Opponent-adjusted

College Football Rankings by Adjusted Line Yards per Carry, 2026

Air Force ranks first in FBS in adjusted line yards per carry at 3.35, ahead of UCLA (3.28) and Wyoming (3.25). The middle of FBS is about 2.95, and Old Dominion is last of 138 (2.31).

What's adjusted line yards per carry?

Rushing yards credited to the offensive line (the first few yards of each carry), adjusted for opponents.

The same efficiency numbers, adjusted for the offenses and defenses each team has faced (CollegeFootballData.com). A good number against a soft schedule shrinks; one against a hard schedule grows.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. Ranks are among the 138 FBS teams with the number.

Every FBS team by adjusted line yards per carry

Rank	Team	Conference	Line yards per carry (adjusted)
1	Air Force	Mountain West	3.35
2	UCLA	Big Ten	3.28
3	Wyoming	Mountain West	3.25
4	Florida State	ACC	3.25
5	Temple	American Athletic	3.22
6	South Carolina	SEC	3.21
7	Navy	American Athletic	3.20
8	Houston	Big 12	3.20
9	Boise State	Pac-12	3.19
9	Liberty	Conference USA	3.19
11	Miami	ACC	3.19
12	Army	American Athletic	3.19
13	Memphis	American Athletic	3.17
14	Ole Miss	SEC	3.15
15	Illinois	Big Ten	3.14
16	Tennessee	SEC	3.14
17	Kentucky	SEC	3.13
18	Kansas	Big 12	3.13
19	Ohio	Mid-American	3.13
20	Cincinnati	Big 12	3.12
21	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3.12
22	Georgia	SEC	3.11
23	Pittsburgh	ACC	3.11
24	Notre Dame	Independents	3.10
25	Mississippi State	SEC	3.10
26	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3.10
27	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3.10
28	Utah	Big 12	3.09
29	Texas Tech	Big 12	3.09
30	Akron	Mid-American	3.08
30	Oregon State	Pac-12	3.08
32	UConn	Independents	3.08
33	Texas State	Pac-12	3.08
34	Boston College	ACC	3.08
35	Auburn	SEC	3.08
36	Virginia	ACC	3.07
37	BYU	Big 12	3.07
38	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	3.07
39	James Madison	Sun Belt	3.07
40	Indiana	Big Ten	3.06
41	Nebraska	Big Ten	3.04
42	Texas A&M	SEC	3.03
43	Ohio State	Big Ten	3.03
44	Alabama	SEC	3.03
45	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3.02
46	Toledo	Mid-American	3.02
47	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	3.02
48	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3.01
49	USC	Big Ten	3.00
50	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	3.00
51	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3.00
52	Massachusetts	Mid-American	3.00
53	Iowa State	Big 12	2.99
54	North Texas	American Athletic	2.99
55	Wake Forest	ACC	2.99
56	UTSA	American Athletic	2.98
57	North Carolina	ACC	2.98
58	UNLV	Mountain West	2.98
59	Tulsa	American Athletic	2.98
60	Kansas State	Big 12	2.98
61	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2.97
62	New Mexico	Mountain West	2.97
63	West Virginia	Big 12	2.97
64	Colorado State	Pac-12	2.97
65	Troy	Sun Belt	2.96
66	Michigan State	Big Ten	2.96
67	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2.96
68	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2.95
69	Michigan	Big Ten	2.95
70	San Diego State	Pac-12	2.95
71	Arizona	Big 12	2.95
72	Iowa	Big Ten	2.95
73	Northwestern	Big Ten	2.95
74	Arizona State	Big 12	2.95
75	LSU	SEC	2.94
76	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2.94
77	New Mexico State	Conference USA	2.94
78	UAB	American Athletic	2.94
79	Ball State	Mid-American	2.94
80	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	2.94
81	Florida	SEC	2.93
82	East Carolina	American Athletic	2.93
83	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2.93
84	San José State	Mountain West	2.93
85	Marshall	Sun Belt	2.92
86	Georgia Tech	ACC	2.92
87	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	2.92
88	Hawai'i	Mountain West	2.92
89	Rutgers	Big Ten	2.90
90	Duke	ACC	2.90
91	North Dakota State	Mountain West	2.90
92	Delaware	Conference USA	2.89
93	Utah State	Pac-12	2.89
94	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2.89
95	Arkansas	SEC	2.88
96	Clemson	ACC	2.88
97	Rice	American Athletic	2.87
98	SMU	ACC	2.87
98	Texas	SEC	2.87
100	Stanford	ACC	2.86
101	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2.85
102	Oregon	Big Ten	2.85
103	NC State	ACC	2.85
104	Colorado	Big 12	2.85
105	Missouri State	Conference USA	2.85
106	Washington State	Pac-12	2.85
107	Washington	Big Ten	2.85
108	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2.84
109	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	2.83
110	Oklahoma	SEC	2.83
111	Vanderbilt	SEC	2.82
112	Baylor	Big 12	2.81
113	Missouri	SEC	2.81
114	Penn State	Big Ten	2.81
115	Fresno State	Pac-12	2.81
116	Buffalo	Mid-American	2.80
117	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	2.80
118	Purdue	Big Ten	2.79
119	UCF	Big 12	2.78
120	Nevada	Mountain West	2.78
121	South Florida	American Athletic	2.78
122	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	2.77
123	App State	Sun Belt	2.77
124	Florida International	Conference USA	2.76
125	Maryland	Big Ten	2.74
126	UTEP	Mountain West	2.73
127	Virginia Tech	ACC	2.73
128	Louisville	ACC	2.73
129	Tulane	American Athletic	2.71
130	Sacramento State	Mid-American	2.69
131	Syracuse	ACC	2.68
132	TCU	Big 12	2.67
133	California	ACC	2.63
134	Sam Houston	Conference USA	2.62
135	Kent State	Mid-American	2.62
136	Charlotte	American Athletic	2.60
137	Minnesota	Big Ten	2.57
138	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	2.31

The best team in each conference

Mountain West: Air Force (3.35, 1st); Big Ten: UCLA (3.28, 2nd); ACC: Florida State (3.25, 4th); American Athletic: Temple (3.22, 5th); SEC: South Carolina (3.21, 6th); Big 12: Houston (3.20, 8th); Pac-12: Boise State (3.19, 9th); Conference USA: Liberty (3.19, 9th); Mid-American: Ohio (3.13, 19th); Independents: Notre Dame (3.10, 24th); Sun Belt: Georgia State (3.10, 26th).

College Football Rankings by Adjusted Line Yards per Carry, 2026

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