This being Thanksgiving week, it would seem an appropriate time for college football teams to show their kickers some appreciation. After all, the guys who mostly stand alone on the sideline until they're called upon have never been better and perhaps they will play a role in settling a rivalry game this week.

Bowl Subdivision kickers enter the final week of the regular season having made 77.2% of their field goals, according to Sportradar. They're on pace to break the record of 76.7% set in 2022.

Last season was the first that kickers made more than half of their field-goal attempts of 50-plus yards, hitting 54.7%. This season they’re making 51.8%. The extra-point success rate of 98.6% is ahead of the record 98.1% in 2023.

No kicker is better at his craft than Hawaii's Kansei Matsuza

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