2026 National Leaders Punting - Games in October Only through 10/31/2026

Name G Punts Yards Avg. Punts/G Yards/G
1 Sam Houston State 4 26 1176 45.23 6.5 294.0
1 Minnesota 4 26 1140 43.85 6.5 285.0
3 California 5 32 1369 42.78 6.4 273.8
4 Louisiana-Monroe 4 25 1008 40.32 6.3 252.0
5 Auburn 4 24 1032 43.00 6.0 258.0
5 Old Dominion 5 30 1237 41.23 6.0 247.4
7 Washington 4 23 1137 49.43 5.8 284.3
7 Middle Tennessee State 4 23 1135 49.35 5.8 283.8
7 San Jose State 5 29 1275 43.97 5.8 255.0
7 Sacramento State 4 23 1011 43.96 5.8 252.8
7 Appalachian State 4 23 983 42.74 5.8 245.8
7 TCU 4 23 981 42.65 5.8 245.3
7 Texas 4 23 932 40.52 5.8 233.0
14 Nebraska 4 22 1029 46.77 5.5 257.3
14 Iowa State 4 22 978 44.45 5.5 244.5
14 UTEP 4 22 908 41.27 5.5 227.0
14 Maryland 4 22 856 38.91 5.5 214.0
18 Florida 4 21 1003 47.76 5.3 250.8
18 Oregon 4 21 953 45.38 5.3 238.3
18 Nevada 4 21 911 43.38 5.3 227.8
18 Georgia Tech 4 21 885 42.14 5.3 221.3
18 Massachusetts 4 21 850 40.48 5.3 212.5
23 North Dakota State 5 26 1190 45.77 5.2 238.0
23 Washington State 5 26 1130 43.46 5.2 226.0
25 Virginia 5 25 1345 53.80 5.0 269.0
25 Colorado 4 20 914 45.70 5.0 228.5
25 Buffalo 4 20 886 44.30 5.0 221.5
25 Troy 4 20 880 44.00 5.0 220.0
25 Oklahoma 4 20 868 43.40 5.0 217.0
25 Stanford 5 25 1083 43.32 5.0 216.6
25 New Mexico State 4 20 770 38.50 5.0 192.5
32 East Carolina 4 19 871 45.84 4.8 217.8
32 Miami (OH) 4 19 847 44.58 4.8 211.8
32 UCF 4 19 839 44.16 4.8 209.8
32 UCLA 4 19 834 43.89 4.8 208.5
32 Georgia State 4 19 810 42.63 4.8 202.5
32 Michigan 4 19 789 41.53 4.8 197.3
32 Arizona State 5 24 995 41.46 4.8 199.0
32 Florida State 4 19 768 40.42 4.8 192.0
32 Indiana 5 24 955 39.79 4.8 191.0
41 James Madison 5 23 959 41.70 4.6 191.8
42 Kansas State 4 18 869 48.28 4.5 217.3
42 Marshall 4 18 832 46.22 4.5 208.0
42 Kennesaw State 4 18 814 45.22 4.5 203.5
42 Central Michigan 4 18 806 44.78 4.5 201.5
42 Tennessee 4 18 787 43.72 4.5 196.8
42 Western Kentucky 4 18 778 43.22 4.5 194.5
42 NC State 4 18 772 42.89 4.5 193.0
42 Utah State 4 18 754 41.89 4.5 188.5
42 Wisconsin 4 18 753 41.83 4.5 188.3
42 Mississippi State 4 18 747 41.50 4.5 186.8
42 Iowa 4 18 746 41.44 4.5 186.5
42 Coastal Carolina 4 18 737 40.94 4.5 184.3
42 Virginia Tech 4 18 737 40.94 4.5 184.3
42 Arkansas 4 18 734 40.78 4.5 183.5
42 Missouri 4 18 732 40.67 4.5 183.0
42 FIU 4 18 647 35.94 4.5 161.8
58 Baylor 4 17 810 47.65 4.3 202.5
58 Charlotte 4 17 749 44.06 4.3 187.3
58 Hawaii 4 17 741 43.59 4.3 185.3
58 Rice 4 17 730 42.94 4.3 182.5
58 Illinois 4 17 729 42.88 4.3 182.3
58 UNLV 4 17 712 41.88 4.3 178.0
58 Rutgers 4 17 709 41.71 4.3 177.3
58 Tulsa 4 17 677 39.82 4.3 169.3
58 Akron 4 17 639 37.59 4.3 159.8
58 Penn State 4 17 636 37.41 4.3 159.0
68 Pittsburgh 5 21 933 44.43 4.2 186.6
68 Memphis 5 21 831 39.57 4.2 166.2
70 Michigan State 4 16 794 49.63 4.0 198.5
70 UAB 4 16 776 48.50 4.0 194.0
70 San Diego State 5 20 915 45.75 4.0 183.0
70 Vanderbilt 4 16 724 45.25 4.0 181.0
70 USF 4 16 719 44.94 4.0 179.8
70 Ole Miss 4 16 718 44.88 4.0 179.5
70 Kentucky 4 16 687 42.94 4.0 171.8
70 Alabama 4 16 672 42.00 4.0 168.0
70 Fresno State 4 16 669 41.81 4.0 167.3
70 Duke 4 16 657 41.06 4.0 164.3
70 Toledo 4 16 651 40.69 4.0 162.8
70 Clemson 4 16 643 40.19 4.0 160.8
70 Southern Miss 4 16 624 39.00 4.0 156.0
70 Bowling Green 5 20 768 38.40 4.0 153.6
84 Ball State 4 15 710 47.33 3.8 177.5
84 Tulane 4 15 705 47.00 3.8 176.3
84 Cincinnati 4 15 682 45.47 3.8 170.5
84 West Virginia 4 15 638 42.53 3.8 159.5
84 Louisiana 4 15 593 39.53 3.8 148.3
89 Western Michigan 5 18 843 46.83 3.6 168.6
89 BYU 5 18 782 43.44 3.6 156.4
89 Kent State 5 18 711 39.50 3.6 142.2
92 Texas A&M 4 14 682 48.71 3.5 170.5
92 Eastern Michigan 4 14 677 48.36 3.5 169.3
92 SMU 4 14 631 45.07 3.5 157.8
92 Ohio State 4 14 619 44.21 3.5 154.8
92 Delaware 4 14 612 43.71 3.5 153.0
92 South Carolina 4 14 594 42.43 3.5 148.5
92 Purdue 4 14 590 42.14 3.5 147.5
92 Temple 4 14 553 39.50 3.5 138.3
92 Boston College 4 14 531 37.93 3.5 132.8
92 South Alabama 4 14 529 37.79 3.5 132.3
92 Liberty 4 14 525 37.50 3.5 131.3
103 Army 5 17 805 47.35 3.4 161.0
103 Kansas 5 17 725 42.65 3.4 145.0
105 Wyoming 4 13 620 47.69 3.3 155.0
105 Northern Illinois 4 13 601 46.23 3.3 150.3
105 New Mexico 4 13 582 44.77 3.3 145.5
105 Connecticut 4 13 560 43.08 3.3 140.0
105 Utah 4 13 559 43.00 3.3 139.8
105 Arkansas State 4 13 551 42.38 3.3 137.8
105 Colorado State 4 13 548 42.15 3.3 137.0
105 UTSA 4 13 527 40.54 3.3 131.8
105 Texas State 4 13 502 38.62 3.3 125.5
114 Navy 5 16 742 46.38 3.2 148.4
114 Syracuse 5 16 738 46.13 3.2 147.6
114 Louisiana Tech 5 16 713 44.56 3.2 142.6
114 North Carolina 5 16 636 39.75 3.2 127.2
118 USC 4 12 584 48.67 3.0 146.0
118 Houston 4 12 582 48.50 3.0 145.5
118 Ohio 4 12 532 44.33 3.0 133.0
118 Arizona 4 12 503 41.92 3.0 125.8
118 Louisville 4 12 483 40.25 3.0 120.8
123 Miami (FL) 4 11 496 45.09 2.8 124.0
123 Wake Forest 4 11 493 44.82 2.8 123.3
123 Texas Tech 4 11 488 44.36 2.8 122.0
123 Boise State 4 11 476 43.27 2.8 119.0
123 North Texas 4 11 462 42.00 2.8 115.5
123 Georgia Southern 4 11 456 41.45 2.8 114.0
123 Missouri State 4 11 432 39.27 2.8 108.0
123 LSU 4 11 429 39.00 2.8 107.3
131 Northwestern 5 13 534 41.08 2.6 106.8
132 Georgia 4 10 436 43.60 2.5 109.0
132 Florida Atlantic 4 10 396 39.60 2.5 99.0
134 Jacksonville State 3 6 281 46.83 2.0 93.7
134 Notre Dame 4 8 360 45.00 2.0 90.0
134 Air Force 5 10 445 44.50 2.0 89.0
137 Oregon State 4 7 308 44.00 1.8 77.0
138 Oklahoma State 4 6 250 41.67 1.5 62.5