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Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl

Ohio (9-4) Breakdown

Category	National Rank	Actual	National Leader	Actual	Conf Rank	Mid-American Conference Leader	Actual
Rushing Offense	94	119.69	Nevada	362.25	8	Northern Ill.	202.42
Passing Offense	77	204.85	Houston	450.00	8	Bowling Green	310.17
Total Offense	98	324.54	Houston	581.23	10	Toledo	438.25
Scoring Offense	75	25.38	Boise St.	44.15	6	Central Mich.	33.15
Rushing Defense	71	150.92	Texas	62.15	6	Temple	108.83
Pass Efficiency Defense	17	107.90	Alabama	88.81	1	Ohio	107.90
Total Defense	52	354.15	TCU	233.25	5	Northern Ill.	324.00
Scoring Defense	33	21.31	Alabama	11.00	3	Central Mich.	17.23
Net Punting	111	32.52	Georgia	42.84	10	Ball St.	35.93
Punt Returns	35	11.10	LSU	18.64	3	Central Mich.	13.50
Kickoff Returns	81	20.79	TCU	30.62	7	Temple	23.90
Turnover Margin	6	1.08	Rutgers	1.67	1	Ohio	1.08
Pass Defense	41	203.23	Air Force	148.67	5	Eastern Mich.	150.50
Passing Efficiency	59	129.71	Cincinnati	166.19	5	Central Mich.	150.47
Sacks	88	1.62	Pittsburgh	3.75	7	Temple	2.75
Tackles For Loss	68	5.54	Middle Tenn.	8.83	6	Kent St.	8.42
Sacks Allowed	T-62	2.00	Boise St.	.38	7	Central Mich.	1.15

Marshall (6-6) Breakdown

Category	National Rank	Actual	National Leader	Actual	Conf Rank	Conference USA Conference Leader	Actual
Rushing Offense	72	138.75	Nevada	362.25	7	UAB	229.92
Passing Offense	61	216.50	Houston	450.00	7	Houston	450.00
Total Offense	78	355.25	Houston	581.23	9	Houston	581.23
Scoring Offense	T-94	21.83	Boise St.	44.15	9	Houston	43.92
Rushing Defense	62	145.08	Texas	62.15	5	UCF	82.50
Pass Efficiency Defense	67	129.95	Alabama	88.81	5	SMU	122.07
Total Defense	80	392.50	TCU	233.25	4	UCF	348.08
Scoring Defense	59	24.92	Alabama	11.00	4	UCF	20.67
Net Punting	91	33.92	Georgia	42.84	11	East Carolina	39.35
Punt Returns	47	10.16	LSU	18.64	7	SMU	14.53
Kickoff Returns	102	19.53	TCU	30.62	12	Southern Miss.	26.09
Turnover Margin	86	-.42	Rutgers	1.67	9	East Carolina	1.00
Pass Defense	99	247.42	Air Force	148.67	5	Tulane	218.00
Passing Efficiency	91	118.71	Cincinnati	166.19	10	Houston	159.56
Sacks	59	1.92	Pittsburgh	3.75	5	UCF	3.08
Tackles For Loss	62	5.58	Middle Tenn.	8.83	7	UCF	7.58
Sacks Allowed	60	1.92	Boise St.	.38	5	East Carolina	.85

Eagle Bank Bowl

UCLA (6-6) Breakdown

Category	National Rank	Actual	National Leader	Actual	Conf Rank	Pacific-10 Conference Leader	Actual
Rushing Offense	98	116.42	Nevada	362.25	9	Oregon	236.08
Passing Offense	52	222.92	Houston	450.00	5	Oregon St.	275.25
Total Offense	88	339.33	Houston	581.23	8	Stanford	441.42
Scoring Offense	99	21.33	Boise St.	44.15	9	Oregon	37.67
Rushing Defense	60	144.42	Texas	62.15	7	Arizona St.	108.58
Pass Efficiency Defense	41	119.45	Alabama	88.81	5	Southern California	106.25
Total Defense	39	338.33	TCU	233.25	4	Arizona St.	297.58
Scoring Defense	32	21.25	Alabama	11.00	3	Southern California	20.42
Net Punting	20	37.76	Georgia	42.84	1	UCLA	37.76
Punt Returns	66	8.40	LSU	18.64	7	Arizona	16.40
Kickoff Returns	14	24.60	TCU	30.62	3	Stanford	28.69
Turnover Margin	31	.42	Rutgers	1.67	3	Oregon St.	.50
Pass Defense	30	193.92	Air Force	148.67	2	Arizona St.	189.00
Passing Efficiency	102	112.87	Cincinnati	166.19	9	Oregon St.	147.33
Sacks	T-65	1.83	Pittsburgh	3.75	7	Arizona	2.83
Tackles For Loss	8	7.83	Middle Tenn.	8.83	1	UCLA	7.83
Sacks Allowed	T-82	2.33	Boise St.	.38	7	Stanford	.50

Temple (9-3) Breakdown

Category	National Rank	Actual	National Leader	Actual	Conf Rank	Mid-American Conference Leader	Actual
Rushing Offense	23	192.33	Nevada	362.25	2	Northern Ill.	202.42
Passing Offense	112	145.42	Houston	450.00	12	Bowling Green	310.17
Total Offense	89	337.75	Houston	581.23	8	Toledo	438.25
Scoring Offense	35	30.25	Boise St.	44.15	3	Central Mich.	33.15
Rushing Defense	19	108.83	Texas	62.15	1	Temple	108.83
Pass Efficiency Defense	55	127.19	Alabama	88.81	6	Ohio	107.90
Total Defense	37	335.67	TCU	233.25	3	Northern Ill.	324.00
Scoring Defense	34	21.67	Alabama	11.00	4	Central Mich.	17.23
Net Punting	102	33.40	Georgia	42.84	7	Ball St.	35.93
Punt Returns	26	12.33	LSU	18.64	2	Central Mich.	13.50
Kickoff Returns	22	23.90	TCU	30.62	1	Temple	23.90
Turnover Margin	T-31	.42	Rutgers	1.67	3	Ohio	1.08
Pass Defense	74	226.83	Air Force	148.67	10	Eastern Mich.	150.50
Passing Efficiency	106	109.81	Cincinnati	166.19	11	Central Mich.	150.47
Sacks	T-17	2.75	Pittsburgh	3.75	1	Temple	2.75
Tackles For Loss	55	5.75	Middle Tenn.	8.83	4	Kent St.	8.42
Sacks Allowed	T-39	1.50	Boise St.	.38	3	Central Mich.	1.15

Roady's Humanitarian Bowl

Bowling Green (7-5) Breakdown

Category	National Rank	Actual	National Leader	Actual	Conf Rank	Mid-American Conference Leader	Actual
Rushing Offense	114	81.25	Nevada	362.25	12	Northern Ill.	202.42
Passing Offense	8	310.17	Houston	450.00	1	Bowling Green	310.17
Total Offense	52	391.42	Houston	581.23	4	Toledo	438.25
Scoring Offense	62	27.33	Boise St.	44.15	5	Central Mich.	33.15
Rushing Defense	103	192.75	Texas	62.15	12	Temple	108.83
Pass Efficiency Defense	50	122.64	Alabama	88.81	5	Ohio	107.90
Total Defense	82	393.75	TCU	233.25	10	Northern Ill.	324.00
Scoring Defense	65	26.17	Alabama	11.00	7	Central Mich.	17.23
Net Punting	94	33.82	Georgia	42.84	4	Ball St.	35.93
Punt Returns	58	8.88	LSU	18.64	6	Central Mich.	13.50
Kickoff Returns	104	19.47	TCU	30.62	11	Temple	23.90
Turnover Margin	T-31	.42	Rutgers	1.67	3	Ohio	1.08
Pass Defense	34	201.00	Air Force	148.67	4	Eastern Mich.	150.50
Passing Efficiency	50	132.01	Cincinnati	166.19	4	Central Mich.	150.47
Sacks	89	1.58	Pittsburgh	3.75	8	Temple	2.75
Tackles For Loss	113	4.17	Middle Tenn.	8.83	13	Kent St.	8.42
Sacks Allowed	82	2.33	Boise St.	.38	11	Central Mich.	1.15

Idaho (7-5) Breakdown

Category	National Rank	Actual	National Leader	Actual	Conf Rank	Western Athletic Conference Leader	Actual
Rushing Offense	49	160.75	Nevada	362.25	6	Nevada	362.25
Passing Offense	11	290.58	Houston	450.00	2	Hawaii	337.00
Total Offense	10	451.33	Houston	581.23	3	Nevada	521.58
Scoring Offense	25	31.83	Boise St.	44.15	4	Boise St.	44.15
Rushing Defense	77	155.58	Texas	62.15	3	Nevada	114.67
Pass Efficiency Defense	117	156.71	Alabama	88.81	9	Boise St.	103.53
Total Defense	105	424.50	TCU	233.25	7	Boise St.	299.62
Scoring Defense	112	35.50	Alabama	11.00	9	Boise St.	17.69
Net Punting	90	33.97	Georgia	42.84	8	Boise St.	38.82
Punt Returns	38	10.93	LSU	18.64	3	Louisiana Tech	12.33
Kickoff Returns	97	19.89	TCU	30.62	8	Boise St.	27.27
Turnover Margin	T-105	-.75	Rutgers	1.67	6	Boise St.	1.46
Pass Defense	114	268.92	Air Force	148.67	8	Boise St.	172.77
Passing Efficiency	10	154.06	Cincinnati	166.19	2	Boise St.	164.23
Sacks	112	1.17	Pittsburgh	3.75	8	Nevada	2.33
Tackles For Loss	117	3.92	Middle Tenn.	8.83	9	Boise St.	7.46
Sacks Allowed	62	2.00	Boise St.	.38	5	Boise St.	.38

International Bowl

South Florida (7-5) Breakdown

Category	National Rank	Actual	National Leader	Actual	Conf Rank	Big East Conference Leader	Actual
Rushing Offense	45	169.42	Nevada	362.25	4	Pittsburgh	184.58
Passing Offense	90	192.83	Houston	450.00	7	Cincinnati	320.33
Total Offense	72	362.25	Houston	581.23	5	Cincinnati	464.25
Scoring Offense	67	26.42	Boise St.	44.15	6	Cincinnati	39.83
Rushing Defense	49	137.75	Texas	62.15	6	Syracuse	101.83
Pass Efficiency Defense	33	115.68	Alabama	88.81	2	West Virginia	112.55
Total Defense	31	328.75	TCU	233.25	3	Rutgers	312.17
Scoring Defense	30	21.17	Alabama	11.00	5	Rutgers	17.42
Net Punting	78	34.74	Georgia	42.84	6	West Virginia	39.10
Punt Returns	86	6.89	LSU	18.64	7	Cincinnati	13.00
Kickoff Returns	99	19.59	TCU	30.62	8	Cincinnati	29.20
Turnover Margin	T-66	-.08	Rutgers	1.67	5	Rutgers	1.67
Pass Defense	27	191.00	Air Force	148.67	1	South Fla.	191.00
Passing Efficiency	36	139.55	Cincinnati	166.19	3	Cincinnati	166.19
Sacks	48	2.08	Pittsburgh	3.75	7	Pittsburgh	3.75
Tackles For Loss	32	6.50	Middle Tenn.	8.83	5	Rutgers	8.50
Sacks Allowed	101	2.75	Boise St.	.38	6	Cincinnati	.92

Northern Illinois (7-5) Breakdown

Category	National Rank	Actual	National Leader	Actual	Conf Rank	Mid-American Conference Leader	Actual
Rushing Offense	17	202.42	Nevada	362.25	1	Northern Ill.	202.42
Passing Offense	109	151.67	Houston	450.00	11	Bowling Green	310.17
Total Offense	79	354.08	Houston	581.23	6	Toledo	438.25
Scoring Offense	31	30.75	Boise St.	44.15	2	Central Mich.	33.15
Rushing Defense	31	119.42	Texas	62.15	3	Temple	108.83
Pass Efficiency Defense	62	128.94	Alabama	88.81	9	Ohio	107.90
Total Defense	27	324.00	TCU	233.25	1	Northern Ill.	324.00
Scoring Defense	30	21.17	Alabama	11.00	2	Central Mich.	17.23
Net Punting	103	33.04	Georgia	42.84	8	Ball St.	35.93
Punt Returns	51	9.74	LSU	18.64	5	Central Mich.	13.50
Kickoff Returns	64	21.70	TCU	30.62	4	Temple	23.90
Turnover Margin	16	.67	Rutgers	1.67	2	Ohio	1.08
Pass Defense	44	204.58	Air Force	148.67	6	Eastern Mich.	150.50
Passing Efficiency	39	137.53	Cincinnati	166.19	2	Central Mich.	150.47
Sacks	31	2.42	Pittsburgh	3.75	3	Temple	2.75
Tackles For Loss	46	6.08	Middle Tenn.	8.83	2	Kent St.	8.42
Sacks Allowed	21	1.17	Boise St.	.38	2	Central Mich.	1.15

GMAC Bowl

Central Michigan (11-2) Breakdown

Category	National Rank	Actual	National Leader	Actual	Conf Rank	Mid-American Conference Leader	Actual
Rushing Offense	42	172.15	Nevada	362.25	3	Northern Ill.	202.42
Passing Offense	36	244.77	Houston	450.00	5	Bowling Green	310.17
Total Offense	33	416.92	Houston	581.23	2	Toledo	438.25
Scoring Offense	17	33.15	Boise St.	44.15	1	Central Mich.	33.15
Rushing Defense	30	119.31	Texas	62.15	2	Temple	108.83
Pass Efficiency Defense	36	116.94	Alabama	88.81	3	Ohio	107.90
Total Defense	29	326.69	TCU	233.25	2	Northern Ill.	324.00
Scoring Defense	14	17.23	Alabama	11.00	1	Central Mich.	17.23
Net Punting	85	34.52	Georgia	42.84	3	Ball St.	35.93
Punt Returns	13	13.50	LSU	18.64	1	Central Mich.	13.50
Kickoff Returns	103	19.48	TCU	30.62	10	Temple	23.90
Turnover Margin	39	.38	Rutgers	1.67	5	Ohio	1.08
Pass Defense	49	207.38	Air Force	148.67	7	Eastern Mich.	150.50
Passing Efficiency	12	150.47	Cincinnati	166.19	1	Central Mich.	150.47
Sacks	72	1.77	Pittsburgh	3.75	5	Temple	2.75
Tackles For Loss	105	4.62	Middle Tenn.	8.83	12	Kent St.	8.42
Sacks Allowed	19	1.15	Boise St.	.38	1	Central Mich.	1.15

Troy (9-3) Breakdown

Category	National Rank	Actual	National Leader	Actual	Conf Rank	Sun Belt Conference Leader	Actual
Rushing Offense	61	147.50	Nevada	362.25	6	North Texas	185.25
Passing Offense	4	331.00	Houston	450.00	1	Troy	331.00
Total Offense	3	478.50	Houston	581.23	1	Troy	478.50
Scoring Offense	18	33.08	Boise St.	44.15	1	Troy	33.08
Rushing Defense	54	140.17	Texas	62.15	4	La.-Monroe	110.08
Pass Efficiency Defense	98	140.67	Alabama	88.81	6	Middle Tenn.	110.14
Total Defense	100	417.92	TCU	233.25	6	Arkansas St.	340.50
Scoring Defense	86	28.58	Alabama	11.00	4	Middle Tenn.	23.00
Net Punting	25	37.54	Georgia	42.84	2	La.-Lafayette	37.56
Punt Returns	117	3.53	LSU	18.64	9	FIU	12.88
Kickoff Returns	79	21.00	TCU	30.62	3	North Texas	22.29
Turnover Margin	94	-.50	Rutgers	1.67	7	Middle Tenn.	.92
Pass Defense	117	277.75	Air Force	148.67	9	Middle Tenn.	213.67
Passing Efficiency	16	146.33	Cincinnati	166.19	1	Troy	146.33
Sacks	26	2.58	Pittsburgh	3.75	2	Middle Tenn.	3.17
Tackles For Loss	28	6.67	Middle Tenn.	8.83	2	Middle Tenn.	8.83
Sacks Allowed	T-54	1.75	Boise St.	.38	5	North Texas	1.00


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