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SCHEDULE AND RESULTS7-5-0W-1

Big Ten Conference Record: 3-5-0 		 
09/04/04 +* Toledo 63 21  
09/11/04 + Illinois St. 37 21  
09/18/04 Colorado St. 34 16  
09/25/04 +* Northwestern 43 17  
10/02/04 +* Penn St. 16 7  
10/09/04 Michigan 24 27  
10/16/04 Michigan St. 17 51  
10/23/04 + Illinois 45 0  
10/30/04 Indiana 21 30  
11/06/04 Wisconsin 14 38  
11/13/04 + Iowa 27 29  
12/31/04 $ Alabama 20 16  
+ 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 5 256.83 Rice 306.551 Minnesota 256.83
Passing Offense 88 181.50 Texas Tech 399.678 Purdue 321.17
Total Offense 15 438.33 Louisville 539.003 Michigan St. 460.00
Scoring Offense 29 30.08 Louisville 49.753 Purdue 31.75
Rushing Defense 36 130.67 Southern California 79.386 Iowa 92.50
Pass Efficiency Defense 67 126.67 North Carolina St. 91.778 Penn St. 99.87
Total Defense 75 396.67 North Carolina St. 221.369 Wisconsin 291.25
Scoring Defense 39 22.75 Auburn 11.316 Penn St. 15.27
Net Punting 36 36.95 Colorado 42.696 Ohio St. 39.24
Punt Returns 89 7.10 Utah St. 18.3310 Ohio St. 16.27
Kickoff Returns 91 18.55 Indiana 28.078 Indiana 28.07
Turnover Margin 19 .58 Southern California 1.462 Iowa 1.08
Pass Defense 109 266.00 Alabama 113.0811 Penn St. 162.27
Passing Efficiency 47 129.78 Louisville 174.364 Purdue 150.22

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 Laurence Maroney 16 112.33 Thomas, NTex 180.103 Hart, Mich 121.25
  Marion Barber III 18 105.75  4  
Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game) Bryan Cupito 54 126.95 Lefors, Louv 181.746 Orton, Purdue 151.12
Total Offense Bryan Cupito 77 178.25 Cumbie, TxTech 381.258 Orton, Purdue 291.09
  Laurence Maroney   112.33  12  
  Marion Barber III   109.42  13  
Receptions Per Game Jared Ellerson   3.08 Ridgeway, BallSt 9.5519 Edwards, Mich 8.08
Receiving Yards Per Game Ernie Wheelwright 95 54.50 Ridgeway, BallSt 127.188 Edwards, Mich 110.83
  Jared Ellerson   43.42  13  
Interceptions Ukee Dozier   .25 2 players tied at .64101 tied at .36
  Trumaine Banks   .20  15  
Punting (Min. 3.6 Punts/Game) Rhys Lloyd 77 39.84 Fields, MichSt 47.8810 Fields, MichSt 47.88
Punt Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) Marion Barber III 88 5.79 Ginn Jr., OhioSt 25.6011 Ginn Jr., OhioSt 25.6
Kickoff Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game)      Miller, Clem 33.05  Bennett, Ind 29.95
Field Goals Rhys Lloyd T-53 1.00 2 players tied at 2.005 Nugent, OhioSt 2
Scoring Rhys Lloyd T-77 6.58 Jones, Boise 11.758 Rayner, MichSt 8.75
  Laurence Maroney   6.00  10  
  Marion Barber III   5.50  11  
  Ernie Wheelwright   3.50  25  
All-Purpose Runners Marion Barber III 30 134.33 Sproles, KanSt 187.914 Thomas, Ill 151.36
  Laurence Maroney 38 126.83  6  

T=tied at this ranking