top rushing teams college football 1980 to 2010

From 1980 through 2010, the Nebraska Cornhuskers had the most rushing yards by a team, with 107,787 yards.

	TEAM	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Nebraska	107,787	368	19,641	5.5	292.9	1,164
2	Air Force	105,383	366	21,301	4.9	287.9	977
3	Oklahoma	83,503	368	17,817	4.7	226.9	897
4	Navy	82,523	357	18,327	4.5	231.2	734
5	Army	80,573	350	18,436	4.4	230.2	696
6	West Virginia	72,684	359	16,414	4.4	202.5	670
7	Michigan	71,317	358	16,220	4.4	199.2	692
8	Ohio State	70,808	363	16,141	4.4	195.1	713
9	Northern Illinois	70,167	355	16,639	4.2	197.7	612
10	Clemson	70,112	357	16,566	4.2	196.4	674
11	Alabama	70,010	365	16,328	4.3	191.8	632
12	Virginia Tech	70,001	363	16,784	4.2	192.8	687
13	Penn State	69,413	360	15,316	4.5	192.8	699
14	Wisconsin	68,973	364	16,389	4.2	189.5	645
15	Arkansas	68,953	358	16,590	4.2	192.6	607
16	Notre Dame	68,804	358	16,177	4.3	192.2	702
17	Texas A&M	67,937	360	15,766	4.3	188.7	687
18	Auburn	67,842	361	15,713	4.3	187.9	678
19	Texas	67,076	363	15,614	4.3	184.8	770
20	Georgia Tech	66,723	361	15,883	4.2	184.8	570
21	Oklahoma State	66,674	357	15,776	4.2	186.8	591
22	Tulsa	66,428	359	15,734	4.2	185.0	610
23	Rice	66,212	350	16,465	4.0	189.2	581
24	Central Michigan	65,829	353	16,016	4.1	186.5	583
25	Toledo	65,311	356	15,369	4.2	183.5	616

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More Nebraska Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

904

Colandrea

RUSH

333

Rule

REC

240

Gilmer

Team Rankings

PPG

42.5

17th

OPP PPG

12.0

11th

RUSH YDS/G

236.5

20th

PASS YDS/G

246.3

62nd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Indiana	1-0	4-0
3	Iowa	1-0	4-0
4	Nebraska	1-0	4-0
5	Minnesota	1-0	3-1
6	Ohio State	1-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MD	@	NEB	4:00 PM
Sat 10/10	IND	@	NEB	12:00 PM
Sat 10/17	NEB	@	ORE	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	WASH	@	NEB	1:00 PM
Fri 11/6	NEB	@	ILL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Nebraska

4 - 0

Final

Michigan State

2 - 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

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

7.5

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

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

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	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

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

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

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

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

	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	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
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	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
3	Liberty	3	1	.750
4	Delaware	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

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

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