In the history of the BCS title game, 14 of the 20 teams had better defenses than offenses:
Total off. Rank Total def. Rank
2007
LSU 439.43 26th 288.79 Third
Ohio State 393.69 62nd 233.0 First
2006
Florida 396.07 19th 255.43 Sixth
Ohio State 384.54 26th 280.46 12th
2005
Texas 512.08 Third 302.92 10th
USC 579.77 First 360.92 48th
2004
USC 449.08 12th 279.31 Sixth
Oklahoma 462.08 Eighth 299.00 13th
2003
LSU 418.36 31st 252.00 First
Oklahoma 439.43 19th 259.64 Third
2002
Ohio State 364.50 70th 320.86 23rd
Miami 465.85 Sixth 285.00 Seventh
2001
Miami 454.82 Eighth 270.91 Sixth
Nebraska 451.17 12th 287.17 Eighth
2000
Oklahoma 429.25 18th 278.92 Eighth
Florida State 549.00 First 277.00 Sixth
1999
Florida State 425.73 12th 304.6 19th
Virginia Tech 451.82 Ninth 247.3 Third
1998
Tennessee 398.8 32nd
303.0 17th
Florida State 401.3 31st 214.8 First
John Henderson, The Denver Post
