2026 National Leaders Punting - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 10/31/2026

Name G Punts Yards Avg. Punts/G Yards/G
1 Virginia 6 30 1572 52.40 5.0 262.0
2 Old Dominion 6 37 1561 42.19 6.2 260.2
3 California 6 36 1521 42.25 6.0 253.5
4 Sacramento State 6 34 1451 42.68 5.7 241.8
5 Washington 5 29 1421 49.00 5.8 284.2
6 Minnesota 5 32 1355 42.34 6.4 271.0
7 North Dakota State 6 29 1346 46.41 4.8 224.3
8 Auburn 6 31 1312 42.32 5.2 218.7
9 Colorado 5 28 1310 46.79 5.6 262.0
10 San Jose State 5 29 1275 43.97 5.8 255.0
11 Texas 5 30 1255 41.83 6.0 251.0
12 Stanford 6 29 1227 42.31 4.8 204.5
13 Maryland 5 30 1214 40.47 6.0 242.8
14 Arizona State 5 28 1203 42.96 5.6 240.6
15 Sam Houston State 4 26 1176 45.23 6.5 294.0
16 Baylor 5 24 1163 48.46 4.8 232.6
17 Oklahoma 5 26 1161 44.65 5.2 232.2
18 Nebraska 5 25 1160 46.40 5.0 232.0
19 Florida 6 24 1144 47.67 4.0 190.7
20 Washington State 5 26 1130 43.46 5.2 226.0
21 Iowa State 5 26 1129 43.42 5.2 225.8
22 James Madison 6 27 1116 41.33 4.5 186.0
23 Tennessee 5 25 1111 44.44 5.0 222.2
24 Texas A&M 5 22 1102 50.09 4.4 220.4
25 NC State 5 25 1099 43.96 5.0 219.8
26 TCU 5 26 1094 42.08 5.2 218.8
27 Mississippi State 6 26 1093 42.04 4.3 182.2
28 Pittsburgh 6 24 1078 44.92 4.0 179.7
29 Kansas State 5 22 1069 48.59 4.4 213.8
30 UCF 5 23 1051 45.70 4.6 210.2
31 Oregon 5 23 1047 45.52 4.6 209.4
32 Wisconsin 5 24 1038 43.25 4.8 207.6
33 Florida State 5 25 1037 41.48 5.0 207.4
34 Indiana 6 26 1034 39.77 4.3 172.3
35 Army 6 22 1024 46.55 3.7 170.7
36 Kentucky 6 24 1019 42.46 4.0 169.8
37 Louisiana-Monroe 4 25 1008 40.32 6.3 252.0
38 Iowa 5 24 1000 41.67 4.8 200.0
39 Appalachian State 4 23 983 42.74 5.8 245.8
40 Georgia Tech 5 23 972 42.26 4.6 194.4
41 Ole Miss 6 21 963 45.86 3.5 160.5
42 Michigan 5 23 959 41.70 4.6 191.8
43 Virginia Tech 5 23 952 41.39 4.6 190.4
44 Alabama 6 22 943 42.86 3.7 157.2
45 Penn State 5 24 935 38.96 4.8 187.0
46 Eastern Michigan 5 21 931 44.33 4.2 186.2
47 Missouri 5 22 924 42.00 4.4 184.8
48 Arkansas 5 23 917 39.87 4.6 183.4
49 Middle Tennessee State 4 19 915 48.16 4.8 228.8
49 San Diego State 5 20 915 45.75 4.0 183.0
51 South Carolina 6 21 913 43.48 3.5 152.2
52 UTEP 4 22 908 41.27 5.5 227.0
53 Duke 5 21 904 43.05 4.2 180.8
54 Boston College 5 23 903 39.26 4.6 180.6
55 BYU 5 20 896 44.80 4.0 179.2
56 Michigan State 5 18 895 49.72 3.6 179.0
57 Buffalo 4 20 886 44.30 5.0 221.5
57 Syracuse 6 20 886 44.30 3.3 147.7
59 Troy 4 20 880 44.00 5.0 220.0
60 UCLA 5 20 878 43.90 4.0 175.6
61 East Carolina 4 19 871 45.84 4.8 217.8
62 Hawaii 5 21 870 41.43 4.2 174.0
63 Cincinnati 5 19 868 45.68 3.8 173.6
64 Clemson 5 22 866 39.36 4.4 173.2
65 Vanderbilt 5 20 858 42.90 4.0 171.6
66 Miami (OH) 4 19 847 44.58 4.8 211.8
67 Western Michigan 5 18 843 46.83 3.6 168.6
68 Marshall 4 18 832 46.22 4.5 208.0
69 Memphis 5 21 831 39.57 4.2 166.2
70 Illinois 5 19 824 43.37 3.8 164.8
71 Wake Forest 6 18 822 45.67 3.0 137.0
71 Kansas 5 20 822 41.10 4.0 164.4
73 Miami (FL) 6 18 820 45.56 3.0 136.7
74 Kennesaw State 4 18 814 45.22 4.5 203.5
75 Georgia State 4 19 810 42.63 4.8 202.5
76 Central Michigan 4 18 806 44.78 4.5 201.5
77 UAB 4 17 804 47.29 4.3 201.0
78 SMU 6 18 799 44.39 3.0 133.2
79 West Virginia 5 18 792 44.00 3.6 158.4
80 Nevada 4 18 786 43.67 4.5 196.5
81 Rutgers 5 18 779 43.28 3.6 155.8
81 Louisville 6 20 779 38.95 3.3 129.8
83 Western Kentucky 4 18 778 43.22 4.5 194.5
84 Georgia 6 17 773 45.47 2.8 128.8
85 New Mexico State 4 20 770 38.50 5.0 192.5
86 Bowling Green 5 20 768 38.40 4.0 153.6
87 Houston 5 16 762 47.63 3.2 152.4
88 Utah State 4 18 754 41.89 4.5 188.5
89 Charlotte 4 17 749 44.06 4.3 187.3
90 USF 4 17 744 43.76 4.3 186.0
91 Kent State 5 19 739 38.89 3.8 147.8
92 Coastal Carolina 4 18 737 40.94 4.5 184.3
93 UNLV 4 16 733 45.81 4.0 183.3
94 Rice 4 17 730 42.94 4.3 182.5
95 Massachusetts 4 18 726 40.33 4.5 181.5
96 Utah 5 17 714 42.00 3.4 142.8
97 Wyoming 5 15 713 47.53 3.0 142.6
98 Ohio State 5 16 706 44.13 3.2 141.2
99 Tulane 4 15 705 47.00 3.8 176.3
100 Ball State 4 16 696 43.50 4.0 174.0
101 North Carolina 5 17 691 40.65 3.4 138.2
102 USC 6 14 688 49.14 2.3 114.7
103 Arizona 5 16 679 42.44 3.2 135.8
104 Purdue 5 16 678 42.38 3.2 135.6
105 Tulsa 4 17 677 39.82 4.3 169.3
106 LSU 5 17 675 39.71 3.4 135.0
107 Fresno State 4 16 669 41.81 4.0 167.3
108 Texas Tech 5 14 664 47.43 2.8 132.8
109 Toledo 4 16 651 40.69 4.0 162.8
110 FIU 4 18 647 35.94 4.5 161.8
111 Akron 4 17 639 37.59 4.3 159.8
112 Northwestern 5 15 632 42.13 3.0 126.4
113 Southern Miss 4 16 624 39.00 4.0 156.0
114 Louisiana Tech 4 14 618 44.14 3.5 154.5
115 Delaware 4 14 612 43.71 3.5 153.0
116 Northern Illinois 4 13 601 46.23 3.3 150.3
117 Louisiana 4 15 593 39.53 3.8 148.3
118 New Mexico 4 13 582 44.77 3.3 145.5
119 Arkansas State 4 13 551 42.38 3.3 137.8
120 Colorado State 4 13 548 42.15 3.3 137.0
121 Ohio 4 12 532 44.33 3.0 133.0
122 South Alabama 4 14 529 37.79 3.5 132.3
123 Temple 4 13 527 40.54 3.3 131.8
123 UTSA 4 13 527 40.54 3.3 131.8
125 Liberty 4 14 525 37.50 3.5 131.3
126 Navy 5 13 518 39.85 2.6 103.6
127 Texas State 4 13 502 38.62 3.3 125.5
128 Boise State 4 11 476 43.27 2.8 119.0
129 North Texas 4 11 462 42.00 2.8 115.5
130 Georgia Southern 4 11 456 41.45 2.8 114.0
131 Missouri State 4 11 432 39.27 2.8 108.0
132 Air Force 5 8 354 44.25 1.6 70.8
133 Florida Atlantic 4 9 349 38.78 2.3 87.3
134 Oklahoma State 5 8 339 42.38 1.6 67.8
135 Oregon State 4 7 308 44.00 1.8 77.0
136 Jacksonville State 4 6 281 46.83 1.5 70.3