Northern Illinois Huskies

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	11	303	3,746	808	4.6	1,589	466	3.4	2,157	342	6.3	206	89	97	97	65	581
Team Rank		58th	89th	53rd	101st	70th	41st	91st	77th	67th	86th	86th	64th	78th	78th	21st	33rd
Opponent	11	292	4,240		5.1	1,734	463	3.7	2,506	362	6.9	228	104	106	106	80	713
Opponent Rank		67th	68th		57th	68th	75th	51st	71st	67th	63rd	71st	79th	56th	56th	54th	36th
Net		+11	-494	+808	-0.5	-145	+3	-0.3	-349	-20	-0.6	-22	-15	-9	-9	-15	-132
Net Rank		61st	87th	53rd	80th	71st	55th	73rd	85th	70th	78th	85th	82nd	74th	74th	28th	23rd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Chris Finlen C. Finlen	11	166	331	50.2	30.1	2,036	6.2	185.1	14	9	110.3	4.2	2.7
Josh Haldi J. Haldi	2	4	7	57.1	3.5	60	8.6	30.0	0	0	129.1	0.0	0.0
P.J. Fleck	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	61	61.0	5.5	0	0	612.4	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Thomas Hammock T. Hammock	11	268	24.4	1,096	4.1	99.6	7	283	1,166
Michael Turner M. Turner	10	92	9.2	395	4.3	39.5	3	102	471
Chris Finlen C. Finlen	11	86	7.8	106	1.2	9.6	4
Dan Sheldon D. Sheldon	4	4	1.0	12	3.0	3.0	0	8	73
Josh Haldi J. Haldi	2	3	1.5	-33	-11.0	-16.5	0
Darrell Hill D. Hill	11	2	0.2	45	22.5	4.1	0	40	867
Robert Wallace R. Wallace	1	2	2.0	10	5.0	10.0	0
P.J. Fleck	11	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	60	732
Keith Perry K. Perry	6	1	0.2	-5	-5.0	-0.8	0	18	212

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
P.J. Fleck	11	59	5.4	732	12.4	66.5	5	60	732
Darrell Hill D. Hill	11	38	3.5	822	21.6	74.7	7	40	867
Keith Perry K. Perry	6	17	2.8	217	12.8	36.2	0	18	212
Matt Dunker M. Dunker	8	17	2.1	85	5.0	10.6	1
Thomas Hammock T. Hammock	11	15	1.4	70	4.7	6.4	0	283	1,166
Michael Turner M. Turner	10	10	1.0	76	7.6	7.6	0	102	471
Mike Archie M. Archie	2	5	2.5	41	8.2	20.5	0
Dan Sheldon D. Sheldon	4	4	1.0	61	15.3	15.3	0	8	73
Kandras Bledsoe K. Bledsoe	2	2	1.0	26	13.0	13.0	0
Turner Pugh T. Pugh	2	2	1.0	23	11.5	11.5	0
Joey Reed J. Reed	1	1	1.0	3	3.0	3.0	1
Alan Rood A. Rood	3	1	0.3	1	1.0	0.3	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Vince Thompson V. Thompson	4	5	79	15.8	2
Lionel Hickenbottom L. Hickenbottom	4	4	96	24	2
Kursten Strothman K. Strothman	3	1	34	34	0
Akil Grant A. Grant	1	1	18	18	0
Randee Drew R. Drew	7	1	3	3	0
Vinson Reynolds V. Reynolds	1	1	3	3	0
Brian Atkinson B. Atkinson	2	1	0	0	0
Justin Dole J. Dole	1	1	0	0	0
Nick Duffy N. Duffy	1	1	0	0	0
Ryan Laurenti R. Laurenti	1	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Steve Azar S. Azar	11			0	20	31	0	91
Darrell Hill D. Hill	11	0	7	8			0	48
Thomas Hammock T. Hammock	11	7	0	7			0	42
P.J. Fleck	11	0	5	5			1	32
Chris Finlen C. Finlen	11	4		4			0	24
Michael Turner M. Turner	10	3	0	4			0	24
Lionel Hickenbottom L. Hickenbottom	4			2			0	12
Vince Thompson V. Thompson	4			2			0	12
Matt Dunker M. Dunker	8		1	1			0	6
Joey Reed J. Reed	1		1	1			0	6
Mike Spacucello M. Spacucello	4			1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
P.J. Fleck	11	4	86	21.5	0	26	250	9.6	0
Randee Drew R. Drew	7	15	305	20.3	0	5	35	7.0	0
Michael Turner M. Turner	10	9	319	35.4	1
Darrell Hill D. Hill	11	5	171	34.2	1
Mike Spacucello M. Spacucello	4	2	7	3.5	0	1	3	3.0	0
Jason Hawkins J. Hawkins	2	2	21	10.5	0
Alan Rood A. Rood	3	2	6	3.0	0
James Johnson J. Johnson	1	1	11	11.0	0
Kursten Strothman K. Strothman	3					1	11	11.0	0
Brian Atkinson B. Atkinson	2	1	4	4.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Steve Azar S. Azar	11	20	26	76.9						31	32	96.9	91

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Jimmy Erwin J. Erwin	11	60	2,507	41.8

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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