Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	12	388	6,004	974	6.2	2,323	462	5.0	3,681	512	7.2	11	328	130	168	168	74	582
Team Rank		24th	4th	3rd	21st	24th	42nd	14th	7th	7th	52nd	7th	2nd	17th	7th	7th	51st	38th
Opponent	12	407	5,765	941	6.2	2,617	504	5.2	3,148	425	7.4	12	297	140	147	147	74	661
Opponent Rank		110th	119th	111th	114th	117th	110th	116th	104th	100th	83rd	111th	118th	117th	114th	115th	77th	68th
Net		-19	+239	+33	0.0	-294	-42	-0.2	+533	+87	-0.2	-1	+31	-10	+21	+21	0	-79
Net Rank		75th	54th	29th	65th	74th	81st	64th	30th	16th	67th	51st	35th	73rd	29th	29th	58th	38th

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	314	497	63.2	41.4	3,622	7.3	301.8	21	8	135.1	4.2	1.6
	C.J. Bacher	4	6	15	40.0	3.8	59	3.9	14.8	1	1	81.7	6.7	6.7

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Tyrell Sutton T. Sutton	12	250	20.8	1,474	5.9	122.8	16	294	1,870
Brett Basanez B. Basanez	12	113	9.4	423	3.7	35.3	7
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	10	37	3.7	171	4.6	17.1	0	45	236
Gerard Hamlett G. Hamlett	10	32	3.2	174	5.4	17.4	1	33	193
C.J. Bacher	4	6	1.5	25	4.2	6.3	0
Omar Conteh O. Conteh	7	6	0.9	21	3.5	3.0	0
Jonathan Fields J. Fields	12	5	0.4	18	3.6	1.5	0	65	573
Ryan Pederson R. Pederson	11	2	0.2	19	9.5	1.7	0
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	11	1	0.1	19	19.0	1.7	1	56	681
Eric Peterman E. Peterman	10	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0	13	180

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Shaun Herbert S. Herbert	12	79	6.6	862	10.9	71.8	6
Jonathan Fields J. Fields	12	60	5.0	555	9.3	46.3	0	65	573
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	11	55	5.0	662	12.0	60.2	6	56	681
Tyrell Sutton T. Sutton	12	44	3.7	396	9.0	33.0	2	294	1,870
Ross Lane R. Lane	8	24	3.0	378	15.8	47.3	1
Kim Thompson K. Thompson	8	19	2.4	326	17.2	40.8	1
Eric Peterman E. Peterman	10	12	1.2	181	15.1	18.1	2	13	180
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	10	8	0.8	65	8.1	6.5	1	45	236
Rasheed Ward R. Ward	4	7	1.8	99	14.1	24.8	1
Frayne Abernathy F. Abernathy	6	4	0.7	49	12.3	8.2	2
Sam Cheatham S. Cheatham	3	3	1.0	37	12.3	12.3	0
Erryn Cobb E. Cobb	6	2	0.3	29	14.5	4.8	0
Gerard Hamlett G. Hamlett	10	1	0.1	19	19.0	1.9	0	33	193
Tonjua Jones T. Jones	3	1	0.3	16	16.0	5.3	0
Jeff Yarbrough J. Yarbrough	2	1	0.5	7	7.0	3.5	0

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Tim McGarigle T. McGarigle	12	81	75	156	6		1	16	16	0
Nick Roach N. Roach	12	35	42	77	4		1	35	35	1
Adam Kadela A. Kadela	12	36	36	72	3		1	7	7	0
Herschel Henderson H. Henderson	11	35	27	62	2		3	49	16.3	0
Barry Cofield B. Cofield	12	23	39	62	6	2.0	1	16	16	0
Reggie McPherson R. McPherson	12	31	26	57	0		1	0	0	0
Marquice Cole M. Cole	12	34	12	46	0		5	64	12.8	0
Deante Battle D. Battle	9	27	19	46	0		1	0	0	0
Trevor Schultz T. Schultz	11	16	29	45	3	0.5
Kevin Mims K. Mims	11	19	22	41	4		1	30	30	1
Frederic Tarver F. Tarver	10	20	20	40	0		1	3	3	0
Eddie Simpson E. Simpson	7	15	17	32	0		1	10	10	0
Brendan Smith B. Smith	8	16	13	29	0		2	60	30	0
John Gill J. Gill	8	14	12	26	1
Mark Koehn M. Koehn	10			25	2
Cory Dious C. Dious	10			18	1
Demetrius Eaton D. Eaton	8			14	0
David Ngene D. Ngene	9	6	6	12	1
Eric Peterman E. Peterman	10			10	0
Chris Malleo C. Malleo	5	2	5	7	0
Keegan Kennedy K. Kennedy	5			7	1
Ben Rothrauff B. Rothrauff	8			7	0
Omar Conteh O. Conteh	7	5	1	6	0
Ryan Black R. Black	6	4	2	6	0
Joel Howells J. Howells	12			6	0
Gerard Hamlett G. Hamlett	10	4	1	5	0
Malcolm Arrington M. Arrington	4	3	2	5	0
Bryan Heinz B. Heinz	1	3	2	5	0		1	0	0	0
Campbell Black C. Black	4			5	0
Mike Dinard M. Dinard	5			5	0
Sean Mansfield S. Mansfield	4			5	0
Erryn Cobb E. Cobb	6			4	0
Rejaie Johnson R. Johnson	2	2	1	3	0
Prince Kwateng P. Kwateng	2	1	2	3	0
Corey Wootton C. Wootton	2	1	2	3	0
Rasheed Ward R. Ward	4	2	0	2	0
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	10	1	1	2	0
Ron Bardwell R. Bardwell	2	0	2	2	0
Frayne Abernathy F. Abernathy	6			2	0
Chris Horton C. Horton	3			2	0
Tonjua Jones T. Jones	3			2	0
Amado Villarreal A. Villarreal	2			2	0
Andre Butler A. Butler	1	1	0	1	0
Nathan Shanks N. Shanks	1	1	0	1	0
Joel Belding J. Belding	1	0	1	1	0
Ross Lane R. Lane	8			1	0
Chaz Richart C. Richart	2			1	0
Zach Strief Z. Strief	2			1	0
Tyrell Sutton T. Sutton	12			1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Tyrell Sutton T. Sutton	12	16	2	18			108
Joel Howells J. Howells	12			0	11	45	78
Brett Basanez B. Basanez	12	7		7			42
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	11	1	6	7			42
Shaun Herbert S. Herbert	12		6	6			36
Frayne Abernathy F. Abernathy	6		2	2			12
Eric Peterman E. Peterman	10	0	2	2			12
Marquice Cole M. Cole	12			1			6
Demetrius Eaton D. Eaton	8			1			6
Gerard Hamlett G. Hamlett	10	1	0	1			6
Ross Lane R. Lane	8		1	1			6
Kevin Mims K. Mims	11			1			6
Nick Roach N. Roach	12			1			6
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	10	0	1	1			6
Kim Thompson K. Thompson	8		1	1			6
Rasheed Ward R. Ward	4		1	1			6
Amado Villarreal A. Villarreal	2			0	1	1	4

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Gerard Hamlett G. Hamlett	10	21	468	22.3	0
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	11					9	41	4.6	0
Marquice Cole M. Cole	12					8	216	27.0	1
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	10	8	144	18.0	0
Omar Conteh O. Conteh	7	5	78	15.6	0
Sean Mansfield S. Mansfield	4	3	30	10.0	0
Frayne Abernathy F. Abernathy	6	1	9	9.0	0
Jonathan Fields J. Fields	12					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
	Joel Howells J. Howells	12	11	21	52.4						45	48	93.8	78
	Amado Villarreal A. Villarreal	2	1	1	100.0						1	1	100.0	4

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Ryan Pederson R. Pederson	11	45	1,783	39.6
	Slade Larscheid S. Larscheid	3	10	388	38.8

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Heintschel

14

Mensah

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

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

340.0

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	2	.600
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	3	1	.750
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	5	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
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	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
3	Liberty	4	1	.800
4	Delaware	2	3	.400
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200
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