most punt return touchdowns by college football team in a single season

The Miami Hurricanes and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles are tied for the most punt-return touchdowns in a season, with 7 touchdowns.

	TEAM	PR TD	SEASON	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G
1	Miami	7	2004	12	33	625	18.9	52.1	1	42	697	16.6	58.1
2	Southern Miss	7	1987	11	46	918	20.0	83.5	0	45	640	14.2	58.2
3	Nebraska	6	2002	14	48	1,071	22.3	76.5	0	51	830	16.3	59.3
4	Florida State	6	1984	11	35	710	20.3	64.5	0	33	250	7.6	22.7
5	Alabama	5	2015	15	37	803	21.7	53.5	1	47	597	12.7	39.8
6	North Carolina	5	2013	13	49	1,170	23.9	90.0	2	30	538	17.9	41.4
7	Hawaii	5	2004	13	62	1,241	20.0	95.5	1	38	532	14.0	40.9
8	Ohio State	5	2004	12	31	735	23.7	61.3	0	37	602	16.3	50.2
9	Kansas State	5	2002	13	21	476	22.7	36.6	1	50	687	13.7	52.8
10	Oklahoma	5	2002	14	29	582	20.1	41.6	0	47	730	15.5	52.1
11	Miami	5	2000	11	28	636	22.7	57.8	0	46	819	17.8	74.5
12	Kansas State	5	1998	12	23	531	23.1	44.3	0	39	832	21.3	69.3
13	Notre Dame	5	1996	11	27	628	23.3	57.1	1	37	600	16.2	54.5
14	Penn State	5	1977	11	19	373	19.6	33.9	0	32	422	13.2	38.4
15	Rutgers	4	2025	12	10	189	18.9	15.8	0	5	91	18.2	7.6
16	Washington	4	2017	13	27	608	22.5	46.8	0	25	458	18.3	35.2
17	Texas A&M	4	2016	13	41	967	23.6	74.4	0	14	355	25.4	27.3
18	Fresno State	4	2005	13	46	1,015	22.1	78.1	0	33	614	18.6	47.2
19	Florida State	4	2005	13	44	885	20.1	68.1	0	54	801	14.8	61.6
20	Texas	4	2005	13	22	593	27.0	45.6	0	43	671	15.6	51.6
21	Iowa	4	2003	13	33	732	22.2	56.3	0	48	628	13.1	48.3
22	Kansas State	4	2003	15	23	506	22.0	33.7	0	48	530	11.0	35.3
23	NC State	4	2003	13	44	764	17.4	58.8	0	21	220	10.5	16.9
24	Oklahoma	4	2003	14	30	656	21.9	46.9	1	56	668	11.9	47.7
25	Virginia Tech	4	2003	13	36	827	23.0	63.6	1	36	537	14.9	41.3

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Team Leaders

PASS

653

Mensah

RUSH

173

Mallory

REC

330

Toney

Team Rankings

PPG

61.0

13th

OPP PPG

6.5

24th

RUSH YDS/G

275.5

25th

PASS YDS/G

427.0

6th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Miami	1-0	2-0
2	SMU	1-0	1-0
3	Virginia	1-0	1-0
4	Duke	0-0	1-0
5	North Carolina	0-0	1-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/18	MIA	@	WAKE	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	CMU	@	MIA	6:30 PM
Sat 10/3	MIA	@	CLEM	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	FSU	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	PITT	@	MIA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Florida A&M

0 - 1

Final

Miami

2 - 0

Thu 10 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

330

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

8

Mensah

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

4

Toney

3

Mosley

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

702.5

681.0

671.0

660.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

427.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000