2023 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2024

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Utah State 12 28 237 8.46 0 2.3 19.8
2 Louisiana Tech 10 27 234 8.67 2 2.7 23.4
2 Georgia Southern 13 27 204 7.56 0 2.1 15.7
4 Penn State 9 25 317 12.68 2 2.8 35.2
4 Florida State 10 25 289 11.56 0 2.5 28.9
4 SMU 13 25 270 10.80 1 1.9 20.8
7 Miami (Ohio) 14 24 299 12.46 0 1.7 21.4
7 Iowa 11 24 256 10.67 1 2.2 23.3
9 Michigan 10 23 209 9.09 0 2.3 20.9
10 Syracuse 11 22 247 11.23 0 2.0 22.5
10 Utah 10 22 98 4.45 0 2.2 9.8
12 Texas A&M 8 21 263 12.52 1 2.6 32.9
12 Virginia Tech 10 21 245 11.67 0 2.1 24.5
12 South Alabama 12 21 243 11.57 0 1.8 20.3
12 Charlotte 11 21 187 8.90 1 1.9 17.0
12 San Diego State 12 21 185 8.81 0 1.8 15.4
12 Louisville 11 21 58 2.76 1 1.9 5.3
18 Auburn 9 20 231 11.55 1 2.2 25.7
18 Fresno State 13 20 184 9.20 0 1.5 14.2
20 Oregon 11 19 189 9.95 0 1.7 17.2
20 Rice 11 19 182 9.58 0 1.7 16.5
20 Sam Houston State 11 19 130 6.84 0 1.7 11.8
20 Pittsburgh 9 19 107 5.63 0 2.1 11.9
20 Toledo 14 19 105 5.53 0 1.4 7.5
25 Texas 8 18 309 17.17 1 2.3 38.6
25 James Madison 13 18 266 14.78 1 1.4 20.5
25 West Virginia 10 18 214 11.89 1 1.8 21.4
25 Oklahoma 8 18 137 7.61 1 2.3 17.1
25 UCLA 12 18 123 6.83 0 1.5 10.3
30 Georgia 9 17 189 11.12 1 1.9 21.0
30 Alabama 8 17 187 11.00 1 2.1 23.4
30 New Mexico State 13 17 129 7.59 0 1.3 9.9
30 UTSA 12 17 125 7.35 1 1.4 10.4
30 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 17 97 5.71 0 1.3 7.5
30 Troy 13 17 86 5.06 0 1.3 6.6
36 UNLV 12 16 285 17.81 0 1.3 23.8
36 Tennessee 9 16 255 15.94 1 1.8 28.3
36 Southern Mississippi 11 16 167 10.44 1 1.5 15.2
36 Arkansas State 12 16 161 10.06 1 1.3 13.4
36 Washington 10 16 152 9.50 1 1.6 15.2
36 Wisconsin 10 16 132 8.25 0 1.6 13.2
36 Old Dominion 12 16 112 7.00 0 1.3 9.3
36 Purdue 9 16 93 5.81 0 1.8 10.3
36 Akron 12 16 93 5.81 0 1.3 7.8
36 Jacksonville State 12 16 87 5.44 1 1.3 7.3
46 Florida Atlantic 11 15 282 18.80 1 1.4 25.6
46 Bowling Green 11 15 128 8.53 1 1.4 11.6
46 Navy 10 15 123 8.20 0 1.5 12.3
46 South Florida 12 15 70 4.67 0 1.3 5.8
46 Ohio 13 15 41 2.73 0 1.2 3.2
46 BYU 8 15 37 2.47 0 1.9 4.6
52 USC 8 14 243 17.36 1 1.8 30.4
52 Vanderbilt 8 14 149 10.64 0 1.8 18.6
52 Kent State 12 14 106 7.57 0 1.2 8.8
52 Clemson 10 14 103 7.36 0 1.4 10.3
52 Hawai'i 12 14 89 6.36 0 1.2 7.4
52 Coastal Carolina 13 14 69 4.93 0 1.1 5.3
52 Ball State 11 14 15 1.07 0 1.3 1.4
59 Notre Dame 9 13 168 12.92 1 1.4 18.7
59 Colorado State 12 13 150 11.54 1 1.1 12.5
59 Florida 7 13 145 11.15 0 1.9 20.7
59 Eastern Michigan 13 13 142 10.92 0 1.0 10.9
59 Florida International 11 13 132 10.15 0 1.2 12.0
59 Temple 11 13 77 5.92 0 1.2 7.0
59 Central Michigan 11 13 61 4.69 0 1.2 5.5
59 Virginia 9 13 51 3.92 0 1.4 5.7
67 Mississippi State 8 12 140 11.67 1 1.5 17.5
67 North Carolina State 9 12 127 10.58 0 1.3 14.1
67 Wake Forest 8 12 116 9.67 0 1.5 14.5
67 Northern Illinois 13 12 104 8.67 1 0.9 8.0
67 Memphis 11 12 88 7.33 0 1.1 8.0
67 Texas State 13 12 83 6.92 0 0.9 6.4
67 Liberty 13 12 82 6.83 0 0.9 6.3
67 Massachusetts 10 12 80 6.67 0 1.2 8.0
67 Arizona 11 12 79 6.58 1 1.1 7.2
67 Cincinnati 9 12 45 3.75 0 1.3 5.0
67 Nebraska 10 12 36 3.00 0 1.2 3.6
78 Texas Tech 9 11 201 18.27 1 1.2 22.3
78 Arkansas 8 11 174 15.82 1 1.4 21.8
78 TCU 8 11 123 11.18 1 1.4 15.4
78 UCF 9 11 122 11.09 0 1.2 13.6
78 Middle Tennessee 9 11 120 10.91 0 1.2 13.3
78 Mississippi 9 11 107 9.73 1 1.2 11.9
78 Boston College 10 11 106 9.64 0 1.1 10.6
78 Duke 8 11 103 9.36 0 1.4 12.9
78 Tulane 12 11 99 9.00 1 0.9 8.3
78 Houston 9 11 90 8.18 0 1.2 10.0
78 Ohio State 9 11 49 4.45 0 1.2 5.4
78 Western Kentucky 11 11 40 3.64 0 1.0 3.6
90 Oregon State 9 10 203 20.30 1 1.1 22.6
90 Colorado 10 10 101 10.10 0 1.0 10.1
90 Baylor 10 10 100 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
90 East Carolina 10 10 83 8.30 0 1.0 8.3
90 Kansas State 8 10 44 4.40 0 1.3 5.5
90 Connecticut 10 10 37 3.70 0 1.0 3.7
90 North Texas 11 10 34 3.40 0 0.9 3.1
97 Georgia Tech 9 9 97 10.78 0 1.0 10.8
97 South Carolina 8 9 89 9.89 1 1.1 11.1
97 Michigan State 7 9 74 8.22 0 1.3 10.6
97 Arizona State 8 9 64 7.11 0 1.1 8.0
97 Buffalo 11 9 46 5.11 0 0.8 4.2
97 Northwestern 11 9 32 3.56 0 0.8 2.9
97 Georgia State 12 9 21 2.33 1 0.8 1.8
97 Oklahoma State 10 9 20 2.22 0 0.9 2.0
105 San Jose State 13 8 156 19.50 2 0.6 12.0
105 Iowa State 7 8 116 14.50 0 1.1 16.6
105 Illinois 9 8 96 12.00 0 0.9 10.7
105 UTEP 10 8 96 12.00 1 0.8 9.6
105 Minnesota 10 8 94 11.75 0 0.8 9.4
105 Missouri 8 8 70 8.75 0 1.0 8.8
105 Washington State 9 8 68 8.50 0 0.9 7.6
105 Maryland 10 8 57 7.13 0 0.8 5.7
105 California 11 8 28 3.50 0 0.7 2.5
105 Boise State 13 8 27 3.38 0 0.6 2.1
105 Air Force 13 8 23 2.88 0 0.6 1.8
105 Indiana 8 8 -14 -1.75 0 1.0 -1.8
117 Nevada 11 7 118 16.86 0 0.6 10.7
117 Army 11 7 113 16.14 2 0.6 10.3
117 North Carolina 11 7 107 15.29 1 0.6 9.7
117 Louisiana-Monroe 11 7 65 9.29 1 0.6 5.9
117 Kentucky 7 7 64 9.14 0 1.0 9.1
117 Western Michigan 11 7 64 9.14 0 0.6 5.8
117 Stanford 8 7 48 6.86 0 0.9 6.0
117 Miami (Florida) 9 7 27 3.86 0 0.8 3.0
117 Wyoming 12 7 16 2.29 0 0.6 1.3
117 Marshall 12 7 9 1.29 0 0.6 0.8
127 LSU 9 6 77 12.83 0 0.7 8.6
127 Tulsa 9 6 67 11.17 0 0.7 7.4
127 UAB 11 6 60 10.00 0 0.5 5.5
130 Kansas 9 5 117 23.40 1 0.6 13.0
130 Rutgers 9 5 21 4.20 2 0.6 2.3
132 New Mexico 12 4 5 1.25 0 0.3 0.4
133 Appalachian State 14 2 37 18.50 0 0.1 2.6