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OU & USC Are Deservedly Orange Bowl-Bound
  • In the Anderson & Hester Rankings over the BCS's 7-year history, this season's Oklahoma and USC teams have achieved the highest pre-bowl ratings (.838 and .837) that any teams have achieved, breaking the mark of .836 set by Oklahoma in 2000.  In other words, no #1-ranked team in the BCS's previous 6 years has posted as high of a rating as either of these two teams.  The Orange Bowl is truly featuring a battle of the titans.
  • Auburn has been outstanding, and the Tigers' .833 rating would have earned them the #1 or #2 ranking in any of the BCS's previous 6 seasons, but the Tigers did not play as tough of a schedule as either of the top two teams.
  • Auburn has not played a team in the current top-7 (Oklahoma and USC each have), and the Tigers have played more below-average teams than either the Sooners or Trojans have played.
  • Auburn has posted a perfect record versus teams ranked outside of the current top-7, but so has every other top-7 team:  the top 7 teams (after which there is a large drop) have not lost except to each other, going a combined 76-0 versus all other competition.
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•Final 2003-04 Pre-Bowl Rankings
 
    Rating  W  L Sched.
Strength*		 Sched. 
Rank*		 vs. Current
Top-10		 vs. Current
#11-25		 Other 
Losses
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10.
Oklahoma
USC
Auburn
Utah
Texas
California
Boise State
Iowa
Georgia
LSU
.838
.837
.833
.804
.798
.779
.776
.741
.738
.732
12
12
12
11
10
10
11
9
9
9
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
2
.564
.562
.555
.506
.574
.546
.465
.562
.558
.550
*to date
25
26
36
66
17
44
82
27
33
41
1-0
1-0
2-0
0-0
0-1
0-1
0-0
0-0
1-1
0-2
4-0
2-0
2-0
1-0
4-0
1-0
0-0
3-2
0-1
0-0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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.
Arizona State
Michigan
Virginia Tech
Tennessee
Miami, Fla.
Texas A&M
Louisville
Florida State
Wisconsin
Virginia
Oklahoma State
Texas Tech
Ohio State
Colorado
Purdue
.731
.730
.724
.720
.719
.714
.705
.698
.694
.692
.679
.670
.646
.644
.641
8
9
10
9
8
7
10
8
9
8
7
7
7
7
7
3
2
2
3
3
4
1
3
2
3
4
4
4
5
4
.609
.547
.529
.580
.594
.643
.449
.569
.504
.562
.604
.593
.567
.597
.562
3
43
54
14
10
1
88
19
67
29
4
12
21
9
28
  Pac-10
Big 12
Atlantic Coast
Southeastern
Big Ten
Mountain West
Big East
Conference USA
WAC
Sun Belt
Mid-American
*non-conference play
.630
.624
.598
.553
.551
.527
.496
.473
.457
.369
.323
20
28
24
25
24
16
22
14
17
12
10
11
8
10
11
11
16
13
19
17
28
32
.545
.453
.473
.435
.438
.527
.419
.518
.457
.489
.478
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.
Oregon State
Notre Dame
North Carolina
Florida
UTEP
Pittsburgh
Boston College
Georgia Tech
Clemson
New Mexico
West Virginia
UCLA
Fresno State
Iowa State
Navy
Arkansas
South Carolina
Northwestern
Memphis
Syracuse
Alabama
Minnesota
Louisiana Tech
UAB
BYU
N.C. State
Washington State
Maryland
Nebraska
Oregon
Connecticut
Kansas
Toledo
Southern Miss
Cincinnati
Hawaii
Wyoming
Missouri
Stanford
Michigan State
Bowling Green
North Texas
Mississippi
Kansas State
Troy
Northern Illinois
.637
.619
.615
.612
.610
.605
.601
.596
.594
.593
.592
.586
.579
.576
.575
.573
.569
.567
.565
.557
.553
.548
.544
.538
.534
.528
.528
.527
.526
.523
.522
.518
.517
.511
.511
.508
.505
.499
.496
.495
.492
.481
.477
.475
.475
.470
6
6
6
7
8
8
8
6
6
7
8
6
8
6
9
5
6
6
8
6
6
6
6
7
5
5
5
5
5
5
7
4
9
6
6
7
6
5
4
5
8
7
4
4
7
8

5
5
5
4
3
3
3
5
5
4
3
5
3
5
2
6
5
6
3
5
5
5
6
4
6
6
6
6
6
6
4
7
3
5
5
5
5
6
7
7
3
4
7
7
4
3
.612
.593
.588
.531
.472
.466
.463
.570
.567
.511
.453
.559
.440
.550
.377
.600
.542
.567
.426
.530
.526
.521
.544
.455
.562
.555
.555
.554
.553
.550
.440
.600
.366
.484
.484
.457
.478
.527
.578
.545
.357
.400
.559
.557
.394
.337
2
11
13
52
78
81
83
18
20
64
86
32
91
42
105
5
47
22
95
53
56
61
46
85
30
35
37
38
39
40
90
6
108
72
73
84
76
55
15
45
110
98
31
34
101
114
  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.
Arizona
Baylor
Air Force
Penn State
TCU
Wake Forest
Miami, Ohio
Colorado State
San Diego State
Tulane
New Mexico St.
Marshall
Illinois
Rutgers
South Florida
Mississippi State
Tulsa
Indiana
SMU
Akron
Houston
Duke
Kentucky
Nevada
LA Monroe
Rice
Mid. Tenn. St.
Vanderbilt
Temple
UNLV
Washington
Kent State
Utah State
Arkansas State
LA Lafayette
East Carolina
Ohio
Idaho
Army
San Jose State
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Ball State
Buffalo
Western Michigan
Central Florida
.460
.458
.457
.457
.456
.455
.453
.443
.413
.410
.409
.407
.394
.392
.389
.386
.385
.384
.381
.379
.373
.368
.367
.367
.364
.356
.343
.341
.328
.327
.316
.312
.311
.304
.296
.292
.290
.283
.282
.269
.265
.265
.227
.195
.181
.143
3
3
5
4
5
4
8
4
4
5
5
6
3
4
4
3
4
3
3
6
3
2
2
5
5
3
5
2
2
2
1
5
3
3
4
2
4
3
2
2
4
4
2
2
1
0
8
8
6
7
6
7
4
7
7
6
6
5
8
7
7
8
8
8
8
5
8
9
9
7
6
8
6
9
9
9
10
6
8
8
7
9
7
9
9
9
7
7
9
9
10
11
.599
.597
.484
.539
.483
.537
.355
.525
.494
.437
.435
.381
.533
.473
.470
.524
.484
.522
.518
.354
.511
.565
.565
.414
.390
.491
.369
.536
.522
.521
.575
.336
.441
.433
.369
.479
.363
.424
.467
.452
.334
.334
.396
.351
.393
.400
7
8
71
48
74
49
111
57
68
92
93
104
51
77
79
58
70
60
63
112
65
23
24
97
103
69
107
50
59
62
16
115
89
94
106
75
109
96
80
87
116
117
100
113
102
99
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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