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SCHEDULE AND RESULTS8-5-0W-1

Big Ten Conference Record: 3-5-0 		 
08/31/02 + Southwest Tex. St. 42 0  
09/07/02 La.-Lafayette 35 11  
09/14/02 + Toledo 31 21  
09/21/02 + Buffalo 41 17  
09/28/02 Purdue 15 28  
10/03/02 + Illinois 31 10  
10/12/02 + Northwestern 45 42  
10/19/02 Michigan St. 28 7  
11/02/02 Ohio St. 3 34  
11/09/02 + Michigan 24 41  
11/16/02 + Iowa 21 45  
11/23/02 Wisconsin 31 49  
12/30/02 $ Arkansas 29 14  
+ Home Game $ Neutral Site * Night Game OT Overtime Game
TEAM RANKINGS
117 teams ranked in Division IA
11 teams ranked in Big Ten Conference
CategoryNational
Rank		ActualNational
Leader		Actual Conf
Rank		Big Ten Conference
Leader		Actual
Rushing Offense 20 209.77 Air Force 307.773 Penn St. 228.62
Passing Offense 82 183.38 Texas Tech 388.869 Illinois 282.33
Total Offense 34 393.15 Boise St. 501.465 Purdue 452.23
Scoring Offense 43 28.92 Boise St. 45.625 Iowa 37.23
Rushing Defense 90 176.77 TCU 64.837 Ohio St. 77.71
Pass Efficiency Defense 45 115.42 Miami (Fla.) 83.915 Purdue 105.24
Total Defense 48 355.38 TCU 240.256 Purdue 317.15
Scoring Defense 47 24.54 Kansas St. 11.857 Ohio St. 13.07
Net Punting 75 33.45 Brigham Young 42.699 Ohio St. 37.28
Punt Returns 95 7.73 Northern Ill. 20.199 Penn St. 12.23
Kickoff Returns 94 18.67 Iowa 25.119 Iowa 25.11
Turnover Margin 60 .00 South Fla. 1.916 Wisconsin 1.29
Pass Defense 19 178.62 Miami (Fla.) 119.691 Minnesota 178.62
Passing Efficiency 46 126.64 Boise St. 169.397 Iowa 156.33

PLAYER RANKINGS (Player must have played in 75% of Teams games
Summary of Top 100 National Leaders and top 25 in conference
12 Categories Ranked

CategoryPlayerNational
Rank		ActualNational
Leader		ActualConf
Rank		 Big Ten Conference
Leader		 Actual
Rushing Terry Jackson II 34 101.38 L.Johnson, PennSt 160.547 L.Johnson, PennSt 160.54
  Thomas Tapeh 80 69.62  10  
  Asad Abdul-Khaliq   27.33  25  
Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game) Asad Abdul-Khaliq 52 123.62 Banks, Iowa 157.129 Banks, Iowa 157.12
Total Offense Asad Abdul-Khaliq 49 209.33 Leftwich, Marsh 355.585 Banks, Iowa 230.46
  Terry Jackson II   101.38  18  
  Thomas Tapeh   69.62  24  
Receptions Per Game Antoine Burns   3.38 Burleson, Nevada 11.5017 Stubblfld, Purdue 7.7
  Ben Utecht   2.85  24  
Receiving Yards Per Game Aaron Hosack   49.92 Tolver, SDSt 137.3115 Rogers, MichSt 112.58
  Antoine Burns   40.46  22  
  Ben Utecht   36.92  23  
Interceptions Justin Isom   .23 Leonhard, Wis .7912 Leonhard, Wis .79
  Michael Lehan   .18  20  
  Eli Ward   .15  24  
Punting (Min. 3.6 Punts/Game) Preston Gruening 61 40.04 Payne, BYU 47.596 Groom, OhioSt 44.95
Punt Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) Danny Upchurch 93 7.18 Sheldon, NIll 22.719 B.Johnson, PennSt 12.88
Kickoff Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) Jermaine Mays 95 19.56 Pauley, SnJose 31.559 Wright, NW 28.5
Field Goals Dan Nystrom 13 1.54 Browne, TCU 1.923 Nugent, OhioSt 1.79
Scoring Dan Nystrom 37 7.85 Forsey, Boise 14.775 L.Johnson, PennSt 10.77
  Thomas Tapeh   4.62  21  
All-Purpose Runners Terry Jackson II 94 103.69 L.Johnson, PennSt 204.2310 L.Johnson, PennSt 204.23
  Thomas Tapeh   76.31  24  

T=tied at this ranking