2026 National Leaders Long Kickoff Return Plays - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 10/31/2026
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| Name | G | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | Yards | |
| 1 | James Madison | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Colorado State | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Ohio | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Akron | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Arizona State | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Arkansas State | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | BYU | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Buffalo | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Delaware | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Georgia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Georgia State | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Hawaii | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Indiana | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Iowa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Iowa State | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Kansas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Louisville | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Nevada | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | South Alabama | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Texas State | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Tulane | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Tulsa | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | UTSA | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Western Michigan | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Air Force | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Alabama | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Appalachian State | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Arizona | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Arkansas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Army | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Auburn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ball State | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Baylor | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Boise State | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Boston College | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Bowling Green | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | California | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Central Michigan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Charlotte | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Cincinnati | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Clemson | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Colorado | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Connecticut | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Duke | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | East Carolina | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FIU | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Florida | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Florida State | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Fresno State | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Georgia Southern | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Houston | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Illinois | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Jacksonville State | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Kansas State | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Kennesaw State | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Kent State | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | LSU | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Liberty | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Louisiana | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Marshall | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Maryland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Massachusetts | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Memphis | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Miami (FL) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Michigan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Michigan State | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Minnesota | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Mississippi State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Missouri | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Missouri State | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | NC State | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Navy | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Nebraska | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | New Mexico | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | New Mexico State | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | North Carolina | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | North Dakota State | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | North Texas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Northwestern | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Notre Dame | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ohio State | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Oklahoma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Old Dominion | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ole Miss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Oregon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Oregon State | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Penn State | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Purdue | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Rice | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Rutgers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | SMU | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Sacramento State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Sam Houston State | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | San Jose State | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | South Carolina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Southern Miss | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Stanford | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Syracuse | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | TCU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Temple | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Tennessee | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Texas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Texas A&M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Texas Tech | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Toledo | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Troy | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | UAB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | UCF | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | UCLA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | UNLV | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | USC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | USF | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | UTEP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Utah | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Utah State | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Virginia | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Wake Forest | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Washington | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Washington State | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | West Virginia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Wisconsin | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Wyoming | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |