Top 25 wide receiver rankings entering Week 11 of college football

Another weekend, another set of ridiculously impressive performances from some of the top wideouts in our weekly wide receiver rankings. It seems like a recurring theme at this point.

Ohio State‘s Marvin Harrison once again came through in the clutch with two touchdown passes to hold onto his top spot in the rankings, while several others thoroughly impressed.

Let’s dive into the action to see which players made a move up our weekly wide receiver rankings and who tumbled a bit. Here is the update entering Week 11 of college football.

1. Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State

As noted above, Harrison had two late touchdown catches to help Ohio State break open the game against Rutgers. It wasn’t his most productive day overall, as Harrison finished with just four catches for 25 yards on the afternoon.

Still, his ability to influence a game on a dime is incredibly impressive. He’s a complete mismatch when left one-on-one, and Harrison has proven that throughout the year as he has piled up 52 catches for 914 yards and 10 touchdowns.

2. Malik Nabers, LSU

Few players see as many targets as Nabers and that was especially true in his team’s game against Alabama last week. Nabers saw a total of 16 targets and made the most of them, hauling in 10 catches for 171 yards and a score. It was his second most productive outing of the season.

On the year Nabers has now eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark, going for 66 catches and 1,152 yards with 10 touchdowns. He’s not in any danger of dropping out of the top 10 on our wide receiver rankings anytime soon.

3. Luther Burden III, Missouri

The Missouri wideout was limited for a good deal of the game against Georgia, though he certainly looked equal to the competition. Burden finished with three catches for 53 yards and a touchdown in the game, but he sustained an injury that will bear monitoring.

Early in the week coach Eli Drinkwitz has described Burden as “questionable” with the injury, so it’ll be interesting to see if he can suit up this week without missing any games. On the season Burden has caught 64 passes for 958 yards and seven touchdowns.

4. Rome Odunze, Washington

The unquestioned top target in Washington’s passing game, Odunze just always seems to make himself available for quarterback Michael Penix Jr. Once again he finished in his normal production range, snagging five passes for 82 yards against USC over the weekend.

Odunze has recorded at least five catches in every game this season, while he’s also topped 60 yards receiving in every contest. In total he has 56 catches for 989 yards and seven touchdowns.

5. Keon Coleman, Florida State

Like his fellow receiver Johnny Wilson, Coleman has dealt with injuries this season that have limited him at various points. He didn’t appear on the stat sheet in the team’s win over Pittsburgh, and the Seminoles would love to get him back to full health in a hurry.

When he’s healthy, Coleman is among the most dominant receivers in college. He can win 50-50 balls in the air with alarming ease, something he’s done consistently en route to racking up 38 catches for 538 yards and nine touchdowns.

6. Troy Franklin, Oregon

Like Odunze, Franklin is one of the most consistent receivers in the country in terms of catches per game. He finished with six for 79 yards and a touchdown against California, getting right about on his season averages.

Franklin is one of just a handful of receivers in the country who has reached the double-digit touchdown mark, hauling in 10 touchdown passes on 58 catches for 946 yards. He’s had a touchdown catch in all but two games this season.

7. Malik Washington, Virginia

One of the more high-volume receivers in the country, Washington logged double-digit catches for the third straight game and the fourth time this season. He finished with 11 catches for 109 yards in a win over Georgia Tech.

On the season Washington is now up to 79 catches for 1,044 yards and six touchdowns. That ranks him among the nation’s top receivers and earns him a spot in the top 10 of this week’s wide receiver rankings.

8. Roman Wilson, Michigan

Up until last week, Wilson had been a guy who was on the list primarily for his knack for producing touchdowns, with 10 on the season. He had yet to log a 100-yard game. That changed this weekend against Purdue when he hauled in nine catches for 143 yards.

Wilson doesn’t have the yardage totals of some of the others on this list at 36 catches for 589 yards. But he does have 10 touchdowns and he’s the focal point of the passing attack for a team very much in the thick of the College Football Playoff hunt. That’s not a bad spot to be.

9. Xavier Legette, South Carolina

The South Carolina star has had some big games this year, but Saturday’s against Jacksonville State was his biggest yet. Legette starred by snagging nine passes for 217 yards and two scores, carrying the Gamecocks offense in a game that was probably closer than they wanted it to be.

On the season Legette is creeping up on the 1,000-yard mark. He’s got 50 catches for 973 yards and five touchdowns, plenty enough production to earn a spot near the bottom of this week’s top 10 in the wide receiver rankings.

10. Xavier Worthy, Texas

It was just a ho-hum game for Worthy this week, so his inclusion here is more about the total body of work this season. The Texas standout had five catches for 48 yards in an overtime win over Kansas State.

Those figures brought Worthy’s season-long totals to 49 catches for 620 yards and four touchdowns. Interestingly, Worthy took a carry out of the backfield on Saturday for a 16-yard gain. It was only his third carry of the season.

Top 25 Wide Receivers 11-25

11. Brian Thomas, LSU
12. Tre Harris, Ole Miss
13. Tahj Washington, USC
14. Jamari Thrash, Louisville
15. Caullin Lacy, South Alabama
16. Evan Stewart, Texas A&M
17. Johnny Wilson, Florida State
18. Ja’Lynn Polk, Washington
19. Jacob Cowing, Arizona
20. Kris Mitchell, FIU
21. Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
22. Malachi Corley, Western Kentucky
23. Tory Horton, Colorado State
24. Ricky Pearsall, Florida
25. Jalen Royals, Utah State

A handful of players appearing on our wide receiver rankings from 11-25 caught touchdown passes this week: Harris, Washington, Polk, Cowing, Corley, Pearsall and Royals. For Royals it was his fifth straight game with a touchdown catch. Washington hit the 100-yard mark for the third straight game. Finally, Harris returned to being a monster for Ole Miss with an outing in which he logged 11 catches for 213 yards and a touchdown. A solid week’s work.