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SCHEDULE AND RESULTS7-5-0L-1

Big Ten Conference Record: 5-3-0 		 
09/03/05 + Ohio 38 14  
09/10/05 + Northern Ill. 38 37  
09/17/05 * Arizona St. 21 52  
09/24/05 + Penn St. 29 34  
10/08/05 + Wisconsin 51 48  
10/15/05 Purdue 34 29  
10/22/05 Michigan St. 49 14  
10/29/05 +* Michigan 17 33  
11/05/05 + Iowa 28 27  
11/12/05 Ohio St. 7 48  
11/19/05 Illinois 38 21  
12/30/05 UCLA 38 50  
+ 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 26 193.58 Navy 318.675 Minnesota 273.08
Passing Offense 7 306.75 Texas Tech 388.831 Northwestern 306.75
Total Offense 4 500.33 Southern California 579.771 Northwestern 500.33
Scoring Offense 28 32.33 Texas 50.156 Minnesota 35.75
Rushing Defense 113 218.08 Ohio St. 73.4210 Ohio St. 73.42
Pass Efficiency Defense 70 126.44 Miami (Fla.) 89.485 Penn St. 106.64
Total Defense 117 480.42 Virginia Tech 247.6211 Ohio St. 281.33
Scoring Defense 106 33.92 Alabama 10.6710 Ohio St. 15.25
Net Punting 103 31.05 Wake Forest 41.3811 Wisconsin 37.57
Punt Returns T-10 14.67 UCLA 25.001 Northwestern 14.67
Kickoff Returns 85 19.18 Arkansas 29.2410 Michigan 23.40
Turnover Margin 16 .75 TCU 1.752 Wisconsin 1.00
Pass Defense 101 262.33 Miami (Fla.) 152.1710 Indiana 202.55
Passing Efficiency 42 133.56 Texas 160.966 Ohio St. 156.58
Sacks 115 1.00 Nebraska 4.1710 Ohio St. 3.67
Tackles For Loss 117 3.25 Nebraska 10.3311 Penn St. 7.42
Sacks Allowed 7 .92 Minnesota .253 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 Tyrell Sutton 8 122.83 Williams, Memphs 178.553 Maroney, Minn 133.09
  Brett Basanez   35.25  21  
Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game) Brett Basanez 37 135.12 Carpenter, ArizSt 175.016 Smith, OhioSt 162.65
Total Offense Brett Basanez 3 337.08 Brennan, Hawaii 371.251 Basanez, NW 337.08
  Tyrell Sutton   122.83  14  
Receptions Per Game Shaun Herbert 20 6.58 Jennings, WMich 8.913 Bryant, Purdue 7.27
  Jonathan Fields T-54 5.00  5  
  Mark Philmore T-54 5.00  5  
  Tyrell Sutton   3.67  17  
Receiving Yards Per Game Shaun Herbert 55 71.83 Hass, OreSt 139.276 Hardy, Ind 89.3
  Mark Philmore 83 60.18  12  
  Jonathan Fields   46.25  18  
Interceptions Marquice Cole 16 .42 Gipson, Oregon .582 Zemaitis, PennSt .5
  Herschel Henderson T-68 .27  6  
  Brendan Smith   .22  13  
  Deante Battle   .11  24  
Punting (Min. 3.6 Punts/Game) Ryan Pederson 68 39.62 Plackemei, WF 47.246 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) Gerard Hamlett 62 22.29 Stewart, Oregon 33.679 Ginn Jr., OhioSt 29.56
Field Goals Joel Howells 70 .92 Martinez, Oregon 2.118 Huston, OhioSt 1.83
Scoring Tyrell Sutton 16 9.00 Bush, Louv 14.404 Calhoun, Wis 11.08
  Joel Howells 89 6.50  10  
  Mark Philmore   3.82  25  
All-Purpose Runners Tyrell Sutton 12 155.83 Bush, SoCal 222.314 Calhoun, Wis 169.77
  Shaun Herbert   71.83  20  
Sacks           Hali, PennSt .92
Tackles Tim McGarigle 6 9.92    3 Hodge, Iowa 10.58
Tackles For Loss           Ninkovich, Purdue 1.55

T=tied at this ranking