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  • Ohio State finishes 12-0 versus the 33rd-toughest schedule, Florida 12-1 versus the 11th-toughest schedule, and Michigan 11-1 versus the 16th-toughest schedule
  • The strength of schedule ratings ESPN has been posting on TV (and treating as authoritative), showing Florida's and Michigan's schedules as the 1st- and 3rd-toughest, respectively, are grossly inaccurate—as ESPN itself notes, those ratings are based solely on opponents' W-L records, which means ESPN is giving more credit for playing (8-4) San Jose State than (7-5) UCLA, more for (9-3) Navy than (8-4) Penn State, for (10-2) TCU than (10-3) Arkansas
  • Our strength of schedule rating are based not only on opponents' W-L records but also opponents' opponents' W-L records and (for conference games) conference strength, and they show LSU and USC as having played the toughest schedules among the top 10 teams (4th- and 7th-toughest overall)—while, again, Florida's and Michigan's are 11th and 16th
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•Final 2005-06 Rankings
 
    Rating  W  L Sched.
Strength*		 Sched. 
Rank*		 vs. Current
Top-10		 vs. Current
#11-25		 Other 
Losses
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10.
Ohio State
Florida
Michigan
LSU
Louisville
USC
Boise State
Notre Dame
Auburn
Rutgers
.825
.810
.805
.783
.780
.778
.751
.749
.749
.733
12
12
11
10
11
10
12
10
10
10
0
1
1
2
1
2
0
2
2
2
.541
.582
.578
.608
.541
.600
.430
.561
.561
.540
*to date
33
11
16
4
34
7
91
26
27
35
1-0
1-1
1-1
0-2
0-1
1-0
0-0
0-2
2-0
1-0
1-0
3-0
1-0
2-0
1-0
2-2
1-0
1-0
0-2
0-1
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.
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Tennessee
California
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Wake Forest
Virginia Tech
Oregon State
Texas
UCLA
BYU
Texas A&M
Georgia
Boston College
.732
.732
.729
.728
.727
.718
.705
.692
.687
.677
.661
.654
.648
.644
.643
11
10
9
9
11
10
11
10
9
9
7
10
9
8
9
2
2
3
3
1
3
2
2
4
3
5
2
3
4
3
.530
.539
.592
.590
.470
.566
.496
.490
.579
.530
.614
.447
.498
.546
.493
41
37
8
9
74
21
64
69
15
40
2
83
60
31
67
  Pac-10
Southeastern
Big East
Big Ten
Big 12
Atlantic Coast
WAC
Conference USA
Mountain West
Mid-American
Sun Belt
*non-conference play
.655
.632
.612
.556
.521
.517
.443
.440
.421
.373
.350
22
41
32
33
33
29
18
20
16
14
10
9
7
8
12
15
19
20
28
20
34
30
.531
.410
.426
.413
.407
.454
.458
.490
.454
.498
.500
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.
72.
Nebraska
Penn State
Oregon
South Carolina
Kentucky
Georgia Tech
TCU
Cincinnati
Clemson
Arizona State
Hawaii
Arizona
South Florida
Washington State
Missouri
Maryland
Houston
Navy
Purdue
Washington
Minnesota
Texas Tech
Alabama
Kansas State
Central Michigan
Iowa
Nevada
Pittsburgh
Florida State
Tulsa
Oklahoma State
Southern Miss
San Jose State
Rice
Ohio
Indiana
Utah
Miami, Fla.
East Carolina
Western Michigan
Mid. Tenn. St.
Syracuse
Kansas
Connecticut
Mississippi
Vanderbilt
Michigan State
.637
.636
.630
.629
.628
.624
.618
.613
.613
.611
.609
.607
.606
.605
.604
.602
.582
.574
.573
.564
.562
.553
.552
.547
.543
.540
.532
.530
.529
.526
.525
.524
.520
.516
.506
.496
.496
.495
.494
.490
.487
.479
.477
.472
.470
.469
.459
9
8
7
7
7
9
10
7
8
7
10
6
8
6
8
8
10
9
8
5
6
7
6
7
9
6
8
6
6
8
6
8
8
7
9
5
7
6
7
8
7
4
6
4
4
4
4

4
4
5
5
5
4
2
5
4
5
3
6
4
6
4
4
3
3
5
7
6
5
6
5
4
6
4
6
6
4
6
5
4
5
4
7
5
6
5
4
5
8
6
8
8
8
8
.523
.538
.583
.581
.580
.509
.409
.565
.513
.563
.443
.607
.507
.605
.505
.502
.416
.420
.504
.613
.562
.503
.552
.496
.426
.540
.431
.530
.529
.425
.525
.455
.420
.465
.390
.546
.446
.495
.444
.391
.437
.579
.477
.573
.571
.570
.560
47
38
10
12
13
51
107
22
48
24
86
5
52
6
54
59
102
99
55
3
25
57
29
62
95
36
90
42
43
96
46
81
100
75
115
30
84
66
85
114
89
14
71
18
19
20
28
  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.
118.
119.
Wyoming
Virginia
Northern Illinois
Troy
Baylor
Mississippi State
New Mexico
SMU
Northwestern
Iowa State
Air Force
Fresno State
LA Lafayette
Marshall
Tulane
North Carolina
Arkansas State
Stanford
Idaho
Central Florida
Kent State
Ball State
UTEP
Florida Atlantic
N.C. State
Akron
Illinois
Toledo
Colorado State
Army
LA Monroe
Colorado
New Mexico State
Louisiana Tech
UAB
San Diego State
Bowling Green
UNLV
Buffalo
North Texas
Utah State
Memphis
Temple
Miami, Ohio
Duke
Eastern Michigan
Fla. International
.457
.445
.445
.435
.428
.423
.421
.408
.405
.403
.397
.397
.396
.392
.392
.390
.385
.374
.373
.367
.366
.364
.364
.363
.361
.357
.356
.339
.334
.333
.325
.321
.318
.313
.313
.311
.304
.266
.262
.260
.259
.254
.253
.243
.221
.198
.158
6
5
7
7
4
3
6
6
4
4
4
4
6
5
4
3
6
1
4
4
6
5
5
5
3
5
2
5
4
3
4
2
4
3
3
3
4
2
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
6
7
5
5
8
9
6
6
8
8
8
8
6
7
8
9
6
11
8
8
6
7
7
7
9
7
10
7
8
9
8
10
8
10
9
9
8
10
10
9
11
10
11
10
12
11
12
.457
.495
.396
.387
.529
.577
.421
.408
.505
.503
.497
.496
.396
.441
.492
.543
.385
.642
.472
.465
.366
.411
.411
.410
.513
.405
.563
.386
.429
.481
.419
.525
.411
.471
.458
.456
.396
.458
.453
.395
.512
.443
.504
.429
.532
.425
.429
79
65
110
116
44
17
98
108
53
58
61
63
112
88
68
32
118
1
72
76
119
103
105
106
49
109
23
117
93
70
101
45
104
73
77
80
111
78
82
113
50
87
56
92
39
97
94
*These rankings have benefited from some minor improvements from year-to-year, but their basic formula has remained unaltered throughout the duration of their involvement with the BCS.
 
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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