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SCHEDULE AND RESULTS11-3-0W-2

Atlantic Coast Conference Record: 5-3-0 		 
08/24/02 + New Mexico 34 14  
08/31/02 + East Tenn. St. 34 0  
09/07/02 Navy 65 19  
09/14/02 + Wake Forest 32 13  
09/21/02 Texas Tech 51 48 OT
09/28/02 + Massachusetts 56 24  
10/12/02 North Carolina 34 17  
10/19/02 + Duke 24 22  
10/24/02 Clemson 38 6  
11/02/02 + Georgia Tech 17 24  
11/09/02 Maryland 21 24  
11/16/02 Virginia 9 14  
11/23/02 + Florida St. 17 7  
01/01/03 Notre Dame 28 6  
+ Home Game $ Neutral Site * Night Game OT Overtime Game
TEAM RANKINGS
117 teams ranked in Division IA
9 teams ranked in Atlantic Coast Conference
CategoryNational
Rank		ActualNational
Leader		Actual Conf
Rank		Atlantic Coast Conference
Leader		Actual
Rushing Offense 62 144.07 Air Force 307.776 Wake Forest 241.15
Passing Offense 35 247.71 Texas Tech 388.862 North Carolina 266.58
Total Offense 39 391.79 Boise St. 501.463 Wake Forest 408.08
Scoring Offense 18 32.86 Boise St. 45.621 North Carolina St. 32.86
Rushing Defense 32 125.29 TCU 64.832 Duke 120.50
Pass Efficiency Defense 12 99.42 Miami (Fla.) 83.911 North Carolina St. 99.42
Total Defense 14 300.79 TCU 240.251 North Carolina St. 300.79
Scoring Defense 10 17.00 Kansas St. 11.852 Maryland 16.29
Net Punting 91 32.08 Brigham Young 42.696 Maryland 37.75
Punt Returns 85 8.29 Northern Ill. 20.197 Maryland 13.33
Kickoff Returns 2 24.95 Iowa 25.111 North Carolina St. 24.95
Turnover Margin 35 .50 South Fla. 1.914 Wake Forest 1.38
Pass Defense 15 175.50 Miami (Fla.) 119.691 North Carolina St. 175.50
Passing Efficiency 19 136.11 Boise St. 169.392 Virginia 148.71

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		 Atlantic Coast Conference
Leader		 Actual
Rushing T.A. McLendon 58 84.69 L.Johnson, PennSt 160.541 McLendon, N.C.St 84.69
  Josh Brown   34.50  14  
  Greg Golden   20.38  22  
Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game) Philip Rivers 13 141.07 Banks, Iowa 157.123 Schaub, Va 147.46
Total Offense Philip Rivers 25 246.64 Leftwich, Marsh 355.581 Rivers, N.C.St 246.64
  T.A. McLendon   84.69  11  
  Josh Brown   34.50  25  
Receptions Per Game Jerricho Cotchery 51 4.79 Burleson, Nevada 11.504 Aiken, NC 5.67
  T.A. McLendon   3.23  11  
  Bryan Peterson   3.00  12  
  Sterling Hicks   2.85  15  
Receiving Yards Per Game Jerricho Cotchery 27 85.14 Tolver, SDSt 137.311 Cotchery, N.C.St 85.14
  Bryan Peterson   39.93  18  
  Sterling Hicks   39.23  19  
Interceptions Rod Johnson T-93 .29 Leonhard, Wis .795 Miller, Clem .62
  Terrence Holt   .23  11  
  Marcus Hudson   .21  15  
  Dantonio Burnette   .15  21  
Punting (Min. 3.6 Punts/Game) Austin Herbert 92 37.18 Payne, BYU 47.594 Barnard, Md 43.15
Punt Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) Jerricho Cotchery   5.45 Sheldon, NIll 22.718 Suter, Md 13.77
Kickoff Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) Greg Golden 46 22.44 Pauley, SnJose 31.553 Suter, Md 24.82
Field Goals Adam Kiker   .42 Browne, TCU 1.929 Novak, Md 1.71
  Austin Herbert   .36  10  
Scoring T.A. McLendon 27 8.31 Forsey, Boise 14.772 Novak, Md 8.93
  Philip Rivers   4.29  13  
  Austin Herbert   3.79  17  
  Jerricho Cotchery   3.43  19  
All-Purpose Runners T.A. McLendon 68 111.92 L.Johnson, PennSt 204.236 Hamilton, Clem 144.85
  Jerricho Cotchery   100.00  7  
  Greg Golden   55.00  23  

T=tied at this ranking