Showing Which Teams Have Accomplished the Most to Date

Miami Moves Up to #2
  • Undefeated Miami moves into the top-2 for the first time this season
  • The Big 12 and Pac-10 conferences each have 3 teams in the top-10
  • When not playing each other, the top-10 teams are a combined 26-5 (.839) versus teams ranked higher than #13 BYU's best opponent (#33 Utah)
  • If you want to see an amazing schedule, check out Cal's; out of 10 games, the winless Bears have played 10 above-average teams and 7 (!) top-20 teams:  #4 Oregon, #7 Illinois, #9 Stanford, #10 Washington, #13 BYU, #14 Washington St., #19 UCLA, #32 USC, #46 Oregon St., and #59 Arizona
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Computer Rankings, as of Nov. 18
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•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.
Nebraska
Miami, Fla.
Oklahoma
Oregon
Tennessee
Florida
Illinois
Texas
Stanford
Washington
.829
.809
.799
.796
.795
.790
.785
.781
.774
.757
11
9
10
9
8
9
9
9
7
8
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2

.547
.514
.576
.579
.585
.569
.561
.556
.632
.595
*to date
44
55
28
25
21
31
34
37
7
15
1-0
0-0
1-1
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-1
1-1
1-0
0-0 
0-0
0-0
2-0
2-1
2-1
0-1
1-0
1-1
2-1
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
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.
Michigan
Colorado
BYU
Washington State
Auburn
Maryland
Georgia
South Carolina
UCLA
Arkansas
Louisville
Syracuse
Fresno State
LSU
Texas A&M
.756
.751
.742
.735
.714
.713
.706
.704
.700
.696
.696
.695
.678
.672
.672
8
8
11
9
7
10
6
8
6
7
10
8
9
6
7
2
2
0
2
3
1
3
3
4
3
1
3
2
3
3
.593
.586
.418
.554
.604
.459
.615
.576
.647
.584
.438
.566
.485
.577
.556
16
19
98
38
14
79
10
29
3
22
91
32
65
27
36
  Big 12
Pac-10
Southeastern
Big Ten
Big East
Atlantic Coast
Mountain West
WAC
Conference USA
Mid-American
Sun Belt

*non-conference play

 .659
.658
.649
.604
.555
.540
.492
.448
.414
.409
.326
 

29
21
26
20
19
15
16
12
15
17
5
 

4
5
5
9
10
10
14
18
22
22
25
 
 

.421
.469
.438
.490
.461
.480
.472
.509
.470
.447
.530
 

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.
Marshall
Texas Tech
Purdue
Kansas State
Virginia Tech
Mississippi
USC
Utah
Boston College
Alabama
Florida State
Iowa State
Iowa
Toledo
Ohio State
Penn State
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Michigan State
Oregon State
Wisconsin
Notre Dame
Bowling Green
Miami, Ohio
Arizona State
Missouri
Rice
N.C. State
Colorado State
Louisiana Tech
Boise State
Mid. Tenn. St.
Clemson
Arizona
East Carolina
Northern Illinois
Southern Miss
Troy State
Pittsburgh
Hawaii
Indiana
Wake Forest
Kansas
South Florida
New Mexico
Western Michigan
.670
.669
.650
.647
.646
.645
.637
.619
.619
.616
.606
.604
.604
.604
.598
.581
.579
.576
.570
.561
.561
.558
.558
.554
.550
.549
.547
.547
.546
.542
.539
.522
.522
.511
.505
.503
.502
.502
.499
.497
.485
.482
.480
.480
.475
.469
9
6
6
5
8
6
6
7
7
5
6
6
6
8
6
4
6
7
5
5
5
4
7
7
4
4
8
6
6
6
7
8
5
4
6
6
5
6
4
7
3
5
2
7
5
5

1
4
3
5
2
3
5
3
3
5
4
4
4
1
4
5
5
3
4
5
6
5
3
4
5
5
3
4
5
4
4
3
5
6
4
4
3
4
5
3
6
5
8
3
5
5
.416
.614
.553
.647
.462
.548
.612
.499
.499
.616
.547
.546
.545
.356
.539
.613
.553
.455
.537
.561
.587
.591
.436
.472
.583
.582
.409
.486
.518
.482
.456
.384
.522
.570
.445
.443
.427
.442
.533
.377
.585
.482
.663
.362
.475
.469
100
11
39
4
77
42
13
59
60
8
43
45
46
117
49
12
40
83
50
33
18
17
91
73
23
24
103
63
54
70
82
111
53
30
87
88
93
89
51
113
20
69
2
116
72
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.
Mississippi State
Central Florida
Cincinnati
Oklahoma State
Northwestern
Memphis
Kentucky
Utah State
UAB
Baylor
West Virginia
Virginia
Air Force
Minnesota
Temple
Kent State
North Texas
UNLV
New Mexico St.
Vanderbilt
California
Ball State
Akron
TCU
San Diego State
San Jose State
Nevada
SMU
Rutgers
Wyoming
Tulane
Central Michigan
LA Lafayette
UTEP
Buffalo
Arkansas State
Army
LA Monroe
Ohio
Connecticut
Idaho
Eastern Michigan
Tulsa
Duke
Navy
Houston
 
 

.465
.458
.457
.456
.451
.450
.448
.438
.436
.430
.427
.426
.421
.419
.418
.417
.411
.408
.406
.388
.371
.367
.361
.354
.349
.344
.324
.317
.309
.307
.303
.297
.267
.259
.253
.245
.238
.238
.236
.233
.229
.227
.224
.214
.190
.190
2
5
5
3
4
5
2
4
6
2
3
4
5
3
3
5
5
4
5
2
0
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
0

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

.635
.458
.424
.577
.511
.450
.633
.471
.378
.616
.549
.508
.421
.541
.540
.417
.411
.490
.433
.559
.702
.424
.480
.385
.484
.461
.505
.410
.488
.485
.447
.408
.373
.426
.373
.408
.399
.399
.467
.392
.458
.385
.451
.522
.484
.484

5
80
96
26
56
85
6
74
112
9
41
57
97
47
48
99
101
61
92
35
1
95
71
109
67
78
58
102
62
64
86
105
114
94
115
104
106
107
76
108
81
110
84
52
66
68
 

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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