Some facts and figures through 18 games played of 56:
* While I'm not really concentrating on having balanced attacks offensively, through the 18 games there have been 1,603 offensive snaps taken. Of those, 792 have been running plays, and 811 have been passing plays. Keep in mind, though, passing plays that result in sacks get recorded as lost rushing yardage, so some of those run plays were intended to be passes but the defense blew them up.
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Michigan is the only team that still has negative yards rushing (-15) for the season. The teams running 1-back sets have for the most part struggled, except for
BYU, which ran for 201 yards vs.
Ohio State and is now 4th in the league at 3.81 yards per carry as a team.
* Despite being 2-0,
Syracuse is last in the ECFA in average total offense, at just 130 yards per game and 4.00 yards per play. BYU leads at 6.31 yards per play.
* Teams are averaging 22.2 yards per return (this combines punt and kick returns).
Clemson is the leader in this category, at 31.9, a full 6 yards per return ahead of second place. Again, Syracuse is worst here, too, at 13.5.
* But with Syracuse at 2-0 and last in all these categories, it shouldn't surprise you that they are the best in one key category - turnovers. The Orangemen have coughed up the ball just once in 2 games. Everyone else in the ECFA has at least 3 turnovers.
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Illinois is the highest scoring team in the league so far at 24 points per game. Michigan is the most anemic team, at just 11.3 points per game. On average, a team scores 16.6 points in an ECFA game.
Oklahoma and Illinois share top defensive honors, allowing just 10.0 points per game, with Florida a close third at 10.3. Michigan (26.0) and Ohio State (25.7) are far and away the worst teams in the country in terms of scoring defense.
Ed
