2026 National Leaders Kickoffs - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 10/13/2026
| Name | G | Kickoffs | Yards | Avg. | Touchback | Touchback % | Out-Of-Bounds | Onside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | 4 | 20 | 1300 | 65.00 | 20 | 100.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 23 | 1495 | 65.00 | 21 | 91.30 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Florida | 4 | 34 | 2228 | 65.53 | 31 | 91.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | SMU | 5 | 31 | 2013 | 64.94 | 28 | 90.32 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Appalachian State | 5 | 28 | 1817 | 64.89 | 25 | 89.29 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Air Force | 5 | 27 | 1653 | 61.22 | 24 | 88.89 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | West Virginia | 5 | 35 | 2229 | 63.69 | 31 | 88.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 42 | 2727 | 64.93 | 37 | 88.10 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Iowa State | 3 | 25 | 1632 | 65.28 | 22 | 88.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 3 | 16 | 1036 | 64.75 | 14 | 87.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | 3 | 24 | 1547 | 64.46 | 21 | 87.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Indiana | 5 | 39 | 2526 | 64.77 | 34 | 87.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Arkansas | 3 | 15 | 968 | 64.53 | 13 | 86.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 6 | 36 | 2319 | 64.42 | 31 | 86.11 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Wake Forest | 5 | 36 | 2291 | 63.64 | 31 | 86.11 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Utah State | 4 | 14 | 896 | 64.00 | 12 | 85.71 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 27 | 1691 | 62.63 | 23 | 85.19 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Alabama | 3 | 27 | 1690 | 62.59 | 23 | 85.19 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | BYU | 5 | 32 | 2071 | 64.72 | 27 | 84.38 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Florida State | 4 | 25 | 1619 | 64.76 | 21 | 84.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Memphis | 5 | 37 | 2394 | 64.70 | 31 | 83.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 37 | 2362 | 63.84 | 31 | 83.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | TCU | 4 | 24 | 1520 | 63.33 | 20 | 83.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Tennessee | 5 | 35 | 2262 | 64.63 | 29 | 82.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Missouri | 5 | 35 | 2211 | 63.17 | 29 | 82.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Texas Tech | 4 | 29 | 1878 | 64.76 | 24 | 82.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Louisville | 3 | 23 | 1494 | 64.96 | 19 | 82.61 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 23 | 1491 | 64.83 | 19 | 82.61 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Clemson | 3 | 17 | 1099 | 64.65 | 14 | 82.35 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Utah | 5 | 38 | 2441 | 64.24 | 31 | 81.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Charlotte | 5 | 16 | 997 | 62.31 | 13 | 81.25 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 24 | 1532 | 63.83 | 19 | 79.17 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | New Mexico | 5 | 38 | 2444 | 64.32 | 30 | 78.95 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | LSU | 4 | 33 | 2146 | 65.03 | 26 | 78.79 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Connecticut | 6 | 36 | 2280 | 63.33 | 28 | 77.78 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 35 | 2248 | 64.23 | 27 | 77.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 35 | 2242 | 64.06 | 27 | 77.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Oregon State | 4 | 35 | 2220 | 63.43 | 27 | 77.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Michigan | 4 | 17 | 1090 | 64.12 | 13 | 76.47 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Illinois | 5 | 29 | 1844 | 63.59 | 22 | 75.86 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | Minnesota | 5 | 33 | 2127 | 64.45 | 25 | 75.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Ohio State | 4 | 33 | 2024 | 61.33 | 25 | 75.76 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | UCF | 4 | 28 | 1799 | 64.25 | 21 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Georgia | 5 | 44 | 2825 | 64.20 | 33 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Old Dominion | 6 | 24 | 1527 | 63.63 | 18 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | North Dakota State | 6 | 36 | 2290 | 63.61 | 27 | 75.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Arizona | 5 | 36 | 2237 | 62.14 | 27 | 75.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Buffalo | 6 | 28 | 1671 | 59.68 | 21 | 75.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 39 | 2470 | 63.33 | 29 | 74.36 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | Virginia | 6 | 35 | 2248 | 64.23 | 26 | 74.29 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | Texas | 3 | 22 | 1391 | 63.23 | 16 | 72.73 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | UCLA | 5 | 36 | 2270 | 63.06 | 26 | 72.22 | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | Michigan State | 5 | 25 | 1596 | 63.84 | 18 | 72.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Kentucky | 4 | 28 | 1808 | 64.57 | 20 | 71.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Kennesaw State | 4 | 21 | 1302 | 62.00 | 15 | 71.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | South Carolina | 3 | 24 | 1544 | 64.33 | 17 | 70.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | UTEP | 6 | 20 | 1284 | 64.20 | 14 | 70.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 58 | UAB | 6 | 33 | 2111 | 63.97 | 23 | 69.70 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 19 | 1199 | 63.11 | 13 | 68.42 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 | Duke | 5 | 30 | 1917 | 63.90 | 20 | 66.67 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 | Arizona State | 5 | 31 | 1970 | 63.55 | 20 | 64.52 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 | Temple | 6 | 31 | 1960 | 63.23 | 20 | 64.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Texas State | 4 | 28 | 1740 | 62.14 | 18 | 64.29 | 2 | 1 |
| 64 | North Carolina | 4 | 19 | 1210 | 63.68 | 12 | 63.16 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Houston | 5 | 38 | 2410 | 63.42 | 24 | 63.16 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | USC | 7 | 46 | 2914 | 63.35 | 29 | 63.04 | 1 | 1 |
| 67 | Miami (OH) | 6 | 32 | 2040 | 63.75 | 20 | 62.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Penn State | 4 | 29 | 1856 | 64.00 | 18 | 62.07 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Tulane | 5 | 21 | 1281 | 61.00 | 13 | 61.90 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 | Jacksonville State | 7 | 39 | 2460 | 63.08 | 24 | 61.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Boise State | 6 | 41 | 2539 | 61.93 | 25 | 60.98 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Fresno State | 4 | 28 | 1779 | 63.54 | 17 | 60.71 | 0 | 1 |
| 73 | Stanford | 3 | 15 | 957 | 63.80 | 9 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Rice | 5 | 20 | 1237 | 61.85 | 12 | 60.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Marshall | 6 | 27 | 1701 | 63.00 | 16 | 59.26 | 1 | 2 |
| 76 | Akron | 5 | 22 | 1409 | 64.05 | 13 | 59.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Purdue | 3 | 22 | 1380 | 62.73 | 13 | 59.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | North Texas | 5 | 41 | 2556 | 62.34 | 24 | 58.54 | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | James Madison | 6 | 48 | 3012 | 62.75 | 28 | 58.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | Cincinnati | 5 | 31 | 1932 | 62.32 | 18 | 58.06 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | Ohio | 6 | 31 | 1928 | 62.19 | 18 | 58.06 | 1 | 1 |
| 82 | Rutgers | 3 | 19 | 1101 | 57.95 | 11 | 57.89 | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | Wyoming | 6 | 21 | 1332 | 63.43 | 12 | 57.14 | 4 | 0 |
| 83 | Nevada | 5 | 28 | 1762 | 62.93 | 16 | 57.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Baylor | 5 | 35 | 2172 | 62.06 | 20 | 57.14 | 3 | 0 |
| 86 | Syracuse | 5 | 30 | 1827 | 60.90 | 17 | 56.67 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Kansas | 3 | 23 | 1405 | 61.09 | 13 | 56.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | San Jose State | 5 | 25 | 1521 | 60.84 | 14 | 56.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Ole Miss | 4 | 29 | 1812 | 62.48 | 16 | 55.17 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | Notre Dame | 6 | 48 | 3021 | 62.94 | 26 | 54.17 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 13 | 819 | 63.00 | 7 | 53.85 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Boston College | 4 | 15 | 945 | 63.00 | 8 | 53.33 | 0 | 1 |
| 93 | Ball State | 4 | 19 | 1200 | 63.16 | 10 | 52.63 | 1 | 2 |
| 94 | Washington | 4 | 23 | 1450 | 63.04 | 12 | 52.17 | 3 | 1 |
| 95 | San Diego State | 5 | 25 | 1548 | 61.92 | 13 | 52.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 96 | Kansas State | 4 | 29 | 1801 | 62.10 | 15 | 51.72 | 2 | 1 |
| 97 | Arkansas State | 6 | 33 | 1971 | 59.73 | 17 | 51.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Mississippi State | 3 | 26 | 1651 | 63.50 | 13 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Tulsa | 5 | 26 | 1637 | 62.96 | 13 | 50.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 98 | Northwestern | 4 | 30 | 1868 | 62.27 | 15 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Iowa | 5 | 34 | 2051 | 60.32 | 17 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Liberty | 6 | 36 | 2153 | 59.81 | 18 | 50.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | East Carolina | 4 | 22 | 1310 | 59.55 | 11 | 50.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 104 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 39 | 2493 | 63.92 | 19 | 48.72 | 1 | 0 |
| 105 | USF | 6 | 31 | 1867 | 60.23 | 15 | 48.39 | 0 | 1 |
| 106 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 23 | 1415 | 61.52 | 11 | 47.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | Colorado | 3 | 17 | 1031 | 60.65 | 8 | 47.06 | 2 | 0 |
| 108 | Wisconsin | 4 | 28 | 1768 | 63.14 | 13 | 46.43 | 1 | 0 |
| 109 | UTSA | 5 | 35 | 2078 | 59.37 | 16 | 45.71 | 3 | 1 |
| 110 | Nebraska | 5 | 38 | 2293 | 60.34 | 17 | 44.74 | 2 | 0 |
| 111 | Middle Tennessee State | 6 | 27 | 1640 | 60.74 | 12 | 44.44 | 1 | 2 |
| 112 | UNLV | 6 | 29 | 1828 | 63.03 | 12 | 41.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 | Toledo | 6 | 37 | 2242 | 60.59 | 15 | 40.54 | 0 | 1 |
| 114 | Georgia State | 5 | 35 | 2212 | 63.20 | 14 | 40.00 | 1 | 1 |
| 115 | Colorado State | 4 | 28 | 1742 | 62.21 | 11 | 39.29 | 1 | 3 |
| 115 | Western Michigan | 5 | 28 | 1673 | 59.75 | 11 | 39.29 | 3 | 1 |
| 117 | Oregon | 1 | 13 | 792 | 60.92 | 5 | 38.46 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Maryland | 4 | 29 | 1790 | 61.72 | 11 | 37.93 | 3 | 0 |
| 118 | FIU | 6 | 29 | 1781 | 61.41 | 11 | 37.93 | 1 | 0 |
| 120 | Washington State | 6 | 24 | 1476 | 61.50 | 9 | 37.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 121 | NC State | 5 | 35 | 2066 | 59.03 | 13 | 37.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 122 | Troy | 4 | 25 | 1552 | 62.08 | 9 | 36.00 | 2 | 0 |
| 122 | California | 5 | 25 | 1515 | 60.60 | 9 | 36.00 | 2 | 2 |
| 122 | Navy | 5 | 25 | 1492 | 59.68 | 9 | 36.00 | 1 | 2 |
| 125 | Delaware | 6 | 26 | 1607 | 61.81 | 9 | 34.62 | 0 | 3 |
| 126 | Hawaii | 6 | 29 | 1702 | 58.69 | 10 | 34.48 | 3 | 0 |
| 127 | New Mexico State | 6 | 30 | 1879 | 62.63 | 10 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 128 | Louisiana | 5 | 29 | 1784 | 61.52 | 9 | 31.03 | 1 | 0 |
| 129 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | 30 | 1721 | 57.37 | 9 | 30.00 | 2 | 3 |
| 130 | Kent State | 5 | 17 | 1050 | 61.76 | 5 | 29.41 | 0 | 0 |
| 131 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 19 | 1185 | 62.37 | 5 | 26.32 | 1 | 1 |
| 131 | Central Michigan | 5 | 19 | 1134 | 59.68 | 5 | 26.32 | 1 | 1 |
| 133 | Bowling Green | 6 | 23 | 1278 | 55.57 | 6 | 26.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 134 | Army | 5 | 28 | 1647 | 58.82 | 7 | 25.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 135 | Southern Miss | 5 | 25 | 1548 | 61.92 | 6 | 24.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 136 | Missouri State | 4 | 18 | 1109 | 61.61 | 4 | 22.22 | 1 | 1 |
| 137 | Sacramento State | 6 | 23 | 1204 | 52.35 | 5 | 21.74 | 1 | 3 |
| 138 | South Alabama | 5 | 38 | 2243 | 59.03 | 6 | 15.79 | 4 | 0 |