Since 2000, Branden Oliver has rushed for the most yards for Buffalo, with 4,049 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Branden Oliver B. Oliver	4,049	41	866	4.7	98.8	33	655	75		8.7	16.0	1
2	Jaret Patterson J. Patterson	3,884	33	636	6.1	117.7	52	271	20	26	13.6	8.2	1
3	Quinton Flowers Q. Flowers	3,672	43	598	6.1	85.4	41	-3	1	1	-3.0	-0.1	0
4	Marlon Mack M. Mack	3,609	36	586	6.2	100.3	32	498	65	94	7.7	13.8	1
5	James Starks J. Starks	3,140	36	698	4.5	87.2	34	898	127		7.1	24.9	3
6	Kevin Marks K. Marks	3,035	43	627	4.8	70.6	33	129	37	47	3.5	3.0	0
7	Andre Hall A. Hall	2,731	23	480	5.7	118.7	24	470	44		10.7	20.4	3
8	Anthone Taylor A. Taylor	2,651	33	554	4.8	80.3	18	267	42		6.4	8.1	0
9	Byrum Brown B. Brown	2,265	35	477	4.7	64.7	31	48	3	3	16.0	1.4	1
10	Jordan Johnson J. Johnson	2,212	34	446	5.0	65.1	19	191	21		9.1	5.6	1
11	Kelley Joiner K. Joiner	2,211	59	399	5.5	37.5	16	495	52	73	9.5	8.4	5
12	Matt Grothe M. Grothe	2,206	42	545	4.0	52.5	23	28	2		14.0	0.7	0
13	Al-Jay Henderson A. Henderson	2,134	47	450	4.7	45.4	19	464	50	73	9.3	9.9	2
14	B.J. Daniels	2,068	47	526	3.9	44.0	25
15	Brian Battie B. Battie	1,842	31	280	6.6	59.4	10	193	25	31	7.7	6.2	0
16	Ron Cook Jr. R. Cook Jr.	1,826	53	413	4.4	34.5	14	714	74	104	9.6	13.5	2
17	Darius Tice D. Tice	1,817	45	371	4.9	40.4	16	149	18	24	8.3	3.3	1
18	Jordan Cronkrite J. Cronkrite	1,807	24	320	5.6	75.3	13	164	22	32	7.5	6.8	0
19	D'Ernest Johnson D. Johnson	1,796	49	421	4.3	36.7	16	899	72	95	12.5	18.3	12
20	Demetris Murray D. Murray	1,778	42	426	4.2	42.3	18	492	49		10.0	11.7	2
21	Moise Plancher M. Plancher	1,739	41	388	4.5	42.4	16	157	25		6.3	3.8	0
22	Clenton Crossley C. Crossley	1,644	42	366	4.5	39.1	17	368	56		6.6	8.8	4
23	Mike Ford M. Ford	1,502	34	331	4.5	44.2	23	64	7		9.1	1.9	1
24	Aaron Leeper A. Leeper	1,439	28	357	4.0	51.4	12	224	50		4.5	8.0	0
25	Dave Dawson D. Dawson	1,402	38	251	5.6	36.9	6	85	11		7.7	2.2	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

555

Wright

RUSH

352

Burch

REC

400

Morrow

Team Rankings

PPG

20.4

122nd

OPP PPG

30.6

127th

RUSH YDS/G

152.0

92nd

PASS YDS/G

161.6

158th

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	UMass	1-1	4-1
8	Kent State	1-1	2-3
9	Buffalo	0-1	2-3
10	Miami (OH)	0-1	2-3
11	Akron	0-1	1-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	BUFF	@	TOL	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	MASS	@	BUFF	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BGSU	@	BUFF	1:00 PM
Tue 11/3	BUFF	@	M-OH	7:00 PM
Wed 11/11	BUFF	@	BALL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Western Michigan

3 - 2

Final

Buffalo

2 - 3

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200