2011 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio | 14 | 41 | 317 | 7.73 | 1 | 2.9 | 22.6 |
| 2 | Florida State | 11 | 39 | 417 | 10.69 | 1 | 3.5 | 37.9 |
| 3 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | 33 | 391 | 11.85 | 3 | 2.5 | 30.1 |
| 3 | Utah | 12 | 33 | 298 | 9.03 | 0 | 2.8 | 24.8 |
| 5 | Alabama | 10 | 32 | 315 | 9.84 | 0 | 3.2 | 31.5 |
| 5 | TCU | 11 | 32 | 310 | 9.69 | 1 | 2.9 | 28.2 |
| 7 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 31 | 301 | 9.71 | 1 | 2.6 | 25.1 |
| 8 | South Florida | 10 | 30 | 165 | 5.50 | 1 | 3.0 | 16.5 |
| 9 | Penn State | 9 | 29 | 170 | 5.86 | 0 | 3.2 | 18.9 |
| 10 | Boise State | 11 | 28 | 330 | 11.79 | 0 | 2.5 | 30.0 |
| 10 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 28 | 269 | 9.61 | 1 | 2.5 | 24.5 |
| 12 | Arkansas State | 12 | 26 | 223 | 8.58 | 2 | 2.2 | 18.6 |
| 12 | Hawai'i | 13 | 26 | 222 | 8.54 | 2 | 2.0 | 17.1 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 12 | 26 | 180 | 6.92 | 0 | 2.2 | 15.0 |
| 15 | Arkansas | 9 | 25 | 352 | 14.08 | 3 | 2.8 | 39.1 |
| 15 | Oregon | 10 | 25 | 307 | 12.28 | 2 | 2.5 | 30.7 |
| 15 | Nevada | 10 | 25 | 304 | 12.16 | 1 | 2.5 | 30.4 |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 25 | 271 | 10.84 | 1 | 2.3 | 24.6 |
| 19 | Houston | 13 | 24 | 317 | 13.21 | 2 | 1.8 | 24.4 |
| 19 | Troy | 10 | 24 | 195 | 8.13 | 0 | 2.4 | 19.5 |
| 21 | Mississippi State | 8 | 23 | 297 | 12.91 | 2 | 2.9 | 37.1 |
| 21 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 23 | 249 | 10.83 | 1 | 2.3 | 24.9 |
| 21 | Colorado State | 10 | 23 | 247 | 10.74 | 0 | 2.3 | 24.7 |
| 21 | Michigan State | 9 | 23 | 232 | 10.09 | 1 | 2.6 | 25.8 |
| 21 | Tulane | 12 | 23 | 225 | 9.78 | 0 | 1.9 | 18.8 |
| 21 | BYU | 12 | 23 | 206 | 8.96 | 0 | 1.9 | 17.2 |
| 21 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 23 | 141 | 6.13 | 1 | 2.1 | 12.8 |
| 28 | USC | 10 | 22 | 223 | 10.14 | 0 | 2.2 | 22.3 |
| 28 | LSU | 8 | 22 | 221 | 10.05 | 0 | 2.8 | 27.6 |
| 28 | Rice | 9 | 22 | 196 | 8.91 | 0 | 2.4 | 21.8 |
| 28 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 22 | 130 | 5.91 | 0 | 2.0 | 11.8 |
| 28 | Illinois | 11 | 22 | 62 | 2.82 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.6 |
| 33 | Texas A&M | 8 | 21 | 340 | 16.19 | 1 | 2.6 | 42.5 |
| 33 | Fresno State | 11 | 21 | 254 | 12.10 | 0 | 1.9 | 23.1 |
| 33 | West Virginia | 10 | 21 | 246 | 11.71 | 0 | 2.1 | 24.6 |
| 33 | Temple | 13 | 21 | 238 | 11.33 | 0 | 1.6 | 18.3 |
| 33 | UCF | 11 | 21 | 181 | 8.62 | 0 | 1.9 | 16.5 |
| 33 | Duke | 9 | 21 | 152 | 7.24 | 0 | 2.3 | 16.9 |
| 39 | Toledo | 12 | 20 | 240 | 12.00 | 1 | 1.7 | 20.0 |
| 39 | Western Michigan | 12 | 20 | 203 | 10.15 | 0 | 1.7 | 16.9 |
| 39 | Bowling Green | 11 | 20 | 116 | 5.80 | 0 | 1.8 | 10.5 |
| 42 | SMU | 10 | 19 | 214 | 11.26 | 1 | 1.9 | 21.4 |
| 42 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 19 | 204 | 10.74 | 0 | 1.6 | 17.0 |
| 42 | Oklahoma | 9 | 19 | 184 | 9.68 | 0 | 2.1 | 20.4 |
| 42 | Kent State | 10 | 19 | 128 | 6.74 | 0 | 1.9 | 12.8 |
| 42 | Purdue | 11 | 19 | 111 | 5.84 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.1 |
| 42 | Buffalo | 12 | 19 | 102 | 5.37 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.5 |
| 42 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 19 | 63 | 3.32 | 0 | 2.1 | 7.0 |
| 49 | UTEP | 10 | 18 | 212 | 11.78 | 1 | 1.8 | 21.2 |
| 49 | Connecticut | 10 | 18 | 126 | 7.00 | 1 | 1.8 | 12.6 |
| 51 | Idaho | 12 | 17 | 255 | 15.00 | 3 | 1.4 | 21.3 |
| 51 | Kansas State | 9 | 17 | 150 | 8.82 | 0 | 1.9 | 16.7 |
| 51 | South Carolina | 9 | 17 | 132 | 7.76 | 1 | 1.9 | 14.7 |
| 51 | Georgia | 10 | 17 | 131 | 7.71 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.1 |
| 51 | Florida | 8 | 17 | 129 | 7.59 | 2 | 2.1 | 16.1 |
| 51 | Virginia | 10 | 17 | 104 | 6.12 | 0 | 1.7 | 10.4 |
| 51 | San Diego State | 10 | 17 | 94 | 5.53 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.4 |
| 51 | Louisville | 11 | 17 | 92 | 5.41 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.4 |
| 51 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 17 | 68 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.2 |
| 51 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 17 | 67 | 3.94 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.7 |
| 61 | Arizona State | 10 | 16 | 265 | 16.56 | 1 | 1.6 | 26.5 |
| 61 | Wisconsin | 10 | 16 | 233 | 14.56 | 1 | 1.6 | 23.3 |
| 61 | Marshall | 9 | 16 | 148 | 9.25 | 0 | 1.8 | 16.4 |
| 61 | Utah State | 13 | 16 | 125 | 7.81 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.6 |
| 61 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 16 | 109 | 6.81 | 1 | 1.2 | 8.4 |
| 61 | California | 10 | 16 | 82 | 5.13 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.2 |
| 61 | Wake Forest | 10 | 16 | 80 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.0 |
| 61 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 16 | 78 | 4.88 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.8 |
| 61 | Kentucky | 9 | 16 | 28 | 1.75 | 0 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
| 70 | Florida International | 13 | 15 | 239 | 15.93 | 1 | 1.2 | 18.4 |
| 70 | North Carolina State | 10 | 15 | 164 | 10.93 | 1 | 1.5 | 16.4 |
| 70 | Michigan | 10 | 15 | 143 | 9.53 | 0 | 1.5 | 14.3 |
| 70 | Nebraska | 9 | 15 | 124 | 8.27 | 0 | 1.7 | 13.8 |
| 70 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 15 | 123 | 8.20 | 0 | 1.5 | 12.3 |
| 70 | Missouri | 9 | 15 | 121 | 8.07 | 1 | 1.7 | 13.4 |
| 70 | Rutgers | 11 | 15 | 99 | 6.60 | 1 | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| 70 | Army | 12 | 15 | 55 | 3.67 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| 78 | Texas | 9 | 14 | 214 | 15.29 | 1 | 1.6 | 23.8 |
| 78 | Wyoming | 10 | 14 | 179 | 12.79 | 1 | 1.4 | 17.9 |
| 78 | Stanford | 10 | 14 | 154 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 15.4 |
| 78 | UAB | 10 | 14 | 143 | 10.21 | 0 | 1.4 | 14.3 |
| 78 | North Texas | 10 | 14 | 75 | 5.36 | 1 | 1.4 | 7.5 |
| 78 | North Carolina | 11 | 14 | 56 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.1 |
| 84 | Ohio State | 9 | 13 | 167 | 12.85 | 1 | 1.4 | 18.6 |
| 84 | Auburn | 7 | 13 | 109 | 8.38 | 0 | 1.9 | 15.6 |
| 84 | Navy | 10 | 13 | 97 | 7.46 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.7 |
| 84 | Iowa State | 9 | 13 | 87 | 6.69 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.7 |
| 84 | Washington | 8 | 13 | 84 | 6.46 | 1 | 1.6 | 10.5 |
| 84 | Tulsa | 9 | 13 | 82 | 6.31 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.1 |
| 84 | Boston College | 9 | 13 | 73 | 5.62 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.1 |
| 84 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 13 | 45 | 3.46 | 0 | 1.2 | 4.1 |
| 92 | Air Force | 11 | 12 | 126 | 10.50 | 0 | 1.1 | 11.5 |
| 92 | Tennessee | 6 | 12 | 100 | 8.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.7 |
| 92 | Baylor | 9 | 12 | 92 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.2 |
| 92 | Central Michigan | 11 | 12 | 71 | 5.92 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.5 |
| 92 | Arizona | 8 | 12 | 55 | 4.58 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.9 |
| 92 | Maryland | 9 | 12 | 38 | 3.17 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| 98 | Akron | 11 | 11 | 47 | 4.27 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 98 | Colorado | 10 | 11 | 41 | 3.73 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| 98 | Washington State | 10 | 11 | 41 | 3.73 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| 98 | UCLA | 10 | 11 | 37 | 3.36 | 0 | 1.1 | 3.7 |
| 102 | Oregon State | 9 | 10 | 165 | 16.50 | 2 | 1.1 | 18.3 |
| 102 | Texas Tech | 8 | 10 | 60 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| 102 | New Mexico State | 12 | 10 | 56 | 5.60 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.7 |
| 102 | UNLV | 9 | 10 | 51 | 5.10 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.7 |
| 106 | East Carolina | 8 | 9 | 161 | 17.89 | 0 | 1.1 | 20.1 |
| 106 | Mississippi | 8 | 9 | 118 | 13.11 | 1 | 1.1 | 14.8 |
| 106 | Memphis | 11 | 9 | 87 | 9.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 7.9 |
| 106 | Syracuse | 9 | 9 | 38 | 4.22 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.2 |
| 110 | Iowa | 9 | 8 | 39 | 4.88 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| 110 | Clemson | 9 | 8 | 29 | 3.63 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| 112 | Northwestern | 10 | 7 | 107 | 15.29 | 0 | 0.7 | 10.7 |
| 112 | Ball State | 11 | 7 | 59 | 8.43 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.4 |
| 112 | San Jose State | 11 | 7 | 55 | 7.86 | 0 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| 112 | Indiana | 10 | 7 | 36 | 5.14 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| 112 | New Mexico | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 117 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 6 | 80 | 13.33 | 0 | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| 118 | Minnesota | 7 | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 1 | 0.7 | 7.9 |
| 118 | Kansas | 8 | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| 118 | Notre Dame | 8 | 5 | -4 | -0.80 | 0 | 0.6 | -0.5 |