big ten players with most total tds in conference season

Montee Ball and Drew Brees are tied for the most total touchdowns in the Big 10 in a season, with 39 touchdowns.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	RET TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS	PPG
1	Montee Ball M. Ball	39	2011	WIS	14	33	6				0	0	234	16.7
2	Drew Brees D. Brees	39	1998	PUR	12	3	0						234	19.5
3	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	32	2014	WIS	14	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	18	1.3
4	Antwaan Randle El A. Randle El	30	1999	IND	11	13	0						180	16.4
5	Bobby Hoying B. Hoying	30	1995	OSU	12	2							180	15.0
6	Blake Corum B. Corum	28	2023	MICH	15	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	36	2.4
7	Rick Leach R. Leach	28	1978	MICH	11	12							168	15.3
8	Chuck Long C. Long	27	1985	IOWA	11	1							162	14.7
9	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	26	2019	WIS	14	21	5					0
10	Drew Brees D. Brees	26	1999	PUR	11	4	1						156	14.2
11	Anthony Thompson A. Thompson	25	1989	IND	11	24	1						150	13.6
12	Keith Byars K. Byars	25	1984	OSU	11	22	2						150	13.6
13	Randy Wright R. Wright	25	1983	WIS	11	6							150	13.6
14	Steve Smith S. Smith	25	1981	MICH	11	11							150	13.6
15	Tony Eason T. Eason	25	1981	ILL	11	5							150	13.6
16	Brian Calhoun B. Calhoun	24	2005	WIS	13	22	2				0	0	144	11.1
17	Joe Germaine J. Germaine	24	1998	OSU	11	0							144	13.1
18	Billy Dicken B. Dicken	24	1997	PUR	11	5	0						144	13.1
19	Eddie George E. George	24	1995	OSU	12	23	1						144	12.0
20	Elvis Grbac E. Grbac	24	1991	MICH	11	0							144	13.1
21	Anthony Thompson A. Thompson	24	1988	IND	11	24	0						144	13.1
22	Jim Everett J. Everett	24	1985	PUR	11	1							144	13.1
23	Kaleb Johnson K. Johnson	23	2024	IOWA	12	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	138	11.5
24	J.K. Dobbins	23	2019	OSU	14	21	2
25	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	23	2017	PSU	13	18	3					0

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PASS

987

Joseph

RUSH

190

Sama

REC

307

Henry

Team Rankings

PPG

31.8

67th

OPP PPG

20.0

49th

RUSH YDS/G

134.3

120th

PASS YDS/G

246.8

61st

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Ohio State	1-0	3-1
7	Oregon	1-0	3-1
8	Wisconsin	1-0	3-1
9	USC	1-1	4-1
10	Michigan	0-1	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MSU	@	WIS	12:30 PM
Sat 10/17	WIS	@	UCLA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	USC	@	WIS	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	WIS	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	RUTG	@	WIS	1:00 PM

Last Game

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3 - 1

Final

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3 - 1

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250