Illinois Fighting Illini

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	143	2,505	702	3.6	1,333	474	2.8	1,172	228	5.1
Team Rank		87th	95th	47th	100th	79th	57th	87th	76th	48th	98th
Opponent	10	213	3,018		4.3	1,748	479	3.6	1,270	229	5.5
Opponent Rank		137th	75th		69th	81st	72nd	89th	52nd	72nd	33rd
Net		-70	-513	+702	-0.7	-415	-5	-0.8	-98	-1	-0.4
Net Rank		126th	88th	47th	92nd	87th	62nd	93rd	76th	51st	71st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Dean Volkman D. Volkman	10	77	183	42.1	18.3	1,005	5.5	100.5	3	12	80.5	1.6	6.6
Bob Naponic B. Naponic	10	13	29	44.8	2.9	126	4.3	12.6	1	1	85.8	3.4	3.4
Bob Bess B. Bess	10	3	14	21.4	1.4	41	2.9	4.1	0	2	17.5	0.0	14.3
Dave Jackson D. Jackson	10	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0
John Wright J. Wright	10	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
Rich Johnson R. Johnson	10	195	19.5	768	3.9	76.8	6	197	779
Dave Jackson D. Jackson	10	100	10.0	325	3.3	32.5	4	107	431
Dean Volkman D. Volkman	10	58	5.8	-10	-0.2	-1.0	0	59	5
Bob Naponic B. Naponic	10	32	3.2	54	1.7	5.4	1
Ken Bargo K. Bargo	10	25	2.5	79	3.2	7.9	0
Carson Brooks C. Brooks	10	24	2.4	66	2.8	6.6	0	32	118
Bill Huston B. Huston	10	18	1.8	28	1.6	2.8	1	20	67
Bob Bess B. Bess	10	16	1.6	45	2.8	4.5	1
Norris Coleman N. Coleman	10	2	0.2	7	3.5	0.7	0
John Wright J. Wright	10	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	53	700
Charles Bareither C. Bareither	10	1	0.1	-15	-15.0	-1.5	0	2	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
John Wright J. Wright	10	52	5.2	698	13.4	69.8	4	53	700
Craig Timko C. Timko	10	11	1.1	142	12.9	14.2	0
Len Wislow L. Wislow	10	9	0.9	94	10.4	9.4	0
Carson Brooks C. Brooks	10	8	0.8	52	6.5	5.2	0	32	118
Dave Jackson D. Jackson	10	7	0.7	106	15.1	10.6	0	107	431
Bill Huston B. Huston	10	2	0.2	39	19.5	3.9	0	20	67
Rich Johnson R. Johnson	10	2	0.2	11	5.5	1.1	0	197	779
Charles Bareither C. Bareither	10	1	0.1	15	15.0	1.5	0	2	0
Dean Volkman D. Volkman	10	1	0.1	15	15.0	1.5	0	59	5

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Rich Johnson R. Johnson	10	6	0	6	36
Dave Jackson D. Jackson	10	4	0	4	24
John Wright J. Wright	10	0	4	4	24
Dean Volkman D. Volkman	10	0	0	3	18
Bob Naponic B. Naponic	10	1		2	12
Bob Bess B. Bess	10	1		1	6
Bill Huston B. Huston	10	1	0	1	6

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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