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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

807

Chiles

Aidan Chiles

RUSH

143

Sawchuk

Gavin Sawchuk

REC

245

Wilde

Griffin Wilde
Team Rankings

PPG

32.7

60th

OPP PPG

18.0

40th

RUSH YDS/G

146.0

107th

PASS YDS/G

269.0

40th

2026 Big 10 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
14
Oregon Oregon
1-0
3-1
15
Wisconsin Wisconsin
1-0
3-1
16
Northwestern Northwestern
0-1
2-1
17
Purdue Purdue
0-1
1-3
18
Rutgers Rutgers
0-1
1-3
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
10/2
PSU PSU
@
NW NW
8:00 PM
Sat
10/10
BALL BALL
@
NW NW
1:00 PM
Sat
10/17
NW NW
@
MSU MSU
1:00 PM
Sat
10/24
RUTG RUTG
@
NW NW
1:00 PM
Sat
10/31
NW NW
@
ORE ORE
1:00 PM
Last Game
NW Northwestern

2 - 1

23

Final

29

IND Indiana

4 - 0

Fri 25 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Kevin Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson
Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

600

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

592

Riley

Dylan Riley
Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

585

Legree

Jesse Legree

564

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

14

Mensah

Darian Mensah

14

Maiava

Jayden Maiava
Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

9

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

9

Knight

Wayne Knight
Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

KJ Duff

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

7

Smith

Jeremiah Smith
QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

Darian Mensah

209.1

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Josh Hoover
Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

Colin Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

Daeden Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

54.8

Florida

53.5

Miami

51.8

Alabama

48.0

Oregon

47.5

Ohio State

45.0
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

8.0

Notre Dame

8.3

Pittsburgh

8.5

Miami

9.0

Indiana

9.8

Utah

10.3
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

588.8

SMU

550.8

Oklahoma State

548.3

Mississippi State

533.3

Florida

532.8

Pittsburgh

523.8
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

355.7

Navy

333.7

Air Force

333.7

West Virginia

294.8

UCLA

281.5

Texas State

281.3
Pass Yards Rankings
SMU

392.5

Ohio State

365.3

Oregon State

365.0

Miami

361.3

Pittsburgh

347.3

Oregon

347.0
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

18.0

LSU

18.0

Virginia Tech

17.0

Delaware

15.0

Texas

15.0

Nebraska

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
4
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
4
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
0
1.000
5
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
1
.750
6
Kentucky Kentucky
3
1
.750
7
Missouri Missouri
3
1
.750
8
Tennessee Tennessee
3
1
.750
9
Texas Texas
4
0
1.000
10
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
1
.750
11
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
.500
12
Auburn Auburn
3
1
.750
13
LSU LSU
3
1
.750
14
South Carolina South Carolina
2
2
.500
15
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
2
.500
16
Arkansas Arkansas
2
2
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
1
.750
2
James Madison James Madison
4
0
1.000
3
Louisiana Louisiana
3
1
.750
4
Georgia State Georgia State
3
1
.750
5
South Alabama South Alabama
2
2
.500
6
Marshall Marshall
3
1
.750
7
Troy Troy
2
2
.500
8
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
2
.500
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
3
.250
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
3
.250
12
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
3
.250
13
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
3
.250
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
4
.000
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
3
1
.750
2
Colorado State Colorado State
2
2
.500
3
Fresno State Fresno State
3
1
.750
4
Oregon State Oregon State
2
2
.500
5
San Diego State San Diego State
1
3
.250
6
Texas State Texas State
2
2
.500
7
Washington State Washington State
1
3
.250
8
Utah State Utah State
1
3
.250
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
4
0
1.000
3
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
4
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
0
1.000
5
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
6
Utah Utah
4
0
1.000
7
West Virginia West Virginia
3
1
.750
8
Baylor Baylor
3
1
.750
9
Colorado Colorado
2
2
.500
10
Iowa State Iowa State
2
2
.500
11
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
3
1
.750
12
TCU TCU
2
2
.500
13
UCF UCF
3
1
.750
14
Arizona Arizona
3
1
.750
15
Houston Houston
3
1
.750
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
2
3
.400
2
UMass UMass
4
0
1.000
3
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
2
.500
4
Toledo Toledo
3
1
.750
5
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
2
.500
6
Akron Akron
1
3
.250
7
Ball State Ball State
1
3
.250
8
Buffalo Buffalo
2
2
.500
9
Kent State Kent State
2
2
.500
10
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
2
.500
11
Ohio Ohio
2
2
.500
12
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
4
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
.200
Big 10WLPCT
1
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
2
USC USC
4
1
.800
3
UCLA UCLA
4
0
1.000
4
Iowa Iowa
4
0
1.000
5
Michigan Michigan
3
1
.750
6
Nebraska Nebraska
4
0
1.000
7
Penn State Penn State
3
1
.750
8
Washington Washington
3
1
.750
9
Illinois Illinois
2
2
.500
10
Maryland Maryland
2
2
.500
11
Michigan State Michigan State
2
2
.500
12
Minnesota Minnesota
3
1
.750
13
Ohio State Ohio State
3
1
.750
14
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
15
Wisconsin Wisconsin
3
1
.750
16
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
17
Purdue Purdue
1
3
.250
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
2
Delaware Delaware
2
2
.500
3
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
2
.500
4
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
3
2
.600
5
Florida International Florida International
2
2
.500
6
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
3
.250
7
Missouri State Missouri State
1
3
.250
8
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
3
.250
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
3
.250
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
4
0
1.000
2
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
3
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
4
0
1.000
5
Louisville Louisville
2
2
.500
6
Virginia Virginia
3
1
.750
7
SMU SMU
3
1
.750
8
California California
2
2
.500
9
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
0
1.000
10
Boston College Boston College
2
2
.500
11
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
3
.250
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Wake Forest Wake Forest
3
1
.750
14
Florida State Florida State
2
2
.500
15
NC State NC State
2
2
.500
16
Stanford Stanford
2
2
.500
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
4
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
2
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
3
1
.750
3
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Tulsa Tulsa
3
1
.750
6
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
3
1
.750
8
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
9
North Texas North Texas
2
2
.500
10
Rice Rice
1
3
.250
11
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
12
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
13
Charlotte Charlotte
0
4
.000
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
2
2
.500
3
New Mexico New Mexico
3
1
.750
4
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
5
Nevada Nevada
1
3
.250
6
UTEP UTEP
1
3
.250
7
Wyoming Wyoming
2
2
.500
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
.000
9
Air Force Air Force
2
1
.667
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
3
.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/12
ODU ODU
@
VT VT
21-44
Sat
9/12
PSU PSU
@
TEM TEM
27-9
Sat
9/12
ETSU ETSU
@
UNC UNC
3-35
Sat
9/12
ORE ORE
@
OKST OKST
31-39
Sat
9/12
WOF WOF
@
KENT KENT
15-36

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/1
WKU WKU
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/1
UNT UNT
@
TLSA TLSA
9:00 PM
Fri
10/2
LIB LIB
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PITT PITT
@
VT VT
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PSU PSU
@
NW NW
8:00 PM