most receiving yards in national championship game

DeVonta Smith has the most yards on receptions with more than 0 championships in a season, with 1,856 yards in 2020.

Interpreted as:

most receiving yards by a player in national championship in a season game

	NAME	REC YDS	Champs	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	1,856	1	2020	ALA	13	117	148	15.9	142.8	23	6	4	1.5	0.5	1
2	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	1,780	1	2019	LSU	14	84	125	21.2	127.1	20	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
3	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	1,540	1	2019	LSU	15	111	133	13.9	102.7	18
4	Mike Williams M. Williams	1,361	1	2016	CLEM	15	98	143	13.9	90.7	11	0	0		0.0	0
5	Jeremiah Smith J. Smith	1,315	1	2024	OSU	16	76	107	17.3	82.2	15	47	6	7.8	2.9	1
6	Mike Williams M. Williams	1,314	1	2003	USC	13	95		13.8	101.1	16	26	3	8.7	2.0	0
7	Reidel Anthony R. Anthony	1,293	1	1996	FLA	12	72		18.0	107.8	18	27	4	6.8	2.3	0
8	Rashad Greene R. Greene	1,128	1	2013	FSU	14	76	111	14.8	80.6	9	9	1	9.0	0.6	0
9	Michael Clayton M. Clayton	1,079	1	2003	LSU	14	78		13.8	77.1	10	25	3	8.3	1.8	0
10	Michael Jenkins M. Jenkins	1,076	1	2002	OSU	14	61		17.6	76.9	6
11	Calvin Ridley C. Ridley	1,045	1	2015	ALA	15	89	126	11.7	69.7	7	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
12	Mario Bailey M. Bailey	1,037	1	1991	WASH	11	62		16.7	94.3	17
13	David Mills D. Mills	1,023	1	1984	BYU	12	60		17.1	85.3	7
14	Keary Colbert K. Colbert	1,013	1	2003	USC	13	69		14.7	77.9	9	29	3	9.7	2.2	0
15	Emeka Egbuka E. Egbuka	1,011	1	2024	OSU	16	81	108	12.5	63.2	10	33	8	4.1	2.1	0
16	Kelvin Benjamin K. Benjamin	1,011	1	2013	FSU	14	54	87	18.7	72.2	15
17	Justyn Ross J. Ross	1,000	1	2018	CLEM	14	46	73	21.7	71.4	9
18	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	1,000	1	2012	ALA	13	59		16.9	76.9	11
19	Calvin Ridley C. Ridley	967	1	2017	ALA	14	63	104	15.3	69.1	5	17	2	8.5	1.2	0
20	Kez McCorvey K. McCorvey	966	1	1993	FSU	12	74		13.1	80.5	6	9	1	9.0	0.8	0
21	Darvin Adams D. Adams	963	1	2010	AUB	14	52		18.5	68.8	7
22	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	942	1	2022	UGA	15	63	88	15.0	62.8	7	109	9	12.1	7.3	3
23	Tee Higgins T. Higgins	936	1	2018	CLEM	15	59	94	15.9	62.4	12
24	Peter Warrick P. Warrick	934	1	1999	FSU	9	71		13.2	103.8	8	96	16	6.0	10.7	3
25	Kenny Shaw K. Shaw	933	1	2013	FSU	14	54	79	17.3	66.6	6

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PASS

3,567

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RUSH

504

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PPG

31.2

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OPP PPG

17.4

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RUSH YDS/G

116.2

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PASS YDS/G

273.2

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2025 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Georgia	7-1	12-2
2	Alabama	7-1	11-4
3	Ole Miss	7-1	13-2
4	Texas A&M	7-1	11-2
5	Texas	6-2	10-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	ECU	@	ALA	12:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ALA	@	UK	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	FSU	@	ALA	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	SCAR	@	ALA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ALA	@	MSST	1:00 PM

Last Game

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1 - 1

Final

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1 - 0

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Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

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3,937

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

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Lacy

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Rec TD Leaders

15

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QB Rating Leaders

182.9

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177.5

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170.4

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Sack Leaders

14.5

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14.5

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PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

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40.5

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9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

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Total Yards Rankings

512.4

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488.7

482.9

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Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

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254.9

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Pass Yards Rankings

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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