most rushing yards by nfl player in one conference championship game

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

	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

598

Sayin

RUSH

157

Jackson

REC

315

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

39.5

42nd

OPP PPG

13.5

38th

RUSH YDS/G

165.5

80th

PASS YDS/G

356.0

5th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Illinois	0-0	1-1
13	Minnesota	0-0	1-1
14	Ohio State	0-0	1-1
15	Oregon	0-0	1-1
16	Purdue	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	MD	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	OSU	@	IND	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ohio State

1 - 1

Final

Texas

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	15-10
Sat 8/29	SJSU	@	USC	26-42
Sat 8/29	NCST	@	UVA	8-34
Sat 8/29	JVST	@	NDSU	7-33
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	17-28

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	SYR	@	PITT	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	MIA	@	WAKE	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	HOU	@	TTU	8:00 PM
Fri 9/18	PRST	@	ORE	10:30 PM
Sat 9/19	CCAR	@	DEL	11:30 AM

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

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