Christian McCaffrey has the most rushing yards in a Big Game, with 284 yards versus California on November 19, 2016.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player in the big game

	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	284	11/19/2016	STAN	@	CAL	31	9.2	3	22	4	5	5.5	0
2	Joe Igber J. Igber	226	11/23/2002	CAL	vs	STAN	26	8.7	1	17	3		5.7	0
3	Jahvid Best J. Best	201	11/22/2008	CAL	vs	STAN	19	10.6	2	35	3		11.7	1
4	Shane Vereen S. Vereen	193	11/21/2009	CAL	@	STAN	42	4.6	3	10	1		10.0	0
5	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	192	11/21/2015	STAN	vs	CAL	29	6.6	0	49	1	2	49.0	1
6	Stepfan Taylor S. Taylor	189	10/20/2012	STAN	@	CAL	28	6.8	1	11	2		5.5	0
7	J.J. Arrington	169	11/20/2004	CAL	vs	STAN	27	6.3	1	17	2		8.5	0
8	Jaydn Ott J. Ott	166	11/18/2023	CAL	@	STAN	36	4.6	1	22	2	2	11.0	0
9	Patrick Laird P. Laird	153	11/18/2017	CAL	@	STAN	20	7.7	1	47	4	6	11.8	0
10	Micah Ford M. Ford	150	11/22/2025	STAN	vs	CAL	29	5.2	1	7	1	1	7.0	0
11	Toby Gerhart T. Gerhart	136	11/21/2009	STAN	vs	CAL	20	6.8	4	29	1		29.0	0
12	Christopher Brooks C. Brooks	131	11/20/2021	CAL	@	STAN	13	10.1	0	2	2	3	1.0	1
13	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	127	11/23/1996	STAN	@	CAL	24	5.3		3	1		3.0
14	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	123	11/19/2005	CAL	@	STAN	24	5.1	1	1	2		0.5	0
15	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	122	11/20/2004	CAL	vs	STAN	9	13.6	1	3	1		3.0	0
16	Damien Moore D. Moore	121	11/27/2020	CAL	vs	STAN	10	12.1	0	10	1	1	10.0	0
17	Patrick Laird P. Laird	116	12/1/2018	CAL	vs	STAN	19	6.1	0	16	4	5	4.0	0
18	Casey Moore C. Moore	116	11/20/1999	STAN	vs	CAL	6	19.3
19	Daniel Lasco D. Lasco	103	11/22/2014	CAL	vs	STAN	18	5.7	1	0	1	1	0.0	0
20	Toby Gerhart T. Gerhart	103	11/22/2008	STAN	@	CAL	19	5.4	1	14	2		7.0	0
21	Bryce Love B. Love	101	11/18/2017	STAN	vs	CAL	14	7.2	1	2	1	2	2.0	0
22	Saleem Muhammad S. Muhammad	99	11/18/2000	CAL	vs	STAN	14	7.1	1	-5	1		-5.0	0
23	Jaydn Ott J. Ott	97	11/19/2022	CAL	vs	STAN	18	5.4	1	51	3	4	17.0	0
24	Isi Sofele I. Sofele	96	11/19/2011	CAL	@	STAN	21	4.6	0
25	Justin Forsett J. Forsett	96	12/1/2007	CAL	@	STAN	19	5.1	0	10	3		3.3	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,813

Gulbranson

RUSH

643

Ford

REC

749

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

18.8

137th

OPP PPG

29.2

107th

RUSH YDS/G

83.7

177th

PASS YDS/G

222.0

91st

2025 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Louisville	4-4	9-4
11	Wake Forest	4-4	9-4
12	Stanford	3-5	4-8
13	Florida State	2-6	5-7
14	North Carolina	2-6	4-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/29	HAW	@	STAN	1:00 PM
Fri 9/4	MIA	@	STAN	9:00 PM
Sat 9/19	STAN	@	DUKE	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	GT	@	STAN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	STAN	@	WAKE	1:00 PM

Last Game

Notre Dame

10 - 2

Final

Stanford

4 - 8

Sat 29 Nov 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

1,278

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

246.7

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