Returning production has always been important in college football. Before the transfer portal era, teams could grow old together and build towards conference championships together. In the transfer portal era, roster retention has become less common across the sport. Teams that can retain players, like BYU has largely been able to do, have an advantage in this era. Going into 2026, BYU returns more experience than almost any team in the country. CBS Sports recently released a study that measured the returning snap percentage for every FBS team . BYU, who returns 63% of snaps from a season ago, ranks third nationally behind only Notre Dame and Maryland. BYU ranks 4th nationally in returning defensive snaps (65%) and 11th nationally in returning offensive snaps (60%). Returning snaps is a similar measure to returning production, a measure that is released annually by Bill Connelly. Unlike returning production, however, returning snaps is not weighted.…