#15 Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	308	4,305	787	5.5	1,858	459	4.0	2,447	328	7.5
Team Rank		47th	42nd	49th	37th	48th	53rd	45th	43rd	52nd	34th
Opponent	11	230	3,643		5.0	1,556	431	3.6	2,087	297	7.0
Opponent Rank		31st	32nd		46th	39th	34th	46th	42nd	26th	52nd
Net		+78	+662	+787	+0.5	+302	+28	+0.4	+360	+31	+0.4
Net Rank		37th	33rd	49th	44th	43rd	43rd	45th	33rd	38th	43rd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	11	196	323	60.7	29.4	2,404	7.4	218.5	15	11	131.7	4.6	3.4
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	10	4	4	100.0	0.4	20	5.0	2.0	0	0	142.0	0.0	0.0
D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	23	23.0	2.1	1	0	623.2	100.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Darnell Autry D. Autry	10	263	26.3	1,386	5.3	138.6	15	286	1,551
Adrian Autry A. Autry	11	111	10.1	423	3.8	38.5	4	119	484
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	11	62	5.6	-1	0.0	-0.1	1
Faraji Leary F. Leary	11	9	0.8	32	3.6	2.9	0	11	53
Mike Davis M. Davis	11	4	0.4	9	2.3	0.8	0	6	26
D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	11	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.3	0	67	1,113
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	10	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.4	0	8	139
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	10	2	0.2	3	1.5	0.3	0	3	6
Levelle Brown L. Brown	10	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	1	4	17
Tyrone Gooch T. Gooch	10	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0
Paul Burton P. Burton	11	1	0.1	-11	-11.0	-1.0	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	11	65	5.9	1,099	16.9	99.9	11	67	1,113
Brian Musso B. Musso	11	41	3.7	424	10.3	38.5	2
Darnell Autry D. Autry	10	23	2.3	165	7.2	16.5	1	286	1,551
Darren Drexler D. Drexler	11	20	1.8	261	13.1	23.7	2
Mike McGrew M. McGrew	11	13	1.2	111	8.5	10.1	0
Toussaint Waterman T. Waterman	11	12	1.1	115	9.6	10.5	0
Adrian Autry A. Autry	11	8	0.7	61	7.6	5.5	0	119	484
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	10	6	0.6	125	20.8	12.5	0	8	139
Levelle Brown L. Brown	10	3	0.3	14	4.7	1.4	0	4	17
Faraji Leary F. Leary	11	2	0.2	21	10.5	1.9	0	11	53
Mike Davis M. Davis	11	2	0.2	17	8.5	1.5	0	6	26
John Burden J. Burden	11	2	0.2	15	7.5	1.4	0
Jay Tant J. Tant	11	2	0.2	9	4.5	0.8	0
Joel Stuart J. Stuart	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	10	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	3	6

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Josh Barnes J. Barnes	11	3	0	0
Pat Fitzgerald P. Fitzgerald	11	2	25	12.5
Thor Schmidt T. Schmidt	11	2	16	8
Mike Nelson M. Nelson	11	2	0	0
Barry Gardner B. Gardner	11	1	1	1
Hudhaifa Ismaeli H. Ismaeli	11	1	0	0
Tim Scharf T. Scharf	11	1	0	0
Matt Stewart M. Stewart	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Darnell Autry D. Autry	10	15	1	16			96
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	11	1		16			96
Brian Gowins B. Gowins	11				16	30	78
D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	11	0	11	12			72
Adrian Autry A. Autry	11	4	0	4			24
Brian Musso B. Musso	11		2	3			18
Darren Drexler D. Drexler	11		2	2			12
Levelle Brown L. Brown	10	1	0	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Brian Musso B. Musso	11					23	263	11.4	1
Hudhaifa Ismaeli H. Ismaeli	11	14	315	22.5	0
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	10	6	125	20.8	0
Jay Tant J. Tant	11	3	13	4.3	0
Adrian Autry A. Autry	11	2	40	20.0	0
Joel Stuart J. Stuart	11	2	17	8.5	0
Darnell Autry D. Autry	10	2	16	8.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Brian Gowins B. Gowins	11	16	24	66.7						30	32	93.8	78

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Paul Burton P. Burton	11	39	1,748	44.8
	Brian Gowins B. Gowins	11	1	36	36.0

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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