Illinois Fighting Illini

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	141	2,960	672	4.4	2,155	547	3.9	805	125	6.4
Team Rank		125th	117th	134th	93rd	73rd	85th	58th	132nd	132nd	83rd
Opponent	11	292	4,615		5.5	3,368	668	5.0	1,247	174	7.2
Opponent Rank		189th	137th		134th	144th	142nd	139th	44th	17th	107th
Net		-151	-1,655	+672	-1.1	-1,213	-121	-1.1	-442	-49	-0.7
Net Rank		194th	138th	134th	122nd	130th	132nd	122nd	110th	111th	94th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Mike McCray M. McCray	11	36	60	60.0	5.5	418	7.0	38.0	1	1	120.7	1.7	1.7
Kurt Steger K. Steger	11	25	55	45.5	5.0	341	6.2	31.0	0	6	75.7	0.0	10.9
Tim McAvoy T. McAvoy	11	2	9	22.2	0.8	42	4.7	3.8	0	1	39.2	0.0	11.1
James Coleman J. Coleman	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	1	0	463.6	100.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
James Coleman J. Coleman	11	143	13.0	715	5.0	65.0	1	145	735
Charlie Weber C. Weber	11	87	7.9	369	4.2	33.5	1	92	395
Mike McCray M. McCray	11	87	7.9	157	1.8	14.3	4
Kurt Steger K. Steger	11	75	6.8	174	2.3	15.8	4
Wayne Strader W. Strader	11	68	6.2	348	5.1	31.6	2	70	361
Clarence Baker C. Baker	11	32	2.9	131	4.1	11.9	1	34	140
Tim McAvoy T. McAvoy	11	28	2.5	95	3.4	8.6	1
Vincent Carter V. Carter	11	17	1.5	116	6.8	10.5	1
Greg Foster G. Foster	11	9	0.8	37	4.1	3.4	0
Dave Finzer D. Finzer	11	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.2	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Tom Schooley T. Schooley	11	15	1.4	231	15.4	21.0	1
Lee Boeke L. Boeke	11	11	1.0	109	9.9	9.9	1
Eric Rouse E. Rouse	11	10	0.9	119	11.9	10.8	0
Dan Bulow D. Bulow	11	9	0.8	182	20.2	16.5	0
Charlie Weber C. Weber	11	5	0.5	26	5.2	2.4	0	92	395
John Peach J. Peach	11	3	0.3	42	14.0	3.8	0
Doug Cozen D. Cozen	11	2	0.2	41	20.5	3.7	0
James Coleman J. Coleman	11	2	0.2	20	10.0	1.8	0	145	735
Wayne Strader W. Strader	11	2	0.2	13	6.5	1.2	0	70	361
Clarence Baker C. Baker	11	2	0.2	9	4.5	0.8	0	34	140
Tim Norman T. Norman	11	1	0.1	9	9.0	0.8	0
Mike Sherrod M. Sherrod	11	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.5	0
Rich Grimmett R. Grimmett	11	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
David Blakely D. Blakely	11	3	40	13.3
Dale Hardy D. Hardy	11	2	22	11
John Meyer J. Meyer	11	2	8	4
Ray Pavesic R. Pavesic	11	1	9	9
John Scott J. Scott	11	1	8	8
Bob Scott B. Scott	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Mike McCray M. McCray	11	4		5			30
Dave Finzer D. Finzer	11	0		0	6	7	25
Kurt Steger K. Steger	11	4		4			24
James Coleman J. Coleman	11	1	0	3			18
Wayne Strader W. Strader	11	2	0	2			12
Clarence Baker C. Baker	11	1	0	1			6
Lee Boeke L. Boeke	11		1	1			6
Vincent Carter V. Carter	11	1		1			6
Tim McAvoy T. McAvoy	11	1		1			6
Tom Schooley T. Schooley	11		1	1			6
Charlie Weber C. Weber	11	1	0	1			6
Cliff Jones C. Jones	11				0	2	2

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
James Coleman J. Coleman	11	23	572	24.9	1	5	45	9.0	0
Clarence Baker C. Baker	11	5	97	19.4	0
Dale Hardy D. Hardy	11					3	14	4.7	0
Vincent Carter V. Carter	11	2	28	14.0	0
Greg Foster G. Foster	11	1	42	42.0	0
John Peach J. Peach	11	1	21	21.0	0
Carooq Taylor C. Taylor	11					1	0	0.0	0
Charlie Weber C. Weber	11	1	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
	Dave Finzer D. Finzer	11	6	11	54.5						7	13	53.8	25
	Cliff Jones C. Jones	11	0	1	0.0						2	2	100.0	2

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Dave Finzer D. Finzer	11	54	2,012	37.3

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250