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Ja'Corey Shepherd

Regular Season

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Sat 11/26	RICE	@	HOU	L 18-35	3	4	7	1
Sat 11/19	RICE	vs	UCF	L 28-31	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Sat 11/12	RICE	vs	TULN	W 42-34	2	1	3	0
Sat 11/5	RICE	@	SMU	L 7-27	4	2	6	0
Sat 10/29	RICE	vs	UTEP	L 31-38	2	0	2	0
Sat 10/22	RICE	vs	NAVY	L 9-41	3	0	3	0
Sat 10/15	RICE	vs	TLSA	L 21-41	5	0	5	0
Sat 10/8	RICE	@	ECU	L 28-41	4	0	4	0
Sat 10/1	RICE	@	UAB	L 26-45	2	8	10	0
Sat 9/17	RICE	@	TEX	L 10-51				0	1	0	0	0
Sat 9/10	RICE	@	UCLA	L 21-63	4	0	4	0
Total					31	15	46	2	2	0	0	0

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More Rice Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

82

Brown

RUSH

130

Brown

REC

30

Jackson

Team Rankings

PPG

15.5

140th

OPP PPG

27.5

111th

RUSH YDS/G

261.0

16th

PASS YDS/G

49.5

206th

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Army	0-1	1-1
3	Navy	0-0	1-0
4	Rice	0-0	1-1
5	South Florida	1-0	2-0
6	Temple	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	WMU	@	RICE	7:00 PM
Sat 9/26	RICE	@	FRES	10:00 PM
Sat 10/3	UTSA	@	RICE	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	RICE	@	ECU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	TLSA	@	RICE	1:00 PM

Last Game

Rice

1 - 1

Final

Notre Dame

2 - 0

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

9

Hejny

8

Boley

8

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

66.0

61.0

59.0

58.5

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

3.0

3.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

671.0

645.0

633.0

620.5

586.0

Rush Yards Rankings

506.0

431.0

394.0

364.0

336.0

323.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

434.0

427.0

376.5

376.0

367.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

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	2	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	1	.500
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	1	1	.500
12	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
13	Marshall	1	1	.500
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	2	0	1.000
5	Colorado	2	0	1.000
6	Houston	2	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	2	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	1	.500
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	2	.000
7	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
8	Kent State	1	1	.500
9	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
10	Ohio	1	1	.500
11	Toledo	1	1	.500
12	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
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	1	1	.500
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	2	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	2	.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	2	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	2	0	1.000
16	Washington	2	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
4	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	1	1	.500
7	Liberty	1	1	.500
8	Missouri State	1	1	.500
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000