who has the most rushing yards in a bowl game

Frank Gore Jr. has the most rushing yards in a bowl game, with 329 yards in the LendingTree Bowl against Rice on December 17, 2022.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Frank Gore Jr. F. Gore Jr.	329	12/17/2022	USM	vs	RICE	21	15.7	2	0	0	0		0
2	Camerun Peoples C. Peoples	317	12/21/2020	APP	@	UNT	22	14.4	5
3	P.J. Daniels	307	1/3/2004	GT	vs	TLSA	31	9.9	4
4	Johnny Jefferson J. Jefferson	299	12/29/2015	BAY	vs	UNC	23	13.0	3
5	Gartrell Johnson III G. Johnson III	285	12/20/2008	CSU	vs	FRES	27	10.6	2	90	5		18.0	0
6	Tony Temple T. Temple	281	1/1/2008	MIZ	vs	ARK	24	11.7	4
7	Ray Rice R. Rice	280	1/5/2008	RUTG	vs	BALL	35	8.0	4	15	2		7.5	0
8	Freddie Brock IV F. Brock IV	276	12/23/2023	GAST	@	USU	24	11.5	1	15	2	2	7.5	0
9	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	271	1/4/2015	TOL	@	ARST	32	8.5	5	-5	1	1	-5.0	0
10	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	266	12/30/2014	UGA	@	LOU	33	8.1	2
11	Donald Brown D. Brown	261	1/3/2009	CONN	vs	BUFF	29	9.0	1
12	Byron Hanspard B. Hanspard	260	12/27/1995	TTU	vs	AFA	24	10.8		18	2		9.0
13	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	254	12/18/1999	UTAH	vs	FRES	34	7.5		15	1		15.0
14	Jonathan Stewart J. Stewart	253	12/31/2007	ORE	vs	USF	23	11.0	1	29	2		14.5	1
15	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	251	1/1/2015	WIS	vs	AUB	34	7.4	3	2	2	2	1.0	0
16	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	246	1/12/2015	OSU	vs	ORE	36	6.8	4	-1	1	2	-1.0	0
17	Tellis Redmon T. Redmon	246	12/28/2000	MINN	@	NCST	42	5.9	2	9	3		3.0	0
18	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	246	1/1/1999	WIS	@	UCLA	27	9.1
19	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	246	12/27/1996	WIS	vs	UTAH	30	8.2
20	Anthony Wales A. Wales	245	12/20/2016	WKU	vs	MEM	35	7.0	3	84	4	5	21.0	0
21	Ke'Shawn Vaughn K. Vaughn	243	12/27/2018	VAN	@	BAY	13	18.7	2	0	0	3		0
22	Dan Alexander D. Alexander	240	12/30/2000	NEB	vs	NW	20	12.0	2
23	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	238	12/26/2005	MEM	vs	AKR	31	7.7	3	-2	1		-2.0	0
24	Jason Wright J. Wright	237	12/26/2003	NW	@	BGSU	21	11.3	1	11	2		5.5	0
25	Trayveon Williams T. Williams	236	12/31/2018	TAMU	vs	NCST	19	12.4	3

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Team Leaders

PASS

326

Hampton

RUSH

174

Robinson

REC

152

Sanders

Team Rankings

PPG

28.5

86th

OPP PPG

23.0

87th

RUSH YDS/G

183.5

60th

PASS YDS/G

198.5

109th

2026 SBC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Marshall	0-0	1-1
11	Old Dominion	0-0	1-1
12	South Alabama	0-0	1-1
13	Southern Miss	0-0	1-1
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0-0	0-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	CONN	@	USM	7:00 PM
Sat 9/26	USM	@	TULN	1:00 PM
Tue 10/6	USM	@	TROY	8:00 PM
Sat 10/17	ARST	@	USM	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	ULL	@	USM	1:00 PM

Last Game

Southern Miss

1 - 1

Final

Auburn

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

389.5

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