#9 Michigan State Spartans

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	13	414	5,574	878	6.3	2,283	479	4.8	3,291	399	8.2	21	151	270	110	137	23	90	831
Team Rank		41st	43rd	62nd	27th	50th	56th	42nd	45th	64th	35th	27th	92nd	58th	67th	51st	48th	104th	110th
Opponent	13	329	5,745	1,068	5.6	1,523	446	3.4	4,222	579	7.3	43	296	317	102	191	24	76	604
Opponent Rank		60th	119th	128th	72nd	16th	36th	16th	130th	130th	66th	6th	8th	127th	49th	130th	78th	74th	91st
Net		+85	-171	-190	+0.7	+760	+33	+1.4	-931	-180	+1.0	-22	-145	-47	+8	-54	-1	+14	+227
Net Rank		46th	87th	130th	40th	32nd	46th	21st	119th	126th	42nd	8th	120th	113th	64th	125th	66th	102nd	116th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Payton Thorne P. Thorne	13	234	388	60.3	29.8	3,233	8.3	248.7	27	10	148.1	7.0	2.6	135	21	151
Anthony Russo A. Russo	4	7	9	77.8	2.3	43	4.8	10.8	0	0	117.9	0.0	0.0	16	0	0
Tyler Hunt T. Hunt	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	15	15.0	1.4	0	0	226.0	0.0	0.0	15	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Kenneth Walker III K. Walker III	12	264	22.0	1,646	6.2	137.2	18	94	277	1,735
Payton Thorne P. Thorne	13	81	6.2	171	2.1	13.2	4	44	82	186
Jordon Simmons J. Simmons	13	70	5.4	278	4.0	21.4	0	34	76	300
Elijah Collins E. Collins	7	18	2.6	102	5.7	14.6	0	21	21	136
Harold Joiner H. Joiner	12	13	1.1	43	3.3	3.6	0	18	18	78
Jayden Reed J. Reed	13	7	0.5	34	4.9	2.6	1	12	66	1,060
Donovan Eaglin D. Eaglin	12	6	0.5	33	5.5	2.8	0	14	6	33
Anthony Russo A. Russo	4	3	0.8	10	3.3	2.5	0	7	3	10
Tre Mosley T. Mosley	13	2	0.2	-1	-0.5	-0.1	0	2	37	529
Connor Heyward C. Heyward	13	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.5	0	7	36	333
Bryce Baringer B. Baringer	13	1	0.1	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0	0	1	-3
Jalen Nailor J. Nailor	9	1	0.1	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0	0	38	692

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jayden Reed J. Reed	13	59	103	4.5	1,026	17.4	78.9	10	113	66	1,060
Jalen Nailor J. Nailor	9	37	77	4.1	695	18.8	77.2	6	115	38	692
Tre Mosley T. Mosley	13	35	51	2.7	530	15.1	40.8	3	66	37	529
Connor Heyward C. Heyward	13	35	45	2.7	326	9.3	25.1	2	50	36	333
Tyler Hunt T. Hunt	11	14	17	1.3	136	9.7	12.4	1	16	14	136
Kenneth Walker III K. Walker III	12	13	20	1.1	89	6.8	7.4	1	17	277	1,735
Montorie Foster Jr. M. Foster Jr.	13	12	22	0.9	164	13.7	12.6	1	52	12	164
Maliq Carr M. Carr	11	8	10	0.7	135	16.9	12.3	0	65	8	135
Keon Coleman K. Coleman	10	7	9	0.7	50	7.1	5.0	1	23	7	50
Jordon Simmons J. Simmons	13	6	8	0.5	22	3.7	1.7	1	19	76	300
Harold Joiner H. Joiner	12	5	6	0.4	35	7.0	2.9	0	17	18	78
Elijah Collins E. Collins	7	3	5	0.4	34	11.3	4.9	1	20	21	136
Terry Lockett Jr. T. Lockett Jr.	9	3	7	0.3	18	6.0	2.0	0	8	3	18
Christian Fitzpatrick C. Fitzpatrick	10	2	4	0.2	3	1.5	0.3	0	2	2	3
Payton Thorne P. Thorne	13	1	1	0.1	15	15.0	1.2	0	15	82	186
Ian Stewart I. Stewart	2	1	1	0.5	8	8.0	4.0	0	8
Trenton Gillison T. Gillison	6	1	1	0.2	5	5.0	0.8	0	5	1	5

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Xavier Henderson X. Henderson	13	59	33	92	6	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cal Haladay C. Haladay	13	40	45	85	2	0.5	3	2	108	54	2	108
Darius Snow D. Snow	13	58	22	80	3	0.0	1	1	10	10	0	10
Quavaris Crouch Q. Crouch	10	42	22	64	2	2.0	0	0	0		0	0
Angelo Grose A. Grose	13	50	13	63	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jacub Panasiuk J. Panasiuk	13	19	19	38	6	7.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jacob Slade J. Slade	13	17	20	37	4	2.5	0	0	0		0	0
Ronald Williams R. Williams	13	27	6	33	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Chester Kimbrough C. Kimbrough	12	24	9	33	2	1.0	1	1	62	62	0	62
Michael Dowell M. Dowell	11	22	8	30	2	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jeff Pietrowski Jr. J. Pietrowski Jr.	13	19	10	29	5	5.5	0	0	0		0	0
Noah Harvey N. Harvey	11	14	15	29	4	2.0	1	1	35	35	0	35
Simeon Barrow Jr. S. Barrow Jr.	10	9	19	28	1	3.0	0	0	0		0	0
Drew Beesley D. Beesley	9	18	8	26	3	5.5	0	0	0		0	0
Maverick Hansen M. Hansen	13	12	13	25	5	3.5	0	0	0		0	0
Marqui Lowery Jr. M. Lowery Jr.	8	16	6	22	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Charles Brantley C. Brantley	6	14	3	17	0	0.0	1	1	7	7	0	7
Drew Jordan D. Jordan	12	6	8	14	1	1.5	0	0	0		0	0
Kalon Gervin K. Gervin	4	12	1	13	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Ben VanSumeren B. VanSumeren	13	7	4	11	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Justin White J. White	12	6	5	11	0	0.0	1	1	10	10	0	10
Dashaun Mallory D. Mallory	10	4	6	10	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Kendell Brooks K. Brooks	11	7	2	9	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Chase Kline C. Kline	4	2	7	9	0	0.5	1	0	0		0	0
Ma'a Gaoteote M. Gaoteote	8	4	2	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Brandon Wright B. Wright	10	4	2	6	1	2.5	0	0	0		0	0
Harold Joiner H. Joiner	12	3	2	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Itayvion Brown I. Brown	6	3	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jalen Hunt J. Hunt	9	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Michael Fletcher M. Fletcher	6	0	4	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Tre Mosley T. Mosley	13	3	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Kyle King K. King	6	2	0	2	0	1.0	1	0	0		0	0
Kobe Myers K. Myers	2	2	0	2	0	0.0	0
Jalen Nailor J. Nailor	9	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Hank Pepper H. Pepper	13	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Emmanuel Flowers E. Flowers	10	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Zach Slade Z. Slade	3	1	1	2	0	0.0	0
Matt Allen M. Allen	13	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
AJ Arcuri	13	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Bryce Baringer B. Baringer	13	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Montorie Foster Jr. M. Foster Jr.	13	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Spencer Rowland S. Rowland	6	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Stephen Rusnak S. Rusnak	5	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Payton Thorne P. Thorne	13	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jack Camper J. Camper	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	0
Elijah Collins E. Collins	7	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Derrick Harmon D. Harmon	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0
Anthony Russo A. Russo	4	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	RET	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Jayden Reed J. Reed	13	1	10	2	13	0	0	1	36
Matt Coghlin M. Coghlin	12	0	0	0	0	12	41	0	24
Jalen Nailor J. Nailor	9	0	6	0	6	0	0	1	14
Cal Haladay C. Haladay	13	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	6
Connor Heyward C. Heyward	13	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	6
Kenneth Walker III K. Walker III	12	18	1	0	19	0	0	0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	KR LNG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD	PR LNG
Jayden Reed J. Reed	13	16	376	23.5	0	0	12	238	19.8	2	104
Jalen Nailor J. Nailor	9	5	81	16.2	0	0	0	0		0	0
Montorie Foster Jr. M. Foster Jr.	13	5	77	15.4	0	0	0	0		0	0
Cade McDonald C. McDonald	4						1	-1	-1.0	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
Matt Coghlin M. Coghlin	12	12	19	63.2	0-0	7-7	3-6	1-4	1-2	41	41	100.0	77
Stephen Rusnak S. Rusnak	5	0	1	0.0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	4	5	80.0	4
Evan Johnson E. Johnson	1									1	2	50.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Bryce Baringer B. Baringer	13	59	2,857	48.4	127	0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

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

377.4

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	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	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