Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	146	2,805	747	3.8	1,324	512	2.6	1,481	235	6.3
Team Rank		110th	107th	86th	112th	105th	76th	117th	54th	58th	61st
Opponent	11	290	4,018		4.9	3,129	690	4.5	889	129	6.9
Opponent Rank		164th	106th		101st	123rd	124th	113th	2nd	1st	103rd
Net		-144	-1,213	+747	-1.2	-1,805	-178	-1.9	+592	+106	-0.6
Net Rank		172nd	115th	86th	114th	122nd	118th	121st	22nd	15th	80th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Mitch Anderson M. Anderson	11	95	187	50.8	17.0	1,335	7.1	121.4	7	10	112.4	3.7	5.3
Kim Girkins K. Girkins	11	4	25	16.0	2.3	42	1.7	3.8	0	5	-9.9	0.0	20.0
Todd Somers T. Somers	11	9	23	39.1	2.1	106	4.6	9.6	2	2	89.1	8.7	8.7

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Greg Boykin G. Boykin	11	159	14.5	625	3.9	56.8	6	170	725
Jim Trimble J. Trimble	11	93	8.5	339	3.6	30.8	2	98	347
Stan Key S. Key	11	71	6.5	290	4.1	26.4	0	73	306
Mitch Anderson M. Anderson	11	63	5.7	-159	-2.5	-14.5	1	64	-143
Johnny Cooks J. Cooks	11	54	4.9	151	2.8	13.7	0	57	176
Harold Smith H. Smith	11	39	3.5	130	3.3	11.8	0	47	188
Todd Somers T. Somers	11	9	0.8	34	3.8	3.1	0
Charles Hickerson C. Hickerson	11	8	0.7	4	0.5	0.4	0
Steve Harris S. Harris	11	7	0.6	-17	-2.4	-1.5	0	17	154
Kim Girkins K. Girkins	11	4	0.4	-36	-9.0	-3.3	0
Marty McGann M. McGann	11	2	0.2	-25	-12.5	-2.3	0
Rich Boothe R. Boothe	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	2	4
Jim Lash J. Lash	11	1	0.1	-7	-7.0	-0.6	0	37	660

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jim Lash J. Lash	11	36	3.3	667	18.5	60.6	2	37	660
Steve Craig S. Craig	11	29	2.6	362	12.5	32.9	4
Greg Boykin G. Boykin	11	11	1.0	100	9.1	9.1	0	170	725
Steve Harris S. Harris	11	10	0.9	171	17.1	15.5	1	17	154
Harold Smith H. Smith	11	8	0.7	58	7.3	5.3	0	47	188
Jim Trimble J. Trimble	11	5	0.5	8	1.6	0.7	0	98	347
Johnny Cooks J. Cooks	11	3	0.3	25	8.3	2.3	0	57	176
Stan Key S. Key	11	2	0.2	16	8.0	1.5	0	73	306
A.J. Owens	11	1	0.1	34	34.0	3.1	1
Mitch Anderson M. Anderson	11	1	0.1	16	16.0	1.5	1	64	-143
Rich Sund R. Sund	11	1	0.1	15	15.0	1.4	0
Rich Boothe R. Boothe	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	2	4

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Mitch Anderson M. Anderson	11	1	1	9	54
Greg Boykin G. Boykin	11	6	0	6	36
Steve Craig S. Craig	11		4	4	24
Jim Lash J. Lash	11	0	2	2	12
Todd Somers T. Somers	11	0		2	12
Jim Trimble J. Trimble	11	2	0	2	12
Steve Harris S. Harris	11	0	1	1	6
A.J. Owens	11		1	1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333