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

2,053

Weigman

RUSH

516

Hughes

REC

620

Thomas

Team Rankings

PPG

36.0

24th

OPP PPG

21.0

48th

RUSH YDS/G

203.5

28th

PASS YDS/G

267.0

36th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Texas Tech	3-1	6-1
5	Oklahoma State	3-1	5-2
6	Houston	3-2	6-2
7	Baylor	2-2	4-3
8	Cincinnati	2-2	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	CIN	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Fri 11/13	HOU	@	COLO	10:15 PM
Sat 11/21	HOU	@	WVU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	BAY	@	HOU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Houston

6 - 2

Final

Utah

7 - 0

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286