Obie Graves rushed for the most yards in 1978, with 1,789 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Obie Graves O. Graves	1,789	1978		12	275	6.5	149.1	9	103	10	10.3	8.6	1
2	Billy Sims B. Sims	1,762	1978	OKLA	11	231	7.6	160.2	20	35	1	35.0	3.2	0
3	Charles White C. White	1,760	1978	USC	12	342	5.1	146.7	12	191	20	9.6	15.9	1
4	Eddie Lee Ivery E. Lee Ivery	1,562	1978	GT	11	267	5.9	142.0	9	238	20	11.9	21.6	1
5	Bernard Jackson B. Jackson	1,453	1978	UNT	11	269	5.4	132.1	6	76	7	10.9	6.9	0
6	Joe Holland J. Holland	1,396	1978	COR	9	273	5.1	155.1	16	31	10	3.1	3.4	0
7	Nathan Poole N. Poole	1,394	1978	LOU	11	212	6.6	126.7	15	36	4	9.0	3.3	1
8	James Hadnot J. Hadnot	1,369	1978	TTU	11	251	5.5	124.5	5	152	20	7.6	13.8	1
9	Ted Brown T. Brown	1,350	1978	NCST	11	302	4.5	122.7	11	197	17	11.6	17.9	0
10	Jerome Persell J. Persell	1,346	1978	WMU	11	309	4.4	122.4	6	91	7	13.0	8.3	0
11	Willie McClendon W. McClendon	1,312	1978	UGA	11	287	4.6	119.3	13	27	4	6.8	2.5	0
12	Allen Harvin A. Harvin	1,283	1978	CIN	11	233	5.5	116.6	6	150	21	7.1	13.6	1
13	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,266	1978	MIA	11	224	5.7	115.1	8	47	14	3.4	4.3	1
14	Steve Atkins S. Atkins	1,261	1978	MD	11	283	4.5	114.6	10	73	6	12.2	6.6	0
15	Marion Barber M. Barber	1,210	1978	MINN	11	247	4.9	110.0	8	171	22	7.8	15.5	2
16	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	1,205	1978	AUB	11	253	4.8	109.5	16	30	8	3.8	2.7	0
17	Theotis Brown T. Brown	1,199	1978	UCLA	11	200	6.0	109.0	6	74	10	7.4	6.7	0
18	Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	1,192	1978	ND	11	211	5.6	108.4	7	171	20	8.6	15.5	1
19	Charles Alexander C. Alexander	1,172	1978	LSU	11	281	4.2	106.5	14	263	28	9.4	23.9	2
20	Kevin Cole K. Cole	1,154	1978	SJSU	12	204	5.7	96.2	7	233	30	7.8	19.4	0
21	Zachary Dixon Z. Dixon	1,153	1978	TEM	11	223	5.2	104.8	7	101	7	14.4	9.2	3
22	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	1,146	1978	TA&M	11	205	5.6	104.2	9	69	6	11.5	6.3	0
23	Joe Steele J. Steele	1,111	1978	WASH	11	237	4.7	101.0	5	110	16	6.9	10.0	0
24	Emmett King E. King	1,095	1978	HOU	11	183	6.0	99.5	5	47	6	7.8	4.3	0
25	Frank Mordica F. Mordica	1,065	1978	VAN	11	173	6.2	96.8	8	16	7	2.3	1.5	0

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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

396.5

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