Austin Carr had the most receiving yards in the Big 10 in 2016, with 1,247 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Austin Carr A. Carr	1,247	2016	NW	13	90	132	13.9	95.9	12
2	Nick Westbrook N. Westbrook	995	2016	IND	13	54	97	18.4	76.5	6	3	1	3.0	0.2	1
3	Chris Godwin C. Godwin	982	2016	PSU	14	59	100	16.6	70.1	11	13	1	13.0	0.9	0
4	Deangelo Yancey D. Yancey	951	2016	PUR	12	49	104	19.4	79.3	10	0	0		0.0	0
5	Curtis Samuel C. Samuel	865	2016	OSU	13	74	100	11.7	66.5	7	771	97	7.9	59.3	8
6	Amara Darboh A. Darboh	862	2016	MICH	13	57	103	15.1	66.3	7	0	0		0.0	0
7	Drew Wolitarsky D. Wolitarsky	860	2016	MINN	13	66	106	13.0	66.2	5	6	3	2.0	0.5	0
8	Ricky Jones R. Jones	848	2016	IND	13	53	94	16.0	65.2	3	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
9	R.J. Shelton	789	2016	MSU	12	53	86	14.9	65.8	5	121	18	6.7	10.1	0
10	Malik Turner M. Turner	712	2016	ILL	11	48	94	14.8	64.7	6	5	2	2.5	0.5	0
11	Mike Gesicki M. Gesicki	679	2016	PSU	14	48	70	14.1	48.5	5	0	0		0.0	0
12	Mitchell Paige M. Paige	646	2016	IND	13	58	99	11.1	49.7	4	36	5	7.2	2.8	1
13	DJ Moore	637	2016	MD	13	41	76	15.5	49.0	6	55	11	5.0	4.2	0
14	Jazz Peavy J. Peavy	635	2016	WIS	14	43	85	14.8	45.4	5	318	21	15.1	22.7	1
15	Troy Fumagalli T. Fumagalli	580	2016	WIS	14	47	69	12.3	41.4	2	0	0		0.0	0
16	Jake Butt J. Butt	546	2016	MICH	13	46	67	11.9	42.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
17	Jordan Westerkamp J. Westerkamp	526	2016	NEB	10	38	60	13.8	52.6	5	18	3	6.0	1.8	1
18	Riley McCarron R. McCarron	517	2016	IOWA	13	42	60	12.3	39.8	4	-3	2	-1.5	-0.2	0
19	DaeSean Hamilton D. Hamilton	506	2016	PSU	14	34	64	14.9	36.1	1	-12	1	-12.0	-0.9	0
20	Saeed Blacknall S. Blacknall	502	2016	PSU	9	21	33	23.9	55.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
21	Jehu Chesson J. Chesson	500	2016	MICH	13	35	66	14.3	38.5	2	63	12	5.3	4.8	1
22	Teldrick Morgan T. Morgan	497	2016	MD	13	43	68	11.6	38.2	4	34	6	5.7	2.6	0
23	Jawuan Harris J. Harris	481	2016	RUTG	12	39	76	12.3	40.1	3	-6	7	-0.9	-0.5	0
24	Bilal Marshall B. Marshall	477	2016	PUR	12	40	79	11.9	39.8	3	14	9	1.6	1.2	0
25	Andre Patton A. Patton	460	2016	RUTG	12	33	66	13.9	38.3	5

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Team Leaders

PASS

900

Chiles

RUSH

290

Komolafe

REC

281

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

33.0

60th

OPP PPG

16.8

33rd

RUSH YDS/G

212.8

30th

PASS YDS/G

225.0

90th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	USC	2-1	5-1
9	Iowa	1-1	4-1
10	Northwestern	1-1	3-1
11	Purdue	1-1	2-3
12	Michigan	0-2	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	BALL	@	NW	12:30 PM
Sat 10/17	NW	@	MSU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/24	RUTG	@	NW	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	NW	@	ORE	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	IOWA	@	NW	1:00 PM

Last Game

Penn State

3 - 2

Final

Northwestern

3 - 1

Fri 2 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
2	Liberty	4	1	.800
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Missouri State	1	3	.250
6	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
7	Delaware	2	3	.400
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
11	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
12	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200