#1 Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	326	4,384	819	5.4	2,647	574	4.6	1,737	245	7.1
Team Rank		14th	28th	29th	28th	14th	15th	11th	74th	83rd	44th
Opponent	11	123	3,117		4.1	767	383	2.0	2,350	379	6.2
Opponent Rank		3rd	10th		11th	3rd	3rd	3rd	81st	98th	25th
Net		+203	+1,267	+819	+1.3	+1,880	+191	+2.6	-613	-134	+0.9
Net Rank		6th	11th	29th	11th	3rd	9th	3rd	85th	98th	32nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
John Shaffer J. Shaffer	11	114	204	55.9	18.5	1,510	7.4	137.3	9	4	128.7	4.4	2.0
Matt Knizner M. Knizner	11	14	36	38.9	3.3	217	6.0	19.7	1	3	82.0	2.8	8.3
Lance Lonergan L. Lonergan	11	2	2	100.0	0.2	10	5.0	0.9	0	0	142.0	0.0	0.0
John Bruno J. Bruno	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
D.J. Dozier	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ray Roundtree R. Roundtree	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
D.J. Dozier	11	171	15.5	811	4.7	73.7	10	197	1,098
Tim Manoa T. Manoa	11	98	8.9	546	5.6	49.6	2	104	610
Steve Smith S. Smith	11	86	7.8	362	4.2	32.9	3	100	496
Blair Thomas B. Thomas	11	60	5.5	504	8.4	45.8	5	67	563
David Clark D. Clark	11	54	4.9	226	4.2	20.5	1	59	251
John Shaffer J. Shaffer	11	53	4.8	-67	-1.3	-6.1	3
Sean Redman S. Redman	11	15	1.4	55	3.7	5.0	0	16	59
Matt Knizner M. Knizner	11	10	0.9	-5	-0.5	-0.5	0
Ray Roundtree R. Roundtree	11	8	0.7	119	14.9	10.8	2	24	415
Sean Barowski S. Barowski	11	8	0.7	31	3.9	2.8	1
Odell Wilson O. Wilson	11	4	0.4	47	11.8	4.3	1
Darin Roberts D. Roberts	11	4	0.4	5	1.3	0.5	0	5	11
Michael Timpson M. Timpson	11	1	0.1	16	16.0	1.5	0
Jim Coates J. Coates	11	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0	3	29
Lance Lonergan L. Lonergan	11	1	0.1	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
D.J. Dozier	11	26	2.4	287	11.0	26.1	2	197	1,098
Brian Siverling B. Siverling	11	21	1.9	279	13.3	25.4	0
Eric Hamilton E. Hamilton	11	19	1.7	387	20.4	35.2	4
Ray Roundtree R. Roundtree	11	16	1.5	296	18.5	26.9	2	24	415
Steve Smith S. Smith	11	14	1.3	134	9.6	12.2	1	100	496
Blair Thomas B. Thomas	11	7	0.6	59	8.4	5.4	0	67	563
Tim Manoa T. Manoa	11	6	0.5	64	10.7	5.8	0	104	610
David Clark D. Clark	11	5	0.5	25	5.0	2.3	0	59	251
Darrell Giles D. Giles	11	4	0.4	72	18.0	6.5	0
Bob Mrosko B. Mrosko	11	3	0.3	31	10.3	2.8	0
Jim Coates J. Coates	11	2	0.2	30	15.0	2.7	1	3	29
Sid Lewis S. Lewis	11	2	0.2	22	11.0	2.0	0
David Jakob D. Jakob	11	1	0.1	20	20.0	1.8	0
Jerry Hug J. Hug	11	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.0	0
Paul Pomfret P. Pomfret	11	1	0.1	10	10.0	0.9	0
Darin Roberts D. Roberts	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0	5	11
Sean Redman S. Redman	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	16	59

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Duffy Cobbs D. Cobbs	11	4	-6	-1.5	0
Ray Isom R. Isom	11	3	47	15.7	0
Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	11	3	32	10.7	0
Pete Giftopoulos P. Giftopoulos	11	2	67	33.5	0
Pete Curkendall P. Curkendall	11	1	82	82	0
Keith Karpinski K. Karpinski	11	1	64	64	1
Mike Beckish M. Beckish	11	1	24	24	0
Dwayne Downing D. Downing	11	1	3	3	0
Trey Bauer T. Bauer	11	1	0	0	0
Shane Conlan S. Conlan	11	1	0	0	0
Brennan Gaertner B. Gaertner	11	1	0	0	0
Marques Henderson M. Henderson	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Massimo Manca M. Manca	11				14	37	79
D.J. Dozier	11	10	2	12			72
John Shaffer J. Shaffer	11	3		12			72
Blair Thomas B. Thomas	11	5	0	6			36
Eric Hamilton E. Hamilton	11		4	4			24
Ray Roundtree R. Roundtree	11	2	2	4			24
Steve Smith S. Smith	11	3	1	4			24
Tim Manoa T. Manoa	11	2	0	2			12
Sean Barowski S. Barowski	11	1		1			6
David Clark D. Clark	11	1	0	1			6
Jim Coates J. Coates	11	0	1	1			6
Keith Karpinski K. Karpinski	11			1			6
Matt Knizner M. Knizner	11	0		1			6
Odell Wilson O. Wilson	11	1		1			6
Ray Tarasi R. Tarasi	11					3	3

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Jim Coates J. Coates	11	16	355	22.2	0	36	309	8.6	0
Blair Thomas B. Thomas	11	12	383	31.9	1
Ray Isom R. Isom	11					6	42	7.0	0
Michael Timpson M. Timpson	11					2	13	6.5	0
Pete Giftopoulos P. Giftopoulos	11	1	0	0.0	0	1	6	6.0	0
Shane Conlan S. Conlan	11					1	5	5.0	0
Brian Chizmar B. Chizmar	11					1	0	0.0	0
Todd Young T. Young	11	1	0	0.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Massimo Manca M. Manca	11	14	23	60.9						37	37	100.0	79
	Ray Tarasi R. Tarasi	11									3	3	100.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	John Bruno J. Bruno	11	65	2,660	40.9

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,613

Jennings

1,530

Sayin

1,519

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

613

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

603

Hernandez

585

Legree

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

14

Stokes

14

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith

8

Dixon

7

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

204.6

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

7.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.8

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.0

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

541.2

524.6

523.3

514.4

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

297.3

294.0

281.5

281.3

277.8

Pass Yards Rankings

365.0

361.3

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

Sack Leaders

22.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	1	.800
3	Georgia	5	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	2	.600
8	Kentucky	4	1	.800
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	4	1	.800
11	Tennessee	4	1	.800
12	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	3	.400
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	1	.800
4	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	3	.400
14	Maryland	2	3	.400
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	2	3	.400
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	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	2	.600
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	4	1	.800
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	3	2	.600
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	2	2	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	1	.800
2	Kent State	2	3	.400
3	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
4	Toledo	4	1	.800
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
7	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
8	Ohio	3	2	.600
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	4	.200
11	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	2	.600
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	3	.400
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	3	.400
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	3	2	.600
15	NC State	3	2	.600
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	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	3	2	.600
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	4	1	.800
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	5	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	4	1	.800
6	Marshall	3	2	.600
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	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	UNLV	3	2	.600
3	Wyoming	2	3	.400
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	New Mexico	4	1	.800
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	4	.200
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250