cfb rushing leaders single season all time

Barry Sanders has the most rushing yards in a season, with 2,628 yards in 1988.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,628	1988	OKST	11	344	7.6	238.9	37	106	19		5.6	9.6	0
2	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	2,601	2024	BSU	14	374	7.0	185.8	29	138	23	35	6.0	9.9	1
3	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	2,587	2014	WIS	14	343	7.5	184.8	29	153	19	27	8.1	10.9	3
4	Kevin Smith K. Smith	2,567	2007	UCF	14	450	5.7	183.4	29	242	24		10.1	17.3	1
5	Marcus Allen M. Allen	2,342	1981	USC	11	403	5.8	212.9	22	217	29		7.5	19.7	1
6	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	2,248	2017	SDSU	13	289	7.8	172.9	23	135	19	27	7.1	10.4	2
7	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,219	2015	ALA	15	395	5.6	147.9	28	91	11	17	8.3	6.1	0
8	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	2,194	2018	WIS	13	307	7.1	168.8	16	60	8	14	7.5	4.6	0
9	Troy Davis T. Davis	2,185	1996	ISU	11	402	5.4	198.6	21	64	13		4.9	5.8	0
10	Andre Williams A. Williams	2,177	2013	BC	13	355	6.1	167.5	18	0	0	1		0.0	0
11	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	2,158	2000	TCU	11	369	5.8	196.2	22	40	10		4.0	3.6	0
12	Mike Rozier M. Rozier	2,148	1983	NEB	12	275	7.8	179.0	29	106	10		10.6	8.8	0
13	Donnel Pumphrey D. Pumphrey	2,133	2016	SDSU	14	349	6.1	152.4	17	231	27	39	8.6	16.5	0
14	Matt Forte M. Forte	2,127	2007	TULN	12	361	5.9	177.3	23	282	32		8.8	23.5	0
15	Ricky Williams R. Williams	2,124	1998	TEX	11	361	5.9	193.1	27	262	24		10.9	23.8	1
16	Darrell Henderson D. Henderson	2,119	2018	MEM	14	230	9.2	151.4	25	304	21	27	14.5	21.7	3
17	Bryce Love B. Love	2,118	2017	STAN	13	263	8.1	162.9	19	33	6	8	5.5	2.5	0
18	Chuba Hubbard C. Hubbard	2,094	2019	OKST	13	328	6.4	161.1	21	198	23	30	8.6	15.2	0
19	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	2,087	2002	PSU	13	271	7.7	160.5	20	349	41		8.5	26.8	3
20	Donald Brown D. Brown	2,083	2008	CONN	13	367	5.7	160.2	18	125	21		6.0	9.6	0
21	Rashaan Salaam R. Salaam	2,055	1994	COLO	11	298	6.9	186.8	24	294	24		12.3	26.7	0
22	Tevin Coleman T. Coleman	2,036	2014	IND	12	270	7.5	169.7	15	141	25	33	5.6	11.8	0
23	D'Onta Foreman D. Foreman	2,028	2016	TEX	11	323	6.3	184.4	15	75	7	9	10.7	6.8	0
24	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	2,019	2015	STAN	14	337	6.0	144.2	8	645	45	54	14.3	46.1	5
25	J.J. Arrington	2,018	2004	CAL	12	289	7.0	168.2	15	121	21		5.8	10.1	0

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More Oklahoma State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,940

Mestemaker

RUSH

592

Hawkins

REC

561

Young

Team Rankings

PPG

37.2

23rd

OPP PPG

23.7

76th

RUSH YDS/G

188.2

46th

PASS YDS/G

329.5

4th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Utah	2-0	5-0
4	Baylor	2-1	4-2
5	Oklahoma State	2-1	4-2
6	Arizona	2-1	5-1
7	Houston	3-1	6-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	COLO	@	OKST	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	OKST	@	ISU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	OKST	@	KSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	TTU	@	OKST	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	OKST	@	ASU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Oklahoma State

4 - 2

Final

Houston

6 - 1

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

784

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.4

43.0

42.9

42.8

42.7

Opp PPG Rankings

10.6

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.0

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

299.4

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

25.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	2	.667
5	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	6	1	.857
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	Arizona State	3	3	.500
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	4	2	.667
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	4	.333
15	TCU	3	3	.500
16	West Virginia	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
4	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
5	Buffalo	4	3	.571
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
8	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
9	UMass	4	3	.571
10	Kent State	2	5	.286
11	Akron	1	6	.143
12	Ball State	2	5	.286
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Alabama	5	2	.714
3	Kentucky	6	1	.857
4	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
5	Missouri	5	2	.714
6	Tennessee	6	1	.857
7	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
8	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
9	Florida	5	2	.714
10	Texas	4	2	.667
11	LSU	5	2	.714
12	Auburn	4	2	.667
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
15	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429
16	Arkansas	3	4	.429

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	1	.857
2	UCLA	6	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	6	1	.857
4	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Iowa	5	1	.833
7	Nebraska	5	1	.833
8	Minnesota	4	2	.667
9	Purdue	3	4	.429
10	Northwestern	5	1	.833
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Washington	4	3	.571
14	Michigan	4	2	.667
15	Rutgers	2	4	.333
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	4	2	.667
4	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
5	SMU	5	1	.833
6	Virginia	4	3	.571
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
9	Louisville	4	3	.571
10	Duke	4	2	.667
11	North Carolina	4	2	.667
12	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
13	Florida State	3	4	.429
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	3	4	.429
16	Boston College	3	3	.500
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	3	.571
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
4	Air Force	5	1	.833
5	Wyoming	4	3	.571
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	Army	4	2	.667
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Temple	2	5	.286
10	South Florida	5	2	.714
11	Navy	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Rice	1	6	.143
14	Charlotte	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	2	.667
4	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
5	Troy	3	3	.500
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	5	2	.714
8	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	3	4	.429