LSU Game Stats (with rankings) thru Week 6 - Bradley Dale Peveto edition

NOTE: The stats on this page include data ONLY from games involving two FBS schools.

Scoring Offense - 37.8 PPG (T-13th) / Points Per Play - .561 (6th)
Yards Per Game - 468.4 (23rd) / Yards Per Play - 6.9 (T-8th)
Rushing Yd/Gm - 346.4 (2nd) / Rushing Yd/Att - 7.2 (2nd)
Passing Yd/Gm - 122.0 (122nd) / Passing Yd/Att - 6.8 (T-72nd)
Passer Rating - 128.3 (T-62nd) / Comp. % - 56.67% (78th)
Third Downs/Gm - 11.0 T-2nd) / Third Down % - 41.82% (39th)
Giveaways/Gm - 0.2 (T-1st)
Sacks/Gm - 1.2 (T-21st)
Rush/Pass Ratio - 71.53:28.47 (7th highest for Rush)

Scoring Defense - 22.0 PPG (T-39th) / Points Per Play - .340 (T-52nd)
Yards Per Game - 291.4 (12th) / Yards Per Play - 4.5 (T-18th)
Rushing Yd/Gm - 99.4 (11th) / Rushing Yd/Att - 3.4 (T-23rd)
Passing Yd/Gm - 192.0 (T-32nd) / Passing Yd/Att - 5.9 (T-20th)
Passer Rating - 116.1 (39th) / Comp. % - 56.10 (40th)
Third Downs/Gm - 12.8 (T-14) / Third Down % - 32.81 (32nd)
Takeaways/Gm - 1.4 (T-75th)
Sacks/Gm - 2.4 (T-36th)
Rush/Pass Ratio - 45.68:55.32 (15th highest for Pass)

Time of Poss. - 33:00 (16th)
Penalties/Gm - 8.4 (T-111th) / Yardage 71.8 (106th)
Net Punt Yardage/Gm - 172.8 (105th)
Opp. Net Punt Yardage/Gm - 221.2 (71st)

Question: How does LSU rank 16th in TOP, the LSU offense ranks 13th in PPG, 23rd in YPG, 1st in TOs, the LSU defense ranks 12th in YPG, and yet we rank 39th in defensive PPG?

According to CFBStats.com,
LSU ranks 127th in Punt Coverage, giving up 92 yards on 4 punts (23.0 average)
LSU ranks 112th in Kickoff Coverage, giving up 602 yards on 24 kickoffs (25.08 average incl. yesterday's squib kicks).

LSU ranks 114th in kickoff returns, 195 yards on 11 returns (17.73 average)
LSU does rank 26th in punt returns with 101 yards on 7 returns (14.43 average) .... less a 69 yard TD return by Tre White, LSU averages only 5.34 yards per return