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Showing Which Teams Have Accomplished the Most to Date

 Ohio St. Heads a 4-Team Logjam at the Top
  • The Buckeyes are 5-0 versus the nation's 7th-toughest schedule to date
  • #7 Notre Dame has played the 2nd-toughest schedule (Fresno State has played the toughest)
  • Air Force and Navy, opponents this week, have both cracked the top-40
  • The Pac-10 has edged the SEC so far as the top conference, with the Big East placing a surprising 3rd
  • 5 weeks into the season, only 13 undefeated teams remain
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The Anderson & Hester College Football 
Computer Rankings, as of October 1 
•Final 2005-06 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.
Ohio State
USC
Michigan
Florida
Oregon
Auburn
Notre Dame
Louisville
Rutgers
Oklahoma
.851
.849
.846
.844
.818
.813
.780
.777
.751
.749
5
4
5
5
4
5
4
4
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
.588
.585
.579
.575
.529
.521
.625
.465
.430
.616
*to date
7
8
11
12
29
34
2
76
89
4
0-0
0-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
0-0
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-1
1-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
1-0
0-0
0-0
1-0
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.
Washington
Wake Forest
Boise State
Tennessee
Georgia
West Virginia
Missouri
Iowa
LSU
Clemson
California
Arkansas
Georgia Tech
Boston College
Florida State
.748
.737
.734
.732
.728
.722
.716
.713
.707
.694
.688
.687
.670
.667
.664
4
5
5
4
5
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
.583
.411
.408
.563
.401
.393
.386
.539
.532
.516
.509
.541
.488
.486
.516
9
101
103
16
108
113
116
23
26
36
42
22
58
61
37
  Pac-10
Southeastern
Big East
Big Ten
Atlantic Coast
Big 12
Conference USA
Mountain West
WAC
Mid-American
Sun Belt
*non-conference play
.648
.640
.593
.573
.564
.557
.453
.433
.432
.354
.335
19
25
25
27
23
33
17
14
16
10
7
7
6
8
10
9
15
23
17
18
24
22
.510
.451
.435
.432
.430
.443
.498
.462
.449
.476
.489
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.
72.
Texas
UCLA
Nebraska
Texas Tech
Southern Miss
TCU
Washington State
Houston
Kentucky
Texas A&M
Wisconsin
Pittsburgh
Alabama
Air Force
Navy
Virginia Tech
Purdue
BYU
Tulsa
Penn State
South Carolina
Michigan State
Arizona State
Syracuse
Arizona
Oklahoma State
San Jose State
Miami, Fla.
Colorado State
Western Michigan
Maryland
Iowa State
Kansas State
Oregon State
Illinois
Nevada
Minnesota
SMU
Northern Illinois
Bowling Green
Fresno State
Kansas
Mid. Tenn. St.
South Florida
Connecticut
N.C. State
Hawaii
.663
.656
.655
.651
.637
.631
.630
.624
.624
.621
.621
.617
.617
.605
.604
.596
.588
.583
.582
.573
.567
.561
.561
.560
.559
.559
.549
.548
.547
.543
.541
.523
.508
.500
.495
.491
.491
.483
.482
.478
.477
.473
.471
.471
.468
.468
.467
4
3
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
3
2
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
1
3
3
3
2
2
2

1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
.481
.507
.471
.468
.486
.480
.573
.439
.565
.435
.435
.431
.558
.506
.418
.410
.402
.524
.429
.513
.507
.501
.501
.500
.618
.406
.396
.548
.394
.390
.389
.463
.448
.500
.555
.432
.551
.423
.422
.419
.628
.414
.412
.411
.468
.468
.467
62
45
68
72
60
65
13
83
15
84
85
88
17
46
96
102
107
31
90
40
44
48
49
51
3
105
111
21
112
114
115
77
79
50
18
86
19
92
93
95
1
98
99
100
70
71
73
  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.
118.
119.
Utah
Central Michigan
UAB
Vanderbilt
Kent State
UTEP
Ohio
Cincinnati
Virginia
Toledo
Army
LA Lafayette
Akron
Baylor
Mississippi State
Arkansas State
North Carolina
Mississippi
New Mexico
Central Florida
Rice
Louisiana Tech
Tulane
Marshall
Indiana
Idaho
East Carolina
Buffalo
Troy
Wyoming
New Mexico State
Florida Atlantic
North Texas
Memphis
UNLV
LA Monroe
Stanford
Northwestern
Temple
Colorado
San Diego State
Ball State
Utah State
Duke
Fla. International
Miami, Ohio
Eastern Michigan
.466
.463
.462
.457
.457
.440
.437
.437
.421
.420
.420
.418
.409
.406
.404
.397
.397
.393
.385
.385
.383
.380
.377
.374
.370
.365
.341
.339
.332
.330
.326
.325
.316
.313
.302
.290
.282
.251
.220
.210
.205
.203
.196
.194
.183
.179
.144
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
4
2
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
2
4
4
3
3
3
5
3
5
5
4
4
5
4
5
5
5
.406
.523
.522
.517
.398
.440
.497
.497
.480
.480
.479
.418
.469
.465
.590
.397
.550
.579
.444
.538
.569
.533
.529
.526
.428
.422
.491
.488
.514
.512
.326
.505
.495
.458
.446
.431
.611
.299
.531
.515
.508
.351
.493
.490
.473
.466
.402
104
32
33
35
109
82
52
53
63
64
66
97
69
75
6
110
20
10
81
24
14
25
28
30
91
94
56
59
39
41
118
47
54
78
80
87
5
119
27
38
43
117
55
57
67
74
106
*These rankings have benefited from some minor improvements from year-to-year, but their basic formula has remained unaltered throughout the duration of their involvement with the BCS.
 
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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