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Sooners Idly Capitalize on Irish Foes' Woes
  • Upsets of Notre Dame's two best previous opponents (Michigan & Air Force), combined with strong wins by Oklahoma's two best opponents (Texas & Alabama), vault the idle Sooners over Notre Dame, despite Notre Dame's very impressive win over Florida St.
  • Last week, Notre Dame had beaten #8 & #15 (Michigan & Air Force), while Oklahoma had beaten #13 & #16 (Texas & Alabama); this week, Oklahoma has beaten #7 & #12 (Texas & Alabama, which beat Iowa St. & Tennessee, respectively), while Notre Dame has beaten #13 & #14 (Michigan, which lost to Iowa, & Florida St.)
  • The Irish were particularly hurt by Air Force's Navy-like loss to #98 Wyoming, which sank the Falcons from #15 to #37
  • Miami, whose accomplishments merit the #5 ranking, nevertheless can't match the accomplishments either of Oklahoma (3 wins vs. current top-20 teams, 5 wins vs. above-average teams) or Notre Dame (2 and 7); the Hurricanes have only 1 top-20 win (vs. #14 Florida St.) and 4 wins vs. above-average foes
  • This is not to say that Miami couldn't beat Oklahoma or Notre Dame (nor that it could), only to say that the Hurricanes' accomplishments to date aren't as great
  • Memo to Sally Jenkins at The Washington Post:  the fact that Miami has a 29-game winning streak does not mean the Hurricanes are 29-0 this season
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The Anderson & Hester College Football 
Computer Rankings, as of Oct. 27
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•Final 2001-02 Rankings

•Final 2001-02 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.
Oklahoma
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Georgia
Miami, Fla.
Virginia Tech
Texas
Washington State
Iowa
N.C. State
.844
.836
.819
.818
.814
.795
.764
.755
.753
.743
7
8
9
8
7
8
7
7
8
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
.575
.560
.531
.529
.523
.492
.551
.539
.525
.419
*to date
12
18
35
36
41
62
21
27
40
107
1-0
0-0
1-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-1
0-0
0-0
2-0
2-0
0-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
0-0
1-1
0-0
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.
USC
Alabama
Michigan
Florida State
Colorado
Bowling Green
LSU
Colorado State
Iowa State
Arkansas
Boise State
Penn State
Oregon
Arizona State
Florida
.742
.730
.708
.704
.703
.702
.679
.672
.668
.664
.659
.658
.655
.655
.651
6
6
6
5
6
7
6
7
6
4
7
5
6
7
5
2
2
2
3
2
0
2
2
3
3
1
3
2
2
3
.608
.593
.567
.637
.560
.371
.533
.506
.573
.625
.423
.587
.505
.487
.580
4
8
16
1
19
116
33
48
13
2
105
9
50
64
11
  Pac-10
Southeastern
Big 12
Big Ten
Atlantic Coast
Big East
Mountain West
Conference USA
Mid-American
WAC
Sun Belt

*non-conference play

.621
.615
.597
.594
.587
.533
.457
.428
.415
.388
.354
29
32
36
32
23
23
17
15
22
12
9
10
9
14
13
11
13
23
20
30
27
29
.473
.442
.464
.465
.480
.449
.502
.470
.460
.503
.513
Rank Team  Rating W L Sched. 
Strength		 Sched. 
Rank		   Rank Team  Rating  W L Sched.
Strength		 Sched.
Rank
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62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
South Carolina
UCLA
Virginia
South Florida
Wisconsin
Pittsburgh
Minnesota
Maryland
Kentucky
Kansas State
California
Air Force
Texas Tech
Marshall
Oregon State
TCU
Auburn
Clemson
Nebraska
Mississippi
Tennessee
Texas A&M
Miami, Ohio
Georgia Tech
Boston College
Wake Forest
Southern Miss
Northern Illinois
New Mexico St.
Louisville
Washington
Missouri
West Virginia
Hawaii
Toledo
Purdue
Tulane
Stanford
Michigan State
Fresno State
Cincinnati
Indiana
Mississippi State
Illinois
Oklahoma State
Temple
.645
.643
.642
.641
.639
.637
.633
.631
.630
.629
.625
.619
.619
.614
.609
.609
.601
.595
.594
.592
.587
.583
.579
.579
.571
.570
.565
.557
.552
.549
.542
.539
.534
.519
.517
.517
.495
.488
.487
.472
.462
.457
.455
.450
.447
.445
5
5
6
5
6
6
7
6
5
6
5
6
5
6
5
6
5
4
6
5
4
5
6
5
4
5
5
6
5
5
4
4
5
6
5
4
6
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
1
2
3
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
2
3
3
3
4
4
3
2
3
5
3
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
.573
.571
.544
.514
.541
.486
.395
.479
.557
.477
.594
.467
.587
.389
.535
.383
.526
.595
.494
.517
.545
.508
.478
.504
.529
.537
.434
.456
.477
.474
.542
.539
.458
.368
.442
.550
.396
.617
.562
.505
.538
.532
.498
.525
.490
.521
14
15
24
45
26
65
111
67
20
69
7
80
10
112
32
114
38
6
61
44
23
47
68
53
37
31
99
90
70
71
25
28
89
117
93
22
110
3
17
51
29
34
57
39
63
43
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73.
74.
75.
76.
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104.
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108.
109.
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112.
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114.
115.
116.
117.
North Carolina
San Jose State
New Mexico
Arizona
Central Florida
North Texas
San Diego State
UAB
Baylor
Ball State
UNLV
BYU
Nevada
Central Michigan
Houston
Arkansas State
Duke
Kent State
Louisiana Tech
Western Michigan
Vanderbilt
Ohio
Northwestern
Utah
Wyoming
East Carolina
Troy State
Kansas
Connecticut
Idaho
Memphis
Eastern Michigan
Utah State
UTEP
Rice
Syracuse
Mid. Tenn. St.
LA Monroe
LA Lafayette
Akron
Tulsa
Navy
SMU
Rutgers
Buffalo
Army
.444
.440
.432
.430
.427
.424
.420
.420
.398
.394
.394
.393
.392
.388
.384
.373
.367
.364
.363
.358
.355
.354
.353
.349
.347
.346
.342
.328
.322
.320
.320
.319
.318
.311
.305
.304
.297
.288
.274
.261
.246
.244
.223
.222
.198
.150
2
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
2
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
6
5
5
5
4
5
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
6
7
5
5
6
6
5
7
6
6
5
6
7
6
6
6
5
6
6
5
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
8
7
8
8
.597
.473
.465
.505
.470
.499
.495
.420
.473
.468
.468
.467
.466
.462
.425
.431
.537
.436
.435
.509
.505
.426
.522
.499
.497
.473
.438
.494
.469
.467
.467
.388
.464
.456
.373
.447
.439
.429
.498
.483
.463
.459
.442
.430
.405
.414
5
72
84
52
75
55
59
106
73
77
78
79
83
87
104
100
30
97
98
46
49
103
42
54
58
74
96
60
76
81
82
113
85
91
115
92
95
102
56
66
86
88
94
101
109
108
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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