Pat Richter had the most receiving yards in 1961, with 817 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Pat Richter P. Richter	817	1961	WIS	9	47	17.4	90.8	8
2	Hugh Campbell H. Campbell	723	1961	WSU	10	53	13.6	72.3	5
3	Bill Miller B. Miller	648	1961	MIA	10	44	14.7	64.8	2
4	Larry Vargo L. Vargo	601	1961		9	32	18.8	66.8	8
5	Al Snyder A. Snyder	558	1961	HC	10	38	14.7	55.8	5	184	61	3.0	18.4	1
6	Tom Hutchinson T. Hutchinson	543	1961	UK	10	32	17.0	54.3	4
7	Oscar Donahue O. Donahue	527	1961	SJSU	10	35	15.1	52.7	5	16	9	1.8	1.6	0
8	Hal Bedsole H. Bedsole	525	1961	USC	10	27	19.4	52.5	6	12	1	12.0	1.2	0
9	Royce Cassell R. Cassell	519	1961	NMSU	10	29	17.9	51.9	7
10	Jim Stewart J. Stewart	498	1961	NAVY	10	23	21.7	49.8	3	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
11	Joe Borich J. Borich	489	1961	UTAH	10	29	16.9	48.9	5
12	Buddy Iles B. Iles	479	1961	TCU	10	31	15.5	47.9	2
13	Bobby Thompson B. Thompson	468	1961	ARIZ	10	25	18.7	46.8	5	752	103	7.3	75.2	6
14	Mack Burton M. Burton	456	1961	SJSU	10	25	18.2	45.6	7	54	11	4.9	5.4	0
15	Steve Stonebreaker S. Stonebreaker	439	1961		9	26	16.9	48.8	2
16	Gary Collins G. Collins	428	1961	MD	10	30	14.3	42.8	4
17	Cloyd Webb C. Webb	425	1961	IOWA	9	25	17.0	47.2	4
18	Joe Hernandez J. Hernandez	423	1961	ARIZ	10	27	15.7	42.3	1	278	55	5.1	27.8	6
19	Jim Boylan J. Boylan	412	1961	WSU	10	28	14.7	41.2	2	2	1	2.0	0.2	0
20	Dick Limerick D. Limerick	402	1961	ISU	10	21	19.1	40.2	4	56	9	6.2	5.6	0
21	Dave Edwards D. Edwards	372	1961	AUB	10	25	14.9	37.2	3
22	Les Traver L. Traver	349	1961	ND	10	17	20.5	34.9	2
23	Ralph Kennedy R. Kennedy	349	1961	UTEP	10	18	19.4	34.9	2
24	Jack Elwell J. Elwell	343	1961	PUR	9	16	21.4	38.1	3
25	Ron Turner R. Turner	341	1961		10	24	14.2	34.1	4

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Team Leaders

PASS

664

Simmons

RUSH

363

Dupree

REC

398

Mason

Team Rankings

PPG

12.8

172nd

OPP PPG

21.6

43rd

RUSH YDS/G

116.7

141st

PASS YDS/G

136.4

182nd

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
13	UCLA	3-6	3-9
14	Rutgers	2-7	5-7
15	Wisconsin	2-7	4-8
16	Maryland	1-8	4-8
17	Michigan State	1-8	4-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/6	WIS	@	ND	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	WIU	@	WIS	7:15 PM
Sat 9/19	EMU	@	WIS	12:30 PM
Sat 9/26	WIS	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MSU	@	WIS	1:00 PM

Last Game

Wisconsin

4 - 8

Final

Minnesota

7 - 5

Sat 29 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

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