2022 National Leaders Opponent Punt Returns - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2023
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | 1 | 2 | -4 | -2.00 | 0 | 2.0 | -4.0 |
| 1 | Western Michigan | 1 | 3 | -5 | -1.67 | 0 | 3.0 | -5.0 |
| 1 | Rutgers | 3 | 3 | -5 | -1.67 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.7 |
| 1 | Florida State | 2 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| 1 | BYU | 2 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.5 |
| 1 | UAB | 1 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 3.0 | -1.0 |
| 1 | UTSA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 1 | West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| 1 | San Jose State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Navy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| 1 | Tulane | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Utah | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| 1 | UCF | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 7 | 14 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Rice | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | Nebraska | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Southern Mississippi | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| 1 | Purdue | 3 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| 1 | SMU | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Charlotte | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Louisville | 3 | 7 | 29 | 4.14 | 0 | 2.3 | 9.7 |
| 1 | Penn State | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 1 | Alabama | 5 | 6 | 26 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| 1 | Stanford | 7 | 12 | 52 | 4.33 | 0 | 1.7 | 7.4 |
| 1 | Michigan State | 4 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 2 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 2.5 | 11.0 |
| 1 | Texas State | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Kent State | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Iowa State | 3 | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Washington State | 6 | 6 | 32 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 1 | Maryland | 3 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 7.3 |
| 1 | Auburn | 5 | 7 | 39 | 5.57 | 0 | 1.4 | 7.8 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | 8 | 50 | 6.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.5 |
| 1 | Utah State | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Baylor | 3 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 1.7 | 11.3 |
| 1 | Washington | 4 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 1 | Kansas | 3 | 6 | 43 | 7.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | 12 | 86 | 7.17 | 0 | 4.0 | 28.7 |
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 8 | 58 | 7.25 | 0 | 2.7 | 19.3 |
| 1 | TCU | 5 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Duke | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Florida | 7 | 9 | 68 | 7.56 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.7 |
| 1 | Hawai'i | 2 | 7 | 53 | 7.57 | 0 | 3.5 | 26.5 |
| 1 | South Carolina | 4 | 8 | 61 | 7.63 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.3 |
| 1 | Boston College | 3 | 7 | 54 | 7.71 | 0 | 2.3 | 18.0 |
| 1 | Arizona | 6 | 8 | 62 | 7.75 | 0 | 1.3 | 10.3 |
| 1 | Iowa | 2 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 15.5 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 4 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Kansas State | 5 | 5 | 40 | 8.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 1 | Wyoming | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 1 | New Mexico | 2 | 7 | 57 | 8.14 | 0 | 3.5 | 28.5 |
| 1 | Arkansas State | 2 | 6 | 53 | 8.83 | 0 | 3.0 | 26.5 |
| 1 | Ohio | 1 | 5 | 47 | 9.40 | 0 | 5.0 | 47.0 |
| 1 | Oregon | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| 1 | Central Michigan | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 1 | Syracuse | 4 | 14 | 135 | 9.64 | 0 | 3.5 | 33.8 |
| 1 | Arizona State | 5 | 6 | 58 | 9.67 | 0 | 1.2 | 11.6 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 2 | 7 | 69 | 9.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 34.5 |
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Colorado State | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | South Florida | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Houston | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 6 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Marshall | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | UCLA | 5 | 4 | 46 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.2 |
| 1 | UNLV | 2 | 7 | 83 | 11.86 | 0 | 3.5 | 41.5 |
| 1 | Toledo | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.0 |
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 14 | 171 | 12.21 | 0 | 3.5 | 42.8 |
| 1 | East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 11 | 147 | 13.36 | 0 | 3.7 | 49.0 |
| 1 | Akron | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 27.0 |
| 1 | Illinois | 2 | 4 | 55 | 13.75 | 0 | 2.0 | 27.5 |
| 1 | USC | 7 | 3 | 42 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Virginia | 1 | 6 | 85 | 14.17 | 0 | 6.0 | 85.0 |
| 1 | South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 | Arkansas | 4 | 5 | 84 | 16.80 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.0 |
| 1 | Mississippi | 4 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Wake Forest | 2 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| 1 | Kentucky | 4 | 4 | 79 | 19.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 19.8 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 41.0 |
| 1 | LSU | 5 | 5 | 105 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| 1 | North Carolina State | 2 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 33.0 |
| 1 | Oregon State | 5 | 2 | 50 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 10.0 |
| 1 | Michigan | 3 | 1 | 31 | 31.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 10.3 |
| 96 | Colorado | 7 | 17 | 164 | 9.65 | 1 | 2.4 | 23.4 |
| 96 | California | 6 | 13 | 143 | 11.00 | 1 | 2.2 | 23.8 |
| 96 | Clemson | 4 | 8 | 114 | 14.25 | 1 | 2.0 | 28.5 |
| 96 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 14 | 263 | 18.79 | 1 | 3.5 | 65.8 |
| 96 | Boise State | 3 | 4 | 82 | 20.50 | 1 | 1.3 | 27.3 |
| 96 | Texas Tech | 3 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 1 | 1.7 | 36.3 |
| 96 | Georgia | 7 | 4 | 92 | 23.00 | 1 | 0.6 | 13.1 |
| 96 | Memphis | 2 | 4 | 94 | 23.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 47.0 |
| 96 | Missouri | 4 | 3 | 80 | 26.67 | 1 | 0.8 | 20.0 |
| 105 | Georgia State | 1 | 5 | 98 | 19.60 | 2 | 5.0 | 98.0 |
| 105 | Connecticut | 2 | 6 | 177 | 29.50 | 2 | 3.0 | 88.5 |
| 107 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 15 | 360 | 24.00 | 3 | 5.0 | 120.0 |