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#16  Penn State Nittany Lions

Overall

GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
1997
11
360
4,648
736
6.3
2,295
448
5.1
2,353
288
8.2

Location

GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
Home
6
176
2,344
392
6.0
1,220
234
5.2
1,124
158
7.1
Road
5
184
2,304
344
6.7
1,075
214
5.0
1,229
130
9.5

Result

GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
Wins
9
338
4,166
623
6.7
2,057
387
5.3
2,109
236
8.9
Losses
2
22
482
113
4.3
238
61
3.9
244
52
4.7

Month

GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
September
3
143
1,551
218
7.1
693
126
5.5
858
92
9.3
October
3
88
1,267
204
6.2
780
130
6.0
487
74
6.6
November
5
129
1,830
314
5.8
822
192
4.3
1,008
122
8.3

Conference

GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
American Athletic
2
86
986
151
6.5
434
86
5.0
552
65
8.5
Big 10
8
217
3,097
518
6.0
1,602
322
5.0
1,495
196
7.6
Conference USA
1
57
565
67
8.4
259
40
6.5
306
27
11.3

Opponent

GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
ILL ILL
1
41
548
70
7.8
276
44
6.3
272
26
10.5
LOU LOU
1
57
565
67
8.4
259
40
6.5
306
27
11.3
MICH MICH
1
8
169
52
3.3
101
30
3.4
68
22
3.1
MINN MINN
1
16
274
63
4.3
188
45
4.2
86
18
4.8
MSU MSU
1
14
313
61
5.1
137
31
4.4
176
30
5.9
NW NW
1
30
434
73
5.9
212
50
4.2
222
23
9.7
OSU OSU
1
31
445
71
6.3
316
41
7.7
129
30
4.3
PITT PITT
1
34
484
83
5.8
107
42
2.5
377
41
9.2
PUR PUR
1
42
444
73
6.1
191
49
3.9
253
24
10.5
TEM TEM
1
52
502
68
7.4
327
44
7.4
175
24
7.3
WIS WIS
1
35
470
55
8.5
181
32
5.7
289
23
12.6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,239

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

3,169

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

3,150

Fifita

Noah Fifita
Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

Aiden Flora

1,320

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

1,291

Riley

Dylan Riley
Rec Yards Leaders

1,349

Legree

Jesse Legree

1,317

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

1,045

Hatcher

Umari Hatcher
Pass TD Leaders

30

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

29

Mensah

Darian Mensah

29

Veltkamp

Caden Veltkamp
Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

19

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Jackson Gutierrez
Rec TD Leaders

15

Legree

Jesse Legree

15

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

13

Toney

Malachi Toney
QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

Darian Mensah

184.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Gunner Stockton
Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

Myles Bradley

11.5

Dean

Marlin Dean

11.0

Zock

Andrew Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

44.1

Wake Forest

43.9

Oklahoma State

42.2

North Texas

41.8

Georgia

41.8

Boise State

39.7
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

11.7

New Mexico

11.9

North Dakota State

12.0

Indiana

12.5

Notre Dame

13.8

UCLA

14.1
Total Yards Rankings
Oklahoma State

526.7

Memphis

520.7

Texas State

520.1

Miami

518.1

North Texas

512.3

Oregon State

499.2
Rush Yards Rankings
Air Force

344.0

Army

324.7

Navy

298.1

Rice

265.6

Texas State

258.7

West Virginia

240.7
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

373.0

Oklahoma State

334.9

Miami

331.0

North Texas

328.9

Arizona

326.2

Florida Atlantic

320.8
Sack Leaders
LSU

40.0

Tennessee

39.0

Baylor

38.0

San Jose State

37.0

Indiana

32.0

James Madison

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
9
1
.900
2
San Diego State San Diego State
5
5
.500
3
Texas State Texas State
6
4
.600
4
Oregon State Oregon State
5
5
.500
5
Utah State Utah State
4
6
.400
6
Fresno State Fresno State
5
5
.500
7
Washington State Washington State
2
8
.200
8
Colorado State Colorado State
3
7
.300
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
10
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
9
1
.900
3
Oregon Oregon
7
3
.700
4
Ohio State Ohio State
7
3
.700
5
Iowa Iowa
8
2
.800
6
Wisconsin Wisconsin
6
4
.600
7
USC USC
7
3
.700
8
Illinois Illinois
6
4
.600
9
Penn State Penn State
6
4
.600
10
Minnesota Minnesota
5
5
.500
11
Northwestern Northwestern
6
4
.600
12
Washington Washington
6
4
.600
13
Nebraska Nebraska
6
4
.600
14
Maryland Maryland
4
6
.400
15
Michigan Michigan
5
5
.500
16
Purdue Purdue
3
7
.300
17
Michigan State Michigan State
3
7
.300
18
Rutgers Rutgers
2
8
.200
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
9
1
.900
2
Alabama Alabama
8
2
.800
3
Texas Texas
8
2
.800
4
Tennessee Tennessee
8
2
.800
5
Kentucky Kentucky
7
3
.700
6
Ole Miss Ole Miss
6
3
.667
7
South Carolina South Carolina
6
4
.600
8
Oklahoma Oklahoma
5
4
.556
9
Florida Florida
6
4
.600
10
Auburn Auburn
6
4
.600
11
LSU LSU
6
4
.600
12
Missouri Missouri
6
4
.600
13
Arkansas Arkansas
4
6
.400
14
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
6
.400
15
Texas A&M Texas A&M
4
6
.400
16
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
4
6
.400
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
9
1
.900
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
7
3
.700
3
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
4
6
.400
4
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
5
5
.500
5
Delaware Delaware
5
5
.500
6
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
4
6
.400
7
Missouri State Missouri State
4
6
.400
8
Florida International Florida International
4
6
.400
9
New Mexico State New Mexico State
3
7
.300
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
9
.100
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
8
2
.800
2
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
6
4
.600
3
Louisiana Louisiana
7
3
.700
4
James Madison James Madison
8
3
.727
5
South Alabama South Alabama
5
5
.500
6
Appalachian State Appalachian State
6
4
.600
7
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
2
8
.200
8
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
4
6
.400
9
Arkansas State Arkansas State
4
6
.400
10
Georgia State Georgia State
5
5
.500
11
Troy Troy
4
6
.400
12
Marshall Marshall
5
5
.500
13
Southern Miss Southern Miss
3
7
.300
14
Old Dominion Old Dominion
3
7
.300
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
9
1
.900
2
Wake Forest Wake Forest
9
1
.900
3
Louisville Louisville
7
3
.700
4
SMU SMU
7
3
.700
5
Duke Duke
7
3
.700
6
Clemson Clemson
6
4
.600
7
Florida State Florida State
5
5
.500
8
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
6
4
.600
9
Stanford Stanford
5
5
.500
10
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
6
4
.600
11
Virginia Virginia
5
5
.500
12
Syracuse Syracuse
5
5
.500
13
North Carolina North Carolina
5
5
.500
14
Boston College Boston College
4
6
.400
15
NC State NC State
4
6
.400
16
California California
3
7
.300
17
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
3
7
.300
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
9
1
.900
2
UConn UConn
5
5
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
UTSA UTSA
8
2
.800
2
Memphis Memphis
8
2
.800
3
North Texas North Texas
7
3
.700
4
UAB UAB
6
4
.600
5
East Carolina East Carolina
6
4
.600
6
Army Army
5
4
.556
7
Tulsa Tulsa
6
4
.600
8
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
6
4
.600
9
Tulane Tulane
5
5
.500
10
South Florida South Florida
6
4
.600
11
Navy Navy
3
6
.333
12
Charlotte Charlotte
1
9
.100
13
Temple Temple
2
8
.200
14
Rice Rice
1
9
.100
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Toledo Toledo
8
2
.800
2
Western Michigan Western Michigan
7
3
.700
3
Buffalo Buffalo
7
3
.700
4
Ohio Ohio
7
3
.700
5
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
6
4
.600
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
5
5
.500
7
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
6
.400
8
Bowling Green Bowling Green
3
7
.300
9
UMass UMass
5
5
.500
10
Kent State Kent State
3
7
.300
11
Ball State Ball State
3
7
.300
12
Sacramento State Sacramento State
2
9
.182
13
Akron Akron
1
9
.100
Big 12WLPCT
1
Utah Utah
10
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
9
1
.900
3
BYU BYU
8
2
.800
4
Houston Houston
7
3
.700
5
Baylor Baylor
6
4
.600
6
Arizona Arizona
7
3
.700
7
Arizona State Arizona State
6
4
.600
8
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
6
4
.600
9
UCF UCF
5
5
.500
10
Iowa State Iowa State
5
5
.500
11
TCU TCU
5
5
.500
12
Kansas Kansas
4
6
.400
13
West Virginia West Virginia
5
5
.500
14
Cincinnati Cincinnati
5
5
.500
15
Colorado Colorado
4
6
.400
16
Kansas State Kansas State
4
6
.400
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
Wyoming Wyoming
7
3
.700
2
New Mexico New Mexico
8
2
.800
3
North Dakota State North Dakota State
8
2
.800
4
Air Force Air Force
8
2
.800
5
UNLV UNLV
6
4
.600
6
Nevada Nevada
4
6
.400
7
San Jose State San Jose State
5
6
.455
8
Hawai'i Hawai'i
3
7
.300
9
UTEP UTEP
1
9
.100
10
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
10
.000

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/24
IND IND
@
MICH MICH
13-6
Sat
10/24
WMU WMU
@
TOL TOL
38-45
Sat
10/24
M-OH M-OH
@
CMU CMU
28-27
Sat
10/24
UNT UNT
@
NAVY NAVY
49-39
Sat
10/24
BC BC
@
GT GT
49-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/15
MISS MISS
@
OKLA OKLA
1:00 PM
Tue
11/17
EMU EMU
@
WMU WMU
6:00 PM
Tue
11/17
M-OH M-OH
@
KENT KENT
7:00 PM
Tue
11/17
BALL BALL
@
OHIO OHIO
7:00 PM
Wed
11/18
AKR AKR
@
MASS MASS
7:00 PM