Showing Which Teams Have Accomplished the Most to Date

Miami Is #1 • The Race for #2 Is Tight
  • Miami, the only major-conference undefeated team, is #1 by a large margin
  • In the race for #2, 5 teams are separated by only .008, with the winner of this week's Florida-Tennessee game looking to have the inside track 
  • The tough Big 12 has 4 teams in the top-10
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Computer Rankings, as of Nov. 25
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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
Florida
Oregon
Texas
Colorado
Stanford
Illinois
Oklahoma
.824
.802
.801
.796
.795
.794
.778
.773
.772
.758
10
9
11
9
9
10
9
8
10
10
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2

.539
.588
.574
.578
.577
.567
.611
.615
.536
.573
*to date
47
21
30
27
28
34
10
8
48
33
0-0
0-0
1-1
0-0
0-1
1-1
1-1
1-0
0-0
1-1
2-0 
3-1
0-0
3-1
1-0
0-0
0-0
0-2
0-1
0-0
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
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.
BYU
Washington State
Washington
Auburn
Maryland
Georgia
South Carolina
Syracuse
Michigan
LSU
UCLA
Fresno State
Arkansas
Kansas State
Texas A&M
.746
.732
.729
.720
.717
.715
.712
.708
.702
.702
.701
.690
.676
.665
.664
11
9
8
7
10
7
8
9
8
7
6
10
7
6
7
0
2
3
3
1
3
3
3
3
3
4
2
4
5
4
.423
.550
.605
.612
.463
.606
.585
.566
.573
.590
.648
.489
.600
.640
.587
97
42
15
9
77
14
23
35
31
19
2
64
17
3
22
  Big 12
Pac-10
Southeastern
Big Ten
Big East
Atlantic Coast
Mountain West
WAC
Conference USA
Mid-American
Sun Belt

*non-conference play

 .660
.655
.653
.589
.552
.545
.486
.463
.418
.394
.295
 

33
23
27
20
21
17
17
14
15
18
5
 

4
6
5
10
11
11
16
18
22
25
29
 
 

.411
.476
.439
.489
.457
.481
.477
.500
.475
.442
.508
 

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 Tech
Marshall
Louisville
Virginia Tech
Iowa State
USC
Ohio State
Utah
Alabama
Florida State
Mississippi
Penn State
Purdue
Boston College
North Carolina
Bowling Green
Georgia Tech
Iowa
N.C. State
Louisiana Tech
Oregon State
Missouri
Boise State
Toledo
Colorado State
Notre Dame
Arizona
Southern Miss
Clemson
Hawaii
Michigan State
Oklahoma State
Wisconsin
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Mississippi State
Mid. Tenn. St.
Arizona State
Rice
Wake Forest
Miami, Ohio
Troy State
South Florida
Kansas
New Mexico
East Carolina
.661
.653
.639
.638
.636
.636
.631
.625
.622
.616
.608
.602
.601
.595
.584
.575
.569
.568
.563
.563
.558
.551
.551
.549
.549
.538
.535
.535
.531
.530
.527
.526
.523
.523
.518
.517
.517
.515
.515
.514
.510
.506
.501
.497
.492
.480
7
10
10
8
7
6
7
7
5
6
6
5
6
7
6
8
7
6
7
7
5
4
8
8
6
4
5
6
5
8
5
4
5
4
5
3
8
4
8
6
7
6
8
3
6
6

4
1
2
2
4
5
4
3
5
4
4
5
4
4
5
3
4
5
4
4
5
6
4
2
5
6
6
3
5
3
5
7
7
6
5
7
3
6
4
5
5
4
3
8
5
5
.584
.391
.431
.454
.557
.610
.551
.505
.622
.558
.549
.602
.542
.513
.558
.436
.487
.541
.481
.481
.558
.609
.449
.364
.521
.597
.562
.434
.531
.391
.527
.607
.573
.582
.518
.636
.379
.575
.414
.487
.459
.446
.364
.634
.465
.453
24
109
95
79
40
11
41
59
7
38
43
16
45
56
39
90
65
46
69
70
37
12
83
116
53
18
36
92
50
108
52
13
32
26
55
5
112
29
99
68
78
84
115
6
76
80
  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.
Central Florida
Cincinnati
Northern Illinois
Northwestern
Kentucky
Baylor
Kent State
UAB
Minnesota
Virginia
Memphis
Temple
Western Michigan
Utah State
UNLV
TCU
North Texas
West Virginia
Vanderbilt
California
Air Force
New Mexico St.
Ball State
SMU
Akron
San Jose State
Nevada
San Diego State
Tulane
Wyoming
Rutgers
Central Michigan
UTEP
LA Lafayette
Buffalo
Army
LA Monroe
Tulsa
Ohio
Connecticut
Duke
Arkansas State
Eastern Michigan
Idaho
Houston
Navy
 
 

.468
.467
.464
.451
.451
.444
.444
.443
.439
.431
.426
.425
.416
.415
.413
.411
.409
.407
.403
.402
.401
.385
.383
.381
.367
.362
.361
.351
.306
.299
.293
.275
.256
.255
.246
.236
.234
.231
.231
.224
.219
.218
.207
.207
.192
.181
6
6
6
4
2
3
6
6
4
4
5
4
5
4
4
5
5
3
2
1
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
0
2
2
1
0
0

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

.441
.408
.437
.534
.636
.583
.417
.385
.521
.513
.453
.507
.443
.474
.495
.411
.409
.546
.589
.663
.427
.433
.409
.440
.446
.498
.497
.487
.450
.489
.480
.399
.435
.374
.363
.396
.394
.468
.468
.393
.529
.384
.368
.433
.487
.469

87
103
89
49
4
25
98
110
54
57
81
58
86
72
62
100
102
44
20
1
96
93
101
88
85
60
61
67
82
63
71
104
91
113
117
105
106
74
75
107
51
111
114
94
66
73
 

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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