most receiving yards in a single college career season

Trevor Insley has the most yards on receptions in a season, with 2,060 yards in 1999.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Trevor Insley T. Insley	2,060	1999	NEV	11	134		15.4	187.3	13	5	1	5.0	0.5	0
2	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	1,996	1998	LT	12	140		14.3	166.3	27	227	21	10.8	18.9	3
3	Michael Crabtree M. Crabtree	1,962	2007	TTU	13	134		14.6	150.9	22
4	Jordan White J. White	1,911	2011	WMU	13	140		13.7	147.0	17	27	1	27.0	2.1	0
5	Jerreth Sterns J. Sterns	1,902	2021	WKU	14	150	194	12.7	135.9	17	17	5	3.4	1.2	0
6	Greg Salas G. Salas	1,889	2010	HAW	14	119		15.9	134.9	14
7	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	1,856	2020	ALA	13	117	148	15.9	142.8	23	6	4	1.5	0.5	1
8	Alex Van Dyke A. Van Dyke	1,854	1995	NEV	11	129		14.4	168.5	16	6	1	6.0	0.5	0
9	Terrance Williams T. Williams	1,832	2012	BAY	13	97		18.9	140.9	12	14	2	7.0	1.1	0
10	Trent Taylor T. Taylor	1,803	2016	LT	14	136	176	13.3	128.8	12
11	J.R. Tolver	1,785	2002	SDSU	13	128		13.9	137.3	13	40	6	6.7	3.1	1
12	Justin Blackmon J. Blackmon	1,782	2010	OKST	12	111		16.1	148.5	20	77	4	19.3	6.4	1
13	Danario Alexander D. Alexander	1,781	2009	MIZ	13	113		15.8	137.0	14	10	1	10.0	0.8	0
14	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	1,780	2019	LSU	14	84	125	21.2	127.1	20	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
15	Howard Twilley H. Twilley	1,779	1965	TLSA	10	134		13.3	177.9	16
16	Freddie Barnes F. Barnes	1,770	2009	BGSU	13	155		11.4	136.2	19	78	25	3.1	6.0	2
17	Patrick Edwards P. Edwards	1,752	2011	HOU	14	89		19.7	125.1	20	6	2	3.0	0.4	0
18	Rashard Higgins R. Higgins	1,750	2014	CSU	12	96	130	18.2	145.8	17
19	Zay Jones Z. Jones	1,746	2016	ECU	12	158	222	11.1	145.5	8	24	4	6.0	2.0	0
20	Josh Reed J. Reed	1,740	2001	LSU	12	94		18.5	145.0	7	7	2	3.5	0.6	0
21	Taywan Taylor T. Taylor	1,730	2016	WKU	14	98	149	17.7	123.6	17	36	6	6.0	2.6	0
22	Brandin Cooks B. Cooks	1,730	2013	ORST	13	128	167	13.5	133.1	16	217	32	6.8	16.7	2
23	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	1,727	2014	ALA	14	124	177	13.9	123.4	16	23	5	4.6	1.6	0
24	Marqise Lee M. Lee	1,721	2012	USC	13	118		14.6	132.4	14	106	13	8.2	8.2	0
25	Davante Adams D. Adams	1,719	2013	FRES	13	131	118	13.1	132.2	24	0	0		0.0	0

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PASS

654

Jones

RUSH

440

Kelley

REC

210

Givens

Team Rankings

PPG

27.8

82nd

OPP PPG

22.0

63rd

RUSH YDS/G

212.2

30th

PASS YDS/G

168.2

157th

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Wyoming	2-1	3-3
6	San Jose State	1-1	3-3
7	Nevada	1-1	2-3
8	Northern Illinois	0-1	0-5
9	UTEP	0-2	1-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	NEV	@	NDSU	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	SJSU	@	NEV	5:00 PM
Sat 10/31	NEV	@	UCLA	1:00 PM
Fri 11/6	UNM	@	NEV	9:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NEV	@	NIU	3:30 PM

Last Game

Nevada

2 - 3

Final

UTEP

1 - 5

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333