2026 National Leaders Punt Returns - Games in October Only through 10/10/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Old Dominion 2 1 78 78.00 1 0.5 39.0
2 Coastal Carolina 2 1 73 73.00 1 0.5 36.5
3 Georgia Tech 1 1 33 33.00 0 1.0 33.0
4 Jacksonville State 1 1 25 25.00 0 1.0 25.0
4 Rice 2 1 25 25.00 0 0.5 12.5
6 Kansas 2 2 48 24.00 0 1.0 24.0
7 Oklahoma State 1 1 21 21.00 0 1.0 21.0
7 Arizona State 2 1 21 21.00 0 0.5 10.5
9 Kentucky 2 3 62 20.67 1 1.5 31.0
10 Kent State 2 2 39 19.50 0 1.0 19.5
11 Buffalo 2 1 18 18.00 0 0.5 9.0
12 Florida Atlantic 1 2 34 17.00 0 2.0 34.0
13 Notre Dame 2 4 67 16.75 0 2.0 33.5
14 UNLV 2 3 48 16.00 0 1.5 24.0
14 Eastern Michigan 2 1 16 16.00 0 0.5 8.0
14 LSU 2 1 16 16.00 0 0.5 8.0
17 New Mexico 1 2 31 15.50 0 2.0 31.0
18 UAB 2 4 61 15.25 0 2.0 30.5
19 James Madison 2 3 45 15.00 0 1.5 22.5
19 West Virginia 2 2 30 15.00 0 1.0 15.0
19 Arizona 2 1 15 15.00 0 0.5 7.5
19 Purdue 2 1 15 15.00 0 0.5 7.5
23 SMU 1 2 28 14.00 0 2.0 28.0
24 Wyoming 2 4 54 13.50 0 2.0 27.0
25 Ole Miss 1 3 40 13.33 0 3.0 40.0
26 Houston 2 4 52 13.00 0 2.0 26.0
26 Miami (OH) 2 4 52 13.00 0 2.0 26.0
26 Sam Houston State 1 1 13 13.00 0 1.0 13.0
29 Tulane 1 2 25 12.50 0 2.0 25.0
30 Kansas State 1 2 24 12.00 0 2.0 24.0
30 Baylor 1 1 12 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
30 Wisconsin 1 1 12 12.00 0 1.0 12.0
33 Memphis 2 2 23 11.50 0 1.0 11.5
34 Miami (FL) 1 1 11 11.00 0 1.0 11.0
35 Florida State 2 4 43 10.75 0 2.0 21.5
36 Oregon 1 5 52 10.40 0 5.0 52.0
37 Texas State 1 2 20 10.00 0 2.0 20.0
37 Boston College 1 1 10 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
39 Pittsburgh 2 7 69 9.86 0 3.5 34.5
40 North Texas 2 3 28 9.33 0 1.5 14.0
41 BYU 2 7 64 9.14 0 3.5 32.0
42 Oregon State 2 4 36 9.00 0 2.0 18.0
42 Washington 2 2 18 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
42 Texas Tech 1 1 9 9.00 0 1.0 9.0
45 Missouri 2 4 35 8.75 0 2.0 17.5
46 Northwestern 2 3 26 8.67 0 1.5 13.0
47 UTSA 2 5 43 8.60 0 2.5 21.5
48 California 2 4 33 8.25 0 2.0 16.5
49 Utah 1 3 24 8.00 0 3.0 24.0
49 Nebraska 2 5 40 8.00 0 2.5 20.0
49 Georgia Southern 2 3 24 8.00 0 1.5 12.0
49 Michigan State 2 2 16 8.00 0 1.0 8.0
49 Oklahoma 1 1 8 8.00 1 1.0 8.0
49 Connecticut 2 1 8 8.00 0 0.5 4.0
55 South Carolina 2 3 23 7.67 0 1.5 11.5
56 Ohio State 2 6 45 7.50 0 3.0 22.5
57 Ohio 2 6 44 7.33 0 3.0 22.0
58 Akron 2 1 7 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
58 NC State 2 1 7 7.00 0 0.5 3.5
60 Iowa 2 4 27 6.75 0 2.0 13.5
61 Tennessee 2 3 20 6.67 0 1.5 10.0
62 Temple 2 2 13 6.50 0 1.0 6.5
63 North Dakota State 2 3 19 6.33 0 1.5 9.5
63 Toledo 2 3 19 6.33 0 1.5 9.5
65 USC 2 4 25 6.25 0 2.0 12.5
66 Michigan 1 2 12 6.00 0 2.0 12.0
66 Liberty 2 3 18 6.00 0 1.5 9.0
66 Illinois 2 1 6 6.00 0 0.5 3.0
66 Virginia Tech 2 1 6 6.00 0 0.5 3.0
70 UCF 2 2 11 5.50 0 1.0 5.5
70 Virginia 2 2 11 5.50 0 1.0 5.5
72 Minnesota 2 4 21 5.25 0 2.0 10.5
73 Hawaii 2 2 10 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
73 Penn State 2 2 10 5.00 0 1.0 5.0
75 Kennesaw State 1 2 9 4.50 0 2.0 9.0
76 Syracuse 2 4 16 4.00 0 2.0 8.0
76 Central Michigan 2 2 8 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
76 South Alabama 2 2 8 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
76 Texas A&M 2 2 8 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
76 Clemson 1 1 4 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
76 Western Michigan 2 1 4 4.00 0 0.5 2.0
82 Bowling Green 2 2 7 3.50 0 1.0 3.5
83 Utah State 2 4 13 3.25 0 2.0 6.5
84 Texas 1 5 16 3.20 0 5.0 16.0
85 Marshall 2 2 6 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
85 North Carolina 2 2 6 3.00 0 1.0 3.0
85 San Diego State 2 1 3 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
85 USF 2 1 3 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
85 Washington State 2 1 3 3.00 0 0.5 1.5
90 Maryland 2 2 5 2.50 0 1.0 2.5
91 New Mexico State 2 3 7 2.33 0 1.5 3.5
92 Wake Forest 2 4 8 2.00 0 2.0 4.0
92 Navy 2 3 6 2.00 0 1.5 3.0
92 Louisiana Tech 2 2 4 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
92 Georgia 2 1 2 2.00 0 0.5 1.0
96 East Carolina 1 3 5 1.67 0 3.0 5.0
97 Vanderbilt 2 2 3 1.50 0 1.0 1.5
98 FIU 1 1 1 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
98 Georgia State 1 1 1 1.00 0 1.0 1.0
98 UTEP 2 1 1 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
98 Western Kentucky 2 1 1 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
102 Fresno State 2 4 2 0.50 0 2.0 1.0
103 Boise State 2 2 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
103 Nevada 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0
105 Army 2 3 -1 -0.33 0 1.5 -0.5
106 Arkansas 2 1 -1 -1.00 0 0.5 -0.5
107 UCLA 1 2 -3 -1.50 0 2.0 -3.0
108 Alabama 2 1 -2 -2.00 0 0.5 -1.0