2025 National Leaders Punting - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2026

Name G Punts Yards Avg. Punts/G Yards/G
1 Louisiana Tech 13 66 3120 47.27 5.1 240.0
2 Middle Tennessee State 12 67 2971 44.34 5.6 247.6
3 San Diego State 12 62 2912 46.97 5.2 242.7
4 Buffalo 12 65 2909 44.75 5.4 242.4
5 Ball State 12 71 2847 40.10 5.9 237.3
6 Colorado State 12 59 2811 47.64 4.9 234.3
7 Massachusetts 11 60 2772 46.20 5.5 252.0
8 Western Kentucky 13 57 2756 48.35 4.4 212.0
9 Troy 13 59 2744 46.51 4.5 211.1
10 Wyoming 11 61 2723 44.64 5.5 247.5
11 Miami (OH) 14 64 2663 41.61 4.6 190.2
12 UTEP 11 57 2652 46.53 5.2 241.1
13 Rice 11 59 2647 44.86 5.4 240.6
14 New Mexico State 12 61 2592 42.49 5.1 216.0
15 Toledo 13 65 2591 39.86 5.0 199.3
16 Akron 12 61 2534 41.54 5.1 211.2
17 Northern Illinois 12 61 2516 41.25 5.1 209.7
18 Coastal Carolina 11 58 2509 43.26 5.3 228.1
19 Southern Miss 13 64 2495 38.98 4.9 191.9
20 Bowling Green 12 61 2490 40.82 5.1 207.5
21 Arkansas State 13 59 2438 41.32 4.5 187.5
22 Jacksonville State 14 60 2380 39.67 4.3 170.0
23 Sam Houston State 11 55 2362 42.95 5.0 214.7
24 Kennesaw State 13 59 2358 39.97 4.5 181.4
25 FIU 13 56 2337 41.73 4.3 179.8
26 Utah State 11 55 2308 41.96 5.0 209.8
27 Eastern Michigan 12 50 2292 45.84 4.2 191.0
28 Boise State 13 52 2285 43.94 4.0 175.8
29 Missouri State 12 56 2255 40.27 4.7 187.9
30 Maryland 10 50 2247 44.94 5.0 224.7
30 Connecticut 13 51 2247 44.06 3.9 172.8
32 Western Michigan 13 52 2239 43.06 4.0 172.2
33 Oregon State 10 54 2221 41.13 5.4 222.1
34 West Virginia 9 52 2208 42.46 5.8 245.3
35 Nevada 12 49 2186 44.61 4.1 182.2
36 Virginia 13 46 2171 47.20 3.5 167.0
37 Minnesota 11 52 2140 41.15 4.7 194.5
38 Syracuse 9 46 2134 46.39 5.1 237.1
39 California 12 53 2133 40.25 4.4 177.8
40 Central Michigan 12 51 2112 41.41 4.3 176.0
41 Fresno State 13 52 2096 40.31 4.0 161.2
42 North Carolina 11 49 2075 42.35 4.5 188.6
43 Hawaii 12 45 2068 45.96 3.8 172.3
44 Louisiana-Monroe 11 53 2062 38.91 4.8 187.5
45 Appalachian State 12 47 2047 43.55 3.9 170.6
46 Clemson 12 51 2038 39.96 4.3 169.8
47 Houston 11 47 2033 43.26 4.3 184.8
48 UNLV 14 47 2032 43.23 3.4 145.1
49 Charlotte 9 48 2007 41.81 5.3 223.0
50 SMU 11 47 1988 42.30 4.3 180.7
51 Wake Forest 11 52 1963 37.75 4.7 178.5
52 Michigan State 9 43 1944 45.21 4.8 216.0
53 Marshall 10 41 1896 46.24 4.1 189.6
54 Tulane 11 39 1856 47.59 3.5 168.7
55 Kent State 10 49 1840 37.55 4.9 184.0
56 Oklahoma State 9 39 1824 46.77 4.3 202.7
57 Boston College 10 43 1792 41.67 4.3 179.2
58 Delaware 13 46 1779 38.67 3.5 136.8
59 Georgia Southern 11 41 1766 43.07 3.7 160.5
60 Colorado 8 41 1739 42.41 5.1 217.4
61 South Alabama 10 42 1727 41.12 4.2 172.7
61 James Madison 13 44 1727 39.25 3.4 132.8
63 Liberty 11 41 1724 42.05 3.7 156.7
64 Stanford 8 38 1720 45.26 4.8 215.0
65 UTSA 10 39 1712 43.90 3.9 171.2
66 New Mexico 12 37 1672 45.19 3.1 139.3
67 Louisville 10 42 1655 39.40 4.2 165.5
68 Memphis 11 38 1651 43.45 3.5 150.1
69 Georgia State 9 36 1612 44.78 4.0 179.1
70 Texas 7 37 1598 43.19 5.3 228.3
71 Pittsburgh 10 36 1597 44.36 3.6 159.7
72 LSU 8 36 1593 44.25 4.5 199.1
73 Iowa State 10 38 1579 41.55 3.8 157.9
74 Arizona 12 38 1576 41.47 3.2 131.3
75 East Carolina 11 39 1574 40.36 3.5 143.1
76 San Jose State 11 34 1560 45.88 3.1 141.8
77 TCU 11 38 1556 40.95 3.5 141.5
78 UCF 10 39 1548 39.69 3.9 154.8
79 NC State 9 36 1536 42.67 4.0 170.7
80 Tulsa 10 36 1528 42.44 3.6 152.8
81 Washington State 9 38 1511 39.76 4.2 167.9
82 Arizona State 10 37 1497 40.46 3.7 149.7
83 Kansas State 9 36 1496 41.56 4.0 166.2
84 Louisiana 11 36 1481 41.14 3.3 134.6
85 Texas A&M 9 33 1458 44.18 3.7 162.0
86 Ohio 12 36 1437 39.92 3.0 119.8
87 Miami (FL) 11 32 1428 44.63 2.9 129.8
88 Oklahoma 7 31 1421 45.84 4.4 203.0
89 USF 10 34 1407 41.38 3.4 140.7
90 Texas State 12 34 1396 41.06 2.8 116.3
91 Old Dominion 11 37 1392 37.62 3.4 126.5
92 Wisconsin 7 36 1380 38.33 5.1 197.1
93 Duke 10 31 1356 43.74 3.1 135.6
94 Iowa 9 31 1347 43.45 3.4 149.7
95 Virginia Tech 8 31 1333 43.00 3.9 166.6
96 Navy 11 30 1332 44.40 2.7 121.1
97 Mississippi State 8 30 1326 44.20 3.8 165.8
98 Georgia 8 28 1317 47.04 3.5 164.6
99 Georgia Tech 11 27 1295 47.96 2.5 117.7
100 Temple 7 29 1264 43.59 4.1 180.6
101 UAB 10 30 1233 41.10 3.0 123.3
102 Utah 11 29 1215 41.90 2.6 110.5
103 Kentucky 8 28 1197 42.75 3.5 149.6
104 Florida Atlantic 10 26 1190 45.77 2.6 119.0
105 Texas Tech 10 28 1175 41.96 2.8 117.5
106 Tennessee 9 27 1169 43.30 3.0 129.9
107 UCLA 8 28 1150 41.07 3.5 143.8
108 Army 10 26 1137 43.73 2.6 113.7
109 Cincinnati 9 25 1126 45.04 2.8 125.1
110 Michigan 9 25 1122 44.88 2.8 124.7
111 Purdue 7 25 1108 44.32 3.6 158.3
112 South Carolina 6 26 1101 42.35 4.3 183.5
113 North Texas 12 27 1100 40.74 2.3 91.7
114 Penn State 10 24 1096 45.67 2.4 109.6
115 Ole Miss 9 24 1091 45.46 2.7 121.2
116 Illinois 10 25 1072 42.88 2.5 107.2
117 Alabama 8 24 1065 44.38 3.0 133.1
118 Indiana 11 25 1064 42.56 2.3 96.7
119 Kansas 8 23 1044 45.39 2.9 130.5
120 Baylor 10 22 1043 47.41 2.2 104.3
121 Florida 7 23 975 42.39 3.3 139.3
122 Arkansas 7 22 965 43.86 3.1 137.9
123 Air Force 11 21 952 45.33 1.9 86.5
124 Missouri 8 21 935 44.52 2.6 116.9
124 BYU 9 22 935 42.50 2.4 103.9
126 Rutgers 10 21 916 43.62 2.1 91.6
127 Oregon 10 22 907 41.23 2.2 90.7
128 Nebraska 10 24 899 37.46 2.4 89.9
129 Northwestern 9 21 858 40.86 2.3 95.3
130 Florida State 9 20 854 42.70 2.2 94.9
131 Washington 10 21 841 40.05 2.1 84.1
132 Vanderbilt 10 16 761 47.56 1.6 76.1
133 Auburn 6 18 750 41.67 3.0 125.0
134 USC 10 17 688 40.47 1.7 68.8
135 Notre Dame 8 14 618 44.14 1.8 77.3
136 Ohio State 10 14 583 41.64 1.4 58.3