most rushing touchdowns college football season

Barry Sanders has the most rushing touchdowns in a season, with 37 touchdowns in 1988.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns by a player college football season
NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
37
1988
OKST OKST
11
2,628
344
7.6
238.9
106
19
5.6
9.6
0
2Montee Ball
M. Ball
33
2011
WIS WIS
14
1,923
307
6.3
137.4
306
24
12.8
21.9
6
3Bryson Daily
B. Daily
32
2024
ARMY ARMY
13
1,659
310
5.4
127.6
0
0
1
0.0
0
4Devin Singletary
D. Singletary
32
2017
FAU FAU
14
1,920
301
6.4
137.1
198
19
24
10.4
14.1
1
5Kapri Bibbs
K. Bibbs
31
2013
CSU CSU
14
1,741
281
6.2
124.4
58
7
4
8.3
4.1
0
6Keenan Reynolds
K. Reynolds
31
2013
NAVY NAVY
13
1,346
300
4.5
103.5
0
0
0.0
0
7Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
29
2024
BSU BSU
14
2,601
374
7.0
185.8
138
23
35
6.0
9.9
1
8Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
29
2014
WIS WIS
14
2,587
343
7.5
184.8
153
19
27
8.1
10.9
3
9Kevin Smith
K. Smith
29
2007
UCF UCF
14
2,567
450
5.7
183.4
242
24
10.1
17.3
1
10Mike Rozier
M. Rozier
29
1983
NEB NEB
12
2,148
275
7.8
179.0
106
10
10.6
8.8
0
11Derrick Henry
D. Henry
28
2015
ALA ALA
15
2,219
395
5.6
147.9
91
11
17
8.3
6.1
0
12Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
28
2014
BSU BSU
14
1,823
347
5.3
130.2
535
50
57
10.7
38.2
4
13Toby Gerhart
T. Gerhart
28
2009
STAN STAN
13
1,871
343
5.5
143.9
157
11
14.3
12.1
0
14Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
28
2002
MIA MIA
13
1,753
282
6.2
134.8
355
27
13.1
27.3
0
15Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
28
1971
LBS
12
1,673
267
6.3
139.4
130
15
8.7
10.8
1
16Blake Corum
B. Corum
27
2023
MICH MICH
15
1,245
258
4.8
83.0
117
16
18
7.3
7.8
1
17Anthony Wales
A. Wales
27
2016
WKU WKU
13
1,621
237
6.8
124.7
323
30
39
10.8
24.8
2
18Kenneth Dixon
K. Dixon
27
2012
LT LT
12
1,194
200
6.0
99.5
35
10
3.5
2.9
1
19Collin Klein
C. Klein
27
2011
KSU KSU
13
1,141
317
3.6
87.8
20Bernard Pierce
B. Pierce
27
2011
TEM TEM
12
1,481
273
5.4
123.4
52
3
17.3
4.3
0
21Ricky Dobbs
R. Dobbs
27
2009
NAVY NAVY
13
1,192
315
3.8
91.7
22Lee Suggs
L. Suggs
27
2000
VT VT
11
1,207
222
5.4
109.7
44
3
14.7
4.0
1
23Ricky Williams
R. Williams
27
1998
TEX TEX
11
2,124
361
5.9
193.1
262
24
10.9
23.8
1
24Najee Harris
N. Harris
26
2020
ALA ALA
13
1,466
251
5.8
112.8
425
43
56
9.9
32.7
4
25James Conner
J. Conner
26
2014
PITT PITT
13
1,765
298
5.9
135.8
70
5
6
14.0
5.4
0
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Team Leaders

PASS

1,490

Flores

Zane Flores

RUSH

614

Fields

Rodney Fields Jr.

REC

481

Freeman

Gavin Freeman
Team Rankings

PPG

14.2

163rd

OPP PPG

33.3

136th

RUSH YDS/G

118.3

134th

PASS YDS/G

174.1

144th

2025 Big 12 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
12
Kansas Kansas
3-6
5-7
13
UCF UCF
2-7
5-7
14
West Virginia West Virginia
2-7
4-8
15
Colorado Colorado
1-8
3-9
16
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
0-9
1-11
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/5
OKST OKST
@
TLSA TLSA
3:45 PM
Sat
9/12
ORE ORE
@
OKST OKST
12:00 PM
Sat
9/19
MURR MURR
@
OKST OKST
7:00 PM
Sat
9/26
OKST OKST
@
WVU WVU
1:00 PM
Sat
10/10
UCF UCF
@
OKST OKST
1:00 PM
Last Game
ISU Iowa State

8 - 4

20

Final

13

OKST Oklahoma State

1 - 11

Sat 29 Nov 2025

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4,379

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

Darian Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Trinidad Chambliss
Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

Cam Cook

1,649

Hardy

Ahmad Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Kewan Lacy
Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

Danny Scudero

1,278

Bell

Skyler Bell

1,264

Young

Wyatt Young
Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

34

Mensah

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34

Mestemaker

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Rush TD Leaders

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Hawkins

Caleb Hawkins

24

Lacy

Kewan Lacy

18

Hellums

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Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

Elijah Sarratt

14

Brown

Camden Brown

13

Cooper

Omar Cooper Jr.
QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin

170.4

Pavia

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Sack Leaders

14.5

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14.5

Tucker

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12.5

Smith

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CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings
North Texas

45.1

Notre Dame

42.0

Indiana

41.6

Utah

41.3

South Florida

40.5

Tennessee

39.8
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Ohio State

9.3

Indiana

11.7

Texas Tech

11.8

Toledo

13.3

Miami

14.8

San Diego State

15.4
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North Texas

512.4

Ole Miss

489.7

South Florida

488.7

Utah

482.9

Texas State

472.8

Florida State

472.1
Rush Yards Rankings
Navy

285.6

Utah

266.3

Air Force

261.4

Army

254.9

Jacksonville State

246.8

JMU

241.5
Pass Yards Rankings
Florida Atlantic

340.2

North Texas

318.0

Ole Miss

313.3

Baylor

309.6

USC

296.0

Tennessee

292.8
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Indiana

46.0

Oklahoma

45.0

Western Michigan

43.0

Texas A&M

43.0

Texas

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Duke Duke
9
5
.643
2
Virginia Virginia
11
3
.786
3
Miami Miami
13
2
.867
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
8
5
.615
5
SMU SMU
9
4
.692
6
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
9
4
.692
7
California California
7
6
.538
8
Clemson Clemson
7
6
.538
9
NC State NC State
8
5
.615
10
Louisville Louisville
9
4
.692
11
Wake Forest Wake Forest
9
4
.692
12
Stanford Stanford
4
8
.333
13
Florida State Florida State
5
7
.417
14
North Carolina North Carolina
4
8
.333
15
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
3
9
.250
16
Boston College Boston College
2
10
.167
17
Syracuse Syracuse
3
9
.250
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
12
2
.857
2
Alabama Alabama
11
4
.733
3
Ole Miss Ole Miss
13
2
.867
4
Texas A&M Texas A&M
11
2
.846
5
Texas Texas
10
3
.769
6
Oklahoma Oklahoma
10
3
.769
7
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
10
3
.769
8
Missouri Missouri
8
5
.615
9
Tennessee Tennessee
8
5
.615
10
LSU LSU
7
6
.538
11
Kentucky Kentucky
5
7
.417
12
Florida Florida
4
8
.333
13
Auburn Auburn
5
7
.417
14
Mississippi State Mississippi State
5
8
.385
15
South Carolina South Carolina
4
8
.333
16
Arkansas Arkansas
2
10
.167
Big 10WLPCT
1
Indiana Indiana
15
0
1.000
2
Ohio State Ohio State
12
2
.857
3
Oregon Oregon
13
2
.867
4
Michigan Michigan
9
4
.692
5
USC USC
9
4
.692
6
Iowa Iowa
9
4
.692
7
Illinois Illinois
9
4
.692
8
Minnesota Minnesota
8
5
.615
9
Washington Washington
9
4
.692
10
Nebraska Nebraska
7
6
.538
11
Northwestern Northwestern
7
6
.538
12
Penn State Penn State
7
6
.538
13
UCLA UCLA
3
9
.250
14
Rutgers Rutgers
5
7
.417
15
Wisconsin Wisconsin
4
8
.333
16
Maryland Maryland
4
8
.333
17
Michigan State Michigan State
4
8
.333
18
Purdue Purdue
2
10
.167
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
UNLV UNLV
10
4
.714
2
New Mexico New Mexico
9
4
.692
3
San Diego State San Diego State
9
4
.692
4
Boise State Boise State
9
5
.643
5
Fresno State Fresno State
9
4
.692
6
Hawaii Hawaii
9
4
.692
7
Utah State Utah State
6
7
.462
8
Air Force Air Force
4
8
.333
9
Wyoming Wyoming
4
8
.333
10
Nevada Nevada
3
9
.250
11
San José State San José State
3
9
.250
12
Colorado State Colorado State
2
10
.167
American AthleticWLPCT
1
North Texas North Texas
12
2
.857
2
Tulane Tulane
11
3
.786
3
Navy Navy
11
2
.846
4
South Florida South Florida
9
4
.692
5
East Carolina East Carolina
9
4
.692
6
Memphis Memphis
8
5
.615
7
Army Army
7
6
.538
8
UTSA UTSA
7
6
.538
9
Temple Temple
5
7
.417
10
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
4
8
.333
11
Rice Rice
5
8
.385
12
UAB UAB
4
8
.333
13
Tulsa Tulsa
4
8
.333
14
Charlotte Charlotte
1
11
.083
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
10
2
.833
2
UConn UConn
9
4
.692
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
12
2
.857
2
BYU BYU
12
2
.857
3
Utah Utah
11
2
.846
4
Houston Houston
10
3
.769
5
Arizona Arizona
9
4
.692
6
Arizona State Arizona State
8
5
.615
7
Iowa State Iowa State
8
4
.667
8
Kansas State Kansas State
6
6
.500
9
TCU TCU
9
4
.692
10
Cincinnati Cincinnati
7
6
.538
11
Baylor Baylor
5
7
.417
12
Kansas Kansas
5
7
.417
13
UCF UCF
5
7
.417
14
West Virginia West Virginia
4
8
.333
15
Colorado Colorado
3
9
.250
16
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
1
11
.083
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
7
6
.538
2
Oregon State Oregon State
2
10
.167
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Western Michigan Western Michigan
10
4
.714
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
7
7
.500
3
Ohio Ohio
9
4
.692
4
Toledo Toledo
8
5
.615
5
Central Michigan Central Michigan
7
6
.538
6
Akron Akron
5
7
.417
7
Buffalo Buffalo
5
7
.417
8
Kent State Kent State
5
7
.417
9
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
8
.333
10
Ball State Ball State
4
8
.333
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
4
8
.333
12
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
3
9
.250
13
UMass UMass
0
12
.000
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
12
2
.857
2
Troy Troy
8
6
.571
3
Old Dominion Old Dominion
10
3
.769
4
Southern Miss Southern Miss
7
6
.538
5
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
6
7
.462
6
Louisiana Louisiana
6
7
.462
7
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
7
6
.538
8
Arkansas State Arkansas State
7
6
.538
9
Marshall Marshall
5
7
.417
10
Texas State Texas State
7
6
.538
11
Appalachian State Appalachian State
5
8
.385
12
South Alabama South Alabama
4
8
.333
13
Georgia State Georgia State
1
11
.083
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
3
9
.250
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
10
4
.714
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
9
5
.643
3
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
9
4
.692
4
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
8
5
.615
5
Missouri State Missouri State
7
6
.538
6
FIU FIU
7
6
.538
7
Delaware Delaware
7
6
.538
8
Liberty Liberty
4
8
.333
9
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
3
9
.250
10
New Mexico State New Mexico State
4
8
.333
11
UTEP UTEP
2
10
.167
12
Sam Houston Sam Houston
2
10
.167

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
11/15
MICH MICH
@
NW NW
24-22
Sat
11/15
USF USF
@
NAVY NAVY
38-41
Sat
11/15
SC SC
@
TAMU TAMU
30-31
Sat
11/15
UTEP UTEP
@
MOST MOST
24-38
Sat
11/15
MTSU MTSU
@
WKU WKU
26-42

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
8/29
UNC UNC
@
TCU TCU
12:00 PM
Sat
8/29
SJSU SJSU
@
USC USC
3:00 PM
Sat
8/29
NCST NCST
@
UVA UVA
3:30 PM
Sat
8/29
JVST JVST
@
NDSU NDSU
5:30 PM
Sat
8/29
SAC SAC
@
EMU EMU
6:30 PM