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With many teams now having played four games, the Trench Counter rankings have begun to look increasingly like the standard AP and Coaches rankings.

Ohio State and Alabama, the two favorites to meet in the BCS National Championship Game are ranked first and fifth respectively.

Over time, the Trench Counter will more closely resemble the standard rankings, but it will always tell us less about reputation and flukes and more about who controls the line of scrimmage.

The scoreboard is where games are officially won and lost, but they are largely decided by the team that wins the battles of yards per pass, yards per carry, penalty yards lost, first downs, and turnovers.

Click here for more information on the Trench Counter

Special thanks to William Pilat for his work compiling our data.




RANKSCHOOLCONFERENCEAVERAGE TC
1Ohio StateBig 1026.7
2OregonPac-1023.7
3IowaBig 1023.2
4WisconsinBig 1019.8
5AlabamaSEC19.8
6NavyIndependent18.9
7StanfordPac-1018.6
8NebraskaBig 1217.3
9Texas A&MBig 1217.2
10San Diego StateMountain West16.7
11MichiganBig 1016.4
12Michigan StateBig 1016.0
13TCUMountain West14.6
14ArmyIndependent14.2
15CaliforniaPac-1013.2
16Oklahoma StateBig 1213.1
17Boise StateWAC12.7
18Air ForceMountain West12.6
19KentuckySEC12.3
20NorthwesternBig 1012.1
21UtahMountain West11.7
22AuburnSEC11.5
23VirginiaACC11.4
24FloridaSEC11.2
25MissouriBig 1211.1
26North Carolina StateACC10.4
27SyracuseBig East10.0
28ArizonaPac-109.6
29HoustonC-USA9.5
30Virginia TechACC9.5
31MississippiSEC9.3
32ClemsonACC9.2
33Florida StateACC8.8
34IndianaBig 108.8
35RutgersBig East8.5
36Kansas StateBig 128.5
37NevadaWAC8.1
38ConnecticutBig East7.6
39Penn StateBig 107.6
40TexasBig 127.3
41ArkansasSEC7.3
42West VirginiaBig East7.3
43Georgia TechACC7.1
44Mississippi StateSEC6.8
45IdahoWAC6.7
46South CarolinaSEC5.7
47UTEPC-USA5.1
48Miami (FL)ACC4.4
49Texas TechBig 124.1
50LSUSEC4.1
51OklahomaBig 124.0
52SMUC-USA3.8
53UCFC-USA3.5
54TulsaC-USA3.5
55TennesseeSEC3.4
56USCPac-103.3
57Boston CollegeACC3.2
58KansasBig 123.1
59South FloridaBig East3.0
60MarylandACC3.0
61BaylorBig 122.7
62BuffaloMid-American2.4
63TroySun Belt2.2
64Northern IllinoisMid-American1.9
65Miami (OH)Mid-American1.9
66Arizona StatePac-101.5
67Southern MissC-USA1.0
68GeorgiaSEC0.6
69LouisvilleBig East0.5
70MinnesotaBig 100.4
71HawaiiWAC0.1
72ToledoMid-American-0.2
73CincinnatiBig East-0.3
74IllinoisBig 10-0.5
75PittsburghBig East-0.9
76Notre DameIndependent-1.1
77PurdueBig 10-1.3
78Middle Tennessee StateSun Belt-1.4
79TulaneC-USA-1.6
80Kent StateMid-American-2.0
81Utah StateWAC-2.3
82ColoradoBig 12-2.4
83Fresno StateWAC-2.5
84UNLVMountain West-2.6
85TempleMid-American-2.8
86BYUMountain West-3.8
87UCLAPac-10-4.0
88UABC-USA-4.2
89LA LafayetteSun Belt-4.4
90North CarolinaACC-4.6
91Central MichiganMid-American-5.1
92WashingtonPac-10-5.4
93North TexasSun Belt-5.5
94Oregon StatePac-10-5.6
95East CarolinaC-USA-5.9
96Western MichiganMid-American-6.1
97OhioMid-American-6.3
98Iowa StateBig 12-6.8
99Florida AtlanticSun Belt-7.0
100DukeACC-7.6
101Florida InternationalSun Belt-8.2
102MarshallC-USA-8.3
103VanderbiltSEC-8.3
104LA MonroeSun Belt-8.7
105Wake ForestACC-8.9
106RiceC-USA-9.3
107MemphisC-USA-9.4
108Arkansas StateSun Belt-10.2
109Ball StateMid-American-10.8
110Louisiana TechWAC-11.0
111AkronMid-American-11.4
112WyomingMountain West-11.7
113Bowling GreenMid-American-11.7
114Western KentuckySun Belt-12.8
115New Mexico StateWAC-14.0
116Washington StatePac-10-14.3
117Eastern MichiganMid-American-14.9
118Colorado StateMountain West-15.0
119San Jose StateWAC-16.6
120New MexicoMountain West-23.8

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