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Anyway, Navy SID Scott Strasemeier passed along this interesting gem this morning on the schools that have produced the fewest three-and-outs in the country this year.
I’m not exactly sure how you research that one in a non-tedious way. But someone is keeping track. And here’s the fruits of that anonymous person’s work:
| School | 3&Out | Games | 3&Out/Game |
| Missouri | 2 | 6 | 0.33 |
| Tulsa | 3 | 6 | 0.50 |
South Carolina
| 6 | 7 | 0.86 |
Kansas State
| 6 | 6 | 1.00 |
Texas Tech
| 6 | 6 | 1.00 |
Southern Cal
| 7 | 5 | 1.40 |
Wake Forest
| 7 | 5 | 1.40 |
| Houston | 9 | 6 | 1.50 |
Oklahoma State
| 9 | 6 | 1.50 |
| Navy | 10 | 6 | 1.67 |
Notre Dame
| 11 | 6 | 1.83 |
That list of 11 schools includes the following:
* Three teams in the top 10 of rushing offense (Navy, Tulsa, Oklahoma State)
* Four teams in the top 10 of passing offense (Texas Tech, Houston, Missouri, Tulsa)
* Five of the top eight teams in total offense (Tulsa, Texas Tech, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech)
* Five of the top eight teams in scoring offense (Tulsa, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Texas Tech and Kansas State)
The biggest surprises on the list? Notre Dame and its 109th-ranked rushing offense somehow having only 11 three-and-outs.
Trumping that would be South Carolina, which despite a slightly better running game (104th) doesn’t rank in the top 30 in passing, total or scoring defense, either.
– Patrick Stevens
