Daily Blog •Tuesday, December 8

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 click on the Bowl matchups link, where you will find all 34 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 12 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 2009 season by getting the box scores from each teams' games.

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

It will be strength vs strength in the Armed Forces Bowl as Houston’s #1 pass offense goes up against Air Force’s #1 pass defense.

In the Fiesta Bowl, Boise St’s #1 scoring offense faces TCU’s #1 total defense.

The Hawaii Bowl features two teams with contrasting styles on both offense and defense. While SMU’s #88 rush defense will face Nevada’s #1 rush offense, the Ponies’ #28 pass offense goes up against the Wolf Pack’s #119 pass defense.

Wyoming is making its first trip to a bowl since 2004, but many of their rankings are not typical of most bowl teams. The Ponies have the #112 total offense, the #111 scoring offense and have only scored 11 TDs in the redzone this year. Also they have been outgained by 97 ypg and outscored by 10.3 ppg.

Florida has several impressive rankings including #3 in scoring defense and #4 in total defense. However, on offense the Gators have scored just 76% of the time inside the redzone including just 28 TDs in 59 trips!

The national title game has several interesting matchups as Texas’ #3 scoring offense takes on the Bama’s #1 scoring defense. Also in the redzone, Texas has scored on 53 of its 56 opportunities including 40 TDs. Meanwhile, Alabama opponents have scored just 8 TDs on 23 opportunities inside the 20.

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

NCAA RANKINGS FOR BOWL TEAMS  
NCAA OFF RANKS REDZONE OFF               NCAA DEF RANKS REDZONE DEF
              Scr     YPG PPG TURNOVERS               Scr
Yds Scr Rush Pass Drive Score TD % Team Record DIFF DIFF lost + Total YDS Scr Rush Pass Drives Scr TD %
77 54 4 118 48 39 24 .81 Air Force 7-5 71 12.9 11 28 17 10 9 45 1 27 20 14 .74
35 26 12 84 55 47 25 .85 Alabama 13-0 172 20.7 10 26 16 2 1 2 7 23 15 8 .65
40 41 47 39 53 41 27 .77 Arizona 8-4 92 6.5 19 19 0 21 46 22 43 36 30 22 .83
14 8 78 10 47 45 35 .96 Arkansas 7-5 38 11.6 14 27 13 90 62 69 104 39 29 17 .74
116 112 14 120 32 26 16 .81 Army 5-6 -27 -5.9 17 22 5 17 40 66 5 30 23 17 .77
21 20 13 56 36 34 26 .94 Auburn 7-5 79 6.0 19 19 0 51 73 80 28 43 41 29 .95
8 1 20 30 74 63 47 .85 Boise St 13-0 161 26.5 13 32 19 13 16 39 13 27 21 17 .78
97 71 70 94 41 37 26 .90 Boston College 8-4 7 6.3 24 21 -3 23 18 15 54 36 28 14 .78
52 62 114 8 64 44 32 .69 Bowling Green 7-5 -2 1.2 14 19 5 82 65 103 34 40 32 25 .80
18 12 60 12 57 50 44 .88 BYU 10-2 106 13.1 22 21 -1 35 34 23 65 45 36 25 .80
46 47 37 50 42 34 23 .81 California 8-4 21 4.8 14 20 6 70 54 27 108 41 35 23 .85
33 17 42 36 60 54 45 .90 C Michigan 11-2 90 15.9 14 19 5 29 14 30 48 43 31 18 .72
6 6 65 6 55 48 39 .87 Cincinnati 12-0 114 19.1 10 19 9 48 24 56 49 35 31 24 .89
69 24 44 86 49 40 26 .82 Clemson 8-5 48 10.9 24 29 5 22 26 70 11 31 28 19 .90
47 23 41 46 45 38 32 .84 Connecticut 7-5 16 7.1 21 23 2 72 60 48 94 40 35 23 .88
68 57 59 57 47 39 25 .83 East Carolina 9-4 -18 5.7 19 33 14 75 38 35 110 48 34 25 .71
12 13 10 58 59 45 28 .76 Florida 12-1 189 23.2 16 23 7 4 3 13 3 29 22 11 .76
27 39 66 16 49 40 33 .82 Florida St 6-6 -22 -0.9 26 26 0 110 98 108 88 46 39 32 .85
19 14 7 79 47 38 29 .81 Fresno St 8-4 24 6.5 23 14 -9 97 81 111 32 41 32 24 .78
73 59 54 78 30 28 17 .93 Georgia 7-5 33 1.3 27 10 -17 30 70 40 33 36 31 19 .86
11 11 2 115 60 49 39 .82 Georgia Tech 11-2 86 10.5 17 24 7 54 58 68 47 44 37 24 .84
1 2 83 1 81 70 55 .86 Houston 10-3 139 15.2 20 28 8 108 88 112 77 54 42 33 .78
10 25 49 11 41 34 26 .83 Idaho 7-5 27 -3.7 23 14 -9 105 112 77 114 46 40 36 .87
93 86 103 54 34 29 19 .85 Iowa 10-2 44 7.6 26 29 3 11 10 33 8 28 23 13 .82
75 102 36 97 36 30 22 .83 Iowa St 6-6 -55 -1.5 24 30 6 99 43 89 95 44 30 27 .68
90 63 21 114 43 36 30 .84 Kentucky 7-5 -27 4.3 19 22 3 59 44 100 18 42 32 24 .76
108 74 84 99 38 33 23 .87 LSU 9-3 -17 9.5 11 18 7 28 12 44 29 36 28 13 .78
78 94 72 61 38 30 19 .79 Marshall 6-6 -37 -3.1 21 16 -5 80 59 62 99 42 33 24 .79
36 27 62 27 51 41 32 .80 Miami, FL 9-3 91 9.3 20 18 -2 25 39 28 38 35 28 12 .80
41 44 79 26 42 36 23 .86 Michigan St 6-6 43 4.5 18 12 -6 62 61 24 103 34 32 23 .94
30 29 34 41 47 38 25 .81 Middle Tenn 9-3 68 8.2 20 31 11 49 45 50 53 35 27 18 .77
113 98 112 82 40 33 23 .83 Minnesota 6-6 -68 -3.0 27 24 -3 61 56 64 59 37 30 20 .81
42 35 33 53 37 35 25 .95 Mississippi 8-4 86 11.7 26 17 -9 24 17 55 16 41 29 14 .71
32 33 81 13 46 39 21 .85 Missouri 8-4 59 5.8 16 21 5 55 56 12 109 44 40 26 .91
80 53 3 119 45 39 34 .87 Navy 8-4 6 7.0 10 18 8 44 33 41 60 41 31 21 .76
102 80 68 101 44 35 23 .80 Nebraska 9-4 33 13.3 23 27 4 9 2 11 25 24 16 11 .67
2 5 1 107 49 42 38 .86 Nevada 8-4 123 13.4 20 18 -2 88 74 26 119 33 29 22 .88
107 81 75 102 39 34 19 .87 North Carolina 8-4 44 7.4 25 28 3 6 13 9 15 32 28 17 .88
79 31 17 109 45 43 27 .96 N Illinois 7-5 30 9.6 14 22 8 27 29 31 44 33 25 17 .76
57 76 93 29 40 34 23 .85 Northwestern 8-4 42 1.8 21 26 5 43 48 36 68 36 28 20 .78
98 75 94 77 42 30 17 .71 Ohio 9-4 -30 4.1 22 36 14 52 32 72 41 45 37 22 .82
71 47 19 106 42 32 23 .76 Ohio St 10-2 102 17.1 17 33 16 5 5 5 17 23 17 13 .74
28 30 69 17 52 45 30 .87 Oklahoma 7-5 146 17.6 24 28 4 7 7 7 22 31 22 15 .71
62 37 24 93 41 36 27 .88 Oklahoma St 9-3 46 8.4 23 25 2 33 36 6 93 39 30 21 .77
25 7 6 91 51 48 37 .94 Oregon 10-2 95 14.1 21 24 3 32 52 38 37 44 34 26 .77
28 22 64 21 54 52 39  .96 Oregon St 8-4 67 9.0 8 14 6 50 51 25 87 38 33 29 .87
36 41 38 40 45 39 29 .87 Penn St 10-2 135 17.8 17 20 3 8 4 10 19 26 17 10  .65
45 16 29 62 53 48 32 .91 Pittsburgh 9-3 76 13.2 13 22 9 26 20 17 55 32 24 18 .75
99 60 74 95 36 28 15 .78 Rutgers 8-4 10 10.1 12 32 20 19 15 20 42 25 20 18 .80
61 55 100 28 36 32 24 .89 SMU 7-5 -24 -1.2 26 27 1 92 90 88 82 46 37 34 .80
76 96 91 43 42 34 22 .81 South Carolina 7-5 55 1.3 19 16 -3 15 21 46 12 36 29 19 .81
72 67 45 90 39 35 27 .90 USF 7-5 34 5.3 22 21 -1 31 29 49 27 41 32 20 .78
58 64 39 68 39 34 25 .87 USC 8-4 42 6.3 20 20 0 42 21 42 52 44 36 24 .82
31 19 26 44 58 46 35 .79 Southern Miss 7-5 31 8.5 15 26 11 77 54 32 113 36 31 19 .86
13 10 11 59 56 46 39 .82 Stanford 8-4 45 10.0 15 15 0 85 65 61 105 39 35 25 .90
4 4 5 67 59 50 39 .85 TCU 12-0 236 28.3 20 24 4 1 6 3 4 21 16 11 .76
89 35 23 112 47 42 26 .89 Temple 9-3 2 8.6 21 26 5 36 34 19 74 41 33 21 .80
48 32 43 47 51 45 34 .88 Tennessee 7-5 87 9.6 19 23 4 16 26 58 10 38 33 16 .87
20 3 55 14 56 53 40 .95 Texas 13-0 181 25.5 23 35 12 3 8 1 23 30 24 15 .80
5 15 25 22 60 46 38 .77 Texas A&M 6-6 34 1.3 22 21 -1 107 104 87 111 50 39 31 .78
7 9 115 2 54 45 38 .83 Texas Tech 8-4 113 14.9 28 22 -6 47 36 37 72 41 30 21 .73
3 18 61 4 55 46 34 .84 Troy 9-3 61 4.5 26 20 -6 100 86 54 117 41 36 29 .88
84 68 73 70 49 35 27 .71 UCF 8-4 0 5.7 18 26 8 46 23 4 112 32 26 16 .81
88 99 98 52 36 31 13 .86 UCLA 6-6 1 0.1 23 28 5 38 31 60 30 32 26 14 .81
54 47 45 55 44 36 24 .82 Utah 9-3 75 9.6 19 22 3 20 19 57 14 38 30 20 .79
55 28 16 98 47 41 28 .87 Virginia Tech 9-3 88 15.7 14 22 8 14 11 52 6 40 30 13 .75
60 65 32 83 42 35 28 .83 West Virginia 9-3 52 5.8 24 23 -1 34 24 29 51 32 26 14 .81
34 21 15 71 52 49 40 .94 Wisconsin 9-3 105 10.3 21 26 5 18 41 8 66 32 26 18 .81
112 111 86 103 31 23 11 .74 Wyoming 6-6 -97 -10.3 13 20 7 83 75 91 73 51 41 27 .80