Michigan State Spartans

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	258	4,045	757	5.3	2,168	500	4.3	1,877	257	7.3
Team Rank		48th	41st	101st	21st	72nd	112th	35th	32nd	41st	40th
Opponent	11	162	3,583		4.5	1,818	549	3.3	1,765	248	7.1
Opponent Rank		92nd	74th		67th	51st	64th	43rd	120th	109th	104th
Net		+96	+462	+757	+0.8	+350	-49	+1.0	+112	+9	+0.2
Net Rank		37th	50th	101st	38th	57th	100th	33rd	61st	59th	61st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Ed Smith E. Smith	11	117	240	48.8	21.8	1,731	7.2	157.4	10	14	111.4	4.2	5.8
Marshall Lawson M. Lawson	11	7	15	46.7	1.4	100	6.7	9.1	0	0	102.7	0.0	0.0
Bert Vaughn B. Vaughn	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	46	46.0	4.2	0	0	486.4	0.0	0.0
Leroy McGee L. McGee	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
Leroy McGee L. McGee	11	162	14.7	720	4.4	65.5	6	172	810
Jim Earley J. Earley	11	109	9.9	668	6.1	60.7	3	126	816
Bruce Reeves B. Reeves	11	53	4.8	266	5.0	24.2	3	57	290
Steve Smith S. Smith	11	51	4.6	265	5.2	24.1	4	52	272
Lonnie Middleton L. Middleton	11	39	3.5	233	6.0	21.2	1	40	235
Ed Smith E. Smith	11	37	3.4	-160	-4.3	-14.5	1
Michael Hans M. Hans	11	16	1.5	76	4.8	6.9	0	24	141
Marshall Lawson M. Lawson	11	6	0.5	-12	-2.0	-1.1	0
Kirk Gibson K. Gibson	11	5	0.5	50	10.0	4.5	0	27	581
Van Williams V. Williams	11	5	0.5	22	4.4	2.0	1
Andy Schramm A. Schramm	11	4	0.4	28	7.0	2.5	0
Nick Rollick N. Rollick	11	4	0.4	4	1.0	0.4	0
Bert Vaughn B. Vaughn	11	4	0.4	-14	-3.5	-1.3	0
Eric Ross E. Ross	11	3	0.3	16	5.3	1.5	0
John Vielhaber J. Vielhaber	11	2	0.2	6	3.0	0.5	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mark Brammer M. Brammer	11	27	2.5	385	14.3	35.0	1
Edgar Wilson E. Wilson	11	23	2.1	418	18.2	38.0	2
Kirk Gibson K. Gibson	11	22	2.0	531	24.1	48.3	6	27	581
Jim Earley J. Earley	11	17	1.5	148	8.7	13.5	1	126	816
Leroy McGee L. McGee	11	10	0.9	90	9.0	8.2	0	172	810
Barry Harris B. Harris	11	9	0.8	129	14.3	11.7	0
Michael Hans M. Hans	11	8	0.7	65	8.1	5.9	0	24	141
Bruce Reeves B. Reeves	11	4	0.4	24	6.0	2.2	0	57	290
Mark Jones M. Jones	11	2	0.2	32	16.0	2.9	0
Walter Hoye W. Hoye	11	1	0.1	46	46.0	4.2	0
Steve Smith S. Smith	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0	52	272
Lonnie Middleton L. Middleton	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	40	235

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Mark Anderson M. Anderson	11	6	58	9.7
Mike Imhoff M. Imhoff	11	4	9	2.3
Dan Bass D. Bass	11	2	9	4.5
Jim Burroughs J. Burroughs	11	2	0	0
Alan Davis A. Davis	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Hans Nielsen H. Nielsen	11				17	27	78
Ed Smith E. Smith	11	1		11			66
Kirk Gibson K. Gibson	11	0	6	6			36
Leroy McGee L. McGee	11	6	0	6			36
Jim Earley J. Earley	11	3	1	4			24
Steve Smith S. Smith	11	4	0	4			24
Bruce Reeves B. Reeves	11	3	0	3			18
Edgar Wilson E. Wilson	11		2	2			12
Mark Brammer M. Brammer	11		1	1			6
Lonnie Middleton L. Middleton	11	1	0	1			6
Van Williams V. Williams	11	1		1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Bruce Reeves B. Reeves	11	19	387	20.4	0	2	10	5.0	0
Marshall Lawson M. Lawson	11					18	152	8.4	0
Steve Smith S. Smith	11	6	77	12.8	0
Jerome Stanton J. Stanton	11	2	66	33.0	0	3	19	6.3	0
Mark Anderson M. Anderson	11					4	4	1.0	0
Kirk Gibson K. Gibson	11	1	25	25.0	0	1	10	10.0	0
Mike Imhoff M. Imhoff	11	1	15	15.0	0
Jim Earley J. Earley	11	1	13	13.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Hans Nielsen H. Nielsen	11	17	28	60.7						27	30	90.0	78

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Ray Stachowicz R. Stachowicz	11	58	2,252	38.8

More CFB News

Miami's Darian Mensah is AP midseason All-America QB and UCLA puts 3 players on the first team

Oct 15, 2026

SEC week 7: Alabama-Tennessee tops a weekend of ranked showdowns

Oct 15, 2026

No. 18 Oklahoma State’s fast turnaround sets up a huge Big 12 test at No. 20 Houston

Oct 15, 2026

Loaded Big Ten schedule includes an Ohio State-Indiana matchup of the last two national champions

Oct 15, 2026

No. 3 Miami hosts Florida State, No. 21 Wake Forest visits Cal to highlight ACC game slate

Oct 15, 2026

Big 12 has two significant Top 25 matchups: BYU hosts Notre Dame and Oklahoma State is at Houston

Oct 15, 2026

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	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	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