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

908

Jackson

896

Maiava

887

Lopez

Rush Yards Leaders

397

Burgess

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

444

Toney

400

Smith

376

Legree

Pass TD Leaders

11

Mensah

10

Maiava

9

Boley

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Jackson

Rec TD Leaders

5

Toney

5

Duff

5

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

243.9

Jennings

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

59.0

58.5

54.5

54.0

53.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.5

6.5

7.0

Total Yards Rankings

620.5

594.3

586.0

573.5

569.0

566.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

396.5

364.7

358.0

343.5

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	3	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	2	.333
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	2	.333
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	2	.333
6	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
7	Kent State	1	2	.333
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

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

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	3	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Oregon	2	1	.667
12	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
13	Illinois	1	1	.500
14	Minnesota	2	1	.667
15	Ohio State	2	1	.667
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333