#8 Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	290	3,993	810	4.9	2,661	600	4.4	1,332	210	6.3
Team Rank		26th	41st	41st	44th	16th	23rd	20th	91st	97th	77th
Opponent	11	139	3,075		4.2	1,531	468	3.3	1,544	266	5.8
Opponent Rank		20th	28th		31st	32nd	25th	43rd	56th	81st	28th
Net		+151	+918	+810	+0.7	+1,130	+132	+1.2	-212	-56	+0.5
Net Rank		17th	25th	41st	32nd	18th	17th	25th	91st	99th	49th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Todd Blackledge T. Blackledge	11	76	159	47.8	14.5	1,037	6.5	94.3	7	13	100.8	4.4	8.2
Jeff Hostetler J. Hostetler	11	18	42	42.9	3.8	247	5.9	22.5	1	1	95.4	2.4	2.4
Frank Rocco F. Rocco	11	1	7	14.3	0.6	17	2.4	1.5	0	1	6.1	0.0	14.3
Joel Coles J. Coles	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	25	25.0	2.3	1	0	640.0	100.0	0.0
Jon Williams J. Williams	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	1	0	480.4	100.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Curt Warner C. Warner	11	196	17.8	922	4.7	83.8	6	209	1,014
Booker Moore B. Moore	11	120	10.9	707	5.9	64.3	4	123	739
Todd Blackledge T. Blackledge	11	77	7.0	107	1.4	9.7	2
Joel Coles J. Coles	11	75	6.8	406	5.4	36.9	1	78	430
Mike Meade M. Meade	11	39	3.5	160	4.1	14.5	1	41	168
Jeff Hostetler J. Hostetler	11	36	3.3	11	0.3	1.0	3
Jon Williams J. Williams	11	32	2.9	176	5.5	16.0	2
Frank Rocco F. Rocco	11	8	0.7	53	6.6	4.8	1
Kevin Baugh K. Baugh	11	7	0.6	108	15.4	9.8	1	20	296
Tom Barr T. Barr	11	4	0.4	12	3.0	1.1	0
Kenny Jackson K. Jackson	11	4	0.4	-5	-1.3	-0.5	0	25	381
Skeeter Nichols S. Nichols	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0
Mark Fruehan M. Fruehan	11	1	0.1	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Kenny Jackson K. Jackson	11	21	1.9	386	18.4	35.1	5	25	381
Brad Scovill B. Scovill	11	18	1.6	277	15.4	25.2	2
Kevin Baugh K. Baugh	11	13	1.2	188	14.5	17.1	0	20	296
Curt Warner C. Warner	11	13	1.2	92	7.1	8.4	0	209	1,014
Tom Wise T. Wise	11	6	0.5	67	11.2	6.1	1
Mike McCloskey M. McCloskey	11	5	0.5	78	15.6	7.1	0
Vyto Kab V. Kab	11	4	0.4	70	17.5	6.4	1
Terry Rakowsky T. Rakowsky	11	3	0.3	48	16.0	4.4	0
Mickey Urquhart M. Urquhart	11	3	0.3	34	11.3	3.1	0
Booker Moore B. Moore	11	3	0.3	32	10.7	2.9	0	123	739
Gregg Garrity G. Garrity	11	3	0.3	28	9.3	2.5	0
Joel Coles J. Coles	11	3	0.3	24	8.0	2.2	0	78	430
Mike Meade M. Meade	11	2	0.2	8	4.0	0.7	1	41	168

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Paul Lankford P. Lankford	11	4	33	8.3
Pete Harris P. Harris	11	3	28	9.3
Giuseppe Harris G. Harris	11	3	15	5
Ed Pryts E. Pryts	11	2	4	2
Gene Gladys G. Gladys	11	2	-8	-4
Chet Parlavecchio C. Parlavecchio	11	1	37	37
Greg Jones G. Jones	11	1	0	0
Ray Weatherspoon R. Weatherspoon	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Herb Menhardt H. Menhardt	11				15	26	71
Todd Blackledge T. Blackledge	11	2		9			54
Curt Warner C. Warner	11	6	0	8			48
Kenny Jackson K. Jackson	11	0	5	5			30
Jeff Hostetler J. Hostetler	11	3		4			24
Booker Moore B. Moore	11	4	0	4			24
Jon Williams J. Williams	11	2		3			18
Kevin Baugh K. Baugh	11	1	0	2			12
Joel Coles J. Coles	11	1	0	2			12
Mike Meade M. Meade	11	1	1	2			12
Brad Scovill B. Scovill	11		2	2			12
Brian Franco B. Franco	11				2	5	11
Vyto Kab V. Kab	11		1	1			6
Frank Rocco F. Rocco	11	1		1			6
Tom Wise T. Wise	11		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Jon Williams J. Williams	11	2	55	27.5	0	15	91	6.1	0
Kenny Jackson K. Jackson	11	1	23	23.0	0	13	80	6.2	0
Kevin Baugh K. Baugh	11	7	132	18.9	0	5	88	17.6	1
Curt Warner C. Warner	11	10	350	35.0	2
Terry Rakowsky T. Rakowsky	11					8	68	8.5	0
Mike Meade M. Meade	11	1	18	18.0	0
Joel Coles J. Coles	11	1	8	8.0	0
Pete Harris P. Harris	11					1	1	1.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Herb Menhardt H. Menhardt	11	15	21	71.4						26	26	100.0	71
	Brian Franco B. Franco	11	2	2	100.0						5	5	100.0	11

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Ralph Giacomarro R. Giacomarro	11	52	2,252	43.3
	Kevin Baugh K. Baugh	11	1	54	54.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

317.9

Sack Leaders

34.0

33.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286