Offense ruled in 2007

There's an old saying in football "Offense sells the tickets; defense wins championships". It didn't work that way in 2007.

Of the top 20 teams in total offense, six made the playoffs:

• #1 Appalachian St
• #5 E. Washington
• #6 Delaware
• #7 N. Iowa
  
• #10 S. Illinois
• #15 Woford

Note: none of the total offense teams lost in the first round and Appalachian State and Delaware went to the National Championship game.

Of the top 20 teams in total defense, two made the playoffs

• #11 N. Iowa
• #14 UMass

Of the top 20 teams in scoring offense, ten made the playoffs

• #2 Appalachian State
• #7 S. Illinois
• #11 Delaware
• #12 N. Iowa
• #14 UNH
• #15 McNeese
• #16 Richmond
• #17 Wofford
• #18 E. Washington
• #20 JMU

Of the top 20 teams in scoring defense, six made the playoffs:

• #2 Montana
• #7 N. Iowa
• #10 S. Illinois
• #12 McNeese
• #13 Delaware State
• #15 UMass

Note: three of the top scoring defense teams lost in the first round.