I have already stated that 6 of our 14 games were against top 25 rush defenses. Iowa is usually right up there in rush defense, but if other teams were put in the same predicament were in against Iowa, they wouldn't have had a successful rush attack either. It was so windy and cold, you couldn't throw it. We still got 200 yards on the ground, with them knowing what was coming at them.
This is where the B1G ranked in rushing offense:
#8 Nebraska, #10 Ohio State, #13 Wisconsin, #19 Northwestern, #41 Michigan, #59 Purdue, #68 Minnesota, #77 Michigan St, #85 Penn St, #96 Indiana, #99 Illinois, #104 Iowa
B1G rush defense:
#8 Michigan St, #14 Ohio St, #22 Northwestern, #24 Penn St, #25 Wisconsin, #52 Michigan, #64 Iowa, #74 Minnesota, #79 Purdue, #92 Nebraska, #96 Illinois, #119 Indiana
SEC rushing offense:
#11 Texas A&M, #16 Alabama, #39 Florida, #43 Georgia, #51 Missippi, #52 LSU, #58 Vanderbilt, #62 Tennessee, #80 Auburn, #84 Mississippi St, #89 Kentucky, #90 Missouri, #91 South Carolina, #107 Arkansas
SEC rush defense:
#1 Alabama, #4 Florida, #9 LSU, #17 South Carolina, #19 Arkansas, #26 Mississippi, #35 Texas A&M, #39 Vanderbilt, #50 Missouri, #63 Kentucky, #69 Miss St, #80 Georgia, #87 Tennessee, #100 Auburn,
B1G has more teams top 25 in rushing offense, and just as many teams in the top 25 rush defense. The reason Alabama's Rush defense looks as good as it does, they only faced ONE team in the top 25 in rush offense. As for facing rush defensive teams, they only faced 3 top 25 rush defenses, and that's including Notre Dame. You would think, if they had that good of a rushing offense, they would rank higher than #16th with facing only 3 teams in the top 25.
