Baylor posting mind-blowing numbers

Baylor wide receiver Corey Coleman leaps into the end zone for a score in front of Texas Tech defensive back Keenon Ward (15) and linebacker D'Vonta Hinton (34) in the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. Baylor won 63-35. (AP Photo/Roger Steinman)

A paint-by-numbers look at Baylor football, a study in offensive efficiency via blending a fast, powerful running game with a passing game that features fleet receivers and a terrific passer who also happens to be big and athletic and is protected by massive, experienced offensive linemen:

3 — Ranking in the Associated Press poll, tied for highest in school history.

4 — Players with at least five rushes per game and average 7.2 yards per carry or better, led by Shock Linwood (9.42 yards per carry, 146 yards per game.)

5 — Receivers who average 19.5 yards per catch or better.

11 – National-best touchdown receptions by Corey Coleman, a 5-foot-11, 190-pound junior from Richardson, Texas, who has as many touchdowns as KU’s entire roster.

15 — School-record tying career sacks from Shawn Oakman, 6-9, 275-pound defensive end.

19 — Touchdown passes for Seth Russell, who originally committed to current KU head coach David Beaty when Beaty was working for Turner Gill. TCU’s Trevone Boykin, who has played five games compared to four for Russell, is tied with Russell for the national lead.

32.5 — National-best first downs per game.

36 — National-best touchdowns, compiled in just four games.

63.8 — National-best points per game. Other schools left on KU’s schedule: TCU (second, 50.8), Texas Tech (third, 50), Oklahoma (ninth, 42).

218.75 — Russell’s national-best QB rating. Western Kentucky’s Brandon Doughty ranks second with 184.72, Memphis’ Paxton Lynch third with 181.47.

316 — Average weight in pounds of five starting offensive linemen, compared to an average of 257.4 for KU’s five heaviest defensive starters. That’s 1.4 pounds shy of a 50-pound advantage per man.

376.75 — Rushing yards per game, second only to Georgia Southern.

410 — Pounds first-string tight end LaQuan McGowan carries on his 6-7 frame.

“There are couple plays in there that look like at the end of the movie when the team has to score a touchdown and one guy knocks 11 people over and they run behind him and score,” Kansas defensive coordinator Clint Bowen said. “There are couple clips that resemeble that, where he knocks a guy down, knocks another guy down and keeps running. He’s a big fella. … He’s in there to be a lead blocker. He’s a big human who gets a lot of movement. We have to make sure that we don’t take him on real high.”

745.3 — National-best total yards per game, eclipsing the nation’s second-leading total offense (TCU) by 115.3 yards.