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OSU Stats - National Rank by Category

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10/8/25 at 2:06a in the OSU Football Forum
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These stats are almost all from the NCAA website (I think their red zone stat is stupid so I do my own). Not shockingly, OSU's defense is all over the leaderboards. Interesting to see what other teams are consistently ranked high.

DEFENSE

#1 in scoring D — 5.0 per game (Okla 7.2, Indiana 9.6, TexTech 11.2, Texas 12)

#1 in red zone D — 1.12 pts per trip (LaTech 2.64, Md 3.08, UNC 3.15, USC 3.43)

#1 in Rush TDs allowed — zero. LaTech #2 at 1, nine schools tied at 2

#1 in total TDs allowed — 2 (Okla 3, Indiana 4, eight teams tied at 7)

#2 in 3rd-down D — 20.3% (Okla 17.4%, Mizzou 21.7%, Neb 21.9%, A&M 22.4%)

#2 in yards per completion D — 8.76 (Neb, OSU, Wake, Ind, PennSt, Toledo)

#3 in yards per play D — 3.84 (Okla 3.50, Toledo 3.60, JMad 3.92, Ariz 3.92)

#3 in total yards D — 215.8 per game (Okla 193, Mizzou 203, JMad 217, Ind 221)

#4 in pass yards D — 124.4 per game (1-7 is Neb, Okla, Ore, OSU, Bama, Toledo, Ind)

#5 in pass yards per att D — 5.10 (Neb, Okla, Toledo, Arizona, OSU, Wake)

T5 in red zone trips allowed — 8 (Indiana 3, Oregon/Utah 6, Okla 7, Texas/Nebr 8)

#13 in pass efficiency D — 103.1 (Nebr 80, Ariz 83, Ore 92, Okla 93, Toledo 94, Ind 95)

#19 in rush D per att — 2.87 (Pitt 1.72, TTech 2.29, Iowa 2.36, Mich 2.41, Okla 2.44

T22 in sacks — 2.8 per game (Okla & Tenn 4.2, WMich/AzSt/Md 3.8)

T27 in TFLs — 6.6 per game (Okla 10, Ind 9.8, Pitt 9.4, Ariz/ECaro/UTEP 8.6)

T103 in INTs — 2 (only 12 w/fewer) LaTech 11, Fresno/Md/UNLV/Memph/SMU 9

OFFENSE

#1 in completion percent — 79.4% (Neb/Mizz 2-3 at 76%, Illinois #4 at 73.9%)

#1 in tackles for loss allowed — 2.0 per game (Ore 2.4, Kans 2.5, Tenn/Vandy 3.0)

#3 in pass efficiency — 195.38 (Ind 201, AirF 196, Navy 190, USC & Ill 188, ND 179)

T4 in sacks allowed — Cincy/Navy/Oregon 1 each, OSU/Md 2, Army/GaTech/Utah 3

#6 in pass yds per att O — 10.29 (AirF 13.1, Navy 12.2, USC 11.0, Illinois 10.5, ND 10.3)

T8 in pass TD per game O — 2.8 (Indiana 3.8, TTech/Bama 3.4, Pitt/Baylor 3.2)

#10 in total yards per play O — 7.45 (USC 8.53, Cincy 8.05, OldDom 7.84, Navy 7.71)

#12 in 3rd-down O — 54.2% (Mizz/Utah 61%, Navy/Ind/Ark/Vand 58%, Wash/USC 56)

T22 in scoring O — 37.4 per game (Tenn 51, TTech/USC 48, Ind 47, FSU/Ore 46)

#28 in total yard O — 451 per game (TTech 568, USC 565, FSU 560, Mizz 547, Ind 538)

#28 in pass yard O — 279 per gm (TTech 363, Bayl 348, USC 338, Tenn 337, Bama 325

#33 in rush yards per att — 5.14 (OldDom 6.78, then Cincy, Vandy, Navy, USC 6.41)

OTHER

T20 in Turnovers Lost — 0.8 per game (Temple 0, UConn 0.16, Bama/Ore/Aub 0.2)

T52 in Turnover Margin — +0.2 per game (Bama +1.8, LaTech/NTexas/UNLV +1.6

T84 in Turnovers Forced — 1.0 per game (LaTech/UNLV 2.6, TTech/SMU 2.4)

T7 in Punt return defense — 0.0 yards per return (2 returns)

26th in Net Punting — 42.6 yards (Troy 46.4, Cincy 46.2, #10 at 45.0, #20 at 43.4)

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