most kick return in a college football game

Victor Bolden has the most kickoff returns in a game, with 12 returns against Washington on November 23, 2013.

Interpreted as:

most kick return by a player in a college football game

	NAME	KR	DATE	TM		OPP	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
1	Victor Bolden V. Bolden	12	11/23/2013	ORST	vs	WASH	305	25.4	1
2	Sean Riley S. Riley	10	11/26/2016	SYR	@	PITT	176	17.6	0
3	Malcolm Marable M. Marable	10	11/29/2014	ORST	vs	ORE	229	22.9	0
4	Deion Sanders Jr. D. Sanders Jr.	10	11/22/2014	SMU	@	UCF	203	20.3	0
5	George Hill G. Hill	10	9/10/2005	CSU	@	MINN	208	20.8	0
6	Jason Ferguson J. Ferguson	10	11/12/2004	HAW	@	FRES	165	16.5	0
7	Marion Lukes M. Lukes	9	9/7/2024	CMU	@	FIU	162	18.0	0	0	0		0
8	Alan Lamar A. Lamar	9	11/6/2021	ARST	vs	APP	171	19.0	0
9	Trevon Brown T. Brown	9	11/25/2017	ECU	@	MEM	187	20.8	0	1	2	2.0	0
10	Matt Guidry M. Guidry	9	11/12/2016	UTSA	@	LT	188	20.9	0	1	36	36.0	0
11	Justin Goodwin J. Goodwin	9	10/8/2016	RUTG	vs	MICH	175	19.4	0
12	Isaiah Rodgers I. Rodgers	9	9/24/2016	MASS	vs	MSST	182	20.2	0
13	Austin Walter A. Walter	9	11/14/2015	RICE	vs	USM	176	19.6	0	0	0		0
14	Olamide Zaccheaus O. Zaccheaus	9	9/25/2015	UVA	vs	BSU	231	25.7	0	0	0		0
15	Ernest Calhoun E. Calhoun	9	9/13/2014	KENT	@	OSU	169	18.8	0
16	J.J. Nelson	9	11/30/2013	UAB	vs	USM	186	20.7	0	1	0	0.0	0
17	Khalfani Muhammad K. Muhammad	9	11/23/2013	CAL	@	STAN	143	15.9	0
18	Donta Abron D. Abron	9	10/27/2012	COLO	@	ORE	161	17.9	0
19	Todd Handley T. Handley	9	10/20/2012	IDHO	@	LT	192	21.3	1
20	Todd Handley T. Handley	9	9/29/2012	IDHO	@	UNC	172	19.1	0
21	Deante' Purvis D. Purvis	9	12/3/2011	UNLV	@	TCU	195	21.7	0
22	Rob Kelley R. Kelley	9	11/10/2011	TULN	vs	HOU	168	18.7	0
23	Isiah Barton I. Barton	9	10/22/2011	WSU	vs	ORST	228	25.3	0
24	Ka'Deem Carey K. Carey	9	9/24/2011	ARIZ	vs	ORE	197	21.9	0
25	Brelan Chancellor B. Chancellor	9	9/10/2011	UNT	vs	HOU	286	31.8	0	1	-3	-3.0	0

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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

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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

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1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

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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

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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