College Football Stat Leaders
Average rushing yards gained per game.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
App State (250.9)
Best Season
Georgia Southern 2014 (381.1)
Scope
Sun Belt • 2016
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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 2016 leaderboard, the visible range runs 250.9 to 178.9, with App State setting the pace.
Sun Belt teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and James Madison is the latest winner at 243.7.
The gap from No. 1 App State to No. 5 Louisiana is 72.0, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark improved from 211.3 in 2024 to 243.7 in 2025, a swing of 32.5. App State's current mark of 250.9 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 225.9 held by Georgia Southern.
Top 11 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 2016 | 250.9 |
| 2 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 2016 | 224.2 |
| 3 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2016 | 196.8 |
| 4 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 2016 | 181.3 |
| 5 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 2016 | 178.9 |
| 6 | New Mexico State | Sun Belt Conference | 2016 | 170.9 |
| 7 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 2016 | 169.2 |
| 8 | South Alabama | Sun Belt Conference | 2016 | 144.5 |
| 9 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2016 | 137.2 |
| 10 | Georgia State | Sun Belt Conference | 2016 | 87.7 |
| 11 | Texas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2016 | 85.6 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 243.7 |
| 2024 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 211.3 |
| 2023 | Georgia State | Sun Belt Conference | 188.1 |
| 2022 | Georgia State | Sun Belt Conference | 215.5 |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt Conference | 228.8 |
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 267.1 |
| 2019 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 257.4 |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 266.3 |
| 2017 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 223.4 |
| 2016 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 250.9 |
| 2015 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 363.0 |
| 2014 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 381.1 |
| 2013 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 205.7 |
| 2012 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 206.2 |
| 2011 | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt Conference | 181.6 |
| 2010 | North Texas | Sun Belt Conference | 202.2 |
| 2009 | Middle Tennessee | Sun Belt Conference | 186.0 |
| 2008 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 263.7 |
| 2007 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 251.4 |
| 2006 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 188.4 |
| 2005 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 254.3 |
| 2004 | North Texas | Sun Belt Conference | 186.4 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Southern | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 225.9 | 2014 (381.1) |
| 2 | App State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 214.8 | 2015 (271.5) |
| 3 | Louisiana | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 190.3 | 2008 (263.7) |
| 4 | James Madison | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 189.4 | 2025 (243.7) |
| 5 | Marshall | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 184.7 | 2022 (205.2) |
| 6 | Coastal Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 181.8 | 2021 (228.8) |
| 7 | Western Kentucky | 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 | 181.0 | 2013 (196.8) |
| 8 | Arkansas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 159.4 | 2015 (231.3) |
| 9 | Old Dominion | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 158.7 | 2025 (238.9) |
| 10 | Texas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 157.2 | 2014 (238.5) |
| 11 | North Texas | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 156.1 | 2010 (202.2) |
| 12 | South Alabama | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 153.9 | 2025 (201.2) |
| 13 | Georgia State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 153.4 | 2019 (241.6) |
| 14 | New Mexico State | 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2004 | 153.4 | 2015 (180.5) |
| 15 | UL Monroe | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 146.0 | 2007 (209.0) |
| 16 | Troy | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 141.3 | 2007 (182.6) |
| 17 | Middle Tennessee | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 141.1 | 2009 (186.0) |
| 18 | Southern Miss | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 137.5 | 2023 (163.4) |
| 19 | Florida International | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 120.6 | 2010 (187.5) |
| 20 | Florida Atlantic | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 118.4 | 2009 (152.4) |
| 21 | Utah State | 2004 | 76.3 | 2004 (76.3) |
App State ranks first at 250.9 in 2016.
Georgia Southern owns the strongest all-time average at 225.9 across 12 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
James Madison 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.