Showing Which Teams Have Accomplished the Most to Date

Nebraska Is the New #1 Team
  • The Cornhuskers rise from 4th to 1st after beating Oklahoma
  • #2 Stanford has handed 2 teams their only losses (#7 UCLA and #8 Oregon) and leads the nation with 2 wins versus current top-10 teams
  • Stanford's 4 best opponents (UCLA, Oregon, Washington St., and Boston College) have gone 1-3 (.250) versus the Cardinal and 25-2 (.926) otherwise
  • #4 Michigan has played 3 top-15 teams and has beaten 2 of them
  • Cal, the only team with a tougher schedule to date than Stanford's, has played 6 current top-20 teams out of 7 games, and a 7th opponent, #53 Oregon St. (.538 rating), that is above-average
  • #16 BYU is 8-0 vs. below-average teams and 0-0 vs. above-average teams
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The Anderson & Hester College Football 
Computer Rankings, as of Oct. 28
•Oct. 21 Rankings

•Oct. 14 Rankings

•Oct. 7 Rankings

•Sept. 30 Rankings

•Final 2000-01 Rankings

•Final 2000-01 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.
Nebraska
Stanford
Miami, Fla.
Michigan
Oklahoma
Tennessee
UCLA
Oregon
Texas
Washington
.829
.814
.803
.802
.798
.796
.792
.780
.772
.768
9
5
6
6
7
5
6
7
7
6
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

.548
.652
.505
.618
.600
.625
.603
.573
.562
.569
*to date
35
2
54
10
17
6
16
25
32
29
1-0
2-0
0-0
0-1
1-1
0-0
1-1
0-1
0-1
1-1
0-0 
0-1
0-0
2-0
0-0
1-1
0-0
1-0
1-0
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.
Illinois
Florida
Purdue
Texas A&M
Washington State
BYU
South Carolina
Auburn
Georgia
Colorado
Mississippi
Syracuse
Maryland
Louisville
Virginia Tech
.754
.748
.746
.730
.729
.729
.727
.716
.710
.709
.709
.707
.704
.697
.695
6
6
5
7
7
8
6
6
5
6
6
7
7
7
6
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
.551
.543
.557
.507
.505
.402
.588
.575
.591
.567
.493
.546
.474
.466
.477
34
38
33
53
57
107
19
24
18
30
63
36
75
79
72
  Big 12
Pac-10
Southeastern
Big Ten
Big East
Atlantic Coast
Mountain West
Conference USA
WAC
Mid-American
Sun Belt

*non-conference play

 .666
.652
.616
.613
.554
.546
.479
.441
.428
.417
.317
 

27
20
19
19
18
14
15
13
11
15
4
 

4
5
5
8
10
7
14
17
16
20
23
 
 

.434
.468
.436
.490
.468
.445
.468
.481
.483
.459
.533
 

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.
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44.
45.
46.
47.
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49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
North Carolina
Florida State
Fresno State
Arkansas
Iowa State
Boston College
Marshall
Texas Tech
Iowa
Michigan State
Clemson
LSU
Miami, Ohio
Utah
Georgia Tech
Toledo
Alabama
Rice
Kansas State
Arizona State
Notre Dame
Northwestern
N.C. State
Ohio State
Bowling Green
USC
Mid. Tenn. St.
Oregon State
Penn State
Missouri
Boise State
Louisiana Tech
Southern Miss
Wisconsin
Colorado State
Troy State
Cincinnati
Baylor
East Carolina
Western Michigan
Hawaii
Minnesota
Air Force
Kansas
Arizona
Central Florida
.687
.662
.646
.644
.641
.641
.629
.629
.613
.612
.612
.607
.606
.600
.596
.592
.580
.577
.573
.571
.562
.556
.550
.548
.545
.544
.540
.538
.534
.527
.525
.525
.521
.507
.505
.505
.504
.502
.494
.486
.485
.482
.478
.477
.463
.453
5
5
6
4
5
6
6
4
4
4
5
4
6
5
5
6
3
6
3
4
3
4
4
4
5
3
6
3
2
3
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
4
4
5
3
4
2
3
4

3
2
2
3
2
2
1
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
4
2
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
5
2
4
4
4
3
3
2
5
4
3
3
5
3
4
2
4
3
5
5
4
.619
.536
.496
.604
.513
.490
.404
.588
.571
.513
.482
.565
.453
.470
.465
.367
.622
.423
.614
.528
.604
.513
.507
.505
.415
.618
.387
.580
.632
.569
.450
.482
.420
.540
.505
.462
.462
.631
.451
.486
.358
.525
.435
.606
.539
.453
8
42
61
14
49
66
105
20
26
51
70
31
86
77
80
115
7
97
12
44
15
50
52
55
103
11
110
22
4
27
89
69
99
39
56
82
83
5
88
68
116
45
93
13
40
85
  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.
Northern Illinois
New Mexico
Virginia
South Florida
Wake Forest
West Virginia
Kentucky
Oklahoma State
Memphis
UAB
TCU
Mississippi State
Vanderbilt
UNLV
Pittsburgh
Ball State
New Mexico St.
Kent State
Utah State
California
Indiana
Temple
Akron
Rutgers
North Texas
San Diego State
Wyoming
San Jose State
SMU
LA Lafayette
Arkansas State
Nevada
Central Michigan
Army
Tulane
UTEP
Connecticut
Ohio
Eastern Michigan
LA Monroe
Duke
Tulsa
Buffalo
Navy
Idaho
Houston
 
 

.452
.451
.447
.446
.446
.438
.428
.425
.423
.422
.415
.410
.406
.403
.401
.395
.393
.388
.385
.379
.375
.365
.351
.349
.339
.328
.326
.325
.321
.314
.310
.301
.297
.296
.285
.263
.256
.252
.244
.229
.229
.215
.204
.202
.200
.195
4
3
3
5
3
2
1
2
4
4
4
1
2
3
2
3
3
4
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0

4
4
5
3
4
5
6
6
4
4
3
5
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
7
5
5
6
5
5
6
6
5
4
5
5
6
5
5
7
6
5
6
5
6
8
6
7
7
8
7

.452
.493
.522
.373
.488
.569
.652
.579
.423
.422
.374
.619
.536
.478
.531
.437
.467
.388
.515
.709
.583
.493
.501
.475
.465
.476
.473
.449
.415
.383
.433
.519
.417
.416
.443
.399
.368
.458
.354
.426
.543
.407
.403
.503
.500
.493

87
62
46
113
67
28
3
23
96
98
112
9
41
71
43
92
78
109
48
1
21
65
59
74
81
73
76
90
102
111
94
47
100
101
91
108
114
84
117
95
37
104
106
58
60
64
 

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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