College Football Stat Leaders
Average rushing yards gained per game.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
Georgia Tech (273.2)
Best Season
Georgia Tech 2014 (342.1)
Scope
ACC • 2008
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
Rushing yards per game captures line-of-scrimmage control and down-to-down physicality, so teams that dominate this leaderboard usually create efficient early-down offense without needing to chase long passing volume. On this 2008 leaderboard, the visible range runs 273.2 to 142.9, with Georgia Tech setting the pace.
ACC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Florida State is the latest winner at 218.8.
The gap from No. 1 Georgia Tech to No. 5 Boston College is 130.4, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark improved from 189.2 in 2024 to 218.8 in 2025, a swing of 29.7. Georgia Tech's current mark of 273.2 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 237.2 held by Georgia Tech.
Top 12 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Georgia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2008 | 273.2 |
| 2 | Florida State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2008 | 179.1 |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2008 | 174.4 |
| 4 | Maryland | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2008 | 144.0 |
| 5 | Boston College | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2008 | 142.9 |
| 6 | Miami | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2008 | 129.2 |
| 7 | NC State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2008 | 123.2 |
| 8 | North Carolina | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2008 | 122.6 |
| 9 | Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2008 | 121.4 |
| 10 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2008 | 111.5 |
| 11 | Duke | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2008 | 106.2 |
| 12 | Virginia | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2008 | 96.6 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 237.2 | 2014 (342.1) |
| 2 | Louisville | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 191.4 | 2017 (245.1) |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 170.6 | 2020 (240.7) |
| 4 | Clemson | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 170.1 | 2018 (248.1) |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 161.6 | 2014 (249.5) |
| 6 | North Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 158.3 | 2020 (235.8) |
| 7 | Florida State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 156.1 | 2025 (218.8) |
| 8 | Boston College | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 153.9 | 2014 (254.4) |
| 9 | Syracuse | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 152.2 | 2021 (213.5) |
| 10 | SMU | 2025, 2024 | 151.4 | 2024 (168.9) |
| 11 | Miami | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 149.4 | 2018 (190.4) |
| 12 | Wake Forest | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 143.8 | 2018 (214.9) |
| 13 | NC State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 138.3 | 2014 (204.5) |
| 14 | Virginia | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 137.6 | 2004 (242.8) |
| 15 | Duke | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 135.3 | 2015 (192.9) |
| 16 | Maryland | 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 131.9 | 2011 (169.3) |
| 17 | Stanford | 2025, 2024 | 109.7 | 2024 (133.8) |
| 18 | California | 2025, 2024 | 102.4 | 2024 (122.2) |
Georgia Tech ranks first at 273.2 in 2008.
Georgia Tech owns the strongest all-time average at 237.2 across 22 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Florida State is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.