#23 Northwestern Wildcats

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	254	4,252	952	4.5	2,451	600	4.1	1,801	352	5.1	29	184	232	112	101	19	58	516
Team Rank		112th	108th	38th	122nd	43rd	18th	86th	120th	100th	126th	77th	53rd	100th	74th	104th	81st	13th	15th
Opponent	13	242	4,146	946	4.5	1,640	463	3.5	2,506	452	5.5	31	201	226	99	111	16	60	540
Opponent Rank		11th	11th	75th	7th	20th	32nd	21st	29th	102nd	3rd	39th	42nd	18th	38th	25th	18th	118th	112th
Net		+12	+106	+6	-0.1	+811	+137	+0.5	-705	-100	-0.4	-2	-17	+6	+13	-10	+3	-2	-24
Net Rank		74th	74th	44th	79th	28th	15th	49th	106th	109th	86th	59th	67th	70th	51st	78th	39th	51st	56th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Clayton Thorson C. Thorson	13	150	295	50.8	22.7	1,522	5.2	117.1	7	9	95.9	2.4	3.1	77	22	145
Zack Oliver Z. Oliver	5	23	53	43.4	10.6	267	5.0	53.4	1	4	76.8	1.9	7.5	56	6	32
Matt Alviti M. Alviti	1	1	3	33.3	3.0	12	4.0	12.0	0	0	66.9	0.0	0.0	12	1	7
Andrew Scanlan A. Scanlan	2	0	1	0.0	0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Justin Jackson J. Jackson	13	312	24.0	1,418	4.5	109.1	5	79	333	1,580
Clayton Thorson C. Thorson	13	100	7.7	397	4.0	30.5	5	89	101	397
Warren Long W. Long	12	60	5.0	329	5.5	27.4	5	58	63	356
Solomon Vault S. Vault	13	56	4.3	159	2.8	12.2	0	15	67	254
Auston Anderson A. Anderson	4	13	3.3	56	4.3	14.0	0	23	13	56
Jelani Roberts J. Roberts	10	10	1.0	36	3.6	3.6	0	11	18	84
Corey Acker C. Acker	3	8	2.7	82	10.3	27.3	0	50
Tom Hruby T. Hruby	3	8	2.7	25	3.1	8.3	0	9	8	25
Zack Oliver Z. Oliver	5	8	1.6	-30	-3.8	-6.0	1	1
Matt Alviti M. Alviti	1	3	3.0	-2	-0.7	-2.0	0	5
Miles Shuler M. Shuler	12	2	0.2	30	15.0	2.5	0	26	17	179
Chad Hanaoka C. Hanaoka	1	1	1.0	2	2.0	2.0	0	2
Austin Carr A. Carr	11	1	0.1	-7	-7.0	-0.6	0	-7	17	295

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Dan Vitale D. Vitale	13	33	61	2.5	355	10.8	27.3	4	66
Christian Jones C. Jones	13	23	49	1.8	234	10.2	18.0	2	20	23	234
Justin Jackson J. Jackson	13	21	28	1.6	162	7.7	12.5	0	36	333	1,580
Austin Carr A. Carr	11	16	25	1.5	302	18.9	27.5	2	67	17	295
Mike McHugh M. McHugh	13	16	32	1.2	160	10.0	12.3	0	34	16	160
Miles Shuler M. Shuler	12	15	32	1.3	149	9.9	12.4	0	50	17	179
Garrett Dickerson G. Dickerson	10	12	22	1.2	124	10.3	12.4	0	37	12	124
Solomon Vault S. Vault	13	11	22	0.8	95	8.6	7.3	0	46	67	254
Jelani Roberts J. Roberts	10	8	10	0.8	48	6.0	4.8	0	12	18	84
Cameron Dickerson C. Dickerson	7	5	13	0.7	38	7.6	5.4	0	16
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel	6	4	8	0.7	47	11.8	7.8	0	24	4	47
Warren Long W. Long	12	3	5	0.3	27	9.0	2.3	0	18	63	356
Pierre Youngblood-Ary P. Youngblood-Ary	2	2	3	1.0	33	16.5	16.5	0	18	2	33
Garrett Kidd G. Kidd	5	2	4	0.4	15	7.5	3.0	0	9	2	15
Stephen Buckley S. Buckley	4	2	6	0.5	12	6.0	3.0	0	7
Clayton Thorson C. Thorson	13	1	2	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	101	397

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Anthony Walker A. Walker	12	64	16	80	17	4.0	1	3	3	0	3
Godwin Igwebuike G. Igwebuike	12	51	13	64	3	0.0
Traveon Henry T. Henry	10	47	3	50	2	1.0	2	20	10	0	20
Nate Hall N. Hall	10	31	10	41	2	0.0
Drew Smith D. Smith	10	33	5	38	11	2.0
Dean Lowry D. Lowry	12	31	4	35	12	3.0	1	18	18	0	18
Matthew Harris M. Harris	10	25	5	30	0	0.0	4	94	23.5	1	71
Nick Van Hoose N. Van Hoose	8	24	4	28	2	0.0	3	76	25.3	1	72
Deonte Gibson D. Gibson	10	23	4	27	11	9.0
Jaylen Prater J. Prater	5	22	4	26	1	1.0
Keith Watkins II K. Watkins II	10	24	1	25	2	0.0
Tyler Lancaster T. Lancaster	9	16	5	21	3	1.5
Ifeadi Odenigbo I. Odenigbo	8	11	3	14	4	5.0
Joseph Jones J. Jones	7	11	0	11	1	1.0
Xavier Washington X. Washington	7	9	1	10	3	1.0
Terrance Brown T. Brown	5	8	2	10	1	0.0
C.J. Robbins	5	7	2	9	0	0.0
Jordan Thompson J. Thompson	5	5	4	9	1	0.0
Greg Kuhar G. Kuhar	6	7	1	8	0	0.0	0	0		0
Marcus McShepard M. McShepard	6	7	1	8	0	0.0	0	0		0
Jared McGee J. McGee	3	5	1	6	0	0.0	0	0		0
Kyle Queiro K. Queiro	5	4	0	4	0	0.0	1	17	17	0	17
Max Chapman M. Chapman	4	3	1	4	1	1.5	0	0		0
Cameron Queiro C. Queiro	3	3	1	4	0	0.0
Warren Long W. Long	12	3	0	3	0	0.0
Montre Hartage M. Hartage	3	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0		0
Clayton Thorson C. Thorson	13	2	0	2	1	0.0
Ben Oxley B. Oxley	2	1	1	2	0	0.0
Corey Acker C. Acker	3	1	0	1	0	0.0
Tom Hruby T. Hruby	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0		0
Christian Jones C. Jones	13	1	0	1	0	0.0
Mike McHugh M. McHugh	13	1	0	1	1	0.0
Jack Mitchell J. Mitchell	13	1	0	1	0	0.0
James Prather J. Prather	1	1	0	1	0	0.0
Solomon Vault S. Vault	13	1	0	1	0	0.0
Chris Fitzpatrick C. Fitzpatrick	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0		0

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD	PR LNG
Solomon Vault S. Vault	13	25	657	26.3	2
Miles Shuler M. Shuler	12	4	93	23.3	0	11	110	10.0	0	55
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel	6	0	0		0	2	-2	-1.0	0	1
Jelani Roberts J. Roberts	10	1	19	19.0	0	0	0		0
Marcus McShepard M. McShepard	6	1	17	17.0	0	0	0		0
Dan Vitale D. Vitale	13	1	16	16.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Jack Mitchell J. Mitchell	13	18	27	66.7	2-2	7-9	7-8	2-8	0-0	25	28	89.3	79
	Arthur Omilian A. Omilian	1									1	1	100.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Hunter Niswander H. Niswander	13	85	3,227	38.0	108	0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375