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The Top Ranked College Football Running Backs of the 1980s
Notes: Ranking Explanations
| Rnk | Athlete | College |
| 1 | Herschel Walker | Georgia |
| 2 | Mike Rozier | Nebraska |
| 3 | Bo Jackson | Auburn |
| 4 | Marcus Allen | USC |
| 5 | Barry Sanders | Oklahoma St. |
| 6 | George Rogers | South Carolina |
| 7 | Anthony Thompson | Indiana |
| 8 | Keith Byars | Ohio St. |
| 9 | Paul Palmer | Temple |
| 10 | Gordon Lockbaum | Holy Cross |
| 11 | Eric Dickerson | SMU |
| 12 | Lorenzo White | Michigan St. |
| 13 | Craig Heyward | Pitt |
| 14 | Kenneth Davis | TCU |
| 15 | Napoleon McCallum | Navy |
| 16 | Brent Fullwood | Auburn |
| 17 | Darrin Nelson | Stanford |
| 18 | Emmitt Smith | Florida |
| 19 | Thurman Thomas | Oklahoma St. |
| 20 | Greg Allen | Florida St. |
| 21 | Allen Pinkett | Notre Dame |
| 22 | Gaston Green | UCLA |
| 23 | D.J. Dozier | Penn St. |
| 24 | Jarvis Redwine | Nebraska |
| 25 | Joe Dudek | Plymouth St. |
| 26 | Blair Thomas | Penn St. |
| 27 | Bobby Humphrey | Alabama |
| 28 | Rueben Mayes | Washington St. |
| 29 | Rich Diana | Yale |
| 30 | Curt Warner | Penn St. |
| 31 | Darren Lewis | Texas A&M |
| 32 | Butch Woolfolk | Michigan |
| 33 | Eric Metcalf | Texas |
| 34 | Ernest Anderson | Oklahoma St. |
| 35 | Freeman McNeil | UCLA |
| 36 | James Brooks | Auburn |
| 37 | James Gray | Texas Tech |
| 38 | Johnnie Jones | Tennessee |
| 39 | Reggie Dupard | SMU |
| 40 | Steve Bartalo | Colorado St. |
| 41 | Tim Worley | Georgia |
| 42 | Blaise Bryant | Iowa St. |
| 43 | Cleveland Gary | Miami |
| 44 | Craig James | SMU |
| 45 | Ethan Horton | North Carolina |
| 46 | Marcus Dupree | Oklahoma |
| 47 | Mike Pringle | Cal St.-Fullerton |
| 48 | Stump Mitchell | Citadel |
| 49 | Terrence Fagler | Clemson |
| 50 | Tom Rathman | Nebraska |
| 51 | Tony Boles | Michigan |
| 52 | Walter Abercrombie | Baylor |
| 53 | Dwayne Crutchfield | Iowa St. |
| 54 | Aaron Craver | Fresno St. |
| 55 | Brad Muster | Stanford |
| 56 | Chuck Weatherspoon | Houston |
| 57 | Curtis Adams | Central Michigan |
| 58 | Dalton Hilliard | LSU |
| 59 | Darrell Thompson | Minnesota |
| 60 | Doug DuBose | Nebraska |
| 61 | Harold Green | South Carolina |
| 62 | Ivory Lee Brown | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 63 | James Jones | Florida |
| 64 | Jamie Morris | Michigan |
| 65 | Johnny Bailey | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| 66 | Lydell Carr | Oklahoma |
| 67 | Melvin Bratton | Miami |
| 68 | Mike Gunter | Tulsa |
| 69 | Siran Stacy | Alabama |
| 70 | Tim Spencer | Ohio St. |
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