COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
FCS: Team Kickoff Return Defense
| Rank | Team | G | W-L | Opp KO Ret | KO TB | Opp KO Ret Yds | Opp Kick Ret TDs | Avg |
| 1 | Abilene Christian (WAC) | 11 | 7-4 | 15 | 39 | 176 | 0 | 11.73 |
| 2 | Norfolk St. (MEAC) | 11 | 2-9 | 26 | 1 | 331 | 0 | 12.73 |
| 3 | Alcorn (SWAC) | 11 | 5-6 | 41 | 6 | 561 | 0 | 13.68 |
| 4 | Saint Francis (PA) (NEC) | 12 | 9-3 | 40 | 29 | 556 | 0 | 13.90 |
| 5 | Cornell (Ivy League) | 10 | 5-5 | 16 | 23 | 231 | 1 | 14.44 |
| 6 | Alabama A&M (SWAC) | 11 | 4-7 | 37 | 2 | 545 | 0 | 14.73 |
| 7 | Delaware St. (MEAC) | 11 | 5-6 | 31 | 6 | 467 | 1 | 15.06 |
| 8 | Duquesne (NEC) | 11 | 4-7 | 35 | 5 | 531 | 0 | 15.17 |
| 9 | Dayton (Pioneer) | 11 | 8-3 | 30 | 28 | 471 | 0 | 15.70 |
| 10 | The Citadel (SoCon) | 11 | 4-7 | 28 | 11 | 441 | 0 | 15.75 |
| 11 | Mercer (SoCon) | 11 | 7-4 | 54 | 1 | 858 | 0 | 15.89 |
| 12 | Montana (Big Sky) | 13 | 8-5 | 41 | 24 | 656 | 0 | 16.00 |
| 13 | New Hampshire (CAA) | 13 | 9-4 | 39 | 12 | 629 | 0 | 16.13 |
| 14 | Davidson (Pioneer) | 12 | 8-4 | 59 | 3 | 956 | 0 | 16.20 |
| 15 | Stony Brook (CAA) | 11 | 2-9 | 22 | 8 | 360 | 0 | 16.36 |
| 16 | Drake (Pioneer) | 11 | 3-8 | 29 | 3 | 477 | 1 | 16.45 |
| 17 | Texas Southern (SWAC) | 11 | 5-6 | 40 | 10 | 659 | 1 | 16.48 |
| 18 | Cal Poly (Big Sky) | 11 | 2-9 | 28 | 9 | 462 | 0 | 16.50 |
| 19 | Portland St. (Big Sky) | 11 | 4-7 | 24 | 18 | 397 | 1 | 16.54 |
| 20 | Hampton (CAA) | 11 | 4-7 | 14 | 26 | 234 | 0 | 16.71 |
| 21 | Delaware (CAA) | 13 | 8-5 | 50 | 8 | 855 | 0 | 17.10 |
| 22 | South Carolina St. (MEAC) | 11 | 3-8 | 46 | 0 | 790 | 0 | 17.17 |
| 23 | Yale (Ivy League) | 10 | 8-2 | 23 | 23 | 398 | 0 | 17.30 |
| 24 | Illinois St. (MVFC) | 11 | 6-5 | 24 | 5 | 418 | 0 | 17.42 |
| 25 | Butler (Pioneer) | 11 | 7-4 | 35 | 17 | 615 | 0 | 17.57 |
| 26 | Villanova (CAA) | 11 | 6-5 | 42 | 2 | 739 | 0 | 17.60 |
| 27 | Lafayette (Patriot) | 11 | 4-7 | 21 | 2 | 376 | 0 | 17.90 |
| 28 | Nicholls (Southland) | 11 | 3-8 | 20 | 13 | 359 | 0 | 17.95 |
| 29 | Sam Houston (WAC) | 9 | 5-4 | 21 | 10 | 377 | 0 | 17.95 |
| 30 | Western Ill. (MVFC) | 11 | 0-11 | 17 | 14 | 308 | 0 | 18.12 |
| 31 | SFA (WAC) | 11 | 6-5 | 35 | 23 | 640 | 0 | 18.29 |
| 32 | Jackson St. (SWAC) | 13 | 12-1 | 54 | 29 | 989 | 0 | 18.31 |
| 33 | Eastern Ill. (OVC) | 11 | 2-9 | 22 | 11 | 403 | 0 | 18.32 |
| 34 | Columbia (Ivy League) | 10 | 6-4 | 16 | 29 | 295 | 0 | 18.44 |
| 35 | VMI (SoCon) | 11 | 1-10 | 25 | 13 | 462 | 0 | 18.48 |
| 36 | Austin Peay (ASUN) | 11 | 7-4 | 22 | 34 | 407 | 0 | 18.50 |
| 37 | Harvard (Ivy League) | 10 | 6-4 | 15 | 28 | 278 | 0 | 18.53 |
| 38 | William & Mary (CAA) | 13 | 11-2 | 37 | 33 | 687 | 0 | 18.57 |
| 39 | UAlbany (CAA) | 11 | 3-8 | 29 | 6 | 539 | 0 | 18.59 |
| 40 | Youngstown St. (MVFC) | 11 | 7-4 | 29 | 26 | 541 | 0 | 18.66 |
| 41 | Charleston So. (Big South) | 10 | 2-8 | 24 | 5 | 451 | 1 | 18.79 |
| 42 | Bucknell (Patriot) | 11 | 3-8 | 27 | 0 | 508 | 0 | 18.81 |
| 43 | LIU (NEC) | 11 | 4-7 | 33 | 17 | 623 | 0 | 18.88 |
| 44 | Holy Cross (Patriot) | 13 | 12-1 | 44 | 30 | 833 | 0 | 18.93 |
| 45 | Florida A&M (SWAC) | 11 | 9-2 | 30 | 22 | 570 | 0 | 19.00 |
| 46 | Monmouth (CAA) | 11 | 5-6 | 43 | 15 | 818 | 1 | 19.02 |
| 47 | Colgate (Patriot) | 11 | 3-8 | 17 | 25 | 325 | 0 | 19.12 |
| 48 | Tennessee Tech (OVC) | 11 | 4-7 | 28 | 17 | 538 | 0 | 19.21 |
| 49 | Southern Utah (WAC) | 11 | 5-6 | 26 | 32 | 500 | 0 | 19.23 |
| 50 | Howard (MEAC) | 11 | 5-6 | 43 | 8 | 830 | 0 | 19.30 |
| 51 | Alabama St. (SWAC) | 11 | 6-5 | 45 | 1 | 870 | 0 | 19.33 |
| 52 | Chattanooga (SoCon) | 11 | 7-4 | 42 | 10 | 815 | 1 | 19.40 |
| 53 | Maine (CAA) | 11 | 2-9 | 31 | 13 | 602 | 0 | 19.42 |
| 54 | Southern U. (SWAC) | 12 | 7-5 | 32 | 31 | 623 | 0 | 19.47 |
| 55 | Sacred Heart (NEC) | 11 | 5-6 | 23 | 17 | 449 | 0 | 19.52 |
| 56 | N.C. Central (MEAC) | 12 | 10-2 | 56 | 10 | 1,095 | 2 | 19.55 |
| 57 | Campbell (Big South) | 11 | 5-6 | 45 | 10 | 881 | 0 | 19.58 |
| 58 | Sacramento St. (Big Sky) | 13 | 12-1 | 52 | 32 | 1,026 | 1 | 19.73 |
| 59 | Morgan St. (MEAC) | 11 | 4-7 | 33 | 7 | 652 | 0 | 19.76 |
| 60 | UC Davis (Big Sky) | 11 | 6-5 | 33 | 33 | 653 | 0 | 19.79 |
| 61 | UIW (Southland) | 14 | 12-2 | 66 | 39 | 1,308 | 0 | 19.82 |
| 62 | Towson (CAA) | 11 | 6-5 | 31 | 9 | 615 | 0 | 19.84 |
| 63 | Fordham (Patriot) | 12 | 9-3 | 68 | 11 | 1,350 | 2 | 19.85 |
| 64 | Elon (CAA) | 12 | 8-4 | 14 | 47 | 279 | 0 | 19.93 |
| 65 | Northwestern St. (Southland) | 11 | 4-7 | 24 | 13 | 483 | 0 | 20.12 |
| 66 | Kennesaw St. (ASUN) | 11 | 5-6 | 19 | 26 | 384 | 0 | 20.21 |
| 67 | Southern Ill. (MVFC) | 11 | 5-6 | 31 | 17 | 627 | 0 | 20.23 |
| 68 | Richmond (CAA) | 13 | 9-4 | 51 | 15 | 1,032 | 2 | 20.24 |
| 69 | Samford (SoCon) | 13 | 11-2 | 35 | 33 | 711 | 0 | 20.31 |
| 70 | Princeton (Ivy League) | 10 | 8-2 | 31 | 12 | 632 | 0 | 20.39 |
| 71 | Gardner-Webb (Big South) | 13 | 7-6 | 43 | 13 | 877 | 1 | 20.40 |
| 72 | South Dakota (MVFC) | 11 | 3-8 | 13 | 25 | 266 | 0 | 20.46 |
| 73 | Furman (SoCon) | 13 | 10-3 | 28 | 50 | 580 | 0 | 20.71 |
| 74 | Stetson (Pioneer) | 10 | 4-6 | 48 | 3 | 996 | 0 | 20.75 |
| 75 | UNI (MVFC) | 11 | 6-5 | 31 | 34 | 650 | 0 | 20.97 |
| 76 | Dartmouth (Ivy League) | 10 | 3-7 | 25 | 7 | 528 | 1 | 21.12 |
| 77 | Bethune-Cookman (SWAC) | 11 | 2-9 | 46 | 2 | 976 | 1 | 21.22 |
| 78 | UT Martin (OVC) | 11 | 7-4 | 34 | 25 | 724 | 0 | 21.29 |
| 79 | Tennessee St. (OVC) | 11 | 4-7 | 32 | 9 | 682 | 0 | 21.31 |
| 80 | ETSU (SoCon) | 11 | 3-8 | 25 | 23 | 533 | 0 | 21.32 |
| 81 | Wofford (SoCon) | 11 | 3-8 | 32 | 6 | 688 | 0 | 21.50 |
| 82 | Missouri St. (MVFC) | 11 | 5-6 | 41 | 5 | 884 | 0 | 21.56 |
| 83 | Idaho (Big Sky) | 12 | 7-5 | 21 | 50 | 453 | 0 | 21.57 |
| 84 | N.C. A&T (Big South) | 11 | 7-4 | 32 | 23 | 695 | 0 | 21.72 |
| 85 | Southeast Mo. St. (OVC) | 12 | 9-3 | 50 | 15 | 1,098 | 1 | 21.96 |
| 85 | Western Caro. (SoCon) | 11 | 6-5 | 25 | 29 | 549 | 1 | 21.96 |
| 87 | Morehead St. (Pioneer) | 11 | 2-9 | 39 | 10 | 860 | 2 | 22.05 |
| 88 | Penn (Ivy League) | 10 | 8-2 | 35 | 3 | 772 | 2 | 22.06 |
| 89 | Grambling (SWAC) | 11 | 3-8 | 33 | 10 | 730 | 1 | 22.12 |
| 90 | Rhode Island (CAA) | 11 | 7-4 | 38 | 11 | 842 | 0 | 22.16 |
| 91 | Lamar University (Southland) | 11 | 1-10 | 19 | 16 | 423 | 0 | 22.26 |
| 92 | Ark.-Pine Bluff (SWAC) | 11 | 3-8 | 31 | 10 | 691 | 0 | 22.29 |
| 93 | Eastern Ky. (ASUN) | 12 | 7-5 | 37 | 26 | 826 | 0 | 22.32 |
| 94 | Marist (Pioneer) | 11 | 4-7 | 36 | 5 | 805 | 1 | 22.36 |
| 95 | Wagner (NEC) | 11 | 1-10 | 22 | 1 | 492 | 1 | 22.36 |
| 96 | North Dakota St. (MVFC) | 15 | 12-3 | 45 | 35 | 1,008 | 0 | 22.40 |
| 97 | South Dakota St. (MVFC) | 15 | 14-1 | 38 | 34 | 852 | 0 | 22.42 |
| 98 | Montana St. (Big Sky) | 14 | 12-2 | 34 | 67 | 763 | 1 | 22.44 |
| 99 | North Ala. (ASUN) | 11 | 1-10 | 22 | 21 | 495 | 1 | 22.50 |
| 100 | Prairie View (SWAC) | 11 | 6-5 | 45 | 14 | 1,014 | 0 | 22.53 |
| 101 | Weber St. (Big Sky) | 13 | 10-3 | 36 | 43 | 813 | 2 | 22.58 |
| 102 | Bryant (Big South) | 11 | 4-7 | 37 | 25 | 837 | 0 | 22.62 |
| 103 | North Dakota (MVFC) | 12 | 7-5 | 36 | 22 | 818 | 0 | 22.72 |
| 104 | Southeastern La. (Southland) | 13 | 9-4 | 35 | 40 | 798 | 1 | 22.80 |
| 105 | Houston Christian (Southland) | 11 | 2-9 | 29 | 12 | 663 | 1 | 22.86 |
| 106 | Central Conn. St. (NEC) | 11 | 2-9 | 24 | 11 | 556 | 0 | 23.17 |
| 107 | Lehigh (Patriot) | 11 | 2-9 | 31 | 6 | 720 | 0 | 23.23 |
| 108 | Robert Morris (Big South) | 11 | 0-11 | 12 | 15 | 282 | 0 | 23.50 |
| 109 | Idaho St. (Big Sky) | 11 | 1-10 | 19 | 14 | 449 | 0 | 23.63 |
| 110 | San Diego (Pioneer) | 10 | 5-5 | 30 | 18 | 719 | 1 | 23.97 |
| 111 | Presbyterian (Pioneer) | 11 | 1-10 | 31 | 2 | 745 | 1 | 24.03 |
| 112 | Jacksonville St. (ASUN) | 11 | 9-2 | 16 | 52 | 385 | 0 | 24.06 |
| 113 | Central Ark. (ASUN) | 11 | 5-6 | 30 | 15 | 730 | 2 | 24.33 |
| 114 | Murray St. (OVC) | 11 | 2-9 | 16 | 17 | 391 | 2 | 24.44 |
| 115 | Mississippi Val. (SWAC) | 11 | 2-9 | 25 | 7 | 619 | 1 | 24.76 |
| 116 | Georgetown (Patriot) | 11 | 2-9 | 38 | 4 | 958 | 1 | 25.21 |
| 117 | Indiana St. (MVFC) | 11 | 2-9 | 14 | 14 | 356 | 1 | 25.43 |
| 118 | Valparaiso (Pioneer) | 12 | 5-7 | 35 | 15 | 892 | 2 | 25.49 |
| 119 | Northern Ariz. (Big Sky) | 11 | 3-8 | 23 | 25 | 598 | 1 | 26.00 |
| 120 | McNeese (Southland) | 11 | 4-7 | 18 | 29 | 471 | 1 | 26.17 |
| 121 | Northern Colo. (Big Sky) | 11 | 3-8 | 9 | 32 | 241 | 0 | 26.78 |
| 122 | Brown (Ivy League) | 10 | 3-7 | 21 | 19 | 565 | 2 | 26.90 |
| 123 | Eastern Wash. (Big Sky) | 11 | 3-8 | 22 | 23 | 615 | 1 | 27.95 |
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| - | Tarleton St. (WAC) | 11 | 6-5 | 25 | 20 | 387 | 0 | 15.48 |
| - | St. Thomas (MN) (Pioneer) | 11 | 10-1 | 49 | 8 | 770 | 0 | 15.71 |
| - | Merrimack (NEC) | 11 | 8-3 | 35 | 16 | 627 | 0 | 17.91 |
| - | Tex. A&M-Commerce (Southland) | 11 | 5-6 | 32 | 24 | 588 | 0 | 18.38 |
| - | Stonehill (NEC) | 9 | 4-5 | 34 | 7 | 654 | 0 | 19.24 |
| - | Lindenwood (OVC) | 10 | 7-3 | 30 | 30 | 637 | 1 | 21.23 |
| - | Utah Tech (WAC) | 11 | 4-7 | 39 | 18 | 894 | 1 | 22.92 |
