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12:55 AM Thursday, November 5, 2009

It doesn’t hurt that they have played Toledo and New Mexico State, but the Ohio State defense leads the nation in forcing opposing offenses off the field after three downs. Meanwhile, the Buckeyes rank 11th in first downs allowed and 15th in allowing third-down conversions.

	Total 3-and-outs	Per game
Ohio State	52	5.77
Florida	46	5.75
Texas	45	5.6
Ole Miss	45	5.6
TCU	44	5.5
Alabama	41	5.1
Tennessee	40	5.0
Arkansas	37	4.6
Oklahoma	36	4.5
North Carolina	36	4.5
Source: OSU sports information/NCAA.com