most college football average rushing yards per season

Sam Kirkland has the most rushing yards per attempt in a season, with 86.0 per attempt in 2009.

	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Sam Kirkland S. Kirkland	86.0	2009	KENT	8	86	1	10.8	1	154	18		8.6	19.3	0
2	Calvin Austin III C. Austin III	83.0	2018	MEM	3	83	1	27.7	1	24	2	5	12.0	8.0	0
3	Bill Marinangel B. Marinangel	81.0	1996	VAN	11	81	1	7.4	1
4	LeRoy Butler L. Butler	78.0	1988	FSU	11	78	1	7.1	0
5	Rick Chase R. Chase	77.0	1984	WSU	11	77	1	7.0	1	282	21		13.4	25.6	0
6	Robert Woods R. Woods	76.0	2012	USC	12	76	1	6.3	0	849	74		11.5	70.8	11
7	John Sacca J. Sacca	75.0	1991	PSU	12	75	1	6.3	1
8	Dave Johnson D. Johnson	74.0	1976	COR	9	74	1	8.2	1
9	Craig Fischer C. Fischer	73.0	1994	CMU	11	73	1	6.6	1
10	Jaron Bentrude J. Bentrude	72.0	2013	USU	14	72	1	5.1	1	0	0			0.0	0
11	Calvin Austin III C. Austin III	69.0	2021	MEM	12	69	1	5.8	1	1,149	74	126	15.5	95.8	8
12	Trey McBride T. McBride	69.0	2021	CSU	12	69	1	5.8	1	1,121	90	132	12.5	93.4	1
13	Scott Kovanda S. Kovanda	68.0	2011	BALL	12	68	1	5.7	0
14	Bucky Brooks B. Brooks	68.0	1992	UNC	11	68	1	6.2	0	400	21		19.0	36.4	3
15	Rodney Hardrick R. Hardrick	66.0	2013	ORE	9	66	1	7.3	0
16	Josh Schaffer J. Schaffer	66.0	2012	WMU	11	66	1	6.0	0	570	43		13.3	51.8	3
17	Jeyson Wilson J. Wilson	66.0	1993	SYR	9	66	1	7.3	1	124	9		13.8	13.8	0
18	Harry Douglas H. Douglas	65.0	2004	LOU	8	65	1	8.1	1	43	5		8.6	5.4	0
19	Michael Clay M. Clay	64.0	2010	ORE	13	64	1	4.9	0
20	Craig Robertson C. Robertson	64.0	2010	UNT	12	64	1	5.3	0
21	Matt Clizbe M. Clizbe	62.0	1994	CAL	11	62	1	5.6	1
22	Brett Heber B. Heber	62.0	1986	UNM	12	62	1	5.2	0	13	1		13.0	1.1	1
23	Nate Terhune N. Terhune	61.0	2013	KENT	8	61	1	7.6	1	0	0			0.0	0
24	Jonathan Baldwin J. Baldwin	61.0	2009	PITT	13	61	1	4.7	0	1,111	57		19.5	85.5	8
25	Anthony Heygood A. Heygood	61.0	2008	PUR	12	61	1	5.1	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

540

DeShields

RUSH

183

DeShields

REC

178

Clark

Team Rankings

PPG

16.3

153rd

OPP PPG

36.0

151st

RUSH YDS/G

132.8

121st

PASS YDS/G

147.3

173rd

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	UMass	1-0	4-0
2	Kent State	1-0	2-2
3	Eastern Michigan	1-0	2-3
4	Toledo	0-0	3-1
5	Buffalo	0-0	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	OHIO	@	KENT	3:30 PM
Sat 10/10	KENT	@	WMU	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	KENT	@	USF	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	AKR	@	KENT	1:00 PM
Fri 10/30	KENT	@	SAC	10:30 PM

Last Game

Ball State

1 - 3

Final

Kent State

2 - 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250