2008 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - All Games through 11/15/2008
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | 11 | 48 | 783 | 16.31 | 0 | 4.4 | 71.2 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 10 | 44 | 723 | 16.43 | 0 | 4.4 | 72.3 |
| 3 | LSU | 10 | 55 | 948 | 17.24 | 0 | 5.5 | 94.8 |
| 4 | Kansas State | 11 | 40 | 702 | 17.55 | 0 | 3.6 | 63.8 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 10 | 52 | 913 | 17.56 | 0 | 5.2 | 91.3 |
| 6 | Troy | 10 | 51 | 900 | 17.65 | 0 | 5.1 | 90.0 |
| 7 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 41 | 740 | 18.05 | 0 | 4.1 | 74.0 |
| 8 | Minnesota | 11 | 52 | 957 | 18.40 | 1 | 4.7 | 87.0 |
| 9 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 44 | 811 | 18.43 | 0 | 4.4 | 81.1 |
| 10 | Temple | 10 | 37 | 683 | 18.46 | 0 | 3.7 | 68.3 |
| 11 | Western Michigan | 11 | 55 | 1019 | 18.53 | 0 | 5.0 | 92.6 |
| 12 | Oregon | 11 | 49 | 916 | 18.69 | 0 | 4.5 | 83.3 |
| 13 | San Jose State | 11 | 39 | 734 | 18.82 | 1 | 3.5 | 66.7 |
| 13 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 51 | 960 | 18.82 | 1 | 5.7 | 106.7 |
| 15 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 46 | 868 | 18.87 | 1 | 4.6 | 86.8 |
| 16 | Marshall | 10 | 40 | 755 | 18.88 | 0 | 4.0 | 75.5 |
| 17 | Houston | 10 | 61 | 1152 | 18.89 | 0 | 6.1 | 115.2 |
| 18 | Baylor | 11 | 48 | 912 | 19.00 | 0 | 4.4 | 82.9 |
| 19 | Ohio | 10 | 38 | 723 | 19.03 | 0 | 3.8 | 72.3 |
| 20 | TCU | 11 | 59 | 1124 | 19.05 | 0 | 5.4 | 102.2 |
| 21 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 46 | 878 | 19.09 | 0 | 4.6 | 87.8 |
| 22 | New Mexico | 12 | 43 | 822 | 19.12 | 0 | 3.6 | 68.5 |
| 23 | Mississippi State | 10 | 32 | 612 | 19.13 | 0 | 3.2 | 61.2 |
| 24 | Arkansas State | 9 | 51 | 986 | 19.33 | 1 | 5.7 | 109.6 |
| 25 | Boise State | 10 | 59 | 1141 | 19.34 | 0 | 5.9 | 114.1 |
| 26 | Ball State | 10 | 59 | 1144 | 19.39 | 0 | 5.9 | 114.4 |
| 27 | Arizona | 10 | 52 | 1010 | 19.42 | 0 | 5.2 | 101.0 |
| 28 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 10 | 55 | 1071 | 19.47 | 1 | 5.5 | 107.1 |
| 29 | Southern Mississippi | 11 | 47 | 916 | 19.49 | 0 | 4.3 | 83.3 |
| 30 | Air Force | 11 | 36 | 702 | 19.50 | 0 | 3.3 | 63.8 |
| 30 | San Diego State | 11 | 42 | 819 | 19.50 | 0 | 3.8 | 74.5 |
| 32 | Northwestern | 11 | 50 | 976 | 19.52 | 0 | 4.5 | 88.7 |
| 33 | Oregon State | 10 | 61 | 1192 | 19.54 | 0 | 6.1 | 119.2 |
| 34 | Memphis | 10 | 53 | 1040 | 19.62 | 1 | 5.3 | 104.0 |
| 35 | Utah | 11 | 32 | 628 | 19.63 | 0 | 2.9 | 57.1 |
| 36 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 46 | 905 | 19.67 | 0 | 4.2 | 82.3 |
| 37 | USC | 10 | 29 | 575 | 19.83 | 0 | 2.9 | 57.5 |
| 38 | Louisville | 10 | 43 | 855 | 19.88 | 0 | 4.3 | 85.5 |
| 39 | Rutgers | 10 | 45 | 897 | 19.93 | 0 | 4.5 | 89.7 |
| 40 | Cincinnati | 10 | 44 | 886 | 20.14 | 0 | 4.4 | 88.6 |
| 41 | Iowa | 11 | 43 | 867 | 20.16 | 0 | 3.9 | 78.8 |
| 42 | Rice | 10 | 65 | 1315 | 20.23 | 0 | 6.5 | 131.5 |
| 43 | UCF | 10 | 35 | 710 | 20.29 | 0 | 3.5 | 71.0 |
| 44 | Tennessee | 10 | 32 | 650 | 20.31 | 0 | 3.2 | 65.0 |
| 45 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 38 | 772 | 20.32 | 0 | 3.8 | 77.2 |
| 46 | Washington | 10 | 24 | 488 | 20.33 | 0 | 2.4 | 48.8 |
| 47 | Wake Forest | 10 | 37 | 753 | 20.35 | 0 | 3.7 | 75.3 |
| 48 | New Mexico State | 10 | 40 | 815 | 20.38 | 0 | 4.0 | 81.5 |
| 49 | Clemson | 10 | 48 | 982 | 20.46 | 0 | 4.8 | 98.2 |
| 50 | Bowling Green | 10 | 43 | 880 | 20.47 | 0 | 4.3 | 88.0 |
| 51 | SMU | 11 | 43 | 882 | 20.51 | 0 | 3.9 | 80.2 |
| 51 | Florida State | 10 | 57 | 1169 | 20.51 | 0 | 5.7 | 116.9 |
| 53 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 35 | 719 | 20.54 | 0 | 3.5 | 71.9 |
| 54 | Michigan | 11 | 46 | 950 | 20.65 | 0 | 4.2 | 86.4 |
| 55 | Florida International | 9 | 33 | 685 | 20.76 | 0 | 3.7 | 76.1 |
| 56 | Purdue | 11 | 39 | 816 | 20.92 | 0 | 3.5 | 74.2 |
| 57 | Kansas | 11 | 53 | 1110 | 20.94 | 0 | 4.8 | 100.9 |
| 58 | Iowa State | 11 | 49 | 1030 | 21.02 | 1 | 4.5 | 93.6 |
| 58 | Stanford | 11 | 57 | 1198 | 21.02 | 1 | 5.2 | 108.9 |
| 60 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 39 | 821 | 21.05 | 0 | 3.9 | 82.1 |
| 61 | Texas A&M | 11 | 38 | 801 | 21.08 | 0 | 3.5 | 72.8 |
| 62 | UAB | 10 | 39 | 823 | 21.10 | 0 | 3.9 | 82.3 |
| 63 | Florida | 10 | 60 | 1267 | 21.12 | 0 | 6.0 | 126.7 |
| 64 | Kentucky | 11 | 30 | 634 | 21.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 57.6 |
| 65 | Mississippi | 10 | 44 | 930 | 21.14 | 0 | 4.4 | 93.0 |
| 66 | South Carolina | 11 | 31 | 656 | 21.16 | 0 | 2.8 | 59.6 |
| 67 | Tulane | 10 | 33 | 699 | 21.18 | 0 | 3.3 | 69.9 |
| 68 | Akron | 10 | 54 | 1144 | 21.19 | 0 | 5.4 | 114.4 |
| 69 | California | 10 | 51 | 1081 | 21.20 | 1 | 5.1 | 108.1 |
| 70 | Duke | 10 | 42 | 893 | 21.26 | 1 | 4.2 | 89.3 |
| 71 | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 33 | 702 | 21.27 | 0 | 3.3 | 70.2 |
| 72 | Texas Tech | 10 | 61 | 1301 | 21.33 | 0 | 6.1 | 130.1 |
| 73 | Wisconsin | 11 | 56 | 1195 | 21.34 | 0 | 5.1 | 108.6 |
| 74 | Penn State | 11 | 66 | 1412 | 21.39 | 0 | 6.0 | 128.4 |
| 75 | Virginia | 10 | 34 | 728 | 21.41 | 0 | 3.4 | 72.8 |
| 76 | Auburn | 11 | 39 | 838 | 21.49 | 0 | 3.5 | 76.2 |
| 77 | Georgia | 11 | 56 | 1210 | 21.61 | 0 | 5.1 | 110.0 |
| 78 | Navy | 10 | 45 | 974 | 21.64 | 0 | 4.5 | 97.4 |
| 79 | Michigan State | 11 | 47 | 1025 | 21.81 | 0 | 4.3 | 93.2 |
| 80 | Army | 10 | 32 | 699 | 21.84 | 2 | 3.2 | 69.9 |
| 81 | Arizona State | 10 | 42 | 918 | 21.86 | 0 | 4.2 | 91.8 |
| 82 | BYU | 11 | 41 | 897 | 21.88 | 0 | 3.7 | 81.5 |
| 83 | Alabama | 11 | 65 | 1429 | 21.98 | 1 | 5.9 | 129.9 |
| 84 | Tulsa | 10 | 68 | 1503 | 22.10 | 3 | 6.8 | 150.3 |
| 85 | East Carolina | 10 | 38 | 847 | 22.29 | 0 | 3.8 | 84.7 |
| 86 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 41 | 915 | 22.32 | 1 | 3.7 | 83.2 |
| 87 | Maryland | 10 | 40 | 893 | 22.33 | 0 | 4.0 | 89.3 |
| 88 | Washington State | 11 | 25 | 560 | 22.40 | 1 | 2.3 | 50.9 |
| 89 | Buffalo | 10 | 50 | 1125 | 22.50 | 0 | 5.0 | 112.5 |
| 90 | Missouri | 11 | 72 | 1627 | 22.60 | 1 | 6.5 | 147.9 |
| 91 | North Carolina State | 10 | 43 | 975 | 22.67 | 0 | 4.3 | 97.5 |
| 92 | Hawai'i | 10 | 34 | 775 | 22.79 | 0 | 3.4 | 77.5 |
| 93 | Central Michigan | 10 | 48 | 1099 | 22.90 | 0 | 4.8 | 109.9 |
| 94 | Kent State | 10 | 41 | 944 | 23.02 | 1 | 4.1 | 94.4 |
| 95 | Boston College | 10 | 48 | 1115 | 23.23 | 1 | 4.8 | 111.5 |
| 96 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 37 | 865 | 23.38 | 1 | 3.7 | 86.5 |
| 97 | Indiana | 11 | 33 | 773 | 23.42 | 1 | 3.0 | 70.3 |
| 98 | Texas | 11 | 56 | 1326 | 23.68 | 0 | 5.1 | 120.5 |
| 99 | UNLV | 11 | 42 | 995 | 23.69 | 0 | 3.8 | 90.5 |
| 100 | Nebraska | 11 | 45 | 1069 | 23.76 | 1 | 4.1 | 97.2 |
| 101 | South Florida | 10 | 43 | 1023 | 23.79 | 1 | 4.3 | 102.3 |
| 102 | Illinois | 11 | 50 | 1194 | 23.88 | 2 | 4.5 | 108.5 |
| 103 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 69 | 1653 | 23.96 | 0 | 6.3 | 150.3 |
| 104 | UCLA | 10 | 38 | 913 | 24.03 | 0 | 3.8 | 91.3 |
| 105 | Connecticut | 10 | 47 | 1131 | 24.06 | 0 | 4.7 | 113.1 |
| 106 | Fresno State | 10 | 58 | 1397 | 24.09 | 2 | 5.8 | 139.7 |
| 107 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 37 | 898 | 24.27 | 0 | 3.7 | 89.8 |
| 108 | Arkansas | 10 | 41 | 1003 | 24.46 | 1 | 4.1 | 100.3 |
| 109 | Oklahoma | 10 | 71 | 1820 | 25.63 | 3 | 7.1 | 182.0 |
| 110 | Toledo | 10 | 42 | 1077 | 25.64 | 0 | 4.2 | 107.7 |
| 111 | Wyoming | 11 | 29 | 748 | 25.79 | 2 | 2.6 | 68.0 |
| 112 | Nevada | 10 | 55 | 1442 | 26.22 | 1 | 5.5 | 144.2 |
| 113 | Syracuse | 10 | 39 | 1028 | 26.36 | 0 | 3.9 | 102.8 |
| 114 | Colorado | 11 | 29 | 766 | 26.41 | 2 | 2.6 | 69.6 |
| 115 | UTEP | 10 | 33 | 873 | 26.45 | 1 | 3.3 | 87.3 |
| 116 | Colorado State | 11 | 39 | 1037 | 26.59 | 2 | 3.5 | 94.3 |
| 117 | Idaho | 11 | 23 | 620 | 26.96 | 0 | 2.1 | 56.4 |
| 118 | Utah State | 11 | 27 | 741 | 27.44 | 0 | 2.5 | 67.4 |
| 119 | North Texas | 10 | 35 | 1012 | 28.91 | 2 | 3.5 | 101.2 |
| 120 | West Virginia | 9 | 35 | 1093 | 31.23 | 1 | 3.9 | 121.4 |