What Does Rushing Yards Per Game Measure?
Rushing yards per game is total rushing yards divided by games played. This table ranks college football teams for the selected season and displays the applicable minimum qualifier where one is used.
College Football Team Rushing Yards Per Game Rankings
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 286.1 | 190.0 | 242.7 | 249.0 | 271.5 | 307.3 | 261.3 |
| 2 |  | 266.5 | 161.0 | 277.7 | 304.4 | 268.1 | 265.6 | 267.7 |
| 3 | AF | 261.5 | 316.0 | 238.7 | 230.2 | 260.5 | 227.7 | 295.3 |
| 4 | ARMY | 255.0 | 120.0 | 200.0 | 203.4 | 243.0 | 301.8 | 214.9 |
| 5 | JXST | 247.6 | 210.0 | 251.3 | 256.2 | 264.5 | 255.3 | 240.0 |
| 6 | JMU | 243.7 | 318.0 | 259.7 | 248.4 | 255.4 | 282.4 | 205.0 |
| 7 | ODU | 238.9 | 303.0 | 343.3 | 268.8 | 236.5 | 266.2 | 215.6 |
| 8 |  | 228.5 | 322.0 | 239.3 | 219.0 | 233.1 | 257.4 | 163.3 |
| 9 | OHIO | 228.2 | 359.0 | 313.0 | 249.6 | 237.6 | 254.1 | 197.8 |
| 10 | TXST | 222.7 | 264.0 | 247.3 | 206.4 | 208.7 | 253.3 | 187.0 |
| 11 |  | 218.8 | 167.0 | 194.7 | 168.8 | 203.5 | 254.0 | 169.6 |
| 12 |  | 217.2 | 118.0 | 185.3 | 206.2 | 201.8 | 224.6 | 204.8 |
| 13 | USF | 212.2 | 272.0 | 221.0 | 239.2 | 246.2 | 228.1 | 193.7 |
| 14 |  | 211.2 | 100.0 | 181.3 | 214.6 | 222.4 | 217.7 | 205.6 |
| 15 | RICE | 204.8 | 153.0 | 213.3 | 210.4 | 217.7 | 233.7 | 171.0 |
| 16 |  | 204.5 | 286.0 | 308.3 | 262.4 | 220.2 | 214.9 | 190.7 |
| 17 |  | 204.4 | 187.0 | 230.3 | 219.8 | 222.3 | 232.3 | 165.4 |
| 18 | USA | 201.2 | 208.0 | 223.7 | 204.8 | 203.1 | 201.5 | 200.8 |
| 19 |  | 198.9 | 193.0 | 212.3 | 193.6 | 195.0 | 230.0 | 162.7 |
| 20 |  | 198.6 | 106.0 | 154.7 | 185.6 | 205.6 | 211.0 | 184.4 |
| 21 | MRSH | 198.2 | 64.0 | 156.7 | 199.4 | 210.9 | 196.5 | 199.8 |
| 22 |  | 197.6 | 69.0 | 149.0 | 167.4 | 189.5 | 196.6 | 198.8 |
| 23 | UNLV | 195.9 | 184.0 | 209.0 | 218.6 | 204.0 | 187.7 | 202.1 |
| 24 | LT | 195.2 | 388.0 | 271.3 | 274.0 | 216.5 | 231.7 | 152.5 |
| 25 | UNT | 194.1 | 121.0 | 177.0 | 185.8 | 187.2 | 184.7 | 203.6 |
| 26 | LIB | 193.0 | 291.0 | 244.7 | 243.6 | 192.3 | 206.8 | 179.2 |
| 27 |  | 192.9 | 100.0 | 192.7 | 193.2 | 181.0 | 150.4 | 242.5 |
| 28 |  | 192.2 | 61.0 | 141.3 | 145.2 | 179.1 | 186.6 | 200.0 |
| 29 | NIU | 185.6 | 307.0 | 266.3 | 233.2 | 186.7 | 198.8 | 172.3 |
| 30 |  | 185.0 | 157.0 | 156.0 | 187.0 | 197.3 | 179.5 | 193.8 |
| 31 |  | 184.0 | 159.0 | 184.0 | 177.6 | 183.7 | 190.2 | 172.8 |
| 32 |  | 183.2 | 119.0 | 183.7 | 214.4 | 196.9 | 186.1 | 179.0 |
| 32 | MEM | 183.2 | 116.0 | 141.0 | 136.4 | 179.4 | 171.7 | 193.0 |
| 34 | UL | 182.9 | 212.0 | 202.0 | 190.2 | 180.8 | 225.2 | 146.7 |
| 35 |  | 182.4 | 141.0 | 174.3 | 190.8 | 180.2 | 188.0 | 174.8 |
| 36 | FIU | 181.6 | 303.0 | 224.7 | 186.6 | 191.8 | 200.0 | 165.9 |
| 37 |  | 179.9 | 128.0 | 183.0 | 181.2 | 159.6 | 198.4 | 155.3 |
| 38 |  | 179.4 | 171.0 | 207.0 | 175.2 | 171.9 | 211.1 | 147.7 |
| 39 |  | 179.1 | 63.0 | 148.7 | 132.8 | 161.1 | 194.7 | 163.6 |
| 40 |  | 178.6 | 216.0 | 218.7 | 184.2 | 171.7 | 179.1 | 178.0 |
| 41 |  | 177.7 | 205.0 | 178.0 | 145.8 | 177.5 | 219.5 | 141.9 |
| 42 |  | 177.5 | 115.0 | 130.7 | 172.6 | 185.7 | 179.3 | 173.3 |
| 43 |  | 176.9 | 152.0 | 213.0 | 197.4 | 159.2 | 179.6 | 173.2 |
| 43 |  | 176.9 | 213.0 | 183.3 | 156.8 | 169.2 | 176.6 | 177.3 |
| 45 |  | 176.7 | 186.0 | 191.3 | 189.6 | 175.1 | 192.8 | 144.6 |
| 46 | ECU | 176.3 | 266.0 | 182.0 | 217.4 | 201.8 | 159.4 | 196.0 |
| 47 |  | 176.2 | 83.0 | 175.0 | 139.2 | 161.1 | 187.4 | 158.2 |
| 48 | TLSA | 176.0 | 198.0 | 237.0 | 209.4 | 170.3 | 187.0 | 165.0 |
| 49 |  | 175.9 | 314.0 | 182.0 | 148.0 | 177.3 | 171.4 | 183.2 |
| 50 |  | 174.4 | 300.0 | 257.0 | 188.6 | 178.6 | 172.1 | 177.0 |
| 51 |  | 174.2 | 231.0 | 204.3 | 189.4 | 173.7 | 165.7 | 182.7 |
| 52 |  | 174.1 | 116.0 | 180.3 | 149.0 | 159.6 | 188.1 | 157.7 |
| 53 |  | 172.3 | 206.0 | 261.7 | 210.2 | 181.1 | 154.4 | 197.2 |
| 54 | FRES | 170.7 | 259.0 | 217.7 | 177.4 | 165.4 | 193.0 | 144.7 |
| 55 |  | 169.8 | 290.0 | 197.3 | 186.8 | 154.5 | 219.3 | 100.4 |
| 56 |  | 169.2 | 131.0 | 96.3 | 132.8 | 154.5 | 208.6 | 123.2 |
| 57 |  | 166.8 | 154.0 | 192.7 | 170.4 | 143.4 | 188.3 | 132.4 |
| 58 | TULN | 166.4 | 199.0 | 175.0 | 162.4 | 154.8 | 167.7 | 165.0 |
| 59 | CMU | 165.1 | 81.0 | 122.0 | 140.0 | 176.8 | 203.2 | 141.3 |
| 60 |  | 164.7 | 154.0 | 167.3 | 142.8 | 152.3 | 187.3 | 145.3 |
| 61 |  | 164.0 | 258.0 | 185.7 | 188.0 | 161.0 | 177.3 | 134.0 |
| 62 | USU | 162.9 | 221.0 | 208.7 | 182.6 | 185.1 | 172.6 | 151.7 |
| 63 | ULM | 162.6 | 205.0 | 137.0 | 150.4 | 154.7 | 166.2 | 160.0 |
| 64 |  | 160.9 | 91.0 | 124.0 | 134.8 | 165.8 | 186.8 | 119.6 |
| 65 | WVU | 160.7 | 37.0 | 90.7 | 111.8 | 146.3 | 178.8 | 142.5 |
| 66 | KENN | 160.1 | 72.0 | 132.3 | 164.4 | 165.2 | 150.3 | 167.4 |
| 67 |  | 158.2 | 42.0 | 73.0 | 87.8 | 143.2 | 190.6 | 112.8 |
| 68 |  | 157.8 | 262.0 | 173.7 | 138.0 | 168.3 | 178.3 | 125.0 |
| 69 | CCU | 156.3 | -5.0 | 81.7 | 156.6 | 164.4 | 188.3 | 128.9 |
| 70 |  | 156.2 | 124.0 | 203.3 | 166.8 | 147.9 | 177.9 | 130.8 |
| 71 | BGSU | 155.5 | 278.0 | 180.7 | 173.0 | 161.1 | 130.5 | 180.5 |
| 72 | UNM | 155.4 | 181.0 | 158.3 | 166.0 | 159.7 | 181.3 | 129.5 |
| 73 | GASO | 155.3 | 173.0 | 178.0 | 160.8 | 155.1 | 179.3 | 134.7 |
| 73 | NEV | 155.3 | 193.0 | 208.0 | 168.8 | 151.5 | 176.8 | 133.7 |
| 75 |  | 154.8 | 58.0 | 166.0 | 178.0 | 154.5 | 161.7 | 142.4 |
| 76 |  | 152.7 | 88.0 | 147.0 | 162.0 | 147.4 | 159.6 | 144.7 |
| 77 |  | 151.8 | 140.0 | 145.7 | 144.0 | 147.3 | 165.0 | 138.5 |
| 78 | M-OH | 150.8 | 73.0 | 155.7 | 130.2 | 170.9 | 191.5 | 120.3 |
| 79 |  | 147.8 | 231.0 | 172.7 | 172.2 | 141.4 | 161.6 | 131.8 |
| 79 | TEM | 147.8 | 172.0 | 101.0 | 113.0 | 125.1 | 127.2 | 168.3 |
| 81 |  | 147.1 | 185.0 | 114.0 | 149.2 | 147.1 | 162.6 | 122.2 |
| 82 | EMU | 142.8 | 134.0 | 153.3 | 126.4 | 144.8 | 146.3 | 139.2 |
| 83 |  | 141.6 | 112.0 | 142.0 | 141.0 | 147.4 | 126.9 | 162.2 |
| 84 |  | 141.5 | 195.0 | 172.3 | 152.0 | 138.9 | 162.6 | 112.0 |
| 85 |  | 139.6 | 108.0 | 77.7 | 95.6 | 141.8 | 144.8 | 134.3 |
| 86 |  | 139.3 | 40.0 | 92.7 | 118.0 | 127.9 | 195.4 | 60.6 |
| 87 | UAB | 138.8 | 229.0 | 183.3 | 161.2 | 130.0 | 166.2 | 111.3 |
| 88 |  | 138.2 | 137.0 | 141.3 | 126.8 | 134.3 | 117.4 | 159.0 |
| 88 |  | 138.2 | 120.0 | 131.7 | 148.6 | 124.3 | 170.8 | 86.0 |
| 90 |  | 138.0 | 218.0 | 112.7 | 102.0 | 123.8 | 179.3 | 72.0 |
| 91 |  | 136.8 | 272.0 | 175.0 | 148.8 | 130.8 | 170.9 | 89.0 |
| 92 | AKR | 136.4 | 143.0 | 162.0 | 141.8 | 143.5 | 155.0 | 117.8 |
| 93 | USM | 135.8 | 95.0 | 86.7 | 125.8 | 140.5 | 139.1 | 130.4 |
| 94 | WKU | 134.6 | 204.0 | 165.7 | 147.6 | 132.5 | 155.0 | 117.1 |
| 95 |  | 133.9 | 227.0 | 209.0 | 145.0 | 132.4 | 116.7 | 154.0 |
| 96 | BALL | 133.7 | 103.0 | 131.7 | 119.8 | 149.1 | 184.8 | 97.1 |
| 97 |  | 133.2 | 100.0 | 94.0 | 103.8 | 118.4 | 150.1 | 109.4 |
| 98 | SHSU | 132.8 | 196.0 | 138.0 | 156.4 | 127.6 | 157.8 | 115.0 |
| 99 |  | 131.8 | 54.0 | 76.3 | 106.0 | 122.6 | 133.5 | 130.0 |
| 99 |  | 131.8 | 238.0 | 162.0 | 139.0 | 120.9 | 146.7 | 114.3 |