college football rushing yards leaders since 2000

Since 2000, Donnel Pumphrey has rushed for the most yards, with 6,405 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Donnel Pumphrey D. Pumphrey	6,405	54	1,059	6.0	118.6	62	1,041	100	124	10.4	19.3	5
2	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	6,174	41	926	6.7	150.6	50	407	42	67	9.7	9.9	5
3	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	6,026	44	969	6.2	137.0	55	723	70		10.3	16.4	5
4	Royce Freeman R. Freeman	5,621	51	947	5.9	110.2	60	814	79	91	10.3	16.0	4
5	Cedric Benson C. Benson	5,540	48	1,112	5.0	115.4	64	621	69		9.0	12.9	3
6	Justin Jackson J. Jackson	5,440	51	1,142	4.8	106.7	41	858	122	165	7.0	16.8	1
7	Garrett Wolfe G. Wolfe	5,434	34	849	6.4	159.8	54	588	58		10.1	17.3	5
8	Myles Gaskin M. Gaskin	5,323	52	945	5.6	102.4	57	465	65	91	7.2	8.9	5
9	Damion Fletcher D. Fletcher	5,302	50	1,009	5.3	106.0	44	904	109		8.3	18.1	2
10	Montee Ball M. Ball	5,140	49	924	5.6	104.9	77	598	59		10.1	12.2	6
11	Marquez Cooper M. Cooper	5,135	54	1,101	4.7	95.1	45	496	57	79	8.7	9.2	2
12	LaMichael James L. James	5,082	37	771	6.6	137.4	53	586	51		11.5	15.8	4
13	Michael Hart M. Hart	5,040	43	1,015	5.0	117.2	41	566	67		8.4	13.2	2
14	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	4,979	45	815	6.1	110.6	45	609	66		9.2	13.5	2
15	Dontrell Moore D. Moore	4,973	48	1,028	4.8	103.6	51	857	92		9.3	17.9	8
16	Travis Etienne T. Etienne	4,952	55	686	7.2	90.0	70	1,155	102	128	11.3	21.0	8
17	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	4,950	44	782	6.3	112.5	44	555	73	78	7.6	12.6	1
18	Michael Turner M. Turner	4,941	45	940	5.3	109.8	43	451	43		10.5	10.0	3
19	Ray Rice R. Rice	4,926	38	910	5.4	129.6	49	334	37		9.0	8.8	1
20	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	4,915	43	631	7.8	114.3	45	228	22		10.4	5.3	4
21	Jarvion Franklin J. Franklin	4,867	52	942	5.2	93.6	52	675	62	75	10.9	13.0	4
22	Montel Harris M. Harris	4,789	50	973	4.9	95.8	39	467	59		7.9	9.3	3
23	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	4,769	47	758	6.3	101.5	44	361	31	40	11.6	7.7	4
24	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	4,767	40	750	6.4	119.2	50	862	80	100	10.8	21.6	6
25	Kevin Smith K. Smith	4,679	36	905	5.2	130.0	45	444	55		8.1	12.3	1

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Team Leaders

PASS

597

Denegal

RUSH

312

Kinnard

REC

130

Acevedo

Team Rankings

PPG

23.0

113th

OPP PPG

28.8

117th

RUSH YDS/G

155.3

89th

PASS YDS/G

164.8

153rd

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Oregon State	0-0	2-2
5	Texas State	0-0	2-2
6	San Diego State	0-0	1-3
7	Utah State	0-0	1-3
8	Washington State	0-0	1-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	TXST	@	SDSU	10:30 PM
Sat 10/10	SDSU	@	ORST	6:00 PM
Sat 10/17	FRES	@	SDSU	10:30 PM
Sat 10/24	SDSU	@	CSU	6:30 PM
Sat 10/31	WSU	@	SDSU	7:00 PM

Last Game

San Diego State

1 - 3

Final

Toledo

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

7.0

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

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

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