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  • #1 Miami and #2 Oklahoma have separated from the field:  #3 Virginia Tech is closer to #13 Mighigan St. (.038 ahead) than to #2 Oklahoma (.048 behind) 
  • The Big 12 leads the conference race, followed closely by the Big Ten, with the Pac-10 3rd
  • Notre Dame has played by far the toughest schedule to date:  the Irish have played #9 Purdue, #11 USC, #13 Michigan St., #14 Washington St., #21 Michigan, and 1 non-top-25 opponent (#36 Pittsburgh)
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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
Virginia Tech
TCU
Florida State
Northern Illinois
Ohio State
Georgia
Purdue
Nebraska
.817
.815
.767
.762
.752
.751
.751
.735
.734
.733
7
7
6
7
6
7
6
6
6
6
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
.528
.524
.451
.444
.548
.430
.546
.525
.525
.524
*to date
33
37
92
94
20
100
21
35
36
38
1-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-1
1-1
1-0
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.
USC
Utah
Michigan State
Washington State
Miami, Ohio
Iowa
Tennessee
LSU
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Michigan
Oklahoma State
UCLA
Air Force
Bowling Green
.733
.732
.729
.708
.695
.690
.684
.678
.674
.668
.667
.664
.657
.651
.647
6
6
7
6
6
5
4
6
6
4
6
6
5
6
6
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
.523
.522
.505
.492
.477
.568
.591
.457
.527
.573
.519
.441
.531
.501
.423
40
41
51
65
74
13
5
88
34
12
44
95
31
56
101
  Big 12
Big Ten
Pac-10
Southeastern
Big East
Mountain West
Atlantic Coast
Conference USA
Mid-American
WAC
Sun Belt
*non-conference play
.609
.606
.579
.556
.555
.550
.548
.485
.437
.406
.260
37
30
25
25
22
22
17
20
24
14
4
12
14
14
14
12
14
11
16
28
24
34
.453
.497
.494
.470
.466
.483
.484
.451
.459
.485
.495
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.
Minnesota
Texas Tech
Auburn
Syracuse
UNLV
Louisville
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Colorado State
Pittsburgh
Florida
Boise State
Maryland
Georgia Tech
Oregon
Mississippi
N.C. State
Toledo
South Carolina
Oregon State
Boston College
Nevada
Notre Dame
Wake Forest
Virginia
Kansas State
Navy
Southern Miss
Colorado
Washington
Clemson
Alabama
Houston
Texas A&M
South Florida
Arizona State
Northwestern
Hawaii
Troy State
California
North Texas
Fresno State
Memphis
UAB
Marshall
.644
.641
.639
.634
.631
.630
.627
.625
.623
.613
.612
.604
.601
.601
.599
.599
.595
.594
.585
.584
.570
.566
.563
.562
.559
.559
.554
.553
.553
.550
.547
.546
.546
.546
.545
.539
.536
.532
.518
.518
.504
.503
.498
.493
.490
.483
6
5
5
4
4
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
6
5
4
4
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
2
4
4
5
5
3
3
4
4
3
5
3
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
3
4
3
4

2
2
2
2
3
1
2
2
2
3
2
3
1
2
3
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
4
3
3
3
2
3
4
3
3
5
2
4
2
3
4
3
3
5
3
4
3
4
3
.493
.513
.512
.536
.590
.405
.498
.496
.494
.540
.513
.530
.376
.470
.557
.557
.464
.520
.454
.542
.439
.524
.433
.658
.516
.516
.479
.422
.553
.592
.504
.503
.619
.415
.587
.438
.493
.574
.475
.475
.579
.461
.541
.450
.532
.441
63
47
49
29
6
108
58
59
62
25
48
32
113
80
16
17
85
42
90
23
97
39
99
1
45
46
73
102
19
4
53
54
2
105
7
98
64
11
75
76
9
86
24
93
30
96
  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.
Connecticut
Stanford
BYU
Cincinnati
New Mexico
Louisiana Tech
Rutgers
Wyoming
Tulane
Iowa State
Ball State
Western Michigan
Tulsa
West Virginia
Kentucky
Akron
Penn State
Baylor
Mississippi State
San Diego State
Arizona
Duke
Central Michigan
Arkansas State
Kent State
Illinois
North Carolina
Ohio
Vanderbilt
San Jose State
Central Florida
Utah State
Indiana
Mid. Tenn. St.
Temple
Rice
East Carolina
UTEP
LA Lafayette
Eastern Michigan
Army
Idaho
New Mexico St.
LA Monroe
SMU
Buffalo
.480
.479
.468
.464
.457
.455
.453
.452
.447
.446
.440
.438
.437
.436
.431
.429
.428
.427
.406
.385
.378
.372
.358
.355
.349
.343
.343
.330
.321
.310
.299
.293
.289
.281
.274
.274
.274
.259
.253
.239
.213
.200
.192
.187
.182
.181
5
2
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
3
5
2
3
2
3
1
2
2
3
3
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
3
3
5
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
5
4
5
5
6
5
5
4
5
7
6
5
7
4
5
6
6
5
6
5
6
5
7
7
7
7
6
6
7
8
.406
.539
.544
.464
.414
.498
.496
.495
.490
.576
.482
.481
.480
.537
.474
.357
.559
.470
.537
.459
.603
.501
.485
.395
.420
.580
.566
.455
.555
.402
.419
.509
.504
.398
.486
.468
.485
.371
.472
.453
.520
.398
.372
.365
.471
.470
107
26
22
84
106
57
60
61
66
10
70
71
72
27
77
117
15
82
28
87
3
55
68
112
103
8
14
89
18
109
104
50
52
110
67
83
69
115
78
91
43
111
114
116
79
81
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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