most receptions yards single game record college football

Troy Edwards has the most receiving yards in a game, with 405 yards against Nebraska on August 29, 1998.

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	NAME	REC YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD
1	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	405	8/29/1998	LT	@	NEB	21		19.3		6	1	6.0
2	Jeremy Gallon J. Gallon	369	10/19/2013	MICH	vs	IND	14	18	26.4	2	-5	1	-5.0	0
3	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	347	1/1/2022	OSU	@	UTAH	15	16	23.1	3	0	0		0
4	Donnie Avery D. Avery	346	10/13/2007	HOU	vs	RICE	13		26.6	2
5	Marqise Lee M. Lee	345	10/27/2012	USC	@	ARIZ	16		21.6	2	1	1	1.0	0
6	Casey Fitzgerald C. Fitzgerald	327	9/8/2007	UNT	@	SMU	18		18.2	2
7	Carlos Henderson C. Henderson	326	10/15/2016	LT	@	MASS	12	15	27.2	5
8	Nate Burleson N. Burleson	326	11/10/2001	NEV	@	SJSU	12		27.2	0
9	Patrick Edwards P. Edwards	318	10/27/2011	HOU	vs	RICE	7		45.4	5
10	Terrance Williams T. Williams	314	9/29/2012	BAY	@	WVU	17		18.5	2
11	Alex Van Dyke A. Van Dyke	314	11/18/1995	NEV	vs	SJSU	13		24.2
12	Corey Rucker C. Rucker	310	12/5/2020	ARST	vs	ULM	9	12	34.4	4
13	Chad Mackey C. Mackey	310	10/19/1996	LT	vs	TOL	9		34.4		11	1	11.0
14	Trayvon Rudolph T. Rudolph	309	11/3/2021	NIU	@	KENT	14	21	22.1	3
15	Kayshon Boutte K. Boutte	308	12/19/2020	LSU	vs	MISS	14	21	22.0	3
16	Jason Rivers J. Rivers	308	12/24/2006	HAW	vs	ASU	14		22.0	2
17	Tetairoa McMillan T. McMillan	304	8/31/2024	ARIZ	vs	UNM	10	15	30.4	4	0	0		0
18	Andy Isabella A. Isabella	303	11/3/2018	MASS	vs	LIB	9	15	33.7	2	1	1	1.0	0
19	Stedman Bailey S. Bailey	303	9/29/2012	WVU	vs	BAY	13		23.3	5
20	Cobi Hamilton C. Hamilton	303	9/22/2012	ARK	vs	RUTG	10		30.3	3
21	Chris Daniels C. Daniels	301	10/16/1999	PUR	vs	MSU	21		14.3
22	Adarius Bowman A. Bowman	300	10/14/2006	OKST	@	KU	13		23.1	4
23	Aaron Jones A. Jones	297	11/11/2000	USU	@	BSU	10		29.7	2
24	James Washington J. Washington	296	9/17/2016	OKST	vs	PITT	9	17	32.9	2
25	J.R. Tolver	296	9/14/2002	SDSU	vs	ASU	12		24.7	1	-5	1	-5.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,740

Baker

RUSH

394

Burnette

REC

695

Mickens

Team Rankings

PPG

36.5

16th

OPP PPG

21.5

45th

RUSH YDS/G

142.6

102nd

PASS YDS/G

253.0

36th

2026 SBC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Louisiana Tech	6-0	8-2
2	Georgia Southern	5-1	6-4
3	Louisiana	4-2	7-3
4	James Madison	5-2	8-3
5	South Alabama	3-3	5-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/21	ARST	@	LT	7:00 PM
Sat 11/28	LT	@	GASO	1:00 PM

Last Game

Southern Miss

3 - 7

Final

Louisiana Tech

8 - 2

Sat 14 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,239

Mestemaker

3,169

Atkinson

3,150

Fifita

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,291

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,349

Legree

1,317

Smith

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

30

Mestemaker

29

Mensah

29

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

19

Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Legree

15

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.1

43.9

42.2

41.8

39.7

Opp PPG Rankings

11.7

11.9

12.0

12.5

13.8

14.1

Total Yards Rankings

526.7

520.7

520.1

518.1

512.3

499.2

Rush Yards Rankings

344.0

324.7

298.1

265.6

258.7

240.7

Pass Yards Rankings

373.0

334.9

331.0

328.9

326.2

320.8

Sack Leaders

40.0

39.0

38.0

37.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	9	1	.900
2	San Diego State	5	5	.500
3	Texas State	6	4	.600
4	Oregon State	5	5	.500
5	Utah State	4	6	.400
6	Fresno State	5	5	.500
7	Washington State	2	8	.200
8	Colorado State	3	7	.300

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	1	.900
3	Oregon	7	3	.700
4	Ohio State	7	3	.700
5	Iowa	8	2	.800
6	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
7	USC	7	3	.700
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Penn State	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	5	.500
11	Northwestern	6	4	.600
12	Washington	6	4	.600
13	Nebraska	6	4	.600
14	Maryland	4	6	.400
15	Michigan	5	5	.500
16	Purdue	3	7	.300
17	Michigan State	3	7	.300
18	Rutgers	2	8	.200

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	9	1	.900
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Texas	8	2	.800
4	Tennessee	8	2	.800
5	Kentucky	7	3	.700
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
9	Florida	6	4	.600
10	Auburn	6	4	.600
11	LSU	6	4	.600
12	Missouri	6	4	.600
13	Arkansas	4	6	.400
14	Mississippi State	4	6	.400
15	Texas A&M	4	6	.400
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	9	1	.900
2	Jacksonville State	7	3	.700
3	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
4	Middle Tennessee	5	5	.500
5	Delaware	5	5	.500
6	Western Kentucky	4	6	.400
7	Missouri State	4	6	.400
8	Florida International	4	6	.400
9	New Mexico State	3	7	.300
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	8	2	.800
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	5	5	.500
6	Appalachian State	6	4	.600
7	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
10	Georgia State	5	5	.500
11	Troy	4	6	.400
12	Marshall	5	5	.500
13	Southern Miss	3	7	.300
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	7	3	.700
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Florida State	5	5	.500
8	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
9	Stanford	5	5	.500
10	Virginia Tech	6	4	.600
11	Virginia	5	5	.500
12	Syracuse	5	5	.500
13	North Carolina	5	5	.500
14	Boston College	4	6	.400
15	NC State	4	6	.400
16	California	3	7	.300
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	9	1	.900
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	8	2	.800
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	North Texas	7	3	.700
4	UAB	6	4	.600
5	East Carolina	6	4	.600
6	Army	5	4	.556
7	Tulsa	6	4	.600
8	Florida Atlantic	6	4	.600
9	Tulane	5	5	.500
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	9	.100

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	10	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	9	1	.900
3	BYU	8	2	.800
4	Houston	7	3	.700
5	Baylor	6	4	.600
6	Arizona	7	3	.700
7	Arizona State	6	4	.600
8	Oklahoma State	6	4	.600
9	UCF	5	5	.500
10	Iowa State	5	5	.500
11	TCU	5	5	.500
12	Kansas	4	6	.400
13	West Virginia	5	5	.500
14	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
15	Colorado	4	6	.400
16	Kansas State	4	6	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	Wyoming	7	3	.700
2	New Mexico	8	2	.800
3	North Dakota State	8	2	.800
4	Air Force	8	2	.800
5	UNLV	6	4	.600
6	Nevada	4	6	.400
7	San Jose State	5	6	.455
8	Hawai'i	3	7	.300
9	UTEP	1	9	.100
10	Northern Illinois	0	10	.000

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 10/24	IND	@	MICH	13-6
Sat 10/24	WMU	@	TOL	38-45
Sat 10/24	M-OH	@	CMU	28-27
Sat 10/24	UNT	@	NAVY	49-39
Sat 10/24	BC	@	GT	49-27

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/15	MISS	@	OKLA	1:00 PM
Tue 11/17	EMU	@	WMU	6:00 PM
Tue 11/17	M-OH	@	KENT	7:00 PM
Tue 11/17	BALL	@	OHIO	7:00 PM
Wed 11/18	AKR	@	MASS	7:00 PM

Troy Edwards has the most receiving yards in a game, with 405 yards against Nebraska on August 29, 1998.

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