Opponent-adjusted

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

Louisville ranks first in FBS in adjusted open-field yards per carry at 1.89, ahead of Rice (1.71) and Tulane (1.57). The middle of FBS is about 1.13, and Florida Atlantic is last of 138 (0.82).

What's adjusted open-field yards per carry?

Yards per carry gained more than 10 yards downfield, adjusted for opponents. It measures the long-run threat.

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. Download the table (CSV).

Every FBS team by adjusted open-field yards per carry

Rank	Team	Conference	Open-field yards per carry (adjusted)
1	Louisville	ACC	1.89
2	Rice	American Athletic	1.71
3	Tulane	American Athletic	1.57
4	Texas State	Pac-12	1.55
5	UCLA	Big Ten	1.53
6	Kansas State	Big 12	1.47
7	Navy	American Athletic	1.46
8	Cincinnati	Big 12	1.46
9	Georgia	SEC	1.43
10	Texas Tech	Big 12	1.39
11	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.38
12	Indiana	Big Ten	1.38
13	James Madison	Sun Belt	1.37
14	UConn	Independents	1.36
15	Army	American Athletic	1.35
16	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1.33
17	Iowa State	Big 12	1.32
18	Temple	American Athletic	1.32
19	Utah	Big 12	1.32
20	Georgia Tech	ACC	1.32
21	Nebraska	Big Ten	1.31
22	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1.31
23	Boise State	Pac-12	1.31
24	Mississippi State	SEC	1.31
25	North Texas	American Athletic	1.31
26	Fresno State	Pac-12	1.30
27	Nevada	Mountain West	1.30
28	Wyoming	Mountain West	1.29
29	Auburn	SEC	1.28
30	South Carolina	SEC	1.27
31	Memphis	American Athletic	1.27
32	Missouri	SEC	1.27
33	New Mexico	Mountain West	1.26
34	Alabama	SEC	1.26
35	West Virginia	Big 12	1.26
36	Liberty	Conference USA	1.25
37	BYU	Big 12	1.23
38	Tulsa	American Athletic	1.22
39	Illinois	Big Ten	1.22
40	Kentucky	SEC	1.22
41	New Mexico State	Conference USA	1.22
42	Utah State	Pac-12	1.21
43	Clemson	ACC	1.21
44	Florida	SEC	1.20
45	UTEP	Mountain West	1.20
46	Boston College	ACC	1.19
47	UTSA	American Athletic	1.19
48	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1.19
49	Florida State	ACC	1.19
50	Toledo	Mid-American	1.19
51	Colorado State	Pac-12	1.19
52	Tennessee	SEC	1.19
53	Washington	Big Ten	1.18
54	UNLV	Mountain West	1.18
55	Buffalo	Mid-American	1.18
56	Troy	Sun Belt	1.17
57	Rutgers	Big Ten	1.17
58	Charlotte	American Athletic	1.16
59	SMU	ACC	1.15
60	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1.15
61	UCF	Big 12	1.15
62	Virginia Tech	ACC	1.14
63	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1.14
64	East Carolina	American Athletic	1.14
65	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1.14
66	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1.14
67	Miami	ACC	1.14
68	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1.13
69	Kansas	Big 12	1.13
70	Oregon State	Pac-12	1.13
71	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1.13
72	Purdue	Big Ten	1.13
73	Duke	ACC	1.13
74	Iowa	Big Ten	1.11
75	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1.10
76	Notre Dame	Independents	1.10
77	Ohio	Mid-American	1.10
78	Arizona State	Big 12	1.10
79	Ole Miss	SEC	1.10
80	Texas A&M	SEC	1.09
81	Oregon	Big Ten	1.09
82	Syracuse	ACC	1.09
83	Minnesota	Big Ten	1.09
84	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	1.08
85	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1.08
86	Baylor	Big 12	1.08
87	Marshall	Sun Belt	1.08
88	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1.07
89	Oklahoma	SEC	1.07
90	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1.06
91	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	1.06
92	Arizona	Big 12	1.06
93	Wake Forest	ACC	1.05
94	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1.05
95	Maryland	Big Ten	1.05
96	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1.04
97	Missouri State	Conference USA	1.04
98	Air Force	Mountain West	1.04
99	Texas	SEC	1.04
100	Ball State	Mid-American	1.03
101	Houston	Big 12	1.03
102	Washington State	Pac-12	1.03
103	LSU	SEC	1.02
104	Delaware	Conference USA	1.01
105	North Dakota State	Mountain West	1.01
106	Pittsburgh	ACC	1.01
106	UAB	American Athletic	1.01
108	San Diego State	Pac-12	1.00
109	North Carolina	ACC	1.00
110	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1.00
111	Akron	Mid-American	1.00
112	San José State	Mountain West	0.99
113	Ohio State	Big Ten	0.99
114	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0.98
115	Colorado	Big 12	0.98
116	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0.98
117	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0.97
118	Penn State	Big Ten	0.97
119	Sam Houston	Conference USA	0.97
120	TCU	Big 12	0.96
121	NC State	ACC	0.96
122	Arkansas	SEC	0.95
123	Michigan	Big Ten	0.95
124	Stanford	ACC	0.94
125	App State	Sun Belt	0.94
126	South Florida	American Athletic	0.91
127	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0.91
128	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0.91
129	California	ACC	0.89
130	Vanderbilt	SEC	0.89
131	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0.88
132	USC	Big Ten	0.88
133	Michigan State	Big Ten	0.87
134	Kent State	Mid-American	0.87
135	Virginia	ACC	0.86
136	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	0.86
137	Florida International	Conference USA	0.84
138	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	0.82

The best team in each conference

ACC: Louisville (1.89, 1st); American Athletic: Rice (1.71, 2nd); Pac-12: Texas State (1.55, 4th); Big Ten: UCLA (1.53, 5th); Big 12: Kansas State (1.47, 6th); SEC: Georgia (1.43, 9th); Sun Belt: James Madison (1.37, 13th); Independents: UConn (1.36, 14th); Mid-American: Miami (OH) (1.33, 16th); Mountain West: Nevada (1.30, 27th); Conference USA: Liberty (1.25, 36th).

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

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