#3 Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	12	432	5,098	867	5.9	2,456	556	4.4	2,642	311	8.5
Team Rank		6th	11th	10th	16th	21st	17th	26th	23rd	51st	10th
Opponent	12	167	3,366		4.2	1,120	408	2.7	2,246	397	5.7
Opponent Rank		18th	17th		10th	8th	13th	7th	72nd	105th	6th
Net		+265	+1,732	+867	+1.7	+1,336	+148	+1.7	+396	-86	+2.8
Net Rank		3rd	7th	10th	6th	11th	12th	11th	31st	89th	4th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Tony Sacca T. Sacca	12	169	292	57.9	24.3	2,488	8.5	207.3	21	5	149.8	7.2	1.7
Matt Nardolillo M. Nardolillo	12	6	13	46.2	1.1	59	4.5	4.9	1	1	94.3	7.7	7.7
Kerry Collins K. Collins	12	3	6	50.0	0.5	95	15.8	7.9	1	1	204.7	16.7	16.7

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Richie Anderson R. Anderson	12	152	12.7	779	5.1	64.9	10	173	1,034
Gerry Collins G. Collins	12	98	8.2	361	3.7	30.1	2	102	401
Sam Gash S. Gash	12	87	7.3	391	4.5	32.6	3	93	430
Tony Sacca T. Sacca	12	84	7.0	-61	-0.7	-5.1	4
Shelly Hammonds S. Hammonds	12	63	5.3	363	5.8	30.3	3	66	418
J.T. Morris	12	33	2.8	281	8.5	23.4	3	34	345
Terence Williams T. Williams	12	11	0.9	45	4.1	3.8	0
O.J. McDuffie	12	7	0.6	102	14.6	8.5	1	53	892
Terry Smith T. Smith	12	7	0.6	66	9.4	5.5	0	62	912
Brian Moser B. Moser	12	7	0.6	46	6.6	3.8	0	8	59
Matt Nardolillo M. Nardolillo	12	3	0.3	10	3.3	0.8	0
Kerry Collins K. Collins	12	2	0.2	-5	-2.5	-0.4	0
John Sacca J. Sacca	12	1	0.1	75	75.0	6.3	1
Bob Oakes B. Oakes	12	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Terry Smith T. Smith	12	55	4.6	846	15.4	70.5	8	62	912
O.J. McDuffie	12	46	3.8	790	17.2	65.8	6	53	892
Richie Anderson R. Anderson	12	21	1.8	255	12.1	21.3	1	173	1,034
Kyle Brady K. Brady	12	14	1.2	175	12.5	14.6	4
Troy Drayton T. Drayton	12	12	1.0	204	17.0	17.0	2
Sam Gash S. Gash	12	6	0.5	39	6.5	3.3	0	93	430
Chip LaBarca C. LaBarca	12	4	0.3	61	15.3	5.1	0
Gerry Collins G. Collins	12	4	0.3	40	10.0	3.3	0	102	401
Bobby Engram B. Engram	12	4	0.3	40	10.0	3.3	0
Shelly Hammonds S. Hammonds	12	3	0.3	55	18.3	4.6	0	66	418
Al Golden A. Golden	12	3	0.3	28	9.3	2.3	0
Rich Rosa R. Rosa	12	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.2	0
J.T. Morris	12	1	0.1	64	64.0	5.3	1	34	345
Rick Sayles R. Sayles	12	1	0.1	14	14.0	1.2	0
Brian Moser B. Moser	12	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.1	0	8	59
Phil Collins P. Collins	12	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.3	1

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Darren Perry D. Perry	12	6	122	20.3	2
Lee Rubin L. Rubin	12	5	54	10.8	0
Derek Bochna D. Bochna	12	3	7	2.3	0
Geff Kerwin G. Kerwin	12	2	50	25	0
Leonard Humphries L. Humphries	12	2	0	0	0
Reggie Givens R. Givens	12	2	-2	-1	0
Matt Baggett M. Baggett	12	1	19	19	0
Mark Graham M. Graham	12	1	12	12	0
Willie Smith W. Smith	12	1	12	12	0
Phil Yeboah-Kodie P. Yeboah-Kodie	12	1	3	3	0
Lou Benfatti L. Benfatti	12	1	2	2	0
Ivory Gethers I. Gethers	12	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Tony Sacca T. Sacca	12	4		25			150
Craig Fayak C. Fayak	12				17	42	93
Richie Anderson R. Anderson	12	10	1	11			66
O.J. McDuffie	12	1	6	9			54
Terry Smith T. Smith	12	0	8	8			48
Kyle Brady K. Brady	12		4	4			24
J.T. Morris	12	3	1	4			24
Sam Gash S. Gash	12	3	0	3			18
Shelly Hammonds S. Hammonds	12	3	0	3			18
Gerry Collins G. Collins	12	2	0	2			12
Troy Drayton T. Drayton	12		2	2			12
Darren Perry D. Perry	12			2			12
Kerry Collins K. Collins	12	0		1			6
Phil Collins P. Collins	12		1	1			6
Matt Nardolillo M. Nardolillo	12	0		1			6
John Sacca J. Sacca	12	1		1			6
V.J. Muscillo	12					5	5

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
O.J. McDuffie	12	5	117	23.4	0	33	358	10.8	2
Terry Smith T. Smith	12	1	13	13.0	0	9	32	3.6	0
Richie Anderson R. Anderson	12	9	222	24.7	0
Shelly Hammonds S. Hammonds	12	6	110	18.3	0
Bobby Engram B. Engram	12					5	50	10.0	0
Kyle Brady K. Brady	12	3	17	5.7	0
J.T. Morris	12	2	34	17.0	0
Brian Moser B. Moser	12	2	18	9.0	0
Rudy Glocker R. Glocker	12	1	8	8.0	0
Sam Gash S. Gash	12	1	3	3.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Craig Fayak C. Fayak	12	17	26	65.4						42	46	91.3	93
	V.J. Muscillo	12									5	6	83.3

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Doug Helkowski D. Helkowski	12	57	2,221	39.0
	Jamie Dreese J. Dreese	12	2	75	37.5

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,302

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286