most sacks by a qb in an cfb game including playoffs by a player

Kato Nelson has been sacked the most by a quarterback in a regular-season or postseason game, with 12 sacks against Miami (OH) on November 20, 2019.

	NAME	SCK	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCKY
1	Kato Nelson K. Nelson	12	11/20/2019	AKR	@	M-OH	15	25	60.0	197	7.9	1	0	139.4	4.0	0.0	68
2	Jarrett Stidham J. Stidham	11	9/9/2017	AUB	@	CLEM	13	24	54.2	79	3.3	0	0	81.8	0.0	0.0	72
3	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	11	11/17/2016	LOU	@	HOU	20	43	46.5	211	4.9	1	0	95.4	2.3	0.0	83
4	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	11	11/14/2015	MSST	vs	ALA	22	43	51.2	300	7.0	0	1	105.1	0.0	2.3	57
5	Beau Pribula B. Pribula	10	10/3/2026	UVA	@	FSU	14	32	43.8	168	5.3	1	0	98.2	3.1	0.0	68
6	Faizon Brandon F. Brandon	10	9/26/2026	TENN	vs	TEX	17	29	58.6	145	5.0	1	0	112.0	3.4	0.0	73
7	Demond Williams Jr. D. Williams Jr.	10	11/30/2024	WASH	@	ORE	17	20	85.0	201	10.1	1	0	185.9	5.0	0.0	49
8	Grant Wilson G. Wilson	10	9/16/2023	ODU	vs	WAKE	11	26	42.3	233	9.0	1	1	122.6	3.8	3.8	68
9	DJ Irons	10	10/23/2021	AKR	vs	BUFF	5	13	38.5	66	5.1	0	1	65.7	0.0	7.7	52
10	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	10	10/5/2019	PUR	@	PSU	13	27	48.1	119	4.4	1	0	97.4	3.7	0.0	86
11	Jarren Williams J. Williams	10	8/24/2019	MIA	@	FLA	19	30	63.3	214	7.1	1	0	134.3	3.3	0.0	54
12	Clayton Tune C. Tune	10	12/22/2018	HOU	@	ARMY	21	32	65.6	230	7.2	1	0	136.3	3.1	0.0	71
13	Colton Richardson C. Richardson	10	11/25/2017	IDHO	@	NMSU	18	33	54.5	167	5.1	1	1	101.0	3.0	3.0	46
14	Christian Hackenberg C. Hackenberg	10	9/5/2015	PSU	@	TEM	11	25	44.0	103	4.1	0	1	70.6	0.0	4.0	64
15	Brett Hundley B. Hundley	10	10/4/2014	UCLA	vs	UTAH	16	21	76.2	269	12.8	2	1	205.7	9.5	4.8	59
16	Ryan Huff R. Huff	9	9/26/2026	ODU	vs	JMU	20	39	51.3	261	6.7	1	1	110.8	2.6	2.6	58
17	Elijah Brown E. Brown	9	11/8/2025	STAN	@	UNC	27	39	69.2	284	7.3	1	1	133.7	2.6	2.6	73
18	Tucker Kilcrease T. Kilcrease	9	11/1/2025	TROY	vs	ARST	19	34	55.9	166	4.9	0	1	91.0	0.0	2.9	62
19	Dylan Raiola D. Raiola	9	10/17/2025	NEB	@	MINN	17	25	68.0	177	7.1	0	0	127.5	0.0	0.0	63
20	Logan Fife L. Fife	9	9/27/2025	NMSU	@	UNM	20	37	54.1	255	6.9	0	1	106.5	0.0	2.7	62
21	Jackson Arnold J. Arnold	9	9/20/2025	AUB	@	OKLA	21	32	65.6	220	6.9	1	0	133.7	3.1	0.0	44
22	Anthony Colandrea A. Colandrea	9	11/23/2024	UVA	vs	SMU	18	27	66.7	108	4.0	1	0	112.5	3.7	0.0	69
23	Ethan Crawford E. Crawford	9	10/26/2024	USM	@	JMU	11	34	32.4	178	5.2	0	1	70.4	0.0	2.9	40
24	Anthony Colandrea A. Colandrea	9	10/26/2024	UVA	vs	UNC	16	28	57.1	156	5.6	0	2	89.7	0.0	7.1	58
25	Brayden Schager B. Schager	9	10/12/2024	HAW	vs	BSU	21	36	58.3	264	7.3	1	0	129.1	2.8	0.0	46

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,068

Roggow

RUSH

456

Gant

REC

332

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

18.9

139th

OPP PPG

32.4

135th

RUSH YDS/G

132.7

126th

PASS YDS/G

206.9

108th

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Central Michigan	1-2	3-4
10	Ball State	1-2	2-5
11	UMass	1-3	4-3
12	Akron	0-3	1-6
13	Sacramento State	0-4	1-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	AKR	@	KENT	1:00 PM
Tue 11/3	OHIO	@	AKR	7:00 PM
Tue 11/10	WMU	@	AKR	7:00 PM
Wed 11/18	AKR	@	MASS	1:00 PM
Fri 11/27	BUFF	@	AKR	12:00 PM

Last Game

Akron

1 - 6

Final

Miami (OH)

4 - 3

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

796

Myers

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	4	3	.571