2011 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego State | 3 | 5 | -3 | -0.60 | 0 | 1.7 | -1.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Alabama | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 1 | Boise State | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 10 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 14 | 54 | 3.86 | 0 | 2.8 | 10.8 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 1 | Ball State | 1 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 14.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 1 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 1 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Iowa | 4 | 8 | 39 | 4.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.8 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Toledo | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 6 | 11 | 57 | 5.18 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.5 |
| 1 | Air Force | 2 | 4 | 21 | 5.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 3 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.0 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 9 | 51 | 5.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | California | 3 | 4 | 23 | 5.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Troy | 2 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 14.5 |
| 1 | Missouri | 4 | 6 | 35 | 5.83 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Clemson | 5 | 6 | 37 | 6.17 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| 1 | Florida | 5 | 11 | 68 | 6.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 13.6 |
| 1 | Rice | 3 | 7 | 44 | 6.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 14.7 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 3 | 7 | 44 | 6.29 | 0 | 2.3 | 14.7 |
| 1 | SMU | 3 | 9 | 59 | 6.56 | 0 | 3.0 | 19.7 |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | 8 | 53 | 6.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.3 |
| 1 | UAB | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Navy | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | UTEP | 2 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| 1 | North Texas | 2 | 8 | 58 | 7.25 | 0 | 4.0 | 29.0 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 6 | 44 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Utah | 1 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 22.0 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 5 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 4 | 6 | 46 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 1 | Colorado | 3 | 9 | 69 | 7.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 23.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 3 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Washington | 5 | 8 | 62 | 7.75 | 0 | 1.6 | 12.4 |
| 1 | Stanford | 3 | 5 | 39 | 7.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 3 | 8 | 63 | 7.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 21.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 3 | 5 | 40 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.3 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 3 | 10 | 80 | 8.00 | 0 | 3.3 | 26.7 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 2 | 9 | 72 | 8.00 | 0 | 4.5 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 5 | 13 | 105 | 8.08 | 0 | 2.6 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 4 | 9 | 74 | 8.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 18.5 |
| 1 | Purdue | 2 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| 1 | Oregon | 4 | 9 | 77 | 8.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 19.3 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 4 | 35 | 8.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.8 |
| 1 | Virginia | 3 | 9 | 79 | 8.78 | 0 | 3.0 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Florida State | 2 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 36.0 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 4 | 11 | 104 | 9.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 26.0 |
| 1 | TCU | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.5 |
| 1 | New Mexico State | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 6 | 61 | 10.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 15.3 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 3 | 8 | 82 | 10.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Arizona | 4 | 9 | 93 | 10.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 23.3 |
| 1 | UCLA | 4 | 8 | 84 | 10.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 5 | 4 | 43 | 10.75 | 0 | 0.8 | 8.6 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 8 | 87 | 10.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.8 |
| 1 | Duke | 3 | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Auburn | 6 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.8 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 5 | 7 | 84 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 16.8 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 4 | 48 | 12.00 | 0 | 4.0 | 48.0 |
| 1 | Penn State | 4 | 6 | 73 | 12.17 | 0 | 1.5 | 18.3 |
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 10 | 122 | 12.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 30.5 |
| 1 | Kansas | 4 | 9 | 113 | 12.56 | 0 | 2.3 | 28.3 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 4 | 5 | 65 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 16.3 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 2 | 4 | 53 | 13.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 3 | 40 | 13.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 40.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 7 | 95 | 13.57 | 0 | 3.5 | 47.5 |
| 1 | UNLV | 3 | 12 | 166 | 13.83 | 0 | 4.0 | 55.3 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 2 | 9 | 125 | 13.89 | 0 | 4.5 | 62.5 |
| 1 | USC | 2 | 3 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 21.5 |
| 1 | Kent State | 2 | 13 | 190 | 14.62 | 0 | 6.5 | 95.0 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 3 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 25.7 |
| 1 | Illinois | 2 | 4 | 62 | 15.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 3 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 1 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 50.0 |
| 1 | Akron | 1 | 3 | 52 | 17.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 52.0 |
| 1 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 5.0 | 91.0 |
| 1 | BYU | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 1 | 3 | 61 | 20.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 61.0 |
| 95 | New Mexico | 3 | 11 | 113 | 10.27 | 1 | 3.7 | 37.7 |
| 95 | Washington State | 2 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 1 | 1.5 | 17.5 |
| 95 | Georgia | 4 | 14 | 199 | 14.21 | 1 | 3.5 | 49.8 |
| 95 | Kansas State | 4 | 7 | 109 | 15.57 | 1 | 1.8 | 27.3 |
| 95 | Wisconsin | 4 | 4 | 63 | 15.75 | 1 | 1.0 | 15.8 |
| 95 | Tennessee | 6 | 6 | 99 | 16.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 16.5 |
| 95 | Indiana | 2 | 7 | 128 | 18.29 | 1 | 3.5 | 64.0 |
| 95 | Michigan State | 5 | 7 | 162 | 23.14 | 1 | 1.4 | 32.4 |
| 95 | Houston | 1 | 2 | 51 | 25.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 51.0 |
| 95 | Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 57 | 28.50 | 1 | 0.7 | 19.0 |
| 95 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 4 | 123 | 30.75 | 1 | 1.3 | 41.0 |
| 106 | Nevada | 3 | 7 | 140 | 20.00 | 2 | 2.3 | 46.7 |
| 106 | Arkansas | 4 | 8 | 244 | 30.50 | 2 | 2.0 | 61.0 |
| 106 | Tulane | 1 | 3 | 151 | 50.33 | 2 | 3.0 | 151.0 |
| 109 | East Carolina | 4 | 12 | 234 | 19.50 | 3 | 3.0 | 58.5 |