Northern Illinois Huskies

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	301	4,088	793	5.2	2,516	578	4.4	1,572	215	7.3
Team Rank		41st	53rd	43rd	54th	15th	6th	37th	91st	97th	44th
Opponent	11	294	3,959		5.1	1,545	442	3.5	2,414	339	7.1
Opponent Rank		71st	48th		51st	40th	39th	36th	78th	78th	58th
Net		+7	+129	+793	+0.1	+971	+136	+0.9	-842	-124	+0.2
Net Rank		52nd	53rd	43rd	54th	12th	10th	28th	97th	97th	49th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Aaron Gilbert A. Gilbert	11	93	185	50.3	16.8	1,437	7.8	130.6	8	7	122.2	4.3	3.8
Brandon Barker B. Barker	11	9	21	42.9	1.9	49	2.3	4.5	0	0	62.5	0.0	0.0
Jason Jones J. Jones	11	4	8	50.0	0.7	86	10.8	7.8	1	0	181.6	12.5	0.0
Sean Allgood S. Allgood	11	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
Brian Grimes B. Grimes	11	169	15.4	876	5.2	79.6	8	173	891
Charles Talley C. Talley	11	127	11.5	587	4.6	53.4	9	131	614
Sean Allgood S. Allgood	11	94	8.5	557	5.9	50.6	6
Aaron Gilbert A. Gilbert	11	60	5.5	-23	-0.4	-2.1	0	61	-12
George Anthony G. Anthony	11	39	3.5	141	3.6	12.8	1	40	153
Dante Wharton D. Wharton	11	30	2.7	119	4.0	10.8	1
Alton Francis A. Francis	11	20	1.8	113	5.7	10.3	1
Brandon Barker B. Barker	11	11	1.0	10	0.9	0.9	0
Ralph Strickland R. Strickland	11	7	0.6	32	4.6	2.9	2	17	257
Marceo Haywood M. Haywood	11	6	0.5	25	4.2	2.3	0
Brandon Willis B. Willis	11	4	0.4	38	9.5	3.5	0	21	265
Vaurice Patterson V. Patterson	11	3	0.3	51	17.0	4.6	1	37	629
Justin Knapp J. Knapp	11	3	0.3	8	2.7	0.7	0
Jason Jones J. Jones	11	3	0.3	-2	-0.7	-0.2	0
Otha Brooks O. Brooks	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	11	171

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Vaurice Patterson V. Patterson	11	34	3.1	578	17.0	52.5	4	37	629
Brandon Willis B. Willis	11	17	1.5	227	13.4	20.6	1	21	265
Mitch Jacoby M. Jacoby	11	12	1.1	106	8.8	9.6	0
Ralph Strickland R. Strickland	11	10	0.9	225	22.5	20.5	2	17	257
Otha Brooks O. Brooks	11	10	0.9	170	17.0	15.5	1	11	171
Jerry Bartol J. Bartol	11	8	0.7	150	18.8	13.6	1
Horace McCoy H. McCoy	11	4	0.4	29	7.3	2.6	0
Charles Talley C. Talley	11	4	0.4	27	6.8	2.5	0	131	614
Brian Grimes B. Grimes	11	4	0.4	15	3.8	1.4	0	173	891
Andy Antione A. Antione	11	1	0.1	22	22.0	2.0	0
George Anthony G. Anthony	11	1	0.1	12	12.0	1.1	0	40	153
Aaron Gilbert A. Gilbert	11	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.0	0	61	-12

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Scott Caringella S. Caringella	11	4	37	9.3
Eddie Davis E. Davis	11	3	21	7
Sam Denson S. Denson	11	2	12	6
Chad Smith C. Smith	11	1	8	8
C.J. Rose	11	1	2	2
Mike Duchane M. Duchane	11	1	0	0
Todd Garifo T. Garifo	11	1	0	0
Damien Mallory D. Mallory	11	1	0	0
Greg Parrish G. Parrish	11	1	-7	-7

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Lance Lasseigne L. Lasseigne	11				12	33	69
Charles Talley C. Talley	11	9	0	9			54
Aaron Gilbert A. Gilbert	11	0	0	8			48
Brian Grimes B. Grimes	11	8	0	8			48
Sean Allgood S. Allgood	11	6		6			36
Vaurice Patterson V. Patterson	11	1	4	5			30
Ralph Strickland R. Strickland	11	2	2	4			24
George Anthony G. Anthony	11	1	0	1			6
Jerry Bartol J. Bartol	11		1	1			6
Otha Brooks O. Brooks	11	0	1	1			6
Alton Francis A. Francis	11	1		1			6
Jason Jones J. Jones	11	0		1			6
Dante Wharton D. Wharton	11	1		1			6
Brandon Willis B. Willis	11	0	1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Vaurice Patterson V. Patterson	11					22	252	11.5	0
Brandon Willis B. Willis	11	13	233	17.9	0	2	6	3.0	0
Alton Francis A. Francis	11	11	279	25.4	0
Otha Brooks O. Brooks	11	10	228	22.8	0
Eric Metz E. Metz	11	3	28	9.3	0
Eddie Davis E. Davis	11					1	14	14.0	0
Chad Smith C. Smith	11	1	8	8.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Lance Lasseigne L. Lasseigne	11	12	18	66.7						33	35	94.3	69

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Jamie Dobay J. Dobay	11	57	2,110	37.0
	Justin Knapp J. Knapp	11	2	102	51.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333