#3 Illinois Fighting Illini

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	9	153	2,434	590	4.1	1,732	455	3.8	702	135	5.2
Team Rank		55th	75th	60th	77th	43rd	36th	49th	94th	91st	86th
Opponent	9	89	1,981		3.6	911	341	2.7	1,070	215	5.0
Opponent Rank		48th	16th		13th	7th	5th	11th	76th	114th	17th
Net		+64	+453	+590	+0.6	+821	+114	+1.1	-368	-80	+0.2
Net Rank		33rd	38th	60th	40th	18th	14th	20th	104th	117th	61st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Mike Taliaferro M. Taliaferro	9	33	79	41.8	8.8	434	5.5	48.2	2	9	73.5	2.5	11.4
Fred Custardo F. Custardo	9	24	53	45.3	5.9	236	4.5	26.2	0	2	75.1	0.0	3.8
Ron Acks R. Acks	9	0	2	0.0	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ron Fearn R. Fearn	9	1	1	100.0	0.1	32	32.0	3.6	1	0	698.8	100.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jim Grabowski J. Grabowski	9	118	13.1	491	4.2	54.6	6	121	512
Sam Price S. Price	9	88	9.8	326	3.7	36.2	3	98	424
Al Wheatland A. Wheatland	9	82	9.1	283	3.5	31.4	2	83	282
Fred Custardo F. Custardo	9	43	4.8	245	5.7	27.2	1
Mike Taliaferro M. Taliaferro	9	43	4.8	157	3.7	17.4	0
Jim Warren J. Warren	9	41	4.6	105	2.6	11.7	2	51	226
Ron Fearn R. Fearn	9	12	1.3	46	3.8	5.1	0	15	115
Wayne Paulson W. Paulson	9	11	1.2	34	3.1	3.8	0	13	54
Mike Dundy M. Dundy	9	9	1.0	18	2.0	2.0	0
Trenton Jackson T. Jackson	9	4	0.4	17	4.3	1.9	0	5	28
Ron Acks R. Acks	9	4	0.4	10	2.5	1.1	1

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jim Warren J. Warren	9	10	1.1	121	12.1	13.4	1	51	226
Sam Price S. Price	9	10	1.1	98	9.8	10.9	0	98	424
Bill Pasko B. Pasko	9	9	1.0	131	14.6	14.6	0
Gregg Schumacher G. Schumacher	9	8	0.9	115	14.4	12.8	1
Dave Mueller D. Mueller	9	7	0.8	97	13.9	10.8	0
Ron Fearn R. Fearn	9	3	0.3	69	23.0	7.7	0	15	115
Jim Grabowski J. Grabowski	9	3	0.3	21	7.0	2.3	0	121	512
Wayne Paulson W. Paulson	9	2	0.2	20	10.0	2.2	0	13	54
Mike Summers M. Summers	9	2	0.2	9	4.5	1.0	0
Trenton Jackson T. Jackson	9	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.2	0	5	28
Rich Callaghan R. Callaghan	9	1	0.1	9	9.0	1.0	0
Eddie Russell E. Russell	9	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	1
Al Wheatland A. Wheatland	9	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0	83	282

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Jim Grabowski J. Grabowski	9	6	0	6	36
Sam Price S. Price	9	3	0	3	18
Jim Warren J. Warren	9	2	1	3	18
Mike Taliaferro M. Taliaferro	9	0		2	12
Al Wheatland A. Wheatland	9	2	0	2	12
Ron Acks R. Acks	9	1		1	6
Fred Custardo F. Custardo	9	1		1	6
Ron Fearn R. Fearn	9	0	0	1	6
Eddie Russell E. Russell	9		1	1	6
Gregg Schumacher G. Schumacher	9		1	1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
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	1	.750
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	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	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	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	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	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	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	2	1	.667
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