A glance at the top three college football teams

AP

Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004 | 8:47 a.m.

How Southern California, Oklahoma and Auburn stack up by the numbers:

OPPONENTS' RECORD

Oklahoma - 63-58

USC - 60-60

Auburn - 60-60 (includes one I-AA opponent)

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OFFFENSE

Rushing

Oklahoma - 213.2 ypg

Auburn - 189.8

USC - 170.7

Passing

USC - 268.9 ypg

Oklahoma - 253.8

Auburn - 229.4

Total offense

Oklahoma - 467.0 ypg

USC - 439.6

Auburn - 419.2

Scoring

USC - 37.5 ppg

Oklahoma - 35.6

Auburn - 33.0

DEFENSE

Rushing

USC - 80.6 ypg

Oklahoma - 94.5

Auburn - 95.5

Passing efficiency

USC - 97.02 rating

Auburn - 110.39

Oklahoma - 117.03

Scoring

Auburn - 9.6 ppg

USC - 11.5

Oklahoma - 14.6

TURNOVER MARGIN

USC - plus-13

Oklahoma - plus-11

Auburn - plus-6

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Home/away wins

Auburn - 7/4

Oklahoma - 6/4-x

USC - 6/5

x-beat Texas on neutral field

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