Ed Marinaro rushed for the most yards in 1971, with 1,881 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ed Marinaro E. Marinaro	1,881	1971	COR	9	356	5.3	209.0	24	51	6	8.5	5.7	0
2	Robert Newhouse R. Newhouse	1,757	1971	HOU	11	277	6.3	159.7	12	35	3	11.7	3.2	0
3	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	1,673	1971	LBS	12	267	6.3	139.4	28	130	15	8.7	10.8	1
4	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	1,665	1971	OKLA	11	178	9.4	151.4	17	108	4	27.0	9.8	0
5	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	1,567	1971	PSU	11	254	6.2	142.5	26	154	16	9.6	14.0	3
6	Eric Allen E. Allen	1,494	1971	MSU	11	259	5.8	135.8	18	275	18	15.3	25.0	0
7	Howard Stevens H. Stevens	1,429	1971	LOU	10	250	5.7	142.9	12	168	22	7.6	16.8	1
8	Charlie Davis C. Davis	1,386	1971	COLO	11	219	6.3	126.0	10	79	7	11.3	7.2	0
9	George Amundson G. Amundson	1,316	1971	ISU	11	287	4.6	119.6	15	174	22	7.9	15.8	0
10	Jon Hall J. Hall	1,230	1971	CIT	11	169	7.3	111.8	9
11	Larry Hopkins L. Hopkins	1,228	1971	WAKE	11	249	4.9	111.6	5	-4	2	-2.0	-0.4	0
12	Rufus Ferguson R. Ferguson	1,222	1971	WIS	11	249	4.9	111.1	13	63	7	9.0	5.7	0
13	Billy Taylor B. Taylor	1,215	1971	MICH	11	217	5.6	110.5	13	2	1	2.0	0.2	0
14	Bobby Moore B. Moore	1,211	1971	ORE	11	249	4.9	110.1	7	324	32	10.1	29.5	3
15	Woody Green W. Green	1,209	1971	ASU	11	208	5.8	109.9	9	94	4	23.5	8.5	2
16	Bernard Jackson B. Jackson	1,189	1971	WSU	11	177	6.7	108.1	11	185	14	13.2	16.8	1
17	Paul Miles P. Miles	1,185	1971	BGSU	10	274	4.3	118.5	7	30	6	5.0	3.0	0
18	Bob Hitchens B. Hitchens	1,157	1971	M-OH	10	271	4.3	115.7	13	23	2	11.5	2.3	0
19	Jack Mildren J. Mildren	1,140	1971	OKLA	11	193	5.9	103.6	17
20	Fred Henry F. Henry	1,129	1971	UNM	11	176	6.4	102.6	10	39	6	6.5	3.5	1
21	Larry Sherrer L. Sherrer	1,129	1971	HAW	11	204	5.5	102.6	15	97	8	12.1	8.8	1
22	Billy Pritchett B. Pritchett	1,128	1971	WES	11	236	4.8	102.5	7	78	6	13.0	7.1	0
23	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	1,112	1971	CSU	11	261	4.3	101.1	8	197	19	10.4	17.9	0
24	Johnny Musso J. Musso	1,088	1971	ALA	11	191	5.7	98.9	16	14	5	2.8	1.3	0
25	Joe Schwartz J. Schwartz	1,079	1971	TOL	11	206	5.2	98.1	16	220	18	12.2	20.0	2

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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

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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

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Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

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Pass Yards Rankings

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Sack Leaders

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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