#5 Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	454	5,211	798	6.5	3,563	619	5.8	1,648	179	9.2
Team Rank		3rd	3rd	37th	2nd	5th	14th	2nd	39th	98th	2nd
Opponent	11	131	3,133		4.1	1,601	483	3.3	1,532	282	5.4
Opponent Rank		68th	45th		35th	30th	29th	35th	88th	111th	27th
Net		+323	+2,078	+798	+2.4	+1,962	+136	+2.4	+116	-103	+3.8
Net Rank		3rd	5th	37th	2nd	6th	16th	4th	45th	112th	2nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
John Hufnagel J. Hufnagel	11	86	136	63.2	12.4	1,185	8.7	107.7	10	6	151.9	7.4	4.4
Steve Joachim S. Joachim	11	16	41	39.0	3.7	399	9.7	36.3	7	3	162.5	17.1	7.3
Jack Koniszewski J. Koniszewski	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	64	64.0	5.8	1	0	967.6	100.0	0.0
Steve Stilley S. Stilley	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	11	254	23.1	1,567	6.2	142.5	26	270	1,721
Franco Harris F. Harris	11	123	11.2	684	5.6	62.2	6	133	781
John Hufnagel J. Hufnagel	11	79	7.2	346	4.4	31.5	3
Tom Donchez T. Donchez	11	43	3.9	243	5.7	22.1	2	49	290
Steve Stilley S. Stilley	11	34	3.1	151	4.4	13.7	1	35	170
Ken Andrews K. Andrews	11	18	1.6	96	5.3	8.7	2	19	103
Steve Joachim S. Joachim	11	17	1.5	48	2.8	4.4	1
Carl Cayette C. Cayette	11	16	1.5	60	3.8	5.5	0
Bob Nagle B. Nagle	11	13	1.2	60	4.6	5.5	0	14	90
Bob Parsons B. Parsons	11	11	1.0	86	7.8	7.8	0	41	575
Glen Cole G. Cole	11	5	0.5	16	3.2	1.5	0	10	94
Jack Koniszewski J. Koniszewski	11	3	0.3	5	1.7	0.5	0
Jim Scott J. Scott	11	2	0.2	3	1.5	0.3	0	5	125

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Bob Parsons B. Parsons	11	30	2.7	489	16.3	44.5	5	41	575
Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	11	16	1.5	154	9.6	14.0	3	270	1,721
Scott Skarzynski S. Skarzynski	11	12	1.1	204	17.0	18.5	1
Franco Harris F. Harris	11	10	0.9	97	9.7	8.8	1	133	781
Bob Rickenbach B. Rickenbach	11	9	0.8	149	16.6	13.5	0
Chuck Herd C. Herd	11	6	0.5	224	37.3	20.4	3
Tom Donchez T. Donchez	11	6	0.5	47	7.8	4.3	0	49	290
Glen Cole G. Cole	11	5	0.5	78	15.6	7.1	1	10	94
Jim Scott J. Scott	11	3	0.3	122	40.7	11.1	1	5	125
John Hull J. Hull	11	2	0.2	15	7.5	1.4	0
Bob Nagle B. Nagle	11	1	0.1	30	30.0	2.7	1	14	90
Steve Stilley S. Stilley	11	1	0.1	19	19.0	1.7	1	35	170
Gary Debes G. Debes	11	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.2	1
Ken Andrews K. Andrews	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0	19	103

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	11	26	3	29	174
John Hufnagel J. Hufnagel	11	3		13	78
Steve Joachim S. Joachim	11	1		8	48
Franco Harris F. Harris	11	6	1	7	42
Bob Parsons B. Parsons	11	0	5	5	30
Chuck Herd C. Herd	11		3	3	18
Ken Andrews K. Andrews	11	2	0	2	12
Tom Donchez T. Donchez	11	2	0	2	12
Steve Stilley S. Stilley	11	1	1	2	12
Glen Cole G. Cole	11	0	1	1	6
Gary Debes G. Debes	11		1	1	6
Jack Koniszewski J. Koniszewski	11	0		1	6
Bob Nagle B. Nagle	11	0	1	1	6
Jim Scott J. Scott	11	0	1	1	6
Scott Skarzynski S. Skarzynski	11		1	1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

317.9

Sack Leaders

34.0

33.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286