most team rushing yards per game college football single season

The Oklahoma Sooners have the most rushing yards per game by a team in a season, with 472.4 per game in 1971.

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	TEAM	RUSH YDS/G	SEASON	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD
1	Oklahoma	472.4	1971	11	5,196	760	6.8	56
2	Oklahoma	438.8	1974	11	4,827	813	5.9	45
3	Oklahoma	428.8	1987	11	4,717	730	6.5	51
4	Oklahoma	428.1	1978	11	4,709	721	6.5	50
5	Oklahoma	404.7	1986	11	4,452	719	6.2	50
6	Nebraska	401.7	1983	12	4,820	724	6.7	66
7	UCLA	400.3	1973	11	4,403	689	6.4	56
8	Nebraska	399.8	1995	11	4,398	627	7.0	51
9	Nebraska	394.3	1982	12	4,732	762	6.2	52
10	Nebraska	392.6	1997	12	4,711	755	6.2	66
11	Oklahoma	391.0	1956	10	3,910	677	5.8	52
12	Air Force	386.3	1987	12	4,635	782	5.9	43
13	New Mexico	384.5	1971	11	4,229	747	5.7	43
14	Nebraska	382.3	1988	12	4,588	738	6.2	47
15	Georgia Southern	381.1	2014	12	4,573	642	7.1	55
16	Nebraska	378.3	1980	11	4,161	739	5.6	45
17	Air Force	377.5	1988	12	4,530	734	6.2	48
18	Nebraska	375.3	1989	11	4,128	641	6.4	40
19	Texas	374.5	1970	10	3,745	715	5.2	51
20	Nebraska	374.3	1985	11	4,117	697	5.9	40
21	Nebraska	373.5	1987	11	4,108	673	6.1	40
22	Colorado	371.8	1989	11	4,090	666	6.1	54
23	Army	369.8	2012	12	4,438	806	5.5	32
24	Oklahoma	368.8	1972	11	4,057	803	5.1	39
25	East Carolina	368.5	1979	11	4,053	692	5.9	47

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More Oklahoma Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,038

Mateer

RUSH

236

Avant

REC

331

Sategna

Team Rankings

PPG

23.0

108th

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

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

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

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

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	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
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	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
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	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
7	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
8	Missouri State	2	4	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	5	.167
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	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	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
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