Showing Which Teams Have Accomplished the Most to Date

Miami Wins the National Championship
  • Fiesta Bowl-champion Oregon, the nation's only 1-loss team, is #2
  • The Big 12 places 4 teams in the top-10 (#5-8), but the SEC (with 7 teams in the top-25) is the top overall conference
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Computer Rankings, 2001-02 Season
•Final Pre-Bowl Rankings
•Dec. 2 Rankings
•Nov. 25 Rankings
•Nov. 18 Rankings
•Nov. 11 Rankings
•Nov. 4 Rankings
•Oct. 28 Rankings
•Oct. 21 Rankings
•Oct. 14 Rankings
•Oct. 7 Rankings
•Sept. 30 Rankings

•Final 2000-01 Rankings

•Final 2000-01 Pre-Bowl Rankings
 
    Rating W  L Sched. 
Strength*		 Sched. 
Rank*		 vs. the 
Top-10		 vs. 
#11-20		 Other 
Losses
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10.
Miami, Fla.
Oregon
Tennessee
Florida
Nebraska
Texas
Colorado
Oklahoma
LSU
Washington State
.837
.797
.783
.766
.763
.756
.749
.744
.744
.730
12
11
11
10
11
11
10
11
10
10
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
2

.562
.566
.599
.584
.571
.562
.604
.546
.598
.537
*to date
27
23
7
15
22
28
4
39
8
43
1-0
2-0
2-1
1-1
1-2
1-2
2-2
1-1
1-2
0-1
3-0 
0-1
3-0
3-0
0-0
1-0
0-0
0-0
1-0
2-1
0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
1
0
 
Rank Team  Rating W L Sched. 
Strength		 Sched. 
Rank		   Conference
Rankings		 Rating W*  L* Sched.
Strength*
11. 
12. 
13. 
14. 
15. 
16.
17. 
18. 
19. 
20. 
21. 
22. 
23. 
24. 
25.
Illinois
Syracuse
Stanford
Maryland
South Carolina
Washington
UCLA
Florida State
BYU
Michigan
Fresno State
Louisville
Georgia
Auburn
Arkansas
.729
.725
.724
.710
.703
.684
.678
.674
.669
.668
.649
.649
.648
.645
.638
10
10
9
10
9
8
7
8
12
8
11
11
8
7
7
2
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
2
4
3
2
4
5
5
.536
.574
.585
.512
.560
.590
.602
.580
.447
.573
.475
.432
.551
.598
.591
45
20
13
58
32
11
5
18
82
21
71
93
35
9
10
  Southeastern
Pac-10
Big 12
Big East
Atlantic Coast
Big Ten
Mountain West
WAC
Conference USA
Mid-American
Sun Belt

*non-conference play

 .645
.631
.626
.593
.582
.578
.483
.453
.414
.401
.272
 

34
26
36
26
23
24
20
16
18
20
5
 

10
9
10
12
13
16
18
22
28
25
32
 
 

.479
.484
.452
.482
.499
.518
.467
.501
.479
.433
.488
 

Rank Team  Rating W L Sched. 
Strength		 Sched. 
Rank		   Rank Team  Rating  W L Sched. 
Strength		 Sched.
Rank
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
Texas A&M
Marshall
Boston College
Alabama
North Carolina
Virginia Tech
Toledo
Kansas State
Georgia Tech
Utah
Texas Tech
Mississippi
Ohio State
USC
Bowling Green
Iowa
Iowa State
Pittsburgh
Clemson
Michigan State
Hawaii
N.C. State
Notre Dame
Penn State
Purdue
Colorado State
Boise State
Wake Forest
Oregon State
Indiana
Troy State
Miami, Ohio
Wisconsin
Louisiana Tech
Arizona
Mid. Tenn. St.
Rice
South Florida
Virginia
Missouri
Arizona State
Mississippi State
Oklahoma State
New Mexico
Northern Illinois
East Carolina
.634
.632
.630
.630
.629
.620
.604
.601
.596
.595
.594
.588
.588
.580
.577
.576
.576
.571
.570
.567
.563
.559
.558
.548
.548
.547
.538
.536
.525
.523
.514
.511
.510
.509
.506
.504
.501
.498
.481
.480
.478
.477
.476
.473
.471
.469
8
11
8
7
8
8
10
6
8
8
7
7
7
6
8
7
7
7
7
7
9
7
5
5
6
7
8
6
5
5
7
7
5
7
5
8
8
8
5
4
4
3
4
6
6
6		 4
2
4
5
5
4
2
6
5
4
5
4
5
6
3
5
5
5
5
5
3
5
6
6
6
5
4
5
6
6
4
5
7
5
6
3
4
3
7
7
7
8
7
5
5
6
.536
.415
.531
.582
.562
.521
.395
.601
.527
.495
.545
.507
.538
.580
.438
.527
.526
.521
.520
.518
.409
.509
.585
.575
.548
.497
.437
.509
.553
.550
.432
.461
.560
.459
.534
.367
.401
.362
.531
.563
.560
.615
.558
.446
.444
.469
44
99
47
16
26
54
108
6
49
65
40
62
42
17
89
50
51
53
55
57
103
60
14
19
37
63
90
61
34
36
94
77
31
78
46
114
107
115
48
24
30
2
33
83
85
75
  72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93.
94.
95.
96.
97.
98.
99.
100.
101.
102.
103.
104.
105.
106.
107.
108.
109.
110.
111.
112.
113.
114.
115.
116.
117.
Southern Miss
Central Florida
Cincinnati
Kansas
Kent State
Temple
Air Force
Northwestern
UAB
Minnesota
TCU
West Virginia
Western Michigan
Memphis
Kentucky
Utah State
Baylor
UNLV
Ball State
SMU
North Texas
California
Vanderbilt
New Mexico St.
Akron
San Jose State
Nevada
San Diego State
Tulane
Rutgers
Wyoming
Central Michigan
Army
Buffalo
UTEP
LA Lafayette
Ohio
Duke
Connecticut
Tulsa
LA Monroe
Eastern Michigan
Arkansas State
Houston
Idaho
Navy
 
 

.464
.461
.454
.450
.448
.443
.438
.435
.429
.429
.427
.421
.420
.416
.408
.403
.402
.399
.382
.368
.368
.368
.365
.365
.361
.346
.344
.337
.301
.301
.285
.284
.262
.251
.248
.238
.234
.232
.224
.220
.219
.214
.201
.195
.195
.180
6
6
7
3
6
4
6
4
6
4
6
3
5
5
2
4
3
4
5
4
5
1
2
5
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
1
0
2
1
2
2
2
0
1
0

5
5
5
8
5
7
6
7
5
7
6
8
6
6
9
7
8
7
6
7
7
10
9
7
7
9
8
8
9
9
9
8
8
8
9
8
10
11
9
10
9
9
9
11
10
10

.437
.434
.405
.589
.421
.525
.438
.518
.403
.511
.427
.560
.447
.443
.606
.485
.541
.480
.408
.448
.415
.630
.563
.413
.441
.495
.479
.471
.444
.490
.472
.410
.383
.369
.424
.354
.472
.547
.392
.453
.385
.378
.360
.493
.415
.467

91
92
105
12
97
52
88
56
106
59
95
29
81
86
3
68
41
69
104
80
98
1
25
101
87
64
70
74
84
67
73
102
111
113
96
117
72
38
109
79
110
112
116
66
100
76
 

The Anderson & Hester Rankings are distinct in four ways: 

1. These rankings do not reward teams for running up scores.  Teams are rewarded for beating quality opponents, which is the object of the game.  Margin of victory, which is not the object of the game, is not considered. 

2. Unlike the A.P. and coaches' polls, these rankings do not prejudge teams.  These rankings first appear after the season's fifth week, and each team's ranking reflects its actual accomplishments on the field, not its perceived potential. 

3. These rankings compute the most accurate strength of schedule ratings.  Each team's opponents and opponents' opponents are judged not only by their won-lost records but also, uniquely, by their conferences' strength (see #4). 

4. These rankings provide the most accurate conference ratings.  Each conference is rated according to its non-conference won-lost record and the difficulty of its non-conference schedule. 

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