top 10 most receiving yards in a cfb playoff game by a receiver

Jaxon Smith-Njigba has the most yards on receptions by a wide receiver when in the AP top 10 in a game, with 347 yards versus Utah in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 2022.

	NAME	REC YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD
1	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	347	1/1/2022	OSU	@	UTAH	15	16	23.1	3	0	0		0
2	Marqise Lee M. Lee	345	10/27/2012	USC	@	ARIZ	16		21.6	2	1	1	1.0	0
3	Stedman Bailey S. Bailey	303	9/29/2012	WVU	vs	BAY	13		23.3	5
4	Mike Evans M. Evans	287	10/19/2013	TAMU	vs	AUB	11	13	26.1	4
5	Mike Evans M. Evans	279	9/14/2013	TAMU	vs	ALA	7	8	39.9	1
6	Ernest Wilford E. Wilford	279	11/9/2002	VT	@	SYR	8		34.9	4
7	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	274	9/28/2019	ALA	vs	MISS	11	12	24.9	5
8	Jordan Shipley J. Shipley	273	11/7/2009	TEX	vs	UCF	11		24.8	1
9	Josh Doctson J. Doctson	267	9/26/2015	TCU	@	TTU	18	21	14.8	3
10	Marquise Brown M. Brown	265	11/4/2017	OKLA	@	OKST	9	12	29.4	2
11	Steve Smith S. Smith	258	10/28/2006	USC	@	ORST	11		23.5	2
12	Kelley Washington K. Washington	256	9/29/2001	TENN	vs	LSU	11		23.3	1
13	Terry Glenn T. Glenn	253	9/23/1995	OSU	@	PITT	9		28.1		17	1	17.0
14	Peter Warrick P. Warrick	249	9/20/1997	FSU	@	CLEM	8		31.1
15	Jonathan Mingo J. Mingo	247	10/8/2022	MISS	@	VAN	9	10	27.4	2
16	Taylor Jacobs T. Jacobs	246	8/31/2002	FLA	vs	UAB	8		30.8	2
17	Marquise Brown M. Brown	243	11/23/2018	OKLA	@	WVU	11	11	22.1	2
18	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	240	11/6/2021	OSU	@	NEB	15	18	16.0	1
19	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	231	12/5/2020	ALA	@	LSU	8	10	28.9	3
20	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	229	9/21/2019	LSU	@	VAN	10	11	22.9	4
21	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	227	12/28/2019	LSU	vs	OKLA	14	18	16.2	4
22	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	227	11/16/2019	LSU	@	MISS	8	10	28.4	3
23	Tre Harris T. Harris	225	9/21/2024	MISS	vs	GASO	11	14	20.5	2	0	0		0
24	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	224	11/29/2014	ALA	vs	AUB	13	15	17.2	3
25	Corey Coleman C. Coleman	224	11/8/2014	BAY	@	OKLA	15	18	14.9	1	7	2	3.5	1

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2	Ohio State	9-0	12-2
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	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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

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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

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1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

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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

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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

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1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
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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

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