2016 Sun Belt Conference Leaders Rushing Offense - When Winning By 15+ Pts through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD | Long | 1st | 10+ | 20+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Appalachian State | 8 | 147 | 950 | 6.46 | 6 | 61 | 46 | 33 | 10 |
| 2 | Troy | 5 | 108 | 619 | 5.73 | 7 | 50 | 31 | 18 | 6 |
| 3 | Arkansas State | 7 | 112 | 376 | 3.36 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 2 |
| 4 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 65 | 369 | 5.68 | 3 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 4 |
| 5 | Idaho | 4 | 75 | 287 | 3.83 | 6 | 42 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 61 | 251 | 4.11 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | New Mexico State | 1 | 37 | 223 | 6.03 | 0 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Georgia State | 2 | 27 | 91 | 3.37 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 21 | 74 | 3.52 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Texas State | 1 | 18 | 56 | 3.11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | South Alabama | 3 | 15 | 40 | 2.67 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 10+: Rush attempts of 10 or more yards; 20+: Rush attempts of 20 or more yards | ||||||||||