2026 National Leaders Punting - Games in October Only through 10/31/2026
| Name | G | Punts | Yards | Avg. | Punts/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 5 | 32 | 1369 | 42.78 | 6.4 | 273.8 |
| 2 | Old Dominion | 5 | 30 | 1237 | 41.23 | 6.0 | 247.4 |
| 3 | San Jose State | 5 | 29 | 1275 | 43.97 | 5.8 | 255.0 |
| 4 | North Dakota State | 5 | 26 | 1190 | 45.77 | 5.2 | 238.0 |
| 4 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 26 | 1176 | 45.23 | 6.5 | 294.0 |
| 4 | Minnesota | 4 | 26 | 1140 | 43.85 | 6.5 | 285.0 |
| 4 | Washington State | 5 | 26 | 1130 | 43.46 | 5.2 | 226.0 |
| 8 | Virginia | 5 | 25 | 1345 | 53.80 | 5.0 | 269.0 |
| 8 | Stanford | 5 | 25 | 1083 | 43.32 | 5.0 | 216.6 |
| 8 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 25 | 1008 | 40.32 | 6.3 | 252.0 |
| 11 | Auburn | 4 | 24 | 1032 | 43.00 | 6.0 | 258.0 |
| 11 | Arizona State | 5 | 24 | 995 | 41.46 | 4.8 | 199.0 |
| 11 | Indiana | 5 | 24 | 955 | 39.79 | 4.8 | 191.0 |
| 14 | Washington | 4 | 23 | 1137 | 49.43 | 5.8 | 284.3 |
| 14 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 23 | 1135 | 49.35 | 5.8 | 283.8 |
| 14 | Sacramento State | 4 | 23 | 1011 | 43.96 | 5.8 | 252.8 |
| 14 | Appalachian State | 4 | 23 | 983 | 42.74 | 5.8 | 245.8 |
| 14 | TCU | 4 | 23 | 981 | 42.65 | 5.8 | 245.3 |
| 14 | James Madison | 5 | 23 | 959 | 41.70 | 4.6 | 191.8 |
| 14 | Texas | 4 | 23 | 932 | 40.52 | 5.8 | 233.0 |
| 21 | Nebraska | 4 | 22 | 1029 | 46.77 | 5.5 | 257.3 |
| 21 | Iowa State | 4 | 22 | 978 | 44.45 | 5.5 | 244.5 |
| 21 | UTEP | 4 | 22 | 908 | 41.27 | 5.5 | 227.0 |
| 21 | Maryland | 4 | 22 | 856 | 38.91 | 5.5 | 214.0 |
| 25 | Florida | 4 | 21 | 1003 | 47.76 | 5.3 | 250.8 |
| 25 | Oregon | 4 | 21 | 953 | 45.38 | 5.3 | 238.3 |
| 25 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 21 | 933 | 44.43 | 4.2 | 186.6 |
| 25 | Nevada | 4 | 21 | 911 | 43.38 | 5.3 | 227.8 |
| 25 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 21 | 885 | 42.14 | 5.3 | 221.3 |
| 25 | Massachusetts | 4 | 21 | 850 | 40.48 | 5.3 | 212.5 |
| 25 | Memphis | 5 | 21 | 831 | 39.57 | 4.2 | 166.2 |
| 32 | San Diego State | 5 | 20 | 915 | 45.75 | 4.0 | 183.0 |
| 32 | Colorado | 4 | 20 | 914 | 45.70 | 5.0 | 228.5 |
| 32 | Buffalo | 4 | 20 | 886 | 44.30 | 5.0 | 221.5 |
| 32 | Troy | 4 | 20 | 880 | 44.00 | 5.0 | 220.0 |
| 32 | Oklahoma | 4 | 20 | 868 | 43.40 | 5.0 | 217.0 |
| 32 | New Mexico State | 4 | 20 | 770 | 38.50 | 5.0 | 192.5 |
| 32 | Bowling Green | 5 | 20 | 768 | 38.40 | 4.0 | 153.6 |
| 39 | East Carolina | 4 | 19 | 871 | 45.84 | 4.8 | 217.8 |
| 39 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 19 | 847 | 44.58 | 4.8 | 211.8 |
| 39 | UCF | 4 | 19 | 839 | 44.16 | 4.8 | 209.8 |
| 39 | UCLA | 4 | 19 | 834 | 43.89 | 4.8 | 208.5 |
| 39 | Georgia State | 4 | 19 | 810 | 42.63 | 4.8 | 202.5 |
| 39 | Michigan | 4 | 19 | 789 | 41.53 | 4.8 | 197.3 |
| 39 | Florida State | 4 | 19 | 768 | 40.42 | 4.8 | 192.0 |
| 46 | Kansas State | 4 | 18 | 869 | 48.28 | 4.5 | 217.3 |
| 46 | Western Michigan | 5 | 18 | 843 | 46.83 | 3.6 | 168.6 |
| 46 | Marshall | 4 | 18 | 832 | 46.22 | 4.5 | 208.0 |
| 46 | Kennesaw State | 4 | 18 | 814 | 45.22 | 4.5 | 203.5 |
| 46 | Central Michigan | 4 | 18 | 806 | 44.78 | 4.5 | 201.5 |
| 46 | Tennessee | 4 | 18 | 787 | 43.72 | 4.5 | 196.8 |
| 46 | BYU | 5 | 18 | 782 | 43.44 | 3.6 | 156.4 |
| 46 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 18 | 778 | 43.22 | 4.5 | 194.5 |
| 46 | NC State | 4 | 18 | 772 | 42.89 | 4.5 | 193.0 |
| 46 | Utah State | 4 | 18 | 754 | 41.89 | 4.5 | 188.5 |
| 46 | Wisconsin | 4 | 18 | 753 | 41.83 | 4.5 | 188.3 |
| 46 | Mississippi State | 4 | 18 | 747 | 41.50 | 4.5 | 186.8 |
| 46 | Iowa | 4 | 18 | 746 | 41.44 | 4.5 | 186.5 |
| 46 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 18 | 737 | 40.94 | 4.5 | 184.3 |
| 46 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 18 | 737 | 40.94 | 4.5 | 184.3 |
| 46 | Arkansas | 4 | 18 | 734 | 40.78 | 4.5 | 183.5 |
| 46 | Missouri | 4 | 18 | 732 | 40.67 | 4.5 | 183.0 |
| 46 | Kent State | 5 | 18 | 711 | 39.50 | 3.6 | 142.2 |
| 46 | FIU | 4 | 18 | 647 | 35.94 | 4.5 | 161.8 |
| 65 | Baylor | 4 | 17 | 810 | 47.65 | 4.3 | 202.5 |
| 65 | Army | 5 | 17 | 805 | 47.35 | 3.4 | 161.0 |
| 65 | Charlotte | 4 | 17 | 749 | 44.06 | 4.3 | 187.3 |
| 65 | Hawaii | 4 | 17 | 741 | 43.59 | 4.3 | 185.3 |
| 65 | Rice | 4 | 17 | 730 | 42.94 | 4.3 | 182.5 |
| 65 | Illinois | 4 | 17 | 729 | 42.88 | 4.3 | 182.3 |
| 65 | Kansas | 5 | 17 | 725 | 42.65 | 3.4 | 145.0 |
| 65 | UNLV | 4 | 17 | 712 | 41.88 | 4.3 | 178.0 |
| 65 | Rutgers | 4 | 17 | 709 | 41.71 | 4.3 | 177.3 |
| 65 | Tulsa | 4 | 17 | 677 | 39.82 | 4.3 | 169.3 |
| 65 | Akron | 4 | 17 | 639 | 37.59 | 4.3 | 159.8 |
| 65 | Penn State | 4 | 17 | 636 | 37.41 | 4.3 | 159.0 |
| 77 | Michigan State | 4 | 16 | 794 | 49.63 | 4.0 | 198.5 |
| 77 | UAB | 4 | 16 | 776 | 48.50 | 4.0 | 194.0 |
| 77 | Navy | 5 | 16 | 742 | 46.38 | 3.2 | 148.4 |
| 77 | Syracuse | 5 | 16 | 738 | 46.13 | 3.2 | 147.6 |
| 77 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 16 | 724 | 45.25 | 4.0 | 181.0 |
| 77 | USF | 4 | 16 | 719 | 44.94 | 4.0 | 179.8 |
| 77 | Ole Miss | 4 | 16 | 718 | 44.88 | 4.0 | 179.5 |
| 77 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 16 | 713 | 44.56 | 3.2 | 142.6 |
| 77 | Kentucky | 4 | 16 | 687 | 42.94 | 4.0 | 171.8 |
| 77 | Alabama | 4 | 16 | 672 | 42.00 | 4.0 | 168.0 |
| 77 | Fresno State | 4 | 16 | 669 | 41.81 | 4.0 | 167.3 |
| 77 | Duke | 4 | 16 | 657 | 41.06 | 4.0 | 164.3 |
| 77 | Toledo | 4 | 16 | 651 | 40.69 | 4.0 | 162.8 |
| 77 | Clemson | 4 | 16 | 643 | 40.19 | 4.0 | 160.8 |
| 77 | North Carolina | 5 | 16 | 636 | 39.75 | 3.2 | 127.2 |
| 77 | Southern Miss | 4 | 16 | 624 | 39.00 | 4.0 | 156.0 |
| 93 | Ball State | 4 | 15 | 710 | 47.33 | 3.8 | 177.5 |
| 93 | Tulane | 4 | 15 | 705 | 47.00 | 3.8 | 176.3 |
| 93 | Cincinnati | 4 | 15 | 682 | 45.47 | 3.8 | 170.5 |
| 93 | West Virginia | 4 | 15 | 638 | 42.53 | 3.8 | 159.5 |
| 93 | Louisiana | 4 | 15 | 593 | 39.53 | 3.8 | 148.3 |
| 98 | Texas A&M | 4 | 14 | 682 | 48.71 | 3.5 | 170.5 |
| 98 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 14 | 677 | 48.36 | 3.5 | 169.3 |
| 98 | SMU | 4 | 14 | 631 | 45.07 | 3.5 | 157.8 |
| 98 | Ohio State | 4 | 14 | 619 | 44.21 | 3.5 | 154.8 |
| 98 | Delaware | 4 | 14 | 612 | 43.71 | 3.5 | 153.0 |
| 98 | South Carolina | 4 | 14 | 594 | 42.43 | 3.5 | 148.5 |
| 98 | Purdue | 4 | 14 | 590 | 42.14 | 3.5 | 147.5 |
| 98 | Temple | 4 | 14 | 553 | 39.50 | 3.5 | 138.3 |
| 98 | Boston College | 4 | 14 | 531 | 37.93 | 3.5 | 132.8 |
| 98 | South Alabama | 4 | 14 | 529 | 37.79 | 3.5 | 132.3 |
| 98 | Liberty | 4 | 14 | 525 | 37.50 | 3.5 | 131.3 |
| 109 | Wyoming | 4 | 13 | 620 | 47.69 | 3.3 | 155.0 |
| 109 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 13 | 601 | 46.23 | 3.3 | 150.3 |
| 109 | New Mexico | 4 | 13 | 582 | 44.77 | 3.3 | 145.5 |
| 109 | Connecticut | 4 | 13 | 560 | 43.08 | 3.3 | 140.0 |
| 109 | Utah | 4 | 13 | 559 | 43.00 | 3.3 | 139.8 |
| 109 | Arkansas State | 4 | 13 | 551 | 42.38 | 3.3 | 137.8 |
| 109 | Colorado State | 4 | 13 | 548 | 42.15 | 3.3 | 137.0 |
| 109 | Northwestern | 5 | 13 | 534 | 41.08 | 2.6 | 106.8 |
| 109 | UTSA | 4 | 13 | 527 | 40.54 | 3.3 | 131.8 |
| 109 | Texas State | 4 | 13 | 502 | 38.62 | 3.3 | 125.5 |
| 119 | USC | 4 | 12 | 584 | 48.67 | 3.0 | 146.0 |
| 119 | Houston | 4 | 12 | 582 | 48.50 | 3.0 | 145.5 |
| 119 | Ohio | 4 | 12 | 532 | 44.33 | 3.0 | 133.0 |
| 119 | Arizona | 4 | 12 | 503 | 41.92 | 3.0 | 125.8 |
| 119 | Louisville | 4 | 12 | 483 | 40.25 | 3.0 | 120.8 |
| 124 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 11 | 496 | 45.09 | 2.8 | 124.0 |
| 124 | Wake Forest | 4 | 11 | 493 | 44.82 | 2.8 | 123.3 |
| 124 | Texas Tech | 4 | 11 | 488 | 44.36 | 2.8 | 122.0 |
| 124 | Boise State | 4 | 11 | 476 | 43.27 | 2.8 | 119.0 |
| 124 | North Texas | 4 | 11 | 462 | 42.00 | 2.8 | 115.5 |
| 124 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 11 | 456 | 41.45 | 2.8 | 114.0 |
| 124 | Missouri State | 4 | 11 | 432 | 39.27 | 2.8 | 108.0 |
| 124 | LSU | 4 | 11 | 429 | 39.00 | 2.8 | 107.3 |
| 132 | Air Force | 5 | 10 | 445 | 44.50 | 2.0 | 89.0 |
| 132 | Georgia | 4 | 10 | 436 | 43.60 | 2.5 | 109.0 |
| 132 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 10 | 396 | 39.60 | 2.5 | 99.0 |
| 135 | Notre Dame | 4 | 8 | 360 | 45.00 | 2.0 | 90.0 |
| 136 | Oregon State | 4 | 7 | 308 | 44.00 | 1.8 | 77.0 |
| 137 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 6 | 281 | 46.83 | 2.0 | 93.7 |
| 137 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 6 | 250 | 41.67 | 1.5 | 62.5 |