#8 Michigan State Spartans

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	9	192	2,885	578	5.0	2,135	463	4.6	750	115	6.5
Team Rank		28th	30th	71st	17th	19th	40th	11th	73rd	88th	35th
Opponent	9	50	1,751		3.0	1,045	399	2.6	706	183	3.9
Opponent Rank		29th	7th		4th	10th	20th	11th	15th	91st	2nd
Net		+142	+1,134	+578	+2.0	+1,090	+64	+2.0	+44	-68	+2.7
Net Rank		12th	13th	71st	9th	11th	28th	9th	45th	103rd	8th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Pete Smith P. Smith	9	42	94	44.7	10.4	630	6.7	70.0	5	7	103.6	5.3	7.4
Dick Proebstle D. Proebstle	9	7	18	38.9	2.0	120	6.7	13.3	0	3	61.6	0.0	16.7
Gary Ballman G. Ballman	9	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Carl Charon C. Charon	9	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0
Don Stewart D. Stewart	9	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
George Saimes G. Saimes	9	82	9.1	451	5.5	50.1	8
Dewey Lincoln D. Lincoln	9	72	8.0	374	5.2	41.6	1	74	395
Sherman Lewis S. Lewis	9	64	7.1	399	6.2	44.3	4	69	489
Gary Ballman G. Ballman	9	50	5.6	276	5.5	30.7	3	57	345
Ron Hatcher R. Hatcher	9	42	4.7	149	3.5	16.6	2
Carl Charon C. Charon	9	27	3.0	151	5.6	16.8	1	29	186
Herman Johnson H. Johnson	9	26	2.9	82	3.2	9.1	0
Roger Lopes R. Lopes	9	24	2.7	81	3.4	9.0	1	26	108
Pete Smith P. Smith	9	23	2.6	-59	-2.6	-6.6	0
Earl Lattimer E. Lattimer	9	20	2.2	92	4.6	10.2	0
Ron Rubick R. Rubick	9	18	2.0	98	5.4	10.9	0	19	99
Dick Proebstle D. Proebstle	9	9	1.0	12	1.3	1.3	1
Don Stewart D. Stewart	9	1	0.1	-6	-6.0	-0.7	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Lonnie Sanders L. Sanders	9	15	1.7	247	16.5	27.4	2
Arthur Brandstatter A. Brandstatter	9	10	1.1	134	13.4	14.9	0
Gary Ballman G. Ballman	9	7	0.8	69	9.9	7.7	0	57	345
Matt Snorton M. Snorton	9	5	0.6	126	25.2	14.0	1
Sherman Lewis S. Lewis	9	5	0.6	90	18.0	10.0	1	69	489
Carl Charon C. Charon	9	2	0.2	35	17.5	3.9	1	29	186
Roger Lopes R. Lopes	9	2	0.2	27	13.5	3.0	0	26	108
Dewey Lincoln D. Lincoln	9	2	0.2	21	10.5	2.3	0	74	395
Ron Rubick R. Rubick	9	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	19	99

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
George Saimes G. Saimes	9	8		8	48
Sherman Lewis S. Lewis	9	4	1	5	30
Pete Smith P. Smith	9	0		5	30
Gary Ballman G. Ballman	9	3	0	3	18
Carl Charon C. Charon	9	1	1	2	12
Ron Hatcher R. Hatcher	9	2		2	12
Lonnie Sanders L. Sanders	9		2	2	12
Dewey Lincoln D. Lincoln	9	1	0	1	6
Roger Lopes R. Lopes	9	1	0	1	6
Dick Proebstle D. Proebstle	9	1		1	6
Matt Snorton M. Snorton	9		1	1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,746

Veltkamp

2,649

Mestemaker

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

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

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

40.6

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

324.1

318.0

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	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
3	Louisiana	5	3	.625
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	4	.500
6	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Marshall	5	3	.625
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	4	4	.500
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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	6	2	.750
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	South Florida	6	2	.750
7	UAB	4	4	.500
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

	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

	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