most rushing touchdowns in college football in 1997

Ricky Williams and Travis Prentice were tied for the most rushing touchdowns in 1997, with 25 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:

most rushing touchdowns by a player in college football in 1997

	NAME	RUSH TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ricky Williams R. Williams	25	1997	TEX	11	1,893	279	6.8	172.1	150	20	7.5	13.6	0
2	Travis Prentice T. Prentice	25	1997	M-OH	11	1,549	296	5.2	140.8	138	23	6.0	12.5	0
3	Skip Hicks S. Hicks	22	1997	UCLA	11	1,142	227	5.0	103.8	336	19	17.7	30.5	3
4	Ahman Green A. Green	22	1997	NEB	12	1,877	278	6.8	156.4	105	14	7.5	8.8	0
5	Chris McCoy C. McCoy	20	1997	NAVY	11	1,370	246	5.6	124.5
6	Scott Frost S. Frost	19	1997	NEB	12	1,095	176	6.2	91.3
7	Curtis Enis C. Enis	19	1997	PSU	11	1,363	228	6.0	123.9	215	25	8.6	19.5	1
8	Chris Lemon C. Lemon	19	1997	NEV	11	1,055	250	4.2	95.9	115	10	11.5	10.5	0
9	Tavian Banks T. Banks	17	1997	IOWA	11	1,639	246	6.7	149.0	200	18	11.1	18.2	2
10	Harold Shaw H. Shaw	16	1997	USM	11	1,045	245	4.3	95.0	147	26	5.7	13.4	0
11	Benji Wood B. Wood	16	1997	RICE	11	936	172	5.4	85.1	2	1	2.0	0.2	0
12	Amos Zereoue A. Zereoue	16	1997	WVU	10	1,505	264	5.7	150.5	76	11	6.9	7.6	0
13	Kevin Faulk K. Faulk	15	1997	LSU	9	1,144	205	5.6	127.1	93	16	5.8	10.3	0
14	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	15	1997	WIS	10	1,421	249	5.7	142.1	117	10	11.7	11.7	0
15	Corby Jones C. Jones	14	1997	MIZ	11	887	183	4.8	80.6
16	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	13	1997	FLA	11	1,292	214	6.0	117.5	238	24	9.9	21.6	0
17	Kevin McDougal K. McDougal	13	1997	CSU	12	1,111	150	7.4	92.6	100	12	8.3	8.3	1
18	Edgerrin James E. James	13	1997	MIA	10	1,098	184	6.0	109.8	250	19	13.2	25.0	1
19	Robert Edwards R. Edwards	12	1997	UGA	10	908	165	5.5	90.8	214	23	9.3	21.4	1
20	Autry Denson A. Denson	12	1997	ND	12	1,268	264	4.8	105.7	175	30	5.8	14.6	1
21	Kareem Wilson K. Wilson	12	1997	OHIO	11	834	180	4.6	75.8
22	Brian McKenzie B. McKenzie	12	1997	BYU	11	1,004	218	4.6	91.3	123	15	8.2	11.2	0
23	Mike Grant M. Grant	12	1997	UCF	11	565	132	4.3	51.4	136	24	5.7	12.4	2
24	James Johnson J. Johnson	12	1997	MSST	11	1,069	217	4.9	97.2	56	5	11.2	5.1	0
25	Robert Sanford R. Sanford	11	1997	WMU	11	1,033	216	4.8	93.9	115	10	11.5	10.5	0

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3	Ole Miss	7-1	13-2
4	Texas A&M	7-1	11-2
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6	Oklahoma	6-2	10-3
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Sat 9/5	TXST	@	TEX	3:30 PM
Sat 9/12	OSU	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	UTSA	@	TEX	8:00 PM
Sat 9/26	TEX	@	TENN	1:00 PM
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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