Northwestern Wildcats

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	12	272	4,668	888	5.3	1,884	437	4.3	2,784	451	6.2	248	103	130	130	87	783
Team Rank		89th	59th	57th	62nd	61st	84th	39th	52nd	29th	98th	56th	66th	46th	46th	63rd	75th
Opponent	12	493	6,028		6.5	3,763	694	5.4	2,265	239	9.5	299	194	89	89	63	552
Opponent Rank		113th	115th		113th	117th	117th	114th	18th	1st	115th	112th	117th	5th	5th	111th	108th
Net		-221	-1,360	+888	-1.2	-1,879	-257	-1.1	+519	+212	-3.3	-51	-91	+41	+41	+24	+231
Net Rank		110th	111th	57th	106th	116th	116th	98th	35th	3rd	117th	107th	116th	18th	18th	103rd	105th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Brett Basanez B. Basanez	10	190	325	58.5	32.5	2,204	6.8	220.4	7	7	118.2	2.2	2.2
Tony Stauss T. Stauss	6	69	113	61.1	18.8	535	4.7	89.2	2	3	101.4	1.8	2.7
Alexander Webb A. Webb	1	2	6	33.3	6.0	45	7.5	45.0	0	1	63.0	0.0	16.7
Derell Jenkins D. Jenkins	2	0	5	0.0	2.5	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	-80.0	0.0	40.0
Kunle Patrick K. Patrick	12	0	2	0.0	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-100.0	0.0	50.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jason Wright J. Wright	12	219	18.3	1,234	5.6	102.8	12	246	1,500
Brett Basanez B. Basanez	10	67	6.7	96	1.4	9.6	4
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	66	5.5	365	5.5	30.4	7	81	549
Tony Stauss T. Stauss	6	24	4.0	-51	-2.1	-8.5	0
Jeff Backes J. Backes	12	23	1.9	124	5.4	10.3	1	41	251
Derell Jenkins D. Jenkins	2	11	5.5	45	4.1	22.5	0
Kevin Lawrence K. Lawrence	5	10	2.0	58	5.8	11.6	0	13	81
Ashton Aikens A. Aikens	8	6	0.8	70	11.7	8.8	1	14	142
Alexander Webb A. Webb	1	4	4.0	20	5.0	20.0	0
Trai Essex T. Essex	1	1	1.0	-3	-3.0	-3.0	0
Brandon Horn B. Horn	4	1	0.3	-4	-4.0	-1.0	0	7	68

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jon Schweighardt J. Schweighardt	12	58	4.8	719	12.4	59.9	3
Kunle Patrick K. Patrick	12	49	4.1	558	11.4	46.5	2
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	12	31	2.6	245	7.9	20.4	0
Jason Wright J. Wright	12	27	2.3	266	9.9	22.2	0	246	1,500
Roger Jordan R. Jordan	10	23	2.3	207	9.0	20.7	0
Jeff Backes J. Backes	12	18	1.5	127	7.1	10.6	0	41	251
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	15	1.3	184	12.3	15.3	0	81	549
Eric Worley E. Worley	5	12	2.4	226	18.8	45.2	1
Ashton Aikens A. Aikens	8	8	1.0	72	9.0	9.0	1	14	142
Brandon Horn B. Horn	4	6	1.5	72	12.0	18.0	1	7	68
Ronnie Foster R. Foster	4	4	1.0	29	7.3	7.3	1
Joe Wohlscheid J. Wohlscheid	3	3	1.0	33	11.0	11.0	0
Kevin Lawrence K. Lawrence	5	3	0.6	23	7.7	4.6	0	13	81
Jonathan Fields J. Fields	3	2	0.7	14	7.0	4.7	0
Taylor Jones T. Jones	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0
Gilles Lezi G. Lezi	1	1	1.0	2	2.0	2.0	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Raheem Covington R. Covington	3	4	17	4.3
Torri Stuckey T. Stuckey	5	1	16	16
Doug Szymul D. Szymul	1	1	10	10
Jarvis Adams J. Adams	1	1	0	0
David Thompson D. Thompson	1	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Jason Wright J. Wright	12	12	0	13			0	78
David Wasielewski D. Wasielewski	12			0	10	26	0	56
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	7	0	7			0	42
Brett Basanez B. Basanez	10	4		4			1	26
Jon Schweighardt J. Schweighardt	12		3	3			0	18
Ashton Aikens A. Aikens	8	1	1	2			0	12
Kunle Patrick K. Patrick	12		2	2			0	12
Jeff Backes J. Backes	12	1	0	1			0	6
Ronnie Foster R. Foster	4		1	1			0	6
Brandon Horn B. Horn	4	0	1	1			0	6
Eric Worley E. Worley	5		1	1			0	6
Brian Huffman B. Huffman	12			0	0	4	0	4

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Jeff Backes J. Backes	12	18	472	26.2	0	1	7	7.0	0
Kunle Patrick K. Patrick	12					19	142	7.5	0
Jason Wright J. Wright	12	18	513	28.5	1
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	7	99	14.1	0
Torri Stuckey T. Stuckey	5	6	93	15.5	0
Marquice Cole M. Cole	2					2	4	2.0	0
Jon Schweighardt J. Schweighardt	12					2	2	1.0	0
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	12					2	-2	-1.0	0
Ashton Aikens A. Aikens	8	1	39	39.0	0
Jonathan Fields J. Fields	3	1	13	13.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	David Wasielewski D. Wasielewski	12	10	18	55.6						26	28	92.9	56
	Brian Huffman B. Huffman	12	0	1	0.0						4	4	100.0	4

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Brian Huffman B. Huffman	12	66	2,737	41.5

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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

Bradley

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

27.0

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	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
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