College Football Rankings by Open-field Yards per Carry, 2026

Louisville ranks first in FBS in open-field yards per carry at 3.09, ahead of Texas State (2.51) and Tulane (2.32). The middle of FBS is about 1.20, and Florida International is last of 138 (0.41).

What's open-field yards per carry?

Open-field yards per carry: yards gained more than 10 yards downfield, the part that belongs to the back. Higher is better.

The lines. Big Uglies is our rating for each offensive line and each defensive front: adjusted line yards (30%), stuff rate (20%), power success (15%), sack rate (20%) and front-seven havoc (15%), against every FBS team. 50 is average, and every 10 points is a standard deviation. Line stats from CollegeFootballData.com, garbage time out.

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

Every FBS team by open-field yards per carry

Rank	Team	Conference	Open-field yards per carry
1	Louisville	ACC	3.09
2	Texas State	Pac-12	2.51
3	Tulane	American Athletic	2.32
4	Rice	American Athletic	2.25
5	Kansas State	Big 12	2.20
6	Cincinnati	Big 12	2.12
7	Northwestern	Big Ten	2.07
8	South Carolina	SEC	2.06
9	Army	American Athletic	1.92
10	Navy	American Athletic	1.91
11	UCLA	Big Ten	1.90
12	North Texas	American Athletic	1.89
13	UConn	Independents	1.86
14	Georgia	SEC	1.83
15	Utah	Big 12	1.78
16	Memphis	American Athletic	1.76
17	Colorado State	Pac-12	1.75
18	Temple	American Athletic	1.75
19	Indiana	Big Ten	1.75
20	Nebraska	Big Ten	1.71
21	Texas Tech	Big 12	1.70
22	Georgia Tech	ACC	1.70
23	Boise State	Pac-12	1.68
24	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1.66
25	Iowa State	Big 12	1.63
26	Illinois	Big Ten	1.59
27	Liberty	Conference USA	1.57
28	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1.56
29	Charlotte	American Athletic	1.54
30	New Mexico State	Conference USA	1.50
31	Nevada	Mountain West	1.48
32	West Virginia	Big 12	1.48
33	Iowa	Big Ten	1.47
34	Washington	Big Ten	1.47
35	James Madison	Sun Belt	1.47
36	UTSA	American Athletic	1.47
37	Alabama	SEC	1.47
38	Maryland	Big Ten	1.46
39	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1.46
40	East Carolina	American Athletic	1.45
41	Wyoming	Mountain West	1.45
42	Auburn	SEC	1.45
43	Kentucky	SEC	1.43
44	Florida State	ACC	1.42
45	Troy	Sun Belt	1.40
46	Boston College	ACC	1.39
47	Tulsa	American Athletic	1.38
48	Oregon State	Pac-12	1.38
49	Arizona State	Big 12	1.38
50	New Mexico	Mountain West	1.36
51	Ball State	Mid-American	1.34
52	Florida	SEC	1.34
53	Fresno State	Pac-12	1.32
54	Wake Forest	ACC	1.31
55	UNLV	Mountain West	1.30
56	Miami	ACC	1.30
57	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	1.29
58	Virginia Tech	ACC	1.29
59	Rutgers	Big Ten	1.28
60	Duke	ACC	1.27
61	Mississippi State	SEC	1.26
62	Buffalo	Mid-American	1.25
63	Clemson	ACC	1.25
64	Marshall	Sun Belt	1.24
65	Utah State	Pac-12	1.22
66	Washington State	Pac-12	1.21
67	BYU	Big 12	1.21
68	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1.20
69	UCF	Big 12	1.20
70	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1.19
71	Toledo	Mid-American	1.19
72	Texas A&M	SEC	1.17
73	Tennessee	SEC	1.15
74	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1.15
75	SMU	ACC	1.14
76	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1.14
77	Arizona	Big 12	1.12
78	Missouri	SEC	1.11
79	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1.10
80	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1.08
81	Ohio	Mid-American	1.08
82	NC State	ACC	1.07
83	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1.06
84	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.06
85	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1.05
86	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1.05
87	Purdue	Big Ten	1.05
88	Syracuse	ACC	1.03
89	Notre Dame	Independents	1.01
90	Massachusetts	Mid-American	1.01
91	Baylor	Big 12	1.01
92	Missouri State	Conference USA	1.00
93	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1.00
94	San Diego State	Pac-12	0.99
95	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0.99
96	LSU	SEC	0.97
97	Oregon	Big Ten	0.96
98	Oklahoma	SEC	0.96
99	Pittsburgh	ACC	0.94
100	Texas	SEC	0.93
101	Ole Miss	SEC	0.92
102	UAB	American Athletic	0.91
103	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0.91
104	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0.90
105	Air Force	Mountain West	0.88
106	TCU	Big 12	0.88
107	Sacramento State	Mid-American	0.87
108	Kansas	Big 12	0.86
109	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	0.85
110	South Florida	American Athletic	0.83
111	Virginia	ACC	0.83
112	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0.82
113	Houston	Big 12	0.82
114	North Dakota State	Mountain West	0.82
115	Colorado	Big 12	0.81
116	UTEP	Mountain West	0.79
117	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0.77
118	Delaware	Conference USA	0.77
119	Stanford	ACC	0.74
120	San José State	Mountain West	0.74
121	Akron	Mid-American	0.74
122	Michigan	Big Ten	0.71
123	App State	Sun Belt	0.65
124	USC	Big Ten	0.64
125	North Carolina	ACC	0.63
126	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0.63
127	Minnesota	Big Ten	0.59
128	Ohio State	Big Ten	0.58
129	Vanderbilt	SEC	0.57
130	Penn State	Big Ten	0.57
131	California	ACC	0.53
132	Arkansas	SEC	0.52
133	Kent State	Mid-American	0.51
134	Michigan State	Big Ten	0.49
135	Sam Houston	Conference USA	0.46
136	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	0.44
137	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0.42
138	Florida International	Conference USA	0.41

The best team in each conference

ACC: Louisville (3.09, 1st); Pac-12: Texas State (2.51, 2nd); American Athletic: Tulane (2.32, 3rd); Big 12: Kansas State (2.20, 5th); Big Ten: Northwestern (2.07, 7th); SEC: South Carolina (2.06, 8th); Independents: UConn (1.86, 13th); Mid-American: Miami (OH) (1.66, 24th); Conference USA: Liberty (1.57, 27th); Sun Belt: Georgia State (1.56, 28th); Mountain West: Nevada (1.48, 31st).

College Football Rankings by Open-field Yards per Carry, 2026

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