Northern Illinois Huskies

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	220	3,966	779	5.1	2,497	546	4.6	1,469	233	6.3
Team Rank		85th	66th	69th	63rd	12th	12th	25th	95th	96th	76th
Opponent	11	420	5,064		6.1	2,379	495	4.8	2,685	340	7.9
Opponent Rank		103rd	96th		92nd	93rd	82nd	93rd	94th	63rd	89th
Net		-200	-1,098	+779	-1.0	+118	+51	-0.2	-1,216	-107	-1.6
Net Rank		102nd	94th	69th	89th	54th	35th	65th	104th	97th	88th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Aaron Gilbert A. Gilbert	8	79	184	42.9	23.0	1,057	5.7	132.1	8	6	99.0	4.3	3.3
Brandon Barker B. Barker	10	15	32	46.9	3.2	291	9.1	29.1	2	1	137.6	6.3	3.1
Kenneth Williams K. Williams	4	6	17	35.3	4.3	121	7.1	30.3	2	3	98.6	11.8	17.6

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Charles Talley C. Talley	11	285	25.9	1,540	5.4	140.0	7	288	1,533
Deon Mitchell D. Mitchell	11	54	4.9	235	4.4	21.4	4	77	507
Marceo Haywood M. Haywood	11	50	4.5	152	3.0	13.8	1	51	170
Scott Florence S. Florence	8	41	5.1	267	6.5	33.4	2	42	264
Aaron Gilbert A. Gilbert	8	34	4.3	40	1.2	5.0	0
Kenneth Williams K. Williams	4	30	7.5	100	3.3	25.0	0
Brandon Barker B. Barker	10	22	2.2	36	1.6	3.6	2
Ralph Strickland R. Strickland	11	17	1.5	120	7.1	10.9	2	55	784
Anthony Griffin A. Griffin	11	7	0.6	17	2.4	1.5	0
Ben Westberg B. Westberg	1	1	1.0	6	6.0	6.0	0
Brandon Willis B. Willis	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	17	265
Justin Knapp J. Knapp	2	1	0.5	2	2.0	1.0	0
Hollis Thomas H. Thomas	11	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0
Todd Garifo T. Garifo	11	1	0.1	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Ralph Strickland R. Strickland	11	38	3.5	664	17.5	60.4	7	55	784
Deon Mitchell D. Mitchell	11	23	2.1	272	11.8	24.7	2	77	507
Brandon Willis B. Willis	11	16	1.5	261	16.3	23.7	1	17	265
Mitch Jacoby M. Jacoby	8	9	1.1	183	20.3	22.9	1
Jerry Bartol J. Bartol	8	6	0.8	49	8.2	6.1	0
Charles Talley C. Talley	11	3	0.3	-7	-2.3	-0.6	0	288	1,533
Leon Moody L. Moody	11	2	0.2	30	15.0	2.7	0
Marceo Haywood M. Haywood	11	1	0.1	18	18.0	1.6	0	51	170
Rick Anteau R. Anteau	9	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	1
Scott Florence S. Florence	8	1	0.1	-3	-3.0	-0.4	0	42	264

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Todd Garifo T. Garifo	11	4	39	9.8
William Triplett W. Triplett	11	1	31	31
Perry Amoo P. Amoo	11	1	11	11
Salim Phillips S. Phillips	11	1	10	10
Mandel Hester M. Hester	3	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Ralph Strickland R. Strickland	11	2	7	9			54
Aaron Gilbert A. Gilbert	8	0		8			48
Charles Talley C. Talley	11	7	0	7			42
Deon Mitchell D. Mitchell	11	4	2	6			36
Brian Clark B. Clark	8				4	16	28
Brandon Barker B. Barker	10	2		4			24
Scott Florence S. Florence	8	2	0	2			12
Kenneth Williams K. Williams	4	0		2			12
Rick Anteau R. Anteau	9		1	1			6
Marceo Haywood M. Haywood	11	1	0	1			6
Mitch Jacoby M. Jacoby	8		1	1			6
Brandon Willis B. Willis	11	0	1	1			6
Derek Niepomnik D. Niepomnik	3				0	4	4

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Leon Moody L. Moody	11	16	332	20.8	22	206	9.4	0
Aldarryl Jones A. Jones	7	15	322	21.5
Alton Francis A. Francis	4	9	197	21.9
Deon Mitchell D. Mitchell	11	5	76	15.2	1	4	4.0	0
Ralph Strickland R. Strickland	11	4	68	17.0	1	5	5.0	0
Rick Anteau R. Anteau	9	4	54	13.5
Andy Antione A. Antione	10	1	21	21.0
Perry Amoo P. Amoo	11	1	7	7.0
Daren Lloyd D. Lloyd	10	1	4	4.0

Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
Brian Clark B. Clark	8	4	6	66.7	16	17	94.1	28
Derek Niepomnik D. Niepomnik	3	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	4
Jamie Dobay J. Dobay	10				0	1	0.0

Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG
Jamie Dobay J. Dobay	10	60	2,209	36.8
Derek Niepomnik D. Niepomnik	3	5	204	40.8
Todd Garifo T. Garifo	11	2	36	18.0

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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

7.5

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

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