2026 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 10/10/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 North Carolina 1 1 98 98.00 1 1.0 98.0
2 Iowa State 1 2 114 57.00 1 2.0 114.0
3 Minnesota 1 1 42 42.00 0 1.0 42.0
4 Colorado State 2 4 157 39.25 1 2.0 78.5
5 Texas Tech 1 2 77 38.50 0 2.0 77.0
6 Georgia State 3 4 138 34.50 1 1.3 46.0
7 Georgia 1 4 132 33.00 1 4.0 132.0
8 Illinois 1 1 31 31.00 0 1.0 31.0
9 James Madison 4 8 247 30.88 0 2.0 61.8
10 Missouri State 2 1 29 29.00 0 0.5 14.5
11 Ohio 4 12 345 28.75 1 3.0 86.3
12 Arkansas State 4 8 226 28.25 0 2.0 56.5
13 Liberty 5 6 166 27.67 0 1.2 33.2
14 Pittsburgh 1 2 55 27.50 0 2.0 55.0
15 Michigan State 3 4 109 27.25 0 1.3 36.3
16 UCF 1 4 106 26.50 0 4.0 106.0
17 Houston 1 3 79 26.33 0 3.0 79.0
17 South Alabama 4 6 158 26.33 1 1.5 39.5
19 Ole Miss 1 1 26 26.00 0 1.0 26.0
20 Central Michigan 4 3 77 25.67 0 0.8 19.3
21 Vanderbilt 1 2 51 25.50 0 2.0 51.0
22 Tennessee 1 1 25 25.00 0 1.0 25.0
23 Cincinnati 1 4 98 24.50 0 4.0 98.0
23 Indiana 2 6 147 24.50 0 3.0 73.5
23 Memphis 4 4 98 24.50 0 1.0 24.5
26 Hawaii 4 6 145 24.17 0 1.5 36.3
27 Florida State 1 4 95 23.75 0 4.0 95.0
28 Coastal Carolina 4 8 189 23.63 0 2.0 47.3
29 San Diego State 2 8 187 23.38 0 4.0 93.5
30 Wyoming 4 7 162 23.14 0 1.8 40.5
31 California 1 5 115 23.00 0 5.0 115.0
31 Arizona 1 1 23 23.00 0 1.0 23.0
31 Virginia 1 1 23 23.00 0 1.0 23.0
34 Nevada 4 4 90 22.50 0 1.0 22.5
35 Florida Atlantic 3 5 112 22.40 0 1.7 37.3
36 Arizona State 1 3 67 22.33 0 3.0 67.0
36 Auburn 1 3 67 22.33 0 3.0 67.0
38 Miami (FL) 1 1 22 22.00 0 1.0 22.0
38 Oklahoma State 1 1 22 22.00 0 1.0 22.0
40 Eastern Michigan 4 6 130 21.67 0 1.5 32.5
41 Navy 4 3 63 21.00 0 0.8 15.8
42 Louisiana Tech 2 8 167 20.88 0 4.0 83.5
43 Bowling Green 3 4 83 20.75 0 1.3 27.7
44 Nebraska 2 3 62 20.67 0 1.5 31.0
44 San Jose State 3 3 62 20.67 0 1.0 20.7
46 Stanford 2 9 185 20.56 0 4.5 92.5
47 Michigan 2 2 41 20.50 0 1.0 20.5
48 Clemson 1 1 20 20.00 0 1.0 20.0
49 Temple 4 9 179 19.89 0 2.3 44.8
50 SMU 1 4 79 19.75 0 4.0 79.0
51 Tulane 3 7 138 19.71 0 2.3 46.0
52 Alabama 1 2 39 19.50 0 2.0 39.0
53 Penn State 3 3 58 19.33 0 1.0 19.3
54 Troy 2 5 96 19.20 0 2.5 48.0
55 Kent State 3 6 115 19.17 0 2.0 38.3
56 Marshall 4 14 268 19.14 0 3.5 67.0
57 Louisiana 4 8 153 19.13 0 2.0 38.3
58 USC 2 6 114 19.00 0 3.0 57.0
58 UTEP 2 6 114 19.00 0 3.0 57.0
58 Connecticut 3 4 76 19.00 0 1.3 25.3
58 Western Michigan 3 3 57 19.00 0 1.0 19.0
58 West Virginia 1 1 19 19.00 0 1.0 19.0
58 Fresno State 3 1 19 19.00 0 0.3 6.3
64 Kennesaw State 3 9 170 18.89 0 3.0 56.7
65 Oklahoma 2 3 56 18.67 0 1.5 28.0
65 Massachusetts 3 3 56 18.67 0 1.0 18.7
67 Western Kentucky 3 8 148 18.50 0 2.7 49.3
68 Akron 3 13 239 18.38 0 4.3 79.7
69 Louisiana-Monroe 3 3 55 18.33 0 1.0 18.3
70 Jacksonville State 5 4 73 18.25 0 0.8 14.6
71 Sam Houston State 3 10 181 18.10 0 3.3 60.3
72 Sacramento State 4 6 108 18.00 0 1.5 27.0
72 TCU 1 1 18 18.00 0 1.0 18.0
74 North Dakota State 5 6 105 17.50 0 1.2 21.0
75 Charlotte 4 9 157 17.44 0 2.3 39.3
76 Old Dominion 4 8 136 17.00 0 2.0 34.0
76 Wisconsin 2 3 51 17.00 0 1.5 25.5
76 Buffalo 3 4 68 17.00 0 1.3 22.7
76 Texas A&M 1 1 17 17.00 0 1.0 17.0
76 Wake Forest 1 1 17 17.00 0 1.0 17.0
81 Ball State 3 7 117 16.71 0 2.3 39.0
82 Missouri 1 3 50 16.67 0 3.0 50.0
83 Kentucky 1 1 16 16.00 0 1.0 16.0
83 Purdue 1 1 16 16.00 0 1.0 16.0
85 Georgia Southern 3 6 94 15.67 0 2.0 31.3
85 UNLV 5 3 47 15.67 0 0.6 9.4
87 Tulsa 3 7 109 15.57 0 2.3 36.3
88 Toledo 3 5 77 15.40 0 1.7 25.7
89 Middle Tennessee State 3 6 91 15.17 0 2.0 30.3
90 Delaware 2 5 75 15.00 0 2.5 37.5
90 Southern Miss 3 3 45 15.00 0 1.0 15.0
92 FIU 4 4 59 14.75 0 1.0 14.8
93 New Mexico State 4 8 113 14.13 0 2.0 28.3
94 Texas 1 2 28 14.00 0 2.0 28.0
94 UAB 4 6 84 14.00 0 1.5 21.0
94 New Mexico 3 3 42 14.00 0 1.0 14.0
94 Army 4 3 42 14.00 0 0.8 10.5
98 Appalachian State 3 5 68 13.60 0 1.7 22.7
99 Northern Illinois 2 3 39 13.00 0 1.5 19.5
99 Ohio State 2 2 26 13.00 0 1.0 13.0
101 East Carolina 3 2 25 12.50 0 0.7 8.3
102 Texas State 2 6 68 11.33 0 3.0 34.0
103 Miami (OH) 3 5 52 10.40 0 1.7 17.3
104 North Texas 3 3 29 9.67 0 1.0 9.7
105 Rice 4 3 28 9.33 0 0.8 7.0
106 USF 5 4 34 8.50 0 0.8 6.8
107 Virginia Tech 1 1 4 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
108 Kansas State 1 1 2 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
109 Boise State 2 1 0 0.00 0 0.5 0.0