#8 Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	534	5,984	909	6.6	2,212	451	4.9	3,772	458	8.2	28	158	296	99	172	25	54	490
Team Rank		8th	23rd	55th	13th	56th	86th	32nd	21st	33rd	26th	72nd	69th	33rd	80th	13th	31st	12th	15th
Opponent	13	214	4,283	940	4.8	1,534	449	3.4	2,749	449	6.1	42	242	226	87	122	17	80	751
Opponent Rank		7th	18th	81st	12th	14th	24th	16th	56th	108th	12th	8th	19th	25th	18th	55th	29th	44th	34th
Net		+320	+1,701	-31	+1.8	+678	+2	+1.5	+1,023	+9	+2.1	-14	-84	+70	+12	+50	+8	-26	-261
Net Rank		2nd	11th	73rd	6th	33rd	64th	19th	14th	61st	12th	21st	104th	18th	54th	12th	16th	8th	8th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Trace McSorley T. McSorley	13	284	427	66.5	32.8	3,570	8.4	274.6	28	10	153.7	6.6	2.3	133	26	141
Tommy Stevens T. Stevens	8	14	27	51.9	3.4	158	5.9	19.8	3	0	137.7	11.1	0.0	35	2	17
Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	13	2	2	100.0	0.2	36	18.0	2.8	1	0	416.2	50.0	0.0	20	0	0
Billy Fessler B. Fessler	2	1	2	50.0	1.0	8	4.0	4.0	0	0	83.6	0.0	0.0	8	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	13	217	16.7	1,271	5.9	97.8	18	172	271	1,903
Trace McSorley T. McSorley	13	144	11.1	491	3.4	37.8	11	60
Miles Sanders M. Sanders	10	31	3.1	191	6.2	19.1	2	36	37	221
Tommy Stevens T. Stevens	8	27	3.4	190	7.0	23.8	4	21	39	250
Andre Robinson A. Robinson	5	9	1.8	55	6.1	11.0	1	41	10	60
Mark Allen M. Allen	5	9	1.8	38	4.2	7.6	0	8
Nick Eury N. Eury	1	1	1.0	4	4.0	4.0	0	4
DaeSean Hamilton D. Hamilton	13	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	2	54	859

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mike Gesicki M. Gesicki	13	57	79	4.4	563	9.9	43.3	9	61
Juwan Johnson J. Johnson	13	54	81	4.2	701	13.0	53.9	1	61
Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	13	54	68	4.2	632	11.7	48.6	3	97	271	1,903
DaeSean Hamilton D. Hamilton	13	53	84	4.1	857	16.2	65.9	9	84	54	859
DeAndre Thompkins D. Thompkins	13	28	41	2.2	443	15.8	34.1	3	104
Saeed Blacknall S. Blacknall	12	17	34	1.4	289	17.0	24.1	2	58
Tommy Stevens T. Stevens	8	12	14	1.5	60	5.0	7.5	2	15	39	250
Brandon Polk B. Polk	11	10	17	0.9	130	13.0	11.8	1	27
Miles Sanders M. Sanders	10	6	12	0.6	30	5.0	3.0	0	11	37	221
Tom Pancoast T. Pancoast	5	4	5	0.8	27	6.8	5.4	1	12	4	27
Jonathan Holland J. Holland	6	3	4	0.5	16	5.3	2.7	0	8	3	16
Nick Bowers N. Bowers	1	1	1	1.0	15	15.0	15.0	1	15
Andre Robinson A. Robinson	5	1	3	0.2	5	5.0	1.0	0	5	10	60
Irvin Charles I. Charles	7	1	5	0.1	4	4.0	0.6	0	4

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Jason Cabinda J. Cabinda	13	65	19	84	6	2.5	0
Marcus Allen M. Allen	13	54	13	67	3	1.0	0	1	50	50	0	50
Brandon Smith B. Smith	13	40	19	59	5	0.0	0
Troy Apke T. Apke	13	42	9	51	4	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	1
Manny Bowen M. Bowen	9	35	15	50	4	1.5	0
Koa Farmer K. Farmer	13	32	16	48	4	1.0	0
Christian Campbell C. Campbell	12	39	5	44	1	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Grant Haley G. Haley	12	34	4	38	3	2.0	0	2	46	23	0	42
Shareef Miller S. Miller	13	26	7	33	10	5.0	0
Cameron Brown C. Brown	12	24	7	31	1	0.5	0
Nick Scott N. Scott	12	25	4	29	2	0.0	0
Amani Oruwariye A. Oruwariye	11	23	4	27	0	0.0	0	4	17	4.3	0	17
Lamont Wade L. Wade	11	16	11	27	0	0.0	0
Parker Cothren P. Cothren	12	15	12	27	2	1.5	0
Kevin Givens K. Givens	10	14	8	22	3	3.5	0
Robert Windsor R. Windsor	12	14	5	19	2	2.0	0	0	0		0
Tyrell Chavis T. Chavis	9	11	8	19	5	3.0	0
Ayron Monroe A. Monroe	9	15	3	18	2	0.5	0	0	0		0
Shaka Toney S. Toney	9	12	6	18	5	4.0	0
Ryan Buchholz R. Buchholz	7	10	8	18	2	2.0	0
Curtis Cothran C. Cothran	8	11	5	16	4	3.5	0	0	0		0
Yetur Gross-Matos Y. Gross-Matos	8	11	4	15	2	1.5	0
Shane Simmons S. Simmons	6	9	3	12	4	1.0	0
Jan Johnson J. Johnson	6	7	4	11	1	0.0	0
Garrett Taylor G. Taylor	9	6	5	11	1	0.0	0
Tariq Castro-Fields T. Castro-Fields	6	10	0	10	2	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jake Cooper J. Cooper	6	8	1	9	0	0.0	0
Ellison Jordan E. Jordan	6	6	3	9	0	0.5	0
Daniel Joseph D. Joseph	5	6	3	9	2	2.5	0	0	0		0
Zech McPhearson Z. McPhearson	6	7	1	8	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jarvis Miller J. Miller	3	6	2	8	1	1.0	0
Torrence Brown T. Brown	3	3	5	8	0	0.0	0
Irvin Charles I. Charles	7	7	0	7	3	0.0	0
Josh McPhearson J. McPhearson	5	5	2	7	0	0.0	0
Antonio Valentino A. Valentino	3	2	4	6	1	1.0	0
Tyler Davis T. Davis	13	3	1	4	0	0.0	0
Johnathan Thomas J. Thomas	5	3	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
John Petrishen J. Petrishen	2	3	0	3	1	0.0	0
Saeed Blacknall S. Blacknall	12	2	1	3	0	0.0	0
Frank Di Leo F. Di Leo	3	2	1	3	0	0.0	0
Mark Allen M. Allen	5	2	0	2	1	0.0	0
Immanuel Iyke I. Iyke	2	2	0	2	1	0.0	0
Colin Castagna C. Castagna	3	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jonathan Holland J. Holland	6	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	13	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Desi Davis D. Davis	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Joe DuMond J. DuMond	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Mike Gesicki M. Gesicki	13	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Brendan Mahon B. Mahon	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Trace McSorley T. McSorley	13	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Mitchell Vallone M. Vallone	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Kyle Vasey K. Vasey	2	1	0	1	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jason Vranic J. Vranic	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Ryan Monk R. Monk	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	0
Antonio Shelton A. Shelton	1	0	1	1	0	0.5		0	0		0

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD	PR LNG
DeAndre Thompkins D. Thompkins	13					24	319	13.3	1	81
Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	13	15	426	28.4	2
Miles Sanders M. Sanders	10	5	76	15.2	0
Koa Farmer K. Farmer	13	4	92	23.0	0
Brandon Polk B. Polk	11	3	60	20.0	0
Jonathan Holland J. Holland	6	2	9	4.5	0	0	0		0
Mark Allen M. Allen	5					1	10	10.0	0	10
Jan Johnson J. Johnson	6	1	7	7.0	0
Troy Apke T. Apke	13					1	3	3.0	0	3
Juwan Johnson J. Johnson	13	1	1	1.0	0
Zech McPhearson Z. McPhearson	6	0	0		0	1	-3	-3.0	0	-3

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Tyler Davis T. Davis	13	9	17	52.9	1-1	5-6	1-5	2-5	0-0	71	71	100.0	98

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Blake Gillikin B. Gillikin	13	52	2,244	43.2	104	1
	Daniel Pasquariello D. Pasquariello	1	1	45	45.0	45	0

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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

12.2

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	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

	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