most rushing yards in a season by a team in ncaa history

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

	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

1,038

Mateer

RUSH

236

Avant

REC

331

Sategna

Team Rankings

PPG

23.0

109th

OPP PPG

17.6

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

95.8

169th

PASS YDS/G

208.8

106th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Tennessee	2-1	5-1
7	Ole Miss	2-1	4-1
8	Oklahoma	1-1	3-2
9	Florida	2-2	4-2
10	Texas	1-1	4-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	UK	@	OKLA	7:30 PM
Sat 10/24	OKLA	@	MSST	3:30 PM
Sat 10/31	SCAR	@	OKLA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	OKLA	@	FLA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MISS	@	OKLA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Texas

4 - 1

Final

Oklahoma

3 - 2

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	4	.333
7	Texas State	3	3	.500
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	3	.500
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	4	3	.571
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333