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

2nd

OPP PPG

6.5

5th

RUSH YDS/G

275.5

11th

PASS YDS/G

427.0

2nd

2026 ACC Standings

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

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

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	2	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	2	0	1.000
2	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
3	Colorado	2	0	1.000
4	Houston	2	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
6	Texas Tech	2	0	1.000
7	Utah	2	0	1.000
8	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
9	Arizona State	1	1	.500
10	Baylor	1	1	.500
11	Iowa State	1	1	.500
12	Kansas	1	1	.500
13	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
14	TCU	1	1	.500
15	UCF	1	1	.500
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

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

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