NCAA Statistical Rankings After Two Weeks

It's a bit early for these rankings to mean much, but here's where the Pack ranks nationally in several key categories after two games, courtesy NCAAsports.com:

Category	National Rank	Actual
Rushing Offense	78	125.00
Passing Offense	81	183.50
Total Offense	94	308.50
Scoring Offense	38	34.00
Rushing Defense	16	54.50
Pass Efficiency Defense	14	87.33
Total Defense	4	146.00
Scoring Defense	9	7.00
Net Punting	94	32.44
Punt Returns	9	23.20
Kickoff Returns	68	20.75
Turnover Margin	15	1.50
Pass Defense	7	91.50
Passing Efficiency	44	144.53
Sacks	13	3.50
Tackles For Loss	16	8.50
Sacks Allowed	T-104	3.50

Notes:

• How bad was State's offensive performance in the opening game against South Carolina? So bad that dropping 65 on the Racers of Murray State barely moved State into the top third of scoring offense. Moreso, the 484 total yards of offense Saturday night was only good enough to lift State into the top 100 in total offense. Yikes.
• Conversely, South Carolina's poor offensive showing coupled with the total domination of the Racers put State in some prematurely lofty company defensively. State's in the top-16 of nearly every defensive category, including 4th in total defense, 16th in rushing defense and 7th in pass defense.
  

We should see these numbers come back to the norm over the next two games, but interesting to see State with poor offensive numbers and strong defensive numbers -- like a Bizarro State thus far.