most interception return yardage in a cfb season

Ed Reynolds has the most interception-return yards in a season, with 301 yards in 2012.

Interpreted as:

most interception return yardage by a player in a cfb season

	NAME	INT YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Ed Reynolds E. Reynolds	301	2012	STAN	14	28	19	47			6	3		0	0
2	Deltha O'Neal D. O'Neal	280	1999	CAL	11						9	4
3	Shawun Lurry S. Lurry	273	2015	NIU	13	29	2	31	0.0	0	9	1	0	0
4	Eric Berry E. Berry	265	2008	TENN	12	44	28	72	3.0		7	2		0	0
5	Darius Phillips D. Phillips	263	2016	WMU	14	14	5	19	1.0	5	4	3	0	2	0
6	Nathan LaDuke N. LaDuke	255	1990	ASU	11						4	2
7	Gerod Holliman G. Holliman	245	2014	LOU	10	8	0	8	1.0	1	14	1	1	0	0
8	Billy Bowman Jr. B. Bowman Jr.	238	2023	OKLA	13	38	25	63	0.0	0	6	3	0	0	0
9	Terrell Buckley T. Buckley	238	1991	FSU	12						12	2
10	Lee Miller L. Miller	233	1983		11						7	2
11	Mike Sainristil M. Sainristil	232	2023	MICH	15	27	18	45	2.0	10	6	2	2	0	0
12	Eddie Jackson E. Jackson	230	2015	ALA	14	35	2	37	0.0	0	6	2	1	1	0
13	Ron Irving R. Irving	227	1977	ULL	12						6	2
14	Aaron Curry A. Curry	226	2007	WAKE	13	63	36	99	3.0		4	3		0	0
15	Anthony Washington A. Washington	224	1978	CAL	11						6	2
16	Tory Nixon T. Nixon	223	1984	SDSU	12						5	2
17	Eric Berry E. Berry	222	2007	TENN	14	57	29	86			5	1		2	0
18	Quintin Demps Q. Demps	220	2007	UTEP	12	55	17	72			5	2		1	0
19	P.J. Mahone	220	2007	BGSU	12	51	39	90			7	1		0	0
20	Stanley Franks S. Franks	220	2006	IDHO	12	33	15	48			9	1		1	0
21	Jay Baker J. Baker	219	1998	M-OH	11						4	3
22	Richard Palmer R. Palmer	219	1991	EMU	11						7	1
23	Terrell Buckley T. Buckley	219	1990	FSU	11						6	2
24	Greg Jackson G. Jackson	219	1988	LSU	11						7	2
25	Johnny Jackson J. Jackson	218	1987	HOU	11						8	3

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10	Louisville	4-4	9-4
11	Wake Forest	4-4	9-4
12	Stanford	3-5	4-8
13	Florida State	2-6	5-7
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Sat 8/29	HAW	@	STAN	7:00 PM
Fri 9/4	MIA	@	STAN	9:00 PM
Sat 9/19	STAN	@	DUKE	4:00 PM
Sat 9/26	GT	@	STAN	10:30 PM
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QB Rating Leaders

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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

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1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167