2005 National Leaders Opponent Punting - All Games through 01/04/2006
| Name | G | Punts | Yards | Avg. | Punts/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ball State | 11 | 48 | 1756 | 36.58 | 4.4 | 159.6 |
| 2 | Mississippi | 11 | 59 | 2161 | 36.63 | 5.4 | 196.5 |
| 3 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 42 | 1542 | 36.71 | 3.8 | 140.2 |
| 4 | Fresno State | 13 | 65 | 2407 | 37.03 | 5.0 | 185.2 |
| 5 | Kentucky | 11 | 42 | 1560 | 37.14 | 3.8 | 141.8 |
| 6 | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 49 | 1834 | 37.43 | 4.5 | 166.7 |
| 7 | Syracuse | 11 | 71 | 2666 | 37.55 | 6.5 | 242.4 |
| 8 | Oregon State | 11 | 62 | 2329 | 37.56 | 5.6 | 211.7 |
| 9 | SMU | 11 | 53 | 1997 | 37.68 | 4.8 | 181.5 |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 52 | 1960 | 37.69 | 4.7 | 178.2 |
| 11 | Indiana | 11 | 61 | 2306 | 37.80 | 5.5 | 209.6 |
| 12 | Western Michigan | 11 | 52 | 1967 | 37.83 | 4.7 | 178.8 |
| 12 | Maryland | 11 | 54 | 2043 | 37.83 | 4.9 | 185.7 |
| 14 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 53 | 2006 | 37.85 | 4.4 | 167.2 |
| 15 | Washington | 11 | 44 | 1666 | 37.86 | 4.0 | 151.5 |
| 16 | Florida International | 11 | 48 | 1823 | 37.98 | 4.4 | 165.7 |
| 17 | TCU | 12 | 80 | 3039 | 37.99 | 6.7 | 253.3 |
| 18 | Army | 11 | 55 | 2090 | 38.00 | 5.0 | 190.0 |
| 19 | Oregon | 12 | 70 | 2662 | 38.03 | 5.8 | 221.8 |
| 20 | Virginia | 12 | 56 | 2133 | 38.09 | 4.7 | 177.8 |
| 21 | BYU | 12 | 58 | 2217 | 38.22 | 4.8 | 184.8 |
| 22 | Marshall | 11 | 58 | 2219 | 38.26 | 5.3 | 201.7 |
| 23 | Wake Forest | 11 | 69 | 2646 | 38.35 | 6.3 | 240.5 |
| 24 | New Mexico | 11 | 55 | 2114 | 38.44 | 5.0 | 192.2 |
| 25 | North Texas | 11 | 42 | 1617 | 38.50 | 3.8 | 147.0 |
| 26 | Arkansas State | 12 | 60 | 2323 | 38.72 | 5.0 | 193.6 |
| 27 | Utah State | 11 | 46 | 1782 | 38.74 | 4.2 | 162.0 |
| 28 | Toledo | 12 | 63 | 2441 | 38.75 | 5.3 | 203.4 |
| 29 | Central Michigan | 11 | 71 | 2753 | 38.77 | 6.5 | 250.3 |
| 30 | Cincinnati | 11 | 59 | 2290 | 38.81 | 5.4 | 208.2 |
| 31 | Utah | 12 | 76 | 2950 | 38.82 | 6.3 | 245.8 |
| 32 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 50 | 1942 | 38.84 | 4.5 | 176.5 |
| 33 | Louisville | 12 | 68 | 2642 | 38.85 | 5.7 | 220.2 |
| 34 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 83 | 3231 | 38.93 | 6.9 | 269.3 |
| 35 | Duke | 11 | 45 | 1755 | 39.00 | 4.1 | 159.5 |
| 35 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 65 | 2535 | 39.00 | 5.9 | 230.5 |
| 37 | Navy | 12 | 51 | 1991 | 39.04 | 4.3 | 165.9 |
| 38 | Boston College | 12 | 80 | 3124 | 39.05 | 6.7 | 260.3 |
| 39 | Kent State | 11 | 62 | 2423 | 39.08 | 5.6 | 220.3 |
| 40 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 62 | 2427 | 39.15 | 5.2 | 202.3 |
| 41 | Texas | 13 | 89 | 3485 | 39.16 | 6.8 | 268.1 |
| 42 | Minnesota | 12 | 61 | 2390 | 39.18 | 5.1 | 199.2 |
| 42 | Akron | 13 | 91 | 3565 | 39.18 | 7.0 | 274.2 |
| 44 | Rice | 11 | 41 | 1608 | 39.22 | 3.7 | 146.2 |
| 45 | Stanford | 11 | 53 | 2080 | 39.25 | 4.8 | 189.1 |
| 45 | Mississippi State | 11 | 60 | 2355 | 39.25 | 5.5 | 214.1 |
| 45 | Georgia | 13 | 80 | 3140 | 39.25 | 6.2 | 241.5 |
| 48 | Florida | 12 | 64 | 2514 | 39.28 | 5.3 | 209.5 |
| 49 | Rutgers | 12 | 64 | 2517 | 39.33 | 5.3 | 209.8 |
| 50 | California | 12 | 80 | 3148 | 39.35 | 6.7 | 262.3 |
| 51 | Florida State | 13 | 95 | 3744 | 39.41 | 7.3 | 288.0 |
| 52 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 59 | 2326 | 39.42 | 5.4 | 211.5 |
| 53 | West Virginia | 12 | 67 | 2642 | 39.43 | 5.6 | 220.2 |
| 54 | UCLA | 12 | 57 | 2248 | 39.44 | 4.8 | 187.3 |
| 54 | Tulsa | 13 | 62 | 2445 | 39.44 | 4.8 | 188.1 |
| 56 | Temple | 11 | 25 | 987 | 39.48 | 2.3 | 89.7 |
| 57 | Buffalo | 11 | 62 | 2450 | 39.52 | 5.6 | 222.7 |
| 58 | Iowa State | 12 | 65 | 2570 | 39.54 | 5.4 | 214.2 |
| 59 | Boise State | 13 | 76 | 3010 | 39.61 | 5.8 | 231.5 |
| 60 | Nevada | 12 | 62 | 2458 | 39.65 | 5.2 | 204.8 |
| 60 | Michigan State | 11 | 57 | 2260 | 39.65 | 5.2 | 205.5 |
| 62 | North Carolina State | 12 | 83 | 3306 | 39.83 | 6.9 | 275.5 |
| 63 | Baylor | 11 | 56 | 2232 | 39.86 | 5.1 | 202.9 |
| 64 | San Diego State | 12 | 61 | 2433 | 39.89 | 5.1 | 202.8 |
| 65 | New Mexico State | 12 | 45 | 1797 | 39.93 | 3.8 | 149.8 |
| 66 | Ohio State | 12 | 84 | 3356 | 39.95 | 7.0 | 279.7 |
| 67 | Wisconsin | 13 | 71 | 2838 | 39.97 | 5.5 | 218.3 |
| 67 | Washington State | 11 | 66 | 2638 | 39.97 | 6.0 | 239.8 |
| 69 | Connecticut | 11 | 81 | 3239 | 39.99 | 7.4 | 294.5 |
| 70 | Memphis | 12 | 64 | 2561 | 40.02 | 5.3 | 213.4 |
| 71 | LSU | 13 | 90 | 3605 | 40.06 | 6.9 | 277.3 |
| 72 | UAB | 11 | 45 | 1803 | 40.07 | 4.1 | 163.9 |
| 73 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 11 | 48 | 1925 | 40.10 | 4.4 | 175.0 |
| 74 | Arizona | 11 | 61 | 2450 | 40.16 | 5.5 | 222.7 |
| 75 | Ohio | 11 | 54 | 2169 | 40.17 | 4.9 | 197.2 |
| 76 | Arkansas | 11 | 63 | 2532 | 40.19 | 5.7 | 230.2 |
| 77 | Auburn | 12 | 67 | 2699 | 40.28 | 5.6 | 224.9 |
| 78 | Troy | 11 | 60 | 2419 | 40.32 | 5.5 | 219.9 |
| 79 | Tennessee | 11 | 62 | 2503 | 40.37 | 5.6 | 227.5 |
| 80 | Colorado | 13 | 72 | 2909 | 40.40 | 5.5 | 223.8 |
| 81 | San Jose State | 11 | 54 | 2183 | 40.43 | 4.9 | 198.5 |
| 82 | Texas A&M | 11 | 40 | 1618 | 40.45 | 3.6 | 147.1 |
| 83 | Texas Tech | 12 | 68 | 2756 | 40.53 | 5.7 | 229.7 |
| 84 | Kansas State | 11 | 71 | 2879 | 40.55 | 6.5 | 261.7 |
| 85 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 44 | 1787 | 40.61 | 4.0 | 162.5 |
| 86 | South Florida | 12 | 76 | 3087 | 40.62 | 6.3 | 257.3 |
| 87 | Bowling Green | 11 | 56 | 2278 | 40.68 | 5.1 | 207.1 |
| 88 | Wyoming | 11 | 57 | 2324 | 40.77 | 5.2 | 211.3 |
| 89 | South Carolina | 12 | 48 | 1958 | 40.79 | 4.0 | 163.2 |
| 89 | East Carolina | 11 | 48 | 1958 | 40.79 | 4.4 | 178.0 |
| 91 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 55 | 2248 | 40.87 | 5.0 | 204.4 |
| 92 | Iowa | 12 | 73 | 2985 | 40.89 | 6.1 | 248.8 |
| 93 | Northwestern | 12 | 47 | 1925 | 40.96 | 3.9 | 160.4 |
| 94 | UCF | 13 | 53 | 2173 | 41.00 | 4.1 | 167.2 |
| 95 | Notre Dame | 12 | 61 | 2503 | 41.03 | 5.1 | 208.6 |
| 96 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 55 | 2259 | 41.07 | 5.0 | 205.4 |
| 97 | UTEP | 12 | 68 | 2796 | 41.12 | 5.7 | 233.0 |
| 98 | USC | 13 | 61 | 2510 | 41.15 | 4.7 | 193.1 |
| 99 | Idaho | 11 | 53 | 2185 | 41.23 | 4.8 | 198.6 |
| 100 | North Carolina | 11 | 61 | 2520 | 41.31 | 5.5 | 229.1 |
| 101 | Hawai'i | 12 | 42 | 1738 | 41.38 | 3.5 | 144.8 |
| 102 | Air Force | 11 | 39 | 1616 | 41.44 | 3.5 | 146.9 |
| 103 | UNLV | 11 | 49 | 2034 | 41.51 | 4.5 | 184.9 |
| 104 | Penn State | 12 | 84 | 3491 | 41.56 | 7.0 | 290.9 |
| 105 | Houston | 12 | 56 | 2338 | 41.75 | 4.7 | 194.8 |
| 105 | Missouri | 12 | 72 | 3006 | 41.75 | 6.0 | 250.5 |
| 107 | Michigan | 12 | 70 | 2926 | 41.80 | 5.8 | 243.8 |
| 108 | Purdue | 11 | 57 | 2385 | 41.84 | 5.2 | 216.8 |
| 109 | Clemson | 12 | 68 | 2857 | 42.01 | 5.7 | 238.1 |
| 110 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 83 | 3493 | 42.08 | 6.4 | 268.7 |
| 111 | Arizona State | 12 | 50 | 2112 | 42.24 | 4.2 | 176.0 |
| 112 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 79 | 3341 | 42.29 | 6.6 | 278.4 |
| 113 | Kansas | 12 | 92 | 3898 | 42.37 | 7.7 | 324.8 |
| 114 | Alabama | 12 | 79 | 3352 | 42.43 | 6.6 | 279.3 |
| 115 | Illinois | 11 | 44 | 1870 | 42.50 | 4.0 | 170.0 |
| 116 | Colorado State | 12 | 42 | 1786 | 42.52 | 3.5 | 148.8 |
| 117 | Oklahoma | 12 | 79 | 3370 | 42.66 | 6.6 | 280.8 |
| 118 | Nebraska | 12 | 80 | 3425 | 42.81 | 6.7 | 285.4 |
| 119 | Tulane | 11 | 56 | 2429 | 43.38 | 5.1 | 220.8 |