Illinois Fighting Illini

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	156	3,159	744	4.2	1,591	450	3.5	1,568	294	5.3
Team Rank		111th	102nd	103rd	96th	104th	117th	89th	51st	28th	122nd
Opponent	11	266	3,801		4.8	2,251	545	4.1	1,550	240	6.5
Opponent Rank		110th	91st		90th	93rd	82nd	100th	78th	79th	72nd
Net		-110	-642	+744	-0.6	-660	-95	-0.6	+18	+54	-1.1
Net Rank		118th	111th	103rd	108th	105th	109th	101st	58th	29th	105th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Lawrence McCullough L. McCullough	11	130	228	57.0	20.7	1,254	5.5	114.0	7	10	104.6	3.1	4.4
Tim McAvoy T. McAvoy	11	28	51	54.9	4.6	255	5.0	23.2	2	1	105.9	3.9	2.0
Rich Weiss R. Weiss	11	5	11	45.5	1.0	56	5.1	5.1	0	0	88.2	0.0	0.0
Mike Holmes M. Holmes	11	1	4	25.0	0.4	3	0.8	0.3	1	0	113.8	25.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mike Holmes M. Holmes	11	147	13.4	792	5.4	72.0	6	172	919
Calvin Thomas C. Thomas	11	122	11.1	469	3.8	42.6	1	126	488
Lawrence McCullough L. McCullough	11	43	3.9	-71	-1.7	-6.5	0
Wayne Strader W. Strader	11	30	2.7	110	3.7	10.0	1	54	245
Mitchell Brookins M. Brookins	11	29	2.6	181	6.2	16.5	2
Joe Curtis J. Curtis	11	28	2.5	71	2.5	6.5	0	33	73
Tim McAvoy T. McAvoy	11	25	2.3	-9	-0.4	-0.8	0
Mike Murphy M. Murphy	11	17	1.5	68	4.0	6.2	0	31	159
Rich Weiss R. Weiss	11	8	0.7	-25	-3.1	-2.3	0
Greg Foster G. Foster	11	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.5	0	12	135

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mike Holmes M. Holmes	11	25	2.3	127	5.1	11.5	0	172	919
Wayne Strader W. Strader	11	24	2.2	135	5.6	12.3	1	54	245
Lee Boeke L. Boeke	11	18	1.6	166	9.2	15.1	5
Mike Sherrod M. Sherrod	11	17	1.5	227	13.4	20.6	1
John Lopez J. Lopez	11	16	1.5	296	18.5	26.9	0
Mike Murphy M. Murphy	11	14	1.3	91	6.5	8.3	1	31	159
Larry Powell L. Powell	11	13	1.2	170	13.1	15.5	0
Doug Cozen D. Cozen	11	12	1.1	142	11.8	12.9	0
Greg Foster G. Foster	11	11	1.0	130	11.8	11.8	2	12	135
Joe Curtis J. Curtis	11	5	0.5	2	0.4	0.2	0	33	73
Kenny Shaw K. Shaw	11	4	0.4	55	13.8	5.0	0
Calvin Thomas C. Thomas	11	4	0.4	19	4.8	1.7	0	126	488
Mike Martin M. Martin	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Jack Squirek J. Squirek	11	2	32	16
Bonji Bonner B. Bonner	11	2	21	10.5
Dave Kelly D. Kelly	11	2	9	4.5
Ken McDonald K. McDonald	11	1	16	16
John Gillen J. Gillen	11	1	12	12
Kelvin Atkins K. Atkins	11	1	0	0
Rick George R. George	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Mike Holmes M. Holmes	11	6	0	7			42
Lawrence McCullough L. McCullough	11	0		7			42
Kirk Bostrom K. Bostrom	11				6	13	31
Lee Boeke L. Boeke	11		5	5			30
Mitchell Brookins M. Brookins	11	2		2			12
Greg Foster G. Foster	11	0	2	2			12
Tim McAvoy T. McAvoy	11	0		2			12
Wayne Strader W. Strader	11	1	1	2			12
Mike Murphy M. Murphy	11	0	1	1			6
Mike Sherrod M. Sherrod	11		1	1			6
Calvin Thomas C. Thomas	11	1	0	1			6
Cliff Jones C. Jones	11					1	1

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Greg Foster G. Foster	11	21	385	18.3	0
Kenny Shaw K. Shaw	11	8	129	16.1	0	2	2	1.0	0
Bonji Bonner B. Bonner	11	1	16	16.0	0	9	62	6.9	0
Mike Martin M. Martin	11	4	75	18.8	0	3	5	1.7	0
Larry Powell L. Powell	11	2	28	14.0	0
Dave Kelly D. Kelly	11					2	15	7.5	0
Rick George R. George	11					1	22	22.0	0
Mike Murphy M. Murphy	11	1	9	9.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Kirk Bostrom K. Bostrom	11	6	13	46.2						13	15	86.7	31
	Cliff Jones C. Jones	11									1	1	100.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Chris Sigourney C. Sigourney	11	58	2,025	34.9

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
3	Liberty	3	1	.750
4	Delaware	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250