#25 Illinois Fighting Illini

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	293	4,373	779	5.6	1,675	417	4.0	2,698	362	7.5
Team Rank		39th	30th	63rd	26th	65th	85th	43rd	27th	31st	37th
Opponent	11	216	3,523		4.6	1,940	504	3.8	1,583	270	5.9
Opponent Rank		33rd	27th		28th	63rd	72nd	56th	11th	23rd	18th
Net		+77	+850	+779	+1.1	-265	-87	+0.2	+1,115	+92	+1.6
Net Rank		35th	30th	63rd	24th	65th	82nd	52nd	7th	16th	17th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Jason Verduzco J. Verduzco	11	213	330	64.5	30.0	2,446	7.4	222.4	16	10	136.7	4.8	3.0
Jeff Kinney J. Kinney	11	16	27	59.3	2.5	220	8.1	20.0	0	0	127.7	0.0	0.0
Duke Tobin D. Tobin	11	1	2	50.0	0.2	6	3.0	0.5	0	0	75.2	0.0	0.0
Steve Feagin S. Feagin	11	0	2	0.0	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Shawn Wax S. Wax	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	26	26.0	2.4	1	0	648.4	100.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Howard Griffith H. Griffith	11	186	16.9	1,056	5.7	96.0	15	205	1,207
Wagner Lester W. Lester	11	64	5.8	251	3.9	22.8	2	93	501
Steve Feagin S. Feagin	11	51	4.6	204	4.0	18.5	1	59	275
Darren Boyer D. Boyer	11	44	4.0	187	4.3	17.0	0	48	213
Jason Verduzco J. Verduzco	11	36	3.3	-147	-4.1	-13.4	0
Clinton Lynch C. Lynch	11	12	1.1	43	3.6	3.9	0
Kameno Bell K. Bell	11	9	0.8	58	6.4	5.3	0	21	144
Art Slowinski A. Slowinski	11	4	0.4	8	2.0	0.7	0
Elbert Turner E. Turner	11	3	0.3	6	2.0	0.5	0	26	316
Jeff Kinney J. Kinney	11	3	0.3	-22	-7.3	-2.0	0
Joe Muti J. Muti	11	2	0.2	19	9.5	1.7	0	4	27
Duke Tobin D. Tobin	11	1	0.1	17	17.0	1.5	0
Forry Wells F. Wells	11	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0
Steve Mueller S. Mueller	11	1	0.1	-4	-4.0	-0.4	0	30	416

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Shawn Wax S. Wax	11	54	4.9	786	14.6	71.5	6
Steve Mueller S. Mueller	11	29	2.6	420	14.5	38.2	1	30	416
Wagner Lester W. Lester	11	29	2.6	250	8.6	22.7	1	93	501
Jeff Finke J. Finke	11	28	2.5	312	11.1	28.4	2
Elbert Turner E. Turner	11	23	2.1	310	13.5	28.2	3	26	316
Howard Griffith H. Griffith	11	19	1.7	151	7.9	13.7	0	205	1,207
Kameno Bell K. Bell	11	12	1.1	86	7.2	7.8	1	21	144
John Wright J. Wright	11	8	0.7	132	16.5	12.0	0
Frank Hartley F. Hartley	11	8	0.7	81	10.1	7.4	0
Steve Feagin S. Feagin	11	8	0.7	71	8.9	6.5	0	59	275
David Olson D. Olson	11	5	0.5	33	6.6	3.0	2
Darren Boyer D. Boyer	11	4	0.4	26	6.5	2.4	0	48	213
Gus Palma G. Palma	11	2	0.2	32	16.0	2.9	1
Joe Muti J. Muti	11	2	0.2	8	4.0	0.7	0	4	27

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Romero Brice R. Brice	11	3	17	5.7
Henry Jones H. Jones	11	3	16	5.3
Darrick Brownlow D. Brownlow	11	2	13	6.5
Quintin Parker Q. Parker	11	1	17	17
Marlon Primous M. Primous	11	1	15	15
Julyon Brown J. Brown	11	1	5	5
Patrick Donnelly P. Donnelly	11	1	0	0
Filmel Johnson F. Johnson	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Jason Verduzco J. Verduzco	11	0		16			96
Howard Griffith H. Griffith	11	15	0	15			90
Doug Higgins D. Higgins	11				14	35	77
Shawn Wax S. Wax	11		6	7			42
Wagner Lester W. Lester	11	2	1	3			18
Elbert Turner E. Turner	11	0	3	3			18
Jeff Finke J. Finke	11		2	2			12
David Olson D. Olson	11		2	2			12
Kameno Bell K. Bell	11	0	1	1			6
Steve Feagin S. Feagin	11	1	0	1			6
Steve Mueller S. Mueller	11	0	1	1			6
Gus Palma G. Palma	11		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Clinton Lynch C. Lynch	11	23	517	22.5	0
Steve Mueller S. Mueller	11					14	105	7.5	0
Henry Jones H. Jones	11					11	55	5.0	0
Steve Feagin S. Feagin	11	8	104	13.0	0
Filmel Johnson F. Johnson	11	4	35	8.8	0
David Hill D. Hill	11	2	5	2.5	0
Darren Boyer D. Boyer	11	1	23	23.0	0
Jerry Hamner J. Hamner	11	1	18	18.0	0
John Wright J. Wright	11	1	8	8.0	0
Kameno Bell K. Bell	11	1	4	4.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Doug Higgins D. Higgins	11	14	20	70.0						35	35	100.0	77

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Forry Wells F. Wells	11	37	1,433	38.7
	Jimmy Harness J. Harness	11	10	351	35.1

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333