Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	338	5,177	984	5.3	1,991	501	4.0	3,186	483	6.6	39	216	280	104	156	20	47	389
Team Rank		77th	67th	20th	100th	85th	65th	98th	45th	16th	100th	117th	35th	57th	87th	24th	65th	3rd	3rd
Opponent	13	289	5,257	1,001	5.4	1,809	478	3.8	3,448	496	7.0	27	189	279	113	156	10	61	593
Opponent Rank		23rd	70th	103rd	45th	30th	46th	29th	111th	123rd	44th	60th	51st	85th	59th	115th	3rd	110th	94th
Net		+49	-80	-17	-0.1	+182	+23	+0.2	-262	-13	-0.4	+12	+27	+1	-9	0	+10	-14	-204
Net Rank		56th	75th	61st	83rd	59th	56th	64th	84th	69th	79th	103rd	48th	63rd	75th	65th	8th	28th	7th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Clayton Thorson C. Thorson	13	280	478	58.6	36.8	3,182	6.7	244.8	22	9	125.9	4.6	1.9	90	38	207
Matt Alviti M. Alviti	4	1	1	100.0	0.3	2	2.0	0.5	0	0	116.8	0.0	0.0	2	1	9
Jack Mitchell J. Mitchell	13	1	1	100.0	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	0	116.8	0.0	0.0	2	0	0
Matt Micucci M. Micucci	3	0	1	0.0	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Andrew Scanlan A. Scanlan	13	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Justin Jackson J. Jackson	13	298	22.9	1,524	5.1	117.2	15	126	333	1,743
Clayton Thorson C. Thorson	13	97	7.5	98	1.0	7.5	5	52	97	98
John Moten IV J. Moten IV	11	57	5.2	340	6.0	30.9	2	49	60	384
Solomon Vault S. Vault	13	11	0.8	26	2.4	2.0	0	5	26	190
Auston Anderson A. Anderson	3	7	2.3	22	3.1	7.3	0	9	7	22
Matt Alviti M. Alviti	4	4	1.0	3	0.8	0.8	0	7
Corey Acker C. Acker	4	4	1.0	-2	-0.5	-0.5	0	2
Tom Hruby T. Hruby	1	3	3.0	-2	-0.7	-2.0	0	1
Jelani Roberts J. Roberts	2	3	1.5	-4	-1.3	-2.0	0	-1
Warren Long W. Long	1	1	1.0	9	9.0	9.0	0	9

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Austin Carr A. Carr	13	90	132	6.9	1,247	13.9	95.9	12	70
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel	13	40	63	3.1	447	11.2	34.4	2	78
Justin Jackson J. Jackson	13	35	53	2.7	219	6.3	16.8	0	42	333	1,743
Garrett Dickerson G. Dickerson	12	34	49	2.8	318	9.4	26.5	5	63
Andrew Scanlan A. Scanlan	13	29	43	2.2	331	11.4	25.5	0	48
Macan Wilson M. Wilson	13	22	40	1.7	306	13.9	23.5	1	67
Solomon Vault S. Vault	13	15	37	1.2	164	10.9	12.6	2	44	26	190
Bennett Skowronek B. Skowronek	11	8	27	0.7	70	8.8	6.4	0	14
Cameron Green C. Green	6	4	7	0.7	31	7.8	5.2	0	13	4	31
John Moten IV J. Moten IV	11	3	4	0.3	44	14.7	4.0	0	20	60	384
Charlie Fessler C. Fessler	3	1	2	0.3	7	7.0	2.3	0	7
Matt Micucci M. Micucci	3	1	1	0.3	2	2.0	0.7	0	2	1	2

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Godwin Igwebuike G. Igwebuike	13	85	17	102	7	0.0	2	15	7.5	0	15
Anthony Walker A. Walker	13	83	14	97	13	2.0	1	17	17	0	17
Nate Hall N. Hall	13	52	17	69	5	0.0
Jaylen Prater J. Prater	8	46	11	57	3	0.0
Montre Hartage M. Hartage	13	54	1	55	0	0.0	5	70	14	0	66
Kyle Queiro K. Queiro	11	41	6	47	4	0.0	2	13	6.5	0	13
Joseph Jones J. Jones	12	33	10	43	5	2.0
Trae Williams T. Williams	10	35	2	37	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Xavier Washington X. Washington	12	26	8	34	6	4.5
Jared McGee J. McGee	11	29	3	32	5	0.0	3	25	8.3	0	25
Brett Walsh B. Walsh	7	28	4	32	1	1.0
Marcus McShepard M. McShepard	8	25	3	28	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Tyler Lancaster T. Lancaster	9	18	6	24	2	0.0
C.J. Robbins	11	21	2	23	4	3.0
Joe Gaziano J. Gaziano	10	20	3	23	5	4.5
Ifeadi Odenigbo I. Odenigbo	10	19	1	20	12	10.0	0	0		0
Jordan Thompson J. Thompson	7	12	6	18	1	0.0
Fred Wyatt F. Wyatt	8	10	5	15	1	0.0	0	0		0
Nathan Fox N. Fox	9	10	2	12	0	0.0
Alex Miller A. Miller	7	10	2	12	0	0.0
Matthew Harris M. Harris	3	8	2	10	0	0.0
Alonzo Mayo A. Mayo	4	8	2	10	1	0.0
Corey Acker C. Acker	4	4	0	4	2	0.0
Trent Goens T. Goens	4	4	0	4	0	0.0	1	23	23	0	23
Josh Roberts J. Roberts	3	4	0	4	0	0.0	0	0		0
Justin Jackson J. Jackson	13	3	1	4	0	0.0
Cameron Queiro C. Queiro	3	3	0	3	1	0.0
Joe Bergin J. Bergin	2	2	1	3	0	0.0
Steven Reese S. Reese	3	2	1	3	0	0.0
Parrker Westphal P. Westphal	3	2	1	3	0	0.0	0	0		0
Roderick Campbell R. Campbell	2	2	0	2	0	0.0
Greg Kuhar G. Kuhar	2	2	0	2	0	0.0
Hunter Niswander H. Niswander	13	2	0	2	1	0.0
Chris Fitzpatrick C. Fitzpatrick	3	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0		0
J.B. Butler	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0		0
Tommy Doles T. Doles	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0		0
Charlie Fessler C. Fessler	3	1	0	1	0	0.0
Cameron Green C. Green	6	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0		0
Jelani Roberts J. Roberts	2	1	0	1	0	0.0
Jared Thomas J. Thomas	1	1	0	1	0	0.0
Clayton Thorson C. Thorson	13	1	0	1	0	0.0
Solomon Vault S. Vault	13	1	0	1	0	0.0
Tommy Odell T. Odell	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0		0

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD	PR LNG
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel	13	5	98	19.6	0	20	132	6.6	0	47
Solomon Vault S. Vault	13	23	560	24.3	1
Garrett Dickerson G. Dickerson	12	1	13	13.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Jack Mitchell J. Mitchell	13	8	12	66.7	1-1	3-4	3-5	1-2	0-0	42	43	97.7	66

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Hunter Niswander H. Niswander	13	73	3,015	41.3	114	1

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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

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

	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

	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