fewest ncaa football team rushing yards since 2016 minimum 9 seasons played

Since 2016, the Akron Zips have the fewest rushing yards by a team when playing 9+ seasons, with 12,357 yards.

	TEAM	RUSH YDS	SEAS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Akron	12,357	11	118	3,774	3.3	104.7	100
2	Washington State	12,891	11	122	3,350	3.8	105.7	173
3	San Jose State	14,368	11	122	3,732	3.8	117.8	146
4	Purdue	14,403	11	121	3,823	3.8	119.0	125
5	UMass	14,818	11	114	3,968	3.7	130.0	135
6	Colorado	15,595	11	119	4,339	3.6	131.1	166
7	Stanford	15,608	11	120	3,933	4.0	130.1	154
8	Temple	15,776	11	122	4,158	3.8	129.3	153
9	California	15,864	11	119	4,057	3.9	133.3	158
10	Michigan State	16,161	11	121	4,277	3.8	133.6	137
11	Eastern Michigan	16,374	11	123	4,366	3.8	133.1	196
12	UTEP	16,385	11	119	4,197	3.9	137.7	154
13	Bowling Green	16,490	11	118	4,222	3.9	139.7	140
14	Hawai'i	16,586	11	131	4,015	4.1	126.6	150
15	Nevada	16,608	11	123	4,139	4.0	135.0	159
16	Western Kentucky	16,613	11	134	4,190	4.0	124.0	176
17	New Mexico State	16,616	11	118	3,927	4.2	140.8	154
18	Middle Tennessee	16,648	11	125	4,067	4.1	133.2	157
19	Florida International	16,721	11	119	4,114	4.1	140.5	175
20	Virginia	16,840	11	124	4,277	3.9	135.8	178
21	Colorado State	16,881	11	117	4,123	4.1	144.3	152
22	Vanderbilt	17,019	11	123	4,144	4.1	138.4	166
23	Arkansas State	17,029	11	127	4,524	3.8	134.1	151
24	Fresno State	17,101	11	126	4,272	4.0	135.7	211
25	Charlotte	17,267	11	117	4,290	4.0	147.6	152

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More Akron Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

338

Broughton

RUSH

153

Broughton

REC

76

Patrick

Team Rankings

PPG

30.5

73rd

OPP PPG

24.0

91st

RUSH YDS/G

195.0

48th

PASS YDS/G

219.0

89th

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Eastern Michigan	1-0	1-2
2	UMass	0-0	2-0
3	Akron	0-0	1-1
4	Ball State	0-0	1-1
5	Buffalo	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	AKR	@	MINN	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	UNLV	@	AKR	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	AKR	@	CMU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	EMU	@	AKR	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	AKR	@	M-OH	1:00 PM

Last Game

Robert Morris

0 - 1

Final

Akron

1 - 1

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

396.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333