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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
