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Nahshon Ellerbe

Regular Season

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	ATT	YDS	YPC	TD	LNG	REC	TRG	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Sat 11/26	RICE	@	STAN	L 17-41												17	0
Sat 11/19	RICE	vs	UTEP	W 44-24												41	0
Sat 11/12	RICE	@	CHAR	W 22-21												4	0	1	0
Sat 11/5	RICE	vs	FAU	L 25-42	2	2	1.0	1	7	2	2	10	5.0	0	6	25	1
Sat 10/29	RICE	@	LT	L 16-61						1	1	-4	-4.0	0	-4	-4	0
Sat 10/22	RICE	vs	PRV	W 65-44												34	0
Sat 10/15	RICE	vs	UTSA	L 13-14												34	0	1	1
Sat 10/1	RICE	@	USM	L 28-44												57	0
Fri 9/16	RICE	vs	BAY	L 10-38													0
Thu 9/1	RICE	@	WKU	L 14-46													0
Total					2	2	1.0	1	7	3	3	6	2.0	0	6	208	1	2	1

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More Rice Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

322

Brown

RUSH

399

Brown

REC

89

Jackson

Team Rankings

PPG

19.0

133rd

OPP PPG

30.3

127th

RUSH YDS/G

268.8

8th

PASS YDS/G

84.8

219th

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	East Carolina	0-0	2-2
9	Tulane	0-0	2-2
10	Rice	0-0	1-3
11	Charlotte	0-1	0-5
12	Tulsa	0-1	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	RICE	@	ECU	4:00 PM
Sat 10/17	TLSA	@	RICE	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	RICE	@	FAU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	RICE	@	UNT	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	TULN	@	RICE	1:00 PM

Last Game

Rice

1 - 3

Final

Fresno State

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,613

Jennings

1,530

Sayin

1,519

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

613

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

603

Hernandez

585

Legree

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

14

Stokes

14

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith

8

Dixon

7

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

204.6

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

7.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.8

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.0

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

541.2

524.6

523.3

514.4

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

297.3

294.0

281.5

281.3

277.8

Pass Yards Rankings

365.0

361.3

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

Sack Leaders

22.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	1	.800
3	Georgia	5	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	2	.600
8	Kentucky	4	1	.800
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	4	1	.800
11	Tennessee	4	1	.800
12	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	3	.400
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	1	.800
4	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	3	.400
14	Maryland	2	3	.400
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	2	3	.400
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	2	.600
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	4	1	.800
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	3	2	.600
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	2	2	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	1	.800
2	Kent State	2	3	.400
3	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
4	Toledo	4	1	.800
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
7	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
8	Ohio	3	2	.600
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	4	.200
11	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	2	.600
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	3	.400
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	3	.400
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	3	2	.600
15	NC State	3	2	.600
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	3	2	.600
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	4	1	.800
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	5	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	4	1	.800
6	Marshall	3	2	.600
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	UNLV	3	2	.600
3	Wyoming	2	3	.400
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	New Mexico	4	1	.800
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	4	.200
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250