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| National | Conf | Actual | Category | Actual | Conf | National | |
| Advantage | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | |||
| Iowa State |
53 |
9 |
164.25 |
Rushing Offense | 174.5 |
7 |
43 |
| Iowa State |
88 |
8 |
196.13 |
Passing Offense | 213.88 |
7 |
76 |
| Iowa State | 87 |
9 |
360.38 |
Total Offense | 388.38 |
8 |
63 |
| Kansas | 71 |
9 |
26.38 |
Scoring Offense | 25.38 |
10 |
79 |
| Iowa State | 119 |
10 |
258.13 |
Rushing Defense | 206.75 |
8 |
108 |
| Iowa State | 119 |
10 |
168.45 |
Pass Efficiency Defense | 125.41 |
4 |
57 |
| Iowa State | 120 |
10 |
555.75 | Total Defense | 435.38 |
6 |
101 |
| Iowa State | 120 |
10 |
49.50 |
Scoring Defense | 32.25 |
8 |
97 |
| Kansas | 38 |
4 |
37.91 |
Net Punting | 36.64 | 8 |
65 |
| Iowa State | 97 |
9 |
5 |
Punt Returns | 5.67 |
8 |
93 |
| Iowa State | 82 |
9 |
20.70 |
Kickoff Returns | 23.17 |
3 |
38 |
| PUSH | 104 |
8 |
-.75 |
Turnover Margin | -.75 |
8 |
104 |
| Iowa State | 118 |
9 |
297.63 |
Pass Defense | 228.63 |
4 |
66 |
| Kansas | 29 |
4 |
146.77 |
Passing Efficiency | 106.74 | 10 |
111 |
| Iowa State | 113 |
10 |
.88 |
Sacks | 1.38 |
8 |
100 |
| Iowa State | 111 |
10 |
4.25 |
Tackles For Loss | 4.88 |
8 |
92 |
| PUSH | 84 |
6 |
2.38 |
Sacks Allowed | 2.38 |
6 |
84 |
Areas where we once had an edge are slowly fading. After last week not only are we at the bottom of the conference defensively, but we are treading water on offense and dangerously close to the bottom in that category as well. I suppose it isn't anything we didn't already know but this team needs work in a lot of areas.
Again the good news with this one is that on paper Iowa State isn't so significantly better that this game looks like an impossible task. The somewhat bad news is that we've been here before. It is amazing how far our offensive rankings fell in one weeks time due to how atrociously bad things were in Austin last week. I think that gives some hope that our offense can matchup better with an Iowa State defense that hasn't been over the top impressive throughout the season.
All in all there is a lot more Iowa State in the advantage column and that will always be a concern because we haven't really shown a situation where the phrase "games aren't played on paper" applies to us. Well maybe it applies, but not necessarily in the right way. This is one where we can change our fortunes if we expect to do it at any point this year. October is OVA! On to Novemba!