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Jeff Bender

Career Stats

Season	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD
1988	CMU	11	93	169	55.0	15.4	1,309	7.7	119.0	7	9	123.1	4.1	5.3	-58	1
1989	CMU	11	108	232	46.6	21.1	1,487	6.4	135.2	6	12	98.6	2.6	5.2	13	0
1990	CMU	11	145	262	55.3	23.8	1,978	7.5	179.8	15	8	131.5	5.7	3.1	0	3
1991	CMU	11	156	297	52.5	27.0	1,754	5.9	159.5	10	11	105.8	3.4	3.7	35	0
Total		44	502	960	52.3	21.8	6,528	6.8	148.4	38	40	114.1	4.0	4.2	-10	4

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More Central Michigan Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

103

Flores

RUSH

312

Flores

REC

28

Blue

Team Rankings

PPG

14.7

148th

OPP PPG

19.3

68th

RUSH YDS/G

219.3

36th

PASS YDS/G

46.0

215th

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Ball State	0-0	1-1
5	Buffalo	0-0	1-2
6	Central Michigan	0-0	2-1
7	Kent State	0-0	1-2
8	Miami (OH)	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/26	CMU	@	MIA	6:30 PM
Sat 10/3	AKR	@	CMU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	CMU	@	OHIO	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	WMU	@	CMU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	M-OH	@	CMU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Wyoming

1 - 2

Final

Central Michigan

2 - 1

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

908

Jackson

896

Maiava

887

Lopez

Rush Yards Leaders

397

Burgess

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

444

Toney

400

Smith

376

Legree

Pass TD Leaders

11

Mensah

10

Maiava

9

Boley

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Jackson

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

5

Toney

5

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

243.9

Jennings

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

59.0

58.5

54.5

54.0

53.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.5

6.5

7.0

Total Yards Rankings

620.5

594.3

586.0

573.5

569.0

566.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

396.5

364.7

358.0

343.5

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	3	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	2	.333
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	2	.333
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	2	.333
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	2	.333
6	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
7	Kent State	1	2	.333
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

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

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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	2	.333
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	2	.333
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	3	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Oregon	2	1	.667
12	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
13	Illinois	2	1	.667
14	Minnesota	2	1	.667
15	Ohio State	2	1	.667
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333