#21 Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	14	339	4,961	1,046	4.7	1,609	518	3.1	3,352	528	6.3	36	263	287	92	160	35	40	363
Team Rank		84th	74th	6th	124th	110th	49th	125th	32nd	7th	111th	109th	6th	38th	105th	18th	5th	1st	1st
Opponent	14	325	5,472	1,007	5.6	1,815	478	3.8	3,657	505	7.2	24	152	277	104	160	13	99	947
Opponent Rank		51st	97th	112th	57th	35th	54th	38th	127th	130th	63rd	84th	81st	91st	53rd	126th	4th	8th	5th
Net		+14	-511	+39	-0.8	-206	+40	-0.7	-305	+23	-0.9	+12	+111	+10	-12	0	+22	-59	-584
Net Rank		69th	98th	25th	105th	80th	45th	99th	97th	50th	104th	107th	14th	61st	85th	71st	2nd	1st	1st

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Clayton Thorson C. Thorson	14	299	489	61.1	34.9	3,183	6.5	227.4	17	15	121.2	3.5	3.1	129	35	258
	TJ Green	5	20	36	55.6	7.2	169	4.7	33.8	0	1	89.4	0.0	2.8	18	1	5

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Isaiah Bowser I. Bowser	10	197	19.7	866	4.4	86.6	6	78	204	943
Clayton Thorson C. Thorson	14	78	5.6	-110	-1.4	-7.9	9	37	78	-110
Jeremy Larkin J. Larkin	4	72	18.0	346	4.8	86.5	5	46	91	473
John Moten IV J. Moten IV	9	46	5.1	204	4.4	22.7	3	78	55	266
Solomon Vault S. Vault	9	44	4.9	69	1.6	7.7	0	10	52	82
Chad Hanaoka C. Hanaoka	9	22	2.4	121	5.5	13.4	0	16	34	184
Drake Anderson D. Anderson	2	12	6.0	36	3.0	18.0	0	11
TJ Green	5	11	2.2	21	1.9	4.2	1	19
Riley Lees R. Lees	14	9	0.6	35	3.9	2.5	1	26	31	249
Kyric McGowan K. McGowan	14	3	0.2	34	11.3	2.4	0	21	19	317
Berkeley Holman B. Holman	7	2	0.3	15	7.5	2.1	0	10	9	74
Jelani Roberts J. Roberts	4	2	0.5	4	2.0	1.0	0	4	4	42
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel	14	2	0.1	2	1.0	0.1	0	2	70	782
JJ Jefferson	10	1	0.1	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0	0	11	178
Cameron Green C. Green	14	1	0.1	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0	0	58	479

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel	14	68	105	4.9	780	11.5	55.7	2	79	70	782
Cameron Green C. Green	14	57	80	4.1	483	8.5	34.5	4	34	58	479
Bennett Skowronek B. Skowronek	14	45	77	3.2	562	12.5	40.1	3	46	45	562
Riley Lees R. Lees	14	22	36	1.6	214	9.7	15.3	3	35	31	249
Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman R. Chiaokhiao-Bowman	13	20	37	1.5	237	11.9	18.2	0	77	20	237
Jeremy Larkin J. Larkin	4	19	29	4.8	127	6.7	31.8	0	17	91	473
Kyric McGowan K. McGowan	14	16	28	1.1	283	17.7	20.2	2	109	19	317
Charlie Fessler C. Fessler	11	13	18	1.2	134	10.3	12.2	0	34	13	134
Chad Hanaoka C. Hanaoka	9	12	17	1.3	63	5.3	7.0	0	19	34	184
JJ Jefferson	10	10	21	1.0	181	18.1	18.1	2	68	11	178
John Moten IV J. Moten IV	9	9	12	1.0	62	6.9	6.9	0	18	55	266
Solomon Vault S. Vault	9	8	16	0.9	13	1.6	1.4	0	6	52	82
Isaiah Bowser I. Bowser	10	7	9	0.7	77	11.0	7.7	0	15	204	943
Berkeley Holman B. Holman	7	7	11	1.0	59	8.4	8.4	0	35	9	74
Trey Pugh T. Pugh	7	5	10	0.7	54	10.8	7.7	0	30	5	54
James Prather J. Prather	4	3	3	0.8	23	7.7	5.8	0	12	3	23
Jelani Roberts J. Roberts	4	2	3	0.5	38	19.0	9.5	0	33	4	42
Trey Klock T. Klock	2	1	1	0.5	20	20.0	10.0	1	20	1	20

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Paddy Fisher P. Fisher	12	79	16	95	3	1.0	1	12	12	0	12
Blake Gallagher B. Gallagher	11	72	23	95	6	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
JR Pace	13	51	13	64	4	0.0	4	26	6.5	0	26
Travis Whillock T. Whillock	8	48	9	57	3	1.0
Nate Hall N. Hall	10	37	5	42	5	0.0	3	0	0	0	0
Joe Gaziano J. Gaziano	11	32	8	40	11	7.5
Montre Hartage M. Hartage	10	34	1	35	0	0.0	3	17	5.7	0	17
Jared McGee J. McGee	10	31	3	34	4	0.0	1	17	17	0	17
Samdup Miller S. Miller	9	29	5	34	5	1.5
Chris Bergin C. Bergin	9	25	8	33	2	1.0
Fred Wyatt F. Wyatt	11	17	11	28	2	0.0
Alonzo Mayo A. Mayo	5	23	1	24	1	0.0
Jordan Thompson J. Thompson	10	18	6	24	7	4.0	0	0		0
Cameron Ruiz C. Ruiz	8	18	2	20	1	0.0
Greg Newsome II G. Newsome II	5	15	1	16	0	0.0
Earnest Brown IV E. Brown IV	9	12	4	16	6	4.0	0	0		0	0
Trae Williams T. Williams	6	13	2	15	1	1.0	0	0		0	0
Trent Goens T. Goens	11	10	4	14	5	2.5
Alex Miller A. Miller	6	6	4	10	1	1.0
Joe Bergin J. Bergin	5	5	1	6	1	0.0	0	0		0
Bryce Jackson B. Jackson	6	5	0	5	0	0.0	0	0		0
Kyric McGowan K. McGowan	14	2	2	4	2	0.0	0	0		0	0
Tyler Gillikin T. Gillikin	4	3	0	3	1	0.0	0	0		0
Peter McIntyre P. McIntyre	3	3	0	3	0	0.0	0	0		0
Erik Mueller E. Mueller	3	3	0	3	0	0.0
Ben Oxley B. Oxley	3	1	2	3	0	0.0
Roderick Campbell R. Campbell	3	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0		0
Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman R. Chiaokhiao-Bowman	13	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0		0	0
Jake Collins J. Collins	14	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0		0	0
A.J. Hampton	1	2	0	2	0	0.0
John Moten IV J. Moten IV	9	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0		0	0
Trevor Kent T. Kent	3	1	1	2	0	0.5	0	0		0
Jeremy Larkin J. Larkin	4	1	1	2	1	0.0
Devin O'Rourke D. O'Rourke	2	1	1	2	0	0.0
Jalen Brown J. Brown	1	1	0	1	0	0.0
Jesse Brown J. Brown	1	1	0	1	0	0.0
Brian Bullock B. Bullock	1	1	0	1	0	0.0
Charlie Fessler C. Fessler	11	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0		0	0
Nathan Fox N. Fox	1	1	0	1	0	0.0
Cameron Green C. Green	14	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0		0	0
JJ Jefferson	10	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0		0	0
Grayson Mann G. Mann	1	1	0	1	0	0.0
Jaylen Rivers J. Rivers	1	1	0	1	0	0.0
Bennett Skowronek B. Skowronek	14	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0		0	0
Clayton Thorson C. Thorson	14	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0		0	0
Solomon Vault S. Vault	9	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0		0	0
Jake Saunders J. Saunders	1	0	1	1	0	0.0

Scoring	GP	REC	RET	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel	14	2	0	2	0	0	1	12
Drew Luckenbaugh D. Luckenbaugh	4	0	0	0	3	6	0	10
Earnest Brown IV E. Brown IV	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	6
JJ Jefferson	10	2	0	2	0	0	0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	KR LNG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR LNG
Riley Lees R. Lees	14	1	10	10.0	0	0	20	108	5.4	16
Kyric McGowan K. McGowan	14	13	313	24.1	0	0	0	0		0
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel	14	0	0		0	0	3	23	7.7	14
John Moten IV J. Moten IV	9	2	33	16.5	0	0	0	0		0
Cameron Ruiz C. Ruiz	8						1	15	15.0	0
Solomon Vault S. Vault	9	1	13	13.0	0	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
Charlie Kuhbander C. Kuhbander	9	5	9	55.6	0-0	3-3	1-4	1-2	0-0	28	28	100.0	43
Drew Luckenbaugh D. Luckenbaugh	4	3	4	75.0	0-0	1-1	2-2	0-1	0-0	6	7	85.7	15
Jake Collins J. Collins	14	2	3	66.7	0-0	2-2	0-1	0-0	0-0	5	5	100.0	11

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Jake Collins J. Collins	14	79	3,199	40.5	117	0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333