Preacher Pilot rushed for the most yards in 1961, with 1,278 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Preacher Pilot P. Pilot	1,278	1961	NMSU	10	191	6.7	127.8	17	20	4	5.0	2.0	1
2	Pete Pedro P. Pedro	966	1961	WES	10	137	7.1	96.6	21
3	Bob Ferguson B. Ferguson	938	1961	OSU	9	202	4.6	104.2	11	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
4	Dave Hoppmann D. Hoppmann	920	1961	ISU	10	229	4.0	92.0	5
5	Jimmy Saxton J. Saxton	846	1961	TEX	10	107	7.9	84.6	9	123	7	17.6	12.3	0
6	Ernie Davis E. Davis	823	1961	SYR	10	150	5.5	82.3	12	157	16	9.8	15.7	2
7	Tom Larscheid T. Larscheid	773	1961	USU	10	121	6.4	77.3	11	178	10	17.8	17.8	2
8	Tom Campbell T. Campbell	767	1961	FUR	10	152	5.0	76.7	6	103	11	9.4	10.3	0
9	Bobby Thompson B. Thompson	752	1961	ARIZ	10	103	7.3	75.2	6	468	25	18.7	46.8	5
10	Earl Stoudt E. Stoudt	704	1961	RICH	10	162	4.3	70.4	8	183	21	8.7	18.3	1
11	Mike Haffner M. Haffner	696	1961	UCLA	10	107	6.5	69.6	8
12	Bob Jackson B. Jackson	691	1961	NMSU	10	133	5.2	69.1	8	35	6	5.8	3.5	0
13	Roger Kochman R. Kochman	666	1961	PSU	10	129	5.2	66.6	6	226	10	22.6	22.6	3
14	Mike Fracchia M. Fracchia	652	1961	ALA	10	130	5.0	65.2	5	6	3	2.0	0.6	0
15	Tom Haggerty T. Haggerty	647	1961	CLMB	9	131	4.9	71.9	10	32	6	5.3	3.6	0
16	Dave Casinelli D. Casinelli	646	1961	MEM	10	117	5.5	64.6	9	83	3	27.7	8.3	0
17	Angelo Dabiero A. Dabiero	637	1961	ND	10	92	6.9	63.7	2	201	10	20.1	20.1	1
18	Dick Drummond D. Drummond	632	1961		9	122	5.2	70.2	4	183	12	15.3	20.3	1
19	Bobby Smith B. Smith	631	1961	UCLA	10	166	3.8	63.1	9
20	Jim Dillard J. Dillard	627	1961	OKST	10	128	4.9	62.7	4	71	14	5.1	7.1	0
21	Ben Wilson B. Wilson	619	1961	USC	10	139	4.5	61.9	4	56	6	9.3	5.6	0
22	Bill Thornton B. Thornton	618	1961	NEB	10	127	4.9	61.8	5	12	2	6.0	1.2	0
23	Steve Simms S. Simms	614	1961	RUTG	9	130	4.7	68.2	5	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
24	Don Boyce D. Boyce	611	1961	UTEP	10	138	4.4	61.1	6	29	3	9.7	2.9	0
25	Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	597	1961	SJSU	10	124	4.8	59.7	3	8	2	4.0	0.8	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,240

Fife

RUSH

438

Calloway

REC

661

Faupel

Team Rankings

PPG

21.6

120th

OPP PPG

27.6

96th

RUSH YDS/G

77.3

186th

PASS YDS/G

250.7

57th

2025 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Liberty	3-5	4-8
9	Middle Tennessee	2-6	3-9
10	New Mexico State	2-6	4-8
11	UTEP	1-7	2-10
12	Sam Houston	1-7	2-10

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/29	NMSU	@	FSU	7:00 PM
Sat 9/5	MHU	@	NMSU	9:00 PM
Sun 9/13	NMSU	@	HAW	12:00 AM
Sat 9/26	UNM	@	NMSU	3:30 PM
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM

Last Game

Middle Tennessee

3 - 9

Final

New Mexico State

4 - 8

Sat 29 Nov 2025

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

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 11/15	MICH	@	NW	24-22
Sat 11/15	USF	@	NAVY	38-41
Sat 11/15	SC	@	TAMU	30-31
Sat 11/15	UTEP	@	MOST	24-38
Sat 11/15	MTSU	@	WKU	26-42

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/29	NCST	@	UVA	3:30 PM
Sat 8/29	JVST	@	NDSU	5:30 PM
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	6:30 PM
Sat 8/29	HAW	@	STAN	7:00 PM
Sat 8/29	NMSU	@	FSU	7:00 PM

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