#3 Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	265	3,526	757	4.7	2,059	509	4.0	1,467	248	5.9
Team Rank		43rd	80th	84th	71st	35th	41st	34th	87th	75th	87th
Opponent	11	128	3,350		4.3	1,619	461	3.5	1,731	323	5.4
Opponent Rank		5th	21st		15th	34th	32nd	37th	19th	76th	4th
Net		+137	+176	+757	+0.4	+440	+48	+0.5	-264	-75	+0.6
Net Rank		15th	47th	84th	38th	32nd	35th	33rd	72nd	86th	36th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
John Shaffer J. Shaffer	11	103	228	45.2	20.7	1,366	6.0	124.2	8	10	98.3	3.5	4.4
Matt Knizner M. Knizner	11	10	19	52.6	1.7	101	5.3	9.2	1	1	104.1	5.3	5.3
D.J. Dozier	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
D.J. Dozier	11	154	14.0	723	4.7	65.7	4	168	810
Steve Smith S. Smith	11	86	7.8	421	4.9	38.3	3	99	547
Tim Manoa T. Manoa	11	77	7.0	380	4.9	34.5	3	83	422
David Clark D. Clark	11	57	5.2	338	5.9	30.7	0	64	373
John Shaffer J. Shaffer	11	51	4.6	-43	-0.8	-3.9	4
Kevin Woods K. Woods	11	32	2.9	91	2.8	8.3	2	35	97
Matt Knizner M. Knizner	11	16	1.5	10	0.6	0.9	1
Blair Thomas B. Thomas	11	14	1.3	42	3.0	3.8	0
Eufard Cooper E. Cooper	11	12	1.1	44	3.7	4.0	0
Michael Timpson M. Timpson	11	6	0.5	52	8.7	4.7	0	18	260
Keith Radecic K. Radecic	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0
John Hornyak J. Hornyak	11	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0
John Toogood J. Toogood	11	1	0.1	-5	-5.0	-0.5	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Ray Roundtree R. Roundtree	11	15	1.4	285	19.0	25.9	2
D.J. Dozier	11	14	1.3	87	6.2	7.9	1	168	810
Eric Hamilton E. Hamilton	11	13	1.2	199	15.3	18.1	1
Steve Smith S. Smith	11	13	1.2	126	9.7	11.5	1	99	547
Dean DiMidio D. DiMidio	11	12	1.1	218	18.2	19.8	0
Michael Timpson M. Timpson	11	12	1.1	208	17.3	18.9	0	18	260
Darrell Giles D. Giles	11	9	0.8	111	12.3	10.1	1
David Clark D. Clark	11	7	0.6	35	5.0	3.2	0	64	373
Tim Manoa T. Manoa	11	6	0.5	42	7.0	3.8	0	83	422
Brian Siverling B. Siverling	11	5	0.5	120	24.0	10.9	1
Bob Williams B. Williams	11	3	0.3	20	6.7	1.8	2
Kevin Woods K. Woods	11	3	0.3	6	2.0	0.5	0	35	97
Mike Alexander M. Alexander	11	1	0.1	10	10.0	0.9	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Ray Isom R. Isom	11	4	39	9.8	0
Rogers Alexander R. Alexander	11	3	44	14.7	0
Michael Zordich M. Zordich	11	3	38	12.7	1
Duffy Cobbs D. Cobbs	11	3	0	0	0
Lance Hamilton L. Hamilton	11	2	33	16.5	0
Pete Giftopoulos P. Giftopoulos	11	1	25	25	0
Mike Russo M. Russo	11	1	21	21	1
Gary Wilkerson G. Wilkerson	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Massimo Manca M. Manca	11				21	28	91
John Shaffer J. Shaffer	11	4		12			72
D.J. Dozier	11	4	1	5			30
Steve Smith S. Smith	11	3	1	4			24
Tim Manoa T. Manoa	11	3	0	3			18
Matt Knizner M. Knizner	11	1		2			12
Ray Roundtree R. Roundtree	11		2	2			12
Bob Williams B. Williams	11		2	2			12
Kevin Woods K. Woods	11	2	0	2			12
Darrell Giles D. Giles	11		1	1			6
Eric Hamilton E. Hamilton	11		1	1			6
Mike Russo M. Russo	11			1			6
Brian Siverling B. Siverling	11		1	1			6
Michael Zordich M. Zordich	11			1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Jim Coates J. Coates	11	15	345	23.0	0	20	132	6.6	0
Michael Timpson M. Timpson	11					13	164	12.6	0
Blair Thomas B. Thomas	11	9	217	24.1	0
Eufard Cooper E. Cooper	11	1	7	7.0	0
Matt Johnson M. Johnson	11					1	4	4.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Massimo Manca M. Manca	11	21	26	80.8						28	28	100.0	91

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	John Bruno J. Bruno	11	60	2,575	42.9

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200