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Jimmie Ward

Poinsettia Bowl

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FF	FR TD
Thu 12/26	NIU	vs	USU	L 14-21	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	1	15	15	0	15	0

MAC Championship

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FF	FR TD
Fri 12/6	NIU	vs	BGSU	L 27-47	6	0	6	0	0.0	0						1	0

Regular Season

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FF	FR TD
Wed 11/20	NIU	@	TOL	W 35-17	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wed 11/13	NIU	vs	BALL	W 48-27	5	0	5	1	0.0	0						0
Sat 11/2	NIU	@	MASS	W 63-19	3	0	3	1	1.0	0						0
Sat 10/12	NIU	vs	AKR	W 27-20	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sat 10/5	NIU	@	KENT	W 38-24	5	2	7	1	0.0		1	0	0	0			0
Sat 9/28	NIU	@	PUR	W 55-24	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	1	62	62	1	62	0
Sat 9/21	NIU	vs	EIU	W 43-39	7	1	8	0	0.0		1	6	6	0			0
Sat 9/14	NIU	@	IDHO	W 45-35	7	2	9	0	0.0		0	0		0			0
Sat 8/31	NIU	@	IOWA	W 30-27	4	1	5	0	0.0	0	1	20	20	0	20	0
Total					39	6	45	3	1.0	0	6	88	14.7	1	62	1	0

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More Northern Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,364

Dickens

RUSH

502

Johnson

REC

537

Rogers

Team Rankings

PPG

15.1

156th

OPP PPG

38.6

170th

RUSH YDS/G

100.1

167th

PASS YDS/G

201.6

112th

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Nevada	2-2	3-4
7	San Jose State	2-2	4-4
8	Hawai'i	1-4	2-6
9	UTEP	0-3	1-6
10	Northern Illinois	0-3	0-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	NIU	@	UNLV	10:30 PM
Sat 11/7	NIU	@	SJSU	4:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NEV	@	NIU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/21	NIU	@	NDSU	4:00 PM
Sat 11/28	UTEP	@	NIU	3:30 PM

Last Game

Hawai'i

2 - 6

Final

Northern Illinois

0 - 7

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125