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Blake Hayes

Regular Season

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Sat 11/27	ILL	vs	NW	W 47-14	3	129	43.0	48
Sat 11/20	ILL	@	IOWA	L 23-33	7	331	47.3	59
Sat 11/6	ILL	@	MINN	W 14-6	7	306	43.7	52
Sat 10/30	ILL	vs	RUTG	L 14-20	8	355	44.4	57
Sat 10/23	ILL	@	PSU	W 20-18	4	172	43.0	47
Sat 10/9	ILL	vs	WIS	L 0-24	7	326	46.6	58
Sat 10/2	ILL	vs	CHAR	W 24-14	1	39	39.0	39
Sat 9/25	ILL	@	PUR	L 9-13	6	291	48.5	80
Fri 9/17	ILL	vs	MD	L 17-20	7	302	43.1	58
Sat 9/11	ILL	@	UVA	L 14-42	7	300	42.9	53
Sat 9/4	ILL	vs	UTSA	L 30-37	5	245	49.0	56
Sat 8/28	ILL	vs	NEB	W 30-22	6	272	45.3	59
Total					68	3,068	45.1	80

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More Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

453

Houser

RUSH

144

Valentine

REC

236

Dixon

Team Rankings

PPG

34.5

63rd

OPP PPG

27.0

105th

RUSH YDS/G

130.5

110th

PASS YDS/G

226.5

79th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	USC	0-0	2-0
2	Illinois	0-0	1-1
3	Indiana	0-0	2-0
4	Iowa	0-0	1-0
5	Maryland	0-0	2-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	SIU	@	ILL	2:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	PUR	@	ILL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	ILL	@	MSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	ORE	@	ILL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Duke

2 - 0

Final

Illinois

1 - 1

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

795

Stokes

767

Jennings

677

Creel

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

296

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

333

Duff

330

Toney

326

Harris

Pass TD Leaders

8

Boley

8

Mensah

8

Stockton

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

5

Baugh

4

Hawkins

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

281.3

Baker

271.7

Mensah

Sack Leaders

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

3.5

Kinsler

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

66.5

66.0

61.0

59.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

3.0

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

671.0

645.0

644.0

638.0

633.0

Rush Yards Rankings

506.0

431.0

394.0

364.0

329.0

323.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

434.0

427.0

376.5

376.0

373.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

8.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	1	.500
2	Arizona State	1	1	.500
3	BYU	2	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	2	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
9	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
10	UCF	1	1	.500
11	Utah	1	0	1.000
12	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
13	Kansas	1	1	.500
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	1	1	.500
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	Buffalo	1	1	.500
3	UMass	2	0	1.000
4	Akron	1	1	.500
5	Ball State	1	1	.500
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
8	Kent State	1	1	.500
9	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	1	1	.500
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	Virginia	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	2	0	1.000
4	Duke	2	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	1	.500
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Louisville	1	1	.500
12	California	1	1	.500
13	Clemson	0	1	.000
14	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	1	1	.500

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

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	1	.500
3	Indiana	2	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan	2	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	1	.500
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	1	.500
13	Penn State	2	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	1	.500
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	2	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	0	1	.000
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	1	1	.500
7	Liberty	1	1	.500
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000