Iowa - BCS Title Game Profiling

[HawkIU]

College Football: The Auburn Tigers are not a legitimate BCS championship contender - ESPN

It is very interesting how close Iowa is from being on this list. They only included the top 10 in the AP this week in the list they compiled, but Wisc. only scored 3 out of the 6..


OFFENSIVE BENCHMARKS
Average 29.7 points per game or more
Average 160 rushing yards per game
Have a QB rating of 133.63 or better
Have a 0.36 turnover margin or better
DEFENSIVE BENCHMARKS
Hold opponents to 19.9 points per game or fewer
Average 2.29 sacks per game or more


Iowa:
+34.1 points per game
-159.5 yards rushing per game
+177.4 QB rating (including when Vandenberg played)
+.67 turnover margin

+14.5 points against per game
-1.63 sacks per game

 

[wdmhawk]

It's too bad for this team that special teams performance matters. Saturday proved that when this team puts it all together they can beat anybody.

 

[edr247]

Yes. Add the special teams benchmarks, and then we'll see where we are.

Right now, the only thing we haven't met is the sack benchmark...which is certainly strange.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

Yep. Iowa was this close this year & unfortunately it did not happen.