most touchdowns in a college football season by a running back

Montee Ball and Barry Sanders are tied for the most total touchdowns by a running back in a season, with 39 touchdowns.

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NAMETDSEASONTMGPRUSH TDREC TDRET TDFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTSPPG
1Montee Ball
M. Ball
39
2011
WIS WIS
14
33
6
0
0
234
16.7
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
39
1988
OKST OKST
11
37
0
234
21.3
3Devin Singletary
D. Singletary
33
2017
FAU FAU
14
32
1
4Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
32
2014
BSU BSU
14
28
4
0
5Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
32
2014
WIS WIS
14
29
3
0
0
0
0
0
18
1.3
6Brock Forsey
B. Forsey
32
2002
BSU BSU
13
26
6
0
0
192
14.8
7Kapri Bibbs
K. Bibbs
31
2013
CSU CSU
14
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
8Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
30
2024
BSU BSU
14
29
1
0
0
0
0
0
180
12.9
9Najee Harris
N. Harris
30
2020
ALA ALA
13
26
4
0
0
0
0
0
18
1.4
10Kevin Smith
K. Smith
30
2007
UCF UCF
14
29
1
0
0
180
12.9
11Caleb Hawkins
C. Hawkins
29
2025
UNT UNT
13
25
4
0
0
0
0
0
174
13.4
12Anthony Wales
A. Wales
29
2016
WKU WKU
13
27
2
0
0
0
0
0
30
2.3
13Blake Corum
B. Corum
28
2023
MICH MICH
15
27
1
0
0
0
0
0
36
2.4
14Darrell Henderson
D. Henderson
28
2018
MEM MEM
14
25
3
0
0
0
0
0
18
1.3
15Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
28
2017
SDSU SDSU
13
23
2
16Derrick Henry
D. Henry
28
2015
ALA ALA
15
28
0
0
17Kenneth Dixon
K. Dixon
28
2014
LT LT
14
22
6
0
0
0
0
0
6
0.4
18Kenneth Dixon
K. Dixon
28
2012
LT LT
12
27
1
0
0
168
14.0
19Toby Gerhart
T. Gerhart
28
2009
STAN STAN
13
28
0
2
0
172
13.2
20Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
28
2002
MIA MIA
13
28
0
0
0
168
12.9
21Luke Staley
L. Staley
28
2001
BYU BYU
11
24
4
1
0
170
15.5
22Lee Suggs
L. Suggs
28
2000
VT VT
11
27
1
0
0
168
15.3
23Ricky Williams
R. Williams
28
1998
TEX TEX
11
27
1
168
15.3
24Jeremy McNichols
J. McNichols
27
2016
BSU BSU
13
23
4
0
25Bernard Pierce
B. Pierce
27
2011
TEM TEM
12
27
0
0
0
162
13.5
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More Wisconsin Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,132

Joseph

Colton Joseph

RUSH

262

Joseph

Colton Joseph

REC

339

Henry

Tyrell Henry
Team Rankings

PPG

31.6

59th

OPP PPG

16.6

27th

RUSH YDS/G

153.0

82nd

PASS YDS/G

226.4

89th

2026 Big 10 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
2
UCLA UCLA
3-0
5-0
3
Ohio State Ohio State
3-0
5-1
4
Wisconsin Wisconsin
2-0
4-1
5
USC USC
3-1
6-1
6
Purdue Purdue
2-1
3-3
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
10/17
WIS WIS
@
UCLA UCLA
7:30 PM
Sat
10/24
USC USC
@
WIS WIS
7:30 PM
Sat
10/31
WIS WIS
@
IOWA IOWA
1:00 PM
Sat
11/7
RUTG RUTG
@
WIS WIS
1:00 PM
Sat
11/14
WIS WIS
@
MD MD
1:00 PM
Last Game
MSU Michigan State

2 - 3

3

Final

31

WIS Wisconsin

4 - 1

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Tayven Jackson
Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

Dylan Riley

828

Roberts

Jamal Roberts

793

Cook

Cam Cook
Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

Jesse Legree

916

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

720

Hernandez

Carlos Hernandez
Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

18

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

17

Taylor

Kamario Taylor
Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

12

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

10

Daniels

Ashton Daniels
Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

Jesse Legree

11

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

9

Dixon

Collin Dixon
QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

Darian Mensah

200.5

Hoover

Josh Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Gunner Stockton
Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

Xavier Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

49.6

Georgia

46.2

Alabama

44.2

Notre Dame

44.0

New Mexico

43.4

Utah

42.8
Opp PPG Rankings
Miami

9.8

North Dakota State

10.3

New Mexico

10.6

Notre Dame

11.0

Indiana

11.8

Florida International

12.2
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

554.8

North Texas

533.8

Texas State

531.6

LSU

524.8

Oregon State

522.3

Oklahoma State

521.4
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

333.2

Air Force

325.6

Navy

299.4

West Virginia

295.5

Texas State

263.6

UCLA

253.2
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

391.2

North Texas

347.0

SMU

341.0

Ohio State

337.8

Miami

334.4

Oklahoma State

322.4
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

24.0

LSU

22.0

Indiana

20.0

Virginia Tech

19.0

Iowa

19.0

Georgia State

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
5
1
.833
2
Oregon State Oregon State
4
2
.667
3
Fresno State Fresno State
4
2
.667
4
San Diego State San Diego State
2
4
.333
5
Utah State Utah State
2
4
.333
6
Colorado State Colorado State
2
3
.400
7
Texas State Texas State
2
3
.400
8
Washington State Washington State
1
5
.167
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
5
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
5
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
5
0
1.000
4
Baylor Baylor
4
1
.800
5
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
4
1
.800
6
Arizona Arizona
5
1
.833
7
Houston Houston
5
1
.833
8
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
1
.800
9
Arizona State Arizona State
3
2
.600
10
Iowa State Iowa State
3
3
.500
11
UCF UCF
3
3
.500
12
Kansas State Kansas State
3
2
.600
13
Colorado Colorado
2
3
.400
14
Kansas Kansas
2
3
.400
15
TCU TCU
2
3
.400
16
West Virginia West Virginia
3
3
.500
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
3
.571
2
Ohio Ohio
4
2
.667
3
Western Michigan Western Michigan
4
2
.667
4
Bowling Green Bowling Green
2
4
.333
5
Buffalo Buffalo
3
3
.500
6
Toledo Toledo
4
2
.667
7
Central Michigan Central Michigan
3
3
.500
8
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
3
3
.500
9
UMass UMass
4
2
.667
10
Kent State Kent State
2
4
.333
11
Akron Akron
1
5
.167
12
Ball State Ball State
1
5
.167
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
5
.167
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
6
0
1.000
2
Alabama Alabama
5
1
.833
3
Kentucky Kentucky
5
1
.833
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
1
.800
5
Missouri Missouri
5
1
.833
6
Tennessee Tennessee
5
1
.833
7
Ole Miss Ole Miss
4
1
.800
8
Oklahoma Oklahoma
3
2
.600
9
Florida Florida
4
2
.667
10
Texas Texas
4
1
.800
11
LSU LSU
4
2
.667
12
Auburn Auburn
3
2
.600
13
South Carolina South Carolina
3
3
.500
14
Texas A&M Texas A&M
3
3
.500
15
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
3
.500
16
Arkansas Arkansas
2
4
.333
Big 10WLPCT
1
Indiana Indiana
6
0
1.000
2
UCLA UCLA
5
0
1.000
3
Ohio State Ohio State
5
1
.833
4
Wisconsin Wisconsin
4
1
.800
5
USC USC
6
1
.857
6
Purdue Purdue
3
3
.500
7
Iowa Iowa
5
1
.833
8
Nebraska Nebraska
5
1
.833
9
Minnesota Minnesota
4
2
.667
10
Northwestern Northwestern
4
1
.800
11
Oregon Oregon
3
2
.600
12
Illinois Illinois
3
3
.500
13
Michigan Michigan
3
2
.600
14
Rutgers Rutgers
1
4
.200
15
Penn State Penn State
3
3
.500
16
Washington Washington
3
3
.500
17
Maryland Maryland
2
4
.333
18
Michigan State Michigan State
2
4
.333
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
5
1
.833
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
4
2
.667
3
Florida International Florida International
3
2
.600
4
New Mexico State New Mexico State
2
4
.333
5
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
2
4
.333
6
Delaware Delaware
2
3
.400
7
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
3
.400
8
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
4
.200
9
Missouri State Missouri State
1
4
.200
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
4
.200
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Memphis Memphis
5
1
.833
2
UTSA UTSA
5
1
.833
3
North Texas North Texas
4
2
.667
4
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
4
1
.800
5
East Carolina East Carolina
3
2
.600
6
Army Army
3
2
.600
7
UAB UAB
3
3
.500
8
Temple Temple
2
4
.333
9
South Florida South Florida
4
2
.667
10
Navy Navy
2
3
.400
11
Tulane Tulane
2
3
.400
12
Tulsa Tulsa
3
3
.500
13
Rice Rice
1
5
.167
14
Charlotte Charlotte
0
6
.000
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
5
0
1.000
2
Wake Forest Wake Forest
5
1
.833
3
Clemson Clemson
3
2
.600
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
5
1
.833
5
SMU SMU
4
1
.800
6
Virginia Virginia
4
2
.667
7
California California
3
3
.500
8
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
2
3
.400
9
Louisville Louisville
3
3
.500
10
Duke Duke
4
1
.800
11
North Carolina North Carolina
3
2
.600
12
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
2
.667
13
Florida State Florida State
3
3
.500
14
NC State NC State
3
3
.500
15
Stanford Stanford
2
4
.333
16
Boston College Boston College
2
3
.400
17
Syracuse Syracuse
2
3
.400
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
UNLV UNLV
4
2
.667
2
New Mexico New Mexico
4
1
.800
3
North Dakota State North Dakota State
5
1
.833
4
Air Force Air Force
4
1
.800
5
Wyoming Wyoming
3
3
.500
6
San Jose State San Jose State
3
3
.500
7
Nevada Nevada
2
3
.400
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
5
.000
9
UTEP UTEP
1
5
.167
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
5
.167
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
6
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
3
3
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
6
0
1.000
2
South Alabama South Alabama
4
2
.667
3
Georgia State Georgia State
4
1
.800
4
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
3
2
.600
5
Troy Troy
3
2
.600
6
Louisiana Louisiana
4
2
.667
7
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
2
4
.333
8
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
2
4
.333
9
Old Dominion Old Dominion
2
4
.333
10
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
2
.600
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
4
.200
12
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
5
.000
13
Marshall Marshall
3
3
.500
14
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
4
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/19
TULN TULN
@
KSU KSU
20-31
Sat
9/19
AKR AKR
@
MINN MINN
7-41
Sat
9/19
NCST NCST
@
VAN VAN
31-35
Sat
9/19
M-OH M-OH
@
CIN CIN
31-35
Sat
9/19
UK UK
@
TXAM TXAM
31-21

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
10/13
DEL DEL
@
MTU MTU
7:00 PM
Tue
10/13
FIU FIU
@
JVST JVST
8:00 PM
Wed
10/14
KENN KENN
@
MOSU MOSU
7:30 PM
Wed
10/14
WKU WKU
@
SHSU SHSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/15
ECU ECU
@
UAB UAB
7:30 PM