2026 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 10/10/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 South Alabama 1 1 -11 -11.00 0 1.0 -11.0
2 Wake Forest 5 2 -3 -1.50 0 0.4 -0.6
2 Auburn 4 3 -3 -1.00 0 0.8 -0.8
4 New Mexico 1 1 -2 -2.00 0 1.0 -2.0
4 Southern Miss 1 2 -2 -1.00 0 2.0 -2.0
6 Utah 4 3 -1 -0.33 0 0.8 -0.3
7 Georgia 4 1 0 0.00 0 0.3 0.0
7 Boise State 3 2 0 0.00 0 0.7 0.0
7 Syracuse 3 2 0 0.00 0 0.7 0.0
7 Cincinnati 3 3 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
11 Northwestern 3 1 1 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
12 Mississippi State 4 2 2 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
12 Baylor 3 2 2 1.00 0 0.7 0.7
12 Indiana 3 1 2 2.00 0 0.3 0.7
15 Oregon 4 4 3 0.75 0 1.0 0.8
15 Stanford 4 4 3 0.75 0 1.0 0.8
15 Iowa 4 3 3 1.00 0 0.8 0.8
15 Connecticut 2 1 3 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
15 Texas State 2 1 3 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
20 Notre Dame 5 3 4 1.33 0 0.6 0.8
21 Tulane 2 5 5 1.00 0 2.5 2.5
21 Sacramento State 1 2 5 2.50 0 2.0 5.0
21 BYU 4 1 5 5.00 0 0.3 1.3
21 Illinois 4 1 5 5.00 0 0.3 1.3
21 Rice 1 1 5 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
26 Nebraska 3 3 7 2.33 0 1.0 2.3
27 Georgia Tech 4 4 8 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
27 NC State 4 3 8 2.67 0 0.8 2.0
27 Appalachian State 1 2 8 4.00 0 2.0 8.0
27 Missouri 4 1 8 8.00 0 0.3 2.0
31 Western Michigan 2 2 9 4.50 0 1.0 4.5
31 UNLV 1 2 9 4.50 0 2.0 9.0
31 Ohio 1 1 9 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
34 Ball State 2 6 10 1.67 0 3.0 5.0
35 Oklahoma State 3 1 11 11.00 0 0.3 3.7
36 Utah State 4 6 12 2.00 0 1.5 3.0
36 Tulsa 2 5 12 2.40 0 2.5 6.0
36 James Madison 1 4 12 3.00 0 4.0 12.0
36 South Carolina 4 3 12 4.00 0 0.8 3.0
36 Georgia State 1 1 12 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
41 Alabama 5 6 16 2.67 0 1.2 3.2
41 Florida 4 2 16 8.00 0 0.5 4.0
43 Miami (FL) 3 3 18 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
43 Marshall 1 2 18 9.00 0 2.0 18.0
45 Louisville 5 4 19 4.75 0 0.8 3.8
45 Ohio State 4 4 19 4.75 0 1.0 4.8
45 Oregon State 4 3 19 6.33 0 0.8 4.8
48 Arkansas 4 3 20 6.67 0 0.8 5.0
49 Purdue 4 3 21 7.00 0 0.8 5.3
49 West Virginia 4 2 21 10.50 0 0.5 5.3
51 Texas A&M 5 8 22 2.75 0 1.6 4.4
51 Ole Miss 4 4 22 5.50 0 1.0 5.5
51 Temple 1 2 22 11.00 0 2.0 22.0
51 Texas Tech 3 1 22 22.00 0 0.3 7.3
55 Florida State 4 5 23 4.60 0 1.3 5.8
56 Michigan 3 6 24 4.00 0 2.0 8.0
56 Fresno State 3 5 24 4.80 0 1.7 8.0
56 Miami (OH) 2 3 24 8.00 0 1.5 12.0
56 Michigan State 3 2 24 12.00 0 0.7 8.0
56 Massachusetts 1 2 24 12.00 0 2.0 24.0
56 Kennesaw State 1 1 24 24.00 0 1.0 24.0
62 Pittsburgh 4 4 25 6.25 0 1.0 6.3
63 Arkansas State 1 4 26 6.50 0 4.0 26.0
63 Penn State 3 1 26 26.00 0 0.3 8.7
65 Colorado State 2 4 27 6.75 0 2.0 13.5
65 Minnesota 4 3 27 9.00 0 0.8 6.8
65 Wisconsin 2 3 27 9.00 0 1.5 13.5
65 East Carolina 1 3 27 9.00 0 3.0 27.0
69 USC 5 4 28 7.00 0 0.8 5.6
70 Clemson 4 3 29 9.67 0 0.8 7.3
71 Toledo 2 3 30 10.00 0 1.5 15.0
72 Kansas 3 4 31 7.75 0 1.3 10.3
72 Eastern Michigan 2 1 31 31.00 0 0.5 15.5
74 Wyoming 1 3 34 11.33 0 3.0 34.0
75 TCU 3 3 35 11.67 0 1.0 11.7
76 Oklahoma 3 8 36 4.50 0 2.7 12.0
76 Georgia Southern 2 4 36 9.00 0 2.0 18.0
76 North Texas 2 1 36 36.00 0 0.5 18.0
79 SMU 3 3 37 12.33 0 1.0 12.3
80 Hawaii 2 5 38 7.60 0 2.5 19.0
81 Houston 4 5 39 7.80 0 1.3 9.8
82 Western Kentucky 2 4 44 11.00 0 2.0 22.0
83 UTSA 3 4 47 11.75 0 1.3 15.7
84 Louisiana Tech 2 5 48 9.60 0 2.5 24.0
84 Middle Tennessee State 1 2 48 24.00 0 2.0 48.0
86 Kansas State 3 4 49 12.25 0 1.3 16.3
87 Central Michigan 1 3 50 16.67 0 3.0 50.0
88 Kentucky 4 6 51 8.50 0 1.5 12.8
89 Kent State 2 8 60 7.50 0 4.0 30.0
89 Virginia Tech 4 5 60 12.00 0 1.3 15.0
89 Sam Houston State 1 5 60 12.00 0 5.0 60.0
92 UAB 1 1 65 65.00 0 1.0 65.0
93 LSU 4 5 66 13.20 1 1.3 16.5
94 Missouri State 2 7 67 9.57 0 3.5 33.5
95 Delaware 2 7 71 10.14 1 3.5 35.5
96 Troy 2 4 72 18.00 1 2.0 36.0
96 Memphis 1 2 72 36.00 1 2.0 72.0
98 Old Dominion 1 2 78 39.00 0 2.0 78.0
99 North Carolina 3 8 80 10.00 0 2.7 26.7
100 Tennessee 4 5 81 16.20 1 1.3 20.3
101 Texas 4 6 82 13.67 2 1.5 20.5
102 Duke 3 6 85 14.17 0 2.0 28.3
103 Vanderbilt 4 7 86 12.29 1 1.8 21.5
104 Virginia 4 10 94 9.40 0 2.5 23.5
104 UCF 4 8 94 11.75 0 2.0 23.5
106 Louisiana 1 3 99 33.00 1 3.0 99.0
107 Iowa State 4 11 101 9.18 0 2.8 25.3
108 UCLA 5 14 109 7.79 0 2.8 21.8
108 Buffalo 1 8 109 13.63 0 8.0 109.0
110 Arizona State 3 4 110 27.50 1 1.3 36.7
111 Maryland 4 12 111 9.25 0 3.0 27.8
112 Washington 5 14 116 8.29 0 2.8 23.2
113 San Diego State 3 10 122 12.20 0 3.3 40.7
114 Akron 2 6 124 20.67 0 3.0 62.0
115 Boston College 4 9 127 14.11 0 2.3 31.8
116 Bowling Green 2 11 128 11.64 1 5.5 64.0
117 Washington State 5 14 130 9.29 0 2.8 26.0
118 San Jose State 2 4 132 33.00 0 2.0 66.0
119 Colorado 4 10 133 13.30 0 2.5 33.3
120 UTEP 3 7 137 19.57 1 2.3 45.7
121 California 4 8 140 17.50 1 2.0 35.0
122 Northern Illinois 2 7 193 27.57 2 3.5 96.5