most receiving touchdowns by a qb in a single cfb season

Luke McCaffrey has scored the most receiving touchdowns by a quarterback in a season, with 13 touchdowns in 2023.

	NAME	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Luke McCaffrey L. McCaffrey	13	2023	RICE	13	71	123	992	14.0	76.3	117	15	7.8	9.0	0
2	Nick Nash N. Nash	8	2023	SJSU	13	48	80	728	15.2	56.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
3	Jordan Moore J. Moore	8	2023	DUKE	13	62	105	835	13.5	64.2	2	4	0.5	0.2	0
4	Kevin Drake K. Drake	7	1997	UAB	11	38		823	21.7	74.8	38	3	12.7	3.5	0
5	Donaven McCulley D. McCulley	6	2023	IND	12	48	70	644	13.4	53.7	-1	3	-0.3	-0.1	0
6	Luke McCaffrey L. McCaffrey	6	2022	RICE	11	58	87	723	12.5	65.7	148	12	12.3	13.5	1
7	Frank Cassano F. Cassano	6	1990	TLSA	11	31		464	15.0	42.2	52	13	4.0	4.7	0
8	Jerome McIntosh J. McIntosh	6	1987	TULN	9	19		302	15.9	33.6	72	17	4.2	8.0	0
9	Dave Juenger D. Juenger	6	1972	OHIO	11	32		508	15.9	46.2	70	51	1.4	6.4	1
10	Hal Bedsole H. Bedsole	6	1961	USC	10	27		525	19.4	52.5	12	1	12.0	1.2	0
11	Isaiah Williams I. Williams	5	2023	ILL	12	82	131	1,055	12.9	87.9	38	12	3.2	3.2	0
12	Isaiah Williams I. Williams	5	2022	ILL	13	82	104	715	8.7	55.0	5	7	0.7	0.4	0
13	Jordan Moore J. Moore	5	2022	DUKE	13	60	88	656	10.9	50.5	33	4	8.3	2.5	0
14	Brady Hunt B. Hunt	5	2022	BALL	12	46	62	498	10.8	41.5	0	0		0.0	0
15	Marqueis Gray M. Gray	5	2010	MINN	11	42		587	14.0	53.4	110	23	4.8	10.0	1
16	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	5	2008	TAMU	11	55		844	15.3	76.7	-8	2	-4.0	-0.7	0
17	Harrison Davis H. Davis	5	1973	UVA	11	44		773	17.6	70.3	5	3	1.7	0.5	0
18	Jim DelGaizo J. DelGaizo	5	1968		10	34		496	14.6	49.6	-129	65	-2.0	-12.9	2
19	Rod Sherman R. Sherman	5	1964	USC	10	24		446	18.6	44.6	234	35	6.7	23.4	1
20	Gene Keady G. Keady	5	1956	KSU	10	14		247	17.6	24.7	310	43	7.2	31.0	2
21	Gino Campiotti G. Campiotti	4	2023	MASS	12	21	43	289	13.8	24.1	3	1	3.0	0.3	0
22	Isaiah Williams I. Williams	4	2021	ILL	12	47	82	525	11.2	43.8	61	12	5.1	5.1	2
23	Bryson Smith B. Smith	4	2018	HOU	12	30	40	285	9.5	23.8	74	19	3.9	6.2	0
24	David Washington D. Washington	4	2014	ODU	12	47	60	599	12.7	49.9	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
25	Devin Gardner D. Gardner	4	2012	MICH	13	16		266	16.6	20.5	101	47	2.1	7.8	7

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Team Leaders

PASS

82

Brown

RUSH

130

Brown

REC

30

Jackson

Team Rankings

PPG

15.5

146th

OPP PPG

27.5

112th

RUSH YDS/G

261.0

13th

PASS YDS/G

49.5

213th

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Memphis	0-0	2-1
6	North Texas	0-0	1-1
7	Rice	0-0	1-1
8	Temple	0-0	1-1
9	Tulane	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	WMU	@	RICE	7:00 PM
Sat 9/26	RICE	@	FRES	10:00 PM
Sat 10/3	UTSA	@	RICE	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	RICE	@	ECU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	TLSA	@	RICE	1:00 PM

Last Game

Rice

1 - 1

Final

Notre Dame

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

396.5

358.0

356.0

343.5

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
2	Miami	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	2	0	1.000
4	Virginia	2	0	1.000
5	California	1	1	.500
6	Duke	2	0	1.000
7	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333