Gross Punting Average Leaders - Qualified
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG |
| 1 | Tony Epperson, S | WEB | 32 | 1536 | 74 | 48.0 |
| 2 | Andy Wilder, K | NAU | 61 | 2826 | 71 | 46.3 |
| 3 | Patrick Murray, P | FOR | 52 | 2390 | 65 | 46.0 |
| 4 | Sam Martin, K | APP | 60 | 2755 | 68 | 45.9 |
| 5 | Bobby Wenzig, P | ALST | 61 | 2780 | 67 | 45.6 |
| 6 | Chad Zinchini, P | TNTC | 65 | 2910 | 64 | 44.8 |
| 7 | Colton Schmidt, P | UCD | 55 | 2445 | 68 | 44.5 |
| 8 | Kyle Bernard, P | UNI | 38 | 1677 | 70 | 44.1 |
| 9 | Lucas Hileman, P | INST | 62 | 2736 | 66 | 44.1 |
| 10 | Jacob Dombrowski, P | HARV | 42 | 1847 | 74 | 44.0 |
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG |
| 11 | Justin Weldon, P | CSUS | 31 | 1355 | 68 | 43.7 |
| 12 | Beau Mothe, P | SELA | 53 | 2305 | 60 | 43.5 |
| 13 | Jake Miller, P | EWU | 40 | 1731 | 74 | 43.3 |
| 14 | Ben LeCompte, P | NDSU | 51 | 2206 | 65 | 43.3 |
| 15 | Brock Miller, K | SUU | 67 | 2896 | 72 | 43.2 |
| 16 | Bo Lindsey, P | WEBB | 58 | 2482 | 68 | 42.8 |
| 17 | Matt Foster, P | SHSU | 57 | 2432 | 57 | 42.7 |
| 18 | James Satterfield, K | UTM | 41 | 1744 | 73 | 42.5 |
| 19 | Cass Couey, P | CIT | 34 | 1442 | 66 | 42.4 |
| 20 | Drake Kuhn, K | W&M | 52 | 2203 | 65 | 42.4 |
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG |
| 21 | Brett Cameron, P | UND | 52 | 2190 | 59 | 42.1 |
| 22 | Ray Early, K | FUR | 39 | 1642 | 82 | 42.1 |
| 23 | Cory Kemps, K | NICH | 50 | 2097 | 64 | 41.9 |
| 24 | Clark Sechrest, K | WCU | 64 | 2684 | 58 | 41.9 |
| 25 | Joe Vucic, P | SEMO | 45 | 1885 | 68 | 41.9 |
| 26 | Stephen Shaw, P | MONT | 54 | 2259 | 62 | 41.8 |
| 27 | Thomas Duyndam, P | PRST | 57 | 2382 | 66 | 41.8 |
| 28 | Robert Hersh, K | TXSO | 75 | 3122 | 67 | 41.6 |
| 29 | Kollin Kahler, P | LAMR | 67 | 2782 | 63 | 41.5 |
| 30 | Mark Hamilton, K | VILL | 53 | 2198 | 63 | 41.5 |
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG |
| 31 | Rory Perez, P | MTST | 48 | 1988 | 63 | 41.4 |
| 32 | Nick Pollard, K | CHAT | 49 | 2024 | 61 | 41.3 |
| 33 | Joe Cloud, P | PRIN | 57 | 2353 | 68 | 41.3 |
| 34 | Jean Breaux, K | MCNS | 48 | 1981 | 67 | 41.3 |
| 35 | Carlos Sanchez, K | MVSU | 65 | 2676 | 64 | 41.2 |
| 36 | Steven Mix, P | MURR | 50 | 2054 | 60 | 41.1 |
| 37 | Scott Lopano, P | PENN | 60 | 2463 | 67 | 41.1 |
| 38 | Cole Zwiefelhofer, P | SDAK | 61 | 2504 | 67 | 41.0 |
| 39 | Chris Sullens, P | MOSU | 66 | 2708 | 70 | 41.0 |
| 40 | Paul Layton, P | ALBY | 45 | 1846 | 82 | 41.0 |
Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau
