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SCHEDULE AND RESULTS7-5-0L-2

Big Ten Conference Record: 4-4-0 		 
09/01/05 * Tulsa 41 10  
09/10/05 + Colorado St. 56 24  
09/17/05 + Fla. Atlantic 46 7  
09/24/05 + Purdue 42 35 2OT
10/01/05 Penn St. 14 44  
10/08/05 Michigan 23 20  
10/15/05 + Wisconsin 34 38  
10/29/05 + Ohio St. 31 45  
11/05/05 Indiana 42 21  
11/12/05 + Michigan St. 41 18  
11/19/05 Iowa 28 52  
12/30/05 Virginia 31 34  
+ 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 3 273.08 Navy 318.671 Minnesota 273.08
Passing Offense 63 221.67 Texas Tech 388.838 Northwestern 306.75
Total Offense 7 494.75 Southern California 579.773 Northwestern 500.33
Scoring Offense 10 35.75 Texas 50.151 Minnesota 35.75
Rushing Defense 69 155.58 Ohio St. 73.426 Ohio St. 73.42
Pass Efficiency Defense 82 131.40 Miami (Fla.) 89.488 Penn St. 106.64
Total Defense 90 412.67 Virginia Tech 247.626 Ohio St. 281.33
Scoring Defense 80 29.00 Alabama 10.678 Ohio St. 15.25
Net Punting 54 34.16 Wake Forest 41.387 Wisconsin 37.57
Punt Returns 42 10.46 UCLA 25.007 Northwestern 14.67
Kickoff Returns 38 21.80 Arkansas 29.246 Michigan 23.40
Turnover Margin T-59 -.08 TCU 1.756 Wisconsin 1.00
Pass Defense 97 257.08 Miami (Fla.) 152.179 Indiana 202.55
Passing Efficiency 25 140.72 Texas 160.964 Ohio St. 156.58
Sacks 111 1.25 Nebraska 4.179 Ohio St. 3.67
Tackles For Loss 106 4.75 Nebraska 10.339 Penn St. 7.42
Sacks Allowed 1 .25 Minnesota .251 Minnesota .25

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 5 133.09 Williams, Memphs 178.551 Maroney, Minn 133.09
  Gary Russell 40 94.17  6  
  Amir Pinnix   46.70  15  
Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game) Bryan Cupito 21 145.87 Carpenter, ArizSt 175.015 Smith, OhioSt 162.65
Total Offense Bryan Cupito 43 232.73 Brennan, Hawaii 371.256 Basanez, NW 337.08
  Laurence Maroney   133.09  11  
  Gary Russell   94.17  17  
  Amir Pinnix   46.70  24  
Receptions Per Game Ernie Wheelwright   3.08 Jennings, WMich 8.9122 Bryant, Purdue 7.27
  Logan Payne   3.08  22  
Receiving Yards Per Game Jared Ellerson 100 56.78 Hass, OreSt 139.2714 Hardy, Ind 89.3
  Ernie Wheelwright   47.33  17  
  Logan Payne   44.08  21  
Interceptions Mike Sherels   .11 Gipson, Oregon .5824 Zemaitis, PennSt .5
Punting (Min. 3.6 Punts/Game)      Plackemei, WF 47.24  DeBauche, Wis 44.82
Punt Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game)      Drew, UCLA 28.47  Williams, Wis 14.62
Kickoff Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) Jakari Wallace 20 27.00 Stewart, Oregon 33.674 Ginn Jr., OhioSt 29.56
Field Goals Jason Giannini 43 1.18 Martinez, Oregon 2.116 Huston, OhioSt 1.83
Scoring Gary Russell 9 9.67 Bush, Louv 14.402 Calhoun, Wis 11.08
  Jason Giannini 73 6.82  9  
  Laurence Maroney   6.00  11  
All-Purpose Runners Laurence Maroney 11 157.27 Bush, SoCal 222.313 Calhoun, Wis 169.77
  Gary Russell T-71 113.08  11  
  Jakari Wallace   67.92  25  
Sacks Steve Davis T-78 .55    9 Hali, PennSt .92
Tackles John Pawielski   6.17    12 Hodge, Iowa 10.58
  John Shevlin   5.42  18  
Tackles For Loss Steve Davis   .82    20 Ninkovich, Purdue 1.55
  Mike Sherels   .78  22  
  John Shevlin   .75  23  

T=tied at this ranking