College Football Stat Leaders

2021 Pac-12 College Football Rushing Yards Per Game Leaders

Average rushing yards gained per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Utah (216.8)

Best Season

Oregon 2012 (315.2)

Scope

Pac-12 • 2021

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per Game Passing Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Points Per Game Offensive PPA Defensive PPA Turnover Margin Havoc Rate

Season Selector

All-Time 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Conference Selector

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Summary

Rushing yards per game isolates how often an offense can stay ahead of schedule on the ground, making it a strong signal for line play, quarterback run stress, and the ability to close games without giving the ball away.

Rushing Yards Per Game pages track Pac-12 teams in 2021 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2004 through 2023.

Utah sits atop the current leaderboard at 216.8, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

Oregon owns the strongest average across 20 seasons at 225.1, while Washington State anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Utah currently headlines this route, while Washington State supplies the most recent yearly-winner checkpoint in 2025, giving the page both snapshot and trend context.

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 2021 leaderboard, the visible range runs 216.8 to 193.4, with Utah setting the pace.

Pac-12 Context

Pac-12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Washington State is the latest winner at 129.5.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Utah to No. 5 Arizona State is 23.4, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 189.2 in 2024 to 129.5 in 2025, a swing of 59.7. Utah's current mark of 216.8 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 225.1 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.


1	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	2021	216.8
2	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	2021	215.2
3	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	2021	212.4
4	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	2021	202.4
5	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	2021	193.4
6	California	Pac-12 Conference	2021	164.2
7	USC	Pac-12 Conference	2021	145.6
8	Arizona	Pac-12 Conference	2021	129.7
9	Colorado	Pac-12 Conference	2021	126.2
10	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	2021	122.1
11	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	2021	98.4
12	Stanford	Pac-12 Conference	2021	87.6

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference	Value
2025	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	129.5
2024	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	189.2
2023	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	197.9
2022	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	238.4
2021	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	216.8
2020	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	264.5
2019	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	201.4
2018	Arizona	Pac-12 Conference	202.4
2017	Arizona	Pac-12 Conference	309.3
2016	Arizona	Pac-12 Conference	235.0
2015	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	279.9
2014	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	234.5
2013	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	273.5
2012	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	315.2
2011	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	299.2
2010	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	285.9
2009	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	231.7
2008	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	280.1
2007	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	251.7
2006	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	181.8
2005	California	Pac-12 Conference	235.3
2004	California	Pac-12 Conference	256.8

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Oregon	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	225.1	2012 (315.2)
2	Utah	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	182.8	2022 (217.7)
3	Arizona	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	167.3	2017 (309.3)
4	UCLA	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	167.0	2022 (238.4)
5	California	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	161.3	2004 (256.8)
6	Stanford	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	157.4	2015 (223.7)
7	Washington	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	156.5	2013 (239.0)
8	Arizona State	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	155.5	2020 (264.5)
9	USC	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	153.9	2016 (200.7)
10	Oregon State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	147.1	2021 (212.4)
11	Colorado	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	138.4	2020 (212.3)
12	Washington State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	99.3	2005 (178.6)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Pac-12 rushing yards per game leaderboard in 2021?

Utah ranks first at 216.8 in 2021.

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

Oregon owns the strongest all-time average at 225.1 across 20 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Pac-12 race compare with the recent trend?

Washington 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.