Lew Nichols has the most career rushing yards by a freshman, with 2,445 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Lew Nichols L. Nichols	2,445	23	438	5.6	106.3	20	447	50	65	8.9	19.4	3
2	Sean Tucker S. Tucker	2,122	21	383	5.5	101.0	16	368	28	45	13.1	17.5	2
3	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	1,977	14	299	6.6	141.2	13	95	8	14	11.9	6.8	0
4	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	1,863	12	295	6.3	155.3	18	133	14		9.5	11.1	0
5	Samaje Perine S. Perine	1,713	13	263	6.5	131.8	21	108	15	16	7.2	8.3	0
6	Herschel Walker H. Walker	1,616	11	274	5.9	146.9	15	70	7		10.0	6.4	0
7	AJ Dillon	1,589	13	300	5.3	122.2	14
8	Keaton Mitchell K. Mitchell	1,575	21	262	6.0	75.0	11	332	33	40	10.1	15.8	2
9	Quinshon Judkins Q. Judkins	1,567	13	274	5.7	120.5	16	132	15	20	8.8	10.2	1
10	Jarvion Franklin J. Franklin	1,551	13	306	5.1	119.3	24	168	15	18	11.2	12.9	1
11	Kenneth Gainwell K. Gainwell	1,550	17	235	6.6	91.2	14	662	57	67	11.6	38.9	3
12	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	1,547	13	219	7.1	119.0	14	213	18	21	11.8	16.4	2
13	Frank Gore Jr. F. Gore Jr.	1,509	22	300	5.0	68.6	7	252	29	33	8.7	11.5	1
14	Caleb Hawkins C. Hawkins	1,434	13	231	6.2	110.3	25	370	32	39	11.6	28.5	4
15	Rasheen Ali R. Ali	1,423	18	255	5.6	79.1	23	334	45	57	7.4	18.6	1
16	J.K. Dobbins	1,403	14	194	7.2	100.2	7	135	22	26	6.1	9.6	1
17	Jermar Jefferson J. Jefferson	1,380	12	239	5.8	115.0	12	147	25	31	5.9	12.3	0
18	Makhi Hughes M. Hughes	1,378	14	258	5.3	98.4	7	67	11	12	6.1	4.8	0
19	Nick Wilson N. Wilson	1,375	13	236	5.8	105.8	16	90	12	15	7.5	6.9	1
20	Royce Freeman R. Freeman	1,365	15	252	5.4	91.0	18	158	16	17	9.9	10.5	1
21	Ahmad Hardy A. Hardy	1,351	12	237	5.7	112.6	13	72	8	10	9.0	6.0	0
22	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,341	11	229	5.9	121.9	13	184	25		7.4	16.7	0
23	Mike Warren M. Warren	1,339	12	227	5.9	111.6	5	70	14	23	5.0	5.8	0
24	Tyjae Spears T. Spears	1,329	20	198	6.7	66.5	12	308	26	37	11.8	15.4	1
25	Spencer Brown S. Brown	1,329	13	250	5.3	102.2	10	42	4	4	10.5	3.2	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,854

Labas

RUSH

540

Biggins

REC

596

Lewis

Team Rankings

PPG

23.8

104th

OPP PPG

22.7

57th

RUSH YDS/G

169.5

62nd

PASS YDS/G

166.2

152nd

2025 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Ohio	6-2	9-4
4	Toledo	6-2	8-5
5	Central Michigan	5-3	7-6
6	Akron	4-4	5-7
7	Buffalo	4-4	5-7

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Central Michigan

0 - 1

Final

Northwestern

1 - 0

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CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

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