National Stat Rankings: UW in Focus
By Mark Knight
After Week 10 in College Football.
The University of Washington Football team by the stats in comparison with the rest of the FBS. Some of these stats are individual stats and some are team stats. Be careful to look at the “National Rank” column, as some categories do not include every player/team but instead will skip down to the closest UW stat.
| QB Rating | Player | School | National Rank |
| 196.7 | Russell Wilson | Wisconsin | 1 |
| 192.4 | Case Keenum | Houston | 2 |
| 188.1 | Robert Griffin III | Baylor | 3 |
| 179.5 | Kellen Moore | Boise State | 4 |
| 174.1 | Andrew Luck | Stanford | 5 |
| 156.0 | Keith Price | Washington | 15 |
| Pass. TD | Player | School | National Rank |
| 34 | Case Keenum | Houston | 1 |
| 29 | Kellen Moore | Boise State | 2 |
| 28 | Landry Jones | Oklahoma | 3 |
| 28 | Matt Barkley | USC | 3 |
| 26 | Robert Griffin III | Baylor | 5 |
| 26 | Brandon Weeden | OK St. | 5 |
| 26 | Andrew Luck | Stanford | 5 |
| 25 | Keith Price | UW | 8 (tied with Tajh Boyd) |
| Rush. Yards | Player | School | National Rank |
| 1198 | Ronnie Hillman | San Diego St. | 1 |
| 1185 | David Wilson | Virginia Tech | 2 |
| 1149 | Henry Josey | Missouri | 4 |
| 1096 | Chris Polk | Washington | 6 |
| 1078 | Trent Richardson | Alabama | 9 |
| 1061 | LaMichael James | Oregon | 11 |
| Rec. TD | Player | School | National Rank |
| 12 | Justin Blackmon | OK St. | 1 |
| 11 | Robert Woods | USC | 2 (2 more tied) |
| 7 | Marqise Lee | USC | 26 (15 more tied) |
| 6 | Jermaine Kearse | Washington | 42 (17 more tied) |
| Team PPG | School | National Rank | – |
| 52.7 | Houston | 1 | – |
| 50.1 | Oklahoma State | 2 | – |
| 48.2 | Stanford | 3 | – |
| 35.0 | Arizona State | 24 | – |
| 33.6 | Washington | 31 | (25 last week) |
| PPG Allowed | School | National Rank | – |
| 7.1 | Alabama | 1 | – |
| 10.9 | LSU | 2 | – |
| 12.4 | Penn State | 3 | – |
| 20.8 | Oregon | 26 | – |
| 33.4 | Washington | 101 | (103 last week) |
| Pass Allowed | School | National Rank | – |
| 1176 | Alabama | 1 | – |
| 1300 | Boise State | 2 | – |
| 1749 | California | 32 | – |
| 2111 | Oregon | 70 | – |
| 2548 | Washington | 109 | (115 last week) |
| Rush Allowed | School | National Rank | – |
| 507 | Alabama | 1 | – |
| 688 | Cincinnati | 2 | – |
| 710 | Stanford | 4 | – |
| 958 | USC | 19 | – |
| 1276 | Washington | 53 | (47 last week) |
UW still tends to find themselves at the bottom when it comes to defensive stats. Even their offensive stats have taken a hit as of late. Keith Price is falling behind in the touchdown passes and Kearse hasn’t caught a touchdown in a couple of weeks.
Chris Polk however, has been doing great at improving his numbers. In fact, one stat that is not listed above is Polk’s rushing touchdowns, he has 9 on the season. That puts him in 26th place in the nation and only a few touchdowns from being in the top 10. This may be a future stat we keep an eye on.
UW faces a statistically similar opponent in USC this week when it comes to offensive numbers. However, USC’s defense does stack up better in the nation than Washington’s defense.