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#12  Michigan State Spartans

Team

GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
Team
11
411
5,294
838
6.3
2,663
498
5.3
2,631
340
7.7
Team Rank
3rd
3rd
33rd
2nd
26th
108th
2nd
8th
13th
19th
Opponent
11
170
3,204
4.2
1,824
503
3.6
1,380
260
5.3
Opponent Rank
33rd
34th
38th
44th
27th
59th
46th
102nd
14th
Net
+241
+2,090
+838
+2.1
+839
-5
+1.7
+1,251
+80
+2.4
Net Rank
3rd
3rd
33rd
2nd
26th
75th
12th
4th
24th
7th

Player Stats

PassingGPCMPATTPCTATT/GYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%LNGSCKSCKY
Ed Smith
E. Smith
11
169
292
57.9
26.5
2,226
7.6
202.4
20
8
139.0
6.8
2.7
Bert Vaughn
B. Vaughn
11
21
40
52.5
3.6
346
8.7
31.5
2
1
136.7
5.0
2.5
Bryan Clark
B. Clark
11
4
8
50.0
0.7
59
7.4
5.4
0
1
87.0
0.0
12.5

RushingGPATTATT/GYDSYPCYDS/GTDLNGPLY SCMYDS SCM
Steve Smith
S. Smith
11
115
10.5
772
6.7
70.2
8
128
888
Leroy McGee
L. McGee
11
78
7.1
465
6.0
42.3
4
92
585
Bruce Reeves
B. Reeves
11
73
6.6
339
4.6
30.8
5
79
368
Lonnie Middleton
L. Middleton
11
61
5.5
275
4.5
25.0
5
74
347
Andy Schramm
A. Schramm
11
49
4.5
195
4.0
17.7
2
58
255
Derek Hughes
D. Hughes
11
42
3.8
408
9.7
37.1
4
44
431
Ed Smith
E. Smith
11
29
2.6
21
0.7
1.9
1
Michael Hans
M. Hans
11
26
2.4
150
5.8
13.6
1
29
209
Bert Vaughn
B. Vaughn
11
10
0.9
-44
-4.4
-4.0
0
Kirk Gibson
K. Gibson
11
7
0.6
53
7.6
4.8
2
49
859
Bryan Clark
B. Clark
11
2
0.2
10
5.0
0.9
0
Darrin McClelland
D. McClelland
11
2
0.2
4
2.0
0.4
0
Eugene Byrd
E. Byrd
11
1
0.1
9
9.0
0.8
0
44
727
Samson Howard
S. Howard
11
1
0.1
5
5.0
0.5
0
11
194
Lance Petross
L. Petross
11
1
0.1
2
2.0
0.2
0
Ray Stachowicz
R. Stachowicz
11
1
0.1
-1
-1.0
-0.1
0

ReceivingGPRECTRGREC/GYDSAVGYDS/GTDLNGPLY SCMYDS SCM
Eugene Byrd
E. Byrd
11
43
3.9
718
16.7
65.3
7
44
727
Kirk Gibson
K. Gibson
11
42
3.8
806
19.2
73.3
7
49
859
Mark Brammer
M. Brammer
11
33
3.0
360
10.9
32.7
2
Leroy McGee
L. McGee
11
14
1.3
120
8.6
10.9
0
92
585
Steve Smith
S. Smith
11
13
1.2
116
8.9
10.5
0
128
888
Lonnie Middleton
L. Middleton
11
13
1.2
72
5.5
6.5
1
74
347
Samson Howard
S. Howard
11
10
0.9
189
18.9
17.2
3
11
194
Andy Schramm
A. Schramm
11
9
0.8
60
6.7
5.5
0
58
255
Bruce Reeves
B. Reeves
11
6
0.5
29
4.8
2.6
0
79
368
Michael Hans
M. Hans
11
3
0.3
59
19.7
5.4
2
29
209
Jim Williams
J. Williams
11
3
0.3
41
13.7
3.7
0
Charlie Shafer
C. Shafer
11
2
0.2
30
15.0
2.7
0
Derek Hughes
D. Hughes
11
2
0.2
23
11.5
2.1
0
44
431
Barry Harris
B. Harris
11
1
0.1
-1
-1.0
-0.1
0

DefenseGPTKLASTCOMBTFLSCKPDEFINTYDSAVGTDLNG
Mark Anderson
M. Anderson
11
3
47
15.7
0
Larry Savage
L. Savage
11
3
23
7.7
0
Tom Graves
T. Graves
11
3
6
2
0
Dan Bass
D. Bass
11
2
101
50.5
1
Mike Marshall
M. Marshall
11
2
0
0
0
Terry Williams
T. Williams
11
1
25
25
0
Jerome Stanton
J. Stanton
11
1
0
0
0

ScoringGPRUSHRECRETTOTFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTS
Ed Smith
E. Smith
11
1
21
126
Morten Andersen
M. Andersen
11
7
52
73
Kirk Gibson
K. Gibson
11
2
7
9
54
Steve Smith
S. Smith
11
8
0
8
48
Eugene Byrd
E. Byrd
11
0
7
7
42
Lonnie Middleton
L. Middleton
11
5
1
6
36
Bruce Reeves
B. Reeves
11
5
0
5
30
Derek Hughes
D. Hughes
11
4
0
4
24
Leroy McGee
L. McGee
11
4
0
4
24
Michael Hans
M. Hans
11
1
2
3
18
Samson Howard
S. Howard
11
0
3
3
18
Mark Brammer
M. Brammer
11
2
2
12
Andy Schramm
A. Schramm
11
2
0
2
12
Bert Vaughn
B. Vaughn
11
0
2
12
Dan Bass
D. Bass
11
1
6

ReturnsGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR TDKR LNGPRPR YDSPR AVGPR TDPR LNG
Steve Smith
S. Smith
11
12
272
22.7
0
22
224
10.2
0
Bruce Reeves
B. Reeves
11
16
302
18.9
0
6
64
10.7
0
Andy Schramm
A. Schramm
11
2
25
12.5
0
Mark Anderson
M. Anderson
11
2
14
7.0
0
Melvin Land
M. Land
11
1
0
0.0
0
1
8
8.0
0
Leroy McGee
L. McGee
11
1
8
8.0
0
Derek Hughes
D. Hughes
11
1
2
2.0
0

KickingGPFGMFGAFG%FG 1-19FG 20-29FG 30-39FG 40-49FG 50+XPMXPAXP%PTS
Morten Andersen
M. Andersen
11
7
16
43.8
52
54
96.3
73

PuntingGPPUNTYDSAVGLNGBLK
Ray Stachowicz
R. Stachowicz
11
39
1,681
43.1

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Jennings

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Atkinson

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Sheppard

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Mensah

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SMU

550.8

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548.3

Mississippi State

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Florida

532.8

Pittsburgh

523.8
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Air Force

333.7

Navy

332.3

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UCLA

281.5

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Ohio State

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365.0

Miami

361.3

Pittsburgh

347.3

Oregon

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15.0

Texas

15.0

Nebraska

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
4
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
4
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
0
1.000
5
Texas Texas
4
0
1.000
6
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
1
.750
7
Auburn Auburn
3
1
.750
8
Kentucky Kentucky
3
1
.750
9
LSU LSU
3
1
.750
10
Missouri Missouri
3
1
.750
11
Tennessee Tennessee
3
1
.750
12
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
1
.750
13
Arkansas Arkansas
2
2
.500
14
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
.500
15
South Carolina South Carolina
2
2
.500
16
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
2
.500
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
3
1
.750
2
Fresno State Fresno State
3
1
.750
3
Colorado State Colorado State
2
2
.500
4
Oregon State Oregon State
2
2
.500
5
Texas State Texas State
2
2
.500
6
San Diego State San Diego State
1
3
.250
7
Utah State Utah State
1
3
.250
8
Washington State Washington State
1
3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
4
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
4
0
1.000
4
Nebraska Nebraska
4
0
1.000
5
Minnesota Minnesota
3
1
.750
6
Ohio State Ohio State
3
1
.750
7
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
8
Wisconsin Wisconsin
3
1
.750
9
USC USC
4
1
.800
10
Michigan Michigan
3
1
.750
11
Penn State Penn State
3
1
.750
12
Washington Washington
3
1
.750
13
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
14
Illinois Illinois
2
2
.500
15
Maryland Maryland
2
2
.500
16
Michigan State Michigan State
2
2
.500
17
Purdue Purdue
1
3
.250
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
Big 12WLPCT
1
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
4
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
4
0
1.000
4
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
5
Baylor Baylor
3
1
.750
6
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
3
1
.750
7
UCF UCF
3
1
.750
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Arizona Arizona
3
1
.750
10
Houston Houston
3
1
.750
11
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
12
West Virginia West Virginia
3
1
.750
13
Colorado Colorado
2
2
.500
14
Iowa State Iowa State
2
2
.500
15
TCU TCU
2
2
.500
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
UMass UMass
4
0
1.000
2
Kent State Kent State
2
2
.500
3
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
2
3
.400
4
Toledo Toledo
3
1
.750
5
Buffalo Buffalo
2
2
.500
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
2
.500
7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
2
.500
8
Ohio Ohio
2
2
.500
9
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
2
.500
10
Akron Akron
1
3
.250
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
4
.000
12
Ball State Ball State
1
3
.250
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
.200
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
4
0
1.000
2
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
3
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
4
0
1.000
5
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
0
1.000
6
Virginia Virginia
3
1
.750
7
Wake Forest Wake Forest
3
1
.750
8
Louisville Louisville
2
2
.500
9
SMU SMU
3
1
.750
10
California California
2
2
.500
11
Stanford Stanford
2
2
.500
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Boston College Boston College
2
2
.500
14
Florida State Florida State
2
2
.500
15
NC State NC State
2
2
.500
16
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
3
.250
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
4
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
2
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
3
1
.750
3
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
6
Tulsa Tulsa
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
3
1
.750
8
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
9
North Texas North Texas
2
2
.500
10
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
11
Rice Rice
1
3
.250
12
Charlotte Charlotte
0
4
.000
13
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
3
2
.600
2
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
3
Delaware Delaware
2
2
.500
4
Florida International Florida International
2
2
.500
5
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
3
.250
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
3
.250
7
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
3
.250
8
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
9
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
3
.250
10
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
2
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
4
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Louisiana
3
1
.750
3
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
1
.750
4
South Alabama South Alabama
2
2
.500
5
Georgia State Georgia State
3
1
.750
6
Marshall Marshall
3
1
.750
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
2
.500
8
Troy Troy
2
2
.500
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
3
.250
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
3
.250
12
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
3
.250
13
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
3
.250
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
4
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
2
2
.500
3
Wyoming Wyoming
2
2
.500
4
Air Force Air Force
2
1
.667
5
New Mexico New Mexico
3
1
.750
6
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
7
UTEP UTEP
1
3
.250
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
.000
9
Nevada Nevada
1
3
.250
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
3
.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/12
ODU ODU
@
VT VT
21-44
Sat
9/12
PSU PSU
@
TEM TEM
27-9
Sat
9/12
ETSU ETSU
@
UNC UNC
3-35
Sat
9/12
ORE ORE
@
OKST OKST
31-39
Sat
9/12
WOF WOF
@
KENT KENT
15-36

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/1
WKU WKU
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/1
UNT UNT
@
TLSA TLSA
9:00 PM
Fri
10/2
LIB LIB
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PITT PITT
@
VT VT
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PSU PSU
@
NW NW
8:00 PM