2009 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - All Games through 01/07/2010
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico State | 13 | 26 | 539 | 20.73 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.5 |
| 2 | Washington State | 12 | 29 | 804 | 27.72 | 2 | 2.4 | 67.0 |
| 3 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 33 | 730 | 22.12 | 1 | 2.8 | 60.8 |
| 4 | San Jose State | 12 | 35 | 772 | 22.06 | 1 | 2.9 | 64.3 |
| 4 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 38 | 927 | 24.39 | 1 | 2.9 | 71.3 |
| 6 | Colorado | 12 | 37 | 745 | 20.14 | 1 | 3.1 | 62.1 |
| 7 | Utah | 13 | 41 | 859 | 20.95 | 0 | 3.2 | 66.1 |
| 7 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 38 | 811 | 21.34 | 1 | 3.2 | 67.6 |
| 9 | Utah State | 12 | 40 | 873 | 21.83 | 1 | 3.3 | 72.8 |
| 9 | Tulane | 12 | 39 | 857 | 21.97 | 0 | 3.3 | 71.4 |
| 9 | Rice | 12 | 40 | 957 | 23.93 | 2 | 3.3 | 79.8 |
| 12 | Illinois | 12 | 41 | 945 | 23.05 | 1 | 3.4 | 78.8 |
| 12 | Army | 12 | 41 | 984 | 24.00 | 1 | 3.4 | 82.0 |
| 12 | UCLA | 13 | 44 | 1091 | 24.80 | 1 | 3.4 | 83.9 |
| 15 | Western Michigan | 12 | 42 | 690 | 16.43 | 0 | 3.5 | 57.5 |
| 15 | Nebraska | 14 | 49 | 961 | 19.61 | 0 | 3.5 | 68.6 |
| 15 | Virginia | 12 | 42 | 853 | 20.31 | 1 | 3.5 | 71.1 |
| 15 | Wyoming | 13 | 45 | 1016 | 22.58 | 1 | 3.5 | 78.2 |
| 15 | Minnesota | 13 | 46 | 1109 | 24.11 | 1 | 3.5 | 85.3 |
| 20 | Kent State | 12 | 43 | 644 | 14.98 | 0 | 3.6 | 53.7 |
| 20 | Florida International | 12 | 43 | 778 | 18.09 | 0 | 3.6 | 64.8 |
| 20 | Akron | 12 | 43 | 839 | 19.51 | 2 | 3.6 | 69.9 |
| 20 | Marshall | 13 | 47 | 1117 | 23.77 | 1 | 3.6 | 85.9 |
| 20 | New Mexico | 12 | 43 | 1023 | 23.79 | 0 | 3.6 | 85.3 |
| 20 | UNLV | 12 | 43 | 1044 | 24.28 | 0 | 3.6 | 87.0 |
| 26 | Boston College | 13 | 48 | 924 | 19.25 | 0 | 3.7 | 71.1 |
| 26 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 44 | 889 | 20.20 | 0 | 3.7 | 74.1 |
| 26 | Hawai'i | 13 | 48 | 1059 | 22.06 | 0 | 3.7 | 81.5 |
| 26 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 44 | 983 | 22.34 | 0 | 3.7 | 81.9 |
| 26 | Louisville | 12 | 44 | 1092 | 24.82 | 1 | 3.7 | 91.0 |
| 31 | Florida State | 13 | 50 | 1068 | 21.36 | 0 | 3.8 | 82.2 |
| 31 | Wake Forest | 12 | 46 | 1128 | 24.52 | 0 | 3.8 | 94.0 |
| 33 | Kentucky | 13 | 51 | 1106 | 21.69 | 0 | 3.9 | 85.1 |
| 33 | USC | 13 | 51 | 1254 | 24.59 | 0 | 3.9 | 96.5 |
| 33 | SMU | 13 | 51 | 1320 | 25.88 | 2 | 3.9 | 101.5 |
| 36 | Baylor | 12 | 48 | 1060 | 22.08 | 0 | 4.0 | 88.3 |
| 37 | Kansas State | 12 | 49 | 1024 | 20.90 | 0 | 4.1 | 85.3 |
| 37 | Colorado State | 12 | 49 | 1184 | 24.16 | 0 | 4.1 | 98.7 |
| 37 | South Carolina | 13 | 53 | 1292 | 24.38 | 3 | 4.1 | 99.4 |
| 40 | Iowa State | 13 | 54 | 978 | 18.11 | 0 | 4.2 | 75.2 |
| 40 | Arizona State | 12 | 50 | 942 | 18.84 | 0 | 4.2 | 78.5 |
| 40 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 50 | 981 | 19.62 | 1 | 4.2 | 81.8 |
| 40 | Maryland | 12 | 50 | 1071 | 21.42 | 1 | 4.2 | 89.3 |
| 40 | Syracuse | 12 | 50 | 1167 | 23.34 | 2 | 4.2 | 97.3 |
| 40 | Memphis | 12 | 50 | 1171 | 23.42 | 0 | 4.2 | 97.6 |
| 46 | Arkansas State | 12 | 52 | 944 | 18.15 | 0 | 4.3 | 78.7 |
| 46 | Air Force | 13 | 56 | 1077 | 19.23 | 1 | 4.3 | 82.8 |
| 46 | Buffalo | 12 | 52 | 1073 | 20.63 | 1 | 4.3 | 89.4 |
| 46 | Arizona | 13 | 56 | 1178 | 21.04 | 0 | 4.3 | 90.6 |
| 46 | Ball State | 12 | 51 | 1097 | 21.51 | 0 | 4.3 | 91.4 |
| 46 | Michigan | 12 | 51 | 1139 | 22.33 | 0 | 4.3 | 94.9 |
| 46 | Indiana | 12 | 52 | 1206 | 23.19 | 1 | 4.3 | 100.5 |
| 46 | San Diego State | 12 | 52 | 1305 | 25.10 | 0 | 4.3 | 108.8 |
| 46 | Georgia | 13 | 56 | 1440 | 25.71 | 1 | 4.3 | 110.8 |
| 55 | UCF | 13 | 57 | 1071 | 18.79 | 2 | 4.4 | 82.4 |
| 55 | North Texas | 12 | 53 | 1149 | 21.68 | 0 | 4.4 | 95.8 |
| 55 | Louisiana-Monroe | 12 | 53 | 1159 | 21.87 | 2 | 4.4 | 96.6 |
| 55 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 53 | 1170 | 22.08 | 0 | 4.4 | 97.5 |
| 55 | West Virginia | 13 | 57 | 1380 | 24.21 | 1 | 4.4 | 106.2 |
| 60 | Ohio | 14 | 63 | 1122 | 17.81 | 0 | 4.5 | 80.1 |
| 60 | Iowa | 13 | 59 | 1083 | 18.36 | 0 | 4.5 | 83.3 |
| 60 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 54 | 1088 | 20.15 | 1 | 4.5 | 90.7 |
| 60 | Connecticut | 13 | 59 | 1338 | 22.68 | 2 | 4.5 | 102.9 |
| 64 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 60 | 1180 | 19.67 | 0 | 4.6 | 90.8 |
| 65 | Toledo | 12 | 56 | 1149 | 20.52 | 0 | 4.7 | 95.8 |
| 65 | South Florida | 13 | 61 | 1252 | 20.52 | 0 | 4.7 | 96.3 |
| 65 | Duke | 12 | 56 | 1246 | 22.25 | 1 | 4.7 | 103.8 |
| 68 | LSU | 13 | 62 | 1086 | 17.52 | 0 | 4.8 | 83.5 |
| 68 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 63 | 1274 | 20.22 | 0 | 4.8 | 98.0 |
| 68 | Tulsa | 12 | 57 | 1160 | 20.35 | 1 | 4.8 | 96.7 |
| 68 | Washington | 12 | 58 | 1198 | 20.66 | 1 | 4.8 | 99.8 |
| 68 | Nevada | 13 | 63 | 1321 | 20.97 | 1 | 4.8 | 101.6 |
| 68 | BYU | 13 | 63 | 1362 | 21.62 | 1 | 4.8 | 104.8 |
| 68 | Penn State | 13 | 63 | 1372 | 21.78 | 0 | 4.8 | 105.5 |
| 68 | Mississippi State | 12 | 57 | 1253 | 21.98 | 0 | 4.8 | 104.4 |
| 68 | Michigan State | 13 | 63 | 1397 | 22.17 | 0 | 4.8 | 107.5 |
| 68 | UTEP | 12 | 58 | 1299 | 22.40 | 2 | 4.8 | 108.3 |
| 68 | Mississippi | 13 | 62 | 1411 | 22.76 | 0 | 4.8 | 108.5 |
| 68 | Bowling Green | 13 | 62 | 1417 | 22.85 | 0 | 4.8 | 109.0 |
| 68 | Troy | 13 | 63 | 1461 | 23.19 | 1 | 4.8 | 112.4 |
| 68 | Kansas | 12 | 57 | 1338 | 23.47 | 0 | 4.8 | 111.5 |
| 68 | UAB | 12 | 58 | 1403 | 24.19 | 2 | 4.8 | 116.9 |
| 68 | Purdue | 12 | 57 | 1407 | 24.68 | 0 | 4.8 | 117.3 |
| 68 | Idaho | 13 | 62 | 1544 | 24.90 | 1 | 4.8 | 118.8 |
| 85 | Temple | 13 | 64 | 1269 | 19.83 | 1 | 4.9 | 97.6 |
| 85 | East Carolina | 14 | 69 | 1437 | 20.83 | 0 | 4.9 | 102.6 |
| 85 | North Carolina | 13 | 64 | 1353 | 21.14 | 0 | 4.9 | 104.1 |
| 85 | Northwestern | 13 | 64 | 1372 | 21.44 | 1 | 4.9 | 105.5 |
| 85 | Tennessee | 13 | 64 | 1436 | 22.44 | 2 | 4.9 | 110.5 |
| 85 | Navy | 14 | 69 | 1577 | 22.86 | 1 | 4.9 | 112.6 |
| 85 | Wisconsin | 13 | 64 | 1689 | 26.39 | 1 | 4.9 | 129.9 |
| 92 | Texas Tech | 13 | 66 | 1291 | 19.56 | 0 | 5.1 | 99.3 |
| 92 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 66 | 1434 | 21.73 | 1 | 5.1 | 110.3 |
| 92 | California | 13 | 66 | 1440 | 21.82 | 0 | 5.1 | 110.8 |
| 95 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | 67 | 1378 | 20.57 | 1 | 5.2 | 106.0 |
| 95 | Ohio State | 13 | 67 | 1422 | 21.22 | 1 | 5.2 | 109.4 |
| 95 | Missouri | 13 | 67 | 1505 | 22.46 | 0 | 5.2 | 115.8 |
| 95 | Texas A&M | 13 | 68 | 1569 | 23.07 | 3 | 5.2 | 120.7 |
| 99 | Rutgers | 13 | 69 | 1387 | 20.10 | 1 | 5.3 | 106.7 |
| 99 | Fresno State | 13 | 69 | 1404 | 20.35 | 0 | 5.3 | 108.0 |
| 99 | Cincinnati | 13 | 69 | 1410 | 20.43 | 0 | 5.3 | 108.5 |
| 99 | Notre Dame | 12 | 63 | 1385 | 21.98 | 2 | 5.3 | 115.4 |
| 99 | Auburn | 13 | 69 | 1624 | 23.54 | 1 | 5.3 | 124.9 |
| 104 | North Carolina State | 12 | 65 | 1435 | 22.08 | 1 | 5.4 | 119.6 |
| 105 | Oregon State | 13 | 72 | 1192 | 16.56 | 0 | 5.5 | 91.7 |
| 105 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | 72 | 1387 | 19.26 | 0 | 5.5 | 106.7 |
| 105 | Stanford | 13 | 71 | 1405 | 19.79 | 0 | 5.5 | 108.1 |
| 108 | Central Michigan | 14 | 78 | 1666 | 21.36 | 0 | 5.6 | 119.0 |
| 108 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 78 | 1755 | 22.50 | 2 | 5.6 | 125.4 |
| 110 | Oklahoma | 13 | 74 | 1492 | 20.16 | 1 | 5.7 | 114.8 |
| 110 | Middle Tennessee | 13 | 74 | 1634 | 22.08 | 1 | 5.7 | 125.7 |
| 110 | Alabama | 14 | 80 | 2005 | 25.06 | 2 | 5.7 | 143.2 |
| 113 | Clemson | 14 | 81 | 1622 | 20.02 | 0 | 5.8 | 115.9 |
| 113 | Oregon | 13 | 75 | 1564 | 20.85 | 0 | 5.8 | 120.3 |
| 115 | Florida | 14 | 85 | 1783 | 20.98 | 0 | 6.1 | 127.4 |
| 115 | Arkansas | 13 | 79 | 1670 | 21.14 | 0 | 6.1 | 128.5 |
| 115 | Texas | 14 | 86 | 1840 | 21.40 | 1 | 6.1 | 131.4 |
| 118 | TCU | 13 | 86 | 1697 | 19.73 | 0 | 6.6 | 130.5 |
| 119 | Houston | 14 | 96 | 1986 | 20.69 | 1 | 6.9 | 141.9 |
| 120 | Boise State | 14 | 98 | 1868 | 19.06 | 0 | 7.0 | 133.4 |