college football punt return yards leaders 2026

Javon Tracy has gained the most punt-return yards in 2026, with 284 yards.

	NAME	PR YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Javon Tracy J. Tracy	284	2026	MINN	5	0	0		0.0	0	15	18.9	56.8	2
2	Michael Scott M. Scott	220	2026	JMU	5	7	314	44.9	62.8	0	11	20.0	44.0	2
3	Que'Sean Brown Q. Brown	204	2026	VT	5	0	0		0.0	0	8	25.5	40.8	0
4	Vicari Swain V. Swain	189	2026	SCAR	5	0	0		0.0	0	12	15.8	37.8	2
5	Vernell Brown III V. Brown III	189	2026	FLA	4	0	0		0.0	0	5	37.8	47.3	2
6	Zay Robinson Z. Robinson	188	2026	PSU	5	6	112	18.7	22.4	0	15	12.5	37.6	0
7	Jayden McGowan J. McGowan	170	2026	BAY	5	0	0		0.0	0	13	13.1	34.0	0
8	Trent Mosley T. Mosley	158	2026	USC	3	0	0		0.0	0	5	31.6	52.7	1
9	Devin Roche D. Roche	154	2026	ODU	5	0	0		0.0	0	10	15.4	30.8	1
10	Evan James E. James	152	2026	IOWA	5	0	0		0.0	0	9	16.9	30.4	1
11	Marco Beltran Jr. M. Beltran Jr.	151	2026	UNM	5	1	25	25.0	5.0	0	9	16.8	30.2	0
12	Robby Washington R. Washington	149	2026	CCAR	5	5	91	18.2	18.2	0	5	29.8	29.8	1
13	T.Y. Harding	148	2026	MASS	5	0	0		0.0	0	4	37.0	29.6	1
14	Isaiah Sategna III I. Sategna III	130	2026	OKLA	4	5	105	21.0	26.3	0	7	18.6	32.5	1
15	Miles Coleman M. Coleman	129	2026	OKST	4	1	16	16.0	4.0	0	9	14.3	32.3	0
16	Aiden Flora A. Flora	125	2026	ISU	5	0	0		0.0	0	7	17.9	25.0	1
17	Tate Nagy T. Nagy	125	2026	KU	3	0	0		0.0	0	7	17.9	41.7	1
18	Bryant Wesco Jr. B. Wesco Jr.	121	2026	CLEM	5	0	0		0.0	0	9	13.4	24.2	1
19	DaMarion Fowlkes D. Fowlkes	118	2026	MIZZ	5	5	144	28.8	28.8	0	6	19.7	23.6	1
20	Dameon Crowe D. Crowe	118	2026	TXST	4	0	0		0.0	0	3	39.3	29.5	1
21	Gerick Robinson G. Robinson	117	2026	NEV	4	0	0		0.0	0	8	14.6	29.3	0
22	Brandon White B. White	116	2026	KSU	4	0	0		0.0	0	8	14.5	29.0	1
23	Cannon DeVries C. DeVries	116	2026	BYU	4	1	100	100.0	25.0	1	7	16.6	29.0	0
24	Ty Mims T. Mims	115	2026	UAB	5	0	0		0.0	0	6	19.2	23.0	0
25	Victor Snow V. Snow	114	2026	NCST	5	0	0		0.0	0	12	9.5	22.8	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,087

Lindsey

RUSH

307

Thomas

REC

345

Jennings

Team Rankings

PPG

32.0

63rd

OPP PPG

18.0

39th

RUSH YDS/G

120.4

137th

PASS YDS/G

234.2

78th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Nebraska	2-0	5-0
3	UCLA	2-0	4-0
4	Minnesota	2-0	4-1
5	Ohio State	2-0	4-1
6	Wisconsin	2-0	4-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	MINN	@	PUR	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	IOWA	@	MINN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MINN	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	UCLA	@	MINN	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MINN	@	PSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Michigan

3 - 2

Final

Minnesota

4 - 1

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/19	CCAR	@	DEL	14-22
Sat 9/19	MER	@	GT	11-44
Sat 9/19	UNT	@	TXST	35-49
Sat 9/19	ASU	@	KU	24-17
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	3-59

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/6	USM	@	TROY	8:00 PM
Wed 10/7	JVST	@	KENN	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	NMSU	@	FIU	7:30 PM
Thu 10/8	SHSU	@	LIB	7:00 PM
Thu 10/8	MOSU	@	WKU	7:00 PM

Javon Tracy has gained the most punt-return yards in 2026, with 284 yards.

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