Archie Griffin had the most rushing yards in 1974, with 1,620 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	1,620	1974	OSU	11	236	6.9	147.3	12	52	3	17.3	4.7	0
2	Louie Giammona L. Giammona	1,534	1974	USU	11	329	4.7	139.5	8	79	12	6.6	7.2	0
3	Dave Preston D. Preston	1,414	1974	BGSU	11	324	4.4	128.5	19	24	5	4.8	2.2	0
4	Andrew Johnson A. Johnson	1,373	1974	CIT	11	248	5.5	124.8	7	62	3	20.7	5.6	1
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	1,354	1974	USC	11	288	4.7	123.1	13	87	14	6.2	7.9	2
6	Joe Washington J. Washington	1,321	1974	OKLA	11	194	6.8	120.1	13	71	2	35.5	6.5	1
7	Willard Harrell W. Harrell	1,308	1974		11	224	5.8	118.9	12	133	6	22.2	12.1	0
8	Fred Solomon F. Solomon	1,300	1974		11	193	6.7	118.2	19
9	Freddie Williams F. Williams	1,299	1974	ASU	12	249	5.2	108.3	8	119	20	6.0	9.9	0
10	Courtney Snyder C. Snyder	1,254	1974	IND	11	291	4.3	114.0	4	108	20	5.4	9.8	0
11	Billy Marek B. Marek	1,215	1974	WIS	11	205	5.9	110.5	18	76	8	9.5	6.9	1
12	Laverne Smith L. Smith	1,181	1974	KU	11	176	6.7	107.4	5	119	12	9.9	10.8	0
13	Stan Fritts S. Fritts	1,169	1974	NCST	11	245	4.8	106.3	12	124	8	15.5	11.3	0
14	Artie Owens A. Owens	1,130	1974	WVU	11	174	6.5	102.7	7	17	3	5.7	1.5	0
15	Steve Beaird S. Beaird	1,104	1974	BAY	11	267	4.1	100.4	13	223	22	10.1	20.3	3
16	Keith Barnette K. Barnette	1,097	1974	BC	11	233	4.7	99.7	22	28	3	9.3	2.5	0
17	Jim Germany J. Germany	1,096	1974	NMSU	11	202	5.4	99.6	14	76	15	5.1	6.9	0
18	James Betterson J. Betterson	1,082	1974	UNC	11	209	5.2	98.4	9	53	6	8.8	4.8	0
19	Larry Poole L. Poole	1,070	1974	KENT	11	212	5.0	97.3	13	116	6	19.3	10.5	2
20	Gordon Bell G. Bell	1,048	1974	MICH	11	174	6.0	95.3	11	11	1	11.0	1.0	0
21	Ronnie Norman R. Norman	1,045	1974	VMI	11	205	5.1	95.0	5	15	5	3.0	1.4	0
22	Walt Snickenberger W. Snickenberger	1,041	1974	PRIN	9	214	4.9	115.7	16	17	7	2.4	1.9	0
23	Mike Voight M. Voight	1,033	1974	UNC	11	203	5.1	93.9	11	26	4	6.5	2.4	0
24	Jim O'Connor J. O'Connor	1,031	1974	DRKE	11	238	4.3	93.7	4	309	39	7.9	28.1	2
25	Henry Hynoski H. Hynoski	1,006	1974	TEM	10	206	4.9	100.6	7	274	24	11.4	27.4	2