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Makai Lemon vs ranked teams

USC · AP Top 25 · 2023-2025 · regular season and postseason

Makai Lemon has averaged 82.1 receiving yards in 8 games against AP Top 25 opponents, vs 75.1 in 18 games against everyone else (2023-2025, regular season and postseason).

Vs AP Top 25
82.1
receiving yards per game · 8 games
Vs everyone else
75.1
receiving yards per game · 18 games
Difference
+7.0
per game, ranked minus everyone else

Career and by season

Makai Lemon per game averages against AP Top 25 opponents and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesRecRec ydsRec TDPass ydsRush ydsDiff vs others
CareerAP Top 2586.182.10.633.0-1.8+7.0
Everyone else184.975.10.502.21.0
2025AP Top 2547.888.51.256.0-3.5−11.8
Everyone else86.0100.30.750.02.3
2024AP Top 2535.376.00.000.00.0+9.0
Everyone else84.567.00.384.90.0
2023AP Top 2512.075.00.000.00.0+68.5
Everyone else22.06.50.000.00.0

Every game against a ranked opponent

  1. 2025 Week 13at No. 6 Oregon1 completions, 24 pass yds, 1 TD · 3 carries, -1 rush yds, 0 TD · 7 catches, 34 rec yds, 2 TD
  2. 2025 Week 8at No. 13 Notre Dame0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 1 carries, -13 rush yds, 0 TD · 4 catches, 76 rec yds, 0 TD
  3. 2025 Week 7vs No. 15 Michigan0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 9 catches, 93 rec yds, 1 TD
  4. 2025 Week 5at No. 23 Illinois0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 11 catches, 151 rec yds, 2 TD
  5. 2024 Week 14vs No. 5 Notre Dame0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 9 catches, 133 rec yds, 0 TD
  6. 2024 Week 7vs No. 4 Penn State0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 6 catches, 73 rec yds, 0 TD
  7. 2024 Week 1at No. 13 LSU0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 1 catches, 22 rec yds, 0 TD
  8. 2023 postseasonvs No. 16 Louisville0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 2 catches, 75 rec yds, 0 TD

What counts: a game is ranked when the opponent stood in that week's AP Top 25 at kickoff. Games are regular season and postseason. Games are placed by season and week; dates and scores are not shown. Past results, not a projection.