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Matt Ference

Northern Illinois

Overall

	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
Career	59	310	12,943	41.8	70	1

Location

	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
Home	28	143	5,884	41.1	65	1
Road	31	167	7,059	42.3	70	0

Result

	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
Wins	30	145	6,005	41.4	65	1
Losses	29	165	6,938	42.0	70	0

Month

	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
August	1	8	356	44.5	51	0
September	16	101	4,207	41.7	65	0
October	15	79	3,228	40.9	56	1
November	21	103	4,298	41.7	70	0
December	6	19	854	44.9	60	0

Conference

	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
Atlantic Coast	4	28	1,140	40.7	52	0
Big 10	4	25	1,174	47.0	57	0
Conference USA	1	3	141	47.0	53	0
Independent	1	9	421	46.8	56	0
Mid-American	40	198	8,091	40.9	70	1
Mountain West	2	10	387	38.7	56	0
Pac-12	2	14	625	44.6	57	0
Southeastern	1	7	265	37.9	44	0
Sun Belt	1	0	0		0	0

Opponent

	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
AKR	2	9	360	40.0	57	0
BALL	5	23	939	40.8	53	0
BC	1	8	327	40.9	51	0
BGSU	2	5	193	38.6	49	0
BUFF	4	18	785	43.6	56	0
BYU	1	9	421	46.8	56	0
CCAR	1	0	0		0	0
CMU	5	32	1,301	40.7	70	0
DUKE	1	5	208	41.6	46	0
EIU	1	4	165	41.3	42	0
EMU	5	31	1,238	39.9	60	1
FSU	1	8	318	39.8	48	0
GT	1	7	287	41.0	52	0
ILST	1	8	356	44.5	51	0
IOWA	1	6	283	47.2	53	0
KENT	3	14	559	39.9	57	0
M-OH	2	13	480	36.9	56	0
MAINE	1	4	178	44.5	65	0
MICH	1	7	339	48.4	56	0
NEB	2	12	552	46.0	57	0
OHIO	2	9	353	39.2	50	0
SDSU	1	8	291	36.4	56	0
TOL	5	18	764	42.4	51	0
UAB	1	3	141	47.0	53	0
UTAH	2	14	625	44.6	57	0
VAN	1	7	265	37.9	44	0
WMU	5	26	1,119	43.0	63	0
WYO	1	2	96	48.0	52	0

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More Northern Illinois Stats

PASS

689

Holst

Josh Holst

RUSH

875

Wright

Chavon Wright

REC

506

Rogers

DeAree Rogers

PPG

17.1

144th

OPP PPG

24.3

73rd

RUSH YDS/G

186.1

39th

PASS YDS/G

98.8

204th

2025 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Eastern Michigan	3-5	4-8
10	Ball State	3-5	4-8
11	Bowling Green	2-6	4-8
12	Northern Illinois	2-6	3-9
13	UMass	0-8	0-12

KENT

5 - 7

35

Final

31

NIU

Northern Illinois

3 - 9

Fri 28 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

Darian Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Trinidad Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

Cam Cook

1,649

Hardy

Ahmad Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Kewan Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

Danny Scudero

1,276

Bell

Skyler Bell

1,264

Young

Wyatt Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

34

Mensah

Darian Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

Caleb Hawkins

24

Lacy

Kewan Lacy

18

Hellums

Cale Hellums

15

Sarratt

Elijah Sarratt

14

Brown

Camden Brown

13

Cooper

Omar Cooper Jr.

QB Rating Leaders

188.0

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Diego Pavia

14.5

Bailey

David Bailey

14.5

Tucker

Nadame Tucker

12.5

Smith

Anthony Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

45.1

42.6

42.0

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.1

11.8

13.3

14.0

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

47.0

45.0

45.0

43.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/14	MICH	@	NW	24-22
Fri 11/14	USF	@	NAVY	38-41
Fri 11/14	SC	@	TAMU	30-31
Fri 11/14	UTEP	@	MOST	24-38
Fri 11/14	NCST	@	MIA	7-41

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 1/19	MIA	@	IND	7:30 PM