#3 Michigan State Spartans

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	9	264	3,455	669	5.2	2,367	533	4.4	1,088	136	8.0
Team Rank		3rd	10th	25th	11th	13th	21st	13th	26th	50th	13th
Opponent	9	75	1,724		3.1	1,055	422	2.5	669	134	5.0
Opponent Rank		49th	3rd		5th	7th	22nd	4th	25th	44th	22nd
Net		+189	+1,731	+669	+2.1	+1,312	+111	+1.9	+419	+2	+3.0
Net Rank		4th	5th	25th	6th	10th	15th	11th	15th	47th	8th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Jim Ninowski J. Ninowski	9	45	79	57.0	8.8	718	9.1	79.8	6	3	150.8	7.6	3.8
Mike Panitch M. Panitch	9	19	33	57.6	3.7	267	8.1	29.7	2	1	139.5	6.1	3.0
Larry Bielat L. Bielat	9	5	16	31.3	1.8	86	5.4	9.6	0	2	51.4	0.0	12.5
Dean Look D. Look	9	2	4	50.0	0.4	17	4.3	1.9	0	1	35.7	0.0	25.0
Bob Handloser B. Handloser	9	0	4	0.0	0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-50.0	0.0	25.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Walt Kowalczyk W. Kowalczyk	9	101	11.2	545	5.4	60.6	9	108	673
Blanche Martin B. Martin	9	100	11.1	528	5.3	58.7	6	106	608
Don Gilbert D. Gilbert	9	63	7.0	275	4.4	30.6	0
Art Johnson A. Johnson	9	56	6.2	392	7.0	43.6	6	64	463
Dean Look D. Look	9	52	5.8	231	4.4	25.7	1	55	265
Mike Panitch M. Panitch	9	41	4.6	126	3.1	14.0	1
Robert Bercich R. Bercich	9	35	3.9	161	4.6	17.9	2
Jim Ninowski J. Ninowski	9	34	3.8	-85	-2.5	-9.4	0
Roger Donnahoo R. Donnahoo	9	23	2.6	127	5.5	14.1	1	26	189
Bob Handloser B. Handloser	9	14	1.6	69	4.9	7.7	2
Larry Bielat L. Bielat	9	2	0.2	4	2.0	0.4	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Dave Kaiser D. Kaiser	9	19	2.1	267	14.1	29.7	1
Sam Williams S. Williams	9	11	1.2	236	21.5	26.2	3
Art Johnson A. Johnson	9	8	0.9	71	8.9	7.9	1	64	463
Walt Kowalczyk W. Kowalczyk	9	7	0.8	128	18.3	14.2	0	108	673
Blanche Martin B. Martin	9	6	0.7	80	13.3	8.9	1	106	608
Larry Harding L. Harding	9	5	0.6	79	15.8	8.8	1
Bob Jewett B. Jewett	9	5	0.6	78	15.6	8.7	1
Tony Kolodziej T. Kolodziej	9	4	0.4	53	13.3	5.9	0
Roger Donnahoo R. Donnahoo	9	3	0.3	62	20.7	6.9	0	26	189
Dean Look D. Look	9	3	0.3	34	11.3	3.8	0	55	265

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Walt Kowalczyk W. Kowalczyk	9	9	0	9	54
Art Johnson A. Johnson	9	6	1	7	42
Blanche Martin B. Martin	9	6	1	7	42
Jim Ninowski J. Ninowski	9	0		6	36
Mike Panitch M. Panitch	9	1		3	18
Sam Williams S. Williams	9		3	3	18
Robert Bercich R. Bercich	9	2		2	12
Bob Handloser B. Handloser	9	2		2	12
Roger Donnahoo R. Donnahoo	9	1	0	1	6
Larry Harding L. Harding	9		1	1	6
Bob Jewett B. Jewett	9		1	1	6
Dave Kaiser D. Kaiser	9		1	1	6
Dean Look D. Look	9	1	0	1	6

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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

7.0

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

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

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