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An Ohio St.-Miami Fiesta
  • The BCS produces a true national championship game, one that wouldn't have been possible in pre-BCS days.  In pre-BCS days, undefeated Ohio St. would have gone to the Rose Bowl and undefeated Miami somewhere else, just like Michigan and Nebraska in 1997 (the 1998 bowl games), Penn St. and Nebraska in 1995, Washington and Miami in 1991, etc.
  • #5 USC finishes the regular season with an amazing 8 wins vs. current top-40 teams.  Kansas St., the most overrated team in the human polls, finishes with just 1.
  • #7 Oklahoma finishes the regular season with the most wins vs. the current top-20 (4) (although the Sooners lost to 2 non-top-20 teams).  #1 Ohio St., #2 Miami, and #6 Notre Dame are tied for second with 3 wins apiece vs. current top-20 teams.
  • The Pac-10 finishes the regular season as the top conference.
  • Bring on the bowls!
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The Anderson & Hester College Football 
Computer Rankings, as of Dec. 8
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•Oct. 13 Rankings
•Oct. 6 Rankings

•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.
Ohio State
Miami, Fla.
Georgia
Iowa
USC
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Washington State
Michigan
Texas
.828
.817
.781
.772
.763
.751
.748
.740
.737
.729
13
12
12
11
10
10
11
10
9
10
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
.546
.528
.538
.530
.580
.563
.550
.549
.601
.536
*to date
31
50
36
48
11
20
26
27
2
39
2-0
0-0
0-0
1-0
1-1
1-1
1-0
1-1
0-3
0-1
1-0
3-0
2-1
1-0
1-1
2-0
3-0
0-0
1-0
1-0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
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.
Alabama
Penn State
Florida State
Colorado
Kansas State
Arkansas
Florida
Maryland
West Virginia
Boise State
Colorado State
South Florida
Auburn
Virginia Tech
Texas Tech
.720
.710
.705
.698
.691
.681
.677
.673
.670
.656
.652
.651
.648
.648
.647
10
9
9
9
10
9
8
10
9
11
10
9
8
9
8
3
3
4
4
2
4
4
3
3
1
3
2
4
4
5
.568
.569
.599
.591
.489
.572
.583
.513
.522
.388
.489
.455
.551
.535
.581
16
15
4
5
65
12
7
58
53
115
64
78
25
42
8
  Pac-10
Southeastern
Big Ten
Atlantic Coast
Big 12
Big East
Mountain West
Conference USA
WAC
Mid-American
Sun Belt

*non-conference play

.626
.605
.595
.589
.577
.567
.457
.406
.402
.400
.350
30
37
33
26
36
27
18
15
14
22
11
10
12
13
14
15
14
24
25
28
33
32
.474
.448
.463
.499
.452
.471
.500
.481
.502
.459
.496
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.
N.C. State
UCLA
LSU
Tennessee
Pittsburgh
Virginia
Oregon State
California
Washington
Boston College
Wisconsin
Arizona State
TCU
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Marshall
Iowa State
Oregon
Hawaii
Kentucky
Minnesota
Toledo
Oklahoma State
Nebraska
Purdue
Mississippi
Bowling Green
Air Force
Northern Illinois
Texas A&M
Fresno State
South Carolina
Wake Forest
Cincinnati
Miami, Ohio
Louisville
Illinois
Southern Miss
Missouri
North Texas
New Mexico St.
New Mexico
Central Florida
Michigan State
Arizona
Tulane
.647
.646
.640
.640
.635
.633
.632
.619
.618
.611
.611
.604
.603
.601
.592
.588
.586
.580
.573
.571
.567
.561
.559
.549
.548
.548
.543
.543
.535
.535
.533
.531
.529
.524
.517
.509
.505
.500
.498
.496
.472
.472
.470
.463
.454
.447
10
7
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
8
7
8
9
7
7
10
7
7
10
7
7
9
7
7
6
6
9
8
8
6
8
5
6
7
7
7
5
7
5
7
7
7
7
4
4
7

3
5
4
4
4
5
4
5
5
4
6
5
2
5
5
2
6
5
3
5
5
4
5
6
6
6
3
4
4
6
5
7
6
6
5
5
7
5
7
5
5
6
5
8
8
5
.483
.599
.542
.542
.537
.566
.534
.570
.570
.511
.588
.535
.404
.552
.543
.379
.563
.531
.407
.521
.517
.444
.509
.526
.548
.548
.390
.442
.434
.535
.464
.580
.529
.501
.467
.459
.555
.450
.548
.446
.423
.449
.420
.564
.555
.398
66
3
33
34
37
17
44
13
14
59
6
40
109
24
32
116
19
47
108
55
57
87
60
51
29
30
114
90
91
41
72
9
49
61
70
76
23
82
28
86
100
84
104
18
22
111
  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.
Utah
San Jose State
Temple
Stanford
Connecticut
North Carolina
UNLV
Syracuse
Ball State
Nevada
BYU
Houston
Indiana
UAB
San Diego State
Mississippi State
Baylor
East Carolina
Northwestern
Utah State
Louisiana Tech
Arkansas State
Western Michigan
Vanderbilt
Akron
Duke
Ohio
Mid. Tenn. St.
Central Michigan
Rice
Troy State
LA Lafayette
Memphis
Kansas
SMU
LA Monroe
Kent State
Wyoming
Eastern Michigan
Rutgers
Navy
Idaho
UTEP
Tulsa
Army
Buffalo
.438
.436
.433
.430
.428
.426
.423
.421
.419
.413
.411
.394
.386
.384
.384
.384
.382
.374
.373
.367
.357
.356
.354
.353
.336
.328
.328
.327
.326
.321
.317
.306
.300
.293
.286
.285
.284
.280
.271
.264
.263
.259
.245
.199
.181
.177
5
6
4
2
6
3
5
4
6
5
5
5
3
5
4
3
3
4
3
4
4
6
4
2
4
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
6
7
8
9
6
9
7
8
6
7
7
7
9
7
9
9
9
8
9
7
8
7
8
10
8
10
8
8
8
7
8
9
9
10
9
9
9
10
9
11
10
10
10
11
11
11
.465
.459
.534
.628
.428
.580
.472
.522
.419
.462
.460
.443
.539
.433
.499
.536
.534
.473
.525
.447
.454
.378
.451
.560
.432
.532
.422
.421
.421
.396
.410
.451
.443
.492
.427
.426
.425
.476
.409
.518
.455
.449
.431
.427
.399
.393
71
75
45
1
95
10
69
54
105
73
74
89
35
92
62
38
43
68
52
85
79
117
80
21
93
46
101
102
103
112
106
81
88
63
97
98
99
67
107
56
77
83
94
96
110
113
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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