Michigan State Spartans

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	9	189	3,189	610	5.2	2,583	499	5.2	606	111	5.5
Team Rank		39th	21st	59th	10th	3rd	21st	1st	114th	108th	90th
Opponent	9	96	1,753		3.1	851	386	2.2	902	185	4.9
Opponent Rank		56th	8th		5th	7th	21st	4th	34th	87th	9th
Net		+93	+1,436	+610	+2.2	+1,732	+113	+3.0	-296	-74	+0.6
Net Rank		29th	8th	59th	3rd	1st	20th	1st	99th	109th	47th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Pete Smith P. Smith	9	18	52	34.6	5.8	241	4.6	26.8	3	6	69.5	5.8	11.5
Roger Hailey R. Hailey	9	15	31	48.4	3.4	186	6.0	20.7	0	4	73.0	0.0	12.9
Charles Migyanka C. Migyanka	9	8	23	34.8	2.6	88	3.8	9.8	1	1	72.6	4.3	4.3
Ron Rubick R. Rubick	9	3	3	100.0	0.3	91	30.3	10.1	0	0	354.8	0.0	0.0
Sherman Lewis S. Lewis	9	0	2	0.0	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
George Saimes G. Saimes	9	122	13.6	642	5.3	71.3	9	126	688
Sherman Lewis S. Lewis	9	98	10.9	590	6.0	65.6	8	104	669
Dewey Lincoln D. Lincoln	9	81	9.0	422	5.2	46.9	1	85	488
Ron Rubick R. Rubick	9	68	7.6	429	6.3	47.7	4
Roger Lopes R. Lopes	9	42	4.7	241	5.7	26.8	1	43	252
Charles Migyanka C. Migyanka	9	20	2.2	-24	-1.2	-2.7	0
Pete Smith P. Smith	9	14	1.6	-71	-5.1	-7.9	0
Ronald Watkins R. Watkins	9	11	1.2	40	3.6	4.4	0
Joe Begeny J. Begeny	9	10	1.1	51	5.1	5.7	0	12	68
William Gordon W. Gordon	9	6	0.7	28	4.7	3.1	0	7	55
Lonnie Sanders L. Sanders	9	6	0.7	12	2.0	1.3	0	13	121
John Tinnick J. Tinnick	4	4	1.0	-4	-1.0	-1.0	0
Roger Hailey R. Hailey	9	4	0.4	-26	-6.5	-2.9	0
Harry Ammon H. Ammon	3	3	1.0	18	6.0	6.0	0	4	28
Gary Oade G. Oade	1	3	3.0	12	4.0	12.0	0	4	16
Earl Lattimer E. Lattimer	9	3	0.3	11	3.7	1.2	0
Rob Moreland R. Moreland	3	2	0.7	9	4.5	3.0	0
Herman Johnson H. Johnson	9	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Lonnie Sanders L. Sanders	9	7	0.8	109	15.6	12.1	1	13	121
Matt Snorton M. Snorton	9	6	0.7	89	14.8	9.9	0
Sherman Lewis S. Lewis	9	6	0.7	79	13.2	8.8	1	104	669
Dewey Lincoln D. Lincoln	9	4	0.4	66	16.5	7.3	0	85	488
George Saimes G. Saimes	9	4	0.4	46	11.5	5.1	0	126	688
Tom Krzemienski T. Krzemienski	9	3	0.3	49	16.3	5.4	0
Jeffrey Abrecht J. Abrecht	9	3	0.3	34	11.3	3.8	0
Hubert Benson H. Benson	9	2	0.2	25	12.5	2.8	1
Joe Begeny J. Begeny	9	2	0.2	17	8.5	1.9	0	12	68
William Gordon W. Gordon	9	1	0.1	27	27.0	3.0	0	7	55
Ed Lothamer E. Lothamer	9	1	0.1	18	18.0	2.0	0
Ernie Clark E. Clark	9	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.2	0
Dick Flynn D. Flynn	9	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.2	1
Roger Lopes R. Lopes	9	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.2	0	43	252
Harry Ammon H. Ammon	3	1	0.3	10	10.0	3.3	0	4	28
Gary Oade G. Oade	1	1	1.0	4	4.0	4.0	0	4	16

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Sherman Lewis S. Lewis	9	8	1	9	54
George Saimes G. Saimes	9	9	0	9	54
Ron Rubick R. Rubick	9	4		4	24
Pete Smith P. Smith	9	0		3	18
Hubert Benson H. Benson	9		1	1	6
Dick Flynn D. Flynn	9		1	1	6
Dewey Lincoln D. Lincoln	9	1	0	1	6
Roger Lopes R. Lopes	9	1	0	1	6
Charles Migyanka C. Migyanka	9	0		1	6
Lonnie Sanders L. Sanders	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