most combined return touchdowns by college football teams since 1980

Since 1980, the Mississippi State Bulldogs have the most touchdown returns by a team, with 230 touchdown returns.

	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	230	545	1,322	27,477	20.8	50.4	149	972	8,670	8.9	15.9	18
2	Alabama	146	577	1,054	21,791	20.7	37.8	13	1,228	11,468	9.3	19.9	41
3	Notre Dame	145	556	1,268	26,962	21.3	48.5	29	1,055	10,288	9.8	18.5	32
4	Florida State	144	558	1,185	25,518	21.5	45.7	14	1,224	12,669	10.4	22.7	44
5	Oklahoma	141	567	1,033	20,567	19.9	36.3	10	1,142	11,192	9.8	19.7	34
6	Miami	139	553	1,113	23,220	20.9	42.0	8	1,204	12,586	10.5	22.8	44
7	Kansas State	134	551	1,265	26,710	21.1	48.5	21	998	11,027	11.0	20.0	48
8	Ohio State	134	565	1,060	22,150	20.9	39.2	8	1,184	10,340	8.7	18.3	29
9	Virginia Tech	132	558	1,185	24,386	20.6	43.7	7	1,404	13,414	9.6	24.0	35
10	USC	129	558	1,248	24,956	20.0	44.7	12	1,004	8,957	8.9	16.1	30
11	Utah	125	529	1,105	23,466	21.2	44.4	15	1,115	10,321	9.3	19.5	20
12	Nebraska	123	556	1,082	22,752	21.0	40.9	8	1,359	14,903	11.0	26.8	44
13	Southern Miss	122	547	1,331	27,871	20.9	51.0	16	1,100	11,297	10.3	20.7	29
14	Texas A&M	117	553	1,106	22,271	20.1	40.3	12	1,171	11,620	9.9	21.0	33
15	Oklahoma State	116	553	1,310	26,166	20.0	47.3	14	941	8,730	9.3	15.8	28
16	Iowa	114	556	1,240	26,356	21.3	47.4	11	1,124	11,522	10.3	20.7	42
17	UCLA	113	543	1,252	25,798	20.6	47.5	10	907	8,404	9.3	15.5	22
18	Oregon	113	558	1,420	31,577	22.2	56.6	18	1,181	11,818	10.0	21.2	28
19	Washington	112	544	1,224	24,669	20.2	45.3	9	1,099	10,190	9.3	18.7	33
20	San Diego State	111	556	1,517	30,997	20.4	55.8	20	1,032	9,824	9.5	17.7	31
21	Fresno State	109	560	1,370	28,469	20.8	50.8	5	1,006	10,016	10.0	17.9	32
22	Texas	109	560	1,142	22,677	19.9	40.5	4	1,142	11,285	9.9	20.2	33
23	Louisville	107	551	1,451	29,425	20.3	53.4	18	1,145	10,120	8.8	18.4	24
24	Tennessee	107	552	1,199	26,017	21.7	47.1	17	1,124	11,932	10.6	21.6	29
25	Pittsburgh	106	551	1,388	28,420	20.5	51.6	15	1,179	9,883	8.4	17.9	22

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More Mississippi State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

832

Taylor

RUSH

280

Bothwell

REC

294

Evans

Team Rankings

PPG

47.0

10th

OPP PPG

20.0

61st

RUSH YDS/G

244.0

20th

PASS YDS/G

300.7

23rd

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Florida	1-0	3-0
3	Georgia	1-0	3-0
4	Mississippi State	1-0	3-0
5	Ole Miss	1-0	3-0
6	Kentucky	1-1	2-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/26	MIZZ	@	MSST	7:45 PM
Sat 10/3	ALA	@	MSST	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	MSST	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	OKLA	@	MSST	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MSST	@	TEX	1:00 PM

Last Game

Mississippi State

3 - 0

Final

South Carolina

2 - 1

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

13.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	2	1	.667
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
9	Texas	3	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	1	2	.333
9	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
10	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
11	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
12	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
13	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

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

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Duke	3	0	1.000
3	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
4	California	2	1	.667
5	Clemson	2	1	.667
6	Louisville	2	1	.667
7	Virginia	2	1	.667
8	SMU	2	1	.667
9	Virginia Tech	3	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	1	.667
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	Memphis	3	1	.750
5	UTSA	2	1	.667
6	East Carolina	1	2	.333
7	North Texas	1	2	.333
8	Rice	1	2	.333
9	Temple	1	2	.333
10	Tulane	1	2	.333
11	UAB	1	2	.333
12	Charlotte	0	3	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	UCLA	3	0	1.000
3	Indiana	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
10	Illinois	2	1	.667
11	Maryland	2	1	.667
12	Michigan State	2	1	.667
13	Minnesota	2	1	.667
14	Ohio State	2	1	.667
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Liberty	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333