#20 Illinois Fighting Illini

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	362	5,525	918	6.0	3,338	595	5.6	2,187	323	6.8	277	170	92	92	64	636
Team Rank		57th	32nd	55th	19th	5th	9th	4th	104th	110th	65th	44th	5th	108th	108th	15th	48th
Opponent	13	283	4,898		5.2	1,718	462	3.7	3,180	479	6.6	265	103	144	144	75	615
Opponent Rank		29th	67th		56th	46th	37th	41st	95th	101st	49th	75th	53rd	93rd	93rd	82nd	91st
Net		+79	+627	+918	+0.8	+1,620	+133	+1.9	-993	-156	+0.1	+12	+67	-52	-52	-11	+21
Net Rank		38th	39th	53rd	23rd	5th	10th	9th	114th	118th	61st	51st	9th	117th	117th	28th	71st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Juice Williams J. Williams	13	153	267	57.3	20.5	1,743	6.5	134.1	13	12	119.2	4.9	4.5
Eddie McGee E. McGee	9	29	55	52.7	6.1	444	8.1	49.3	2	3	121.6	3.6	5.5
Jacob Willis J. Willis	13	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
Rashard Mendenhall R. Mendenhall	13	262	20.2	1,681	6.4	129.3	17	296	1,999
Juice Williams J. Williams	13	165	12.7	755	4.6	58.1	7
Daniel Dufrene D. Dufrene	13	47	3.6	294	6.3	22.6	2	50	303
Arrelious Benn A. Benn	13	32	2.5	158	4.9	12.2	0	86	834
Eddie McGee E. McGee	9	30	3.3	153	5.1	17.0	2
Troy Pollard T. Pollard	3	23	7.7	148	6.4	49.3	0	24	158
Brian Gamble B. Gamble	10	7	0.7	43	6.1	4.3	0	23	213
Russ Weil R. Weil	7	7	1.0	29	4.1	4.1	0	9	63
Walter Mendenhall W. Mendenhall	4	4	1.0	57	14.3	14.3	0
Justin Ijei J. Ijei	1	3	3.0	6	2.0	6.0	0
Jeff Cumberland J. Cumberland	4	2	0.5	42	21.0	10.5	0	14	285

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Arrelious Benn A. Benn	13	54	4.2	676	12.5	52.0	2	86	834
Rashard Mendenhall R. Mendenhall	13	34	2.6	318	9.4	24.5	2	296	1,999
Jacob Willis J. Willis	13	22	1.7	330	15.0	25.4	3
Brian Gamble B. Gamble	10	16	1.6	170	10.6	17.0	1	23	213
Jeff Cumberland J. Cumberland	4	12	3.0	243	20.3	60.8	3	14	285
Kyle Hudson K. Hudson	9	12	1.3	127	10.6	14.1	1
DaJuan Warren D. Warren	6	7	1.2	63	9.0	10.5	0
Michael Hoomanawanui M. Hoomanawanui	8	5	0.6	64	12.8	8.0	2
Will Judson W. Judson	6	5	0.8	31	6.2	5.2	0
Marques Wilkins M. Wilkins	3	3	1.0	78	26.0	26.0	1
Joe Morgan J. Morgan	9	3	0.3	32	10.7	3.6	0
Daniel Dufrene D. Dufrene	13	3	0.2	9	3.0	0.7	0	50	303
Russ Weil R. Weil	7	2	0.3	34	17.0	4.9	0	9	63
Troy Pollard T. Pollard	3	1	0.3	10	10.0	3.3	0	24	158
Rahkeem Smith R. Smith	6	1	0.2	8	8.0	1.3	0

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
J Leman	13	71	61	132	11		1	0	0	0
Antonio Steele A. Steele	13	40	49	89	5		2	0	0	0
Justin Harrison J. Harrison	13	55	25	80	0		1	45	45	0
Vontae Davis V. Davis	12	56	20	76	4		4	0	0	0
Kevin Mitchell K. Mitchell	13	39	36	75	1		5	1	0.2	0
Brit Miller B. Miller	13	39	23	62	9
Justin Sanders J. Sanders	13	35	22	57	4		1	0	0	0
Dere Hicks D. Hicks	13	34	18	52	2		2	0	0	0
David Lindquist D. Lindquist	13	27	19	46	7
Will Davis W. Davis	12	29	12	41	12
Chris Norwell C. Norwell	13	10	22	32	4
Martez Wilson M. Wilson	12	15	14	29	3
Doug Pilcher D. Pilcher	13	13	12	25	7	5.5
Derek Walker D. Walker	10	12	10	22	4
Marcus Thomas M. Thomas	6	11	6	17			1	0	0	0
Mike Ware M. Ware	9	8	6	14	4
Tyler Rouse T. Rouse	8			14	0
Jerry Brown J. Brown	7	5	4	9	4
Nate Bussey N. Bussey	9			9	0
Joe Morgan J. Morgan	9	5	3	8	0
Josh Brent J. Brent	6			8	2
Antonio James A. James	5			7	2
Sam Carson III S. Carson III	5			6	0
Rahkeem Smith R. Smith	6			6	0
Sirod Williams S. Williams	7			6	1
Bo Flowers B. Flowers	5			5	0
Arrelious Benn A. Benn	13	4	0	4	0
Anthony Thornhill A. Thornhill	3	3	1	4	0
Chris Duvalt C. Duvalt	6			4	0
Drew McMahon D. McMahon	5			4	0
Rodney Pittman R. Pittman	4			4	2
Jeff Cumberland J. Cumberland	4	3	0	3	0
Erique Robertson E. Robertson	4			3	0
Michael Cklamovski M. Cklamovski	2	2	0	2	0
Kyle Knezetic K. Knezetic	3			2	0
Rashard Mendenhall R. Mendenhall	13			2	0
Marques Wilkins M. Wilkins	3	0	1	1	0
Jon Asamoah J. Asamoah	2			1	0
Garrett Edwards G. Edwards	6			1	0
Brian Gamble B. Gamble	10			1	0
Michael Hoomanawanui M. Hoomanawanui	8			1	0
Will Judson W. Judson	6			1	0
Frank Lenti Jr. F. Lenti Jr.	2			1	0
Akim Millington A. Millington	2			1	0
Jason Reda J. Reda	13			1	0
Anthony Santella A. Santella	13			1	0
Russ Weil R. Weil	7			1	0
Jacob Willis J. Willis	13			1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	RET	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Rashard Mendenhall R. Mendenhall	13	17	2		19			114
Jason Reda J. Reda	13				0	16	44	92
Juice Williams J. Williams	13	7			7			42
Arrelious Benn A. Benn	13	0	2		3			18
Jeff Cumberland J. Cumberland	4	0	3		3			18
Jacob Willis J. Willis	13		3		3			18
Daniel Dufrene D. Dufrene	13	2	0		2			12
Michael Hoomanawanui M. Hoomanawanui	8		2		2			12
Eddie McGee E. McGee	9	2			2			12
Vontae Davis V. Davis	12			1	1			6
Brian Gamble B. Gamble	10	0	1		1			6
Kyle Hudson K. Hudson	9		1		1			6
Marques Wilkins M. Wilkins	3		1		1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Kyle Hudson K. Hudson	9					17	128	7.5	0
Jacob Willis J. Willis	13	12	201	16.8	0
Arrelious Benn A. Benn	13	10	280	28.0	1
Vontae Davis V. Davis	12	4	116	29.0	0	2	31	15.5	1
Chris Duvalt C. Duvalt	6	4	70	17.5	0
DaJuan Warren D. Warren	6					4	20	5.0	0
Brit Miller B. Miller	13	3	3	1.0	0
Walter Mendenhall W. Mendenhall	4	2	18	9.0	0
Troy Pollard T. Pollard	3	1	18	18.0	0
Michael Hoomanawanui M. Hoomanawanui	8	1	16	16.0	0
Russ Weil R. Weil	7	1	16	16.0	0
Will Judson W. Judson	6	1	15	15.0	0
Will Davis W. Davis	12	1	9	9.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Jason Reda J. Reda	13	16	18	88.9						44	45	97.8	92

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Anthony Santella A. Santella	13	64	2,410	37.7
	Kyle Yelton K. Yelton	1	1	39	39.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
11	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
12	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200