#20 BYU Cougars

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	433	5,172	882	5.9	1,414	425	3.3	3,758	457	8.2
Team Rank		2nd	3rd	6th	7th	129th	138th	104th	1st	1st	14th
Opponent	11	165	3,670		4.1	1,769	572	3.1	1,901	327	5.8
Opponent Rank		95th	91st		36th	45th	91st	28th	128th	143rd	26th
Net		+268	+1,502	+882	+1.8	-355	-147	+0.2	+1,857	+130	+2.4
Net Rank		3rd	12th	6th	11th	94th	137th	63rd	2nd	5th	15th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Marc Wilson M. Wilson	11	164	277	59.2	25.2	2,418	8.7	219.8	24	18	148.1	8.7	6.5
Gifford Nielsen G. Nielsen	11	98	156	62.8	14.2	1,167	7.5	106.1	16	3	155.7	10.3	1.9
Jim McMahon J. McMahon	11	10	16	62.5	1.5	103	6.4	9.4	1	1	124.7	6.3	6.3
Terry McEwen T. McEwen	11	3	3	100.0	0.3	32	10.7	2.9	0	0	189.6	0.0	0.0
Scott Phillips S. Phillips	11	1	2	50.0	0.2	29	14.5	2.6	0	1	71.8	0.0	50.0
Danny Hartwig D. Hartwig	11	1	2	50.0	0.2	9	4.5	0.8	0	0	87.8	0.0	0.0
John Van Der Wouden J. Van Der Wouden	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	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
Marc Wilson M. Wilson	11	81	7.4	20	0.2	1.8	2
Todd Christensen T. Christensen	11	79	7.2	290	3.7	26.4	3	129	893
Roger Gourley R. Gourley	11	76	6.9	294	3.9	26.7	2	103	624
Bill Ring B. Ring	11	58	5.3	262	4.5	23.8	1	68	366
Scott Phillips S. Phillips	11	47	4.3	325	6.9	29.5	5	65	532
Casey Wingard C. Wingard	11	33	3.0	192	5.8	17.5	1	39	224
Gifford Nielsen G. Nielsen	11	29	2.6	-25	-0.9	-2.3	0
Jim McMahon J. McMahon	11	7	0.6	-20	-2.9	-1.8	0
Scott Reber S. Reber	11	6	0.5	25	4.2	2.3	0	8	76
Terry McEwen T. McEwen	11	5	0.5	-18	-3.6	-1.6	0
Mike Chronister M. Chronister	11	3	0.3	58	19.3	5.3	0	41	707
Danny Hartwig D. Hartwig	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Todd Christensen T. Christensen	11	50	4.5	603	12.1	54.8	5	129	893
John Van Der Wouden J. Van Der Wouden	11	43	3.9	661	15.4	60.1	7
Mike Chronister M. Chronister	11	38	3.5	649	17.1	59.0	11	41	707
Tod Thompson T. Thompson	11	37	3.4	602	16.3	54.7	8
Roger Gourley R. Gourley	11	27	2.5	330	12.2	30.0	2	103	624
George Harris G. Harris	11	23	2.1	313	13.6	28.5	6
Scott Phillips S. Phillips	11	18	1.6	207	11.5	18.8	0	65	532
Bill Ring B. Ring	11	10	0.9	104	10.4	9.5	0	68	366
Rick Jones R. Jones	11	7	0.6	69	9.9	6.3	0
Stan Younger S. Younger	11	6	0.5	74	12.3	6.7	1
Casey Wingard C. Wingard	11	6	0.5	32	5.3	2.9	0	39	224
Lynn Zwahlen L. Zwahlen	11	5	0.5	32	6.4	2.9	0
Scott Reber S. Reber	11	2	0.2	51	25.5	4.6	0	8	76
Rob Anderson R. Anderson	11	2	0.2	16	8.0	1.5	1

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Bob Prested B. Prested	11	5	78	15.6	0
Ron Velasco R. Velasco	11	3	48	16	1
Jason Coloma J. Coloma	11	3	9	3	0
Tony Hernandez T. Hernandez	11	2	43	21.5	0
Larry Miller L. Miller	11	2	36	18	1
Marc Swenson M. Swenson	11	1	92	92	1
Dave McKee D. McKee	11	1	0	0	0
John Neal J. Neal	11	1	0	0	0
Rod Wood R. Wood	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Marc Wilson M. Wilson	11	2		26			156
Gifford Nielsen G. Nielsen	11	0		16			96
Dev Duke D. Duke	11				9	46	73
Mike Chronister M. Chronister	11	0	11	11			66
Tod Thompson T. Thompson	11		8	9			54
Todd Christensen T. Christensen	11	3	5	8			48
John Van Der Wouden J. Van Der Wouden	11		7	7			42
George Harris G. Harris	11		6	6			36
Scott Phillips S. Phillips	11	5	0	5			30
Roger Gourley R. Gourley	11	2	2	4			24
Rob Anderson R. Anderson	11		1	1			6
Jim McMahon J. McMahon	11	0		1			6
Larry Miller L. Miller	11			1			6
Bill Ring B. Ring	11	1	0	1			6
Marc Swenson M. Swenson	11			1			6
Ron Velasco R. Velasco	11			1			6
Casey Wingard C. Wingard	11	1	0	1			6
Stan Younger S. Younger	11		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Mike Chronister M. Chronister	11					28	123	4.4	0
John Neal J. Neal	11	10	231	23.1	0
Jason Coloma J. Coloma	11	6	96	16.0	0	2	13	6.5	0
Casey Wingard C. Wingard	11	5	92	18.4	0
Tod Thompson T. Thompson	11	1	45	45.0	1
Todd Christensen T. Christensen	11	1	25	25.0	0
Mark Berntsen M. Berntsen	11	1	3	3.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Dev Duke D. Duke	11	9	18	50.0						46	52	88.5	73

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	11	55	2,161	39.3

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,868

Jackson

1,848

Atkinson

1,756

Fifita

Rush Yards Leaders

828

Roberts

793

Cook

743

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

17

Hoover

16

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

202.0

Stockton

200.5

Hoover

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

547.8

541.2

533.8

531.6

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

300.4

297.3

295.5

281.5

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.0

357.0

347.0

346.5

341.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	2	.667
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	5	1	.833
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	3	3	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
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	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Arizona State	2	2	.500
11	Iowa State	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	3	.500
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	1	.833
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Iowa	5	1	.833
9	USC	5	1	.833
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Illinois	2	3	.400
15	Maryland	2	3	.400
16	Michigan State	2	3	.400
17	Rutgers	1	4	.200
18	Washington	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

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

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana	4	1	.800
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
11	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Wyoming	3	3	.500
5	Air Force	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200