highest yard per game by a college football team in a season

The Houston Cougars have the most yards per game by a team in a season, with 624.9 per game in 1989.

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	TEAM	YDS/G	SEASON	GP	YDS	TD	PASS YDS	PASS YDS/G	SCKY	PASS TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	RET YDS	RET YDS/G	RET TD
1	Houston	624.9	1989	11	6,874		5,624	511.3		55	1,250	113.6	15	1,006	91.5
2	Baylor	618.3	2013	13	8,038	92	4,668	359.1	122	35	3,370	259.2	47	1,303	100.2	10
3	Baylor	616.8	2015	13	8,019	86	3,764	289.5	83	44	4,255	327.3	41	739	56.8	1
4	Kent State	606.5	2020	4	2,426	27	1,294	323.5	33	14	1,132	283.0	13	217	54.3	0
5	Houston	599.1	2011	14	8,387	93	6,301	450.1		51	2,086	149.0	28
6	Baylor	587.1	2011	13	7,632	80	4,569	351.5		37	3,063	235.6	34
7	Houston	586.8	1990	11	6,455		5,213	473.9		54	1,242	112.9	9	1,129	102.6
8	BYU	584.2	1983	11	6,426		4,193	381.2		37	2,233	203.0	28	561	51.0
9	Texas Tech	582.8	2003	13	7,576	76	6,179	475.3		53	1,397	107.5	20	1,252	96.3	3
10	Baylor	581.5	2014	13	7,560	82	4,757	365.9	154	38	2,803	215.6	43	894	68.8	1
11	Texas Tech	580.1	2015	13	7,541	77	5,051	388.5	160	39	2,490	191.5	34	1,217	93.6	4
12	USC	579.8	2005	13	7,537	87	4,157	319.8		32	3,380	260.0	51	1,119	86.1	4
13	Oklahoma	579.6	2017	14	8,114	83	5,065	361.8	180	47	3,049	217.8	33	846	60.4	3
14	Louisiana Tech	577.9	2012	12	6,935	84	4,209	350.8		33	2,726	227.2	47
15	Baylor	572.2	2012	13	7,439	76	4,427	340.5		31	3,012	231.7	36
16	Oklahoma	570.3	2018	14	7,984	90	4,520	322.9	116	43	3,464	247.4	42	1,117	79.8	5
17	Tulsa	569.9	2008	14	7,978	90	4,226	301.9		43	3,752	268.0	36
18	Nevada	569.1	1993	11	6,260		4,373	397.5		34	1,887	171.5	22	636	57.8
19	Oklahoma State	568.9	2017	13	7,396	74	5,059	389.2	122	37	2,337	179.8	34	616	47.4	3
20	LSU	568.4	2019	15	8,526	95	6,024	401.6	206	61	2,502	166.8	32	543	36.2	2
21	Nevada	568.4	1995	11	6,252		4,579	416.3		39	1,673	152.1	24	993	90.3
22	UCF	568.1	2020	10	5,681	55	3,574	357.4	132	32	2,107	210.7	23	370	37.0	0
23	Texas Tech	567.0	2016	12	6,804	70	5,556	463.0	271	47	1,248	104.0	22	660	55.0	1
24	Oklahoma	566.5	1971	11	6,232		1,036	94.2		10	5,196	472.4	56
25	BYU	565.8	1990	12	6,790		5,379	448.3		41	1,411	117.6	23	1,062	88.5

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More Houston Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,428

Weigman

RUSH

404

Sanford

REC

400

Overmyer

Team Rankings

PPG

40.0

16th

OPP PPG

19.2

41st

RUSH YDS/G

230.0

16th

PASS YDS/G

251.8

52nd

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Oklahoma State	2-0	4-1
6	Arizona	2-1	5-1
7	Houston	2-1	5-1
8	Cincinnati	1-1	4-1
9	Arizona State	1-1	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	OKST	@	HOU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	CIN	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Fri 11/13	HOU	@	COLO	10:15 PM
Sat 11/21	HOU	@	WVU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Houston

5 - 1

Final

Kansas State

3 - 2

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	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	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333