Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	140	3,157	794	4.0	1,802	540	3.3	1,355	254	5.3
Team Rank		112th	95th	41st	105th	88th	85th	95th	55th	29th	110th
Opponent	11	385	4,896		5.8	3,557	658	5.4	1,339	180	7.4
Opponent Rank		182nd	129th		128th	128th	125th	128th	72nd	31st	105th
Net		-245	-1,739	+794	-1.9	-1,755	-118	-2.1	+16	+74	-2.1
Net Rank		180th	125th	41st	126th	125th	109th	125th	52nd	18th	119th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Mitch Anderson M. Anderson	11	101	225	44.9	20.5	1,282	5.7	116.5	7	16	88.8	3.1	7.1
Stephen Moor S. Moor	11	5	20	25.0	1.8	48	2.4	4.4	0	3	15.2	0.0	15.0
Jim Pooler J. Pooler	11	2	5	40.0	0.5	25	5.0	2.3	0	0	82.0	0.0	0.0
Kim Girkins K. Girkins	11	0	4	0.0	0.4	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
Jim Pooler J. Pooler	11	216	19.6	949	4.4	86.3	9	220	974
Jim Trimble J. Trimble	11	118	10.7	525	4.4	47.7	0	127	584
Rich Boothe R. Boothe	11	100	9.1	375	3.8	34.1	1	111	484
Mitch Anderson M. Anderson	11	47	4.3	-173	-3.7	-15.7	1
Robert Hill R. Hill	11	29	2.6	125	4.3	11.4	0	30	128
Stephen Moor S. Moor	11	15	1.4	-15	-1.0	-1.4	0
Roger Smeele R. Smeele	11	8	0.7	29	3.6	2.6	0	9	31
Kim Girkins K. Girkins	11	4	0.4	-11	-2.8	-1.0	0
Bill Geegan B. Geegan	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0
Joe Puleo J. Puleo	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0
Randy Dean R. Dean	11	1	0.1	-7	-7.0	-0.6	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Scott Yelvington S. Yelvington	11	37	3.4	417	11.3	37.9	2
Wayne Frederickson W. Frederickson	11	14	1.3	219	15.6	19.9	0
Rich Boothe R. Boothe	11	11	1.0	109	9.9	9.9	1	111	484
Pat McNamara P. McNamara	11	9	0.8	175	19.4	15.9	2
Mike Darraugh M. Darraugh	11	9	0.8	142	15.8	12.9	0
Jim Trimble J. Trimble	11	9	0.8	59	6.6	5.4	0	127	584
Bill Stevens B. Stevens	11	8	0.7	153	19.1	13.9	2
Jim Pooler J. Pooler	11	4	0.4	25	6.3	2.3	0	220	974
Dan Cleary D. Cleary	11	2	0.2	30	15.0	2.7	0
Jeff Drinan J. Drinan	11	2	0.2	20	10.0	1.8	0
Robert Hill R. Hill	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	30	128
Roger Smeele R. Smeele	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	9	31
Pat Geegan P. Geegan	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Jim Pooler J. Pooler	11	9	0	9	54
Mitch Anderson M. Anderson	11	1		8	48
Rich Boothe R. Boothe	11	1	1	2	12
Pat McNamara P. McNamara	11		2	2	12
Bill Stevens B. Stevens	11		2	2	12
Scott Yelvington S. Yelvington	11		2	2	12

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333