most total yards by a running back in a college football game

Emmett White has gained the most all-purpose yards by a running back in a game, with 578 yards against New Mexico State on November 4, 2000.

All-time

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Emmett White E. White	578	11/4/2000	USU	@	NMSU	322	34	9.5	4	134	7		19.1	0
2	Reggie Bush R. Bush	513	11/19/2005	USC	vs	FRES	294	23	12.8	2	68	3		22.7	0
3	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	461	12/5/2015	STAN	@	USC	207	32	6.5	1	105	4	4	26.3	1
4	Samaje Perine S. Perine	446	11/22/2014	OKLA	vs	KU	427	34	12.6	5	19	1	2	19.0	0
5	Robbie Mixon R. Mixon	435	11/2/2002	CMU	@	EMU	377	43	8.8	4	7	1		7.0	0
6	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	429	11/18/2017	SDSU	vs	NEV	222	24	9.3	2	6	1	1	6.0	0
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	412	11/20/1999	TCU	vs	UTEP	406	43	9.4		6	2		3.0
8	Travis Prentice T. Prentice	411	11/6/1999	M-OH	vs	AKR	376	41	9.2		35	1		35.0
9	Jaret Patterson J. Patterson	409	11/28/2020	BUFF	vs	KENT	409	36	11.4	8
10	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	408	11/15/2014	WIS	vs	NEB	408	25	16.3	4
11	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	408	12/23/2007	ECU	vs	BSU	223	28	8.0	1	32	3		10.7	1
12	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	408	11/3/2007	ECU	@	MEM	301	20	15.1	4	12	2		6.0	0
13	Deon Jackson D. Jackson	403	10/27/2018	DUKE	@	PITT	162	10	16.2	0	89	3	3	29.7	1
14	Ka'Deem Carey K. Carey	400	11/10/2012	ARIZ	vs	COLO	366	25	14.6	5	34	2		17.0	0
15	Devin Singletary D. Singletary	396	11/26/2016	FAU	@	MTSU	235	29	8.1	3	60	5	6	12.0	0
16	Antonio Andrews A. Andrews	392	11/1/2012	WKU	vs	MTSU	136	25	5.4	0	54	5		10.8	1
17	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	389	11/21/2015	STAN	vs	CAL	192	29	6.6	0	49	1	2	49.0	1
18	Brian Hill B. Hill	387	11/1/2014	WYO	@	FRES	281	23	12.2	2	106	3	4	35.3	0
19	Maurice Drew M. Drew	384	9/18/2004	UCLA	@	WASH	322	26	12.4	5
20	Joe Mixon J. Mixon	377	10/22/2016	OKLA	@	TTU	263	31	8.5	2	114	4	4	28.5	3
21	Gartrell Johnson III G. Johnson III	375	12/20/2008	CSU	vs	FRES	285	27	10.6	2	90	5		18.0	0
22	Hodges Mitchell H. Mitchell	375	11/11/2000	TEX	@	KU	264	37	7.1	3	23	2		11.5	0
23	Ray Graham R. Graham	374	10/2/2010	PITT	vs	FIU	277	29	9.6	3	19	3		6.3	0
24	Darren Davis D. Davis	374	9/28/1996	ISU	vs	MIZ	378	41	9.2		-4	1		-4.0
25	Jason Huntley J. Huntley	373	10/13/2018	NMSU	@	UL	85	8	10.6	0	112	5	7	22.4	1

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Team Leaders

PASS

263

Brosterhous

RUSH

116

Brosterhous

REC

143

Wood

Team Rankings

PPG

15.5

146th

OPP PPG

22.5

84th

RUSH YDS/G

118.5

129th

PASS YDS/G

220.5

85th

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	San Diego State	0-0	1-1
5	Oregon State	0-0	0-2
6	Texas State	0-0	0-2
7	Utah State	0-0	0-2
8	Washington State	0-0	0-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	USU	@	UTAH	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	TROY	@	USU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/3	USU	@	BSU	7:30 PM
Fri 10/9	WSU	@	USU	9:00 PM
Sat 10/24	USU	@	TXST	7:30 PM

Last Game

Utah State

0 - 2

Final

Washington

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

396.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	15-10
Sat 8/29	SJSU	@	USC	26-42
Sat 8/29	NCST	@	UVA	8-34
Sat 8/29	JVST	@	NDSU	7-33
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	17-28

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	SYR	@	PITT	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	MIA	@	WAKE	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	HOU	@	TTU	8:00 PM
Fri 9/18	PRST	@	ORE	10:30 PM
Sat 9/19	CCAR	@	DEL	11:30 AM

Emmett White has gained the most all-purpose yards by a running back in a game, with 578 yards against New Mexico State on November 4, 2000.

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