Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	12	295	4,914	908	5.4	2,066	445	4.6	2,848	463	6.2	263	115	132	132	79	689
Team Rank		58th	28th	11th	51st	33rd	61st	28th	35th	11th	102nd	22nd	29th	24th	24th	77th	82nd
Opponent	12	342	4,692		5.1	1,671	467	3.6	3,021	454	6.7	257	89	152	152	72	556
Opponent Rank		89th	95th		51st	60th	85th	45th	112th	121st	48th	111th	50th	123rd	123rd	76th	89th
Net		-47	+222	+908	+0.3	+395	-22	+1.1	-173	+9	-0.5	+6	+26	-20	-20	+7	+133
Net Rank		82nd	48th	11th	47th	41st	74th	28th	81st	56th	84th	50th	28th	102nd	102nd	83rd	101st

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Brett Basanez B. Basanez	12	247	460	53.7	38.3	2,838	6.2	236.5	12	9	110.2	2.6	2.0
	Chris Malleo C. Malleo	2	2	3	66.7	1.5	10	3.3	5.0	0	0	94.7	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	274	22.8	1,381	5.0	115.1	14	310	1,732
Brett Basanez B. Basanez	12	83	6.9	258	3.1	21.5	5
Terrell Jordan T. Jordan	11	65	5.9	315	4.8	28.6	3	69	344
Jonathan Fields J. Fields	12	7	0.6	60	8.6	5.0	0	55	620
Chris Malleo C. Malleo	2	7	3.5	26	3.7	13.0	0
Brandon Horn B. Horn	8	3	0.4	17	5.7	2.1	0	27	222
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	2	2	1.0	15	7.5	7.5	0
Eric Batis E. Batis	1	1	1.0	21	21.0	21.0	1
Brian Huffman B. Huffman	12	1	0.1	-7	-7.0	-0.6	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	8	54	6.8	633	11.7	79.1	2
Jonathan Fields J. Fields	12	48	4.0	560	11.7	46.7	4	55	620
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	36	3.0	351	9.8	29.3	1	310	1,732
Shaun Herbert S. Herbert	12	32	2.7	465	14.5	38.8	1
Ashton Aikens A. Aikens	10	32	3.2	401	12.5	40.1	0
Brandon Horn B. Horn	8	24	3.0	205	8.5	25.6	2	27	222
Kim Thompson K. Thompson	6	11	1.8	122	11.1	20.3	1
Taylor Jones T. Jones	7	7	1.0	75	10.7	10.7	1
Terrell Jordan T. Jordan	11	4	0.4	29	7.3	2.6	0	69	344
Erryn Cobb E. Cobb	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Marvin Ward M. Ward	3	3	17	5.7
Dominique Price D. Price	2	2	-2	-1
Tim McGarigle T. McGarigle	1	1	1	1
Jeff Backes J. Backes	8	1	0	0
Bryan Heinz B. Heinz	1	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	RET	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	14	1		15			0	90
Brian Huffman B. Huffman	12	0			0	7	23	0	44
Brett Basanez B. Basanez	12	5			5			1	32
Jonathan Fields J. Fields	12	0	4		4			0	24
Joel Howells J. Howells	3				0	4	9	0	21
Terrell Jordan T. Jordan	11	3	0		3			0	18
Jeff Backes J. Backes	8			2	2			0	12
Brandon Horn B. Horn	8	0	2		2			0	12
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	8		2		2			0	12
Eric Batis E. Batis	1	1			1			0	6
Shaun Herbert S. Herbert	12		1		1			0	6
Taylor Jones T. Jones	7		1		1			0	6
Tonjua Jones T. Jones	1				1			0	6
Kim Thompson K. Thompson	6		1		1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Jeff Backes J. Backes	8	11	333	30.3	1	10	128	12.8	1
Terrell Jordan T. Jordan	11	17	405	23.8	0
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	8					14	145	10.4	0
Derell Jenkins D. Jenkins	4	10	210	21.0	0
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	2	3	38	12.7	0
Shaun Herbert S. Herbert	12					2	-3	-1.5	0
Tonjua Jones T. Jones	1					1	18	18.0	1
Reggie McPherson R. McPherson	1	1	6	6.0	0
Nathan Shanks N. Shanks	1	1	5	5.0	0
Cory Dious C. Dious	1	1	2	2.0	0
Ben Rothrauff B. Rothrauff	1	1	1	1.0	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 Huffman B. Huffman	12	7	17	41.2						23	24	95.8	44
	Joel Howells J. Howells	3	4	5	80.0						9	10	90.0	21

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Brian Huffman B. Huffman	12	53	2,074	39.1
	Ryan Pederson R. Pederson	4	22	809	36.8

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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	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	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