Monday, Jan. 7
BCS National Championship
At New Orleans
No. 1 Ohio State (11-1) vs. No. 2 LSU (11-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)
Opening Line: LSU by 3.
Series Record: Ohio State leads 1-0-1.
Last Meeting: 1987, 13-13, tie
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(225.2 yards per game), and third in rushing defense (77.1 yards per game). … Over the last three seasons, Ohio State has the best winning percentage in the nation at 33-4 (.892). … Under Jim Tressel, the Buckeyes are 29-9 overall against ranked teams. … QB Todd Boeckman lead the Big 10 in passing efficiency (150.3) in his first year as a starter. … Buckeyes’ RB Chris Wells is 10th in the nation in rushing (121.9 yards per game). Wells rushed for 1,463 yards this season, the seventh best total in Ohio State history. … LSU is 19-18-1 in bowl games. … This is the first time in school history that the Tigers will play in a game featuring the top two teams in the nation. The only other time LSU was part of a matchup between teams ranked as high came in 1959, when No. 1 LSU beat No. 3 LSU 7-3. … This is only the ninth time LSU has faced the No. 1 team in the nation. LSU is 1-7-1 all-time against No. 1 ranked teams. LSU’s only win against a No. 1 team came in 1997, when the Tigers beat Florida 28-21, in Tiger Stadium. That’s the last time LSU has faced a No. 1 ranked team. … LSU is 3-0 in BCS bowl games, all three have come in New Orleans. … This year’s LSU team became the first team in school history to score more than 500 points in a season. The Tigers have scored 503 points in 13 games for an average of 38.7 points per game, which is also a school-record. … LSU has scored at least 21 points in every game this season. … Les Miles is 6-3 against top 10 teams, including a 2-0 mark this year. … LSU is third in the nation in total defense (283.8 yards per game) and passing defense (96.12) and fifth in turnover margin (+1.38). … LSU has allowed only one 100-yard rusher this season, and only the second since the 2007 Sugar Bowl.
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