Northern Illinois Huskies

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	12	274	4,304	824	5.2	1,693	454	3.7	2,611	370	7.1	24	191	221	91	114	16	62	539
Team Rank		108th	108th	106th	100th	102nd	82nd	104th	88th	85th	89th	53rd	39th	112th	103rd	89th	115th	20th	19th
Opponent	12	338	4,638	777	6.1	2,135	431	5.0	2,503	332	7.5	14	102	224	101	103	20	56	541
Opponent Rank		57th	40th	1st	97th	78th	20th	110th	19th	14th	80th	123rd	115th	15th	47th	12th	46th	127th	118th
Net		-64	-334	+47	-0.9	-442	+23	-1.2	+108	+38	-0.5	+10	+89	-3	-10	+11	-4	+6	-2
Net Rank		99th	87th	21st	112th	96th	55th	118th	61st	43rd	80th	100th	16th	76th	82nd	54th	93rd	84th	66th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Ross Bowers R. Bowers	9	166	287	57.8	31.9	2,130	7.4	236.7	7	8	122.7	2.4	2.8	74	18	142
Marcus Childers M. Childers	9	48	82	58.5	9.1	474	5.8	52.7	6	3	123.9	7.3	3.7	71	6	49
Michael Love M. Love	10	1	1	100.0	0.1	7	7.0	0.7	1	0	488.8	100.0	0.0	7	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Tre Harbison T. Harbison	11	230	20.9	1,021	4.4	92.8	8	40	236	1,068
Jordan Nettles J. Nettles	12	67	5.6	274	4.1	22.8	0	34	71	282
Marcus Childers M. Childers	9	59	6.6	366	6.2	40.7	5	70
Ross Bowers R. Bowers	9	34	3.8	-111	-3.3	-12.3	1	9
Marcus Jones M. Jones	12	24	2.0	80	3.3	6.7	1	20	39	214
Rondarius Gregory R. Gregory	2	9	4.5	43	4.8	21.5	0	33
Rahveon Valentine R. Valentine	3	6	2.0	26	4.3	8.7	0	13	7	29
Tyrice Richie T. Richie	11	5	0.5	35	7.0	3.2	0	13	37	450
Matt Ference M. Ference	12	3	0.3	-16	-5.3	-1.3	0	2
Michael Love M. Love	10	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.6	0	6	14	113
Spencer Tears S. Tears	12	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0	6	24	376
Anthony Thompson A. Thompson	1	1	1.0	3	3.0	3.0	0	3

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Cole Tucker C. Tucker	12	38	57	3.2	531	14.0	44.3	1	49
Daniel Crawford D. Crawford	11	37	49	3.4	443	12.0	40.3	2	45
Mitchell Brinkman M. Brinkman	12	34	50	2.8	445	13.1	37.1	3	48
Tyrice Richie T. Richie	11	32	54	2.9	415	13.0	37.7	4	71	37	450
Spencer Tears S. Tears	12	23	58	1.9	370	16.1	30.8	2	74	24	376
Marcus Jones M. Jones	12	15	19	1.3	134	8.9	11.2	0	23	39	214
Michael Love M. Love	10	13	20	1.3	107	8.2	10.7	0	38	14	113
Dennis Robinson D. Robinson	10	8	25	0.8	66	8.3	6.6	0	25
Tre Harbison T. Harbison	11	6	9	0.5	47	7.8	4.3	0	33	236	1,068
Jordan Nettles J. Nettles	12	4	7	0.3	8	2.0	0.7	0	10	71	282
Corey Lersch C. Lersch	5	2	3	0.4	29	14.5	5.8	1	26
Maximilian Thrower M. Thrower	1	1	2	1.0	8	8.0	8.0	0	8
Brett Bostad B. Bostad	3	1	2	0.3	5	5.0	1.7	1	5
Rahveon Valentine R. Valentine	3	1	1	0.3	3	3.0	1.0	0	3	7	29

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Mykelti Williams M. Williams	12	68	16	84	6	0.0	0
Vinny Labus V. Labus	10	40	15	55	5	2.0	0
Jalen McKie J. McKie	12	39	9	48	2	0.0	0	1	32	32	1	32
Trayshon Foster T. Foster	12	37	11	48	3	0.0	0
Antonio Jones-Davis A. Jones-Davis	6	39	8	47	6	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Dillon Thomas D. Thomas	8	35	3	38	0	0.0	0
Nick Rattin N. Rattin	8	30	7	37	0	0.0	0	1	31	31	1	31
Marshe Terry M. Terry	10	24	10	34	1	0.0	0
Matt Lorbeck M. Lorbeck	12	23	8	31	6	2.0	0
Jack Heflin J. Heflin	11	23	7	30	8	3.0	0
Jordan Cole J. Cole	10	23	6	29	4	0.0	0
Quintin Wynne Q. Wynne	10	23	3	26	6	2.0	0
Ben LeRoy B. LeRoy	9	15	7	22	1	0.0	0
Weston Kramer W. Kramer	12	14	8	22	2	0.0	0
Devin Haney D. Haney	7	17	4	21	1	0.0	0	1	40	40	0	40
Antwain Walker A. Walker	3	9	3	12	1	0.0	0
Marcus Kelly M. Kelly	7	7	5	12	2	1.0	0
Adam Buirge A. Buirge	8	8	1	9	0	0.0	0
Kyle Pugh K. Pugh	2	7	2	9	3	0.0	0
Jeffery Griffin Jr. J. Griffin Jr.	5	4	3	7	0	0.0	0
Michael Kennedy M. Kennedy	4	4	3	7	1	1.0	0
Corey Lersch C. Lersch	5	4	2	6	1	0.0	0
Cam Mattox C. Mattox	3	4	2	6	1	1.0	0
Mark Aitken M. Aitken	1	5	0	5	0	0.0	0
John Richardson J. Richardson	12	4	1	5	0	0.0	0
Rayshawn Gay R. Gay	3	3	0	3	0	0.0	0
Marcus Jones M. Jones	12	3	0	3	0	0.0	0
Jawon Denton J. Denton	3	2	1	3	0	0.0	0
Joshua Earl J. Earl	3	2	1	3	0	0.0	0
Nathan Harman N. Harman	3	2	1	3	0	0.0	0
Nathan Veloz N. Veloz	3	2	0	2	0	0.0	0
Brayden Patton B. Patton	12	1	1	2	0	0.0	0
Trequan Smith T. Smith	2	1	1	2	0	0.0	0
Justin Clark J. Clark	1	0	2	2	0	0.0		0	0		0
Zhamaine March Z. March	2	0	2	2	0	0.0	0
Demond Taylor Jr. D. Taylor Jr.	1	0	2	2	0	0.0	0
Joe Bonds J. Bonds	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Marques Cox M. Cox	10	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
James Ester J. Ester	1	1	0	1	1	0.0	0
Matt Ference M. Ference	12	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Rodney Hall R. Hall	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Tyrik Henderson T. Henderson	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Cortez Hogans C. Hogans	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Jace Hohenthaner J. Hohenthaner	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Tyrice Richie T. Richie	11	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Dennis Robinson D. Robinson	10	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Jeron Starks J. Starks	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
A.J. Taylor	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD	PR LNG
Cole Tucker C. Tucker	12	1	17	17.0	0	14	60	4.3	0	13
Marcus Jones M. Jones	12	7	105	15.0	0
Michael Love M. Love	10	3	13	4.3	0	0	0		0	0
Corey Lersch C. Lersch	5					1	20	20.0	0	0
Brett Bostad B. Bostad	3	1	6	6.0	0
Adam Buirge A. Buirge	8					0	3		1	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	John Richardson J. Richardson	12	14	18	77.8	0-0	5-5	5-6	3-5	1-2	30	30	100.0	72

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Matt Ference M. Ference	12	65	2,792	43.0	63	0
	Ross Bowers R. Bowers	9	4	157	39.3	46	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