most combined return touchdowns by college football teams all time

The Mississippi State Bulldogs have scored the most touchdown returns by a team all-time, with 232 touchdown returns.

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Data note: Touchdown Returns: team season data complete from 1977

	TEAM	RET TD	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Mississippi State	232	584	1,425	29,474	20.7	50.5	150	1,047	9,153	8.7	15.7	18
2	Notre Dame	153	595	1,366	28,745	21.0	48.3	29	1,173	11,241	9.6	18.9	33
3	Florida State	152	598	1,274	26,900	21.1	45.0	14	1,339	13,641	10.2	22.8	51
4	Alabama	150	616	1,128	23,185	20.6	37.6	13	1,342	12,414	9.3	20.2	42
5	Oklahoma	147	606	1,081	21,482	19.9	35.4	10	1,236	12,157	9.8	20.1	36
6	Miami	144	592	1,231	25,674	20.9	43.4	10	1,283	13,132	10.2	22.2	44
7	Ohio State	144	604	1,137	23,681	20.8	39.2	9	1,287	11,401	8.9	18.9	34
8	Kansas State	138	590	1,385	28,861	20.8	48.9	21	1,073	11,578	10.8	19.6	49
9	USC	136	597	1,344	26,680	19.9	44.7	12	1,100	9,794	8.9	16.4	31
10	Utah	133	569	1,218	25,540	21.0	44.9	15	1,215	10,905	9.0	19.2	22
11	Virginia Tech	133	597	1,293	26,598	20.6	44.6	8	1,482	13,892	9.4	23.3	35
12	Nebraska	129	595	1,181	24,449	20.7	41.1	8	1,466	15,792	10.8	26.5	48
13	UCLA	126	583	1,361	27,972	20.6	48.0	11	983	8,972	9.1	15.4	25
14	Southern Miss	126	587	1,442	30,258	21.0	51.5	16	1,196	12,064	10.1	20.6	31
15	Washington	124	583	1,328	26,876	20.2	46.1	11	1,201	11,036	9.2	18.9	37
16	San Diego State	120	595	1,662	33,971	20.4	57.1	23	1,115	10,401	9.3	17.5	32
17	Oklahoma State	119	592	1,417	28,087	19.8	47.4	15	1,014	9,130	9.0	15.4	28
18	Texas A&M	119	592	1,191	23,801	20.0	40.2	12	1,295	12,307	9.5	20.8	33
19	Iowa	118	595	1,362	28,828	21.2	48.5	13	1,208	12,034	10.0	20.2	42
20	Texas	117	599	1,216	24,129	19.8	40.3	5	1,298	12,680	9.8	21.2	35
21	Oregon	116	597	1,560	34,386	22.0	57.6	18	1,261	12,540	9.9	21.0	30
22	Penn State	116	595	1,282	25,970	20.3	43.6	9	1,386	13,453	9.7	22.6	37
23	Louisville	115	590	1,555	31,506	20.3	53.4	18	1,251	10,954	8.8	18.6	29
24	Tennessee	113	591	1,310	28,098	21.4	47.5	18	1,211	12,603	10.4	21.3	31
25	Pittsburgh	112	591	1,469	29,875	20.3	50.5	16	1,320	10,999	8.3	18.6	25

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More Mississippi State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,460

Taylor

RUSH

613

Bothwell

REC

711

Evans

Team Rankings

PPG

26.2

88th

OPP PPG

27.8

108th

RUSH YDS/G

148.4

90th

PASS YDS/G

247.3

45th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
11	Florida	3-4	5-4
12	Auburn	3-4	5-4
13	Mississippi State	2-5	4-5
14	Texas A&M	1-5	4-5
15	Arkansas	1-5	3-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	AUB	@	MSST	4:15 PM
Sat 11/21	TNTC	@	MSST	1:00 PM
Fri 11/27	MSST	@	MISS	12:00 PM

Last Game

Vanderbilt

4 - 5

Final

Mississippi State

4 - 5

Sat 7 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

28

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

517.0

516.6

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Iowa	7	2	.778
5	USC	7	2	.778
6	Ohio State	6	3	.667
7	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	4	.556
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Arizona	7	2	.778
5	Baylor	6	3	.667
6	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
7	Houston	7	3	.700
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333