most rushing yards in one conference championship game

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

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player in one conference championship game

	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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PASS

3,610

Sayin

RUSH

1,090

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REC

1,243

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Team Rankings

PPG

34.9

21st

OPP PPG

8.2

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RUSH YDS/G

162.8

69th

PASS YDS/G

266.8

32nd

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Indiana	9-0	15-0
2	Ohio State	9-0	12-2
3	Oregon	8-1	13-2
4	Michigan	7-2	9-4
5	USC	7-2	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	BALL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	OSU	@	TEX	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Miami

2 - 0

Final

Ohio State

0 - 1

Wed 31 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

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

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Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

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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

246.7

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