ncaa most receiving yards per game in a season all time

Michael Smith has averaged the most receiving yards per game in a season, with 796.0 per game in 1990.

	NAME	REC YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Michael Smith M. Smith	796.0	1990	KSU	1	46		796	17.3	2
2	Trevor Insley T. Insley	187.3	1999	NEV	11	134		2,060	15.4	13	5	1	5.0	0.5	0
3	Joe Bowser J. Bowser	181.7	1973	LAM	3	38		545	14.3	3
4	Howard Twilley H. Twilley	177.9	1965	TLSA	10	134		1,779	13.3	16
5	Ifeanyi Momah I. Momah	171.0	2011	BC	1	8		171	21.4	0
6	Alex Van Dyke A. Van Dyke	168.5	1995	NEV	11	129		1,854	14.4	16	6	1	6.0	0.5	0
7	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	166.3	1998	LT	12	140		1,996	14.3	27	227	21	10.8	18.9	3
8	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	155.2	1997	LT	11	102		1,707	16.7	13	190	15	12.7	17.3	3
9	Manny Hazard M. Hazard	153.5	1989	HOU	11	142		1,689	11.9	22
10	Corey Alston C. Alston	152.2	1997	WMU	5	32		761	23.8	8	15	3	5.0	3.0	0
11	Chuck Hughes C. Hughes	151.9	1965	UTEP	10	80		1,519	19.0	12
12	Michael Crabtree M. Crabtree	150.9	2007	TTU	13	134		1,962	14.6	22
13	Ron Sellers R. Sellers	149.6	1968	FSU	10	86		1,496	17.4	12
14	Elijah Moore E. Moore	149.1	2020	MISS	8	86	99	1,193	13.9	8	64	14	4.6	8.0	0
15	Jesse Legree J. Legree	148.6	2026	ORST	7	46	66	1,040	22.6	14	0	0		0.0	0
16	Justin Blackmon J. Blackmon	148.5	2010	OKST	12	111		1,782	16.1	20	77	4	19.3	6.4	1
17	Jordan White J. White	147.0	2011	WMU	13	140		1,911	13.7	17	27	1	27.0	2.1	0
18	Rashard Higgins R. Higgins	145.8	2014	CSU	12	96	130	1,750	18.2	17
19	Torry Holt T. Holt	145.8	1998	NCST	11	88		1,604	18.2	11	102	6	17.0	9.3	0
20	Aaron Turner A. Turner	145.8	1991		11	92		1,604	17.4	18
21	Jerry Hendren J. Hendren	145.7	1968	IDHO	10	86		1,457	16.9	14
22	Zay Jones Z. Jones	145.5	2016	ECU	12	158	222	1,746	11.1	8	24	4	6.0	2.0	0
23	Jerry Hendren J. Hendren	145.2	1969	IDHO	10	95		1,452	15.3	12
24	Josh Reed J. Reed	145.0	2001	LSU	12	94		1,740	18.5	7	7	2	3.5	0.6	0
25	Chris Penn C. Penn	143.5	1993	TLSA	11	105		1,578	15.0	12	2	1	2.0	0.2	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,301

Johnson

RUSH

462

Johnson

REC

268

Tibbs

Team Rankings

PPG

35.5

33rd

OPP PPG

20.0

44th

RUSH YDS/G

239.8

7th

PASS YDS/G

224.8

89th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Cincinnati	1-2	4-2
9	UCF	1-2	3-3
10	Kansas State	1-2	4-2
11	Arizona State	1-2	3-3
12	Iowa State	1-2	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	KSU	@	ASU	3:45 PM
Sat 10/31	KSU	@	COLO	2:00 PM
Sat 11/7	OKST	@	KSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	KSU	@	TCU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	ARIZ	@	KSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Kansas

2 - 4

Final

Kansas State

4 - 2

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,161

Stokes

2,045

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

796

Myers

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

21

Stokes

20

Weigman

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.7

42.2

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

509.0

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Memphis	6	2	.750
4	Army	4	2	.667
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	Tulane	3	3	.500
8	Charlotte	1	6	.143
9	Temple	2	5	.286
10	South Florida	5	2	.714
11	Tulsa	4	3	.571
12	East Carolina	3	4	.429
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	1	.875
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
4	South Alabama	4	3	.571
5	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
6	Louisiana	5	2	.714
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	4	3	.571