Illinois Fighting Illini

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	211	3,191	751	4.2	1,341	447	3.0	1,850	304	6.1
Team Rank		79th	88th	77th	90th	84th	66th	91st	71st	53rd	82nd
Opponent	11	208	3,808		5.0	1,584	423	3.7	2,224	341	6.5
Opponent Rank		36th	44th		52nd	33rd	15th	48th	67th	77th	44th
Net		+3	-617	+751	-0.7	-243	+24	-0.7	-374	-37	-0.4
Net Rank		55th	82nd	77th	86th	64th	45th	77th	80th	69th	71st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Jason Verduzco J. Verduzco	10	158	248	63.7	24.8	1,531	6.2	153.1	8	7	120.6	3.2	2.8
Jeff Kinney J. Kinney	8	25	53	47.2	6.6	302	5.7	37.8	0	3	83.7	0.0	5.7
Forry Wells F. Wells	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	23	23.0	2.1	0	0	293.2	0.0	0.0
Ken Dilger K. Dilger	6	0	1	0.0	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
John Wright J. Wright	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0	0	49.6	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Darren Boyer D. Boyer	11	146	13.3	554	3.8	50.4	8	174	811
Steve Feagin S. Feagin	11	104	9.5	406	3.9	36.9	1	120	567
Kevin Jackson K. Jackson	11	85	7.7	470	5.5	42.7	1	98	553
Jason Verduzco J. Verduzco	10	72	7.2	-74	-1.0	-7.4	5	73	-80
Jeff Kinney J. Kinney	8	26	3.3	-40	-1.5	-5.0	1
Clinton Lynch C. Lynch	8	7	0.9	61	8.7	7.6	0	12	107
Jim Klein J. Klein	11	2	0.2	-4	-2.0	-0.4	0	26	286
John Wright J. Wright	11	2	0.2	-5	-2.5	-0.5	0	42	421
Wagner Lester W. Lester	6	1	0.2	1	1.0	0.2	1	2	-2
Shane Fisher S. Fisher	11	1	0.1	-4	-4.0	-0.4	0	5	39

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
John Wright J. Wright	11	40	3.6	426	10.7	38.7	5	42	421
Darren Boyer D. Boyer	11	28	2.5	257	9.2	23.4	1	174	811
David Olson D. Olson	11	25	2.3	234	9.4	21.3	2
Jim Klein J. Klein	11	24	2.2	290	12.1	26.4	0	26	286
Steve Feagin S. Feagin	11	16	1.5	161	10.1	14.6	0	120	567
Kevin Jackson K. Jackson	11	13	1.2	83	6.4	7.5	0	98	553
J.J. Strong	11	10	0.9	133	13.3	12.1	1
Kraig Koester K. Koester	11	9	0.8	86	9.6	7.8	1
Ken Dilger K. Dilger	6	6	1.0	42	7.0	7.0	0
Clinton Lynch C. Lynch	8	5	0.6	46	9.2	5.8	0	12	107
Shane Fisher S. Fisher	11	4	0.4	43	10.8	3.9	0	5	39
Brandon Harrison B. Harrison	7	2	0.3	41	20.5	5.9	0
Scott Turner S. Turner	4	1	0.3	17	17.0	4.3	0
Wagner Lester W. Lester	6	1	0.2	-3	-3.0	-0.5	0	2	-2
Jason Verduzco J. Verduzco	10	1	0.1	-6	-6.0	-0.6	0	73	-80

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Jeff Arneson J. Arneson	11	2	14	7
Tim McCloud T. McCloud	1	1	24	24
Fred Cox F. Cox	11	1	23	23
Robert Crumpton R. Crumpton	11	1	0	0
Antwoine Patton A. Patton	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Jason Verduzco J. Verduzco	10	5	0	13			78
Darren Boyer D. Boyer	11	8	1	9			54
Chris Richardson C. Richardson	11				11	20	53
John Wright J. Wright	11	0	5	5			30
David Olson D. Olson	11		2	2			12
Steve Feagin S. Feagin	11	1	0	1			6
Kevin Jackson K. Jackson	11	1	0	1			6
Jeff Kinney J. Kinney	8	1		1			6
Kraig Koester K. Koester	11		1	1			6
Wagner Lester W. Lester	6	1	0	1			6
J.J. Strong	11		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Gary Voelker G. Voelker	11	1	8	8.0	0	17	214	12.6	0
Jim Klein J. Klein	11	16	294	18.4	0
Steve Feagin S. Feagin	11	11	196	17.8	0
Clinton Lynch C. Lynch	8	9	196	21.8	0
Darren Boyer D. Boyer	11	3	39	13.0	0
Kevin Jackson K. Jackson	11	2	24	12.0	0
Antwoine Patton A. Patton	11	2	17	8.5	0
John Wright J. Wright	11					2	5	2.5	0
Jeff Kinney J. Kinney	8	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
	Chris Richardson C. Richardson	11	11	16	68.8						20	23	87.0	53

Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG
Forry Wells F. Wells	11	38	1,484	39.1
Brett Larsen B. Larsen	11	11	346	31.5
Chris Richardson C. Richardson	11	3	83	27.7

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

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

7.0

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

523.8

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	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

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