Austin Carr had the most yards on receptions 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	13	43	85	14.8	48.8	5	268	18	14.9	20.6	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	13	34	64	14.9	38.9	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

2,400

Stone

RUSH

941

Komolafe

REC

880

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

22.5

114th

OPP PPG

20.9

36th

RUSH YDS/G

167.1

66th

PASS YDS/G

181.8

138th

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Washington	5-4	9-4
10	Nebraska	4-5	7-6
11	Northwestern	4-5	7-6
12	Penn State	3-6	7-6
13	UCLA	3-6	3-9

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	SDST	@	NW	8:00 PM
Sat 9/19	COLO	@	NW	7:30 PM
Fri 9/25	NW	@	IND	8:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM
Sat 10/10	BALL	@	NW	1:00 PM

Last Game

Central Michigan

0 - 1

Final

Northwestern

1 - 0

Fri 26 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167