Fall-planted cover crops are becoming popular among growers in the Midwest for various reasons, including weed suppression. Cereal rye is the most planted cover crop in Nebraska. Glyphosate availability was limited in 2022, so growers sought information about glyphosate alternatives for terminating cover crops, such as cereal rye. The objectives of this study were to evaluate alternative acetyl coA carboxylase (ACCase)-inhibiting herbicides for terminating cereal rye 15 days before soybean planting (DBSP), at soybean planting day (SPD), and 15 days after soybean planting (DASP) and their effect on weed control, density, biomass, soybean plant stand, and grain yield. Field experiments were conducted from 2018 to 2020 in southcentral Nebraska. Cereal rye biomass collected 15 days after termination was 394, 1,697, and 3,700 kg ha−1 in 2019 and 330, 1,304, and 4,550 kg ha−1 in 2020, respectively, for 15 DBSP at SPD and 15 DASP termination timings. Clethodim provided 77% control of cereal rye 15 DBSP compared with greater than 94% control with fluazifop-P-butyl, fluazifop-P-butyl/fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, quizalofop-P-ethyl, and glyphosate. Similarly, at SPD and 15 DASP termination timings, clethodim resulted in 66% and 31% control of cereal rye, respectively, compared to greater than 92% control with other ACCase-inhibitors and glyphosate. Palmer amaranth control at R5 soybean growth stage was 70%, 88%, and 96%, respectively, at 15 DBSP, SPD, and 15 DASP termination timing. Soybean yield was reduced to 2,184 kg ha−1 when cereal rye was terminated at 15 DASP compared to 4,566 kg ha−1 when terminated at SPD and 4,460 kg ha−1 with 15 DBSP.