Most Points For A Winner

Year	Winner	School	Total Points
1968	O.J. Simpson	USC	2,853
2005	Reggie Bush	USC	2,541
1976	Tony Dorsett	Pittsburgh	2,357
1998	Ricky Williams	Texas	2,355
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State	2,310
1984	Doug Flutie	Boston College	2,240
1970	Jim Plunkett	Stanford	2,229
1955	Howard Cassady	Ohio State	2,219
1986	Vinny Testaverde	Miami	2,213
1991	Desmond Howard	Michigan	2,077
1999	Ron Dayne	Wisconsin	2,042

 

The Most Points For A Runner-Up

Year	Winner	School	Total Points
1953	Paul Giel	Minnesota	1,794
1967	O.J. Simpson	USC	1,722
2005	Vince Young	Texas	1,608
1997	Peyton Manning	Tennessee	1,543
1985	Chuck Long	Iowa	1,464
1971	Ed Marinaro	Cornell	1,445
1970	Joe Theismann	Notre Dame	1,410
1976	Ricky Bell	USC	1,346
1969	Mike Phipps	Purdue	1,334
1984	Keith Byars	Ohio State	1,251
1982	John Elway	Stanford	1,231
1981	Herschel Walker	Georgia	1,199
1995	Tommie Frazier	Nebraska	1,196
1990	Raghib Ismail	Notre Dame	1,177
1996	Troy Davis	Iowa State	1,174
1983	Steve Young	Brigham Young	1,172
1968	Leroy Keyes	Purdue	1,103
1992	Marshall Faulk	San Diego State	1,080

 

The Most Points For A Third Place Finisher

Year	Winner	School	Total Points
1967	Leroy Keyes	Purdue	1,366