team with most cfb receiving yard since 1976

Since 1976, the BYU Cougars have the most receiving yards by a team, with 179,171 yards.

	TEAM	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	BYU	179,171	21,396	13,656	13.1	8.4	1,315	92,867	22,495	4.1	4.3	1,128
2	Texas Tech	161,773	20,574	13,623	11.9	7.9	1,188	91,283	22,194	4.1	4.4	1,003
3	Washington State	156,097	19,084	12,777	12.2	8.2	1,077	75,578	20,325	3.7	4.0	789
4	Hawai'i	152,921	21,626	12,071	12.7	7.1	1,079	92,792	22,093	4.2	4.3	918
5	Houston	151,801	18,938	12,327	12.3	8.0	1,128	100,133	23,079	4.3	5.3	982
6	Florida State	150,064	21,814	11,294	13.3	6.9	1,126	105,108	23,196	4.5	4.8	1,188
7	USC	150,031	21,185	11,838	12.7	7.1	1,152	105,603	24,029	4.4	5.0	1,054
8	Miami	148,473	21,215	11,162	13.3	7.0	1,093	93,517	22,080	4.2	4.4	1,009
9	San Jose State	147,326	19,264	11,696	12.6	7.6	966	79,127	20,607	3.8	4.1	829
10	Florida	143,644	21,321	10,920	13.2	6.7	1,147	100,266	22,869	4.4	4.7	996
11	Fresno State	142,420	19,745	11,282	12.6	7.2	1,027	102,507	23,869	4.3	5.2	1,117
12	Purdue	142,088	19,803	12,127	11.7	7.2	918	81,654	21,273	3.8	4.1	786
13	California	141,236	19,431	11,652	12.1	7.3	944	82,657	21,521	3.8	4.3	808
14	Arizona State	139,938	19,220	10,770	13.0	7.3	1,003	98,090	24,129	4.1	5.1	958
15	Louisville	139,551	20,058	10,770	13.0	7.0	943	93,811	22,703	4.1	4.7	1,037
16	Oregon	138,806	20,633	10,932	12.7	6.7	1,090	111,823	24,701	4.5	5.4	1,159
17	Stanford	137,169	19,476	11,273	12.2	7.0	901	81,871	21,567	3.8	4.2	854
18	San Diego State	137,006	20,056	10,917	12.5	6.8	851	91,803	22,856	4.0	4.6	934
19	Utah State	132,649	19,291	10,653	12.5	6.9	889	84,679	21,731	3.9	4.4	808
20	Colorado State	132,502	18,378	10,194	13.0	7.2	844	92,959	23,289	4.0	5.1	887
21	Utah	131,918	19,000	10,358	12.7	6.9	947	102,209	23,467	4.4	5.4	1,006
22	Texas	131,748	19,396	10,249	12.9	6.8	937	113,919	25,740	4.4	5.9	1,250
23	Duke	131,675	19,056	11,458	11.5	6.9	809	80,174	21,974	3.6	4.2	775
24	NC State	131,448	19,810	10,667	12.3	6.6	864	92,078	23,662	3.9	4.6	926
25	Ole Miss	130,839	20,093	10,225	12.8	6.5	833	96,047	23,514	4.1	4.8	951

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More BYU Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,257

Bachmeier

RUSH

344

Martin

REC

444

Glasker

Team Rankings

PPG

33.5

40th

OPP PPG

15.2

16th

RUSH YDS/G

206.7

27th

PASS YDS/G

214.5

101st

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	BYU	3-0	6-0
2	Texas Tech	3-0	6-0
3	Utah	3-0	6-0
4	Houston	3-1	6-1
5	Arizona	2-1	5-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	BYU	@	UCF	3:30 PM
Sat 10/31	ASU	@	BYU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/7	BYU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	BAY	@	BYU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	BYU	@	KU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Notre Dame

6 - 1

Final

BYU

6 - 0

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

796

Myers

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

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

42.9

42.7

42.2

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

512.6

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

	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	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
4	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
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