Daily Blog • December 9, 2010

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 2010 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.

You might want to tune in on time to the Independence Bowl this year or you may miss it as it features the NCAA's top 2 rush offenses in Air Force and Georgia Tech in what could be the shortest bowl game this year in terms of time length.

The Hawaii Bowl may be one of the most entertaining bowl games this season with two high-powered offenses in Tulsa and Hawaii and a match-up to look at will be Hawaii's #1 pass offense going up against Tulsa's #119 pass defense.

East Carolina will make their 4th straight bowl appearance this year but it was no help to their defense that ranked dead last in the NCAA in total ypg and #118 in scoring D and #116 in rush D.

Arizona does have a talented offense but they have had trouble scoring in the red zone this year (75%) and have just 29 TD's on 51 drives (#107). They will definitely have to be more efficient in the Alamo Bowl as their opponent Oklahoma St is #1 in Red Zone efficiency this year scoring 95% of the time and have the #1 total offense in the country.

The national title game features two of the best offenses in the country with Oregon having the #2 total offense, #1 scoring offense and #4 rush offense while Auburn has the #7 total offense, #6 scoring offense and #6 rush offense. While both teams do not have outstanding defenses they both rank in the top 20 in rush D (Aub #11, Oreg #16).

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

NCAA OFF RANKS REDZONE OFF NCAA DEF RANKS REDZONE DEF
OFF Scr Rush Pass Rk drvs TD Scr% YPG PPG
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 Diff Yds Scr Rush Pass Rk Drv TD Scr%
25 32 2 117 38 47 35 85% Air Force 8-4 86 10.0 17 18 1 44 37 100 5 90 45 29 87%
27 21 36 28 52 53 32 83% Alabama 9-3 140 20.5 14 25 11 6 5 22 12 6 29 10 69%
23 47 85 9 107 51 29 75% Arizona 7-5 102 8.2 18 18 0 37 33 39 44 64 35 21 83%
10 16 65 3 5 46 33 91% Arkansas 10-2 150 14.6 23 25 2 34 43 69 16 71 37 20 84%
86 52 9 120 5 45 34 91% Army 6-5 6 3.8 12 23 11 27 55 50 25 90 31 24 87%
7 6 6 69 27 63 44 87% Auburn 13-0 136 18.2 15 20 5 54 54 11 105 95 40 25 88%
12 29 23 20 76 44 22 80% Baylor 7-5 51 2.8 18 20 2 98 83 73 114 64 54 31 83%
4 2 24 6 33 64 46 86% Boise St 11-1 260 33.1 15 24 9 4 4 6 3 2 27 12 56%
105 109 87 93 82 39 13 79% Boston College 7-5 -1 -0.6 23 30 7 14 19 1 83 71 37 15 84%
80 84 46 86 27 45 26 87% BYU 6-6 15 2.6 19 20 1 33 32 61 21 102 28 19 89%
87 86 73 84 114 42 22 71% Clemson 6-6 14 6.1 21 18 -3 23 9 30 27 83 36 18 86%
96 62 31 112 4 45 24 93% Connecticut 8-4 -29 7.1 17 29 12 48 23 57 42 53 36 16 81%
22 12 91 7 5 58 44 91% East Carolina 6-6 -33 -5.3 25 20 -5 120 118 116 108 90 62 46 87%
44 53 28 68 38 47 28 85% FIU 6-6 39 1.4 20 21 1 57 65 69 41 20 40 21 75%
79 48 44 85 116 53 33 70% Florida 7-5 54 8.2 25 24 -1 9 31 26 13 53 36 19 81%
55 38 42 61 17 59 37 88% Florida St 9-4 38 11.9 22 22 0 41 25 25 67 24 45 19 76%
71 45 55 67 33 43 26 86% Fresno St 8-4 15 0.8 23 13 -10 50 79 66 34 80 39 24 85%
48 23 72 38 12 54 34 89% Georgia 6-6 58 11.2 14 24 10 30 49 59 19 64 35 26 83%
34 55 1 119 93 52 30 77% Georgia Tech 6-6 36 1.4 23 21 -2 67 60 78 47 29 46 28 78%
8 9 106 1 63 62 35 82% Hawaii 10-3 153 17.2 20 36 16 39 42 32 53 20 40 27 75%
57 34 13 115 3 48 31 94% Illinois 6-6 42 7.8 19 25 6 38 53 29 54 110 41 20 90%
61 49 76 45 12 45 30 89% Iowa 7-5 62 12.7 9 22 13 15 7 6 55 24 38 21 76%
62 25 20 97 5 43 35 91% Kansas St 7-5 -63 5.1 18 22 4 106 74 118 52 71 37 21 84%
26 26 47 21 52 48 34 83% Kentucky 6-6 83 4.5 19 15 -4 49 74 79 18 112 47 33 91%
65 71 30 78 52 36 22 83% Louisville 6-6 71 7.3 15 18 3 12 15 51 9 35 28 15 79%
92 50 33 107 27 46 24 87% LSU 10-2 31 11.0 23 28 5 8 9 38 10 35 29 18 79%
85 42 94 63 33 43 27 86% Maryland 8-4 -11 8.3 12 25 13 46 38 35 66 17 50 25 74%
31 58 26 49 99 50 28 76% Miami (FL) 7-5 105 7.4 32 28 -4 16 21 81 2 7 46 18 70%
83 103 114 33 93 47 20 77% Miami (OH) 9-4 11 -2.8 22 30 8 29 50 19 57 7 40 23 70%
6 22 11 35 52 52 39 83% Michigan 7-5 53 0.5 27 18 -9 108 102 94 111 71 51 31 84%
39 39 40 44 5 43 30 91% Michigan St 11-1 69 11.3 18 24 6 31 26 21 60 13 41 21 73%
70 62 32 80 87 41 25 78% Middle Tenn 6-6 -12 -0.6 33 17 -16 71 66 99 24 35 52 31 79%
47 58 16 91 99 42 25 76% Mississippi St 8-4 36 6.8 20 26 6 53 27 20 89 29 36 16 78%
45 44 48 43 17 49 29 88% Missouri 10-2 50 15.2 16 27 11 42 6 56 38 1 31 13 55%
36 40 5 118 52 53 38 83% Navy 8-3 34 8.2 11 21 10 69 45 62 81 71 43 29 84%
35 28 10 109 38 40 26 85% Nebraska 10-3 110 15.5 22 23 1 10 8 52 7 102 35 16 89%
3 7 3 54 68 73 50 81% Nevada 12-1 158 20.5 16 22 6 65 36 23 106 35 47 23 79%
51 78 95 25 12 45 26 89% North Carolina 7-5 52 2.0 21 21 0 32 46 36 39 29 49 22 78%
39 29 93 19 87 64 35 78% North Carolina St 8-4 66 10.1 21 24 3 35 39 12 78 42 40 24 80%
21 13 7 89 38 59 37 85% Northern Ill 10-3 113 18.8 14 24 10 26 16 27 35 11 32 16 72%
49 74 68 40 52 47 29 83% Northwestern 7-5 -23 -2.3 22 20 -2 92 67 92 85 83 43 29 86%
63 73 96 29 52 42 25 83% Notre Dame 7-5 25 5.3 24 21 -3 47 29 55 42 53 37 15 81%
94 54 39 105 17 41 31 88% Ohio 8-4 -5 6.3 25 30 -5 28 34 14 61 42 45 27 80%
18 11 14 55 27 63 39 87% Ohio St 11-1 198 26.1 15 29 14 2 3 4 4 7 27 14 70%
13 17 77 4 68 72 41 81% Oklahoma 11-2 114 14.5 16 30 14 58 35 63 51 112 32 17 91%
1 3 29 2 1 59 39 95% Oklahoma St 10-2 125 17.2 22 30 8 90 68 41 115 60 44 27 82%
2 1 4 48 45 63 42 84% Oregon 12-0 206 30.9 22 35 13 25 14 16 56 5 37 17 68%
68 80 75 52 76 44 24 80% Penn St 7-5 22 2.0 16 15 -1 45 40 76 23 118 32 24 94%
73 69 54 70 76 45 23 80% Pittsburgh 7-5 64 6.5 21 21 0 11 22 18 17 71 38 21 84%
19 20 64 11 52 53 30 83% San Diego St 8-4 97 12.3 22 15 -7 43 43 49 50 42 46 25 80%
33 66 78 22 45 43 30 84% SMU 7-6 52 0.2 24 15 -9 56 61 48 69 53 54 38 81%
50 36 60 47 27 53 36 87% South Carolina 9-4 33 9.1 21 25 4 52 48 9 107 10 45 22 71%
103 88 70 101 63 38 18 82% USF 7-5 -8 4.0 20 18 -2 21 19 33 21 42 35 15 80%
15 15 21 31 33 58 34 86% Southern Miss 8-4 96 8.2 16 25 9 55 81 13 103 116 38 28 92%
14 8 17 30 17 69 47 88% Stanford 11-1 142 22.5 15 29 14 24 11 24 32 29 27 18 78%
106 99 88 92 38 40 20 85% Syracuse 7-5 13 2.9 21 17 -4 5 13 42 6 35 34 16 79%
9 4 8 53 17 66 48 88% TCU 12-0 276 31.9 13 22 9 1 1 3 1 53 16 10 81%
74 61 100 36 99 37 18 76% Tennessee 6-6 -16 2.3 21 26 5 70 56 64 82 27 44 24 77%
20 37 43 18 17 48 30 88% Texas A&M 9-3 90 11.5 26 24 -2 51 27 15 94 3 43 20 63%
16 34 82 8 76 59 40 80% Texas Tech 7-5 -11 1.8 24 22 -2 116 85 68 120 27 53 29 77%
78 55 58 73 87 37 24 78% Toledo 8-4 -10 -0.5 19 33 14 62 71 28 93 13 48 28 73%
24 27 62 12 76 51 29 80% Troy 7-5 23 1.9 30 28 -2 93 92 80 101 35 42 27 79%
5 10 15 16 45 64 42 84% Tulsa 9-3 61 9.8 17 30 13 107 84 40 119 29 37 23 78%
58 24 25 83 45 57 40 84% UCF 10-3 66 15.8 17 21 4 18 12 10 45 102 27 18 89%
42 18 56 37 27 47 33 87% Utah 10-2 85 15.8 23 21 -2 20 23 8 59 71 32 15 84%
72 70 69 60 38 39 25 85% UTEP 6-6 -33 0.8 18 14 -4 86 58 90 72 60 50 32 82%
38 19 18 75 11 60 39 90% Virginia Tech 11-2 63 16.5 12 30 18 40 16 58 31 20 40 23 75%
75 93 45 77 17 34 22 88% Washington 6-6 -37 -9.1 17 17 0 84 93 103 36 116 48 34 92%
64 65 49 66 107 53 31 75% West Virginia 9-3 125 13.9 23 22 -1 3 2 2 11 42 20 6 80%
17 4 12 74 5 65 52 91% Wisconsin 11-1 127 22.8 9 23 14 22 29 30 26 95 32 19 88%