most rushing attemots in an cfb game including playoffs by a player

Darren Davis has the most rush attempts in a regular-season or postseason game, with 53 carries against Northern Iowa on September 21, 1996.

	NAME	ATT	DATE	TM		OPP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Darren Davis D. Davis	53	9/21/1996	ISU	vs	UNI	241	4.5		10	1		10.0
2	Michael Turner M. Turner	52	11/18/2000	NIU	vs	CMU	281	5.4	1
3	D'Onta Foreman D. Foreman	51	11/19/2016	TEX	@	KU	250	4.9	2	-1	1	1	-1.0	0
4	Chris Perry C. Perry	51	11/1/2003	MICH	@	MSU	219	4.3	1	17	2		8.5	0
5	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	50	11/9/1996	WIS	vs	MINN	297	5.9		7	1		7.0
6	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	49	10/7/2000	TCU	vs	HAW	294	6.0	4	6	1		6.0	0
7	Eric Flowers E. Flowers	49	10/10/1998	CMU	@	EMU	239	4.9
8	Robert Holcombe R. Holcombe	49	9/23/1995	ILL	vs	ECU	130	2.7
9	Ka'Deem Carey K. Carey	48	11/23/2013	ARIZ	vs	ORE	206	4.3	4	-5	1	1	-5.0	0
10	Tanardo Sharps T. Sharps	48	11/16/2002	TEM	@	RUTG	215	4.5	1	7	1		7.0	0
11	Michael Bennett M. Bennett	48	9/23/2000	WIS	vs	NW	293	6.1	2	27	3		9.0	0
12	Darren Davis D. Davis	48	11/23/1996	ISU	@	KSU	225	4.7		-2	1		-2.0
13	Dion Lewis D. Lewis	47	12/5/2009	PITT	vs	CIN	194	4.1	3	34	5		6.8	0
14	Larry Ned L. Ned	47	11/17/2001	SDSU	vs	WYO	209	4.4	4
15	D'Angelo Brewer D. Brewer	46	9/24/2016	TLSA	@	FRES	252	5.5	0	-1	1	1	-1.0	0
16	Derrick Henry D. Henry	46	11/28/2015	ALA	@	AUB	271	5.9	1
17	Tre Mason T. Mason	46	12/7/2013	AUB	vs	MIZ	304	6.6	4	8	1	1	8.0	0
18	Kevin Smith K. Smith	46	11/24/2007	UCF	vs	UTEP	219	4.8	1	30	3		10.0	0
19	Laurence Maroney L. Maroney	46	9/24/2005	MINN	vs	PUR	217	4.7	0	59	5		11.8	0
20	Dewhitt Betterson D. Betterson	46	11/15/2003	TROY	@	USU	230	5.0	2
21	Keylon Kincade K. Kincade	46	10/19/2002	SMU	vs	LT	158	3.4	2	31	2		15.5	0
22	Anthony Jones A. Jones	46	10/7/2000	BALL	@	M-OH	187	4.1	1	38	3		12.7	1
23	Tyler Gaffney T. Gaffney	45	11/7/2013	STAN	vs	ORE	157	3.5	1	15	1	1	15.0	0
24	Bobby Rainey B. Rainey	45	11/20/2010	WKU	vs	MTSU	248	5.5	2	34	4		8.5	0
25	Anthony Davis A. Davis	45	11/23/2002	WIS	vs	MINN	301	6.7	5

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,001

Raynor

RUSH

680

Flora

REC

212

Overby

Team Rankings

PPG

29.7

68th

OPP PPG

21.7

56th

RUSH YDS/G

181.5

54th

PASS YDS/G

178.2

143rd

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Kansas State	1-2	4-2
11	Arizona State	1-2	3-3
12	Iowa State	1-2	3-3
13	TCU	1-2	3-3
14	West Virginia	1-3	4-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	ISU	@	ARIZ	7:30 PM
Sat 10/31	OKST	@	ISU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ISU	@	BAY	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	CIN	@	ISU	1:00 PM
Fri 11/20	ISU	@	UCF	6:00 PM

Last Game

Iowa State

3 - 3

Final

BYU

5 - 0

Fri 9 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

796

Myers

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
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	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	4	3	.571