Illinois Fighting Illini

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	235	4,016	761	5.3	1,647	382	4.3	2,369	379	6.3
Team Rank		62nd	45th	72nd	37th	59th	93rd	32nd	30th	22nd	79th
Opponent	11	229	3,476		4.4	1,701	487	3.5	1,775	302	5.9
Opponent Rank		47th	29th		25th	44th	55th	39th	23rd	49th	20th
Net		+6	+540	+761	+0.9	-54	-105	+0.8	+594	+77	+0.4
Net Rank		56th	36th	72nd	29th	57th	86th	32nd	17th	19th	47th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Jeff George J. George	11	212	366	57.9	33.3	2,257	6.2	205.2	9	8	113.5	2.5	2.2
Peter Freund P. Freund	11	8	10	80.0	0.9	77	7.7	7.0	0	0	144.7	0.0	0.0
Keith Jones K. Jones	11	2	3	66.7	0.3	35	11.7	3.2	2	0	384.7	66.7	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Keith Jones K. Jones	11	206	18.7	1,108	5.4	100.7	10	252	1,482
Howard Griffith H. Griffith	11	109	9.9	615	5.6	55.9	7	141	804
Jeff George J. George	11	24	2.2	-190	-7.9	-17.3	0	26	-189
Greg Turner G. Turner	11	12	1.1	68	5.7	6.2	0	19	105
Mark Qualls M. Qualls	11	11	1.0	23	2.1	2.1	0	12	26
Lynn McClellan L. McClellan	11	7	0.6	46	6.6	4.2	0	11	88
Victor Bowlay-Williams V. Bowlay-Williams	11	6	0.5	10	1.7	0.9	0	7	12
Peter Freund P. Freund	11	4	0.4	-28	-7.0	-2.5	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Keith Jones K. Jones	11	46	4.2	374	8.1	34.0	0	252	1,482
Steve Williams S. Williams	11	38	3.5	523	13.8	47.5	2
Howard Griffith H. Griffith	11	32	2.9	189	5.9	17.2	0	141	804
Mike Bellamy M. Bellamy	11	31	2.8	477	15.4	43.4	2
Jeff Finke J. Finke	11	25	2.3	317	12.7	28.8	2
Shawn Wax S. Wax	11	15	1.4	260	17.3	23.6	3
Dan Donovan D. Donovan	11	8	0.7	52	6.5	4.7	1
Greg Turner G. Turner	11	7	0.6	37	5.3	3.4	0	19	105
Doug Amaya D. Amaya	11	5	0.5	25	5.0	2.3	0
Lynn McClellan L. McClellan	11	4	0.4	42	10.5	3.8	0	11	88
Shawn McGarry S. McGarry	11	3	0.3	32	10.7	2.9	0
Elbert Turner E. Turner	11	3	0.3	31	10.3	2.8	0
Jeff George J. George	11	2	0.2	1	0.5	0.1	1	26	-189
Frank Hartley F. Hartley	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0
Mark Qualls M. Qualls	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	12	26
Victor Bowlay-Williams V. Bowlay-Williams	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	7	12

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Marlon Primous M. Primous	11	3	11	3.7
Chris Green C. Green	11	2	31	15.5
Romero Brice R. Brice	11	2	8	4
Henry Jones H. Jones	11	2	3	1.5
Steve Glasson S. Glasson	11	1	24	24
Julyon Brown J. Brown	11	1	3	3

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Keith Jones K. Jones	11	10	0	12			72
Jeff George J. George	11	0	1	10			60
Doug Higgins D. Higgins	11				10	27	57
Howard Griffith H. Griffith	11	7	0	7			42
Shawn Wax S. Wax	11		3	3			18
Mike Bellamy M. Bellamy	11		2	2			12
Jeff Finke J. Finke	11		2	2			12
Steve Williams S. Williams	11		2	2			12
Dan Donovan D. Donovan	11		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Steve Mueller S. Mueller	11					25	107	4.3	0
Steve Williams S. Williams	11	9	141	15.7	0	3	25	8.3	0
Keith Jones K. Jones	11	11	195	17.7	0
Mark Qualls M. Qualls	11	8	147	18.4	0
Greg Boysaw G. Boysaw	11	7	104	14.9	0
Elbert Turner E. Turner	11	4	49	12.3	0
Henry Jones H. Jones	11	1	1	1.0	0	2	5	2.5	0
Mike Bellamy M. Bellamy	11	2	16	8.0	0
Patrick Donnelly P. Donnelly	11					1	29	29.0	0
Lynn McClellan L. McClellan	11	1	12	12.0	0
Roosevelt Wardell R. Wardell	11	1	2	2.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Doug Higgins D. Higgins	11	10	14	71.4						27	27	100.0	57

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Brian Menkhausen B. Menkhausen	11	70	2,470	35.3

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,746

Veltkamp

2,649

Mestemaker

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.6

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

324.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
3	Louisiana	5	3	.625
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	4	.500
6	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Marshall	5	3	.625
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	4	4	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	6	2	.750
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	South Florida	6	2	.750
7	UAB	4	4	.500
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375