93 | Stanford | 3 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 15.0 |
| 94 | UAB | 3 | 5 | 114 | 22.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 38.0 |
| 94 | Missouri State | 2 | 5 | 114 | 22.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 57.0 |
| 94 | Tulsa | 2 | 5 | 114 | 22.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 57.0 |
| 97 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.5 |
| 98 | Colorado State | 2 | 4 | 93 | 23.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.5 |
| 99 | UTEP | 2 | 2 | 47 | 23.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 23.5 |
| 100 | Oklahoma | 3 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 8.0 |
| 100 | TCU | 2 | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 12.0 |
| 102 | LSU | 3 | 4 | 97 | 24.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 32.3 |
| 103 | Central Michigan | 2 | 3 | 73 | 24.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 36.5 |
| 104 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 8 | 196 | 24.50 | 0 | 2.7 | 65.3 |
| 105 | Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 12.5 |
| 106 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 6 | 153 | 25.50 | 0 | 3.0 | 76.5 |
| 107 | Oregon State | 2 | 5 | 131 | 26.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 65.5 |
| 108 | Virginia | 2 | 2 | 54 | 27.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 27.0 |
| 109 | UNLV | 3 | 3 | 82 | 27.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 27.3 |
| 110 | Rice | 2 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 14.0 |
| 111 | California | 2 | 3 | 85 | 28.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 42.5 |
| 111 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 6 | 170 | 28.33 | 1 | 2.0 | 56.7 |
| 113 | Toledo | 2 | 5 | 143 | 28.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 71.5 |
| 114 | SMU | 2 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 14.5 |
| 115 | Akron | 2 | 2 | 59 | 29.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 29.5 |
| 116 | New Mexico State | 2 | 6 | 179 | 29.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 89.5 |
| 117 | Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 62 | 31.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 31.0 |
| 118 | Cincinnati | 2 | 4 | 129 | 32.25 | 1 | 2.0 | 64.5 |
| 119 | Marshall | 3 | 1 | 34 | 34.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 11.3 |
| 119 | BYU | 2 | 1 | 34 | 34.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 17.0 |
| 121 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 6 | 214 | 35.67 | 1 | 2.0 | 71.3 |
| 122 | Bowling Green | 2 | 4 | 168 | 42.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 84.0 |
| 123 | Colorado | 2 | 4 | 184 | 46.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 92.0 |
| 124 | Kansas | 2 | 2 | 118 | 59.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 59.0 |