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Oklahoma Wins the National Title

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Just How Good Has the Pac-10 Been This Season?
  • The 13-0 Sooners post 4 wins versus season-ending top-10 teams
  • The Pac-10 is the top conference 
  • The top 4 teams are the champions of the 4 BCS bowls
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•Final 1999-2000 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
Miami, Fla.
Washington
Oregon State
Virginia Tech
Florida State
Oregon
Nebraska
Florida
Kansas State
.842
.815
.812
.797
.782
.770
.758
.752
.724
.723
13
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
11
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3

.570
.595
.590
.566
.545
.580
.573
.566
.573
.560
*to date
18
6
9
20
29
11
16
21
17
24
4-0 
3-1 
2-1
1-1 
0-1 
1-2 
1-1 
0-2
0-2 
1-2
1-0 
1-0 
0-0 
1-0 
2-0 
2-0
1-1 
2-0 
2-1 
1-0
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
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.
Notre Dame
Michigan
Iowa State
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Wisconsin
Texas
Auburn
West Virginia
Mississippi State
Colorado State
Purdue
Ohio State
LSU
South Carolina
.717
.669
.666
.663
.657
.657
.653
.649
.642
.642
.641
.634
.633
.629
.623
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
7
8
10
8
8
8
8
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
5
4
2
4
4
4
4
.577
.521
.518
.514
.508
.545
.504
.536
.594
.544
.434
.536
.535
.530
.524
13
48
52
55
58
30
63
34
7
31
85
35
38
42
44
  Pac-10
Big East
Big 12
Southeastern
Atlantic Coast
Big Ten
Conference USA
Mountain West
WAC
Mid-American
Big West

*non-conference play

 .649
.620
.586
.566
.565
.561
.471
.461
.403
.374
.350
 

26
28
32
31
20
25
22
18
12
16
12
 

10
9
13
14
13
17
19
20
23
28
25
 
 

.517
.464
.457
.452
.501
.504
.449
.477
.497
.454
.453
 

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.
Northwestern
Tennessee
Texas A&M
Georgia
UCLA
Louisville
Toledo
TCU
East Carolina
Syracuse
Stanford
Pittsburgh
Boston College
Southern Miss
Arizona
Air Force
Arizona State
N.C. State
Boise State
Mississippi
Western Michigan
UTEP
North Carolina
USC
Texas Tech
Michigan State
Virginia
UAB
Arkansas
Cincinnati
UNLV
Washington State
BYU
Maryland
Fresno State
Minnesota
San Jose State
Illinois
Marshall
Kansas
Colorado
Penn State
Central Florida
California
Temple
.622
.618
.617
.615
.615
.610
.607
.602
.601
.590
.588
.587
.583
.578
.577
.576
.574
.570
.567
.562
.551
.546
.541
.540
.537
.536
.532
.527
.524
.522
.514
.509
.507
.500
.496
.488
.481
.476
.475
.474
.472
.470
.460
.459
.449
8
8
7
8
6
9
10
10
8
6
5
7
7
8
5
9
6
8
10
7
9
8
6
5
7
5
6
7
6
7
8
4
6
5
7
6
7
5
8
4
3
5
7
3
4

4
4
5
4
6
3
1
2
4
5
6
5
5
4
6
3
6
4
2
5
3
4
5
7
6
6
6
4
6
5
5
7
6
6
5
6
5
6
5
7
8
7
4
8
7
.523
.519
.568
.516
.615
.457
.345
.393
.501
.563
.614
.538
.533
.477
.603
.423
.574
.470
.360
.512
.398
.444
.513
.590
.514
.563
.532
.444
.524
.472
.445
.590
.507
.527
.446
.488
.431
.504
.406
.557
.610
.521
.380
.598
.531
46
51
19
53
1
77
114
103
64
23
2
33
39
68
4
91
15
74
113
57
100
83
56
10
54
22
40
84
45
72
82
8
60
43
80
65
86
62
98
26
3
49
107
5
41
  71.
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.
Tulane
Ohio
Northern Illinois
Alabama
Iowa
New Mexico
Idaho
Missouri
Mid. Tenn. St.
Miami, Ohio
Rutgers
Akron
Indiana
Utah
Ball State
Oklahoma State
San Diego State
Memphis
Vanderbilt
Utah State
Kentucky
Tulsa
Houston
Baylor
Rice
New Mexico State
Wake Forest
Eastern Michigan
SMU
North Texas
Hawaii
Louisiana Tech
Nevada
Navy
Bowling Green
Central Michigan
Duke
Wyoming
Army
Connecticut
Arkansas State
Buffalo
Kent
LA Monroe
LA Lafayette
 

.447
.446
.444
.436
.425
.420
.419
.414
.410
.405
.403
.400
.397
.393
.391
.384
.381
.374
.370
.361
.353
.350
.347
.340
.330
.297
.296
.289
.287
.277
.276
.274
.263
.258
.248
.247
.239
.236
.235
.230
.225
.215
.183
.165
.164
6
7
6
3
3
5
5
3
6
6
3
6
3
4
5
3
3
4
3
5
2
5
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
0
1
1
3
1
2
1
1
1

5
4
5
8
9
7
6
8
5
5
8
5
8
7
6
8
8
7
8
6
9
7
8
9
8
8
9
8
9
8
9
9
10
10
9
9
11
10
10
8
10
9
10
10
10

.420
.367
.417
.575
.579
.470
.446
.552
.384
.379
.541
.374
.535
.474
.417
.522
.519
.454
.507
.387
.550
.397
.482
.535
.462
.426
.485
.416
.427
.401
.415
.412
.455
.504
.424
.424
.557
.476
.473
.343
.459
.380
.396
.366
.365

92
110
93
14
12
73
81
27
105
108
32
109
37
70
94
47
50
79
59
104
28
101
67
36
75
88
66
95
87
99
96
97
78
61
89
90
25
69
71
115
76
106
102
111
112
 

The Anderson & Hester/Seattle Times Rankings are distinct in four ways: 

1. Alone among the BCS computer rankings, 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. 

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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