2016 National Leaders Opponent Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowling Green | 8 | 27 | 355 | 13.15 | 0 | 3.4 | 44.4 |
| 1 | Idaho | 8 | 28 | 421 | 15.04 | 0 | 3.5 | 52.6 |
| 1 | Tulane | 8 | 16 | 250 | 15.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.3 |
| 1 | Memphis | 8 | 18 | 292 | 16.22 | 0 | 2.3 | 36.5 |
| 1 | Purdue | 9 | 31 | 506 | 16.32 | 0 | 3.4 | 56.2 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 8 | 27 | 454 | 16.81 | 0 | 3.4 | 56.8 |
| 1 | Nevada | 8 | 23 | 394 | 17.13 | 0 | 2.9 | 49.3 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 8 | 7 | 120 | 17.14 | 0 | 0.9 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Boise State | 8 | 21 | 365 | 17.38 | 0 | 2.6 | 45.6 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 9 | 20 | 349 | 17.45 | 0 | 2.2 | 38.8 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 9 | 37 | 646 | 17.46 | 0 | 4.1 | 71.8 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 9 | 27 | 472 | 17.48 | 0 | 3.0 | 52.4 |
| 1 | Penn State | 10 | 40 | 707 | 17.68 | 0 | 4.0 | 70.7 |
| 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 26 | 461 | 17.73 | 0 | 3.3 | 57.6 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 8 | 28 | 498 | 17.79 | 0 | 3.5 | 62.3 |
| 1 | Old Dominion | 8 | 45 | 805 | 17.89 | 0 | 5.6 | 100.6 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 37 | 667 | 18.03 | 0 | 4.1 | 74.1 |
| 1 | Ohio | 9 | 40 | 725 | 18.13 | 0 | 4.4 | 80.6 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 12 | 221 | 18.42 | 0 | 1.3 | 24.6 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 9 | 28 | 516 | 18.43 | 0 | 3.1 | 57.3 |
| 1 | Troy | 8 | 25 | 462 | 18.48 | 0 | 3.1 | 57.8 |
| 1 | USC | 9 | 27 | 500 | 18.52 | 0 | 3.0 | 55.6 |
| 1 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 56 | 1042 | 18.61 | 0 | 6.2 | 115.8 |
| 1 | UCF | 8 | 16 | 298 | 18.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 37.3 |
| 1 | Arizona | 9 | 25 | 466 | 18.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 51.8 |
| 1 | Florida State | 8 | 17 | 317 | 18.65 | 0 | 2.1 | 39.6 |
| 1 | Toledo | 8 | 36 | 672 | 18.67 | 0 | 4.5 | 84.0 |
| 1 | Washington | 10 | 46 | 862 | 18.74 | 0 | 4.6 | 86.2 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 8 | 33 | 620 | 18.79 | 0 | 4.1 | 77.5 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 8 | 21 | 395 | 18.81 | 0 | 2.6 | 49.4 |
| 1 | Maryland | 9 | 32 | 602 | 18.81 | 0 | 3.6 | 66.9 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 8 | 23 | 434 | 18.87 | 0 | 2.9 | 54.3 |
| 1 | Ball State | 8 | 33 | 623 | 18.88 | 0 | 4.1 | 77.9 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 9 | 53 | 1004 | 18.94 | 0 | 5.9 | 111.6 |
| 1 | Auburn | 8 | 10 | 190 | 19.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 23.8 |
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 34 | 651 | 19.15 | 0 | 4.3 | 81.4 |
| 1 | Fresno State | 8 | 21 | 403 | 19.19 | 0 | 2.6 | 50.4 |
| 1 | Kent State | 8 | 30 | 581 | 19.37 | 0 | 3.8 | 72.6 |
| 1 | Texas State | 8 | 20 | 388 | 19.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 48.5 |
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 11 | 214 | 19.45 | 0 | 1.4 | 26.8 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 8 | 26 | 513 | 19.73 | 0 | 3.3 | 64.1 |
| 1 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 32 | 632 | 19.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 79.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 8 | 26 | 515 | 19.81 | 0 | 3.3 | 64.4 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 8 | 24 | 477 | 19.88 | 0 | 3.0 | 59.6 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 8 | 22 | 438 | 19.91 | 0 | 2.8 | 54.8 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 9 | 24 | 480 | 20.00 | 0 | 2.7 | 53.3 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 9 | 40 | 803 | 20.08 | 0 | 4.4 | 89.2 |
| 1 | South Florida | 8 | 41 | 827 | 20.17 | 0 | 5.1 | 103.4 |
| 1 | Iowa | 9 | 17 | 343 | 20.18 | 0 | 1.9 | 38.1 |
| 1 | Akron | 8 | 32 | 647 | 20.22 | 0 | 4.0 | 80.9 |
| 1 | Duke | 8 | 25 | 506 | 20.24 | 0 | 3.1 | 63.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 31 | 628 | 20.26 | 0 | 3.9 | 78.5 |
| 1 | Baylor | 9 | 37 | 750 | 20.27 | 0 | 4.1 | 83.3 |
| 1 | Clemson | 9 | 34 | 693 | 20.38 | 0 | 3.8 | 77.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 8 | 32 | 656 | 20.50 | 0 | 4.0 | 82.0 |
| 1 | Indiana | 9 | 28 | 576 | 20.57 | 0 | 3.1 | 64.0 |
| 1 | Stanford | 9 | 19 | 391 | 20.58 | 0 | 2.1 | 43.4 |
| 1 | TCU | 9 | 26 | 535 | 20.58 | 0 | 2.9 | 59.4 |
| 1 | Oregon | 9 | 20 | 412 | 20.60 | 0 | 2.2 | 45.8 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 8 | 18 | 371 | 20.61 | 0 | 2.3 | 46.4 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 8 | 32 | 660 | 20.63 | 0 | 4.0 | 82.5 |
| 1 | Texas | 9 | 26 | 540 | 20.77 | 0 | 2.9 | 60.0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 8 | 30 | 631 | 21.03 | 0 | 3.8 | 78.9 |
| 1 | Air Force | 8 | 26 | 550 | 21.15 | 0 | 3.3 | 68.8 |
| 1 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 39 | 827 | 21.21 | 0 | 4.9 | 103.4 |
| 1 | Louisville | 8 | 59 | 1252 | 21.22 | 0 | 7.4 | 156.5 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 8 | 11 | 234 | 21.27 | 0 | 1.4 | 29.3 |
| 1 | UTEP | 8 | 14 | 301 | 21.50 | 0 | 1.8 | 37.6 |
| 1 | BYU | 1 | 8 | 172 | 21.50 | 0 | 8.0 | 172.0 |
| 1 | Boston College | 8 | 14 | 302 | 21.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 37.8 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 1 | 6 | 130 | 21.67 | 0 | 6.0 | 130.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 9 | 27 | 589 | 21.81 | 0 | 3.0 | 65.4 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 8 | 25 | 549 | 21.96 | 0 | 3.1 | 68.6 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 8 | 15 | 330 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.9 | 41.3 |
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 27 | 594 | 22.00 | 0 | 3.4 | 74.3 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 10 | 22 | 488 | 22.18 | 0 | 2.2 | 48.8 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 12 | 267 | 22.25 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.4 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 9 | 39 | 868 | 22.26 | 0 | 4.3 | 96.4 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 8 | 9 | 202 | 22.44 | 0 | 1.1 | 25.3 |
| 1 | Georgia State | 8 | 22 | 494 | 22.45 | 0 | 2.8 | 61.8 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 53 | 1190 | 22.45 | 0 | 5.9 | 132.2 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 8 | 40 | 905 | 22.63 | 0 | 5.0 | 113.1 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 29 | 662 | 22.83 | 0 | 3.6 | 82.8 |
| 1 | Utah State | 8 | 22 | 503 | 22.86 | 0 | 2.8 | 62.9 |
| 1 | Florida | 9 | 9 | 206 | 22.89 | 0 | 1.0 | 22.9 |
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 11 | 252 | 22.91 | 0 | 1.4 | 31.5 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 9 | 24 | 555 | 23.13 | 0 | 2.7 | 61.7 |
| 1 | Illinois | 9 | 18 | 417 | 23.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 46.3 |
| 1 | Kansas | 9 | 14 | 325 | 23.21 | 0 | 1.6 | 36.1 |
| 1 | Rice | 8 | 21 | 488 | 23.24 | 0 | 2.6 | 61.0 |
| 1 | Alabama | 9 | 31 | 721 | 23.26 | 0 | 3.4 | 80.1 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 9 | 25 | 584 | 23.36 | 0 | 2.8 | 64.9 |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 8 | 18 | 431 | 23.94 | 0 | 2.3 | 53.9 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 8 | 23 | 551 | 23.96 | 0 | 2.9 | 68.9 |
| 1 | Houston | 8 | 26 | 639 | 24.58 | 0 | 3.3 | 79.9 |
| 1 | Georgia | 8 | 22 | 556 | 25.27 | 0 | 2.8 | 69.5 |
| 1 | Colorado | 10 | 28 | 724 | 25.86 | 0 | 2.8 | 72.4 |
| 1 | UNLV | 8 | 30 | 783 | 26.10 | 0 | 3.8 | 97.9 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 8 | 8 | 218 | 27.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 27.3 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | 65 | 32.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 65.0 |
| 101 | California | 9 | 29 | 422 | 14.55 | 1 | 3.2 | 46.9 |
| 101 | Navy | 9 | 41 | 652 | 15.90 | 1 | 4.6 | 72.4 |
| 101 | Arkansas State | 8 | 34 | 563 | 16.56 | 1 | 4.3 | 70.4 |
| 101 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 47 | 949 | 20.19 | 1 | 5.9 | 118.6 |
| 101 | East Carolina | 8 | 33 | 678 | 20.55 | 1 | 4.1 | 84.8 |
| 101 | Washington State | 9 | 38 | 788 | 20.74 | 1 | 4.2 | 87.6 |
| 101 | Temple | 9 | 48 | 1060 | 22.08 | 1 | 5.3 | 117.8 |
| 101 | Buffalo | 8 | 23 | 512 | 22.26 | 1 | 2.9 | 64.0 |
| 101 | Michigan State | 9 | 25 | 557 | 22.28 | 1 | 2.8 | 61.9 |
| 101 | Utah | 9 | 24 | 542 | 22.58 | 1 | 2.7 | 60.2 |
| 101 | Florida International | 8 | 33 | 747 | 22.64 | 1 | 4.1 | 93.4 |
| 101 | West Virginia | 9 | 36 | 818 | 22.72 | 1 | 4.0 | 90.9 |
| 101 | Syracuse | 8 | 21 | 494 | 23.52 | 1 | 2.6 | 61.8 |
| 101 | Texas Tech | 9 | 22 | 520 | 23.64 | 1 | 2.4 | 57.8 |
| 101 | Marshall | 8 | 10 | 239 | 23.90 | 1 | 1.3 | 29.9 |
| 101 | SMU | 8 | 36 | 869 | 24.14 | 1 | 4.5 | 108.6 |
| 101 | New Mexico State | 8 | 20 | 498 | 24.90 | 1 | 2.5 | 62.3 |
| 101 | Rutgers | 9 | 17 | 426 | 25.06 | 1 | 1.9 | 47.3 |
| 101 | UCLA | 9 | 26 | 672 | 25.85 | 1 | 2.9 | 74.7 |
| 101 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 14 | 375 | 26.79 | 1 | 1.8 | 46.9 |
| 101 | Virginia | 8 | 21 | 580 | 27.62 | 1 | 2.6 | 72.5 |
| 101 | North Texas | 8 | 12 | 337 | 28.08 | 1 | 1.5 | 42.1 |
| 101 | Missouri | 8 | 12 | 340 | 28.33 | 1 | 1.5 | 42.5 |
| 101 | Army | 1 | 1 | 92 | 92.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 92.0 |
| 125 | UTSA | 8 | 28 | 579 | 20.68 | 2 | 3.5 | 72.4 |
| 125 | Wyoming | 9 | 34 | 911 | 26.79 | 2 | 3.8 | 101.2 |
| 125 | Arizona State | 9 | 16 | 431 | 26.94 | 2 | 1.8 | 47.9 |
| 125 | South Carolina | 8 | 17 | 488 | 28.71 | 2 | 2.1 | 61.0 |