most rush yards per game career playoffs minimum 5 games played

Barry Sanders has the most rushing yards per game with 5+ games played in a season, with 238.9 per game in 1988.

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most rush yards per game by a player career playoffs minimum 5 games played

	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	GP	SEASON	TM	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	238.9	11	1988	OKST	2,628	344	7.6	37	106	19		5.6	9.6	0
2	Marcus Allen M. Allen	212.9	11	1981	USC	2,342	403	5.8	22	217	29		7.5	19.7	1
3	Ed Marinaro E. Marinaro	209.0	9	1971	COR	1,881	356	5.3	24	51	6		8.5	5.7	0
4	Troy Davis T. Davis	198.6	11	1996	ISU	2,185	402	5.4	21	64	13		4.9	5.8	0
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	196.2	11	2000	TCU	2,158	369	5.8	22	40	10		4.0	3.6	0
6	Ricky Williams R. Williams	193.1	11	1998	TEX	2,124	361	5.9	27	262	24		10.9	23.8	1
7	Carl Monroe C. Monroe	188.4	8	1982	UTAH	1,507	309	4.9	4	108	16		6.8	13.5	1
8	Rashaan Salaam R. Salaam	186.8	11	1994	COLO	2,055	298	6.9	24	294	24		12.3	26.7	0
9	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	185.8	14	2024	BSU	2,601	374	7.0	29	138	23	35	6.0	9.9	1
10	Garrett Wolfe G. Wolfe	185.0	10	2005	NIU	1,850	284	6.5	18	222	20		11.1	22.2	1
11	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	184.8	14	2014	WIS	2,587	343	7.5	29	153	19	27	8.1	10.9	3
12	D'Onta Foreman D. Foreman	184.4	11	2016	TEX	2,028	323	6.3	15	75	7	9	10.7	6.8	0
13	Kevin Smith K. Smith	183.4	14	2007	UCF	2,567	450	5.7	29	242	24		10.1	17.3	1
14	Troy Davis T. Davis	182.7	11	1995	ISU	2,010	345	5.8	15	159	14		11.4	14.5	1
15	Byron Hanspard B. Hanspard	181.8	11	1996	TTU	2,000	311	6.4	13	192	17		11.3	17.5	1
16	Jamario Thomas J. Thomas	180.1	10	2004	UNT	1,801	285	6.3	17	14	3		4.7	1.4	0
17	LeShon Johnson L. Johnson	179.6	11	1993	NIU	1,976	327	6.0	12	106	16		6.6	9.6	0
18	Mike Rozier M. Rozier	179.0	12	1983	NEB	2,148	275	7.8	29	106	10		10.6	8.8	0
19	Jaret Patterson J. Patterson	178.7	6	2020	BUFF	1,072	141	7.6	19
20	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	178.5	11	2005	MEM	1,964	310	6.3	18	78	12		6.5	7.1	1
21	Matt Forte M. Forte	177.3	12	2007	TULN	2,127	361	5.9	23	282	32		8.8	23.5	0
22	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	177.1	11	1976	PITT	1,948	338	5.8	21	73	7		10.4	6.6	1
23	Damien Anderson D. Anderson	174.0	11	2000	NW	1,914	293	6.5	22	120	15		8.0	10.9	0
24	Lorenzo White L. White	173.5	11	1985	MSU	1,908	386	4.9	17	28	6		4.7	2.5	0
25	Wasean Tait W. Tait	173.2	11	1995	TOL	1,905	357	5.3	20	183	19		9.6	16.6	0

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	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Kansas	3-6	5-7
13	UCF	2-7	5-7
14	West Virginia	2-7	4-8
15	Colorado	1-8	3-9
16	Oklahoma State	0-9	1-11

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	OKST	@	TLSA	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	MURR	@	OKST	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	OKST	@	WVU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	UCF	@	OKST	1:00 PM

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QB Rating Leaders

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512.4

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488.7

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285.6

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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167