most rushing yards yards in college football 2011

Montee Ball rushed for the most yards in 2011, with 1,923 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Montee Ball M. Ball	1,923	2011	WIS	14	307	6.3	137.4	33	306	24	12.8	21.9	6
2	LaMichael James L. James	1,805	2011	ORE	12	247	7.3	150.4	18	210	17	12.4	17.5	1
3	Ronnie Hillman R. Hillman	1,711	2011	SDSU	13	311	5.5	131.6	19	270	24	11.3	20.8	1
4	David Wilson D. Wilson	1,709	2011	VT	14	290	5.9	122.1	9	129	22	5.9	9.2	1
5	Bobby Rainey B. Rainey	1,695	2011	WKU	12	369	4.6	141.3	13	361	36	10.0	30.1	4
6	Trent Richardson T. Richardson	1,679	2011	ALA	13	283	5.9	129.2	21	338	29	11.7	26.0	3
7	Robbie Rouse R. Rouse	1,549	2011	FRES	13	329	4.7	119.2	13	228	32	7.1	17.5	1
8	Terrance Ganaway T. Ganaway	1,547	2011	BAY	13	250	6.2	119.0	21	52	6	8.7	4.0	1
9	John White J. White	1,519	2011	UTAH	13	316	4.8	116.8	15	44	13	3.4	3.4	2
10	Robert Turbin R. Turbin	1,517	2011	USU	13	249	6.1	116.7	19	171	17	10.1	13.2	4
11	Chris Polk C. Polk	1,488	2011	WASH	13	293	5.1	114.5	12	332	31	10.7	25.5	4
12	Bernard Pierce B. Pierce	1,481	2011	TEM	12	273	5.4	123.4	27	52	3	17.3	4.3	0
13	Branden Oliver B. Oliver	1,395	2011	BUFF	12	306	4.6	116.3	13	365	38	9.6	30.4	0
14	Marcus Coker M. Coker	1,384	2011	IOWA	12	281	4.9	115.3	15	157	21	7.5	13.1	0
15	Chandler Harnish C. Harnish	1,379	2011	NIU	14	194	7.1	98.5	11
16	Rex Burkhead R. Burkhead	1,357	2011	NEB	13	284	4.8	104.4	15	177	21	8.4	13.6	2
17	Stepfan Taylor S. Taylor	1,330	2011	STAN	13	242	5.5	102.3	10	182	25	7.3	14.0	2
18	Isi Sofele I. Sofele	1,322	2011	CAL	13	252	5.2	101.7	10	33	6	5.5	2.5	0
19	Doug Martin D. Martin	1,299	2011	BSU	12	263	4.9	108.3	16	255	28	9.1	21.3	2
20	Lamar Miller L. Miller	1,272	2011	MIA	12	227	5.6	106.0	9	85	17	5.0	7.1	1
21	Isaiah Pead I. Pead	1,259	2011	CIN	13	237	5.3	96.8	12	319	39	8.2	24.5	3
22	Giovani Bernard G. Bernard	1,253	2011	UNC	13	239	5.2	96.4	13	362	45	8.0	27.8	1
23	Michael Dyer M. Dyer	1,242	2011	AUB	12	242	5.1	103.5	10	7	2	3.5	0.6	0
24	Silas Redd S. Redd	1,241	2011	PSU	13	244	5.1	95.5	7	40	9	4.4	3.1	0
25	Zach Line Z. Line	1,224	2011	SMU	10	208	5.9	122.4	17	139	15	9.3	13.9	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

987

Joseph

RUSH

190

Sama

REC

307

Henry

Team Rankings

PPG

31.8

67th

OPP PPG

20.0

49th

RUSH YDS/G

134.3

120th

PASS YDS/G

246.8

61st

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
13	Ohio State	1-0	3-1
14	Oregon	1-0	3-1
15	Wisconsin	1-0	3-1
16	Northwestern	0-1	2-1
17	Purdue	0-1	1-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MSU	@	WIS	12:30 PM
Sat 10/17	WIS	@	UCLA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	USC	@	WIS	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	WIS	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	RUTG	@	WIS	1:00 PM

Last Game

Wisconsin

3 - 1

Final

Penn State

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	1	.750
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
11	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
12	Auburn	3	1	.750
13	LSU	3	1	.750
14	South Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Texas A&M	2	2	.500
16	Arkansas	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
2	James Madison	4	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	3	1	.750
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Troy	2	2	.500
8	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
12	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	3	1	.750
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	2	2	.500
7	Washington State	1	3	.250
8	Utah State	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	1	.750
6	Utah	4	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	1	.750
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	2	.500
11	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
12	TCU	2	2	.500
13	UCF	3	1	.750
14	Arizona	3	1	.750
15	Houston	3	1	.750
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	4	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	2	2	.500
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	1	.800
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	4	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	1	.750
6	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	1	.750
8	Washington	3	1	.750
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	2	.500
12	Minnesota	3	1	.750
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	3	1	.750
15	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	2	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
4	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	SMU	3	1	.750
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Stanford	2	2	.500
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	1	.750
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	2	2	.500
13	Charlotte	0	4	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	3	1	.750
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	3	.250
6	UTEP	1	3	.250
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	2	1	.667
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250