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Showing Which Teams Have the Best Win-Loss Records Considering Their Schedules—to Date

The Irish Take Over the Top Spot

  • Sixteen more teams now qualify for the rankings (for a total of 113), on the basis of having played a minimum of 4 games
  • Notre Dame’s win at current-#18 N. Carolina vaults the Irish into the top spot
  • Undefeated (#8) Coastal Carolina has beaten 1-loss (#17) Louisiana on the road, and Louisiana has beaten 2-loss (#31) Iowa St. on the road; yet last week the CFP Selection Committee ranked Iowa St. ahead of Coastal Carolina and didn’t even rank Louisiana
  • The American Athletic Conference has outperformed the Big 12 by a relatively large margin so far (.055), having posted a better winning percentage versus a harder schedule
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Rating
 W 
 L 
Sched.
Strength
Sched. 
Rank
vs. Current
Top-10
vs. Current
#11-25
Other 
Losses
1.
Notre Dame
.852
9
0
.591
33
1-0
2-0
0
2.
Alabama
.841
8
0
.568
41
1-0
2-0
0
3.
Ohio State
.831
4
0
.551
52
0-0
1-0
0
4.
Clemson
.807
8
1
.603
27
1-1
1-0
0
5.
Cincinnati
.806
8
0
.510
66
0-0
0-0
0
6.
Miami, Fla.
.806
7
1
.611
25
0-1
1-0
0
7.
BYU
.794
9
0
.490
73
0-0
1-0
0
8.
Coast. Carolina
.786
9
0
.478
79
0-0
1-0
0
9.
Florida
.780
7
1
.573
39
0-1
1-0
0
10.
Texas A&M
.779
6
1
.584
37
1-1
0-0
0

Rank Team 
Rating
 W 
 L 
Sched. 
Strength
Sched. 
Rank
Conference
Rankings
Rating
W*
 L*
Sched.
Strength*
11.
Northwestern
.778
5
1
.600
28
  Atlantic Coast
.580
11
3
.403
12.
Indiana
.769
5
1
.587
35
  American Athletic
.571
12
6
.470
13.
Marshall
.761
7
0
.443
93
  Big 12
.516
5
3
.441
14.
Georgia
.749
6
2
.616
21
  Sun Belt
.463
14
14
.463
15.
N.C. State
.734
7
3
.628
14
  Conference USA
.424
16
19
.449
16.
Tulsa
.734
5
1
.541
53
  Pac-12
N/A
1
0
N/A
17.
Louisiana 
.730
8
1
.495
69
  Southeastern
N/A
0
0
N/A
18.
North Carolina
.727
6
3
.640
6
  Big Ten
N/A
0
0
N/A
19.
San Jose State
.721
4
0
.393
103
  Mountain West
N/A
1
2
N/A
20.
Buffalo
.719
4
0
.390
105
  Mid-American
N/A
0
0
N/A
21.
West. Michigan
.705
4
0
.374
112
  *non-conference play
22.
Boise State
.703
4
1
.527
59
 
23.
Oregon
.701
3
1
.558
48
 
24.
Auburn
.674
5
3
.605
26
 
25.
Boston College
.673
6
4
.617
19
 
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n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
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RANK Team Rating Win Lose Schedule Strength Schedule Strength BCS Football Rankings RANK Team Rating Win Lose Schedule Strength Schedule Strength
Rank Team 
Rating
W
L
Sched. 
Strength
Sched. 
Rank
  Rank Team 
Rating
W
L
Sched. 
Strength
Sched. 
Rank
26.
Iowa
.661
4
2
.565
42
 
79.
East Carolina
.460
3
6
.561
45
27.
Wake Forest
.656
4
3
.616
20
 
80.
Wyoming
.459
2
2
.459
88
28.
Florida Atlantic
.654
5
1
.447
91
 
81.
Nebraska
.449
1
4
.634
12
29.
UCF
.652
6
3
.555
50
 
82.
South Carolina
.443
2
7
.614
24
30.
Oklahoma State
.644
6
2
.493
71
 
83.
TCU
.441
4
4
.441
96
31.
Iowa State
.641
7
2
.472
81
 
84.
South Alabama
.433
4
6
.493
72
32.
Pittsburgh
.634
5
5
.634
11
 
85.
Penn State
.429
1
5
.637
8
33.
Appalachian St.
.632
7
2
.462
85
 
86.
Troy
.428
4
5
.461
86
34.
Memphis
.632
6
2
.480
78
 
87.
Western Kentucky
.421
4
6
.481
77
35.
Liberty
.632
9
1
.376
110
 
88.
Kansas State
.417
4
5
.449
90
36.
Virginia
.630
4
4
.630
13
 
89.
Charlotte
.416
2
3
.476
80
37.
Virginia Tech
.630
4
5
.660
1
 
90.
Syracuse
.396
1
9
.652
3
38.
Maryland
.626
2
2
.626
16
 
91.
Arkansas State
.391
3
7
.511
65
39.
Missouri
.613
4
3
.571
40
 
92.
Toledo
.385
2
2
.385
109
40.
SMU
.609
7
3
.488
74
 
93.
Texas Tech
.370
3
6
.468
83
41.
Houston
.599
3
3
.599
29
 
94.
UTEP
.351
3
4
.391
104
42.
Nevada
.597
5
1
.389
106
 
95.
Texas State
.351
2
10
.558
47
43.
Oklahoma
.589
6
2
.435
97
 
96.
North Texas
.347
3
4
.387
107
44.
Mississippi
.587
4
4
.587
34
 
97.
South Florida
.340
1
8
.586
36
45.
Michigan State
.583
2
3
.640
7
 
98.
Mid. Tenn. St.
.338
3
6
.433
98
46.
Army
.571
7
2
.399
101
 
99.
Baylor
.318
2
5
.441
95
47.
UAB
.570
4
3
.527
57
 
100.
Utah State
.315
1
4
.494
70
48.
Arkansas
.564
3
5
.637
9
 
101.
Temple
.312
1
6
.532
56
49.
Fresno State
.559
3
1
.406
100
 
102.
Massachusetts
.286
0
4
.616
22
50.
Oregon State
.559
2
2
.559
46
 
103.
Southern Miss
.273
2
7
.429
99
51.
Georgia Tech
.554
3
5
.627
15
 
104.
Vanderbilt
.270
0
8
.597
31
52.
Texas
.542
5
3
.466
84
 
105.
Northern Illinois
.253
0
4
.575
38
53.
Georgia State
.541
5
4
.507
68
 
106.
UNLV
.222
0
5
.533
55
54.
Central Michigan
.539
3
1
.387
108
 
107.
Kansas
.218
0
8
.527
58
55.
UCLA
.535
2
2
.535
54
 
108.
LA Monroe
.214
0
9
.521
61
56.
Purdue
.535
2
3
.594
32
 
109.
New Mexico
.213
0
5
.520
62
57.
UTSA
.529
7
4
.447
92
 
110.
Akron
.205
0
4
.509
67
58.
Louisiana Tech
.528
4
3
.485
75
 
111.
Bowling Green
.181
0
4
.469
82
59.
Ball State
.528
3
1
.376
111
 
112.
Eastern Michigan
.171
0
4
.452
89
60.
San Diego State
.526
3
3
.526
60
 
113.
Fla. International
.165
0
5
.442
94
61.
Rutgers
.521
2
4
.620
17
 
114.
62.
Kentucky
.521
3
6
.620
18
 
115.
63.
Georgia Southern
.521
6
4
.461
87
 
116.
64.
Tennessee
.517
2
5
.644
4
 
117.
65.
Louisville
.516
3
7
.635
10
 
118.
66.
Tulane
.515
5
5
.515
63
 
119.
67.
LSU
.514
3
4
.557
49
 
120.
68.
Air Force
.512
2
2
.512
64
 
121.
69.
Illinois
.503
2
3
.563
43
 
122.
70.
Minnesota
.503
2
3
.563
44
 
123.
71.
Michigan
.497
2
4
.597
30
 
124.
72.
Kent State
.493
3
1
.344
113
 
125.
73.
Florida State
.493
2
6
.643
5
 
126.
74.
Duke
.483
2
7
.652
2
 
127.
75.
Hawaii
.483
3
3
.483
76
 
128.
76.
Navy
.479
3
5
.555
51
 
129.
77.
West Virginia
.469
5
3
.395
102
 
130.
78.
Mississippi State
.461
2
6
.614
23
 
 

 
The Anderson & Hester Rankings are distinct in four ways: 

1. Unlike the polls, these rankings do not reward teams for running up scores.  Teams are rewarded for beating quality opponents, which is the object of the game.  Posting large margins of victory, which is not the object of the game, is not considered. 

2. Unlike the polls, these rankings do not prejudge teams.  These rankings first appear after the season’s sixth week, and each team’s ranking reflects its actual accomplishments — on the field, to date — 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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