2026 National Leaders Kickoff Returns - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 09/19/2026

Name G Ret. Yards Avg. TD Ret./G Yards/G
1 Iowa State 1 2 114 57.00 1 2.0 114.0
2 Minnesota 1 1 42 42.00 0 1.0 42.0
3 James Madison 1 1 36 36.00 0 1.0 36.0
4 Georgia 1 4 132 33.00 1 4.0 132.0
5 Ohio 2 9 286 31.78 1 4.5 143.0
6 Hawaii 2 3 95 31.67 0 1.5 47.5
7 Illinois 1 1 31 31.00 0 1.0 31.0
8 Toledo 1 1 29 29.00 0 1.0 29.0
9 Western Michigan 1 1 28 28.00 0 1.0 28.0
10 Pittsburgh 1 2 55 27.50 0 2.0 55.0
11 Michigan State 3 4 109 27.25 0 1.3 36.3
12 UCF 1 4 106 26.50 0 4.0 106.0
13 Ole Miss 1 1 26 26.00 0 1.0 26.0
14 Vanderbilt 1 2 51 25.50 0 2.0 51.0
15 Colorado State 1 1 25 25.00 0 1.0 25.0
15 Tennessee 1 1 25 25.00 0 1.0 25.0
17 Cincinnati 1 4 98 24.50 0 4.0 98.0
17 Indiana 2 6 147 24.50 0 3.0 73.5
17 Memphis 2 4 98 24.50 0 2.0 49.0
20 Wyoming 1 3 73 24.33 0 3.0 73.0
21 Temple 1 4 96 24.00 0 4.0 96.0
21 Marshall 2 6 144 24.00 0 3.0 72.0
23 Florida State 1 4 95 23.75 0 4.0 95.0
24 Arizona 1 1 23 23.00 0 1.0 23.0
25 Eastern Michigan 2 4 90 22.50 0 2.0 45.0
25 Nevada 2 4 90 22.50 0 2.0 45.0
27 Auburn 1 3 67 22.33 0 3.0 67.0
28 Troy 1 2 44 22.00 0 2.0 44.0
28 Oklahoma State 1 1 22 22.00 0 1.0 22.0
30 Louisiana 1 2 43 21.50 0 2.0 43.0
30 Liberty 2 2 43 21.50 0 1.0 21.5
32 Delaware 1 2 42 21.00 0 2.0 42.0
33 Stanford 1 5 104 20.80 0 5.0 104.0
34 Nebraska 2 3 62 20.67 0 1.5 31.0
35 Michigan 2 2 41 20.50 0 1.0 20.5
36 Georgia Southern 1 3 60 20.00 0 3.0 60.0
36 Louisiana-Monroe 1 2 40 20.00 0 2.0 40.0
36 Clemson 1 1 20 20.00 0 1.0 20.0
39 San Diego State 1 3 59 19.67 0 3.0 59.0
40 Alabama 1 2 39 19.50 0 2.0 39.0
41 Penn State 3 3 58 19.33 0 1.0 19.3
42 USC 2 6 114 19.00 0 3.0 57.0
42 Jacksonville State 3 3 57 19.00 0 1.0 19.0
42 West Virginia 1 1 19 19.00 0 1.0 19.0
42 Fresno State 2 1 19 19.00 0 0.5 9.5
46 Oklahoma 2 3 56 18.67 0 1.5 28.0
47 Sacramento State 2 2 37 18.50 0 1.0 18.5
48 Coastal Carolina 1 3 55 18.33 0 3.0 55.0
49 Connecticut 1 2 36 18.00 0 2.0 36.0
49 TCU 1 1 18 18.00 0 1.0 18.0
51 Sam Houston State 2 6 107 17.83 0 3.0 53.5
52 Florida Atlantic 2 3 53 17.67 0 1.5 26.5
53 North Dakota State 3 2 35 17.50 0 0.7 11.7
54 Old Dominion 1 2 34 17.00 0 2.0 34.0
54 Wisconsin 2 3 51 17.00 0 1.5 25.5
54 Texas A&M 1 1 17 17.00 0 1.0 17.0
54 Wake Forest 1 1 17 17.00 0 1.0 17.0
58 Missouri 1 3 50 16.67 0 3.0 50.0
59 UNLV 3 2 33 16.50 0 0.7 11.0
60 Navy 1 1 16 16.00 0 1.0 16.0
61 Middle Tennessee State 2 4 63 15.75 0 2.0 31.5
62 Tulsa 1 3 47 15.67 0 3.0 47.0
63 Kennesaw State 1 6 92 15.33 0 6.0 92.0
64 UAB 2 1 15 15.00 0 0.5 7.5
65 New Mexico State 1 2 28 14.00 0 2.0 28.0
65 Texas 1 2 28 14.00 0 2.0 28.0
67 Ball State 1 3 40 13.33 0 3.0 40.0
68 Tulane 1 2 26 13.00 0 2.0 26.0
68 Ohio State 2 2 26 13.00 0 1.0 13.0
70 Texas State 2 6 68 11.33 0 3.0 34.0
70 South Alabama 2 3 34 11.33 0 1.5 17.0
72 Appalachian State 2 4 45 11.25 0 2.0 22.5
73 Western Kentucky 1 2 22 11.00 0 2.0 22.0
74 Buffalo 1 2 20 10.00 0 2.0 20.0
74 Army 1 1 10 10.00 0 1.0 10.0
74 FIU 3 2 20 10.00 0 0.7 6.7
77 Rice 2 3 28 9.33 0 1.5 14.0
78 Virginia Tech 1 1 4 4.00 0 1.0 4.0
79 Kansas State 1 1 2 2.00 0 1.0 2.0
80 USF 2 1 1 1.00 0 0.5 0.5
81 Georgia State 1 1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0.0