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Showing Which Teams Have Accomplished the Most to Date

The Buckeyes Climb to the Top
  • Ohio St. and Miami are the only 2 remaining unbeatens, and they have separated themselves from the field.
  • Washington St., the only one of the 1-loss teams that has played 2 games vs. current top-10 teams (losing to #1 Ohio St. and beating #9 USC) is #3.
  • The Pac-10 is the top conference (it has 8 teams with .550 ratings or better), but the gap between the Big East (the #6 BCS conference) and the Pac-10 is much smaller than the gap between the top non-BCS conference (the #7 Mountain West) and the Big East.  In other words, the 6 BCS conferences are all pretty bunched together.
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    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.
Washington State
Oklahoma
Notre Dame
Georgia
Texas
Iowa
USC
Michigan
.824
.813
.786
.784
.784
.773
.770
.769
.753
.740
11
9
9
8
9
9
9
10
7
8
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
.538
.521
.563
.569
.560
.544
.540
.533
.604
.572
*to date
40
50
17
15
19
31
37
42
3
14
1-0
0-0
1-1
1-0
1-0
0-0
0-1
1-0
0-1
0-2
1-0
2-0
0-0
2-0
3-0
1-1
0-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
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.
Alabama
Florida State
Florida
Penn State
LSU
Colorado State
Colorado
Pittsburgh
Arkansas
Maryland
Virginia Tech
UCLA
Kansas State
TCU
California
.727
.721
.695
.694
.694
.693
.691
.691
.683
.676
.670
.669
.664
.663
.652
8
7
7
7
7
8
7
8
6
8
8
7
8
8
6
2
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
3
2
1
4
.556
.613
.583
.582
.532
.515
.579
.513
.590
.495
.489
.553
.482
.416
.595
21
2
7
8
43
52
9
55
6
58
62
23
68
109
5
  Pac-10
Southeastern
Big Ten
Big 12
Atlantic Coast
Big East
Mountain West
Conference USA
Mid-American
WAC
Sun Belt

*non-conference play

.614
.607
.601
.592
.585
.562
.461
.430
.400
.389
.347
29
34
33
36
23
26
18
15
22
12
10
10
10
13
14
12
13
23
22
32
27
31
.465
.439
.468
.458
.490
.461
.498
.487
.455
.504
.501
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.
Iowa State
Boise State
N.C. State
Auburn
South Florida
Oregon
Texas Tech
Bowling Green
West Virginia
Virginia
Minnesota
Tennessee
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Kentucky
Arizona State
Miami, Ohio
Boston College
Wisconsin
Texas A&M
Nebraska
Air Force
Oregon State
Northern Illinois
South Carolina
Southern Miss
Washington
Mississippi
Wake Forest
Hawaii
Toledo
Louisville
Purdue
Cincinnati
Marshall
Michigan State
New Mexico St.
Missouri
Oklahoma State
Illinois
Tulane
Fresno State
BYU
Stanford
North Texas
New Mexico
.651
.649
.648
.640
.635
.633
.630
.629
.613
.612
.605
.605
.602
.601
.600
.595
.595
.592
.591
.588
.588
.587
.582
.581
.575
.554
.550
.548
.548
.547
.534
.521
.516
.513
.503
.502
.499
.495
.489
.481
.478
.474
.467
.464
.462
.448
7
9
9
7
7
7
7
8
7
6
7
5
6
6
6
7
7
5
6
6
7
7
6
7
5
6
5
5
5
7
6
5
4
4
6
4
6
4
4
4
6
5
5
2
5
5
4
1
2
3
2
3
4
1
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
5
3
5
5
5
2
3
4
6
5
2
6
4
6
5
6
4
5
5
7
5
5
.572
.394
.452
.521
.465
.514
.551
.381
.493
.553
.485
.573
.543
.542
.541
.514
.473
.560
.564
.529
.506
.466
.523
.460
.575
.453
.550
.548
.548
.377
.433
.488
.576
.546
.353
.562
.439
.555
.522
.542
.419
.474
.467
.634
.462
.448
13
111
87
49
77
53
25
114
59
24
65
12
33
34
36
54
72
20
16
44
56
76
47
82
11
86
26
27
28
116
102
63
10
29
117
18
100
22
48
35
108
71
75
1
79
89
  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.
Nevada
San Jose State
Syracuse
Mississippi State
Temple
North Carolina
Arizona
Ball State
UAB
Indiana
Northwestern
Baylor
Houston
Central Florida
Utah
UNLV
East Carolina
Utah State
Connecticut
Central Michigan
Ohio
Vanderbilt
San Diego State
Duke
Louisiana Tech
Troy State
Western Michigan
Arkansas State
LA Lafayette
Kent State
Rice
Kansas
Wyoming
Akron
Memphis
UTEP
Eastern Michigan
Mid. Tenn. St.
Idaho
LA Monroe
Navy
Rutgers
SMU
Tulsa
Buffalo
Army
.442
.437
.424
.424
.423
.415
.413
.412
.409
.403
.401
.400
.392
.391
.390
.388
.384
.380
.376
.374
.366
.359
.358
.354
.349
.345
.344
.343
.339
.325
.325
.311
.305
.295
.293
.288
.284
.282
.279
.276
.260
.256
.228
.216
.186
.164
5
5
4
3
3
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
2
3
2
3
4
3
5
3
3
4
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
5
6
6
6
7
8
7
5
5
7
8
7
5
5
6
6
5
6
6
6
6
8
7
8
6
7
7
7
7
7
6
9
8
8
8
8
7
7
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
.442
.464
.483
.524
.545
.602
.534
.445
.442
.524
.540
.521
.424
.423
.489
.446
.457
.479
.434
.432
.423
.544
.476
.539
.445
.423
.461
.389
.456
.440
.380
.503
.482
.471
.468
.462
.393
.440
.452
.448
.491
.486
.457
.440
.395
.440
94
78
66
45
30
4
41
93
95
46
38
51
104
106
61
91
83
69
101
103
105
32
70
39
92
107
81
113
85
97
115
57
67
73
74
80
112
96
88
90
60
64
84
99
110
98
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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