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    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.
Texas
USC
Penn State
Virginia Tech
Ohio State
Oregon
UCLA
Miami, Fla.
LSU
West Virginia
.848
.843
.810
.797
.790
.772
.759
.759
.756
.737
10
11
10
9
9
10
9
8
9
8
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
.582
.574
.593
.580
.627
.536
.525
.597
.521
.505
*to date
28
35
20
31
4
51
59
15
64
67
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-1
0-2
0-1
0-0
1-0
0-0
0-1
3-0
1-0
3-1
2-0
3-0
0-0
1-0
1-1
2-0
1-0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
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.
TCU
Auburn
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
Georgia Tech
Boston College
Michigan
Texas Tech
Alabama
Georgia
Oklahoma
Colorado
Northwestern
Minnesota
Louisville
.732
.724
.723
.721
.717
.716
.713
.711
.710
.710
.707
.707
.700
.692
.687
10
9
8
8
7
8
7
9
9
8
6
7
7
7
7
1
2
2
3
3
3
4
2
2
2
4
3
4
4
2
.482
.540
.552
.596
.608
.590
.640
.524
.523
.535
.655
.596
.626
.618
.523
75
49
45
18
11
21
2
60
62
52
1
16
5
7
61
  Big Ten
Atlantic Coast
Big 12
Pac-10
Southeastern
Big East
Mountain West
Conference USA
Mid-American
WAC
Sun Belt
*non-conference play
.667
.639
.623
.603
.556
.524
.484
.436
.416
.370
.312
27
27
31
23
25
19
13
15
13
8
6
6
7
5
7
9
13
14
21
23
21
26
.473
.458
.395
.439
.412
.468
.496
.486
.500
.504
.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.
Florida
Iowa State
Iowa
Clemson
South Carolina
Florida State
Nebraska
South Florida
North Carolina
Arizona State
Virginia
Maryland
California
Missouri
Fresno State
Purdue
Stanford
Texas A&M
Kansas
Michigan State
N.C. State
Central Florida
Baylor
Colorado State
UTEP
Kansas State
Tennessee
Oregon State
BYU
Tulsa
Boise State
Wake Forest
Utah
Rutgers
New Mexico
Oklahoma State
Vanderbilt
Indiana
San Diego State
Pittsburgh
Arkansas
Toledo
Navy
Northern Illinois
Central Michigan
Nevada
Washington State
.675
.673
.672
.666
.658
.652
.633
.627
.627
.616
.611
.609
.608
.603
.593
.591
.583
.581
.579
.578
.573
.565
.560
.553
.546
.544
.544
.536
.534
.524
.522
.521
.515
.514
.508
.503
.502
.501
.495
.494
.490
.485
.482
.481
.479
.477
.473
7
7
7
7
7
7
6
6
5
5
6
5
7
6
8
5
5
5
5
5
5
8
5
6
8
5
4
5
6
7
8
4
6
6
6
4
5
4
5
5
4
7
6
6
6
7
4

3
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
5
5
4
5
4
5
2
6
5
5
5
6
5
3
6
5
2
6
6
6
5
4
3
7
5
4
5
6
6
7
6
5
6
3
4
4
5
3
7
.560
.557
.596
.589
.581
.534
.575
.529
.627
.616
.552
.609
.527
.576
.406
.617
.583
.581
.579
.604
.573
.426
.587
.526
.361
.571
.603
.563
.506
.441
.384
.602
.487
.454
.480
.563
.529
.583
.523
.494
.550
.366
.422
.421
.452
.358
.555
41
42
19
22
30
53
34
55
3
9
44
10
57
33
99
8
26
29
32
12
36
93
25
58
114
37
13
39
65
89
106
14
73
82
76
40
54
27
63
70
47
111
94
95
83
117
43
  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.
Arizona
Western Michigan
Louisiana Tech
Southern Miss
Miami, Ohio
Houston
Bowling Green
Memphis
Cincinnati
Army
Kentucky
Illinois
Wyoming
Connecticut
UAB
Ball State
Mississippi
Akron
Air Force
East Carolina
Washington
SMU
Marshall
Ohio
Hawaii
LA Lafayette
Mississippi State
Arkansas State
LA Monroe
Eastern Michigan
Duke
Mid. Tenn. St.
Troy
Syracuse
UNLV
Florida International
Florida Atlantic
Rice
Utah State
Tulane
Temple
North Texas
Idaho
San Jose State
New Mexico State
Kent State
Buffalo
.468
.464
.463
.457
.447
.445
.442
.442
.440
.433
.429
.422
.417
.413
.409
.409
.407
.406
.405
.402
.397
.396
.389
.385
.375
.363
.361
.359
.357
.330
.327
.315
.314
.291
.282
.273
.267
.264
.264
.248
.245
.243
.239
.238
.184
.179
.173
3
7
6
5
6
5
6
5
4
4
3
2
4
4
5
4
3
5
4
4
2
4
4
4
4
5
2
5
5
4
1
3
4
1
2
3
2
1
2
2
0
2
2
2
0
1
1
7
3
3
5
4
5
4
5
6
6
7
9
7
5
5
7
7
5
7
6
9
6
6
6
6
5
8
5
5
7
10
6
6
9
9
6
8
9
8
8
11
8
8
8
11
9
10
.589
.346
.365
.457
.388
.445
.384
.442
.500
.493
.551
.620
.499
.446
.409
.490
.528
.406
.487
.461
.596
.455
.448
.444
.433
.363
.545
.359
.357
.406
.587
.408
.368
.538
.468
.360
.436
.505
.432
.412
.564
.405
.401
.399
.474
.382
.379
23
119
112
80
105
86
107
88
68
71
46
6
69
85
97
72
56
101
74
79
17
81
84
87
91
113
48
116
118
100
24
98
110
50
78
115
90
66
92
96
38
102
103
104
77
108
109
*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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