Between the 1978 and 1986 seasons, Mark Templeton made the most receptions, with 262 catches.

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Most receptions by a player 1978 to 1986

	NAME	REC	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Mark Templeton M. Templeton	262	45	1,966	7.5	43.7	11	1,495	288	5.2	33.2	5
2	David Williams D. Williams	245	33	3,195	13.0	96.8	22	-5	4	-1.3	-0.2	0
3	Keith Edwards K. Edwards	200	44	1,757	8.8	39.9	3	692	197	3.5	15.7	4
4	Charles Lockett C. Lockett	191	45	2,902	15.2	64.5	19	15	2	7.5	0.3	0
5	Jeff Champine J. Champine	184	41	2,811	15.3	68.6	21
6	Walter Murray W. Murray	178	45	2,865	16.1	63.7	20	102	22	4.6	2.3	0
7	Gordon Hudson G. Hudson	178	34	2,484	14.0	73.1	22	22	2	11.0	0.6	0
8	Rick Beasley R. Beasley	178	32	3,124	17.6	97.6	23
9	Stan Hunter S. Hunter	176	44	2,679	15.2	60.9	21
10	Rodney Carter R. Carter	176	44	1,786	10.1	40.6	5	1,149	325	3.5	26.1	10
11	Gerald Harp G. Harp	174	33	3,008	17.3	91.2	24	88	23	3.8	2.7	2
12	Brad Muster B. Muster	170	33	1,447	8.5	43.8	5	2,397	567	4.2	72.6	20
13	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	164	33	1,844	11.2	55.9	13	2,964	520	5.7	89.8	21
14	Pete Harvey P. Harvey	164	44	1,932	11.8	43.9	10	108	21	5.1	2.5	0
15	Gerald McNeil G. McNeil	163	44	2,651	16.3	60.3	17	7	4	1.8	0.2	0
16	Vincent White V. White	162	44	1,722	10.6	39.1	16	1,689	321	5.3	38.4	12
17	Marc Zeno M. Zeno	159	33	2,519	15.8	76.3	12	17	2	8.5	0.5	0
18	James Brim J. Brim	153	44	2,040	13.3	46.4	12	5	2	2.5	0.1	0
19	Keli McGregor K. McGregor	153	42	1,604	10.5	38.2	8
20	Eric Martin E. Martin	152	44	2,625	17.3	59.7	14	357	85	4.2	8.1	2
21	Cris Carter C. Carter	150	34	2,421	16.1	71.2	26	7	2	3.5	0.2	0
22	Tracy Henderson T. Henderson	150	33	2,048	13.7	62.1	14
23	Reggie Bynum R. Bynum	149	44	2,231	15.0	50.7	15	24	9	2.7	0.5	0
24	Ron Morris R. Morris	147	44	2,410	16.4	54.8	15	198	23	8.6	4.5	2
25	Mark Bellini M. Bellini	146	48	2,429	16.6	50.6	23	-4	2	-2.0	-0.1	0

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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