... of a five-part series detailing the blueprint for winning the BCS national championship and measuring the Irish performance against this standard.

Offensively, what does it take to win the BCS national championship? The data below outlines the statistical metrics that answer this question via the approach described in the opening segment. The metrics have been divided into four categories (miscellaneous, total, rushing and passing) and the data is presented in tabular form.

Each table includes the metric value (e.g. yards per rush attempt) and the corresponding national rank for each of the last 10 BCS cham...

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