most rb touchdowns in a season in college football

Running backs scored their most total touchdowns in a season in 2016, with 2,475 touchdowns.

	POSITION	TD	SEASON	GP	PASS TD	RUSH TD	RET TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS	PPG
1	Running Back	2,475	2016	6,022	17	2,142	32	0	1	20	1	846	0.1
2	Running Back	2,425	2014	6,092	8	2,133	24	0	0	12	0	590	0.1
3	Running Back	2,394	2018	6,036	10	2,112	27	0	0	20	0	542	0.1
4	Running Back	2,378	2015	6,201	23	2,077	20	0	0	18	0	628	0.1
5	Running Back	2,296	2013	6,463	9	1,996	20	0	0	14	1	432	0.1
6	Running Back	2,269	2024	6,853	11	1,976	21	0	0	35	0	13,684	2.0
7	Running Back	2,269	2017	6,007	11	2,002	27	0	0	17	0	672	0.1
8	Running Back	2,267	2019	5,793	4	2,019	10	0	0	19	0	442	0.1
9	Running Back	2,237	2021	6,765	13	1,957	30	0	0	13	0	2,844	0.4
10	Running Back	2,213	2022	6,562	14	1,931	21	0	0	26	0	3,778	0.6
11	Running Back	2,198	2012	5,274	25	1,945	41					13,228	2.5
12	Running Back	2,128	2025	6,929	8	1,854	21	0	0	31	0	12,830	1.9
13	Running Back	2,093	2011	5,020	17	1,832	30					12,574	2.5
14	Running Back	2,092	2002	5,607	11	1,859	12	0				12,607	2.2
15	Running Back	2,077	2010	5,042	18	1,796	19					12,476	2.5
16	Running Back	2,059	2023	6,663	8	1,793	24	0	0	25	0	3,346	0.5
17	Running Back	2,024	2003	5,340	12	1,767	23					12,178	2.3
18	Running Back	1,999	2007	4,738	15	1,738	24					12,008	2.5
19	Running Back	1,946	2009	4,962	16	1,724			0			11,712	2.4
20	Running Back	1,930	1977	9,886	18	1,647		1	8			11,591	1.2
21	Running Back	1,878	2008	4,682	14	1,675	20					11,290	2.4
22	Running Back	1,841	1980	9,038	20	1,560		2	6			11,058	1.2
23	Running Back	1,839	2004	4,948	18	1,592	19					11,060	2.2
24	Running Back	1,837	2005	4,707	20	1,601	22					11,052	2.3
25	Running Back	1,829	2001	4,769	20	1,607	19		0			11,012	2.3

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Team Leaders

PASS

100

Gutierrez

RUSH

296

Woodson

REC

68

Collins

Team Rankings

PPG

36.0

50th

OPP PPG

26.5

107th

RUSH YDS/G

376.0

2nd

PASS YDS/G

84.0

203rd

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	UAB	0-0	1-1
11	Charlotte	0-0	0-2
12	East Carolina	0-0	0-2
13	Army	0-1	1-1
14	Navy	0-1	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/25	NAVY	@	UAB	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	NAVY	@	AFA	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	TLSA	@	NAVY	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	NAVY	@	UTSA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	UNT	@	NAVY	3:30 PM

Last Game

Navy

1 - 1

Final

Florida Atlantic

1 - 1

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333