2004 National Leaders Punting - All Games through 01/08/2005
| Name | G | Punts | Yards | Avg. | Punts/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado | 13 | 72 | 3351 | 46.54 | 5.5 | 257.8 |
| 2 | Michigan State | 12 | 58 | 2601 | 44.84 | 4.8 | 216.8 |
| 3 | BYU | 11 | 63 | 2822 | 44.79 | 5.7 | 256.5 |
| 4 | Illinois | 11 | 60 | 2666 | 44.43 | 5.5 | 242.4 |
| 5 | Baylor | 11 | 68 | 2975 | 43.75 | 6.2 | 270.5 |
| 5 | Maryland | 11 | 63 | 2756 | 43.75 | 5.7 | 250.5 |
| 7 | Louisiana-Monroe | 11 | 65 | 2826 | 43.48 | 5.9 | 256.9 |
| 8 | UCLA | 12 | 61 | 2647 | 43.39 | 5.1 | 220.6 |
| 9 | Colorado State | 11 | 52 | 2250 | 43.27 | 4.7 | 204.5 |
| 10 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 58 | 2487 | 42.88 | 4.8 | 207.3 |
| 11 | Boise State | 12 | 39 | 1668 | 42.77 | 3.3 | 139.0 |
| 12 | UTEP | 12 | 64 | 2732 | 42.69 | 5.3 | 227.7 |
| 13 | Wake Forest | 11 | 67 | 2855 | 42.61 | 6.1 | 259.5 |
| 14 | USC | 13 | 51 | 2165 | 42.45 | 3.9 | 166.5 |
| 15 | Ohio State | 12 | 67 | 2836 | 42.33 | 5.6 | 236.3 |
| 16 | Miami (Ohio) | 13 | 55 | 2326 | 42.29 | 4.2 | 178.9 |
| 17 | Mississippi | 11 | 66 | 2789 | 42.26 | 6.0 | 253.5 |
| 18 | Texas Tech | 12 | 39 | 1645 | 42.18 | 3.3 | 137.1 |
| 19 | Troy | 12 | 78 | 3276 | 42.00 | 6.5 | 273.0 |
| 19 | Florida | 12 | 56 | 2352 | 42.00 | 4.7 | 196.0 |
| 21 | North Carolina State | 11 | 60 | 2514 | 41.90 | 5.5 | 228.5 |
| 22 | Washington State | 11 | 82 | 3433 | 41.87 | 7.5 | 312.1 |
| 23 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 53 | 2218 | 41.85 | 4.8 | 201.6 |
| 24 | Michigan | 12 | 66 | 2757 | 41.77 | 5.5 | 229.8 |
| 25 | South Florida | 11 | 57 | 2380 | 41.75 | 5.2 | 216.4 |
| 26 | Utah | 12 | 45 | 1878 | 41.73 | 3.8 | 156.5 |
| 27 | Penn State | 11 | 62 | 2586 | 41.71 | 5.6 | 235.1 |
| 28 | Western Michigan | 11 | 55 | 2290 | 41.64 | 5.0 | 208.2 |
| 29 | Florida State | 12 | 70 | 2914 | 41.63 | 5.8 | 242.8 |
| 30 | Utah State | 11 | 67 | 2788 | 41.61 | 6.1 | 253.5 |
| 31 | Indiana | 11 | 74 | 3076 | 41.57 | 6.7 | 279.6 |
| 31 | Ohio | 11 | 69 | 2868 | 41.57 | 6.3 | 260.7 |
| 33 | Oregon State | 12 | 74 | 3075 | 41.55 | 6.2 | 256.3 |
| 34 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 68 | 2823 | 41.51 | 5.7 | 235.3 |
| 35 | Mississippi State | 11 | 68 | 2816 | 41.41 | 6.2 | 256.0 |
| 35 | Arkansas State | 11 | 63 | 2609 | 41.41 | 5.7 | 237.2 |
| 37 | Stanford | 11 | 66 | 2728 | 41.33 | 6.0 | 248.0 |
| 38 | Oklahoma | 13 | 53 | 2184 | 41.21 | 4.1 | 168.0 |
| 39 | Wyoming | 12 | 62 | 2552 | 41.16 | 5.2 | 212.7 |
| 40 | Tulane | 11 | 54 | 2219 | 41.09 | 4.9 | 201.7 |
| 41 | Wisconsin | 12 | 58 | 2380 | 41.03 | 4.8 | 198.3 |
| 42 | Auburn | 13 | 49 | 2008 | 40.98 | 3.8 | 154.5 |
| 43 | UNLV | 11 | 66 | 2691 | 40.77 | 6.0 | 244.6 |
| 44 | Nebraska | 11 | 64 | 2602 | 40.66 | 5.8 | 236.5 |
| 45 | Arizona State | 12 | 68 | 2761 | 40.60 | 5.7 | 230.1 |
| 46 | Kansas State | 11 | 54 | 2192 | 40.59 | 4.9 | 199.3 |
| 47 | Notre Dame | 12 | 81 | 3285 | 40.56 | 6.8 | 273.8 |
| 48 | Ball State | 11 | 78 | 3159 | 40.50 | 7.1 | 287.2 |
| 49 | Tennessee | 13 | 59 | 2387 | 40.46 | 4.5 | 183.6 |
| 50 | Arizona | 11 | 76 | 3059 | 40.25 | 6.9 | 278.1 |
| 51 | Kansas | 11 | 73 | 2937 | 40.23 | 6.6 | 267.0 |
| 52 | Alabama | 12 | 65 | 2611 | 40.17 | 5.4 | 217.6 |
| 53 | Kentucky | 11 | 64 | 2567 | 40.11 | 5.8 | 233.4 |
| 54 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 72 | 2886 | 40.08 | 6.0 | 240.5 |
| 55 | California | 12 | 47 | 1879 | 39.98 | 3.9 | 156.6 |
| 56 | East Carolina | 11 | 67 | 2678 | 39.97 | 6.1 | 243.5 |
| 57 | Syracuse | 12 | 60 | 2397 | 39.95 | 5.0 | 199.8 |
| 57 | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 55 | 2197 | 39.95 | 5.0 | 199.7 |
| 59 | Washington | 11 | 68 | 2716 | 39.94 | 6.2 | 246.9 |
| 60 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 67 | 2673 | 39.90 | 5.6 | 222.8 |
| 61 | Iowa | 12 | 66 | 2633 | 39.89 | 5.5 | 219.4 |
| 62 | Minnesota | 12 | 56 | 2231 | 39.84 | 4.7 | 185.9 |
| 63 | Akron | 11 | 65 | 2584 | 39.75 | 5.9 | 234.9 |
| 64 | Georgia | 12 | 56 | 2225 | 39.73 | 4.7 | 185.4 |
| 64 | Louisville | 12 | 30 | 1192 | 39.73 | 2.5 | 99.3 |
| 66 | UAB | 12 | 62 | 2460 | 39.68 | 5.2 | 205.0 |
| 67 | North Carolina | 12 | 54 | 2142 | 39.67 | 4.5 | 178.5 |
| 68 | Texas | 12 | 53 | 2096 | 39.55 | 4.4 | 174.7 |
| 69 | Clemson | 11 | 69 | 2716 | 39.36 | 6.3 | 246.9 |
| 70 | Boston College | 12 | 63 | 2479 | 39.35 | 5.3 | 206.6 |
| 71 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 72 | 2825 | 39.24 | 6.0 | 235.4 |
| 72 | UCF | 11 | 72 | 2817 | 39.13 | 6.5 | 256.1 |
| 73 | Nevada | 12 | 63 | 2462 | 39.08 | 5.3 | 205.2 |
| 74 | TCU | 11 | 63 | 2461 | 39.06 | 5.7 | 223.7 |
| 75 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 60 | 2339 | 38.98 | 4.6 | 179.9 |
| 76 | North Texas | 12 | 75 | 2919 | 38.92 | 6.3 | 243.3 |
| 77 | New Mexico | 12 | 77 | 2994 | 38.88 | 6.4 | 249.5 |
| 78 | Marshall | 12 | 69 | 2671 | 38.71 | 5.8 | 222.6 |
| 79 | SMU | 11 | 60 | 2317 | 38.62 | 5.5 | 210.6 |
| 80 | Toledo | 13 | 51 | 1967 | 38.57 | 3.9 | 151.3 |
| 81 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 73 | 2813 | 38.53 | 6.1 | 234.4 |
| 82 | Duke | 11 | 67 | 2580 | 38.51 | 6.1 | 234.5 |
| 83 | Hawai'i | 13 | 56 | 2154 | 38.46 | 4.3 | 165.7 |
| 84 | Purdue | 12 | 61 | 2345 | 38.44 | 5.1 | 195.4 |
| 85 | Buffalo | 11 | 80 | 3071 | 38.39 | 7.3 | 279.2 |
| 85 | Iowa State | 12 | 75 | 2879 | 38.39 | 6.3 | 239.9 |
| 87 | Idaho | 12 | 76 | 2907 | 38.25 | 6.3 | 242.3 |
| 88 | Cincinnati | 12 | 64 | 2439 | 38.11 | 5.3 | 203.3 |
| 88 | LSU | 12 | 56 | 2134 | 38.11 | 4.7 | 177.8 |
| 90 | New Mexico State | 11 | 57 | 2168 | 38.04 | 5.2 | 197.1 |
| 91 | Northwestern | 12 | 76 | 2883 | 37.93 | 6.3 | 240.3 |
| 92 | Rutgers | 11 | 56 | 2123 | 37.91 | 5.1 | 193.0 |
| 92 | West Virginia | 12 | 56 | 2123 | 37.91 | 4.7 | 176.9 |
| 94 | Oregon | 11 | 61 | 2307 | 37.82 | 5.5 | 209.7 |
| 95 | Air Force | 11 | 52 | 1966 | 37.81 | 4.7 | 178.7 |
| 96 | Arkansas | 11 | 54 | 2041 | 37.80 | 4.9 | 185.5 |
| 97 | Missouri | 11 | 71 | 2668 | 37.58 | 6.5 | 242.5 |
| 98 | Texas A&M | 12 | 66 | 2469 | 37.41 | 5.5 | 205.8 |
| 99 | South Carolina | 11 | 56 | 2092 | 37.36 | 5.1 | 190.2 |
| 100 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 47 | 1750 | 37.23 | 3.9 | 145.8 |
| 101 | Rice | 11 | 40 | 1478 | 36.95 | 3.6 | 134.4 |
| 102 | Temple | 11 | 62 | 2282 | 36.81 | 5.6 | 207.5 |
| 103 | Bowling Green | 12 | 43 | 1581 | 36.77 | 3.6 | 131.8 |
| 104 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 56 | 2051 | 36.63 | 5.1 | 186.5 |
| 105 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 54 | 1967 | 36.43 | 4.9 | 178.8 |
| 106 | Houston | 11 | 54 | 1965 | 36.39 | 4.9 | 178.6 |
| 107 | Central Michigan | 11 | 65 | 2363 | 36.35 | 5.9 | 214.8 |
| 108 | Army | 11 | 67 | 2433 | 36.31 | 6.1 | 221.2 |
| 108 | Fresno State | 12 | 49 | 1779 | 36.31 | 4.1 | 148.3 |
| 110 | San Jose State | 11 | 51 | 1850 | 36.27 | 4.6 | 168.2 |
| 111 | Tulsa | 12 | 66 | 2381 | 36.08 | 5.5 | 198.4 |
| 112 | San Diego State | 11 | 62 | 2230 | 35.97 | 5.6 | 202.7 |
| 113 | Navy | 12 | 40 | 1435 | 35.88 | 3.3 | 119.6 |
| 114 | Memphis | 12 | 57 | 2041 | 35.81 | 4.8 | 170.1 |
| 115 | Virginia | 12 | 52 | 1860 | 35.77 | 4.3 | 155.0 |
| 116 | Kent State | 11 | 56 | 1995 | 35.63 | 5.1 | 181.4 |
| 117 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 11 | 50 | 1749 | 34.98 | 4.5 | 159.0 |
| 118 | Connecticut | 12 | 53 | 1829 | 34.51 | 4.4 | 152.4 |