least rushing yards allowed per game by defense single season college football

The Texas State Bobcats have the fewest opponent rushing yards per game played by a team in a season, with 9.83 in 2013.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Opponent Rushing Yards: team season data complete from 1956

	TEAM	OPP YDS/GP	OPP YDS	GP	SEASON	OPP ATT	OPP YPC	OPP TD
1	Texas State	9.83	118	12	2013	33	3.6	0
2	Air Force	11.25	135	12	2013	37	3.6	1
3	Colorado State	12.07	169	14	2013	75	2.3	1
4	Syracuse	19.3	193	10	1959	302	0.6	4
5	UTEP	19.5	234	12	2013	30	7.8	4
6	North Texas	19.77	257	13	2013	70	3.7	3
7	South Alabama	23.17	278	12	2013	37	7.5	2
8	East Carolina	27.38	356	13	2013	142	2.5	0
9	Marshall	28.21	395	14	2013	102	3.9	2
10	Tulane	28.23	367	13	2013	90	4.1	5
11	Louisiana Tech	29.5	354	12	2013	89	4.0	4
12	UAB	29.83	358	12	2013	69	5.2	7
13	Arizona	30.09	331	11	1993	368	0.9	5
14	Utah State	30.29	424	14	2013	155	2.7	3
15	Tulsa	31.08	373	12	2013	88	4.2	5
16	San Diego State	33.08	430	13	2013	117	3.7	7
17	Georgia State	35.5	426	12	2013	72	5.9	3
18	Boise State	35.62	463	13	2013	87	5.3	5
19	Ohio	36.92	480	13	2013	81	5.9	3
20	Hawaii	37.92	455	12	2013	123	3.7	4
21	Western Kentucky	38	456	12	2013	77	5.9	6
22	Wyoming	38.5	385	10	1966	357	1.1	2
23	LSU	38.9	389	10	1969	353	1.1	5
24	UTSA	41.75	501	12	2013	112	4.5	8
25	Louisiana	41.85	544	13	2013	116	4.7	8

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,606

Jackson

RUSH

889

Burgess

REC

396

Dawn

Team Rankings

PPG

37.1

18th

OPP PPG

30.0

119th

RUSH YDS/G

272.0

4th

PASS YDS/G

245.7

55th

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Boise State	3-0	6-1
2	Oregon State	3-0	5-2
3	Texas State	2-1	4-3
4	San Diego State	2-2	3-5
5	Fresno State	1-2	4-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	TXST	@	BSU	10:00 PM
Sat 11/7	TXST	@	ORST	10:30 PM
Sat 11/14	FRES	@	TXST	4:00 PM
Sat 11/21	WSU	@	TXST	6:00 PM

Last Game

Utah State

2 - 5

Final

Texas State

4 - 3

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

	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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125