College Football Stat Leaders

2010 Big 12 College Football Rushing Yards Per Game Leaders

Average rushing yards gained per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Nebraska (247.6)

Best Season

Baylor 2015 (326.7)

Scope

Big 12 • 2010

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

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 2010 leaderboard, the visible range runs 247.6 to 165.0, with Nebraska setting the pace.

Big 12 Context

Big 12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Utah is the latest winner at 266.5.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Nebraska to No. 5 Texas A&M is 82.6, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 248.1 in 2024 to 266.5 in 2025, a swing of 18.5. Nebraska's current mark of 247.6 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 211.5 held by UCF.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1NebraskaBig 12 Conference2010247.6
2Kansas StateBig 12 Conference2010199.5
3BaylorBig 12 Conference2010194.6
4Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference2010174.4
5Texas A&MBig 12 Conference2010165.0
6MissouriBig 12 Conference2010156.4
7TexasBig 12 Conference2010150.5
8Iowa StateBig 12 Conference2010143.2
9Texas TechBig 12 Conference2010141.3
10OklahomaBig 12 Conference2010138.0
11ColoradoBig 12 Conference2010137.0
12KansasBig 12 Conference2010134.6

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1UCF2025, 2024, 2023211.52024 (248.1)
2Utah2025, 2024198.52025 (266.5)
3Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004198.42014 (261.2)
4Arizona State2025, 2024197.62024 (202.3)
5Cincinnati2025, 2024, 2023193.22023 (217.1)
6Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004191.12004 (299.2)
7Texas A&M2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004182.22005 (234.9)
8Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004178.22008 (245.5)
9Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004174.02016 (231.8)
10TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012173.32015 (215.4)
11Missouri2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004172.12011 (244.0)
12Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004168.62015 (326.7)
13West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012168.52023 (228.9)
14Nebraska2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004164.52010 (247.6)
15BYU2025, 2024, 2023148.32025 (179.1)
16Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004148.22024 (212.7)
17Houston2025, 2024, 2023144.62025 (178.6)
18Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004144.02020 (195.3)
19Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004132.92015 (191.3)
20Arizona2025, 2024129.72025 (152.7)
21Colorado2025, 2024, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004120.12006 (172.5)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 rushing yards per game leaderboard in 2010?

Nebraska ranks first at 247.6 in 2010.

Which Big 12 program has the best long-term rushing yards per game profile?

UCF owns the strongest all-time average at 211.5 across 3 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big 12 race compare with the recent trend?

Utah 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.