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SCHEDULE AND RESULTS6-6-0L-1

Big Ten Conference Record: 3-5-0 		 
09/01/07 + Northeastern 27 0  
09/08/07 + Nevada 36 31  
09/15/07 +* Duke 14 20  
09/22/07 Ohio St. 7 58  
09/29/07 + Michigan 16 28  
10/06/07 Michigan St. 48 41 OT
10/13/07 + Minnesota 49 48 2OT
10/19/07 $* Eastern Mich. 26 14  
10/27/07 Purdue 17 35  
11/03/07 + Iowa 17 28  
11/10/07 + Indiana 31 28  
11/17/07 Illinois 22 41  
+ Home Game $ Neutral Site * Night Game OT Overtime Game
TEAM RANKINGS
119 teams ranked in Division Football Bowl Subdivision
11 teams ranked in Big Ten Conference
CategoryNational
Rank		ActualNational
Leader		Actual Conf
Rank		Big Ten Conference
Leader		Actual
Rushing Offense 97 119.75 Navy 348.7711 Illinois 256.77
Passing Offense 11 307.92 Texas Tech 470.311 Northwestern 307.92
Total Offense 32 427.67 Tulsa 543.932 Purdue 435.92
Scoring Offense 72 25.83 Hawaii 43.3810 Purdue 34.31
Rushing Defense 74 167.08 Oregon St. 70.6210 Ohio St. 82.85
Pass Efficiency Defense 98 141.11 Utah 96.5010 Ohio St. 98.73
Total Defense 77 410.50 Ohio St. 233.0010 Ohio St. 233.00
Scoring Defense 88 31.00 Ohio St. 12.7710 Ohio St. 12.77
Net Punting 31 36.82 Cincinnati 39.612 Penn St. 39.43
Punt Returns 97 6.32 Kansas St. 22.539 Wisconsin 12.00
Kickoff Returns 35 22.37 Oklahoma 28.274 Michigan St. 25.68
Turnover Margin 104 -.75 Kansas 1.6210 Iowa .67
Pass Defense 79 243.42 Ohio St. 150.158 Ohio St. 150.15
Passing Efficiency 66 124.87 Oklahoma 170.636 Ohio St. 146.68
Sacks 96 1.50 Georgia Tech 3.6910 Penn St. 3.54
Tackles For Loss 95 5.25 Oregon 9.3810 Ohio St. 7.92
Sacks Allowed 97 2.67 Tennessee .2910 Minnesota 1.08

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 Omar Conteh   44.70 Smith, UCF 183.3617 Hart, Mich 136.10
  Brandon Roberson   29.00  22  
Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game) C.J. Bacher 69 124.72 Bradford, Okla 176.537 Boeckman, OhioSt 148.91
Total Offense C.J. Bacher 12 307.25 Harrell, TxTech 431.851 Bacher, NW 307.25
Receptions Per Game Eric Peterman T-47 5.50 Crabtree, TxTech 10.31T-7 Bryant, Purdue 6.69
  Ross Lane   4.08  16  
  Rasheed Ward   3.83  T-18  
  Kim Thompson   3.83  T-18  
Receiving Yards Per Game Eric Peterman 92 62.00 Crabtree, TxTech 150.9211 Manningha, Mich 97.83
  Kim Thompson   56.50  13  
  Ross Lane   54.08  14  
Interceptions      Mack, Troy .67  Carter, Wis .54
Punting (Min. 3.6 Punts/Game) Stefan Demos 70 40.15 Huber, Cin 46.888 Boone, PennSt 43.02
Punt Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game)      Robinson, UtahSt 18.90  Gilreath, Wis 14.00
Kickoff Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) Sherrick McManis 72 23.16 Jefferson, Fres 35.776 Thomas, MichSt 29.10
Field Goals Amado Villarreal T-79 1.00 Sullivan, NMex 2.428 Starr, Ind
Mehlhaff, Wis 		1.62
Scoring Amado Villarreal   6.00 Smith, UCF 12.86T-14 Caulcrick, MichSt 9.69
  Omar Conteh   4.20  23  
All-Purpose Runners Eric Peterman   72.42 Johnson, ECar 227.6924 Thomas, MichSt 199.23
Sacks David Ngene   .45    12 Middleton, Ind 1.23
Tackles Adam Kadela T-21 10.42    3 Connor, PennSt 11.15
  Reggie McPherson   6.50  20  
  Sherrick McManis   6.25  24  
Tackles For Loss           Crable, Mich 2.19

T=tied at this ranking