Charles White rushed for the most yards in 1979, with 1,803 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Charles White C. White	1,803	1979	USC	11	293	6.2	163.9	18	138	20	6.9	12.5	0
2	George Rogers G. Rogers	1,548	1979	SC	11	286	5.4	140.7	8	122	11	11.1	11.1	1
3	Billy Sims B. Sims	1,506	1979	OKLA	11	224	6.7	136.9	22	42	1	42.0	3.8	0
4	Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	1,437	1979	ND	11	301	4.8	130.6	17	72	14	5.1	6.5	0
5	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	1,396	1979	UCLA	11	271	5.2	126.9	6	140	15	9.3	12.7	0
6	Joe Morris J. Morris	1,372	1979	SYR	11	238	5.8	124.7	7	38	4	9.5	3.5	0
7	James Hadnot J. Hadnot	1,371	1979	TTU	11	273	5.0	124.6	1	93	10	9.3	8.5	0
8	Dennis Mosley D. Mosley	1,267	1979	IOWA	11	270	4.7	115.2	12	235	21	11.2	21.4	4
9	Floyd Allen F. Allen	1,249	1979	VMI	11	265	4.7	113.5	8	169	16	10.6	15.4	1
10	Rick Parros R. Parros	1,236	1979	USU	11	259	4.8	112.4	15	133	22	6.0	12.1	0
11	James Brooks J. Brooks	1,208	1979	AUB	11	163	7.4	109.8	10	15	3	5.0	1.4	2
12	James McDougald J. McDougald	1,177	1979	WAKE	11	260	4.5	107.0	11	176	27	6.5	16.0	2
13	Ron Lear R. Lear	1,162	1979	MRSH	11	241	4.8	105.6	6	20	6	3.3	1.8	0
14	Charlie Wysocki C. Wysocki	1,140	1979	MD	11	247	4.6	103.6	8	26	4	6.5	2.4	0
15	Tony Collins T. Collins	1,130	1979	ECU	11	154	7.3	102.7	14	92	11	8.4	8.4	0
16	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	1,120	1979	AUB	11	200	5.6	101.8	14	128	10	12.8	11.6	1
17	Bill Fenn B. Fenn	1,106	1979	ILST	11	280	4.0	100.5	8	38	4	9.5	3.5	0
18	Tony Allen T. Allen	1,094	1979	SDSU	11	226	4.8	99.5	10	170	25	6.8	15.5	0
19	Terald Clark T. Clark	1,063	1979	HOU	11	193	5.5	96.6	7	80	6	13.3	7.3	2
20	Tom Vigorito T. Vigorito	1,044	1979	UVA	11	184	5.7	94.9	6	58	5	11.6	5.3	1
21	Jarvis Redwine J. Redwine	1,042	1979	NEB	11	148	7.0	94.7	8	29	6	4.8	2.6	1
22	Gary Allen G. Allen	1,040	1979	HAW	11	162	6.4	94.5	8	220	19	11.6	20.0	2
23	Mark Bright M. Bright	1,036	1979	TEM	11	193	5.4	94.2	7	196	11	17.8	17.8	0
24	Hubert Oliver H. Oliver	1,021	1979	ARIZ	11	197	5.2	92.8	6	80	16	5.0	7.3	1
25	Amos Lawrence A. Lawrence	1,019	1979	UNC	11	225	4.5	92.6	9	188	12	15.7	17.1	1

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	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

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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

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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

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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
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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
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1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

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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

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1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

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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
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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
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1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
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5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
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8	Liberty	4	8	.333
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