most college football contested catch leaders wr 2025 to 2026

From 2025 through 2026, Malachi Toney has the most receptions by a wide receiver, with 143 receptions.

	NAME	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Malachi Toney M. Toney	143	20	178	1,775	12.4	88.8	16	113	23	4.9	5.7	1
2	Easton Messer E. Messer	130	16	171	1,402	10.8	87.6	8	45	3	15.0	2.8	1
3	Jeremiah Smith J. Smith	120	17	156	1,860	15.5	109.4	19	26	4	6.5	1.5	1
4	Jacob De Jesus J. De Jesus	108	13	158	1,029	9.5	79.2	6	-7	7	-1.0	-0.5	0
5	Skyler Bell S. Bell	101	13	145	1,278	12.7	98.3	13	-2	2	-1.0	-0.2	0
6	Chase Hendricks C. Hendricks	95	17	146	1,269	13.4	74.6	9	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
7	Anthony Evans III A. Evans III	95	17	140	1,239	13.0	72.9	7	48	9	5.3	2.8	0
8	Danny Scudero D. Scudero	93	14	171	1,315	14.1	93.9	10	14	2	7.0	1.0	0
9	Wyatt Young W. Young	92	18	126	1,674	18.2	93.0	13	26	5	5.2	1.4	1
10	Beau Sparks B. Sparks	91	16	123	1,291	14.2	80.7	11	74	6	12.3	4.6	1
11	Amare Thomas A. Thomas	90	17	133	1,253	13.9	73.7	16	9	5	1.8	0.5	0
12	Chauncy Cobb C. Cobb	90	17	114	990	11.0	58.2	2	20	6	3.3	1.2	0
13	Asaad Waseem A. Waseem	90	16	123	1,054	11.7	65.9	6	-7	1	-7.0	-0.4	0
14	Que'Sean Brown Q. Brown	89	18	124	1,066	12.0	59.2	6	-13	2	-6.5	-0.7	0
15	KJ Duff	89	16	142	1,634	18.4	102.1	14	0	0		0.0	0
16	Lewis Bond L. Bond	88	12	119	993	11.3	82.8	1	3	4	0.8	0.3	0
17	Gavin Freeman G. Freeman	88	16	120	845	9.6	52.8	6	48	12	4.0	3.0	0
18	Sean Wilson S. Wilson	88	17	137	1,169	13.3	68.8	6	0	0		0.0	0
19	Isaiah Sategna III I. Sategna III	87	17	140	1,232	14.2	72.5	10	41	8	5.1	2.4	0
20	Cooper Barkate C. Barkate	86	18	134	1,249	14.5	69.4	10	0	0		0.0	0
21	Griffin Wilde G. Wilde	85	16	131	1,125	13.2	70.3	10	5	1	5.0	0.3	0
22	Chris Dawn Jr. C. Dawn Jr.	84	16	121	1,253	14.9	78.3	8	3	3	1.0	0.2	0
23	Junior Vandeross III J. Vandeross III	82	13	120	1,008	12.3	77.5	11	5	2	2.5	0.4	0
24	Braylon Staley B. Staley	82	17	121	969	11.8	57.0	8	0	0		0.0	0
25	Zachariah Branch Z. Branch	81	14	101	811	10.0	57.9	6	7	4	1.8	0.5	0

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More Miami Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,211

Mensah

RUSH

230

Fletcher

REC

564

Toney

Team Rankings

PPG

51.8

3rd

OPP PPG

9.0

5th

RUSH YDS/G

227.5

22nd

PASS YDS/G

361.3

4th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Miami	2-0	4-0
2	Clemson	2-0	3-1
3	Duke	1-0	4-0
4	Pittsburgh	1-0	4-0
5	Virginia Tech	1-0	4-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MIA	@	CLEM	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	FSU	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	PITT	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MIA	@	UNC	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MIA	@	ND	7:30 PM

Last Game

Central Michigan

2 - 2

Final

Miami

4 - 0

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250