#15 Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	308	4,305	787	5.5	1,858	459	4.0	2,447	328	7.5
Team Rank		47th	42nd	49th	37th	48th	53rd	45th	43rd	52nd	34th
Opponent	11	230	3,643		5.0	1,556	431	3.6	2,087	297	7.0
Opponent Rank		31st	32nd		46th	39th	34th	46th	42nd	26th	52nd
Net		+78	+662	+787	+0.5	+302	+28	+0.4	+360	+31	+0.4
Net Rank		37th	33rd	49th	44th	43rd	43rd	45th	33rd	38th	43rd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	11	196	323	60.7	29.4	2,404	7.4	218.5	15	11	131.7	4.6	3.4
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	10	4	4	100.0	0.4	20	5.0	2.0	0	0	142.0	0.0	0.0
D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	23	23.0	2.1	1	0	623.2	100.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Darnell Autry D. Autry	10	263	26.3	1,386	5.3	138.6	15	286	1,551
Adrian Autry A. Autry	11	111	10.1	423	3.8	38.5	4	119	484
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	11	62	5.6	-1	0.0	-0.1	1
Faraji Leary F. Leary	11	9	0.8	32	3.6	2.9	0	11	53
Mike Davis M. Davis	11	4	0.4	9	2.3	0.8	0	6	26
D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	11	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.3	0	67	1,113
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	10	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.4	0	8	139
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	10	2	0.2	3	1.5	0.3	0	3	6
Levelle Brown L. Brown	10	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	1	4	17
Tyrone Gooch T. Gooch	10	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0
Paul Burton P. Burton	11	1	0.1	-11	-11.0	-1.0	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	11	65	5.9	1,099	16.9	99.9	11	67	1,113
Brian Musso B. Musso	11	41	3.7	424	10.3	38.5	2
Darnell Autry D. Autry	10	23	2.3	165	7.2	16.5	1	286	1,551
Darren Drexler D. Drexler	11	20	1.8	261	13.1	23.7	2
Mike McGrew M. McGrew	11	13	1.2	111	8.5	10.1	0
Toussaint Waterman T. Waterman	11	12	1.1	115	9.6	10.5	0
Adrian Autry A. Autry	11	8	0.7	61	7.6	5.5	0	119	484
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	10	6	0.6	125	20.8	12.5	0	8	139
Levelle Brown L. Brown	10	3	0.3	14	4.7	1.4	0	4	17
Faraji Leary F. Leary	11	2	0.2	21	10.5	1.9	0	11	53
Mike Davis M. Davis	11	2	0.2	17	8.5	1.5	0	6	26
John Burden J. Burden	11	2	0.2	15	7.5	1.4	0
Jay Tant J. Tant	11	2	0.2	9	4.5	0.8	0
Joel Stuart J. Stuart	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	10	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	3	6

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Josh Barnes J. Barnes	11	3	0	0
Pat Fitzgerald P. Fitzgerald	11	2	25	12.5
Thor Schmidt T. Schmidt	11	2	16	8
Mike Nelson M. Nelson	11	2	0	0
Barry Gardner B. Gardner	11	1	1	1
Hudhaifa Ismaeli H. Ismaeli	11	1	0	0
Tim Scharf T. Scharf	11	1	0	0
Matt Stewart M. Stewart	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Darnell Autry D. Autry	10	15	1	16			96
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	11	1		16			96
Brian Gowins B. Gowins	11				16	30	78
D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	11	0	11	12			72
Adrian Autry A. Autry	11	4	0	4			24
Brian Musso B. Musso	11		2	3			18
Darren Drexler D. Drexler	11		2	2			12
Levelle Brown L. Brown	10	1	0	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Brian Musso B. Musso	11					23	263	11.4	1
Hudhaifa Ismaeli H. Ismaeli	11	14	315	22.5	0
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	10	6	125	20.8	0
Jay Tant J. Tant	11	3	13	4.3	0
Adrian Autry A. Autry	11	2	40	20.0	0
Joel Stuart J. Stuart	11	2	17	8.5	0
Darnell Autry D. Autry	10	2	16	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
	Brian Gowins B. Gowins	11	16	24	66.7						30	32	93.8	78

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Paul Burton P. Burton	11	39	1,748	44.8
	Brian Gowins B. Gowins	11	1	36	36.0

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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

7.5

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

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

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