BYU Cougars

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	244	3,921	834	4.7	1,967	553	3.6	1,954	281	7.0
Team Rank		47th	41st	13th	64th	89th	76th	93rd	12th	16th	48th
Opponent	11	228	3,649		4.9	2,010	536	3.8	1,639	214	7.7
Opponent Rank		123rd	79th		88th	54th	46th	57th	120th	99th	119th
Net		+16	+272	+834	-0.2	-43	+17	-0.2	+315	+67	-0.7
Net Rank		74th	53rd	13th	81st	68th	63rd	79th	36th	27th	94th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Gifford Nielsen G. Nielsen	11	110	180	61.1	16.4	1,471	8.2	133.7	10	7	140.3	5.6	3.9
Mark Giles M. Giles	11	39	75	52.0	6.8	396	5.3	36.0	3	8	88.2	4.0	10.7
Jeff Duva J. Duva	11	6	25	24.0	2.3	84	3.4	7.6	0	3	28.2	0.0	12.0
Danny Hartwig D. Hartwig	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	0	125.2	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jeff Blanc J. Blanc	11	216	19.6	984	4.6	89.5	9	231	1,142
Charlie Ah You C. Ah You	11	79	7.2	309	3.9	28.1	5
Todd Christensen T. Christensen	11	59	5.4	273	4.6	24.8	1	89	592
Gifford Nielsen G. Nielsen	11	57	5.2	-144	-2.5	-13.1	2
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	11	41	3.7	199	4.9	18.1	0	46	316
Mark Giles M. Giles	11	39	3.5	143	3.7	13.0	0
Roger Gourley R. Gourley	11	34	3.1	115	3.4	10.5	0	42	150
Jeff Duva J. Duva	11	11	1.0	34	3.1	3.1	0
Pisa Finai P. Finai	11	8	0.7	32	4.0	2.9	0
Clay Blackwell C. Blackwell	11	5	0.5	13	2.6	1.2	1
John Van Der Wouden J. Van Der Wouden	11	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.3	0	31	635
Danny Hartwig D. Hartwig	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0
George Harris G. Harris	11	1	0.1	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0	2	5

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Todd Christensen T. Christensen	11	30	2.7	319	10.6	29.0	3	89	592
John Van Der Wouden J. Van Der Wouden	11	29	2.6	621	21.4	56.5	3	31	635
Brian Billick B. Billick	11	19	1.7	207	10.9	18.8	1
Jeff Nilsson J. Nilsson	11	18	1.6	236	13.1	21.5	1
Jeff Blanc J. Blanc	11	15	1.4	158	10.5	14.4	2	231	1,142
Tom Dignan T. Dignan	11	13	1.2	135	10.4	12.3	1
Roger Gourley R. Gourley	11	8	0.7	35	4.4	3.2	0	42	150
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	11	5	0.5	117	23.4	10.6	1	46	316
Mike House M. House	11	3	0.3	38	12.7	3.5	0
Kirk Tanner K. Tanner	11	3	0.3	36	12.0	3.3	0
Bill Allen B. Allen	11	3	0.3	30	10.0	2.7	0
Bob Biddy B. Biddy	11	2	0.2	20	10.0	1.8	0
George Harris G. Harris	11	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.0	0	2	5
Brad Oates B. Oates	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Gifford Nielsen G. Nielsen	11	2		12	72
Jeff Blanc J. Blanc	11	9	2	11	66
Charlie Ah You C. Ah You	11	5		5	30
Todd Christensen T. Christensen	11	1	3	4	24
Mark Giles M. Giles	11	0		3	18
John Van Der Wouden J. Van Der Wouden	11	0	3	3	18
Brian Billick B. Billick	11		1	1	6
Clay Blackwell C. Blackwell	11	1		1	6
Tom Dignan T. Dignan	11		1	1	6
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	11	0	1	1	6
Jeff Nilsson J. Nilsson	11		1	1	6

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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	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	6	3	.667
4	Toledo	7	2	.778
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	6	.333
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	5	4	.556
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
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