most rushing yards in a season by a college football team

The Oklahoma Sooners have the most rushing yards by a team in a season, with 5,196 yards in 1971.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Rushing Yards: team season data complete from 1956

	TEAM	RUSH YDS	SEASON	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Oklahoma	5,196	1971	11	760	6.8	472.4	56
2	Oklahoma	4,827	1974	11	813	5.9	438.8	45
3	Nebraska	4,820	1983	12	724	6.7	401.7	66
4	Georgia Tech	4,789	2014	14	790	6.1	342.1	47
5	Nebraska	4,732	1982	12	762	6.2	394.3	52
6	Georgia Southern	4,719	2015	13	728	6.5	363.0	54
7	Oklahoma	4,717	1987	11	730	6.5	428.8	51
8	Nebraska	4,711	1997	12	755	6.2	392.6	66
9	Army	4,710	2017	13	785	6.0	362.3	50
10	Oklahoma	4,709	1978	11	721	6.5	428.1	50
11	Navy	4,687	2019	13	773	6.1	360.5	52
12	Air Force	4,635	1987	12	782	5.9	386.3	43
13	Auburn	4,598	2013	14	729	6.3	328.4	48
14	Nebraska	4,588	1988	12	738	6.2	382.3	47
15	Georgia Southern	4,573	2014	12	642	7.1	381.1	55
16	Navy	4,569	2017	13	822	5.6	351.5	42
17	New Mexico	4,550	2016	13	688	6.6	350.0	48
18	Navy	4,534	2007	13	804	5.6	348.8	46
19	Air Force	4,530	1988	12	734	6.2	377.5	48
20	Nevada	4,484	2009	13	607	7.4	344.9	48
21	Wisconsin	4,482	2014	14	648	6.9	320.1	46
22	Air Force	4,468	2015	14	816	5.5	319.1	45
23	Oklahoma	4,452	1986	11	719	6.2	404.7	50
24	Army	4,438	2012	12	806	5.5	369.8	32
25	Army	4,412	2016	13	789	5.6	339.4	46

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More Oklahoma Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,591

Mateer

RUSH

322

Avant

REC

578

Sategna

Team Rankings

PPG

21.6

117th

OPP PPG

17.7

28th

RUSH YDS/G

105.6

158th

PASS YDS/G

228.1

81st

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	LSU	3-2	6-2
7	Tennessee	3-2	6-2
8	Oklahoma	2-2	4-3
9	Missouri	2-2	5-2
10	Texas	2-2	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	SCAR	@	OKLA	4:15 PM
Sat 11/7	OKLA	@	FLA	7:45 PM
Sat 11/14	MISS	@	OKLA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	TXAM	@	OKLA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	OKLA	@	MIZZ	1:00 PM

Last Game

Oklahoma

4 - 3

Final

Mississippi State

4 - 3

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

963

Riley

957

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.8

43.0

42.7

41.1

40.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

323.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	3	.571
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Marshall	4	3	.571
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
9	Kent State	3	6	.333
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
7	Tulane	4	4	.500
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Charlotte	1	7	.125
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	5	3	.625
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	West Virginia	5	3	.625
11	UCF	4	4	.500
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125