#8 Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	279	3,465	693	5.0	1,906	465	4.1	1,559	228	6.8
Team Rank		51st	91st	105th	69th	51st	53rd	51st	91st	98th	52nd
Opponent	11	140	3,541		4.3	1,507	451	3.3	2,034	365	5.6
Opponent Rank		1st	24th		13th	36th	53rd	25th	26th	88th	9th
Net		+139	-76	+693	+0.7	+399	+14	+0.8	-475	-137	+1.3
Net Rank		16th	61st	105th	30th	38th	48th	31st	85th	99th	28th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	11	118	218	54.1	19.8	1,456	6.7	132.4	9	5	119.3	4.1	2.3
Chris Hamdorf C. Hamdorf	4	4	7	57.1	1.8	64	9.1	16.0	0	1	105.4	0.0	14.3
D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	26	26.0	2.4	0	0	318.4	0.0	0.0
Paul Burton P. Burton	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	13	13.0	1.2	0	0	209.2	0.0	0.0
Mike McGrew M. McGrew	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
Darnell Autry D. Autry	11	355	32.3	1,675	4.7	152.3	14	376	1,805
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	11	46	4.2	13	0.3	1.2	2
Adrian Autry A. Autry	11	30	2.7	110	3.7	10.0	1	31	117
Faraji Leary F. Leary	11	17	1.5	56	3.3	5.1	0	18	54
Matt Hartl M. Hartl	11	7	0.6	30	4.3	2.7	0	27	241
Levelle Brown L. Brown	6	3	0.5	35	11.7	5.8	1
D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	11	3	0.3	12	4.0	1.1	0	45	756
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	11	1	0.1	25	25.0	2.3	0	9	136
Paul Burton P. Burton	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	11	42	3.8	744	17.7	67.6	5	45	756
Darnell Autry D. Autry	11	21	1.9	130	6.2	11.8	1	376	1,805
Matt Hartl M. Hartl	11	20	1.8	211	10.6	19.2	1	27	241
Brian Musso B. Musso	11	12	1.1	160	13.3	14.5	0
Darren Drexler D. Drexler	11	8	0.7	120	15.0	10.9	1
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	11	8	0.7	111	13.9	10.1	1	9	136
Toussaint Waterman T. Waterman	11	6	0.5	70	11.7	6.4	0
Shane Graham S. Graham	10	5	0.5	8	1.6	0.8	0
Adrian Autry A. Autry	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0	31	117
Faraji Leary F. Leary	11	1	0.1	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0	18	54

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Chris Martin C. Martin	11	5	111	22.2	1
Eric Collier E. Collier	11	3	20	6.7	0
Rodney Ray R. Ray	11	2	19	9.5	1
Mike Warren M. Warren	10	1	53	53	0
Hudhaifa Ismaeli H. Ismaeli	11	1	14	14	0
Pat Fitzgerald P. Fitzgerald	10	1	7	7	0
William Bennett W. Bennett	11	1	0	0	0
Danny Sutter D. Sutter	11	1	0	0	0
Barry Gardner B. Gardner	11	1	-2	-2	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Darnell Autry D. Autry	11	14	1	15			90
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	11	2		11			66
Sam Valenzisi S. Valenzisi	7				15	15	60
D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	11	0	5	5			30
Brian Gowins B. Gowins	6				3	12	21
Adrian Autry A. Autry	11	1	0	1			6
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	11	0	1	1			6
Levelle Brown L. Brown	6	1		1			6
Darren Drexler D. Drexler	11		1	1			6
Matt Hartl M. Hartl	11	0	1	1			6
Chris Martin C. Martin	11			1			6
Brian Musso B. Musso	11		0	1			6
Rodney Ray R. Ray	11			1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Brian Musso B. Musso	11					28	393	14.0	1
Adrian Autry A. Autry	11	9	168	18.7	0
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	11	6	108	18.0	0
Josh Barnes J. Barnes	11	4	85	21.3	0
Darnell Autry D. Autry	11	2	45	22.5	0
Hudhaifa Ismaeli H. Ismaeli	11	2	43	21.5	0
Chris Martin C. Martin	11					1	25	25.0	0
Matt Stewart M. Stewart	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
	Sam Valenzisi S. Valenzisi	7	15	16	93.8						15	16	93.8	60
	Brian Gowins B. Gowins	6	3	6	50.0						12	13	92.3	21

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Paul Burton P. Burton	11	61	2,421	39.7

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

28

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

517.0

516.6

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Iowa	7	2	.778
5	USC	7	2	.778
6	Ohio State	6	3	.667
7	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	4	.556
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Arizona	7	2	.778
5	Baylor	6	3	.667
6	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
7	Houston	7	3	.700
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333