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Lew Nichols

Central Michigan
RB
Position
#22
Number
2022
176
Att
616
Rush Yds
6
Rush TD
3.5
Yds/Rush
9
Games
744
Total Yds
6
Total TD
2 (2)
Fum (L)
Career
614
Att
3,061
Rush Yds
26
Rush TD
5.0
Yds/Rush
32
Games
3,636
Total Yds
29
Total TD
5 (4)
Fum (L)

Summary

Lew Nichols played 4 seasons for Central Michigan. He had 614 carries for 3,061 yards, 71 catches for 575 yards and scored 29 touchdowns.

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More Central Michigan Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

638

Glasser

Jadyn Glasser

RUSH

618

Flores

Angel Flores

REC

379

Lewis

Langston Lewis
Team Rankings

PPG

19.8

134th

OPP PPG

23.8

68th

RUSH YDS/G

176.6

50th

PASS YDS/G

129.0

187th

2026 MAC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
8
Kent State Kent State
2-3
3-6
9
Ball State Ball State
2-3
3-6
10
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2-3
4-5
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
2-3
2-7
12
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1-6
2-8
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
11/11
SAC SAC
@
CMU CMU
7:30 PM
Wed
11/18
CMU CMU
@
BUFF BUFF
7:30 PM
Sat
11/28
CMU CMU
@
BALL BALL
12:00 PM
Last Game
CMU Central Michigan

4 - 5

35

Final

7

EMU Eastern Michigan

4 - 6

Wed 4 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Tayven Jackson
Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

Dylan Riley

1,193

White

Jahiem White

1,189

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard
Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

Jesse Legree

1,200

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

1,027

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

28

Mensah

Darian Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Caden Veltkamp
Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

18

Gutierrez

Jackson Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Cale Hellums
Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

Jesse Legree

14

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

13

Toney

Malachi Toney
QB Rating Leaders

191.0

Mensah

Darian Mensah

184.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Kevin Jennings
Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

10.5

Dean

Marlin Dean

10.0

Osunsanmi

Tobi Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

45.0

North Texas

44.7

Oklahoma State

43.9

Wake Forest

43.3

Georgia

41.1

Louisville

40.8
Opp PPG Rankings
New Mexico

10.9

North Dakota State

11.9

Iowa

12.2

Indiana

12.4

Duke

13.0

Liberty

13.6
Total Yards Rankings
North Texas

535.4

Oklahoma State

533.6

Miami

517.3

Texas State

517.0

Memphis

514.0

LSU

504.1
Rush Yards Rankings
Air Force

332.0

Army

324.7

Navy

298.1

Rice

270.2

Texas State

265.8

West Virginia

263.6
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

370.4

North Texas

343.8

Oklahoma State

339.1

Miami

326.1

LSU

324.9

Arizona

322.9
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

39.0

Baylor

37.0

San Jose State

36.0

LSU

36.0

Indiana

32.0

Georgia

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
8
1
.889
2
Texas State Texas State
5
4
.556
3
Oregon State Oregon State
5
4
.556
4
San Diego State San Diego State
4
5
.444
5
Utah State Utah State
4
5
.444
6
Fresno State Fresno State
5
4
.556
7
Colorado State Colorado State
3
6
.333
8
Washington State Washington State
1
8
.111
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
9
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
8
1
.889
3
Oregon Oregon
6
3
.667
4
Ohio State Ohio State
6
3
.667
5
Iowa Iowa
7
2
.778
6
Wisconsin Wisconsin
6
3
.667
7
USC USC
7
2
.778
8
Illinois Illinois
6
3
.667
9
Northwestern Northwestern
6
3
.667
10
Minnesota Minnesota
5
4
.556
11
Penn State Penn State
5
4
.556
12
Washington Washington
5
4
.556
13
Michigan Michigan
5
4
.556
14
Nebraska Nebraska
5
4
.556
15
Purdue Purdue
3
6
.333
16
Rutgers Rutgers
2
7
.222
17
Maryland Maryland
3
6
.333
18
Michigan State Michigan State
3
6
.333
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
8
1
.889
2
Alabama Alabama
7
2
.778
3
Kentucky Kentucky
7
2
.778
4
Texas Texas
7
2
.778
5
Tennessee Tennessee
7
2
.778
6
Ole Miss Ole Miss
6
3
.667
7
South Carolina South Carolina
6
3
.667
8
LSU LSU
6
3
.667
9
Missouri Missouri
6
3
.667
10
Oklahoma Oklahoma
5
4
.556
11
Florida Florida
5
4
.556
12
Auburn Auburn
5
4
.556
13
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
5
.444
14
Texas A&M Texas A&M
4
5
.444
15
Arkansas Arkansas
3
6
.333
16
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
4
5
.444
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
8
1
.889
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
7
2
.778
3
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
5
4
.556
4
Delaware Delaware
4
5
.444
5
Florida International Florida International
4
5
.444
6
New Mexico State New Mexico State
3
6
.333
7
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
3
6
.333
8
Missouri State Missouri State
3
6
.333
9
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
3
6
.333
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
8
.111
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
7
2
.778
2
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
5
4
.556
3
Louisiana Louisiana
6
3
.667
4
James Madison James Madison
8
2
.800
5
South Alabama South Alabama
4
5
.444
6
Appalachian State Appalachian State
5
4
.556
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
4
5
.444
8
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
3
6
.333
9
Troy Troy
4
5
.444
10
Marshall Marshall
5
4
.556
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
3
6
.333
12
Georgia State Georgia State
5
4
.556
13
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
2
7
.222
14
Old Dominion Old Dominion
3
7
.300
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
8
1
.889
2
Wake Forest Wake Forest
8
1
.889
3
Louisville Louisville
6
3
.667
4
SMU SMU
7
2
.778
5
Duke Duke
7
2
.778
6
Clemson Clemson
6
3
.667
7
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
6
3
.667
8
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
6
3
.667
9
North Carolina North Carolina
5
4
.556
10
Florida State Florida State
4
5
.444
11
Stanford Stanford
4
5
.444
12
Virginia Virginia
4
5
.444
13
NC State NC State
4
5
.444
14
Boston College Boston College
4
5
.444
15
California California
3
6
.333
16
Syracuse Syracuse
4
5
.444
17
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
2
7
.222
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
New Mexico New Mexico
8
1
.889
2
Wyoming Wyoming
6
3
.667
3
North Dakota State North Dakota State
7
2
.778
4
Air Force Air Force
7
2
.778
5
UNLV UNLV
5
4
.556
6
San Jose State San Jose State
5
5
.500
7
Nevada Nevada
3
6
.333
8
Hawai'i Hawai'i
3
6
.333
9
UTEP UTEP
1
8
.111
10
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
9
.000
American AthleticWLPCT
1
North Texas North Texas
7
2
.778
2
Memphis Memphis
7
2
.778
3
UTSA UTSA
7
2
.778
4
Army Army
5
4
.556
5
UAB UAB
5
4
.556
6
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
6
3
.667
7
East Carolina East Carolina
5
4
.556
8
Tulsa Tulsa
5
4
.556
9
South Florida South Florida
6
3
.667
10
Tulane Tulane
4
5
.444
11
Navy Navy
3
6
.333
12
Charlotte Charlotte
1
8
.111
13
Temple Temple
2
7
.222
14
Rice Rice
1
8
.111
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
8
1
.889
2
UConn UConn
4
5
.444
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Ohio Ohio
7
2
.778
2
Toledo Toledo
7
2
.778
3
Western Michigan Western Michigan
6
3
.667
4
Buffalo Buffalo
6
3
.667
5
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
5
4
.556
6
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
6
.400
7
UMass UMass
5
4
.556
8
Kent State Kent State
3
6
.333
9
Ball State Ball State
3
6
.333
10
Central Michigan Central Michigan
4
5
.444
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
2
7
.222
12
Sacramento State Sacramento State
2
8
.200
13
Akron Akron
1
8
.111
Big 12WLPCT
1
Utah Utah
9
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
8
1
.889
3
BYU BYU
7
2
.778
4
Houston Houston
7
2
.778
5
Arizona Arizona
7
2
.778
6
Baylor Baylor
6
3
.667
7
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
6
3
.667
8
Arizona State Arizona State
5
4
.556
9
UCF UCF
5
4
.556
10
West Virginia West Virginia
5
4
.556
11
Iowa State Iowa State
4
5
.444
12
Cincinnati Cincinnati
5
4
.556
13
TCU TCU
4
5
.444
14
Colorado Colorado
3
6
.333
15
Kansas State Kansas State
4
5
.444
16
Kansas Kansas
3
6
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/17
KU KU
@
KSU KSU
24-35
Sat
10/17
FLA FLA
@
TEX TEX
27-24
Sat
10/17
CHSO CHSO
@
CLEM CLEM
0-37
Sat
10/17
FAU FAU
@
ARMY ARMY
24-56
Sat
10/17
MSST MSST
@
LSU LSU
0-31

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
11/10
KENT KENT
@
BGSU BGSU
7:00 PM
Tue
11/10
WMU WMU
@
AKR AKR
7:00 PM
Tue
11/10
OHIO OHIO
@
M-OH M-OH
8:00 PM
Wed
11/11
SAC SAC
@
CMU CMU
7:30 PM
Wed
11/11
BUFF BUFF
@
BALL BALL
7:30 PM