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Team

GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
Team
11
159
2,993
786
3.8
967
434
2.2
2,026
352
5.8
Team Rank
113th
110th
72nd
121st
136th
132nd
135th
23rd
9th
108th
Opponent
11
408
4,965
5.9
3,644
667
5.5
1,321
180
7.3
Opponent Rank
135th
134th
136th
135th
134th
137th
37th
18th
112th
Net
-249
-1,972
+786
-2.1
-2,677
-233
-3.2
+705
+172
-1.6
Net Rank
135th
134th
72nd
136th
137th
133rd
138th
14th
3rd
117th

Player Stats

PassingGPCMPATTPCTATT/GYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%LNGSCKSCKY
Randy Hertel
R. Hertel
11
156
279
55.9
25.4
1,677
6.0
152.5
12
11
112.7
4.3
3.9
Mark Snyder
M. Snyder
11
33
51
64.7
4.6
278
5.5
25.3
1
5
97.4
2.0
9.8
Robert Hoffmann
R. Hoffmann
11
8
21
38.1
1.9
59
2.8
5.4
0
1
52.2
0.0
4.8
Earl Cooper
E. Cooper
11
1
1
100.0
0.1
10
10.0
0.9
1
0
514.0
100.0
0.0

RushingGPATTATT/GYDSYPCYDS/GTDLNGPLY SCMYDS SCM
Earl Cooper
E. Cooper
11
95
8.6
350
3.7
31.8
3
119
560
Bo Broeren
B. Broeren
11
71
6.5
157
2.2
14.3
0
88
267
Weldon Meeks
W. Meeks
11
67
6.1
212
3.2
19.3
3
96
409
Randy Hertel
R. Hertel
11
51
4.6
-58
-1.1
-5.3
0
Calvin Fance
C. Fance
11
50
4.5
180
3.6
16.4
1
56
205
Laney Royal
L. Royal
11
41
3.7
119
2.9
10.8
0
51
228
Mark Snyder
M. Snyder
11
31
2.8
-48
-1.5
-4.4
0
Robert Hoffmann
R. Hoffmann
11
15
1.4
10
0.7
0.9
0
Guy Booker
G. Booker
11
11
1.0
47
4.3
4.3
0
14
53
Darrell Mouton
D. Mouton
11
2
0.2
-2
-1.0
-0.2
0
5
41

ReceivingGPRECTRGREC/GYDSAVGYDS/GTDLNGPLY SCMYDS SCM
Doug Cunningham
D. Cunningham
11
39
3.5
430
11.0
39.1
1
David Houser
D. Houser
11
38
3.5
481
12.7
43.7
7
Weldon Meeks
W. Meeks
11
29
2.6
197
6.8
17.9
0
96
409
Earl Cooper
E. Cooper
11
24
2.2
210
8.8
19.1
3
119
560
Bo Broeren
B. Broeren
11
17
1.5
110
6.5
10.0
0
88
267
Joey DiQuinzio
J. DiQuinzio
11
10
0.9
148
14.8
13.5
1
Robert Hubble
R. Hubble
11
10
0.9
112
11.2
10.2
1
Laney Royal
L. Royal
11
10
0.9
109
10.9
9.9
0
51
228
Calvin Fance
C. Fance
11
6
0.5
25
4.2
2.3
0
56
205
Danny Newman
D. Newman
11
4
0.4
71
17.8
6.5
1
Charlie Taylor
C. Taylor
11
4
0.4
65
16.3
5.9
0
Darrell Mouton
D. Mouton
11
3
0.3
43
14.3
3.9
0
5
41
Guy Booker
G. Booker
11
3
0.3
6
2.0
0.5
0
14
53
Hosea Fortune
H. Fortune
11
1
0.1
17
17.0
1.5
0

DefenseGPTKLASTCOMBTFLSCKPDEFINTYDSAVGTDLNG
Mike Downs
M. Downs
11
5
76
15.2
0
Jim Frith
J. Frith
11
2
31
15.5
1
Don Parrish
D. Parrish
11
2
0
0
0
David Darr
D. Darr
11
1
0
0
0
Rickey Thomas
R. Thomas
11
1
0
0
0

ScoringGPRUSHRECRETTOTFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTS
Randy Hertel
R. Hertel
11
0
12
72
Earl Cooper
E. Cooper
11
3
3
7
42
David Houser
D. Houser
11
7
7
42
Wes Hansen
W. Hansen
11
3
16
25
Weldon Meeks
W. Meeks
11
3
0
3
18
Doug Cunningham
D. Cunningham
11
1
1
6
Joey DiQuinzio
J. DiQuinzio
11
1
1
6
Calvin Fance
C. Fance
11
1
0
1
6
Jim Frith
J. Frith
11
1
6
Robert Hubble
R. Hubble
11
1
1
6
Danny Newman
D. Newman
11
1
1
6
Mark Snyder
M. Snyder
11
0
1
6

ReturnsGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR TDKR LNGPRPR YDSPR AVGPR TDPR LNG
Earl Cooper
E. Cooper
11
21
399
19.0
0
Rickey Thomas
R. Thomas
11
13
232
17.8
0
Darrell Mouton
D. Mouton
11
4
73
18.3
0
Bo Broeren
B. Broeren
11
4
61
15.3
0
Charlie Taylor
C. Taylor
11
3
57
19.0
0
Calvin Fance
C. Fance
11
3
40
13.3
0
David Houser
D. Houser
11
3
-6
-2.0
0
Guy Booker
G. Booker
11
1
15
15.0
0
Mike Collins
M. Collins
11
1
11
11.0
0
Reggie Hopkins
R. Hopkins
11
1
8
8.0
0
Danny Newman
D. Newman
11
1
0
0.0
0

KickingGPFGMFGAFG%FG 1-19FG 20-29FG 30-39FG 40-49FG 50+XPMXPAXP%PTS
Wes Hansen
W. Hansen
11
3
7
42.9
16
18
88.9
25

PuntingGPPUNTYDSAVGLNGBLK
Steve Gleaves
S. Gleaves
11
60
2,339
39.0
Robert Hoffmann
R. Hoffmann
11
1
48
48.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Kevin Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson
Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

600

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

592

Riley

Dylan Riley
Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

585

Legree

Jesse Legree

564

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

14

Mensah

Darian Mensah

14

Maiava

Jayden Maiava
Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

9

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

9

Knight

Wayne Knight
Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

KJ Duff

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

7

Smith

Jeremiah Smith
QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

Darian Mensah

209.1

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Josh Hoover
Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

Colin Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

Daeden Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

54.8

Florida

53.5

Miami

51.8

Alabama

48.0

Oregon

47.5

Ohio State

45.0
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

8.0

Notre Dame

8.3

Pittsburgh

8.5

Miami

9.0

Indiana

9.8

Utah

10.3
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

588.8

SMU

550.8

Oklahoma State

548.3

Mississippi State

533.3

Florida

532.8

Pittsburgh

523.8
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

355.7

Air Force

333.7

Navy

332.3

West Virginia

294.8

UCLA

281.5

Texas State

281.3
Pass Yards Rankings
SMU

392.5

Ohio State

365.3

Oregon State

365.0

Miami

361.3

Pittsburgh

347.3

Oregon

346.5
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

18.0

LSU

18.0

Virginia Tech

17.0

Delaware

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