2026 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 10/31/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 San Diego State 8 29 817 28.17 3 3.6 102.1
2 Georgia Tech 7 26 696 26.77 1 3.7 99.4
3 Florida Atlantic 7 23 649 28.22 2 3.3 92.7
4 Akron 7 25 567 22.68 0 3.6 81.0
5 Ohio 8 16 502 31.38 2 2.0 62.8
6 James Madison 9 14 496 35.43 0 1.6 55.1
7 Middle Tennessee State 8 19 445 23.42 1 2.4 55.6
8 Marshall 8 24 444 18.50 0 3.0 55.5
9 Sam Houston State 7 23 432 18.78 0 3.3 61.7
10 Kennesaw State 7 20 403 20.15 0 2.9 57.6
11 Colorado State 7 12 401 33.42 1 1.7 57.3
12 Tulsa 8 18 394 21.89 1 2.3 49.3
13 Kent State 7 20 382 19.10 0 2.9 54.6
14 Bowling Green 9 21 378 18.00 0 2.3 42.0
15 South Alabama 7 14 375 26.79 1 2.0 53.6
16 Old Dominion 9 19 368 19.37 0 2.1 40.9
17 Charlotte 7 17 362 21.29 0 2.4 51.7
18 Delaware 8 17 361 21.24 0 2.1 45.1
19 Texas Tech 6 15 357 23.80 0 2.5 59.5
20 Michigan State 6 17 354 20.82 0 2.8 59.0
21 Texas State 6 19 352 18.53 1 3.2 58.7
22 Tulane 8 15 346 23.07 1 1.9 43.3
23 Miami (OH) 8 14 343 24.50 1 1.8 42.9
24 Georgia State 8 13 335 25.77 1 1.6 41.9
25 Louisville 6 15 334 22.27 0 2.5 55.7
26 UTSA 7 11 332 30.18 1 1.6 47.4
27 Ball State 7 16 309 19.31 0 2.3 44.1
28 Arkansas State 8 13 302 23.23 0 1.6 37.8
29 Connecticut 8 13 293 22.54 0 1.6 36.6
30 Nevada 7 9 291 32.33 0 1.3 41.6
30 Western Michigan 8 13 291 22.38 1 1.6 36.4
32 Clemson 6 12 281 23.42 0 2.0 46.8
33 Arizona State 6 11 280 25.45 1 1.8 46.7
33 Temple 8 14 280 20.00 0 1.8 35.0
35 SMU 8 14 277 19.79 0 1.8 34.6
36 UCF 6 10 271 27.10 0 1.7 45.2
37 Buffalo 8 12 269 22.42 0 1.5 33.6
38 Stanford 6 13 268 20.62 0 2.2 44.7
39 Kansas State 7 12 266 22.17 0 1.7 38.0
40 Florida State 6 13 264 20.31 0 2.2 44.0
41 Louisiana Tech 7 15 257 17.13 0 2.1 36.7
42 Troy 7 14 256 18.29 0 2.0 36.6
43 Louisiana 7 12 254 21.17 0 1.7 36.3
44 FIU 8 13 249 19.15 0 1.6 31.1
45 Western Kentucky 6 11 246 22.36 0 1.8 41.0
45 Coastal Carolina 8 11 246 22.36 0 1.4 30.8
47 North Dakota State 8 12 245 20.42 0 1.5 30.6
48 Liberty 8 9 244 27.11 0 1.1 30.5
49 Eastern Michigan 9 12 241 20.08 0 1.3 26.8
50 Wyoming 8 10 239 23.90 0 1.3 29.9
50 Minnesota 6 11 239 21.73 0 1.8 39.8
52 Baylor 8 9 238 26.44 0 1.1 29.8
53 Boston College 8 12 235 19.58 0 1.5 29.4
54 Nebraska 7 12 230 19.17 0 1.7 32.9
54 Syracuse 8 12 230 19.17 0 1.5 28.8
56 California 7 11 229 20.82 0 1.6 32.7
57 Virginia Tech 8 9 228 25.33 0 1.1 28.5
57 Pittsburgh 8 13 228 17.54 0 1.6 28.5
59 Kansas 6 7 221 31.57 1 1.2 36.8
60 Memphis 8 10 219 21.90 0 1.3 27.4
60 USC 8 14 219 15.64 0 1.8 27.4
62 Indiana 8 10 218 21.80 0 1.3 27.3
62 Appalachian State 8 11 218 19.82 0 1.4 27.3
64 Iowa State 4 7 216 30.86 1 1.8 54.0
64 Northwestern 7 10 216 21.60 0 1.4 30.9
66 San Jose State 7 9 209 23.22 0 1.3 29.9
66 New Mexico State 7 11 209 19.00 0 1.6 29.9
68 Missouri State 8 12 206 17.17 0 1.5 25.8
69 UCLA 8 11 204 18.55 0 1.4 25.5
70 Colorado 6 14 201 14.36 0 2.3 33.5
71 Jacksonville State 8 9 199 22.11 0 1.1 24.9
72 Vanderbilt 5 10 196 19.60 0 2.0 39.2
73 Central Michigan 6 8 194 24.25 0 1.3 32.3
73 Wake Forest 7 9 194 21.56 0 1.3 27.7
75 Toledo 8 13 193 14.85 0 1.6 24.1
76 Washington 6 11 192 17.45 0 1.8 32.0
76 Sacramento State 9 11 192 17.45 0 1.2 21.3
78 Houston 6 8 189 23.63 0 1.3 31.5
79 Iowa 7 5 186 37.20 1 0.7 26.6
80 UAB 8 11 184 16.73 0 1.4 23.0
81 Miami (FL) 7 9 183 20.33 0 1.3 26.1
82 Cincinnati 5 10 182 18.20 0 2.0 36.4
83 Utah State 6 9 181 20.11 0 1.5 30.2
84 South Carolina 4 9 178 19.78 0 2.3 44.5
85 Georgia 6 6 175 29.17 1 1.0 29.2
86 UNLV 8 9 174 19.33 0 1.1 21.8
87 Massachusetts 8 9 170 18.89 0 1.1 21.3
88 BYU 6 5 169 33.80 1 0.8 28.2
89 TCU 7 10 165 16.50 0 1.4 23.6
90 Virginia 8 6 160 26.67 0 0.8 20.0
90 Navy 7 7 160 22.86 0 1.0 22.9
92 UTEP 7 9 156 17.33 0 1.3 22.3
93 Missouri 6 6 155 25.83 0 1.0 25.8
93 Southern Miss 8 8 155 19.38 0 1.0 19.4
95 Georgia Southern 7 9 153 17.00 0 1.3 21.9
96 Penn State 7 8 151 18.88 0 1.1 21.6
97 Oregon 5 8 147 18.38 0 1.6 29.4
97 USF 8 8 147 18.38 0 1.0 18.4
99 Wisconsin 4 5 146 29.20 0 1.3 36.5
99 Maryland 6 6 146 24.33 0 1.0 24.3
101 Hawaii 7 6 145 24.17 0 0.9 20.7
102 East Carolina 7 6 144 24.00 0 0.9 20.6
103 New Mexico 8 7 143 20.43 0 0.9 17.9
104 Notre Dame 7 7 141 20.14 0 1.0 20.1
105 Alabama 4 6 140 23.33 0 1.5 35.0
106 NC State 7 7 138 19.71 0 1.0 19.7
107 Illinois 7 6 132 22.00 0 0.9 18.9
108 Rice 7 10 130 13.00 0 1.4 18.6
109 Purdue 5 6 125 20.83 0 1.2 25.0
110 Oregon State 6 7 122 17.43 0 1.2 20.3
111 Michigan 6 6 117 19.50 0 1.0 19.5
112 Utah 7 7 115 16.43 0 1.0 16.4
113 Northern Illinois 6 7 114 16.29 0 1.2 19.0
114 Ohio State 4 7 108 15.43 0 1.8 27.0
114 North Texas 7 8 108 13.50 0 1.1 15.4
116 Louisiana-Monroe 8 6 107 17.83 0 0.8 13.4
117 Tennessee 5 5 99 19.80 0 1.0 19.8
118 Fresno State 6 4 95 23.75 0 0.7 15.8
119 Duke 8 4 85 21.25 0 0.5 10.6
119 Kentucky 5 5 85 17.00 0 1.0 17.0
121 North Carolina 6 5 80 16.00 0 0.8 13.3
121 Boise State 8 5 80 16.00 0 0.6 10.0
123 West Virginia 7 4 74 18.50 0 0.6 10.6
123 Army 8 5 74 14.80 0 0.6 9.3
125 Rutgers 6 3 72 24.00 0 0.5 12.0
126 Auburn 3 3 67 22.33 0 1.0 22.3
127 Texas A&M 4 3 55 18.33 0 0.8 13.8
127 LSU 6 3 55 18.33 0 0.5 9.2
129 Washington State 7 7 54 7.71 0 1.0 7.7
130 Texas 4 4 49 12.25 0 1.0 12.3
131 Oklahoma State 7 5 44 8.80 0 0.7 6.3
132 Air Force 8 2 39 19.50 0 0.3 4.9
133 Ole Miss 4 2 35 17.50 0 0.5 8.8
134 Florida 3 2 30 15.00 0 0.7 10.0
135 Oklahoma 3 1 24 24.00 0 0.3 8.0
136 Arizona 6 2 23 11.50 0 0.3 3.8