Ricky Williams rushed for the most yards in 1997, with 1,893 yards.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1956

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ricky Williams R. Williams	1,893	1997	TEX	11	279	6.8	172.1	25	150	20	7.5	13.6	0
2	Ahman Green A. Green	1,877	1997	NEB	12	278	6.8	156.4	22	105	14	7.5	8.8	0
3	Tavian Banks T. Banks	1,639	1997	IOWA	11	246	6.7	149.0	17	200	18	11.1	18.2	2
4	Travis Prentice T. Prentice	1,549	1997	M-OH	11	296	5.2	140.8	25	138	23	6.0	12.5	0
5	Amos Zereoue A. Zereoue	1,505	1997	WVU	10	264	5.7	150.5	16	76	11	6.9	7.6	0
6	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	1,421	1997	WIS	10	249	5.7	142.1	15	117	10	11.7	11.7	0
7	Chris McCoy C. McCoy	1,370	1997	NAVY	11	246	5.6	124.5	20
8	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	1,364	1997	TENN	12	232	5.9	113.7	7	266	23	11.6	22.2	2
9	Curtis Enis C. Enis	1,363	1997	PSU	11	228	6.0	123.9	19	215	25	8.6	19.5	1
10	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	1,292	1997	FLA	11	214	6.0	117.5	13	238	24	9.9	21.6	0
11	Dwayne Harris D. Harris	1,278	1997	TOL	10	254	5.0	127.8	10	229	16	14.3	22.9	2
12	Autry Denson A. Denson	1,268	1997	ND	12	264	4.8	105.7	12	175	30	5.8	14.6	1
13	Robert Holcombe R. Holcombe	1,253	1997	ILL	11	294	4.3	113.9	4	277	35	7.9	25.2	2
14	Sedrick Irvin S. Irvin	1,211	1997	MSU	11	231	5.2	110.1	9	339	39	8.7	30.8	4
15	Saladin McCullough S. McCullough	1,193	1997	ORE	11	250	4.8	108.5	8	160	18	8.9	14.5	2
16	Michael Black M. Black	1,157	1997	WSU	11	235	4.9	105.2	11	177	15	11.8	16.1	1
17	Kevin Faulk K. Faulk	1,144	1997	LSU	9	205	5.6	127.1	15	93	16	5.8	10.3	0
18	De'Mond Parker D. Parker	1,143	1997	OKLA	12	194	5.9	95.3	6	140	11	12.7	11.7	0
19	Skip Hicks S. Hicks	1,142	1997	UCLA	11	227	5.0	103.8	22	336	19	17.7	30.5	3
20	Tremayne Stephens T. Stephens	1,142	1997	NCST	11	204	5.6	103.8	10	147	17	8.6	13.4	0
21	Damon Washington D. Washington	1,112	1997	CSU	12	180	6.2	92.7	8	73	14	5.2	6.1	0
22	Kevin McDougal K. McDougal	1,111	1997	CSU	12	150	7.4	92.6	13	100	12	8.3	8.3	1
23	Edgerrin James E. James	1,098	1997	MIA	10	184	6.0	109.8	13	250	19	13.2	25.0	1
24	Scott Frost S. Frost	1,095	1997	NEB	12	176	6.2	91.3	19
25	James Johnson J. Johnson	1,069	1997	MSST	11	217	4.9	97.2	12	56	5	11.2	5.1	0

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More Texas Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,295

Manning

RUSH

289

Smothers

REC

345

Wingo

Team Rankings

PPG

30.2

58th

OPP PPG

17.8

28th

RUSH YDS/G

135.0

118th

PASS YDS/G

226.3

87th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Auburn	2-3	4-3
11	Oklahoma	2-2	4-3
12	Texas	1-2	4-2
13	Texas A&M	1-4	4-4
14	South Carolina	2-3	4-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	MSST	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 11/7	TEX	@	MIZZ	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	TEX	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	ARK	@	TEX	1:00 PM
Fri 11/27	TEX	@	TXAM	7:30 PM

Last Game

Florida

5 - 2

Final

Texas

4 - 2

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,244

Richter

2,185

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

957

Bishop

923

Cook

875

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.0

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

551.9

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

303.5

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

329.5

323.1

317.9

Sack Leaders

34.0

33.0

28.0

27.0

23.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	1	.857
2	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	3	.571
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	UCF	4	3	.571
10	Kansas State	4	3	.571
11	Arizona State	4	3	.571
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	4	.429
14	West Virginia	5	3	.625
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	3	4	.429

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	2	.714
6	Northwestern	6	1	.857
7	Minnesota	5	2	.714
8	Oregon	4	3	.571
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	3	.571
13	Illinois	4	3	.571
14	Rutgers	2	5	.286
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	6	2	.750
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	6	2	.750
8	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	3	.571
11	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
14	South Carolina	4	3	.571
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	6	1	.857
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
8	California	3	5	.375
9	Duke	5	2	.714
10	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	Boston College	4	3	.571
14	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	NC State	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
4	San Jose State	4	3	.571
5	UNLV	4	3	.571
6	Air Force	5	2	.714
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	2	6	.250

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
3	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
6	Toledo	6	2	.750
7	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
8	Kent State	3	5	.375
9	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
10	Ball State	3	5	.375
11	UMass	4	4	.500
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
7	Tulane	3	3	.500
8	Charlotte	1	6	.143
9	Temple	2	5	.286
10	South Florida	5	2	.714
11	East Carolina	3	4	.429
12	Navy	2	5	.286
13	Tulsa	4	4	.500
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	1	.875
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
4	South Alabama	4	3	.571
5	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
6	Louisiana	5	2	.714
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	4	.429
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	6	.250
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
14	Marshall	4	3	.571