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

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Texas A&M 1 1 -6 -6.00 0 1.0 -6.0
2 Clemson 1 1 -5 -5.00 0 1.0 -5.0
3 Louisiana Tech 2 2 -4 -2.00 0 1.0 -2.0
4 Pittsburgh 1 1 -2 -2.00 0 1.0 -2.0
5 Oklahoma State 1 1 -1 -1.00 0 1.0 -1.0
6 Michigan 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0
6 Alabama 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
6 Utah State 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
9 Sacramento State 4 2 1 0.50 0 0.5 0.3
9 Delaware 2 2 1 0.50 0 1.0 0.5
9 Nevada 4 1 1 1.00 0 0.3 0.3
12 Arkansas State 4 1 2 2.00 0 0.3 0.5
12 Appalachian State 3 1 2 2.00 0 0.3 0.7
12 USC 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
12 LSU 1 1 2 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
16 Southern Miss 3 5 3 0.60 0 1.7 1.0
17 Tulane 3 3 4 1.33 0 1.0 1.3
17 Texas Tech 1 1 4 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
19 Vanderbilt 1 3 6 2.00 1 3.0 6.0
19 Missouri State 2 2 6 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
19 Oregon State 1 1 6 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
22 Ball State 3 3 7 2.33 0 1.0 2.3
22 South Alabama 4 1 7 7.00 0 0.3 1.8
22 Miami (OH) 3 1 7 7.00 0 0.3 2.3
25 Syracuse 1 1 8 8.00 0 1.0 8.0
26 Jacksonville State 5 3 9 3.00 0 0.6 1.8
26 Minnesota 1 3 9 3.00 0 3.0 9.0
26 Florida Atlantic 3 2 9 4.50 0 0.7 3.0
29 FIU 4 3 10 3.33 0 0.8 2.5
29 Old Dominion 4 3 10 3.33 0 0.8 2.5
29 Fresno State 3 2 10 5.00 0 0.7 3.3
32 Troy 2 2 11 5.50 0 1.0 5.5
32 Texas State 2 1 11 11.00 0 0.5 5.5
34 Duke 1 2 12 6.00 0 2.0 12.0
34 Wisconsin 2 1 12 12.00 0 0.5 6.0
36 Connecticut 3 1 13 13.00 0 0.3 4.3
37 Hawaii 4 4 15 3.75 0 1.0 3.8
37 Sam Houston State 3 3 15 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
37 Oklahoma 2 2 15 7.50 0 1.0 7.5
40 Coastal Carolina 4 4 16 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
40 Tulsa 3 3 16 5.33 0 1.0 5.3
40 Temple 4 2 16 8.00 0 0.5 4.0
40 Purdue 1 2 16 8.00 0 2.0 16.0
40 TCU 1 2 16 8.00 0 2.0 16.0
45 Liberty 5 2 17 8.50 0 0.4 3.4
46 Kent State 3 2 18 9.00 0 0.7 6.0
46 Maryland 1 1 18 18.00 0 1.0 18.0
48 Illinois 1 1 19 19.00 0 1.0 19.0
49 Georgia 1 2 20 10.00 0 2.0 20.0
49 North Carolina 1 2 20 10.00 0 2.0 20.0
51 California 1 2 21 10.50 0 2.0 21.0
52 UNLV 5 6 22 3.67 0 1.2 4.4
52 Akron 3 3 22 7.33 0 1.0 7.3
52 Navy 4 2 22 11.00 0 0.5 5.5
55 Wyoming 4 4 24 6.00 0 1.0 6.0
55 Western Kentucky 3 4 24 6.00 0 1.3 8.0
57 Memphis 4 5 25 5.00 0 1.3 6.3
58 New Mexico State 4 3 28 9.33 0 0.8 7.0
59 USF 5 7 29 4.14 0 1.4 5.8
59 Colorado State 2 6 29 4.83 0 3.0 14.5
59 UAB 4 5 29 5.80 0 1.3 7.3
59 Army 4 4 29 7.25 0 1.0 7.3
63 James Madison 4 6 31 5.17 0 1.5 7.8
63 San Diego State 2 4 31 7.75 0 2.0 15.5
63 UTEP 2 3 31 10.33 0 1.5 15.5
63 Ohio 4 2 31 15.50 0 0.5 7.8
67 Western Michigan 3 2 32 16.00 0 0.7 10.7
68 Massachusetts 3 4 37 9.25 0 1.3 12.3
69 Buffalo 3 7 38 5.43 0 2.3 12.7
69 Eastern Michigan 4 5 38 7.60 0 1.3 9.5
71 Kennesaw State 3 3 51 17.00 0 1.0 17.0
72 North Dakota State 5 5 52 10.40 0 1.0 10.4
73 Bowling Green 3 3 54 18.00 0 1.0 18.0
74 Louisiana 4 6 57 9.50 0 1.5 14.3
75 San Jose State 3 6 60 10.00 0 2.0 20.0
76 Air Force 4 4 61 15.25 0 1.0 15.3
76 Stanford 2 4 61 15.25 0 2.0 30.5
78 East Carolina 3 6 67 11.17 0 2.0 22.3
79 Charlotte 4 6 69 11.50 0 1.5 17.3
80 Georgia State 3 2 80 40.00 1 0.7 26.7
81 Central Michigan 4 8 86 10.75 0 2.0 21.5
81 Marshall 4 7 86 12.29 0 1.8 21.5
83 Louisiana-Monroe 3 5 92 18.40 1 1.7 30.7
84 Rice 4 14 100 7.14 0 3.5 25.0
85 Middle Tennessee State 3 9 119 13.22 0 3.0 39.7
86 Georgia Southern 3 2 148 74.00 2 0.7 49.3