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Team

GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
Team
11
248
3,806
826
4.6
2,469
611
4.0
1,337
215
6.2
Team Rank
46th
52nd
23rd
71st
37th
24th
50th
78th
74th
82nd
Opponent
11
171
3,033
4.2
1,438
478
3.0
1,595
247
6.5
Opponent Rank
41st
31st
39th
20th
25th
22nd
86th
88th
71st
Net
+77
+773
+826
+0.4
+1,031
+133
+1.0
-258
-32
-0.2
Net Rank
37th
27th
23rd
51st
19th
18th
26th
92nd
91st
74th

Player Stats

PassingGPCMPATTPCTATT/GYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%LNGSCKSCKY
Dayle Tate
D. Tate
11
92
176
52.3
16.0
1,179
6.7
107.2
8
11
111.0
4.5
6.3
Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
11
6
17
35.3
1.5
72
4.2
6.5
0
1
59.1
0.0
5.9
Frank Rocco
F. Rocco
11
4
12
33.3
1.1
54
4.5
4.9
0
0
71.1
0.0
0.0
Terry Rakowsky
T. Rakowsky
11
4
10
40.0
0.9
32
3.2
2.9
0
1
46.9
0.0
10.0

RushingGPATTATT/GYDSYPCYDS/GTDLNGPLY SCMYDS SCM
Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
11
185
16.8
973
5.3
88.5
6
198
1,072
Booker Moore
B. Moore
11
131
11.9
555
4.2
50.5
9
139
628
Curt Warner
C. Warner
11
84
7.6
391
4.7
35.5
2
94
520
Dayle Tate
D. Tate
11
58
5.3
8
0.1
0.7
0
Mike Guman
M. Guman
11
50
4.5
178
3.6
16.2
1
56
227
Mike Meade
M. Meade
11
29
2.6
121
4.2
11.0
0
30
123
Leo McClelland
L. McClelland
11
18
1.6
91
5.1
8.3
1
Frank Rocco
F. Rocco
11
18
1.6
64
3.6
5.8
0
Dave Paffenroth
D. Paffenroth
11
10
0.9
48
4.8
4.4
0
Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
11
10
0.9
-3
-0.3
-0.3
0
Joel Coles
J. Coles
11
9
0.8
31
3.4
2.8
0
10
42
Terry Rakowsky
T. Rakowsky
11
7
0.6
19
2.7
1.7
0
9
68
Ralph Giacomarro
R. Giacomarro
11
1
0.1
0
0.0
0.0
0
Tom Donovan
T. Donovan
11
1
0.1
-7
-7.0
-0.6
0
22
247

ReceivingGPRECTRGREC/GYDSAVGYDS/GTDLNGPLY SCMYDS SCM
Brad Scovill
B. Scovill
11
26
2.4
331
12.7
30.1
3
Tom Donovan
T. Donovan
11
21
1.9
254
12.1
23.1
1
22
247
Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
11
13
1.2
99
7.6
9.0
1
198
1,072
Curt Warner
C. Warner
11
10
0.9
129
12.9
11.7
1
94
520
Booker Moore
B. Moore
11
8
0.7
73
9.1
6.6
0
139
628
Mike Guman
M. Guman
11
6
0.5
49
8.2
4.5
0
56
227
Ron LaPointe
R. LaPointe
11
5
0.5
90
18.0
8.2
1
Tracy Hall
T. Hall
11
5
0.5
78
15.6
7.1
0
Mike McCloskey
M. McCloskey
11
4
0.4
93
23.3
8.5
0
Scott Hettinger
S. Hettinger
11
4
0.4
79
19.8
7.2
1
Terry Rakowsky
T. Rakowsky
11
2
0.2
49
24.5
4.5
0
9
68
Joel Coles
J. Coles
11
1
0.1
11
11.0
1.0
0
10
42
Mike Meade
M. Meade
11
1
0.1
2
2.0
0.2
0
30
123

DefenseGPTKLASTCOMBTFLSCKPDEFINTYDSAVGTDLNG
Giuseppe Harris
G. Harris
11
3
40
13.3
0
Steve Griffiths
S. Griffiths
11
2
2
1
0
Ron Walchack
R. Walchack
11
2
2
1
0
Lance Mehl
L. Mehl
11
2
0
0
0
Tom Wise
T. Wise
11
1
30
30
1
Rick Donaldson
R. Donaldson
11
1
16
16
0
Matt Bradley
M. Bradley
11
1
4
4
0
Ed Pryts
E. Pryts
11
1
3
3
0
John Walsh
J. Walsh
11
1
0
0
0

ScoringGPRUSHRECRETTOTFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTS
Herb Menhardt
H. Menhardt
11
14
28
70
Booker Moore
B. Moore
11
9
0
9
54
Dayle Tate
D. Tate
11
0
8
48
Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
11
6
1
7
42
Curt Warner
C. Warner
11
2
1
4
24
Brad Scovill
B. Scovill
11
3
3
18
Tom Donovan
T. Donovan
11
0
1
1
6
Mike Guman
M. Guman
11
1
0
1
6
Scott Hettinger
S. Hettinger
11
1
1
6
Ron LaPointe
R. LaPointe
11
1
1
6
Leo McClelland
L. McClelland
11
1
1
6
Tom Wise
T. Wise
11
1
6

ReturnsGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR TDKR LNGPRPR YDSPR AVGPR TDPR LNG
Curt Warner
C. Warner
11
17
493
29.0
1
Mike Guman
M. Guman
11
3
57
19.0
0
14
102
7.3
0
Terry Rakowsky
T. Rakowsky
11
7
160
22.9
0
3
17
5.7
0
Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
11
1
0
0.0
0
8
55
6.9
0
Joel Coles
J. Coles
11
3
49
16.3
0
Jon Lebo
J. Lebo
11
2
26
13.0
0
Scott Hettinger
S. Hettinger
11
2
17
8.5
0
Tom Donovan
T. Donovan
11
1
18
18.0
0
Matt Millen
M. Millen
11
1
0
0.0
0

KickingGPFGMFGAFG%FG 1-19FG 20-29FG 30-39FG 40-49FG 50+XPMXPAXP%PTS
Herb Menhardt
H. Menhardt
11
14
20
70.0
28
28
100.0
70

PuntingGPPUNTYDSAVGLNGBLK
Ralph Giacomarro
R. Giacomarro
11
71
2,822
39.7

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Kevin Jennings
Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

Dylan Riley

652

Cook

Cam Cook

644

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard
Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

741

Legree

Jesse Legree

628

Duff

KJ Duff
Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

16

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

15

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

11

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

9

Daniels

Ashton Daniels
Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

Jesse Legree

9

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

8

Dixon

Collin Dixon
QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

Darian Mensah

203.7

Hoover

Josh Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Gunner Stockton
Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

Xavier Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

51.4

Miami

49.6

Alabama

49.6

Oregon

47.5

Florida

46.2

James Madison

44.8
Opp PPG Rankings
North Dakota State

9.8

Miami

9.8

Utah

10.3

New Mexico

10.6

Indiana

10.8

Duke

11.0
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

554.8

Oklahoma State

548.3

LSU

547.8

Memphis

541.2

Texas State

531.6

North Texas

524.6
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

334.3

Air Force

297.3

West Virginia

294.0

UCLA

281.5

Navy

277.8

Texas State

263.6
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

377.0

Ohio State

357.0

Oregon

346.5

SMU

341.0

North Texas

340.0

Miami

334.4
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

22.0

LSU

21.0

Georgia State

19.0

Virginia Tech

18.0

Baylor

18.0

Delaware

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
5
0
1.000
2
Georgia Georgia
5
0
1.000
3
Texas Texas
4
0
1.000
4
Florida Florida
4
1
.800
5
Kentucky Kentucky
4
1
.800
6
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
1
.800
7
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
1
.750
8
LSU LSU
4
1
.800
9
Missouri Missouri
4
1
.800
10
Tennessee Tennessee
4
1
.800
11
Auburn Auburn
3
2
.600
12
Texas A&M Texas A&M
3
2
.600
13
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
.500
14
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
2
.600
15
Arkansas Arkansas
2
3
.400
16
South Carolina South Carolina
2
3
.400
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
4
1
.800
2
Fresno State Fresno State
4
1
.800
3
Oregon State Oregon State
3
2
.600
4
San Diego State San Diego State
2
3
.400
5
Colorado State Colorado State
2
3
.400
6
Texas State Texas State
2
3
.400
7
Utah State Utah State
1
4
.200
8
Washington State Washington State
1
4
.200
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
3
3
.500
2
Toledo Toledo
4
1
.800
3
Central Michigan Central Michigan
3
2
.600
4
Ohio Ohio
3
2
.600
5
Western Michigan Western Michigan
3
2
.600
6
Bowling Green Bowling Green
1
4
.200
7
UMass UMass
4
1
.800
8
Kent State Kent State
2
3
.400
9
Buffalo Buffalo
2
3
.400
10
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
3
.400
11
Akron Akron
1
4
.200
12
Ball State Ball State
1
4
.200
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
.200
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
4
1
.800
2
Memphis Memphis
4
1
.800
3
UTSA UTSA
4
1
.800
4
North Texas North Texas
3
2
.600
5
UAB UAB
3
2
.600
6
South Florida South Florida
4
1
.800
7
Army Army
2
2
.500
8
Temple Temple
2
3
.400
9
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
10
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
11
Tulsa Tulsa
3
2
.600
12
Rice Rice
1
4
.200
13
Charlotte Charlotte
0
5
.000
14
Navy Navy
1
3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
1
Indiana Indiana
5
0
1.000
2
Nebraska Nebraska
5
0
1.000
3
UCLA UCLA
4
0
1.000
4
Minnesota Minnesota
4
1
.800
5
Ohio State Ohio State
4
1
.800
6
Wisconsin Wisconsin
4
1
.800
7
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
8
USC USC
5
1
.833
9
Iowa Iowa
4
1
.800
10
Northwestern Northwestern
3
1
.750
11
Purdue Purdue
2
3
.400
12
Michigan Michigan
3
2
.600
13
Penn State Penn State
3
2
.600
14
Washington Washington
3
2
.600
15
Illinois Illinois
2
3
.400
16
Maryland Maryland
2
3
.400
17
Michigan State Michigan State
2
3
.400
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
4
.200
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
4
1
.800
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
4
2
.667
3
New Mexico State New Mexico State
2
4
.333
4
Florida International Florida International
3
2
.600
5
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
4
.200
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
3
.250
7
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
8
Delaware Delaware
2
3
.400
9
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
3
.400
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
4
.200
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
5
0
1.000
2
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
5
0
1.000
3
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
4
SMU SMU
4
1
.800
5
Wake Forest Wake Forest
4
1
.800
6
Clemson Clemson
3
2
.600
7
Florida State Florida State
3
2
.600
8
Virginia Virginia
3
2
.600
9
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
1
.800
10
NC State NC State
3
2
.600
11
California California
2
3
.400
12
Louisville Louisville
2
3
.400
13
Stanford Stanford
2
3
.400
14
North Carolina North Carolina
2
2
.500
15
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
3
.250
16
Syracuse Syracuse
2
2
.500
17
Boston College Boston College
2
3
.400
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
5
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
3
.400
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
5
0
1.000
2
BYU BYU
4
0
1.000
3
Baylor Baylor
4
1
.800
4
Utah Utah
4
0
1.000
5
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
3
1
.750
6
Arizona Arizona
4
1
.800
7
Houston Houston
4
1
.800
8
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
1
.800
9
Iowa State Iowa State
3
2
.600
10
UCF UCF
3
2
.600
11
Arizona State Arizona State
2
2
.500
12
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
13
Kansas Kansas
2
2
.500
14
West Virginia West Virginia
3
2
.600
15
Colorado Colorado
2
3
.400
16
TCU TCU
2
3
.400
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
5
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Louisiana
4
1
.800
3
Georgia State Georgia State
4
1
.800
4
South Alabama South Alabama
3
2
.600
5
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
2
3
.400
6
Troy Troy
3
2
.600
7
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
1
.750
8
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
2
2
.500
9
Marshall Marshall
3
2
.600
10
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
3
.400
11
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
4
.200
12
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
4
.200
13
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
4
.200
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
5
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
5
0
1.000
2
New Mexico New Mexico
4
1
.800
3
UNLV UNLV
3
2
.600
4
Air Force Air Force
3
1
.750
5
Wyoming Wyoming
2
3
.400
6
San Jose State San Jose State
3
2
.600
7
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
.000
8
Nevada Nevada
1
3
.250
9
UTEP UTEP
1
4
.200
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
4
.200

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/19
CCAR CCAR
@
DEL DEL
14-22
Sat
9/19
UNT UNT
@
TXST TXST
35-49
Sat
9/19
ASU ASU
@
KU KU
24-17
Sat
9/19
KENT KENT
@
OSU OSU
3-59
Sat
9/19
UNC UNC
@
CLEM CLEM
20-28

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/8
SHSU SHSU
@
LIB LIB
7:00 PM
Thu
10/8
MOSU MOSU
@
WKU WKU
7:00 PM
Thu
10/8
USA USA
@
ARST ARST
7:30 PM
Thu
10/8
USF USF
@
UTSA UTSA
7:30 PM
Fri
10/9
FSU FSU
@
LOU LOU
7:00 PM