Northern Illinois Huskies

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	372	4,487	805	5.6	2,537	531	4.8	1,950	274	7.1	232	127	87	87	70	600
Team Rank		47th	75th	94th	62nd	18th	21st	21st	108th	113th	63rd	78th	21st	107th	107th	41st	40th
Opponent	13	281	4,294		5.4	1,622	419	3.9	2,672	374	7.1	229	90	120	120	62	506
Opponent Rank		33rd	35th		62nd	32nd	21st	53rd	53rd	45th	65th	37th	35th	56th	56th	115th	117th
Net		+91	+193	+805	+0.2	+915	+112	+0.9	-722	-100	0.0	+3	+37	-33	-33	+8	+94
Net Rank		37th	61st	92nd	60th	21st	14th	30th	102nd	107th	68th	61st	20th	102nd	102nd	84th	89th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Chandler Harnish C. Harnish	10	143	223	64.1	22.3	1,670	7.5	167.0	11	6	137.9	4.9	2.7
Demarcus Grady D. Grady	8	25	43	58.1	5.4	280	6.5	35.0	3	2	126.6	7.0	4.7
Ryan Morris R. Morris	2	0	2	0.0	1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Garrett Barnas G. Barnas	9	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
Chad Spann C. Spann	13	179	13.8	1,038	5.8	79.8	19	189	1,160
Meco Brown M. Brown	11	148	13.5	645	4.4	58.6	4	158	726
Chandler Harnish C. Harnish	10	89	8.9	229	2.6	22.9	2
Demarcus Grady D. Grady	8	59	7.4	330	5.6	41.3	1
Justin Anderson J. Anderson	9	23	2.6	151	6.6	16.8	0
Nathan Palmer N. Palmer	7	11	1.6	135	12.3	19.3	1	16	205
Ricky Crider R. Crider	9	10	1.1	37	3.7	4.1	0
Preston Williams P. Williams	3	1	0.3	5	5.0	1.7	0	2	14
Garrett Barnas G. Barnas	9	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	8	1	0.1	-2	-2.0	-0.3	0	11	81

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Landon Cox L. Cox	12	45	3.8	535	11.9	44.6	4
Marcus Lewis M. Lewis	10	29	2.9	299	10.3	29.9	3
Willie Clark W. Clark	10	19	1.9	220	11.6	22.0	1
Martel Moore M. Moore	9	16	1.8	189	11.8	21.0	0
Kyle Skarb K. Skarb	8	11	1.4	189	17.2	23.6	1
Chad Spann C. Spann	13	10	0.8	122	12.2	9.4	1	189	1,160
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	8	10	1.3	83	8.3	10.4	0	11	81
Meco Brown M. Brown	11	10	0.9	81	8.1	7.4	0	158	726
Reed Cunningham R. Cunningham	4	5	1.3	70	14.0	17.5	1
Nathan Palmer N. Palmer	7	5	0.7	70	14.0	10.0	1	16	205
Bryan Beckner B. Beckner	3	4	1.3	64	16.0	21.3	0
Connor Flahive C. Flahive	2	1	0.5	10	10.0	5.0	0
Preston Williams P. Williams	3	1	0.3	9	9.0	3.0	1	2	14
Jack Marks J. Marks	2	1	0.5	5	5.0	2.5	0
Jason Schepler J. Schepler	2	1	0.5	4	4.0	2.0	1

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Tracy Wilson T. Wilson	13	46	47	93	2
Cory Hanson C. Hanson	13	40	43	83	5		3	5	1.7	0
Pat Schiller P. Schiller	13	28	54	82	5
Chris Smith C. Smith	13	43	27	70	0
Alex Kube A. Kube	12	17	42	59	5
Mike Sobol M. Sobol	12	24	29	53	0
Patrick George P. George	13	32	14	46	1		2	112	56	1
Jake Coffman J. Coffman	10	21	18	39	13	8.5	1	79	79	1
Brandon Bice B. Bice	12	21	16	37	7
David Bryant D. Bryant	8	14	18	32	2
Sean Progar S. Progar	13	18	12	30	8	6.0
Jordan Delegal J. Delegal	13	22	7	29	5	4.0
Kiaree Daniels K. Daniels	11	17	11	28	1		1	1	1	0
Alan Baxter A. Baxter	11	9	13	22	2
D.J. Pirkle	10	13	8	21	8
Spencer Williamson S. Williamson	9	8	10	18	0
Devon Butler D. Butler	5	10	5	15	2
Darnell Bolding D. Bolding	7			15	4
Tyrone Clark T. Clark	6	5	9	14	3	2.0
Nabal Jefferson N. Jefferson	8	3	11	14	4
Ron Newcomb R. Newcomb	7	9	4	13	4
Brian Lawson B. Lawson	6	1	9	10	1
Tommy Davis T. Davis	13	5	3	8	0
Phil Brown P. Brown	5	4	4	8	0
John Tranchitella J. Tranchitella	7			8	0
Adam Coleman A. Coleman	5	0	7	7	0
Garrett Barnas G. Barnas	9			7	0		1	0	0	0
John Kremer J. Kremer	5			6	0
Victor Jacques V. Jacques	4	2	3	5	0
Chad Spann C. Spann	13			5	0
Jody Van Laanen J. Van Laanen	2	2	0	2	0
Dan Edem D. Edem	3			2	0
Kyle Skarb K. Skarb	8			2	0
Nolan Owen N. Owen	1	1	0	1	0
Mike Lepper M. Lepper	1	0	1	1	0
Matt Ng M. Ng	1	0	1	1	0
Justin Anderson J. Anderson	9			1	0
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	8			1	0
Willie Clark W. Clark	10			1	0
Marcus Lewis M. Lewis	10			1	0
Joe Pawlak J. Pawlak	2			1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Chad Spann C. Spann	13	19	1	20			0	120
Mike Salerno M. Salerno	13			0	19	39	0	96
Meco Brown M. Brown	11	4	0	4			1	26
Landon Cox L. Cox	12		4	4			0	24
Marcus Lewis M. Lewis	10		3	3			0	18
Chandler Harnish C. Harnish	10	2		2			1	14
Nathan Palmer N. Palmer	7	1	1	2			0	12
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	8	0	0	1			0	6
Willie Clark W. Clark	10		1	1			0	6
Jake Coffman J. Coffman	10			1			0	6
Reed Cunningham R. Cunningham	4		1	1			0	6
Tommy Davis T. Davis	13			1			0	6
Patrick George P. George	13			1			0	6
Demarcus Grady D. Grady	8	1		1			0	6
Jason Schepler J. Schepler	2		1	1			0	6
Kyle Skarb K. Skarb	8		1	1			0	6
Preston Williams P. Williams	3	0	1	1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Tommy Davis T. Davis	13	29	700	24.1	1	17	136	8.0	0
Ricky Crider R. Crider	9	16	343	21.4	0
Garrett Barnas G. Barnas	9	4	41	10.3	0
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	8					3	62	20.7	1
John Tranchitella J. Tranchitella	7	2	63	31.5	0
Jordan Delegal J. Delegal	13					1	14	14.0	0
Jody Van Laanen J. Van Laanen	2					1	13	13.0	0
Jason Onyebuagu J. Onyebuagu	2	1	7	7.0	0
Scott Wedige S. Wedige	2	1	6	6.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Mike Salerno M. Salerno	13	19	25	76.0						39	41	95.1	96

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Josh Wilber J. Wilber	9	28	1,134	40.5
	Mike Salerno M. Salerno	13	28	1,097	39.2

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	5	3	.625
4	Toledo	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375