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Motor City Bowl

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FF	FR TD
Tue 12/26	MTSU	@	CMU	L 14-31	2	1	3	0									0

Regular Season

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK
Sat 11/25	MTSU	vs	TROY	L 20-21	1	2	3	0	0.5
Sat 11/18	MTSU	@	SC	L 7-52	0	2	2	0
Sat 11/11	MTSU	@	ARST	W 38-10	1	1	2	1
Sat 11/4	MTSU	vs	FAU	W 35-14	4	0	4	1	1.0
Sat 10/28	MTSU	@	UL	W 34-20	1	0	1	0
Sat 10/21	MTSU	@	ULM	W 35-21	4	1	5	1
Fri 10/6	MTSU	vs	LOU	L 17-44	1	3	4	1	1.0
Sat 9/30	MTSU	@	UNT	W 35-0	5	0	5	2	2.0
Sat 9/23	MTSU	@	OKLA	L 0-59	2	2	4	1	1.0
Thu 9/14	MTSU	vs	TNTC	W 44-0	0	2	2	0
Sat 9/9	MTSU	@	MD	L 10-24	1	1	2	1
Thu 8/31	MTSU	vs	FIU	W 7-6	1	0	1	0
Total					21	14	35	10	5.5

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More Middle Tennessee Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

913

Gagliano

RUSH

385

Martin

REC

335

Lacy

Team Rankings

PPG

20.8

125th

OPP PPG

28.0

112th

RUSH YDS/G

124.0

130th

PASS YDS/G

182.6

133rd

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Missouri State	0-0	1-3
7	Sam Houston	0-0	1-3
8	Middle Tennessee	0-1	2-3
9	Delaware	0-1	2-3
10	Western Kentucky	0-1	1-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/13	DEL	@	MTU	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	MTU	@	FIU	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	KENN	@	MTU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	WKU	@	MTU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	MTU	@	LIB	3:30 PM

Last Game

Middle Tennessee

2 - 3

Final

Kansas

2 - 2

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,613

Jennings

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

603

Hernandez

585

Legree

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

14

Stokes

14

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

204.6

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

53.5

51.8

51.4

49.6

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

11.5

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

541.2

532.8

524.6

523.3

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

297.3

294.0

281.5

281.3

277.8

Pass Yards Rankings

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

346.0

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

16.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
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	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
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	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
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	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
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	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
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	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
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	2	2	.500
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	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
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	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

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