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Hurricanes Blow Away Florida St., Are New #1
  • Miami and Oklahoma have separated from the field:  #3 (6-0) Northern Illinois, which has beaten #34 Maryland and #44 Alabama, is closer to #12 USC (.040 ahead) than to #2 Oklahoma (.044 behind) 
  • Amazingly, 6 of the remaining 11 undefeated teams lost this week, leaving only 5, with half of the regular season still to play
  • The Big 12 and Big Ten are locked in a Bush-Gore-type race for top conference (each at .610), with the next 5 conferences (including the Mountain West) all log-jammed together more than .040 behind the top-2 but within .020 of each other
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•Final 2001-02 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.
Oklahoma
Northern Illinois
Virginia Tech
TCU
Florida State
Ohio State
Iowa
Georgia
Wisconsin
.826
.811
.767
.767
.757
.750
.744
.740
.736
.730
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
6
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
.542
.517
.451
.451
.437
.562
.554
.549
.545
.520
*to date
27
42
88
89
95
14
20
22
24
41
1-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-1
0-0
0-0
1-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
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.
Arkansas
USC
Air Force
Michigan State
Purdue
Nebraska
Utah
Minnesota
Washington State
Texas Tech
Miami, Ohio
Tennessee
Michigan
UNLV
Bowling Green
.729
.727
.718
.716
.714
.712
.707
.703
.690
.685
.684
.682
.677
.669
.652
4
5
6
6
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
.559
.533
.504
.502
.517
.514
.508
.487
.488
.482
.481
.588
.554
.574
.445
16
30
52
55
43
44
51
70
68
72
75
3
21
8
92
  Big 12
Big Ten
Pac-10
Atlantic Coast
Big East
Southeastern
Mountain West
Conference USA
Mid-American
WAC
Sun Belt

*non-conference play

.610
.610
.568
.561
.554
.553
.551
.484
.452
.411
.260
37
30
23
17
22
24
22
19
24
14
4
12
14
14
10
12
14
14
16
26
23
34
.454
.501
.495
.483
.465
.474
.484
.459
.463
.483
.496
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.
Missouri
Oregon State
LSU
Boise State
Auburn
Kansas
South Carolina
UCLA
Maryland
Houston
Texas
Boston College
Georgia Tech
Clemson
Oregon
Virginia
Louisville
Oklahoma State
Alabama
Pittsburgh
Colorado
Colorado State
Syracuse
Notre Dame
Texas A&M
Toledo
N.C. State
South Florida
Navy
Southern Miss
Florida
Northwestern
Wake Forest
Arizona State
Mississippi
California
Nevada
Troy State
BYU
Louisiana Tech
Stanford
North Texas
Fresno State
Rutgers
Kansas State
UAB
.649
.644
.637
.629
.629
.626
.623
.623
.611
.610
.607
.603
.602
.601
.597
.596
.594
.593
.592
.589
.583
.582
.581
.578
.565
.562
.554
.548
.547
.547
.543
.538
.536
.530
.526
.525
.518
.514
.512
.509
.508
.502
.499
.495
.494
.492
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
3
3
3
4
3
2
3
4
4
3
4
3
4
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
4
3

1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
3
2
1
1
4
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
3
4
3
3
2
4
2
3
4
3
2
3
4
3
3
3
.442
.436
.429
.421
.530
.527
.524
.524
.482
.401
.508
.503
.560
.501
.556
.496
.385
.385
.633
.530
.583
.540
.521
.635
.565
.461
.511
.487
.446
.547
.500
.580
.536
.530
.425
.568
.417
.514
.554
.509
.508
.502
.542
.495
.451
.492
94
96
101
104
33
36
37
38
73
109
50
54
15
57
17
60
113
114
2
34
5
28
39
1
12
81
46
69
90
23
58
7
29
35
102
10
105
45
19
47
49
56
26
62
87
64
  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.
Hawaii
Tulsa
Iowa State
Washington
Tulane
Marshall
Ball State
Connecticut
Western Michigan
Baylor
Cincinnati
West Virginia
Memphis
Penn State
New Mexico
San Diego State
Akron
Mississippi State
Duke
Wyoming
Central Michigan
Kentucky
Ohio
Kent State
North Carolina
Arizona
Arkansas State
Illinois
Central Florida
Vanderbilt
San Jose State
Utah State
Rice
Indiana
UTEP
Mid. Tenn. St.
Temple
Army
Eastern Michigan
East Carolina
Idaho
New Mexico St.
LA Lafayette
Buffalo
LA Monroe
SMU
.491
.491
.487
.481
.477
.471
.459
.458
.457
.456
.453
.442
.436
.433
.432
.417
.411
.408
.404
.396
.390
.385
.381
.375
.360
.358
.350
.347
.328
.312
.298
.297
.288
.280
.258
.256
.249
.238
.232
.221
.220
.220
.214
.183
.177
.167
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
3
3
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
1
3
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
5
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
6
4
6
4
6
4
5
4
6
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
5
7
7
6
6
.491
.491
.588
.481
.477
.471
.459
.415
.457
.456
.453
.543
.436
.564
.432
.459
.370
.508
.504
.495
.489
.484
.480
.416
.567
.582
.390
.571
.423
.531
.389
.497
.462
.493
.370
.446
.436
.555
.430
.531
.414
.396
.521
.472
.350
.445
65
66
4
74
77
79
83
107
84
85
86
25
98
13
99
82
116
48
53
61
67
71
76
106
11
6
111
9
103
32
112
59
80
63
115
91
97
18
100
31
108
110
40
78
117
93
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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