highest rushing yards per game average in a season in college football history

Barry Sanders has the most rushing yards per game in a season, with 238.9 per game in 1988.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1956
NAMERUSH YDS/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
238.9
1988
OKST OKST
11
2,628
344
7.6
37
106
19
5.6
9.6
0
2Marcus Allen
M. Allen
212.9
1981
USC USC
11
2,342
403
5.8
22
217
29
7.5
19.7
1
3Ed Marinaro
E. Marinaro
209.0
1971
COR COR
9
1,881
356
5.3
24
51
6
8.5
5.7
0
4Marty Johnson
M. Johnson
202.5
2002
UTAH UTAH
2
405
58
7.0
3
28
2
14.0
14.0
1
5Troy Davis
T. Davis
198.6
1996
ISU ISU
11
2,185
402
5.4
21
64
13
4.9
5.8
0
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
196.2
2000
TCU TCU
11
2,158
369
5.8
22
40
10
4.0
3.6
0
7Ricky Williams
R. Williams
193.1
1998
TEX TEX
11
2,124
361
5.9
27
262
24
10.9
23.8
1
8Carl Monroe
C. Monroe
188.4
1982
UTAH UTAH
8
1,507
309
4.9
4
108
16
6.8
13.5
1
9Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
186.8
1994
COLO COLO
11
2,055
298
6.9
24
294
24
12.3
26.7
0
10Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
185.8
2024
BSU BSU
14
2,601
374
7.0
29
138
23
35
6.0
9.9
1
11Garrett Wolfe
G. Wolfe
185.0
2005
NIU NIU
10
1,850
284
6.5
18
222
20
11.1
22.2
1
12Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
184.8
2014
WIS WIS
14
2,587
343
7.5
29
153
19
27
8.1
10.9
3
13D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
184.4
2016
TEX TEX
11
2,028
323
6.3
15
75
7
9
10.7
6.8
0
14Kevin Smith
K. Smith
183.4
2007
UCF UCF
14
2,567
450
5.7
29
242
24
10.1
17.3
1
15Troy Davis
T. Davis
182.7
1995
ISU ISU
11
2,010
345
5.8
15
159
14
11.4
14.5
1
16Byron Hanspard
B. Hanspard
181.8
1996
TTU TTU
11
2,000
311
6.4
13
192
17
11.3
17.5
1
17Jamario Thomas
J. Thomas
180.1
2004
UNT UNT
10
1,801
285
6.3
17
14
3
4.7
1.4
0
18LeShon Johnson
L. Johnson
179.6
1993
NIU NIU
11
1,976
327
6.0
12
106
16
6.6
9.6
0
19Mike Rozier
M. Rozier
179.0
1983
NEB NEB
12
2,148
275
7.8
29
106
10
10.6
8.8
0
20Jaret Patterson
J. Patterson
178.7
2020
BUFF BUFF
6
1,072
141
7.6
19
21DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
178.5
2005
MEM MEM
11
1,964
310
6.3
18
78
12
6.5
7.1
1
22Matt Forte
M. Forte
177.3
2007
TULN TULN
12
2,127
361
5.9
23
282
32
8.8
23.5
0
23Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
177.1
1976
PITT PITT
11
1,948
338
5.8
21
73
7
10.4
6.6
1
24Damien Anderson
D. Anderson
174.0
2000
NW NW
11
1,914
293
6.5
22
120
15
8.0
10.9
0
25Lorenzo White
L. White
173.5
1985
MSU MSU
11
1,908
386
4.9
17
28
6
4.7
2.5
0
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PASS

2,649

Mestemaker

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RUSH

906

Hawkins

Caleb Hawkins

REC

731

Bowick

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PPG

41.1

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OPP PPG

27.1

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PASS YDS/G

338.8

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5
Arizona Arizona
3-2
6-2
6
Baylor Baylor
3-2
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7
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
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8
West Virginia West Virginia
2-3
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9
Iowa State Iowa State
2-3
4-4
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/7
OKST OKST
@
KSU KSU
1:00 PM
Sat
11/14
TTU TTU
@
OKST OKST
1:00 PM
Sat
11/21
OKST OKST
@
ASU ASU
1:00 PM
Sat
11/28
KU KU
@
OKST OKST
1:00 PM
Last Game
OKST Oklahoma State

5 - 3

49

Final

51

ISU Iowa State

4 - 4

Sat 31 Oct 2026

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Braden Atkinson

2,649

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2,577

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1,054

White

Jahiem White

1,049

Riley

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1,005

Roberts

Jamal Roberts
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1,110

Legree

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1,067

Smith

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1,027

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

Marcus Stokes

25

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

25

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

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16

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

14

Sheppard

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13

Toney

Malachi Toney

13

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Jeremiah Smith
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Darian Mensah

184.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Marcus Stokes
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10.5

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Colin Simmons

10.0

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Tobi Osunsanmi

9.0

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North Texas

43.8

Oklahoma State

41.1

Georgia

41.0

Notre Dame

40.4

Louisville

40.4
Opp PPG Rankings
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11.9

North Dakota State

11.9

Indiana

12.4

Iowa

12.5

Notre Dame

13.4

UCLA

13.4
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540.5

Miami

534.9

Oklahoma State

529.6

Oregon State

517.4

Memphis

514.0

LSU

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342.5

Air Force

341.0

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295.8

Rice

271.4

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261.6

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250.8
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348.9

Oklahoma State

338.8

Miami

332.4

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329.6

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324.1
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35.0

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34.0

Baylor

34.0

Indiana

32.0

San Jose State

31.0

Virginia Tech

27.0

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Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
7
1
.875
2
Oregon State Oregon State
5
3
.625
3
San Diego State San Diego State
4
5
.444
4
Texas State Texas State
4
4
.500
5
Fresno State Fresno State
5
3
.625
6
Utah State Utah State
3
5
.375
7
Colorado State Colorado State
3
5
.375
8
Washington State Washington State
1
8
.111
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
8
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
8
1
.889
3
Ohio State Ohio State
6
2
.750
4
USC USC
7
2
.778
5
Illinois Illinois
5
3
.625
6
Minnesota Minnesota
5
3
.625
7
Iowa Iowa
6
2
.750
8
Oregon Oregon
5
3
.625
9
Northwestern Northwestern
6
2
.750
10
Wisconsin Wisconsin
5
3
.625
11
Washington Washington
5
3
.625
12
Michigan Michigan
5
3
.625
13
Nebraska Nebraska
5
3
.625
14
Purdue Purdue
3
5
.375
15
Penn State Penn State
4
4
.500
16
Rutgers Rutgers
2
6
.250
17
Maryland Maryland
2
6
.250
18
Michigan State Michigan State
2
6
.250
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
7
1
.875
2
Kentucky Kentucky
7
1
.875
3
Alabama Alabama
6
2
.750
4
Ole Miss Ole Miss
6
2
.750
5
Texas Texas
6
2
.750
6
LSU LSU
6
2
.750
7
Missouri Missouri
6
2
.750
8
Tennessee Tennessee
6
2
.750
9
South Carolina South Carolina
5
3
.625
10
Florida Florida
5
3
.625
11
Oklahoma Oklahoma
4
4
.500
12
Auburn Auburn
4
4
.500
13
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
4
.500
14
Texas A&M Texas A&M
4
4
.500
15
Arkansas Arkansas
3
5
.375
16
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
5
.375
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
7
1
.875
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
6
2
.750
3
Delaware Delaware
4
4
.500
4
New Mexico State New Mexico State
3
5
.375
5
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
4
4
.500
6
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
3
5
.375
7
Missouri State Missouri State
3
5
.375
8
Florida International Florida International
3
5
.375
9
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
2
6
.250
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
7
.125
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
6
2
.750
2
Appalachian State Appalachian State
5
3
.625
3
South Alabama South Alabama
4
4
.500
4
James Madison James Madison
7
2
.778
5
Louisiana Louisiana
5
3
.625
6
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
4
4
.500
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
4
4
.500
8
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
3
5
.375
9
Troy Troy
4
4
.500
10
Georgia State Georgia State
4
4
.500
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
3
5
.375
12
Marshall Marshall
5
3
.625
13
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
1
7
.125
14
Old Dominion Old Dominion
2
7
.222
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
8
0
1.000
2
Wake Forest Wake Forest
7
1
.875
3
Louisville Louisville
5
3
.625
4
SMU SMU
6
2
.750
5
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
6
2
.750
6
Duke Duke
6
2
.750
7
Clemson Clemson
5
3
.625
8
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
6
3
.667
9
Boston College Boston College
4
4
.500
10
NC State NC State
4
4
.500
11
North Carolina North Carolina
4
4
.500
12
Virginia Virginia
4
5
.444
13
California California
3
6
.333
14
Syracuse Syracuse
4
4
.500
15
Stanford Stanford
4
5
.444
16
Florida State Florida State
3
5
.375
17
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
2
6
.250
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
New Mexico New Mexico
7
1
.875
2
Wyoming Wyoming
5
3
.625
3
UNLV UNLV
5
3
.625
4
North Dakota State North Dakota State
7
2
.778
5
Air Force Air Force
6
2
.750
6
Nevada Nevada
3
5
.375
7
San Jose State San Jose State
4
5
.444
8
Hawai'i Hawai'i
2
6
.250
9
UTEP UTEP
1
7
.125
10
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
8
.000
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
7
1
.875
2
UConn UConn
4
4
.500
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Ohio Ohio
6
2
.750
2
Western Michigan Western Michigan
6
3
.667
3
Buffalo Buffalo
5
3
.625
4
Toledo Toledo
6
2
.750
5
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
5
3
.625
6
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
5
.444
7
Ball State Ball State
3
5
.375
8
Kent State Kent State
3
6
.333
9
Bowling Green Bowling Green
2
7
.222
10
UMass UMass
4
4
.500
11
Central Michigan Central Michigan
3
5
.375
12
Sacramento State Sacramento State
2
7
.222
13
Akron Akron
1
7
.125
American AthleticWLPCT
1
UTSA UTSA
7
1
.875
2
North Texas North Texas
6
2
.750
3
Memphis Memphis
7
2
.778
4
Army Army
5
3
.625
5
South Florida South Florida
6
2
.750
6
UAB UAB
4
4
.500
7
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
5
3
.625
8
East Carolina East Carolina
4
4
.500
9
Tulane Tulane
4
4
.500
10
Charlotte Charlotte
1
7
.125
11
Tulsa Tulsa
4
4
.500
12
Temple Temple
2
6
.250
13
Navy Navy
2
6
.250
14
Rice Rice
1
7
.125
Big 12WLPCT
1
Utah Utah
8
0
1.000
2
BYU BYU
7
1
.875
3
Texas Tech Texas Tech
7
1
.875
4
Houston Houston
6
2
.750
5
Arizona Arizona
6
2
.750
6
Baylor Baylor
5
3
.625
7
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
5
3
.625
8
West Virginia West Virginia
5
3
.625
9
Iowa State Iowa State
4
4
.500
10
UCF UCF
4
4
.500
11
Cincinnati Cincinnati
5
3
.625
12
Arizona State Arizona State
4
4
.500
13
TCU TCU
4
4
.500
14
Colorado Colorado
3
5
.375
15
Kansas State Kansas State
4
4
.500
16
Kansas Kansas
3
5
.375

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/10
UNC UNC
@
PITT PITT
21-17
Sat
10/10
WAKE WAKE
@
NCST NCST
38-14
Sat
10/10
TULN TULN
@
ARMY ARMY
17-20
Sat
10/10
ODU ODU
@
APP APP
10-3
Sat
10/10
M-OH M-OH
@
MASS MASS
20-19

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
11/3
OHIO OHIO
@
AKR AKR
7:00 PM
Tue
11/3
BUFF BUFF
@
M-OH M-OH
8:00 PM
Wed
11/4
BALL BALL
@
MASS MASS
7:00 PM
Wed
11/4
TOL TOL
@
SAC SAC
7:00 PM
Wed
11/4
CMU CMU
@
EMU EMU
7:30 PM