HuskerinBig10
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Penn State was the better team IMO.
based on what?
Final rankings
1. Nebraska beat Colorado, beat Miami Fl,
2. Penn State
3. Colorado 11-1 lost to nebraska,
4. Florida State 10-1-1 beat #7 Florida, lost #6 Miami FL
5. Alabama beat #14 Ohio State
6. Miami Florida beat #3 Florida State, beat #23 Boston College. lost to Nebraska
7. Florida lost
8. Texas A&M
9. Auburn
10. Utah
11. Oregon
12. Michigan
13. USC
14. Ohio State
15. Virginia
16. Colorado State
17. NC State
18. BYu
19. K State lost #1 Nebraska
20. Arizona
21. Wash State
22. Tennessee
23. Boston College
24. Miss State
25. Texas
Penn State beat bowl teams
8-4 Michigan beat #16 ranked Colorado State
9-4 Ohio State lost to #5 ranked Alabama in Bowl game
8-3-1 USC beat unranked Texas tech in bowl game
9-4 Oregon lost Penn State won in the Rose Bowl
7-5 Illinois beat unranked virginia tech in bowl game
Other teams
0-11 Michigan State
2-9 Temple
3-8 Minnesota
4-6-1 Northwestern
5-5-1 Iowa
5-5-1 Rutgers
6-5 Indiana
Penn State beat 6 teams with winning records
Penn State beat only one team that lost 3 games, all other wins were against teams that lost 4 or more games
Penn State played 5 teams that went bowling
Penn State opponents went 3-2 in bowl games
Penn State beat no teams in the final AP top 10
Penn State opponents went 66-69-4
Nebraska beat bowl teams
7-6 West Virginia lost to unranked south carolina
6-6 texas Tech lost to #13 USC
10-2 Miami Fl Nebraska beat Miami on the Home Field in the Orange Bowl. Miami had won 58 straight home field games until Nebraska beat them
6-6 Oklahoma lost #18 BYU
9-3 K State lost #23 Boston College
11-1 Colorado won unranked Notre Dame
Other teams
0-10-1 Iowa State
3-7-1 Oklahoma State
3-8-1 Missouri
5-6 UCLA
6-5 Kansas
6-5 Pacific
6-6 Wyoming
Nebraska played 6 teams with winning records,
Nebraska handed one team their only loss and another team only their 2nd loss
Nebraska played 6 teams that went bowling
Nebraska beat two teams in the Final AP Top 10
Nebraska opponents went 78-71-3.
Rush Offense
1. Nebraska 340 yds
6. Penn State 250.9 yds
Passing Offense
12. Penn State 269.3
92. Nebraska 57.1
Offensively, Penn State looks great on paper. Nebraska did face six other teams with passing offenses ranked in the top 50.
Nebraska opponents passing offense
8. Wyoming lost 42-32
11. Pacific lost 70-21
19. Miami Florida lost 24-17
28. Kansas State lost 17-6
45. West Virginia lost 31-0
50. Colorado lost 24-7
Nebraska beat passing teams by 7 or more points
Total Offense
1. Penn State
3. Colorado lost to Nebraska
5. Nebraska
10. Wyoming lost to Nebraska
15. Miami Fl lost to Nebraska
17. Michigan Lost to Penn State
27. Iowa Lost to Penn State
28. Minnesota Lost to Penn State
31. Pacific lost to Nebraska
32. UCLA lost to nebraska
33. USC Lost to Penn State
Scoring Offense
1. Penn State
6. Nebraska
7. Colorado lost to nebraska
19. Miami Florida lost to nebraska
32. Kansas lost to nebraska
33. Iowa lost to Penn State
34. Michigan lost to Penn State
35. Kansas State lost to nebraska
38. Oregon lost to Penn State
Scoring Offense Nebraska played a lot better offenses than Penn State did. Nebraska played two top 20 scoring offenses, Penn State played ZERO top 20 offenses.
Rushing Defense
4. Nebraska
7. Miami Fl lost to Nebraska
15. Colorado lost to Nebraska
46. Oklahoma lost to Nebraska
48. Penn State
OK, if the #7, #15, and #46 rush defenses did not stop Nebraska why would the #48 one do it?
Pass Efficiency defense
1. Miami Fl lost to Nebraska
3. Texas Tech lost to Nebraska
7. K State lost to Nebraska
10. Nebraska
14. Oregon lost to Penn State
15. Michigan State lost to Penn State
66. Penn State
hmmm, it sort of looks like Penn State might have had a bad defense and the opponents that they played were mostly average at best
Total Defense
1. Miami lost to Nebraska
4. Nebraska
9. Illinois lost to Penn State Illinois lost 35-31
12. Oklahoma lost to Nebraska
15. Ohio State lost to Penn State
22. Texas Tech lost to nebraska
23. K State lost to Nebraska
26. Oregon lost to Penn State
40. Colorado lost to Nebraska
41. West Virginia lost to nebraska
70. Penn State
Nebraska played 6 top 50 defenses beat them all, Penn State played 3.