Daily Blog • September 26, 2010

Top 25 Game Performances

OFF OFF OFF DEF DEF DEF Total Game
Rank FOE RUSH PASS PTS RUSH PASS PTS TO's Yards Grade
1 MIAMI FLA AT Pittsburgh 100 248 31 128 104 3 1 116 99
2 ARIZONA ST Oregon 210 387 31 118 262 42 -5 217 98.7
2 IOWA Ball St 256 306 45 56 56 0 1 450 98.7
4 STANFORD AT Notre Dame 167 238 37 50 301 14 -1 54 97.4
5 NC ST AT Georgia Tech 159 368 45 247 116 28 0 164 97.3
6 MICHIGAN Bowling Green 468 253 65 51 249 21 0 421 96.5
7 FLORIDA Kentucky 176 290 48 99 253 14 1 114 95.8
8 FLORIDA ST Wake Forest 201 284 31 103 82 0 0 300 95.7
9 OHIO ST E Michigan 342 303 73 40 208 20 0 397 95.2
10 ALABAMA AT Arkansas 227 197 24 63 359 20 1 2 95.1
11 UCLA AT Texas 260 27 34 85 263 12 2 -61 94.8
12 BOISE ST Oregon St 178 296 37 75 158 24 -1 241 94.1
13 VIRGINIA TECH AT Boston College 106 237 19 70 180 0 2 93 93.5
14 SAN DIEGO ST Utah St 142 362 41 115 130 7 -1 259 92.9
15 ARKANSAS Alabama 63 359 20 227 197 24 -1 -2 92.4
16 WISCONSIN AUSTIN PEAY 346 272 70 42 115 3 0 461 91.6
17 AUBURN South Carolina 337 159 35 77 302 27 2 117 91.3
18 UTAH San Jose St 272 155 56 94 78 3 0 255 91.0
19 USC AT Washington St 282 330 50 67 256 16 0 289 89.9
20 MISSOURI Miami, Oh 236 233 51 70 246 13 2 153 88.3
21 MISSISSIPPI Fresno St 425 153 55 30 390 38 -1 158 86.9
22 MISS ST Georgia 179 135 24 113 274 12 1 -73 86.6
23 NEVADA AT BYU 239 196 27 91 229 13 -2 115 85.8
24 UAB AT Tennessee 115 429 29 42 245 32 -1 257 85.2
24 PENN ST Temple 216 223 22 156 46 13 3 237 85.2

1. Miami was dominant from start to finish in their 31-3 win over Pittsburgh. The defense held the Panthers to just 76 total yds in the first half before the offense got going in the 3rd quarter. A couple of QB Harris interceptions kept this game from being even more of a rout.

2. Arizona St despite the loss was very impressive against Oregon. They outgained the Ducks 597-380 but were -5 in TO's. The Ducks had come into the game as the top total offense and total defense in the NCAA.

3. Iowa rebounded from the loss to Arizona last week with a 45-0 win over Ball St. The Hawkeyes offense put up 562 yds while their #1 total defense gave up just 112 yds.

4. Stanford got their first win at Notre Dame since 1992 and their first back-to-back wins vs the Irish in series history with a 37-14 win. The Cards had a commanding 167-50 rush yd edge and pressured ND QB Crist all day.

5. NC State led by QB Wilson who had a career-high 368 pass yds beat the defending ACC champion Yellow Jackets 45-28. The Wolfpack racked up 527 total yds and their 45 points were the most in series history as they are 4-0 for the first time in nearly a decade.

6. The Wolverines were simply too much for Bowling Green with or without QB Denard Robinson. Michigan had 468 rush yds to go along with 253 pass yds as they had a school-record 721 total yds.

7. The Gators offense finally came alive for the first time this season with their 24th straight win vs Kentucky. Trey Burton broke Tim Tebow's school-record with 6 total TD's as the Gators get ready to take on defending champ Alabama this week.

8. Florida St has played lights out at home this year (outscored opponents by a combined 124-16) and yesterday dominated Wake Forest 31-0 with a 485-191 yd edge.

9. The Buckeyes scored their most points (73) since 1960 in the win over hapless Eastern Michigan. QB Terrelle Pryor accounted for 6 TD's as the #2 Buckeyes continue to roll this season.

10. The #1 Crimson Tide had to come back from a 20-7 2H deficit to beat #10 Arkansas 24-20. While the pass defense allowed 359 yds to Mallett, they intercepted him a couple of times and Alabama controlled the line of scrimmage with a 227-63 rush yd edge.