most receptions in a season all-time 1920 to 2010

From 1920 through 2010, Freddie Barnes had the most catches in a season, with 155 receptions in 2009.

	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Freddie Barnes F. Barnes	155	2009	BGSU	13	1,770	11.4	136.2	19	78	25	3.1	6.0	2
2	Manny Hazard M. Hazard	142	1989	HOU	11	1,689	11.9	153.5	22
3	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	140	1998	LT	12	1,996	14.3	166.3	27	227	21	10.8	18.9	3
4	Nate Burleson N. Burleson	138	2002	NEV	12	1,629	11.8	135.8	12	115	22	5.2	9.6	1
5	Michael Crabtree M. Crabtree	134	2007	TTU	13	1,962	14.6	150.9	22
6	Trevor Insley T. Insley	134	1999	NEV	11	2,060	15.4	187.3	13	5	1	5.0	0.5	0
7	Howard Twilley H. Twilley	134	1965	TLSA	10	1,779	13.3	177.9	16
8	Ryan Broyles R. Broyles	131	2010	OKLA	14	1,622	12.4	115.9	14
9	Alex Van Dyke A. Van Dyke	129	1995	NEV	11	1,854	14.4	168.5	16	6	1	6.0	0.5	0
10	J.R. Tolver	128	2002	SDSU	13	1,785	13.9	137.3	13	40	6	6.7	3.1	1
11	Jordy Nelson J. Nelson	122	2007	KSU	12	1,606	13.2	133.8	11	-7	3	-2.3	-0.6	0
12	Greg Salas G. Salas	119	2010	HAW	14	1,889	15.9	134.9	14
13	Jordan Shipley J. Shipley	116	2009	TEX	14	1,485	12.8	106.1	13	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
14	Damond Wilkins D. Wilkins	114	1996	NEV	11	1,121	9.8	101.9	4	114	18	6.3	10.4	3
15	Danario Alexander D. Alexander	113	2009	MIZ	13	1,781	15.8	137.0	14	10	1	10.0	0.8	0
16	Casey Fitzgerald C. Fitzgerald	113	2008	UNT	12	1,119	9.9	93.3	6	47	4	11.8	3.9	0
17	Justin Blackmon J. Blackmon	111	2010	OKST	12	1,782	16.1	148.5	20	77	4	19.3	6.4	1
18	James Casey J. Casey	111	2008	RICE	13	1,329	12.0	102.2	13	241	57	4.2	18.5	6
19	Casey Fitzgerald C. Fitzgerald	111	2007	UNT	12	1,322	11.9	110.2	12
20	Antonio Brown A. Brown	110	2009	CMU	14	1,198	10.9	85.6	9	341	42	8.1	24.4	3
21	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	109	2007	TTU	13	1,245	11.4	95.8	6
22	James Jordan J. Jordan	109	2000	LT	12	1,003	9.2	83.6	4	26	7	3.7	2.2	0
23	Chris Daniels C. Daniels	109	1999	PUR	11	1,133	10.4	103.0	5	-1	2	-0.5	-0.1	0
24	Marcus Harris M. Harris	109	1996	WYO	12	1,650	15.1	137.5	13
25	Davone Bess D. Bess	108	2007	HAW	13	1,266	11.7	97.4	12

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Team Leaders

PASS

565

Kastantin

RUSH

174

Dendy

REC

154

Sharp

Team Rankings

PPG

8.3

190th

OPP PPG

36.3

154th

RUSH YDS/G

91.0

171st

PASS YDS/G

141.0

177th

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Kent State	1-0	2-2
10	Miami (OH)	0-0	2-2
11	Ohio	0-0	2-2
12	Bowling Green	0-0	0-4
13	Sacramento State	0-1	1-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	BGSU	@	M-OH	3:30 PM
Sat 10/10	SAC	@	BGSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	BALL	@	BGSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BGSU	@	BUFF	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	BGSU	@	WMU	12:00 PM

Last Game

South Florida

4 - 0

Final

Bowling Green

0 - 4

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,222

Chambliss

1,213

Craig

1,206

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

550

Duff

516

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

13

Heintschel

12

Richter

12

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.6

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.7

49.7

47.7

47.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.7

9.8

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

537.0

532.8

528.0

526.0

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

281.5

281.3

277.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

365.3

358.0

347.3

340.7

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
11	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
12	Auburn	3	1	.750
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
12	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	4	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	2	.500
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	2	.500
13	UCF	3	1	.750
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	3	1	.750
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	2	2	.500
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	4	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	1	.750
6	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	1	.750
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	2	.500
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	2	1	.667
15	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	2	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	SMU	2	1	.667
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	1	2	.333
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	1	2	.333
13	Charlotte	0	3	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	3	1	.750
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 9/11	RICH	@	NCST	0-73
Sat 9/12	WAKE	@	PUR	38-36
Sat 9/12	USF	@	ARMY	28-24
Sat 9/12	ODU	@	VT	21-44
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/26	RICE	@	FRES	10:00 PM
Sat 9/26	AFA	@	NEV	10:30 PM
Sat 9/26	GT	@	STAN	10:30 PM
Sat 9/26	MINN	@	WASH	11:00 PM
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM

From 1920 through 2010, Freddie Barnes had the most catches in a season, with 155 receptions in 2009.

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