who rushed for the most touchdowns in the 2000s

Cedric Benson had 1,112 carries between the 2000 and 2009 seasons.

Interpreted as:

Who rushed for the most rushing touchdowns in the 2000s?

	NAME	ATT	RUSH TD	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Cedric Benson C. Benson	1,112	64	48	5,540	5.0	115.4	621	69	9.0	12.9	3
2	Ian Johnson I. Johnson	752	58	49	4,184	5.6	85.4	642	60	10.7	13.1	1
3	Tim Tebow T. Tebow	692	57	55	2,947	4.3	53.6
4	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	969	55	44	6,026	6.2	137.0	723	70	10.3	16.4	5
5	Garrett Wolfe G. Wolfe	849	54	34	5,434	6.4	159.8	588	58	10.1	17.3	5
6	Lendale White L. White	541	52	38	3,159	5.8	83.1	331	31	10.7	8.7	5
7	Dontrell Moore D. Moore	1,028	51	48	4,973	4.8	103.6	857	92	9.3	17.9	8
8	Lee Suggs L. Suggs	491	51	26	2,631	5.4	101.2	170	14	12.1	6.5	3
9	Steve Slaton S. Slaton	664	50	35	3,923	5.9	112.1	805	65	12.4	23.0	5
10	Taurean Henderson T. Henderson	587	50	51	3,241	5.5	63.5	2,058	303	6.8	40.4	19
11	Dwone Hicks D. Hicks	561	50	32	3,432	6.1	107.3	661	52	12.7	20.7	6
12	Jorvorskie Lane J. Lane	489	49	46	2,193	4.5	47.7	271	26	10.4	5.9	1
13	Ray Rice R. Rice	910	49	38	4,926	5.4	129.6	334	37	9.0	8.8	1
14	Tyrell Fenroy T. Fenroy	808	48	46	4,642	5.7	100.9	585	60	9.8	12.7	1
15	Kory Sheets K. Sheets	664	48	50	3,341	5.0	66.8	814	108	7.5	16.3	5
16	Brock Forsey B. Forsey	738	48	35	3,732	5.1	106.6	1,050	94	11.2	30.0	16
17	Dan Lefevour D. Lefevour	671	47	53	2,948	4.4	55.6	58	3	19.3	1.1	1
18	James Davis J. Davis	753	47	50	3,881	5.2	77.6	441	51	8.6	8.8	2
19	Pat White P. White	684	47	49	4,480	6.5	91.4
20	Kevin Smith K. Smith	905	45	36	4,679	5.2	130.0	444	55	8.1	12.3	1
21	Kalvin McRae K. McRae	903	45	48	4,398	4.9	91.6	824	84	9.8	17.2	4
22	Brad Smith B. Smith	799	45	48	4,289	5.4	89.4	130	8	16.3	2.7	1
23	Walter Reyes W. Reyes	625	45	44	3,424	5.5	77.8	550	59	9.3	12.5	1
24	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	815	45	45	4,979	6.1	110.6	609	66	9.2	13.5	2
25	Carnell Williams C. Williams	741	45	43	3,831	5.2	89.1	342	45	7.6	8.0	1

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3	Ole Miss	7-1	13-2
4	Texas A&M	7-1	11-2
5	Texas	6-2	10-3
6	Oklahoma	6-2	10-3
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Sat 9/5	TXST	@	TEX	3:30 PM
Sat 9/12	OSU	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	UTSA	@	TEX	8:00 PM
Sat 9/26	TEX	@	TENN	12:00 PM
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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
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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
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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
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

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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
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
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

	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

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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