#17 Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	291	3,926	748	5.2	2,067	470	4.4	1,859	278	6.7
Team Rank		50th	67th	78th	53rd	30th	40th	27th	84th	85th	71st
Opponent	11	169	3,240		4.2	1,070	407	2.6	2,170	362	6.0
Opponent Rank		9th	9th		5th	6th	16th	5th	40th	89th	10th
Net		+122	+686	+748	+1.0	+997	+63	+1.8	-311	-84	+0.7
Net Rank		26th	32nd	78th	22nd	12th	30th	8th	77th	94th	42nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Kevin Thompson K. Thompson	11	121	226	53.5	20.5	1,691	7.5	153.7	6	8	118.1	2.7	3.5
Rashard Casey R. Casey	10	18	50	36.0	5.0	150	3.0	15.0	0	1	57.2	0.0	2.0
Chad Kroell C. Kroell	8	1	2	50.0	0.3	18	9.0	2.3	0	0	125.6	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Eric McCoo E. McCoo	11	127	11.5	822	6.5	74.7	3	133	857
Cordell Mitchell C. Mitchell	7	99	14.1	511	5.2	73.0	2	104	542
Mike Cerimele M. Cerimele	11	52	4.7	261	5.0	23.7	8	66	363
Aaron Harris A. Harris	9	44	4.9	112	2.5	12.4	5	50	162
Omar Easy O. Easy	9	39	4.3	141	3.6	15.7	2	41	151
Kevin Thompson K. Thompson	11	38	3.5	-79	-2.1	-7.2	2
Chris Eberly C. Eberly	4	27	6.8	147	5.4	36.8	0	28	152
Rashard Casey R. Casey	10	19	1.9	63	3.3	6.3	0
Russ Manney R. Manney	4	10	2.5	28	2.8	7.0	0
R.J. Luke	10	6	0.6	17	2.8	1.7	0
Bruce Branch B. Branch	11	3	0.3	18	6.0	1.6	0	8	97
Marcus McFee M. McFee	4	2	0.5	11	5.5	2.8	0
Corey Jones C. Jones	11	1	0.1	20	20.0	1.8	0	28	388
Steve Smith S. Smith	1	1	1.0	3	3.0	3.0	0
Chafie Fields C. Fields	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	26	370
Joe Nastasi J. Nastasi	9	1	0.1	-9	-9.0	-1.0	0	17	344

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Corey Jones C. Jones	11	27	2.5	368	13.6	33.5	2	28	388
Chafie Fields C. Fields	11	25	2.3	369	14.8	33.5	1	26	370
Cuncho Brown C. Brown	11	21	1.9	245	11.7	22.3	0
Joe Nastasi J. Nastasi	9	16	1.8	353	22.1	39.2	2	17	344
Mike Cerimele M. Cerimele	11	14	1.3	102	7.3	9.3	0	66	363
Tony Stewart T. Stewart	10	7	0.7	144	20.6	14.4	0
Aaron Harris A. Harris	9	6	0.7	50	8.3	5.6	0	50	162
Eric McCoo E. McCoo	11	6	0.5	35	5.8	3.2	1	133	857
Bruce Branch B. Branch	11	5	0.5	79	15.8	7.2	0	8	97
Cordell Mitchell C. Mitchell	7	5	0.7	31	6.2	4.4	0	104	542
Sam Crenshaw S. Crenshaw	7	3	0.4	47	15.7	6.7	0
Omar Easy O. Easy	9	2	0.2	10	5.0	1.1	0	41	151
Eddie Drummond E. Drummond	8	1	0.1	12	12.0	1.5	0
John Gilmore J. Gilmore	4	1	0.3	9	9.0	2.3	0
Chris Eberly C. Eberly	4	1	0.3	5	5.0	1.3	0	28	152

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
David Macklin D. Macklin	11	6	120	20	1
Anthony King A. King	11	2	39	19.5	1
Bhawoh Jue B. Jue	10	2	25	12.5	0
Askari Adams A. Adams	11	2	22	11	0
Lavar Arrington L. Arrington	11	2	16	8	1
Joe Dawkins J. Dawkins	11	1	30	30	1
Brandon Short B. Short	11	1	18	18	0
Derek Fox D. Fox	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Travis Forney T. Forney	11				20	29	89
Mike Cerimele M. Cerimele	11	8	0	8			48
Kevin Thompson K. Thompson	11	2		8			48
Aaron Harris A. Harris	9	5	0	5			30
Eric McCoo E. McCoo	11	3	1	4			24
Omar Easy O. Easy	9	2	0	2			12
Corey Jones C. Jones	11	0	2	2			12
Cordell Mitchell C. Mitchell	7	2	0	2			12
Joe Nastasi J. Nastasi	9	0	2	2			12
Lavar Arrington L. Arrington	11			1			6
Bruce Branch B. Branch	11	0	0	1			6
Joe Dawkins J. Dawkins	11			1			6
Chafie Fields C. Fields	11	0	1	1			6
Anthony King A. King	11			1			6
David Macklin D. Macklin	11			1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Bruce Branch B. Branch	11	2	26	13.0	0	41	446	10.9	1
Eddie Drummond E. Drummond	8	7	117	16.7	0	1	9	9.0	0
Eric McCoo E. McCoo	11	6	99	16.5	0
Sam Crenshaw S. Crenshaw	7	4	85	21.3	0
Titcus Pettigrew T. Pettigrew	11	4	63	15.8	0
David Macklin D. Macklin	11					2	9	4.5	0
Shamar Finney S. Finney	11	1	17	17.0	0
R.J. Luke	10	1	16	16.0	0
Eric Sturdifen E. Sturdifen	11					1	12	12.0	0
Chafie Fields C. Fields	11	1	11	11.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Travis Forney T. Forney	11	20	29	69.0						29	30	96.7	89

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Pat Pidgeon P. Pidgeon	11	59	2,512	42.6

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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

	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

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

	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