Michigan State Spartans

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	202	3,262	718	4.5	2,031	521	3.9	1,231	197	6.2
Team Rank		62nd	61st	73rd	51st	32nd	40th	32nd	82nd	91st	57th
Opponent	10	231	4,044		4.9	1,897	505	3.8	2,147	328	6.5
Opponent Rank		128th	105th		89th	73rd	74th	77th	116th	114th	82nd
Net		-29	-782	+718	-0.3	+134	+16	+0.1	-916	-131	-0.3
Net Rank		115th	93rd	73rd	75th	52nd	50th	57th	115th	117th	72nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Bill Triplett B. Triplett	10	37	117	31.6	11.7	715	6.1	71.5	6	12	79.4	5.1	10.3
Dan Werner D. Werner	10	23	56	41.1	5.6	398	7.1	39.8	1	5	88.8	1.8	8.9
Steve Piro S. Piro	10	9	23	39.1	2.3	89	3.9	8.9	0	1	62.9	0.0	4.3

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Don Highsmith D. Highsmith	10	209	20.9	937	4.5	93.7	7	215	972
Bill Triplett B. Triplett	10	103	10.3	290	2.8	29.0	4
Eric Allen E. Allen	10	76	7.6	349	4.6	34.9	2	78	352
Kermit Smith K. Smith	10	65	6.5	265	4.1	26.5	1
Ron Slank R. Slank	10	23	2.3	99	4.3	9.9	0	24	114
Steve Piro S. Piro	10	10	1.0	10	1.0	1.0	0
Tom Love T. Love	10	8	0.8	14	1.8	1.4	1
Art Berry A. Berry	10	7	0.7	22	3.1	2.2	0	8	30
Frank Foreman F. Foreman	10	6	0.6	37	6.2	3.7	0	28	574
Dan Werner D. Werner	10	6	0.6	1	0.2	0.1	0
Daryl Smith D. Smith	10	4	0.4	13	3.3	1.3	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Frank Foreman F. Foreman	10	22	2.2	537	24.4	53.7	3	28	574
Bruce Kulesza B. Kulesza	10	16	1.6	189	11.8	18.9	1
Gordon Bowdell G. Bowdell	10	9	0.9	164	18.2	16.4	1
Steve Kough S. Kough	10	8	0.8	179	22.4	17.9	3
Don Highsmith D. Highsmith	10	6	0.6	35	5.8	3.5	0	215	972
Eric Allen E. Allen	10	2	0.2	3	1.5	0.3	0	78	352
Ron Slank R. Slank	10	1	0.1	15	15.0	1.5	0	24	114
Jim Nicholson J. Nicholson	10	1	0.1	9	9.0	0.9	0
Art Berry A. Berry	10	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.8	0	8	30

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Bill Triplett B. Triplett	10	4		10	60
Don Highsmith D. Highsmith	10	7	0	7	42
Frank Foreman F. Foreman	10	0	3	3	18
Steve Kough S. Kough	10		3	3	18
Eric Allen E. Allen	10	2	0	2	12
Gordon Bowdell G. Bowdell	10		1	1	6
Bruce Kulesza B. Kulesza	10		1	1	6
Tom Love T. Love	10	1		1	6
Kermit Smith K. Smith	10	1		1	6
Dan Werner D. Werner	10	0		1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

396.5

358.0

356.0

343.5

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
2	Miami	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	2	0	1.000
4	Virginia	2	0	1.000
5	California	1	1	.500
6	Duke	2	0	1.000
7	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

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

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

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

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