rushing and receiving yard single season leaders

	NAME	RUSH YDS	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Trevor Insley T. Insley	5	2,060	1999	NEV	11	1	5.0	0.5	0	134		15.4	187.3	13
2	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	227	1,996	1998	LT	12	21	10.8	18.9	3	140		14.3	166.3	27
3	Michael Crabtree M. Crabtree		1,962	2007	TTU	13					134		14.6	150.9	22
4	Jordan White J. White	27	1,911	2011	WMU	13	1	27.0	2.1	0	140		13.7	147.0	17
5	Jerreth Sterns J. Sterns	17	1,902	2021	WKU	14	5	3.4	1.2	0	150	194	12.7	135.9	17
6	Greg Salas G. Salas		1,889	2010	HAW	14					119		15.9	134.9	14
7	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	6	1,856	2020	ALA	13	4	1.5	0.5	1	117	148	15.9	142.8	23
8	Alex Van Dyke A. Van Dyke	6	1,854	1995	NEV	11	1	6.0	0.5	0	129		14.4	168.5	16
9	Terrance Williams T. Williams	14	1,832	2012	BAY	13	2	7.0	1.1	0	97		18.9	140.9	12
10	Trent Taylor T. Taylor		1,803	2016	LT	14					136	176	13.3	128.8	12
11	J.R. Tolver	40	1,785	2002	SDSU	13	6	6.7	3.1	1	128		13.9	137.3	13
12	Justin Blackmon J. Blackmon	77	1,782	2010	OKST	12	4	19.3	6.4	1	111		16.1	148.5	20
13	Danario Alexander D. Alexander	10	1,781	2009	MIZ	13	1	10.0	0.8	0	113		15.8	137.0	14
14	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	5	1,780	2019	LSU	14	1	5.0	0.4	0	84	125	21.2	127.1	20
15	Howard Twilley H. Twilley		1,779	1965	TLSA	10					134		13.3	177.9	16
16	Freddie Barnes F. Barnes	78	1,770	2009	BGSU	13	25	3.1	6.0	2	155		11.4	136.2	19
17	Patrick Edwards P. Edwards	6	1,752	2011	HOU	14	2	3.0	0.4	0	89		19.7	125.1	20
18	Rashard Higgins R. Higgins		1,750	2014	CSU	12					96	130	18.2	145.8	17
19	Zay Jones Z. Jones	24	1,746	2016	ECU	12	4	6.0	2.0	0	158	222	11.1	145.5	8
20	Josh Reed J. Reed	7	1,740	2001	LSU	12	2	3.5	0.6	0	94		18.5	145.0	7
21	Taywan Taylor T. Taylor	36	1,730	2016	WKU	14	6	6.0	2.6	0	98	149	17.7	123.6	17
22	Brandin Cooks B. Cooks	217	1,730	2013	ORST	13	32	6.8	16.7	2	128	167	13.5	133.1	16
23	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	23	1,727	2014	ALA	14	5	4.6	1.6	0	124	177	13.9	123.4	16
24	Marqise Lee M. Lee	106	1,721	2012	USC	13	13	8.2	8.2	0	118		14.6	132.4	14
25	Davante Adams D. Adams	0	1,719	2013	FRES	13	0		0.0	0	131	118	13.1	132.2	24

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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

246.8

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