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	295	4,914	908	5.4	2,066	445	4.6	2,848	463	6.2	263	115	132	132	79	689
Team Rank		58th	28th	11th	51st	33rd	61st	28th	35th	11th	102nd	22nd	29th	24th	24th	77th	82nd
Opponent	12	342	4,692		5.1	1,671	467	3.6	3,021	454	6.7	257	89	152	152	72	556
Opponent Rank		89th	95th		51st	60th	85th	45th	112th	121st	48th	111th	50th	123rd	123rd	76th	89th
Net		-47	+222	+908	+0.3	+395	-22	+1.1	-173	+9	-0.5	+6	+26	-20	-20	+7	+133
Net Rank		82nd	48th	11th	47th	41st	74th	28th	81st	56th	84th	50th	28th	102nd	102nd	83rd	101st

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Brett Basanez B. Basanez	12	247	460	53.7	38.3	2,838	6.2	236.5	12	9	110.2	2.6	2.0
	Chris Malleo C. Malleo	2	2	3	66.7	1.5	10	3.3	5.0	0	0	94.7	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	274	22.8	1,381	5.0	115.1	14	310	1,732
Brett Basanez B. Basanez	12	83	6.9	258	3.1	21.5	5
Terrell Jordan T. Jordan	11	65	5.9	315	4.8	28.6	3	69	344
Jonathan Fields J. Fields	12	7	0.6	60	8.6	5.0	0	55	620
Chris Malleo C. Malleo	2	7	3.5	26	3.7	13.0	0
Brandon Horn B. Horn	8	3	0.4	17	5.7	2.1	0	27	222
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	2	2	1.0	15	7.5	7.5	0
Eric Batis E. Batis	1	1	1.0	21	21.0	21.0	1
Brian Huffman B. Huffman	12	1	0.1	-7	-7.0	-0.6	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	8	54	6.8	633	11.7	79.1	2
Jonathan Fields J. Fields	12	48	4.0	560	11.7	46.7	4	55	620
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	36	3.0	351	9.8	29.3	1	310	1,732
Shaun Herbert S. Herbert	12	32	2.7	465	14.5	38.8	1
Ashton Aikens A. Aikens	10	32	3.2	401	12.5	40.1	0
Brandon Horn B. Horn	8	24	3.0	205	8.5	25.6	2	27	222
Kim Thompson K. Thompson	6	11	1.8	122	11.1	20.3	1
Taylor Jones T. Jones	7	7	1.0	75	10.7	10.7	1
Terrell Jordan T. Jordan	11	4	0.4	29	7.3	2.6	0	69	344
Erryn Cobb E. Cobb	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Marvin Ward M. Ward	3	3	17	5.7
Dominique Price D. Price	2	2	-2	-1
Tim McGarigle T. McGarigle	1	1	1	1
Jeff Backes J. Backes	8	1	0	0
Bryan Heinz B. Heinz	1	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	RET	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	14	1		15			0	90
Brian Huffman B. Huffman	12	0			0	7	23	0	44
Brett Basanez B. Basanez	12	5			5			1	32
Jonathan Fields J. Fields	12	0	4		4			0	24
Joel Howells J. Howells	3				0	4	9	0	21
Terrell Jordan T. Jordan	11	3	0		3			0	18
Jeff Backes J. Backes	8			2	2			0	12
Brandon Horn B. Horn	8	0	2		2			0	12
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	8		2		2			0	12
Eric Batis E. Batis	1	1			1			0	6
Shaun Herbert S. Herbert	12		1		1			0	6
Taylor Jones T. Jones	7		1		1			0	6
Tonjua Jones T. Jones	1				1			0	6
Kim Thompson K. Thompson	6		1		1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Jeff Backes J. Backes	8	11	333	30.3	1	10	128	12.8	1
Terrell Jordan T. Jordan	11	17	405	23.8	0
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	8					14	145	10.4	0
Derell Jenkins D. Jenkins	4	10	210	21.0	0
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	2	3	38	12.7	0
Shaun Herbert S. Herbert	12					2	-3	-1.5	0
Tonjua Jones T. Jones	1					1	18	18.0	1
Reggie McPherson R. McPherson	1	1	6	6.0	0
Nathan Shanks N. Shanks	1	1	5	5.0	0
Cory Dious C. Dious	1	1	2	2.0	0
Ben Rothrauff B. Rothrauff	1	1	1	1.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Brian Huffman B. Huffman	12	7	17	41.2						23	24	95.8	44
	Joel Howells J. Howells	3	4	5	80.0						9	10	90.0	21

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Brian Huffman B. Huffman	12	53	2,074	39.1
	Ryan Pederson R. Pederson	4	22	809	36.8

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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