NCAA Stats for 2006

[Taosman]

Punting
4. Ohio State

Scoring Defense
16. Ohio State

Passing Effeciency
7. Ohio State

Rushing Defense
85. Ohio State


Player:
Total Offense
17. Troy Smith

Receiving Yards per Game
12. Ted Ginn Jr.
22. Tony Gonzalez

 

[sandgk]

That Rush D number has to improve and quick!

The Turnover stats place us at #33 right now.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Our defense: 9 new starters.
First 2 opp: Among the best rushing offenses in the nation.

Our defense will improve immensely, and we won't face another 2 week 1-2 punch of rushing offense like the last 2 weeks.

I guaran-damn-tee you that the 84 teams ranked above us did not play rushing offenses as good as the ones we played. I'll go further and bet you dollars to doughnuts that we improve 60+ spots by the time we play Michigan.

Stats at this point in the season are of limited utility. Stat rankings at this point in the season are worse than worthless.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

Who cares about where you are ranked right now especially since some schools have been playing sister of the poor and we have played two of the better running teams in the country and sat in Nickel for a lot of the second game and cover 3 for a lot of the first game.

NO reason to worry.

 

[sandgk]

The summary stats show improvement in certain areas
-4 yds by the Bearcats boosted the Rush D to Nat Rank of 50.
Turnover Margin -- we have gone up to #12 nationally from #33.
Scoring D improves to 10th in the nation, Sacks and Tackles for Loss 3rd and 5th nationally.
Passing Efficiency #2 in the nation, way to go Troy and the receiving corps.

Category National Rank Actual National Leader Actual Conf Rank B10 Leader Actual
Rushing Offense 59 139.33 West Virginia 348.67 10 Michigan St. 258.00
Passing Offense 13 287.33 New Mexico St. 419.00 2 Purdue 315.67
Total Offense 18 426.67 Louisville 563.67 3 Michigan St. 506.33
Scoring Offense 30 32.00 Louisville 50.67 5 Purdue 45.33
Rushing Defense 50 106.33 Michigan 20.67 8 Michigan 20.67
Pass Efficiency Defense 51 117.35 LSU 63.53 6 Wisconsin 81.09
Total Defense 43 293.67 LSU 170.00 6 Michigan 206.67
Scoring Defense 10 8.67 Virginia Tech 3.33 2 Wisconsin 8.00
Net Punting T-16 39.33 Michigan St. 45.17 2 Michigan St. 45.17
Punt Returns 51 8.67 Connecticut 27.33 8 Indiana 19.40
Kickoff Returns 87 17.67 Minnesota 42.75 8 Minnesota 42.75
Turnover Margin 12 1.33 Southern California 3.00 3 Michigan 2.67
Pass Defense 55 187.33 Texas A&M 93.67 7 Wisconsin 116.67
Passing Efficiency 2 179.03 Air Force 196.33 1 Ohio St. 179.03
Sacks 3 4.33 Arizona St. 6.00 1 Ohio St. 4.33
Tackles For Loss 5 10.00 Connecticut 12.50 1 Ohio St. 10.00
Sacks Allowed T-53 1.67 Utah .00 9 Minnesota .67

 

[sandgk]

An Interesting Statistical Anomaly

Maybe this is actually telling us something, maybe it is simply an anomaly - it being so early in the season.

But, the NCAA "Toughest Schedule" rankings, for 9+ Inter-Div games sorted on Cumulative Opposition have an astounding confluence.

ALL, yes, that's right every single one of the Big 10 teams is ranked as having a 20th toughest or higher schedule by the NCAA at present. They are the only conference that has each team ranked in such a high manner.

The specific rankings - which let's face it are a snapshot, can change like quicksand and are merely intended for fun and short-term bragging rights, are as follows:
Rank -- Team
1 -- Illinois
2 -- Indiana
3 -- Minnesota
4 -- Iowa
5 -- Michigan
6 (T) - Ohio State
8 -- Wisconsin
10(T) - Penn St.
10 (T) - Mich St.
14 -- Purdue
20 -- Northwestern

I wonder if that has ever happened before? (And by that I mean to any conference).

 

[Oh8ch]

every single one of the Big 10 teams is ranked as having a 20th toughest or higher schedule by the NCAA at present.

Even more interesting as the Big Ten has the best non-conf winning percentage of any of the major conferences right now.

 

[scarletngrey11]

Individual Stats


Rushing Offense

Rank
1Garrett Wolfe, Northern Ill.
13Antonio Pittman, Ohio St.

Passing Efficiency
3Troy Smith, Ohio St.
(.1 behind the #1 and #2)

Total Offense
23Troy Smith, Ohio St.

Receptions per game
32Anthony Gonzalez, Ohio St.

Recieving yards per game
17Anthony Gonzalez, Ohio St.
25Ted Ginn Jr., Ohio St.

Interceptions
13James Laurinaitis, Ohio St.

Punting
14A.J. Trapasso, Ohio St.

Scoring
17Ted Ginn Jr., Ohio St.

Passing
26Troy Smith, Ohio St.

Total Passing Yards
16Troy Smith, Ohio St.

Passing Yards per game
19Troy Smith, Ohio St.

Total Recieving Yards
12Anthony Gonzalez, Ohio St.
19Ted Ginn Jr., Ohio St.

Total Tackles
59James Laurinaitis, Ohio St.

Sacks
6Quinn Pitcock, Ohio St.
(tied with 6 other players)
30Vernon Gholston, Ohio St.
(tied with 15 other players)

Forced Fumbles
5James Laurinaitis, Ohio St.
(tied with 20+ players)
48Larry Grant, Ohio St.
(tied with 25+ players)

Passes Defensed
52James Laurinaitis, Ohio St.
(tied with 40+ players)

Tackles for loss
56Quinn Pitcock, Ohio St.
(tied with 25+ players)
85Vernon Gholston, Ohio St.
(tied with 20+ players)

 

[OSUBuckeye4Life]

Some Key Team Stats Going Into Michigan Week:

*all these are NCAA rankings

#20 Rushing Offense
#37 Passing Offense
#19 Total Offense
#8 Scoring Offense

#11 Rushing Defense
#23 Passing Defense
#8 Total Defense
#1 Scoring Defense

#24 Net Punting

#3 Turnover Margain

T-#1 Interceptions

T-#4 Passes Intercepted

T-#5 Turnovers Gained

T-#11 Turnovers Lost

#5 Passing Efficiency

#6 Passing Efficiency Defense

#20 Fewest Penalties Per Game

#28 Kickoff Return Yardage Defense

#13 Sacks

#10 Tackles For Loss

T-#11 Sacks Allowed

T-#7 Tackles For Loss Allowed

#5 3rd Down Conversion %

#16 3rd Down Conversion % Defense

#14 Time of Possesion