Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	141	3,131	815	3.8	1,555	497	3.1	1,576	318	5.0
Team Rank		110th	102nd	42nd	112th	71st	24th	94th	100th	70th	113th
Opponent	11	301	4,268		5.3	2,064	479	4.3	2,204	329	6.7
Opponent Rank		72nd	71st		64th	90th	86th	88th	33rd	43rd	46th
Net		-160	-1,137	+815	-1.4	-509	+18	-1.2	-628	-11	-1.7
Net Rank		103rd	103rd	42nd	106th	84th	49th	95th	98th	56th	100th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Nick Kreinbrink N. Kreinbrink	10	60	158	38.0	15.8	774	4.9	77.4	4	5	81.1	2.5	3.2
Zak Kustok Z. Kustok	7	70	153	45.8	21.9	741	4.8	105.9	3	6	85.1	2.0	3.9
Bob Barz B. Barz	1	2	6	33.3	6.0	38	6.3	38.0	0	1	53.2	0.0	16.7
J.J. Standring	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	23	23.0	2.1	0	0	293.2	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Damien Anderson D. Anderson	11	306	27.8	1,128	3.7	102.5	3	322	1,312
Zak Kustok Z. Kustok	7	92	13.1	209	2.3	29.9	2
Louis Ayeni L. Ayeni	11	44	4.0	160	3.6	14.5	0	49	180
Nick Kreinbrink N. Kreinbrink	10	32	3.2	-62	-1.9	-6.2	0
Sam Simmons S. Simmons	7	12	1.7	65	5.4	9.3	0	24	326
Ian Miller I. Miller	6	5	0.8	22	4.4	3.7	0	8	62
J.J. Standring	11	1	0.1	19	19.0	1.7	0
Teddy Johnson T. Johnson	8	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.8	0	24	360
Derrick Thompson D. Thompson	11	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.5	0	23	167
Tim Long T. Long	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0
Bob Barz B. Barz	1	1	1.0	1	1.0	1.0	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Teddy Johnson T. Johnson	8	23	2.9	354	15.4	44.3	4	24	360
Derrick Thompson D. Thompson	11	22	2.0	162	7.4	14.7	0	23	167
Jay Tant J. Tant	10	17	1.7	203	11.9	20.3	0
Damien Anderson D. Anderson	11	16	1.5	184	11.5	16.7	0	322	1,312
Sam Simmons S. Simmons	7	12	1.7	261	21.8	37.3	1	24	326
Jon Schweighardt J. Schweighardt	7	11	1.6	134	12.2	19.1	0
Aaron Burrell A. Burrell	10	11	1.1	77	7.0	7.7	0
Rob Johnson R. Johnson	7	8	1.1	89	11.1	12.7	0
Louis Ayeni L. Ayeni	11	5	0.5	20	4.0	1.8	0	49	180
Ian Miller I. Miller	6	3	0.5	40	13.3	6.7	1	8	62
John Cerasani J. Cerasani	10	3	0.3	28	9.3	2.8	1
Quentin Brown Q. Brown	8	1	0.1	12	12.0	1.5	0
Mike Sherry M. Sherry	10	1	0.1	12	12.0	1.2	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Harold Blackmon H. Blackmon	11	2	75	37.5	1
Kevin Bentley K. Bentley	11	2	40	20	1
Rashad Morton R. Morton	11	1	17	17	0
Marvin Brown M. Brown	6	1	15	15	0
Shegun Cummings-John S. Cummings-John	11	1	-3	-3	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Tim Long T. Long	11	0		0	12	11	47
Zak Kustok Z. Kustok	7	2		5			30
Teddy Johnson T. Johnson	8	0	4	4			24
Nick Kreinbrink N. Kreinbrink	10	0		4			24
Damien Anderson D. Anderson	11	3	0	3			18
Sam Simmons S. Simmons	7	0	1	2			12
Kevin Bentley K. Bentley	11			1			6
Harold Blackmon H. Blackmon	11			1			6
John Cerasani J. Cerasani	10		1	1			6
Ian Miller I. Miller	6	0	1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Louis Ayeni L. Ayeni	11	17	295	17.4	0
Sam Simmons S. Simmons	7	5	131	26.2	0	11	169	15.4	1
Derrick Thompson D. Thompson	11	3	64	21.3	0	6	43	7.2	0
Jon Schweighardt J. Schweighardt	7					8	20	2.5	0
Teddy Johnson T. Johnson	8	7	156	22.3	0
Kevin Lawrence K. Lawrence	9	4	90	22.5	0
Brian Marshall B. Marshall	9	4	60	15.0	0
Marvin Brown M. Brown	6					3	4	1.3	0
Harold Blackmon H. Blackmon	11					1	11	11.0	0
Raheem Covington R. Covington	10					1	7	7.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Tim Long T. Long	11	12	18	66.7						11	12	91.7	47

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	J.J. Standring	11	84	3,404	40.5

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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

Stokes

28

Mensah

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

520.7

517.0

516.6

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	10	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	4	.600
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	7	3	.700
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	8	.200
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	4	.600
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	5	5	.500
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	8	2	.800
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	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
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