2008 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - All Games through 01/08/2009
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | 12 | 27 | 534 | 19.78 | 0 | 2.3 | 44.5 |
| 2 | Washington State | 13 | 28 | 648 | 23.14 | 1 | 2.2 | 49.8 |
| 3 | Mississippi State | 12 | 38 | 691 | 18.18 | 0 | 3.2 | 57.6 |
| 4 | Idaho | 12 | 26 | 702 | 27.00 | 0 | 2.2 | 58.5 |
| 5 | Kentucky | 13 | 35 | 730 | 20.86 | 0 | 2.7 | 56.2 |
| 6 | Army | 12 | 34 | 739 | 21.74 | 2 | 2.8 | 61.6 |
| 7 | USC | 13 | 39 | 775 | 19.87 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.6 |
| 8 | San Jose State | 12 | 41 | 782 | 19.07 | 1 | 3.4 | 65.2 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 13 | 37 | 783 | 21.16 | 0 | 2.8 | 60.2 |
| 10 | UCF | 12 | 40 | 799 | 19.98 | 0 | 3.3 | 66.6 |
| 11 | Air Force | 13 | 43 | 808 | 18.79 | 0 | 3.3 | 62.2 |
| 12 | Tulane | 12 | 37 | 812 | 21.95 | 0 | 3.1 | 67.7 |
| 13 | Kansas State | 12 | 46 | 817 | 17.76 | 0 | 3.8 | 68.1 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 12 | 39 | 820 | 21.03 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.3 |
| 15 | Virginia | 12 | 38 | 821 | 21.61 | 0 | 3.2 | 68.4 |
| 16 | New Mexico | 12 | 43 | 822 | 19.12 | 0 | 3.6 | 68.5 |
| 17 | Texas A&M | 12 | 40 | 826 | 20.65 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.8 |
| 18 | Auburn | 12 | 39 | 838 | 21.49 | 0 | 3.3 | 69.8 |
| 18 | Wyoming | 12 | 33 | 838 | 25.39 | 2 | 2.8 | 69.8 |
| 20 | Indiana | 12 | 36 | 875 | 24.31 | 1 | 3.0 | 72.9 |
| 21 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 43 | 880 | 20.47 | 1 | 3.6 | 73.3 |
| 22 | New Mexico State | 12 | 43 | 883 | 20.53 | 0 | 3.6 | 73.6 |
| 23 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 42 | 899 | 21.40 | 0 | 3.5 | 74.9 |
| 24 | Utah State | 12 | 32 | 900 | 28.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 75.0 |
| 25 | Colorado | 12 | 35 | 909 | 25.97 | 2 | 2.9 | 75.8 |
| 26 | Ohio | 12 | 53 | 917 | 17.30 | 0 | 4.4 | 76.4 |
| 27 | SMU | 12 | 45 | 924 | 20.53 | 0 | 3.8 | 77.0 |
| 27 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 45 | 924 | 20.53 | 0 | 3.8 | 77.0 |
| 29 | Purdue | 12 | 48 | 938 | 19.54 | 0 | 4.0 | 78.2 |
| 30 | Marshall | 12 | 48 | 941 | 19.60 | 0 | 4.0 | 78.4 |
| 31 | San Diego State | 12 | 49 | 964 | 19.67 | 0 | 4.1 | 80.3 |
| 32 | Notre Dame | 13 | 59 | 972 | 16.47 | 0 | 4.5 | 74.8 |
| 33 | Baylor | 12 | 52 | 977 | 18.79 | 0 | 4.3 | 81.4 |
| 34 | Temple | 12 | 52 | 978 | 18.81 | 0 | 4.3 | 81.5 |
| 35 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | 58 | 982 | 16.93 | 1 | 4.5 | 75.5 |
| 35 | Florida International | 12 | 48 | 982 | 20.46 | 0 | 4.0 | 81.8 |
| 35 | Michigan | 12 | 48 | 982 | 20.46 | 0 | 4.0 | 81.8 |
| 38 | Louisville | 12 | 49 | 999 | 20.39 | 0 | 4.1 | 83.3 |
| 39 | Minnesota | 13 | 54 | 1001 | 18.54 | 1 | 4.2 | 77.0 |
| 40 | Utah | 13 | 46 | 1003 | 21.80 | 0 | 3.5 | 77.2 |
| 41 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 51 | 1007 | 19.75 | 0 | 4.3 | 83.9 |
| 42 | UAB | 12 | 47 | 1008 | 21.45 | 0 | 3.9 | 84.0 |
| 43 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 56 | 1013 | 18.09 | 0 | 4.3 | 77.9 |
| 43 | UCLA | 12 | 43 | 1013 | 23.56 | 0 | 3.6 | 84.4 |
| 45 | Ohio State | 13 | 60 | 1015 | 16.92 | 0 | 4.6 | 78.1 |
| 46 | Duke | 12 | 48 | 1033 | 21.52 | 1 | 4.0 | 86.1 |
| 47 | Bowling Green | 12 | 54 | 1038 | 19.22 | 0 | 4.5 | 86.5 |
| 48 | Kent State | 12 | 47 | 1039 | 22.11 | 1 | 3.9 | 86.6 |
| 49 | BYU | 13 | 48 | 1046 | 21.79 | 0 | 3.7 | 80.5 |
| 50 | Wake Forest | 13 | 50 | 1047 | 20.94 | 0 | 3.8 | 80.5 |
| 51 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 47 | 1050 | 22.34 | 1 | 3.6 | 80.8 |
| 52 | Florida Atlantic | 13 | 58 | 1052 | 18.14 | 0 | 4.5 | 80.9 |
| 53 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 46 | 1060 | 23.04 | 1 | 3.5 | 81.5 |
| 54 | Northwestern | 13 | 58 | 1068 | 18.41 | 0 | 4.5 | 82.2 |
| 55 | UNLV | 12 | 46 | 1071 | 23.28 | 0 | 3.8 | 89.3 |
| 56 | North Carolina | 13 | 59 | 1073 | 18.19 | 0 | 4.5 | 82.5 |
| 57 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 55 | 1094 | 19.89 | 0 | 4.2 | 84.2 |
| 58 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | 56 | 1099 | 19.63 | 0 | 4.3 | 84.5 |
| 59 | UTEP | 12 | 41 | 1102 | 26.88 | 2 | 3.4 | 91.8 |
| 60 | Iowa State | 12 | 53 | 1113 | 21.00 | 1 | 4.4 | 92.8 |
| 61 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 50 | 1120 | 22.40 | 0 | 4.2 | 93.3 |
| 62 | Arizona State | 12 | 52 | 1122 | 21.58 | 0 | 4.3 | 93.5 |
| 63 | Maryland | 13 | 51 | 1145 | 22.45 | 0 | 3.9 | 88.1 |
| 64 | Western Michigan | 13 | 61 | 1149 | 18.84 | 0 | 4.7 | 88.4 |
| 65 | Michigan State | 13 | 54 | 1157 | 21.43 | 0 | 4.2 | 89.0 |
| 66 | Syracuse | 12 | 47 | 1171 | 24.91 | 0 | 3.9 | 97.6 |
| 67 | Colorado State | 13 | 46 | 1175 | 25.54 | 2 | 3.5 | 90.4 |
| 68 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 63 | 1193 | 18.94 | 1 | 5.3 | 99.4 |
| 69 | Stanford | 12 | 57 | 1198 | 21.02 | 1 | 4.8 | 99.8 |
| 70 | Arkansas State | 12 | 63 | 1201 | 19.06 | 1 | 5.3 | 100.1 |
| 71 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 62 | 1206 | 19.45 | 0 | 4.4 | 86.1 |
| 72 | North Texas | 12 | 39 | 1208 | 30.97 | 3 | 3.3 | 100.7 |
| 73 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 65 | 1213 | 18.66 | 1 | 5.0 | 93.3 |
| 74 | Arkansas | 12 | 51 | 1226 | 24.04 | 1 | 4.3 | 102.2 |
| 75 | Cincinnati | 14 | 61 | 1233 | 20.21 | 0 | 4.4 | 88.1 |
| 76 | LSU | 13 | 70 | 1234 | 17.63 | 0 | 5.4 | 94.9 |
| 76 | Rutgers | 13 | 66 | 1234 | 18.70 | 0 | 5.1 | 94.9 |
| 78 | Clemson | 13 | 61 | 1238 | 20.30 | 0 | 4.7 | 95.2 |
| 79 | Illinois | 12 | 53 | 1248 | 23.55 | 2 | 4.4 | 104.0 |
| 80 | North Carolina State | 13 | 57 | 1261 | 22.12 | 0 | 4.4 | 97.0 |
| 81 | Oregon | 13 | 65 | 1264 | 19.45 | 0 | 5.0 | 97.2 |
| 82 | Troy | 13 | 71 | 1271 | 17.90 | 0 | 5.5 | 97.8 |
| 83 | Mississippi | 13 | 63 | 1273 | 20.21 | 0 | 4.8 | 97.9 |
| 84 | Iowa | 13 | 58 | 1275 | 21.98 | 0 | 4.5 | 98.1 |
| 85 | Arizona | 13 | 64 | 1286 | 20.09 | 0 | 4.9 | 98.9 |
| 86 | Navy | 13 | 59 | 1291 | 21.88 | 0 | 4.5 | 99.3 |
| 87 | South Florida | 13 | 57 | 1292 | 22.67 | 1 | 4.4 | 99.4 |
| 88 | Toledo | 12 | 51 | 1294 | 25.37 | 0 | 4.3 | 107.8 |
| 89 | East Carolina | 14 | 59 | 1300 | 22.03 | 1 | 4.2 | 92.9 |
| 90 | Hawai'i | 14 | 54 | 1317 | 24.39 | 1 | 3.9 | 94.1 |
| 91 | Wisconsin | 13 | 64 | 1328 | 20.75 | 0 | 4.9 | 102.2 |
| 92 | TCU | 13 | 70 | 1338 | 19.11 | 0 | 5.4 | 102.9 |
| 93 | Memphis | 13 | 67 | 1341 | 20.01 | 1 | 5.2 | 103.2 |
| 94 | California | 13 | 66 | 1352 | 20.48 | 1 | 5.1 | 104.0 |
| 95 | Oregon State | 13 | 73 | 1363 | 18.67 | 0 | 5.6 | 104.8 |
| 96 | Nebraska | 13 | 57 | 1364 | 23.93 | 1 | 4.4 | 104.9 |
| 97 | Akron | 12 | 62 | 1376 | 22.19 | 1 | 5.2 | 114.7 |
| 98 | Central Michigan | 13 | 64 | 1399 | 21.86 | 0 | 4.9 | 107.6 |
| 99 | Georgia | 13 | 65 | 1408 | 21.66 | 0 | 5.0 | 108.3 |
| 100 | Kansas | 13 | 66 | 1414 | 21.42 | 0 | 5.1 | 108.8 |
| 101 | Florida State | 13 | 72 | 1431 | 19.88 | 0 | 5.5 | 110.1 |
| 102 | Boston College | 14 | 63 | 1448 | 22.98 | 1 | 4.5 | 103.4 |
| 103 | Connecticut | 13 | 61 | 1457 | 23.89 | 0 | 4.7 | 112.1 |
| 104 | Boise State | 13 | 76 | 1468 | 19.32 | 0 | 5.8 | 112.9 |
| 105 | West Virginia | 13 | 53 | 1484 | 28.00 | 1 | 4.1 | 114.2 |
| 106 | Texas Tech | 13 | 71 | 1491 | 21.00 | 0 | 5.5 | 114.7 |
| 107 | Houston | 13 | 79 | 1498 | 18.96 | 0 | 6.1 | 115.2 |
| 108 | Ball State | 14 | 77 | 1522 | 19.77 | 0 | 5.5 | 108.7 |
| 109 | Buffalo | 14 | 70 | 1574 | 22.49 | 0 | 5.0 | 112.4 |
| 110 | Texas | 13 | 68 | 1575 | 23.16 | 0 | 5.2 | 121.2 |
| 111 | Rice | 13 | 85 | 1607 | 18.91 | 0 | 6.5 | 123.6 |
| 112 | Penn State | 13 | 76 | 1616 | 21.26 | 0 | 5.8 | 124.3 |
| 113 | Fresno State | 13 | 70 | 1648 | 23.54 | 2 | 5.4 | 126.8 |
| 114 | Nevada | 13 | 67 | 1746 | 26.06 | 2 | 5.2 | 134.3 |
| 115 | Alabama | 14 | 81 | 1765 | 21.79 | 1 | 5.8 | 126.1 |
| 116 | Florida | 14 | 85 | 1906 | 22.42 | 0 | 6.1 | 136.1 |
| 117 | Tulsa | 14 | 94 | 1927 | 20.50 | 3 | 6.7 | 137.6 |
| 118 | Missouri | 14 | 88 | 2018 | 22.93 | 1 | 6.3 | 144.1 |
| 119 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 83 | 2073 | 24.98 | 0 | 6.4 | 159.5 |
| 120 | Oklahoma | 14 | 103 | 2456 | 23.84 | 4 | 7.4 | 175.4 |