cfb players with most yards from scrimmage per game in a single season

Barry Sanders has averaged the most yards from scrimmage per game in a season, with 248.5 per game in 1988.

	NAME	YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	248.5	1988	OKST	11	2,628	344	7.6	238.9	37	106	19		5.6	9.6	0
2	Kenneth Davis K. Davis	233.0	1985	TCU	1	152	24	6.3	152.0	0	81	5		16.2	81.0	0
3	Marcus Allen M. Allen	232.6	1981	USC	11	2,342	403	5.8	212.9	22	217	29		7.5	19.7	1
4	Ricky Williams R. Williams	216.9	1998	TEX	11	2,124	361	5.9	193.1	27	262	24		10.9	23.8	1
5	Marty Johnson M. Johnson	216.5	2002	UTAH	2	405	58	7.0	202.5	3	28	2		14.0	14.0	1
6	Ed Marinaro E. Marinaro	214.7	1971	COR	9	1,881	356	5.3	209.0	24	51	6		8.5	5.7	0
7	Rashaan Salaam R. Salaam	213.5	1994	COLO	11	2,055	298	6.9	186.8	24	294	24		12.3	26.7	0
8	Garrett Wolfe G. Wolfe	207.2	2005	NIU	10	1,850	284	6.5	185.0	18	222	20		11.1	22.2	1
9	Troy Davis T. Davis	204.5	1996	ISU	11	2,185	402	5.4	198.6	21	64	13		4.9	5.8	0
10	Carl Monroe C. Monroe	201.9	1982	UTAH	8	1,507	309	4.9	188.4	4	108	16		6.8	13.5	1
11	Matt Forte M. Forte	200.8	2007	TULN	12	2,127	361	5.9	177.3	23	282	32		8.8	23.5	0
12	Kevin Smith K. Smith	200.6	2007	UCF	14	2,567	450	5.7	183.4	29	242	24		10.1	17.3	1
13	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	199.8	2000	TCU	11	2,158	369	5.8	196.2	22	40	10		4.0	3.6	0
14	Byron Hanspard B. Hanspard	199.3	1996	TTU	11	2,000	311	6.4	181.8	13	192	17		11.3	17.5	1
15	Troy Davis T. Davis	197.2	1995	ISU	11	2,010	345	5.8	182.7	15	159	14		11.4	14.5	1
16	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	195.7	2014	WIS	14	2,587	343	7.5	184.8	29	153	19	27	8.1	10.9	3
17	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	195.6	2024	BSU	14	2,601	374	7.0	185.8	29	138	23	35	6.0	9.9	1
18	Keith Byars K. Byars	191.6	1984	OSU	11	1,655	313	5.3	150.5	22	453	37		12.2	41.2	2
19	Mercury Morris M. Morris	191.5	1968	WES	10	1,571	260	6.0	157.1	17	344	17		20.2	34.4	2
20	Jerome Harrison J. Harrison	191.5	2005	WSU	11	1,900	308	6.2	172.7	16	206	24		8.6	18.7	1
21	D'Onta Foreman D. Foreman	191.2	2016	TEX	11	2,028	323	6.3	184.4	15	75	7	9	10.7	6.8	0
22	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	190.3	2015	STAN	14	2,019	337	6.0	144.2	8	645	45	54	14.3	46.1	5
23	Wasean Tait W. Tait	189.8	1995	TOL	11	1,905	357	5.3	173.2	20	183	19		9.6	16.6	0
24	LeShon Johnson L. Johnson	189.3	1993	NIU	11	1,976	327	6.0	179.6	12	106	16		6.6	9.6	0
25	Mike Rozier M. Rozier	187.8	1983	NEB	12	2,148	275	7.8	179.0	29	106	10		10.6	8.8	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,271

Mestemaker

RUSH

441

Hawkins

REC

410

Young

Team Rankings

PPG

37.3

35th

OPP PPG

19.8

48th

RUSH YDS/G

221.3

25th

PASS YDS/G

327.0

8th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	BYU	1-0	3-0
5	Baylor	1-0	3-1
6	Oklahoma State	1-0	3-1
7	UCF	1-0	3-1
8	Arizona State	1-0	2-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	UCF	@	OKST	12:00 PM
Sat 10/17	OKST	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	COLO	@	OKST	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	OKST	@	ISU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	OKST	@	KSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Oklahoma State

3 - 1

Final

West Virginia

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

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