Showing Which Teams Have Accomplished the Most to Date

Vols Move into the Eye of the Hurricanes
  • Largely unpublicized Tennessee cements its place at #2; after beating Florida, the Vols have now won 5 of 6 games (.833) versus current top-25 teams
  • The Pac-10 moves into 1st place in the race for top conference
  • All but 1 of the top-10 teams' losses have been to top-25 teams; #11 BYU has not played a top-25 team
  • #11 BYU, a winner over #68 Mississippi State on Saturday, is 12-0 versus #36-117 and 0-0 versus #1-35 
  • #17 UCLA, 7-4 versus the nation's 2nd-toughest schedule, certainly deserves a bowl bid
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Computer Rankings, as of Dec. 2
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•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.
Tennessee
Nebraska
Oregon
Colorado
Stanford
Illinois
Texas
Florida
Oklahoma
.825
.810
.800
.796
.784
.770
.768
.766
.757
.755
11
10
11
10
10
9
10
10
9
10
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2

.541
.592
.572
.571
.608
.600
.531
.584
.582
.568
*to date
46
17
28
30
8
12
49
21
22
34
0-0
1-0
1-1
0-1
2-1
1-0
0-0
1-2
0-1
1-1
2-0 
3-0
0-0
2-0
0-1
1-2
0-1
0-0
2-0
0-0
0 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1
1
 
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.
BYU
Washington State
Washington
Maryland
LSU
Syracuse
UCLA
Michigan
South Carolina
Fresno State
Georgia
Auburn
Arkansas
Texas A&M
Kansas State
.753
.732
.729
.728
.714
.710
.708
.699
.698
.692
.686
.682
.666
.659
.657
12
9
8
10
8
9
7
8
8
11
8
7
7
7
6
0
2
3
1
3
3
4
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
5
.432
.550
.606
.478
.588
.568
.636
.570
.570
.482
.555
.606
.589
.581
.631
92
42
10
73
20
33
2
31
32
72
38
9
18
23
3
  Pac-10
Big 12
Southeastern
Big Ten
Big East
Atlantic Coast
Mountain West
WAC
Conference USA
Mid-American
Sun Belt

*non-conference play

 .656
.648
.634
.581
.562
.556
.493
.467
.413
.392
.284
 

24
33
29
22
22
19
18
15
17
18
5
 

6
5
7
12
11
11
16
20
25
25
31
 
 

.473
.416
.445
.493
.461
.476
.475
.510
.470
.439
.501
 

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.
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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 Tech
Florida State
USC
Louisville
Virginia Tech
Iowa State
Alabama
Ohio State
Marshall
Boston College
Mississippi
North Carolina
Utah
Toledo
Purdue
N.C. State
Notre Dame
Bowling Green
Penn State
Iowa
Georgia Tech
Oregon State
Michigan State
Louisiana Tech
Colorado State
Boise State
Pittsburgh
Clemson
Indiana
Arizona
Hawaii
Wake Forest
Wisconsin
Troy State
Missouri
Oklahoma State
Mid. Tenn. St.
Rice
Southern Miss
Arizona State
Miami, Ohio
South Florida
Mississippi State
New Mexico
Kansas
East Carolina
.651
.646
.638
.635
.633
.628
.627
.627
.609
.602
.602
.601
.583
.581
.577
.576
.573
.570
.566
.565
.558
.554
.553
.553
.550
.545
.543
.542
.538
.535
.533
.528
.528
.524
.512
.512
.512
.510
.510
.507
.503
.497
.493
.490
.488
.483
7
7
6
10
8
7
6
7
10
7
7
7
7
9
6
7
5
8
5
6
7
5
6
7
6
8
6
6
5
5
8
6
5
7
4
4
8
8
6
4
7
8
3
6
3
6		 4
4
5
2
3
4
5
4
2
4
4
5
4
2
5
4
6
3
6
5
5
6
5
4
5
4
5
5
6
6
3
5
7
4
7
7
3
4
4
7
5
3
8
5
8
5
.573
.567
.613
.427
.496
.548
.601
.547
.400
.521
.521
.552
.501
.382
.550
.494
.600
.431
.593
.538
.508
.581
.526
.470
.523
.444
.515
.515
.565
.562
.395
.501
.577
.442
.594
.594
.375
.410
.450
.588
.453
.361
.630
.463
.625
.456
27
35
7
96
64
43
11
44
104
54
55
40
61
110
41
66
13
93
16
47
60
24
51
74
53
85
57
58
36
37
106
63
25
88
14
15
113
101
84
19
80
116
4
76
5
79
  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.
Virginia
Cincinnati
Central Florida
Northern Illinois
Northwestern
Air Force
Minnesota
Kent State
Baylor
Temple
UAB
Memphis
Kentucky
Western Michigan
West Virginia
UNLV
TCU
Utah State
California
North Texas
New Mexico St.
Ball State
Vanderbilt
SMU
San Jose State
Akron
Nevada
San Diego State
Tulane
Wyoming
Rutgers
Central Michigan
Army
UTEP
LA Lafayette
Buffalo
Ohio
Duke
Tulsa
LA Monroe
Connecticut
Arkansas State
Eastern Michigan
Idaho
Houston
Navy
 
 

.478
.472
.464
.463
.449
.443
.442
.438
.433
.431
.430
.425
.416
.416
.415
.414
.412
.409
.404
.388
.378
.378
.377
.372
.365
.359
.357
.352
.306
.299
.296
.275
.261
.252
.249
.243
.230
.228
.227
.225
.223
.211
.209
.204
.200
.175
5
7
6
6
4
6
4
6
3
4
6
5
2
5
3
4
5
4
1
5
5
5
2
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
3
3
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0

7
4
5
5
7
6
7
5
8
7
5
6
9
6
8
7
5
7
10
6
7
6
9
7
9
7
8
8
9
9
9
8
8
9
8
8
10
11
10
9
9
9
9
10
11
10

.528
.391
.437
.436
.532
.443
.524
.411
.572
.513
.404
.452
.615
.443
.554
.495
.412
.490
.665
.414
.426
.404
.575
.452
.516
.438
.493
.487
.450
.488
.485
.399
.382
.429
.368
.360
.466
.542
.462
.393
.391
.375
.371
.429
.501
.460

50
108
90
91
48
87
52
100
29
59
103
81
6
86
39
65
99
68
1
98
97
102
26
82
56
89
67
70
83
69
71
105
111
94
115
117
75
45
77
107
109
112
114
95
62
78
 

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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