Illinois Fighting Illini

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	149	3,167	761	4.2	1,560	406	3.8	1,607	355	4.5
Team Rank		109th	103rd	69th	106th	73rd	87th	61st	93rd	44th	112th
Opponent	11	326	4,074		5.0	1,689	460	3.7	2,385	357	6.7
Opponent Rank		82nd	57th		46th	53rd	61st	50th	68th	84th	39th
Net		-177	-907	+761	-0.8	-129	-54	+0.2	-778	-2	-2.2
Net Rank		105th	94th	69th	85th	65th	84th	60th	95th	59th	103rd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Kurt Kittner K. Kittner	9	72	162	44.4	18.0	782	4.8	86.9	1	7	78.4	0.6	4.3
Mark Hoekstra M. Hoekstra	9	38	104	36.5	11.6	398	3.8	44.2	0	4	61.0	0.0	3.8
Kirk Johnson K. Johnson	4	55	89	61.8	22.3	427	4.8	106.8	2	3	102.8	2.2	3.4

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Rocky Harvey R. Harvey	11	134	12.2	634	4.7	57.6	6	144	658
Steve Havard S. Havard	11	124	11.3	564	4.5	51.3	5	128	599
Jameel Cook J. Cook	10	48	4.8	190	4.0	19.0	0	52	190
Kurt Kittner K. Kittner	9	43	4.8	28	0.7	3.1	2
Elmer Hickman E. Hickman	11	28	2.5	122	4.4	11.1	0	47	280
Kirk Johnson K. Johnson	4	17	4.3	18	1.1	4.5	0
Mark Hoekstra M. Hoekstra	9	9	1.0	-10	-1.1	-1.1	1
Terrance Smalls T. Smalls	7	2	0.3	27	13.5	3.9	0	13	128
Steve Fitts S. Fitts	11	1	0.1	-13	-13.0	-1.2	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Lenny Willis L. Willis	8	26	3.3	301	11.6	37.6	0
Rob Majoy R. Majoy	10	22	2.2	202	9.2	20.2	1
Elmer Hickman E. Hickman	11	19	1.7	158	8.3	14.4	0	47	280
Michael Dean M. Dean	7	18	2.6	242	13.4	34.6	0
Larry Davis L. Davis	11	17	1.5	263	15.5	23.9	0
Terrance Smalls T. Smalls	7	11	1.6	101	9.2	14.4	0	13	128
Josh Whitman J. Whitman	11	10	0.9	121	12.1	11.0	0
Rocky Harvey R. Harvey	11	10	0.9	24	2.4	2.2	1	144	658
Chris Hoffman C. Hoffman	10	8	0.8	56	7.0	5.6	0
George McDonald-Ashford G. McDonald-Ashford	11	8	0.7	54	6.8	4.9	1
Brian Hodges B. Hodges	11	7	0.6	53	7.6	4.8	0
Steve Havard S. Havard	11	4	0.4	35	8.8	3.2	0	128	599
Jameel Cook J. Cook	10	4	0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0	52	190
J.P. Machado	11	1	0.1	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Asim Pleas A. Pleas	11	3	100	33.3	1
Mike Gusich M. Gusich	8	2	43	21.5	0
Danny Clark D. Clark	11	2	24	12	0
Muhammad Abdullah M. Abdullah	11	1	18	18	0
Tony Francis T. Francis	11	1	13	13	0
Rocky Harvey R. Harvey	11	1	1	1	0
Anthony Hurd A. Hurd	11	1	0	0	0
Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Rocky Harvey R. Harvey	11	6	1	7			42
Steve Havard S. Havard	11	5	0	6			36
Neil Rackers N. Rackers	11				7	14	35
Kurt Kittner K. Kittner	9	2		3			18
Kirk Johnson K. Johnson	4	0		2			12
Mark Hoekstra M. Hoekstra	9	1		1			6
Rob Majoy R. Majoy	10		1	1			6
George McDonald-Ashford G. McDonald-Ashford	11		1	1			6
Asim Pleas A. Pleas	11			1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Rocky Harvey R. Harvey	11	16	406	25.4	0	12	52	4.3	0
Rob Majoy R. Majoy	10	2	45	22.5	0	14	96	6.9	0
Terrance Smalls T. Smalls	7	7	161	23.0	0	8	16	2.0	0
Steve Havard S. Havard	11	5	159	31.8	1
Nick Piazza N. Piazza	11	2	19	9.5	0
Larry Davis L. Davis	11	1	16	16.0	0
George McDonald-Ashford G. McDonald-Ashford	11	1	14	14.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Neil Rackers N. Rackers	11	7	10	70.0						14	16	87.5	35

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Steve Fitts S. Fitts	11	77	3,182	41.3

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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