Daily Blog •December 12, 2011

Bowl season is upon us and PhilSteele.com will be overwhelming you with the most complete information and coverage on all the bowl matchups. On the homepage page on the Bowl matchups link, where you will find all 35 bowl games. Click on the bowl logo for each game to get all the information you need to become an expert.

Right now you can access each teams bowl game results from the past 13 years. Do you have a strong opinion on who will win the New Mexico Bowl or the Sugar Bowl? You can vote on who will win each game with current poll results. You can also find quick facts about each bowl game like past results, payouts or what year the bowl game started. See how each team matches up by going through the game-by-game stats. You can also find out the results from all the past meetings between the two teams and recap the 2011 season by getting the box scores from each teams' games.

Below is a chart that gives the NCAA offense and defense rankings for all the bowl teams and there are several interesting matchups.

One of the more intriguing matchups of the whole bowl season comes in the Ticket City Bowl where its strength vs strength. The #1 Total offense, scoring offense and passing offense of Houston led by QB Case Keenum face a Penn St D that ranked #10 in total yds, #5 in scoring and pass D.

The Alamo Bowl may be one of the most entertaining bowl games this season with two high-powered offenses in Baylor and Washington and a match-up to look at will be Baylor’s #5 pass offense going up against Washington's #116 pass defense. The Bears will make their 2nd straight bowl appearance this year but it was no help to their defense that ranked #114 in the NCAA in total ypg, #109 in scoring D, #102 in rush D and #112 in pass D.

The national title game features two of the best defenses in the country with Alabama becoming the first team in a quarter century to lead the NCAA in all 4 major categories on defense (Total, Scoring, Rush, Pass) while the Tigers are no slouch themselves finishing in the top 10 in every category including #2 in total yds and scoring. While both teams do not have outstanding offenses they both rank in the top 20 in rush off and scoring off.

Keep checking back everyday at PhilSteele.com for more bowl information!!

NCAA OFF RANKS RECORD
YPG
PPG
 TURNOVERS NCAA DEF RANKS
YDS SCR RUSH PASS
W
L
DIFF
DIFF
 + LOST TOTAL YDS SCR RUSH PASS
19 22 2 113
Air Force
 7 5 68.4 7.2 24 24 0 70 67 113 6
30 16 15 72
Alabama
 11 1 242.2 27.2 18 12 6 1 1 1 1
26 25 78 3
Arizona St.
 6 6 32.0 7.6 16 21 -5 88 64 59 107
25 15 55 13
Arkansas St.
 10 2 127.8 14.2 19 19 0 20 15 15 27
27 28 81 17
Arkansas
 10 2 74.4 14.7 28 22 6 51 37 79 54
104 82 38 106
Auburn
 7 5 -77.6 -5.1 21 21 0 78 79 99 45
2 6 18 5
Baylor
 9 3 93.8 7.8 27 23 4 114 109 102 112
9 7 40 10
Boise St.
 11 1 167.5 25.0 24 15 9 16 10 22 25
41 41 52 46
BYU
 9 3 94.0 10.3 23 25 -2 17 23 21 29
37 48 48 38
California
 7 5 79.3 5.4 23 19 4 26 52 37 43
56 28 37 70
Cincinnati
 9 3 30.2 13.5 30 19 11 46 20 6 105
29 27 61 21
Clemson
 10 3 61.2 7.5 22 20 2 59 62 80 39
80 67 70 69
FIU
 8 4 22.1 6.8 19 14 5 33 16 23 64
73 35 75 34
Florida St.
 8 4 101.2 16.5 12 23 -11 6 4 2 9
102 72 99 87
Florida
 6 6 34.6 5.0 20 18 2 9 25 40 18
17 19 3 49
Georgia Tech
 8 4 98.4 9.2 29 22 7 3 17 9 7
39 34 41 112
Georgia
 10 3 145.4 12.5 20 18 2 45 60 70 30
1 1 62 1
Houston
 12 1 213.0 27.7 28 15 13 64 41 77 48
86 91 42 91
Illinois
 6 6 66.4 2.8 20 27 -7 7 21 42 4
55 53 35 56
Iowa St.
 6 6 -39.5 -6.1 18 16 2 68 42 64 66
70 86 77 75
Iowa
 7 5 -8.4 5.4 24 32 -8 99 81 100 72
96 30 29 101
Kansas St.
 10 2 -55.3 5.3 18 23 -5 74 71 39 104
65 32 86 40
La.-Lafayette
 8 4 -13.0 2.5 23 22 1 72 83 55 92
50 41 70 45
Louisiana Tech
 8 4 22.7 8.1 29 18 11 55 34 25 96
104 100 94 79
Louisville
 7 5 0.3 2.6 18 19 -1 23 14 10 61
75 12 17 105
LSU
 13 0 123.2 27.9 30 8 22 2 2 3 8
101 98 92 74
Marshall
 6 6 -82.5 -8.2 28 26 2 86 84 61 100
60 23 12 44
Michigan St.
 10 3 117.7 13.4 27 21 6 5 7 12 11
34 39 76 90
Michigan
 10 2 105.5 17.0 22 15 7 18 9 35 16
87 73 45 92
Mississippi St.
 6 6 -0.8 5.6 20 16 4 43 19 65 23
12 33 11 57
Missouri
 7 5 90.2 8.7 20 18 2 61 44 44 91
59 43 13 103
Nebraska
 9 3 39.8 7.7 18 17 1 36 39 66 17
5 31 8 30
Nevada
 7 5 150.8 7.7 23 23 0 52 58 56 63
52 57 66 43
North Carolina
 7 5 43.7 4.8 36 22 14 39 44 14 55
93 77 107 88
North Carolina St.
 7 5 -5.8 3.3 26 17 9 97 87 72 103
10 13 9 59
Northern Ill.
 10 3 63.9 7.2 20 18 2 87 90 83 75
31 51 36 35
Northwestern
 6 6 25.2 2.3 19 17 2 80 67 90 58
33 43 51 33
Notre Dame
 8 4 74.8 9.6 13 26 -13 34 28 58 34
107 38 24 39
Ohio St.
 6 6 -8.8 4.3 26 27 -1 24 26 30 15
21 76 27 116
Ohio
 9 4 102.5 8.9 17 13 4 42 31 52 67
3 2 43 2
Oklahoma St.
 11 1 111.3 23.5 25 28 -3 62 37 49 83
4 10 49 4
Oklahoma
 9 3 148.9 17.5 42 22 20 107 61 84 102
6 99 118 68
Oregon
 11 2 134.2 22.5 23 31 -8 83 88 101 82
94 110 54 96
Penn St.
 9 3 44.5 4.1 26 22 4 10 5 48 5
84 70 68 76
Pittsburgh
 6 6 7.3 3.3 20 20 0 41 33 24 70
79 69 39 82
Purdue
 6 6 -17.1 -0.3 14 16 -2 69 65 91 38
100 66 115 46
Rutgers
 8 4 22.1 7.6 31 28 3 13 12 57 10
35 50 28 23
San Diego St.
 8 4 46.4 5.3 27 16 11 57 52 82 31
53 71 98 22
SMU
 7 5 44.8 1.2 14 31 -17 37 54 31 60
74 45 26 42
South Carolina
 10 2 106.5 11.3 30 27 3 4 13 16 2
13 17 57 31
Southern Miss.
 11 2 125.7 16.8 26 28 -2 54 47 20 101
11 5 22 26
Stanford
 11 1 149.5 23.3 21 15 6 25 23 5 78
28 9 20 60
TCU
 10 2 97.6 20.4 21 19 2 32 30 29 56
67 45 7 117
Temple
 8 4 64.4 16.3 18 12 6 15 3 26 19
45 53 19 85
Texas
 7 5 88.7 5.4 19 18 1 14 42 11 47
7 11 21 18
Texas A&M
 6 6 110.5 10.9 21 26 -5 66 76 13 65
8 8 14 29
Toledo
 8 4 92.1 11.3 28 12 16 76 89 28 109
24 24 25 41
Tulsa
 8 4 33.8 6.5 26 32 -6 90 69 38 118
62 85 30 81
UCLA
 6 7 -35.4 -8.5 20 24 -4 91 96 96 68
20 21 6 95
Utah St.
 7 5 90.7 6.3 32 22 10 29 18 7 76
110 78 82 99
Utah
 7 5 -34.1 4.9 15 23 -8 50 73 32 89
97 61 47 98
Vanderbilt
 6 6 18.2 6.1 27 25 2 19 27 27 33
38 55 31 62
Virginia Tech
 11 2 101.9 11.3 21 26 -5 12 8 17 41
51 88 53 66
Virginia
 8 4 53.7 0.9 22 16 6 30 32 34 50
76 62 96 36
Wake Forest
 6 6 -24.6 -1.0 17 12 5 75 70 70 71
57 48 111 51
Washington
 7 5 -34.0 -1.8 17 21 -4 94 99 62 116
17 19 100 7
West Virginia
 9 3 119.3 8.7 19 21 -2 27 63 51 32
23 90 87 102
Western Mich.
 7 5 22.2 7.6 27 27 0 100 72 107 74
15 4 10 63
Wisconsin
 11 2 173.9 27.6 24 8 16 8 6 47 3
48 60 32 73
Wyoming
 8 4 -33.7 0.0 31 16 15 98 66 115 34