what are the most rushing touchdowns in a single game in college football

Jaret Patterson has scored the most rushing touchdowns in a game, with 8 touchdowns against Kent State on November 28, 2020.

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	NAME	RUSH TD	DATE	TM		OPP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Jaret Patterson J. Patterson	8	11/28/2020	BUFF	vs	KENT	409	36	11.4
2	Kalen Ballage K. Ballage	7	9/10/2016	ASU	vs	TTU	137	13	10.5	48	2	4	24.0	1
3	Keenan Reynolds K. Reynolds	7	11/22/2013	NAVY	@	SJSU	240	36	6.7	0	0			0
4	Montel Harris M. Harris	7	11/17/2012	TEM	@	ARMY	351	36	9.8
5	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	6	8/31/2024	BSU	@	GASO	267	20	13.4	4	3	4	1.3	0
6	Israel Abanikanda I. Abanikanda	6	10/8/2022	PITT	vs	VT	320	36	8.9	0	0	1		0
7	Jaret Patterson J. Patterson	6	11/29/2019	BUFF	vs	BGSU	298	26	11.5
8	Ryquell Armstead R. Armstead	6	11/10/2018	TEM	@	HOU	210	30	7.0	0	0	1		0
9	Kenneth Dixon K. Dixon	6	11/7/2015	LT	vs	UNT	195	22	8.9	32	3	4	10.7	0
10	Keenan Reynolds K. Reynolds	6	11/15/2014	NAVY	vs	GASO	277	30	9.2
11	Kapri Bibbs K. Bibbs	6	11/16/2013	CSU	@	UNM	291	38	7.7	0	0			0
12	Kenneth Dixon K. Dixon	6	10/20/2012	LT	vs	IDHO	232	17	13.6
13	Stefphon Jefferson S. Jefferson	6	9/22/2012	NEV	@	HAW	170	31	5.5	76	3		25.3	1
14	Carnell Williams C. Williams	6	10/18/2003	AUB	vs	MSST	161	15	10.7
15	Willis McGahee W. McGahee	6	12/7/2002	MIA	vs	VT	205	39	5.3	21	2		10.5	0
16	Craig Candeto C. Candeto	6	12/7/2002	NAVY	@	ARMY	103	18	5.7
17	Chance Kretschmer C. Kretschmer	6	11/24/2001	NEV	@	UTEP	327	45	7.3
18	Chris Brown C. Brown	6	11/23/2001	COLO	vs	NEB	198	24	8.3
19	Levron Williams L. Williams	6	10/6/2001	IND	@	WIS	280	20	14.0
20	Dwone Hicks D. Hicks	6	10/7/2000	MTSU	vs	LT	311	32	9.7
21	Quentin Griffin Q. Griffin	6	10/7/2000	OKLA	vs	TEX	87	23	3.8	45	3		15.0	0
22	Ashton Daniels A. Daniels	5	10/3/2026	FSU	vs	UVA	136	17	8.0	0	0	0		0
23	Caleb Hawkins C. Hawkins	5	11/15/2025	UNT	@	UAB	189	27	7.0	21	1	2	21.0	0
24	Jonah Coleman J. Coleman	5	9/6/2025	WASH	vs	UCD	111	15	7.4	24	1	2	24.0	0
25	Bryson Daily B. Daily	5	10/19/2024	ARMY	vs	ECU	171	31	5.5	0	0	0		0

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Team Leaders

PASS

555

Wright

RUSH

352

Burch

REC

400

Morrow

Team Rankings

PPG

20.4

126th

OPP PPG

30.6

128th

RUSH YDS/G

152.0

96th

PASS YDS/G

161.6

159th

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Eastern Michigan	2-0	3-3
4	Toledo	1-0	4-1
5	Buffalo	0-1	2-3
6	Central Michigan	1-0	3-2
7	Miami (OH)	0-1	2-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	BUFF	@	TOL	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	MASS	@	BUFF	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BGSU	@	BUFF	1:00 PM
Tue 11/3	BUFF	@	M-OH	7:00 PM
Wed 11/11	BUFF	@	BALL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Western Michigan

3 - 2

Final

Buffalo

2 - 3

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,613

Jennings

1,530

Sayin

1,519

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

613

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

603

Hernandez

585

Legree

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

14

Stokes

14

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith

8

Dixon

7

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

204.6

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

7.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.8

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.0

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

541.2

524.6

523.3

514.4

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

297.3

294.0

281.5

281.3

277.8

Pass Yards Rankings

365.0

361.3

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

Sack Leaders

22.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	1	.800
3	Georgia	5	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	2	.600
8	Kentucky	4	1	.800
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	4	1	.800
11	Tennessee	4	1	.800
12	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	3	.400
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	1	.800
4	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	3	.400
14	Maryland	2	3	.400
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	2	3	.400
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	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	2	.600
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	4	1	.800
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	3	2	.600
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	2	2	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	1	.800
2	Kent State	2	3	.400
3	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
4	Toledo	4	1	.800
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
7	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
8	Ohio	3	2	.600
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	4	.200
11	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	2	.600
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	3	.400
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	3	.400
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	3	2	.600
15	NC State	3	2	.600
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	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	3	2	.600
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	4	1	.800
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	5	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	4	1	.800
6	Marshall	3	2	.600
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	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	UNLV	3	2	.600
3	Wyoming	2	3	.400
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	New Mexico	4	1	.800
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	4	.200
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	WKU	@	UGA	20-70
Sat 9/12	STON	@	BALL	17-41
Sat 9/12	ULM	@	UAB	20-26
Sat 9/12	UNLV	@	UNT	6-44
Sat 9/12	UCD	@	SMU	10-56

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	FRES	@	WSU	9:30 PM
Sat 10/3	TXST	@	SDSU	10:30 PM
Sat 10/3	BAY	@	ASU	10:30 PM
Sat 10/3	CIN	@	ARIZ	11:00 PM
Sun 10/4	SJSU	@	HAW	12:00 AM

Jaret Patterson has scored the most rushing touchdowns in a game, with 8 touchdowns against Kent State on November 28, 2020.

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