2011 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. BCS Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU | 12 | 31 | 450 | 14.52 | 2 | 2.6 | 37.5 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 11 | 26 | 392 | 15.08 | 1 | 2.4 | 35.6 |
| 3 | Florida State | 11 | 33 | 345 | 10.45 | 1 | 3.0 | 31.4 |
| 4 | Alabama | 10 | 21 | 299 | 14.24 | 1 | 2.1 | 29.9 |
| 5 | USC | 12 | 26 | 267 | 10.27 | 0 | 2.2 | 22.3 |
| 6 | Michigan State | 11 | 22 | 263 | 11.95 | 2 | 2.0 | 23.9 |
| 7 | Texas | 11 | 17 | 249 | 14.65 | 1 | 1.5 | 22.6 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | 11 | 15 | 218 | 14.53 | 1 | 1.4 | 19.8 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 11 | 22 | 212 | 9.64 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.3 |
| 9 | Utah | 11 | 24 | 212 | 8.83 | 0 | 2.2 | 19.3 |
| 11 | Georgia | 11 | 17 | 211 | 12.41 | 1 | 1.5 | 19.2 |
| 12 | Arkansas | 10 | 16 | 200 | 12.50 | 2 | 1.6 | 20.0 |
| 13 | Oregon | 12 | 28 | 188 | 6.71 | 1 | 2.3 | 15.7 |
| 14 | Washington | 11 | 20 | 186 | 9.30 | 1 | 1.8 | 16.9 |
| 15 | Arizona State | 11 | 12 | 183 | 15.25 | 1 | 1.1 | 16.6 |
| 16 | Oregon State | 10 | 10 | 181 | 18.10 | 2 | 1.0 | 18.1 |
| 17 | Duke | 9 | 18 | 180 | 10.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 20.0 |
| 18 | Penn State | 9 | 25 | 178 | 7.12 | 0 | 2.8 | 19.8 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 17 | 169 | 9.94 | 0 | 1.7 | 16.9 |
| 20 | Fresno State | 3 | 10 | 155 | 15.50 | 1 | 3.3 | 51.7 |
| 20 | Michigan | 10 | 16 | 155 | 9.69 | 0 | 1.6 | 15.5 |
| 22 | Stanford | 12 | 16 | 154 | 9.63 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.8 |
| 23 | South Florida | 9 | 20 | 152 | 7.60 | 0 | 2.2 | 16.9 |
| 24 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 22 | 149 | 6.77 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.5 |
| 25 | West Virginia | 10 | 14 | 140 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.4 | 14.0 |
| 26 | Mississippi State | 9 | 13 | 132 | 10.15 | 0 | 1.4 | 14.7 |
| 27 | Florida | 10 | 18 | 124 | 6.89 | 1 | 1.8 | 12.4 |
| 28 | Kansas State | 11 | 13 | 113 | 8.69 | 0 | 1.2 | 10.3 |
| 29 | Mississippi | 8 | 10 | 112 | 11.20 | 1 | 1.3 | 14.0 |
| 29 | Wake Forest | 12 | 18 | 112 | 6.22 | 1 | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| 31 | Iowa State | 12 | 13 | 110 | 8.46 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.2 |
| 32 | Northwestern | 10 | 6 | 103 | 17.17 | 0 | 0.6 | 10.3 |
| 33 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 12 | 101 | 8.42 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.2 |
| 34 | Ohio State | 11 | 14 | 99 | 7.07 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| 35 | Kansas | 10 | 12 | 95 | 7.92 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.5 |
| 36 | Virginia | 10 | 21 | 94 | 4.48 | 0 | 2.1 | 9.4 |
| 37 | California | 11 | 13 | 93 | 7.15 | 0 | 1.2 | 8.5 |
| 38 | Missouri | 11 | 12 | 92 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| 38 | Connecticut | 9 | 18 | 92 | 5.11 | 1 | 2.0 | 10.2 |
| 38 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 18 | 92 | 5.11 | 1 | 1.8 | 9.2 |
| 38 | Cincinnati | 10 | 18 | 92 | 5.11 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.2 |
| 42 | Auburn | 10 | 16 | 91 | 5.69 | 0 | 1.6 | 9.1 |
| 43 | Boston College | 10 | 13 | 86 | 6.62 | 0 | 1.3 | 8.6 |
| 44 | Maryland | 10 | 16 | 85 | 5.31 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.5 |
| 45 | South Carolina | 10 | 16 | 84 | 5.25 | 0 | 1.6 | 8.4 |
| 46 | Baylor | 10 | 10 | 82 | 8.20 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.2 |
| 47 | Marshall | 3 | 2 | 80 | 40.00 | 1 | 0.7 | 26.7 |
| 48 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 10 | 77 | 7.70 | 0 | 0.9 | 7.0 |
| 49 | Clemson | 12 | 13 | 74 | 5.69 | 0 | 1.1 | 6.2 |
| 50 | Temple | 2 | 6 | 71 | 11.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 35.5 |
| 51 | Iowa | 11 | 10 | 68 | 6.80 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.2 |
| 52 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 20 | 65 | 3.25 | 0 | 1.8 | 5.9 |
| 53 | Boise State | 2 | 5 | 64 | 12.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 32.0 |
| 53 | North Carolina State | 10 | 12 | 64 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 6.4 |
| 55 | Colorado State | 1 | 6 | 62 | 10.33 | 0 | 6.0 | 62.0 |
| 55 | Western Michigan | 4 | 7 | 62 | 8.86 | 0 | 1.8 | 15.5 |
| 57 | Texas Tech | 9 | 12 | 57 | 4.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| 58 | BYU | 4 | 7 | 56 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 14.0 |
| 58 | North Carolina | 11 | 15 | 56 | 3.73 | 0 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
| 60 | Purdue | 9 | 15 | 53 | 3.53 | 0 | 1.7 | 5.9 |
| 60 | Illinois | 10 | 17 | 53 | 3.12 | 0 | 1.7 | 5.3 |
| 62 | San Diego State | 2 | 5 | 51 | 10.20 | 0 | 2.5 | 25.5 |
| 62 | Rutgers | 9 | 12 | 51 | 4.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| 62 | Arizona | 10 | 12 | 51 | 4.25 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.1 |
| 62 | Nebraska | 10 | 12 | 51 | 4.25 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.1 |
| 66 | Toledo | 2 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.5 |
| 67 | Notre Dame | 11 | 13 | 48 | 3.69 | 0 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| 68 | Colorado | 11 | 11 | 47 | 4.27 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 69 | Tennessee | 9 | 7 | 45 | 6.43 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 70 | Louisville | 10 | 11 | 42 | 3.82 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.2 |
| 71 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 4 | 40 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 13.3 |
| 72 | Central Michigan | 3 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.0 |
| 72 | Troy | 2 | 6 | 36 | 6.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 18.0 |
| 74 | Rice | 4 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| 75 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 2 | 1 | 31 | 31.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 15.5 |
| 76 | Buffalo | 3 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 77 | TCU | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 29.0 |
| 78 | Ball State | 3 | 1 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 9.3 |
| 79 | Indiana | 9 | 5 | 25 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| 80 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | 2.5 | 12.0 |
| 80 | Minnesota | 9 | 6 | 24 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| 82 | Florida International | 2 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| 82 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 6 | 22 | 3.67 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.3 |
| 84 | UCLA | 12 | 12 | 21 | 1.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| 85 | Kentucky | 9 | 12 | 20 | 1.67 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| 86 | Houston | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| 86 | Hawai'i | 2 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 9.0 |
| 86 | Washington State | 9 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
| 89 | Army | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 90 | Idaho | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 91 | UAB | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 92 | SMU | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| 93 | San Jose State | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 94 | Utah State | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 95 | Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 95 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 97 | Akron | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 97 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| 99 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 100 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 101 | New Mexico | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 101 | Kent State | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 101 | Tulane | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 101 | Navy | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 101 | Syracuse | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| 106 | Arkansas State | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 107 | North Texas | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 108 | New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 108 | Nevada | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 110 | UCF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 111 | Ohio | 1 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 2.0 | -1.0 |
| 111 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 113 | East Carolina | 3 | 4 | -13 | -3.25 | 0 | 1.3 | -4.3 |