College Football Stat Leaders

2017 American College Football Rushing Yards Per Game Leaders

Average rushing yards gained per game.

Seasons Covered

2012-2025

Current Leader

Navy (351.4)

Best Season

Navy 2019 (360.5)

Scope

American • 2017

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Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Rushing Yards Per Game Reads

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 2017 leaderboard, the visible range runs 351.4 to 198.7, with Navy setting the pace.

American Context

American teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Navy is the latest winner at 286.1.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Navy to No. 5 UCF is 152.7, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 300.7 in 2024 to 286.1 in 2025, a swing of 14.6. Navy's current mark of 351.4 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 277.9 held by Army.

Leaderboard

Top 13 rows for the current route scope.

1NavyAmerican Athletic Conference2017351.4
2South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference2017264.1
3TulsaAmerican Athletic Conference2017247.3
4TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference2017231.5
5UCFAmerican Athletic Conference2017198.7
6MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference2017197.1
7UTSAAmerican Athletic2017184.5
8SMUAmerican Athletic Conference2017184.4
9HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference2017166.8
10UConnAmerican Athletic Conference2017146.0
11TempleAmerican Athletic Conference2017136.4
12CincinnatiAmerican Athletic Conference2017135.3
13East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference2017107.7

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025NavyAmerican Athletic Conference286.1
2024ArmyAmerican Athletic Conference300.7
2023NavyAmerican Athletic Conference194.6
2022NavyAmerican Athletic Conference241.2
2021NavyAmerican Athletic Conference226.0
2020TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference217.2
2019NavyAmerican Athletic Conference360.5
2018MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference279.4
2017NavyAmerican Athletic Conference351.4
2016NavyAmerican Athletic Conference310.1
2015NavyAmerican Athletic Conference326.7
2014MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference190.5
2013UTSAAmerican Athletic175.4
2012UTSAAmerican Athletic159.3

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Army2025, 2024277.92024 (300.7)
2Navy2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015272.62019 (360.5)
3Tulane2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014190.62019 (243.2)
4South Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013186.72016 (285.3)
5UCF2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013183.42018 (265.2)
6North Texas2025, 2024, 2023182.02025 (194.1)
7Tulsa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014180.62016 (262.3)
8Memphis2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013174.32018 (279.4)
9Cincinnati2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013172.02018 (239.2)
10Houston2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013170.52015 (235.8)
11UTSA2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012165.12020 (215.4)
12SMU2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013152.02017 (184.4)
13East Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014147.72025 (176.3)
14Louisville2013146.82013 (146.8)
15UAB2025, 2024, 2023143.62023 (161.1)
16Rice2025, 2024, 2023143.22025 (204.8)
17Florida Atlantic2025, 2024, 2023136.52024 (189.2)
18Rutgers2013129.52013 (129.5)
19UConn2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013129.52018 (198.2)
20Temple2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013129.42016 (176.1)
21Charlotte2025, 2024, 2023115.22023 (145.0)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the American rushing yards per game leaderboard in 2017?

Navy ranks first at 351.4 in 2017.

Which American program has the best long-term rushing yards per game profile?

Army owns the strongest all-time average at 277.9 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the American race compare with the recent trend?

Navy 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.