college football sophomore running back leaders 2025

Ahmad Hardy had the most rushing yards by a sophomore running back in 2025, with 1,649 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ahmad Hardy A. Hardy	1,649	2025	MIZ	13	256	6.4	126.8	16	22	6	8	3.7	1.7	0
2	Kewan Lacy K. Lacy	1,567	2025	MISS	15	306	5.1	104.5	24	177	29	37	6.1	11.8	0
3	Evan Dickens E. Dickens	1,339	2025	LIB	11	229	5.8	121.7	16	61	5	6	12.2	5.5	1
4	Antwan Raymond A. Raymond	1,241	2025	RUTG	12	244	5.1	103.4	13	225	18	26	12.5	18.8	2
5	Jadan Baugh J. Baugh	1,170	2025	FLA	12	220	5.3	97.5	8	210	33	42	6.4	17.5	2
6	Cameron Dickey C. Dickey	1,126	2025	TTU	14	210	5.4	80.4	14	224	25	36	9.0	16.0	2
7	Dylan Riley D. Riley	1,125	2025	BSU	14	195	5.8	80.4	10	149	15	20	9.9	10.6	2
8	DeSean Bishop D. Bishop	1,076	2025	TENN	13	182	5.9	82.8	16	135	15	21	9.0	10.4	0
9	Wayshawn Parker W. Parker	981	2025	UTAH	13	149	6.6	75.5	6	185	13	16	14.2	14.2	3
10	Nate Frazier N. Frazier	947	2025	UGA	14	173	5.5	67.6	6	116	16	19	7.3	8.3	1
11	Caleb Komolafe C. Komolafe	941	2025	NW	12	190	5.0	78.4	11	60	11	17	5.5	5.0	1
12	Hollywood Smothers H. Smothers	939	2025	NCST	11	160	5.9	85.4	6	189	37	44	5.1	17.2	1
13	Jordan Marshall J. Marshall	932	2025	MICH	11	150	6.2	84.7	10	92	9	13	10.2	8.4	0
14	Joe Jackson J. Jackson	911	2025	KSU	12	169	5.4	75.9	8	119	22	31	5.4	9.9	1
15	Isaac Brown I. Brown	884	2025	LOU	9	101	8.8	98.2	7	48	13	18	3.7	5.3	0
16	Kamari Moulton K. Moulton	878	2025	IOWA	11	170	5.2	79.8	5	97	16	22	6.1	8.8	0
17	J'Koby Williams J. Williams	866	2025	TTU	14	154	5.6	61.9	6	388	35	47	11.1	27.7	2
18	Bryson Washington B. Washington	788	2025	BAY	12	154	5.1	65.7	6	93	18	27	5.2	7.8	1
19	Bill Davis B. Davis	763	2025	UL	13	158	4.8	58.7	6	79	10	15	7.9	6.1	0
20	Jamal Roberts J. Roberts	753	2025	MIZ	13	124	6.1	57.9	6	141	18	27	7.8	10.8	1
21	Jekail Middlebrook J. Middlebrook	752	2025	MTSU	11	140	5.4	68.4	4	412	40	63	10.3	37.5	3
22	Turbo Richard T. Richard	749	2025	BC	11	145	5.2	68.1	9	213	30	41	7.1	19.4	2
23	London Montgomery L. Montgomery	742	2025	ECU	12	156	4.8	61.8	7	76	15	19	5.1	6.3	0
24	Keyjuan Brown K. Brown	704	2025	LOU	10	96	7.3	70.4	6	118	12	15	9.8	11.8	0
25	Telly Johnson Jr. T. Johnson Jr.	690	2025	NIU	12	124	5.6	57.5	4	97	16	23	6.1	8.1	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

947

Simmons

RUSH

395

Roberts

REC

412

Lee

Team Rankings

PPG

35.8

44th

OPP PPG

20.8

55th

RUSH YDS/G

155.8

88th

PASS YDS/G

263.0

45th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Kentucky	1-1	3-1
9	LSU	1-1	3-1
10	Missouri	0-1	3-1
11	Tennessee	0-1	3-1
12	Vanderbilt	0-1	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	FLA	@	MIZZ	3:30 PM
Sat 10/10	TXAM	@	MIZZ	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	MIZZ	@	MISS	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MIZZ	@	ARK	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	TEX	@	MIZZ	1:00 PM

Last Game

Missouri

3 - 1

Final

Mississippi State

4 - 0

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