#9 Michigan State Spartans

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	9	239	3,231	586	5.5	2,312	487	4.7	919	99	9.3
Team Rank		12th	19th	75th	8th	22nd	51st	13th	35th	85th	1st
Opponent	9	87	2,284		3.9	1,396	421	3.3	888	168	5.3
Opponent Rank		71st	26th		28th	13th	15th	17th	75th	96th	31st
Net		+152	+947	+586	+1.6	+916	+66	+1.4	+31	-69	+4.0
Net Rank		8th	13th	75th	7th	15th	30th	11th	47th	98th	2nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Pat Wilson P. Wilson	9	20	39	51.3	4.3	414	10.6	46.0	1	1	143.8	2.6	2.6
Jim Ninowski J. Ninowski	9	13	31	41.9	3.4	237	7.6	26.3	4	3	129.4	12.9	9.7
Mike Panitch M. Panitch	9	11	18	61.1	2.0	137	7.6	15.2	2	2	139.5	11.1	11.1
Clarence Peaks C. Peaks	9	3	4	75.0	0.4	60	15.0	6.7	1	0	283.5	25.0	0.0
Dennis Mendyk D. Mendyk	9	1	3	33.3	0.3	16	5.3	1.8	0	0	78.1	0.0	0.0
Robert Popp R. Popp	9	0	2	0.0	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Don Gilbert D. Gilbert	9	1	1	100.0	0.1	39	39.0	4.3	1	0	757.6	100.0	0.0
Art Johnson A. Johnson	9	1	1	100.0	0.1	16	16.0	1.8	0	0	234.4	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Dennis Mendyk D. Mendyk	9	85	9.4	495	5.8	55.0	6	89	548
Clarence Peaks C. Peaks	9	52	5.8	235	4.5	26.1	4	53	245
Don Gilbert D. Gilbert	9	48	5.3	260	5.4	28.9	5	51	289
Walt Kowalczyk W. Kowalczyk	9	42	4.7	128	3.0	14.2	1	45	187
Pat Wilson P. Wilson	9	40	4.4	125	3.1	13.9	4	41	137
Blanche Martin B. Martin	9	37	4.1	134	3.6	14.9	1	38	150
Jim Wulff J. Wulff	9	34	3.8	123	3.6	13.7	2	38	196
Donald Arend D. Arend	9	29	3.2	208	7.2	23.1	1	30	213
Bob Handloser B. Handloser	9	24	2.7	140	5.8	15.6	0
Art Johnson A. Johnson	9	24	2.7	108	4.5	12.0	1	26	135
Jim Ninowski J. Ninowski	9	21	2.3	41	2.0	4.6	0
Mike Panitch M. Panitch	9	17	1.9	105	6.2	11.7	1	19	148
Vic Zucco V. Zucco	9	15	1.7	145	9.7	16.1	0	16	135
Don Zysk D. Zysk	9	5	0.6	27	5.4	3.0	0
Rudy Gaddini R. Gaddini	9	4	0.4	17	4.3	1.9	0
Jim Chidester J. Chidester	9	4	0.4	13	3.3	1.4	0
Robert Popp R. Popp	9	4	0.4	-5	-1.3	-0.6	0
Sam Williams S. Williams	9	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.8	0	3	66
Larry Harding L. Harding	9	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.7	0	4	78

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jim Hinesly J. Hinesly	9	9	1.0	131	14.6	14.6	0
Tony Kolodziej T. Kolodziej	9	7	0.8	221	31.6	24.6	1
Harold Dukes H. Dukes	9	5	0.6	105	21.0	11.7	3
Jim Wulff J. Wulff	9	4	0.4	73	18.3	8.1	0	38	196
Dennis Mendyk D. Mendyk	9	4	0.4	53	13.3	5.9	1	89	548
Larry Harding L. Harding	9	3	0.3	72	24.0	8.0	2	4	78
Walt Kowalczyk W. Kowalczyk	9	3	0.3	59	19.7	6.6	1	45	187
Don Gilbert D. Gilbert	9	3	0.3	29	9.7	3.2	0	51	289
Sam Williams S. Williams	9	2	0.2	59	29.5	6.6	1	3	66
Mike Panitch M. Panitch	9	2	0.2	43	21.5	4.8	0	19	148
Art Johnson A. Johnson	9	2	0.2	27	13.5	3.0	0	26	135
Blanche Martin B. Martin	9	1	0.1	16	16.0	1.8	0	38	150
Dave Kaiser D. Kaiser	9	1	0.1	14	14.0	1.6	0
Pat Wilson P. Wilson	9	1	0.1	12	12.0	1.3	0	41	137
Clarence Peaks C. Peaks	9	1	0.1	10	10.0	1.1	0	53	245
Donald Arend D. Arend	9	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.6	0	30	213
Vic Zucco V. Zucco	9	1	0.1	-10	-10.0	-1.1	0	16	135

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Dennis Mendyk D. Mendyk	9	6	1	7	42
Don Gilbert D. Gilbert	9	5	0	6	36
Clarence Peaks C. Peaks	9	4	0	5	30
Pat Wilson P. Wilson	9	4	0	5	30
Jim Ninowski J. Ninowski	9	0		4	24
Harold Dukes H. Dukes	9		3	3	18
Mike Panitch M. Panitch	9	1	0	3	18
Larry Harding L. Harding	9	0	2	2	12
Walt Kowalczyk W. Kowalczyk	9	1	1	2	12
Jim Wulff J. Wulff	9	2	0	2	12
Donald Arend D. Arend	9	1	0	1	6
Art Johnson A. Johnson	9	1	0	1	6
Tony Kolodziej T. Kolodziej	9		1	1	6
Blanche Martin B. Martin	9	1	0	1	6
Sam Williams S. Williams	9	0	1	1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

13.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	2	1	.667
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
9	Texas	3	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	1	2	.333
9	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
10	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
11	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
12	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
13	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	2	1	.667
9	Colorado	2	1	.667
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	1	.667
13	UCF	2	1	.667
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Duke	3	0	1.000
3	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
4	California	2	1	.667
5	Clemson	2	1	.667
6	Louisville	2	1	.667
7	Virginia	2	1	.667
8	SMU	2	1	.667
9	Virginia Tech	3	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	1	.667
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	Memphis	3	1	.750
5	UTSA	2	1	.667
6	East Carolina	1	2	.333
7	North Texas	1	2	.333
8	Rice	1	2	.333
9	Temple	1	2	.333
10	Tulane	1	2	.333
11	UAB	1	2	.333
12	Charlotte	0	3	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	UCLA	3	0	1.000
3	Indiana	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
10	Illinois	2	1	.667
11	Maryland	2	1	.667
12	Michigan State	2	1	.667
13	Minnesota	2	1	.667
14	Ohio State	2	1	.667
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Liberty	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333