2016 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2017

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Alabama 9 22 394 17.91 3 2.4 43.8
2 Texas A&M 10 13 353 27.15 4 1.3 35.3
3 Boston College 9 26 321 12.35 0 2.9 35.7
4 Virginia Tech 12 38 308 8.11 1 3.2 25.7
5 USC 8 18 305 16.94 2 2.3 38.1
6 Iowa 8 22 294 13.36 1 2.8 36.8
7 Missouri 9 24 287 11.96 1 2.7 31.9
8 Arkansas State 12 37 275 7.43 2 3.1 22.9
9 Clemson 8 25 272 10.88 0 3.1 34.0
10 San Diego State 14 30 271 9.03 0 2.1 19.4
11 Western Kentucky 13 13 256 19.69 3 1.0 19.7
12 Southern Mississippi 12 26 247 9.50 1 2.2 20.6
13 Pittsburgh 9 15 245 16.33 1 1.7 27.2
14 Akron 10 15 244 16.27 2 1.5 24.4
15 Toledo 12 24 237 9.88 2 2.0 19.8
16 Colorado 9 24 234 9.75 1 2.7 26.0
17 Washington 10 20 233 11.65 2 2.0 23.3
18 TCU 10 18 231 12.83 1 1.8 23.1
19 South Florida 11 23 230 10.00 1 2.1 20.9
20 Tennessee 9 22 229 10.41 1 2.4 25.4
21 Western Michigan 13 19 224 11.79 1 1.5 17.2
22 Washington State 10 19 219 11.53 1 1.9 21.9
23 Baylor 10 19 217 11.42 0 1.9 21.7
23 UTEP 12 23 217 9.43 1 1.9 18.1
25 Syracuse 6 10 207 20.70 0 1.7 34.5
25 Georgia Southern 11 16 207 12.94 0 1.5 18.8
27 Tulsa 12 23 206 8.96 0 1.9 17.2
28 Texas State 12 21 205 9.76 0 1.8 17.1
29 Kansas State 9 17 204 12.00 1 1.9 22.7
29 Old Dominion 13 22 204 9.27 0 1.7 15.7
31 Utah 10 30 201 6.70 0 3.0 20.1
32 Arizona State 9 17 200 11.76 1 1.9 22.2
33 Florida 9 29 199 6.86 0 3.2 22.1
34 Georgia 11 20 196 9.80 1 1.8 17.8
35 Troy 12 21 195 9.29 1 1.8 16.3
36 Maryland 9 18 193 10.72 2 2.0 21.4
37 BYU 12 23 188 8.17 0 1.9 15.7
38 Iowa State 8 18 186 10.33 0 2.3 23.3
39 Appalachian State 13 17 185 10.88 0 1.3 14.2
40 Temple 12 16 179 11.19 0 1.3 14.9
40 Colorado State 12 21 179 8.52 1 1.8 14.9
42 Louisiana Tech 14 17 178 10.47 0 1.2 12.7
42 UCLA 9 26 178 6.85 1 2.9 19.8
42 Wyoming 13 30 178 5.93 1 2.3 13.7
45 Notre Dame 9 16 170 10.63 0 1.8 18.9
46 Memphis 11 19 165 8.68 0 1.7 15.0
47 Texas 9 24 164 6.83 0 2.7 18.2
48 Middle Tennessee 13 21 162 7.71 0 1.6 12.5
49 UCF 10 20 161 8.05 1 2.0 16.1
50 Boise State 13 24 159 6.63 0 1.8 12.2
51 Rutgers 7 17 158 9.29 1 2.4 22.6
52 Miami (Florida) 9 12 152 12.67 1 1.3 16.9
53 UTSA 13 23 151 6.57 0 1.8 11.6
54 New Mexico 13 22 150 6.82 0 1.7 11.5
55 Duke 9 18 149 8.28 0 2.0 16.6
56 Florida International 12 15 148 9.87 0 1.3 12.3
57 Army 12 21 146 6.95 0 1.8 12.2
58 Texas Tech 9 15 142 9.47 0 1.7 15.8
58 Fresno State 11 22 142 6.45 0 2.0 12.9
60 Marshall 10 16 141 8.81 0 1.6 14.1
61 Navy 12 13 140 10.77 0 1.1 11.7
62 North Texas 12 15 136 9.07 1 1.3 11.3
63 Idaho 12 15 133 8.87 2 1.3 11.1
64 North Carolina State 10 15 132 8.80 1 1.5 13.2
65 Oregon 7 16 131 8.19 0 2.3 18.7
65 Kentucky 10 16 131 8.19 1 1.6 13.1
67 Michigan 7 12 129 10.75 0 1.7 18.4
68 Virginia 9 16 126 7.88 0 1.8 14.0
69 Ohio State 7 16 124 7.75 0 2.3 17.7
69 Nebraska 10 16 124 7.75 0 1.6 12.4
69 Vanderbilt 11 16 124 7.75 0 1.5 11.3
69 Indiana 9 19 124 6.53 0 2.1 13.8
73 LSU 7 16 122 7.63 1 2.3 17.4
74 Oklahoma 9 11 120 10.91 1 1.2 13.3
74 Utah State 11 18 120 6.67 1 1.6 10.9
76 Kent State 9 19 119 6.26 0 2.1 13.2
77 Michigan State 8 14 117 8.36 0 1.8 14.6
78 Arkansas 8 12 112 9.33 0 1.5 14.0
78 North Carolina 9 13 112 8.62 0 1.4 12.4
80 Oklahoma State 9 9 111 12.33 0 1.0 12.3
80 Auburn 9 14 111 7.93 0 1.6 12.3
82 Buffalo 11 15 107 7.13 0 1.4 9.7
83 Minnesota 9 19 102 5.37 0 2.1 11.3
84 Nevada 12 9 101 11.22 0 0.8 8.4
85 Florida State 8 11 100 9.09 1 1.4 12.5
86 Georgia Tech 10 8 99 12.38 0 0.8 9.9
86 Air Force 13 9 99 11.00 1 0.7 7.6
86 Bowling Green 11 20 99 4.95 0 1.8 9.0
89 Ball State 11 18 94 5.22 1 1.6 8.5
90 Massachusetts 11 11 93 8.45 0 1.0 8.5
91 San Jose State 12 14 91 6.50 0 1.2 7.6
92 Ohio 13 19 90 4.74 0 1.5 6.9
93 Stanford 10 11 89 8.09 0 1.1 8.9
94 Penn State 7 12 87 7.25 0 1.7 12.4
94 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 16 87 5.44 0 1.2 6.7
94 Oregon State 9 17 87 5.12 0 1.9 9.7
97 Central Michigan 11 13 86 6.62 0 1.2 7.8
98 Wisconsin 7 14 84 6.00 0 2.0 12.0
99 Northwestern 7 16 79 4.94 0 2.3 11.3
100 Louisiana-Monroe 10 11 73 6.64 0 1.1 7.3
101 South Alabama 13 17 71 4.18 0 1.3 5.5
102 Illinois 7 15 70 4.67 0 2.1 10.0
102 Louisville 10 20 70 3.50 0 2.0 7.0
104 Mississippi State 10 14 68 4.86 0 1.4 6.8
105 Purdue 8 9 65 7.22 0 1.1 8.1
106 Cincinnati 10 12 64 5.33 0 1.2 6.4
107 Hawai'i 13 8 63 7.88 0 0.6 4.8
108 Tulane 11 15 62 4.13 0 1.4 5.6
109 Northern Illinois 10 16 59 3.69 0 1.6 5.9
110 Houston 11 14 53 3.79 0 1.3 4.8
111 Arizona 8 8 50 6.25 0 1.0 6.3
111 Florida Atlantic 12 13 50 3.85 0 1.1 4.2
113 Rice 11 17 47 2.76 0 1.5 4.3
114 Charlotte 10 15 42 2.80 1 1.5 4.2
115 Mississippi 8 6 34 5.67 0 0.8 4.3
116 West Virginia 11 18 32 1.78 0 1.6 2.9
117 South Carolina 10 8 31 3.88 0 0.8 3.1
118 SMU 10 9 30 3.33 0 0.9 3.0
119 Eastern Michigan 12 9 27 3.00 0 0.8 2.3
120 New Mexico State 12 6 19 3.17 0 0.5 1.6
121 Miami (Ohio) 12 5 18 3.60 0 0.4 1.5
122 East Carolina 9 6 16 2.67 0 0.7 1.8
123 California 9 12 15 1.25 0 1.3 1.7
124 Connecticut 10 2 13 6.50 0 0.2 1.3
125 Georgia State 11 7 10 1.43 0 0.6 0.9
125 Wake Forest 9 15 10 0.67 0 1.7 1.1
127 UNLV 12 12 -1 -0.08 1 1.0 -0.1
128 Kansas 9 7 -10 -1.43 0 0.8 -1.1