most rushing yards in college football by a team in 2021

The Air Force Falcons had the most rushing yards by a team in 2021, with 4,267 yards.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: team season data complete from 1956

	TEAM	RUSH YDS	SEASON	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Air Force	4,267	2021	13	836	5.1	328.2	44
2	Army	3,648	2021	13	758	4.8	280.6	46
3	Kent State	3,482	2021	14	647	5.4	248.7	36
4	Northern Illinois	3,379	2021	14	649	5.2	241.4	36
5	Baylor	3,070	2021	14	572	5.4	219.3	29
6	North Texas	3,062	2021	13	639	4.8	235.5	32
7	Utah	3,035	2021	14	545	5.6	216.8	37
8	Michigan	3,001	2021	14	575	5.2	214.4	39
9	Coastal Carolina	2,974	2021	13	509	5.8	228.8	36
10	Arkansas	2,961	2021	13	588	5.0	227.8	26
11	Georgia State	2,945	2021	13	585	5.0	226.5	25
12	Georgia	2,864	2021	15	545	5.3	190.9	29
13	Ole Miss	2,839	2021	13	590	4.8	218.4	33
14	Oregon	2,833	2021	14	536	5.3	202.4	36
15	Tennessee	2,832	2021	13	577	4.9	217.8	30
16	Western Michigan	2,783	2021	13	590	4.7	214.1	31
17	North Carolina	2,765	2021	13	514	5.4	212.7	30
18	Oregon State	2,761	2021	13	521	5.3	212.4	33
19	Wyoming	2,745	2021	13	544	5.0	211.2	24
20	Wisconsin	2,742	2021	13	567	4.8	210.9	26
21	Louisville	2,728	2021	13	504	5.4	209.8	29
22	Navy	2,718	2021	12	697	3.9	226.5	19
23	Louisiana	2,715	2021	14	565	4.8	193.9	34
24	Florida	2,713	2021	13	495	5.5	208.7	26
25	Appalachian State	2,691	2021	14	567	4.7	192.2	26

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More Air Force Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

296

Szarka

RUSH

490

Medders

REC

135

Kibbee

Team Rankings

PPG

28.4

73rd

OPP PPG

20.9

45th

RUSH YDS/G

337.4

2nd

PASS YDS/G

67.6

227th

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	UNLV	2-1	4-3
4	North Dakota State	3-2	6-2
5	Air Force	3-2	5-2
6	Nevada	2-2	3-4
7	San Jose State	2-2	4-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	CONN	@	AFA	3:00 PM
Sat 11/7	AFA	@	ARMY	7:30 PM
Sat 11/14	SJSU	@	AFA	7:00 PM
Fri 11/20	UTEP	@	AFA	8:00 PM
Fri 11/27	AFA	@	UNM	4:30 PM

Last Game

Air Force

5 - 2

Final

Wyoming

5 - 3

Fri 23 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	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	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	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
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	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
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