most rushing yards by a nfl player in one conference championship game

Trey Sermon has rushed for the most yards in a conference championship game, with 331 yards against Northwestern on December 19, 2020.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Trey Sermon T. Sermon	331	12/19/2020	OSU	vs	NW	29	11.4	2	4	3	6	1.3	0
2	Tre Mason T. Mason	304	12/7/2013	AUB	vs	MIZ	46	6.6	4	8	1	1	8.0	0
3	Kevin Smith K. Smith	284	12/1/2007	UCF	vs	TLSA	39	7.3	4
4	Garrett Wolfe G. Wolfe	270	12/1/2005	NIU	@	AKR	42	6.4	2
5	Kevin McDougal K. McDougal	255	12/6/1997	CSU	vs	UNM	20	12.8		15	2		7.5
6	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	235	12/6/2003	KSU	vs	OKLA	22	10.7	0	88	3		29.3	1
7	Kimani Vidal K. Vidal	233	12/2/2023	TROY	vs	APP	26	9.0	5	0	0	1		0
8	C.J. Spiller	233	12/5/2009	CLEM	@	GT	20	11.7	4	5	1		5.0	0
9	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	220	12/6/2014	OSU	vs	WIS	20	11.0	2	0	0	1		0
10	LaMichael James L. James	219	12/2/2011	ORE	vs	UCLA	25	8.8	3	24	2		12.0	0
11	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	216	12/1/2012	WIS	vs	NEB	9	24.0	1
12	Wayne Knight W. Knight	212	12/5/2025	JMU	vs	TROY	21	10.1	1	11	2	6	5.5	0
13	Darrell Henderson D. Henderson	210	12/1/2018	MEM	@	UCF	16	13.1	3	9	2	3	4.5	0
14	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	209	12/6/2024	BSU	vs	UNLV	32	6.5	1	14	2	2	7.0	0
15	Anthony Wales A. Wales	209	12/3/2016	WKU	vs	LT	36	5.8	4	53	5	5	10.6	1
16	CJ Verdell	208	12/6/2019	ORE	vs	UTAH	18	11.6	3	0	0	1		0
17	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	207	12/5/2015	STAN	@	USC	32	6.5	1	105	4	4	26.3	1
18	Greg McCrae G. McCrae	206	12/1/2018	UCF	vs	MEM	24	8.6	1	30	3	4	10.0	0
19	Sincere McCormick S. McCormick	204	12/3/2021	UTSA	vs	WKU	36	5.7	3	35	3	3	11.7	0
20	Montee Ball M. Ball	202	12/1/2012	WIS	vs	NEB	21	9.6	3
21	Tre Stewart T. Stewart	201	12/6/2024	JVST	vs	WKU	27	7.4	3	54	3	4	18.0	0
22	Justin Vincent J. Vincent	201	12/6/2003	LSU	vs	UGA	18	11.2	2
23	Alexander Mattison A. Mattison	200	12/1/2018	BSU	vs	FRES	40	5.0	1	0	0	1		0
24	Tyjae Spears T. Spears	199	12/3/2022	TULN	vs	UCF	22	9.0	1	2	1	3	2.0	0
25	Johnathan Franklin J. Franklin	194	11/30/2012	UCLA	@	STAN	19	10.2	2	22	3		7.3	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,206

Sayin

RUSH

283

Jackson

REC

617

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

45.0

6th

OPP PPG

12.3

12th

RUSH YDS/G

156.8

85th

PASS YDS/G

365.3

2nd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Nebraska	1-0	4-0
5	Minnesota	1-0	3-1
6	Ohio State	1-0	3-1
7	Oregon	1-0	3-1
8	Wisconsin	1-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	3:30 PM
Sat 10/10	MD	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	OSU	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	OSU	@	USC	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ORE	@	OSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Illinois

2 - 2

Final

Ohio State

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	ODU	@	VT	21-44
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	9:00 PM
Fri 10/2	LIB	@	DEL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PITT	@	VT	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM

Trey Sermon has rushed for the most yards in a conference championship game, with 331 yards against Northwestern on December 19, 2020.

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