Latest NCAA FBS Stats for Notre Dame Football

It's Wednesday -- which means it's time for our weekly look at where Notre Dame Football ranks in certain statistical categories amongst the 120 teams in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision -- AT THE HALF WAY POINT OF THE 2010 SEASON.  In this analysis you'll see how Notre Dame currently stands -- as compared to their final ranking for 2009:

DEFENSIVE TEAM STATISTICS

Quarterback Sacks:  2010 Rank - #19 with 15 QB sacks -- in 2009 we had 19 QB sacks for the season, ranking us #92 -- Florida State leads the country with 26 QB sacks.

Interceptions:  2010 Rank - #14 with 8 interceptions -- in 2009 we had 12 interceptions for the season, ranking us #50 -- Florida leads the country with 13 interceptions.

Passes Deflected:  2010 Rank - #23 with 21 pass deflections -- in 2009 we had 28 pass deflections for the season, ranking us #99 -- Oregon leads the country with 37 pass deflections.

Third Down Conversion Rate:  2010 Rank - #30 allowing only 34% conversion rate on third down -- in 2009 we allowed a 39.5% conversion rate, ranking us #67 -- TCU leads the country allowing only a 22.67%  conversion rate.

Turnovers Gained:  2010 Rank - #47 with 10 turnovers gained -- in 2009 we gained 19 turnovers for the season, ranking us #80 -- Oregon leads the country with 22 turnovers gained this season.

Total Yards:  2010 Rank - #83 giving up 398 yards per game -- in 2009 we gave up an average of 397 yards per game, ranking us #86 -- TCU leads the country giving up 240 yards per game.

Points Allowed Per Game:  2010 Rank - #60 giving up 23.5 points per game -- in 2009 we gave up 25.3 points per game, ranking us #63 -- Iowa leads the country giving up 10.2 points per game.

OFFENSIVE TEAM STATISTICS

Total First Downs:  2010 Rank - #23 with 129 first downs -- in 2009 we had 293 first downs for the season, ranking us #13 -- Nevada leads the country with 165 first downs.

Third Down Conversions:  2010 Rank - #80 with a 35.4% conversion rate -- in 2009 we had a 39.1% conversion rate for the season, ranking us #48 -- Nevada leads the country converting 62.2% of their third downs.

Passing Yardage:  2010 Rank - #8 with 1,707 passing yards (284 yards per game)  -- in 2009 we passed for 3,882 yards (323 yards per game) for the season, ranking us #7 -- Hawaii leads the country with 2,530 passing yards (421 yards per game).

Rushing Yardage:  2010 Rank - #89 with 642 rushing yards (107 yards per game) -- in 2009 we rushed for 1,539 yards (127 yards per game) for the season, ranking us #88 -- Air Force leads the country with 2,116 rushing yards ( 352 yards per game).

Fewest QB Sacks Given Up:  2010 Rank -- #86 giving up 12 QB sacks -- in 2009 we gave up 25 QB sacks for the season, ranking us #66 -- Utah leads the country having only given up 1 QB sack.

Turnovers Lost:  2010 Rank - #92 with 12 turnovers lost -- in 2009 we had 14 turnovers for the season, ranking us #7 -- Oregon State leads the country with 1 turnover lost for the season.

Total Offense:  2010 Rank -- #56 with 2,349 yards (391 per game)  of offense -- in 2009 we had 5,421 yards (451 yards per game) of offense for the season, ranking us #8 -- Oregon leads the country with 3,402 yards (567 per game) of offense.

Points Per Game:  2010 Rank -- #82 with 24.3 points per game -- in 2009 we averaged 30.1 points per game for the season, ranking us #32 -- Oregon leads the country scoring 54.3 points per game.
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TEAM STATISTICS

Fewest Penalties:  2010 Rank - #20 with 27 penalties -- in 2009 we had 75 penalties for the season, ranking us #50 -- Indiana leads the country in the fewest penalties with 17.

Fewest Penalty Yards:  2010 Rank -- #37 with 260 total yards in penalties -- in 2009 we had 666 yards in penalties, ranking us #60 -- Penn State leads the country in fewest penalty yards with 131.

Net Punting Yards:  2010 Rank -- #82 with an average net of 36.0 yards per punt -- in 2009 we averaged 32.1 yards per punt, ranking us #112 -- Illinois leads the country in net yards per punt with 46.9