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Whitney Mercilus

Fight Hunger Bowl

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FF	FR TD
Sat 12/31	ILL	vs	UCLA	W 20-14	2	3	5	3	1.5								0

Regular Season

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK
Sat 11/26	ILL	@	MINN	L 7-27	1	2	3	1	1.0
Sat 11/19	ILL	vs	WIS	L 17-28	2	0	2	1	1.0
Sat 11/12	ILL	vs	MICH	L 14-31	1	2	3	1	1.0
Sat 10/29	ILL	@	PSU	L 7-10	1	5	6	1	1.5
Sat 10/22	ILL	@	PUR	L 14-21	3	2	5	2
Sat 10/15	ILL	vs	OSU	L 7-17	1	8	9	2	1.5
Sat 10/8	ILL	@	IND	W 41-20	5	0	5	4	3.0
Sat 10/1	ILL	vs	NW	W 38-35	4	2	6	1	1.5
Sat 9/24	ILL	vs	WMU	W 23-20	2	2	4	1	1.0
Sat 9/17	ILL	vs	ASU	W 17-14	3	2	5	2	2.0
Sat 9/10	ILL	vs	SDSU	W 56-3	0	1	1	0
Sat 9/3	ILL	vs	ARST	W 33-15	3	0	3	2	1.0
Total					26	26	52	20	14.5

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More Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

182

Houser

RUSH

88

Valentine

REC

70

Dixon

Team Rankings

PPG

42.0

39th

OPP PPG

23.0

95th

RUSH YDS/G

150.0

88th

PASS YDS/G

182.0

116th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	USC	0-0	2-0
2	Illinois	0-0	1-0
3	Indiana	0-0	2-0
4	Iowa	0-0	1-0
5	Maryland	0-0	1-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	SIU	@	ILL	2:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	PUR	@	ILL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	ILL	@	MSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	ORE	@	ILL	1:00 PM

Last Game

UAB

0 - 1

Final

Illinois

1 - 0

Thu 3 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

646

Browne

641

Boley

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

234

Mason

231

Kromah

Rec Yards Leaders

333

Duff

330

Toney

326

Harris

Pass TD Leaders

8

Boley

8

Mensah

8

Stockton

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

4

Hawkins

4

Wilson

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Becker

4

Williams

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

281.3

Baker

271.7

Mensah

Sack Leaders

4.0

Lewis

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Harris

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

66.5

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

702.5

671.0

646.0

Rush Yards Rankings

506.0

458.0

431.0

394.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

430.0

427.0

417.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

9.0

7.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	1	.500
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
9	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
10	UCF	1	0	1.000
11	Utah	1	0	1.000
12	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
13	Kansas	1	1	.500
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
8	Kent State	1	1	.500
9	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	Virginia	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Louisville	1	1	.500
12	California	0	1	.000
13	Clemson	0	1	.000
14	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	1	1	.500

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

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	2	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	2	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	2	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	1	.500
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	0	1	.000
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	1	1	.500
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000