AndersonSports: The Jeff Anderson & Chris Hester College Football Computer Rankings

One of the Original BCS Computer Rankings...

Showing Which Teams Have Accomplished the Most — to Date

Oklahoma Beats Texas, Claims #1 Spot

Through the first 6 weeks of the season, Oklahoma has accomplished the most of any team in the nation
Aside from the Sooners, Alabama has accomplished the most through the first 6 weeks, followed by LSU, Oklahoma St., Boise St., Michigan, Clemson, Illinois, Kansas St., and Georgia Tech
Texas has played the nation's toughest schedule so far
The Big 12, with a 90% winning percentage in non-conference play, versus a respectable schedule, has been the top conference so far — and half of its teams are currently in the top-20

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The Jeff Anderson & Chris Hester
College Football Computer Rankings, as of Oct. 9

•Oct. 2 Rankings

•Final 2010-11 Rankings
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		Rating	W	L	Sched. Strength	Sched. Rank	vs. Current Top-10	vs. Current #11-25	Other Losses
1.	Oklahoma	.843	5	0	.572	7	0-0	1-0	0
2.	Alabama	.838	6	0	.563	12	0-0	2-0	0
3.	LSU	.824	6	0	.538	27	0-0	1-0	0
4.	Oklahoma State	.820	5	0	.533	28	0-0	0-0	0
5.	Boise State	.816	5	0	.526	32	0-0	0-0	0
6.	Michigan	.808	6	0	.512	41	0-0	0-0	0
7.	Clemson	.801	6	0	.502	49	0-0	1-0	0
8.	Illinois	.790	6	0	.484	64	0-0	1-0	0
9.	Kansas State	.788	5	0	.481	67	0-0	1-0	0
10.	Georgia Tech	.783	6	0	.474	73	0-0	1-0	0

Rank	Team	Rating	W	L	Sched. Strength	Sched. Rank	Conference Rankings	Rating	W*	L*	Sched. Strength*
11.	Texas	.782	4	1	.629	1	Big 12	.705	27	3	.456
12.	Stanford	.777	5	0	.465	76	Southeastern	.647	29	4	.407
13.	South Carolina	.755	5	1	.569	9	Big Ten	.565	34	13	.429
14.	Houston	.751	6	0	.429	104	Big East	.563	24	12	.462
15.	Wisconsin	.727	5	0	.399	116	Atlantic Coast	.551	29	11	.413
16.	Arkansas	.725	5	1	.530	30	Pac-12	.545	19	11	.464
17.	Baylor	.718	4	1	.545	24	Mountain West	.469	19	16	.444
18.	North Carolina	.706	5	1	.507	44	Conference USA	.464	19	24	.499
19.	Arizona State	.701	5	1	.501	51	Mid-American	.421	21	30	.474
20.	Virginia Tech	.697	5	1	.497	53	Sun Belt	.411	11	20	.498
21.	Nebraska	.696	5	1	.496	54	WAC	.381	11	23	.486
22.	USC	.683	4	1	.504	47	*non-conference play
23.	West Virginia	.683	5	1	.480	69
24.	Penn State	.683	5	1	.480	70
25.	Rutgers	.682	4	1	.502	50


Rank	Team	Rating	W	L	Sched. Strength	Sched. Rank	Rank	Team	Rating	W	L	Sched. Strength	Sched. Rank
26.	Auburn	.680	4	2	.586	6	74.	Maryland	.470	2	3	.531	29
27.	Oregon	.674	4	1	.493	58	75.	Wyoming	.462	3	2	.403	114
28.	South Florida	.672	4	1	.491	61	76.	Hawaii	.458	3	2	.399	115
29.	LA Lafayette	.663	5	1	.457	82	77.	N.C. State	.457	3	3	.457	83
30.	Washington	.658	4	1	.475	72	78.	Miami, Fla.	.456	2	3	.517	39
31.	Notre Dame	.658	4	2	.562	13	79.	Troy	.456	2	3	.516	40
32.	Georgia	.648	4	2	.551	20	80.	North Texas	.452	2	4	.553	18
33.	Texas A&M	.646	3	2	.589	4	81.	Mississippi	.451	2	3	.511	42
34.	Florida	.643	4	2	.546	23	82.	Eastern Michigan	.448	3	3	.448	91
35.	Southern Miss	.642	5	1	.435	99	83.	Kentucky	.446	2	4	.547	21
36.	SMU	.638	4	1	.453	86	84.	Marshall	.445	2	4	.546	22
37.	Texas Tech	.630	4	1	.444	94	85.	Northwestern	.432	2	3	.492	59
38.	Wake Forest	.621	4	1	.435	98	86.	Northern Illinois	.431	3	3	.431	101
39.	BYU	.619	4	2	.520	36	87.	Louisville	.431	2	3	.491	60
40.	Michigan State	.607	4	1	.421	106	88.	UTEP	.424	2	3	.484	65
41.	Western Michigan	.602	4	2	.502	48	89.	San Jose State	.420	2	4	.521	35
42.	Syracuse	.599	4	2	.498	52	90.	Bowling Green	.412	3	3	.412	109
43.	Vanderbilt	.598	3	2	.538	26	91.	East Carolina	.410	1	4	.597	3
44.	Iowa State	.589	3	2	.530	31	92.	Connecticut	.409	2	4	.510	43
45.	TCU	.579	4	2	.478	71	93.	Utah State	.406	2	3	.465	77
46.	Tulsa	.568	2	3	.626	2	94.	Colorado State	.401	3	2	.345	120
47.	UCLA	.565	3	3	.565	10	95.	Navy	.392	2	3	.450	88
48.	Cincinnati	.561	4	1	.376	119	96.	Fresno State	.387	2	4	.486	63
49.	Tennessee	.556	3	2	.496	55	97.	Central Michigan	.361	2	4	.459	81
50.	Fla. International	.555	4	2	.454	85	98.	Buffalo	.358	2	4	.456	84
51.	Temple	.550	4	2	.449	89	99.	Arizona	.356	1	5	.564	11
52.	San Diego State	.534	3	2	.473	74	100.	Kent State	.348	1	5	.555	17
53.	California	.527	3	2	.467	75	101.	Louisiana Tech	.348	2	4	.445	93
54.	Pittsburgh	.525	3	3	.525	33	102.	Oregon State	.341	1	4	.524	34
55.	Iowa	.524	3	2	.464	80	103.	Army	.334	2	4	.430	103
56.	Mississippi State	.519	3	3	.519	37	104.	New Mexico State	.331	2	3	.387	118
57.	Utah	.512	2	3	.572	8	105.	Indiana	.315	1	5	.518	38
58.	Ohio	.508	4	2	.408	111	106.	Tulane	.314	2	4	.407	113
59.	Arkansas State	.508	4	2	.408	112	107.	Boston College	.305	1	5	.506	46
60.	Central Florida	.507	3	2	.447	92	108.	LA Monroe	.303	1	4	.480	68
61.	Toledo	.506	3	3	.506	45	109.	Colorado	.291	1	5	.490	62
62.	Kansas	.497	2	3	.557	14	110.	UNLV	.289	1	4	.464	79
63.	Nevada	.496	2	3	.556	15	111.	Akron	.271	1	5	.465	78
64.	Missouri	.496	2	3	.556	16	112.	Mid. Tenn. St.	.266	1	4	.436	96
65.	Air Force	.496	3	2	.436	97	113.	Miami, Ohio	.262	1	4	.430	102
66.	Ohio State	.495	3	3	.495	56	114.	Florida Atlantic	.262	0	5	.587	5
67.	Ball State	.494	3	3	.494	57	115.	Memphis	.261	1	5	.452	87
68.	Rice	.492	2	3	.552	19	116.	Minnesota	.258	1	5	.448	90
69.	Duke	.492	3	2	.432	100	117.	Idaho	.255	1	5	.444	95
70.	Florida State	.483	2	3	.543	25	118.	Western Kentucky	.232	1	4	.391	117
71.	Washington State	.476	3	2	.417	107	119.	UAB	.188	0	5	.481	66
72.	Purdue	.476	3	2	.416	108	120.	New Mexico	.158	0	5	.428	105
73.	Virginia	.472	3	2	.412	110

The Anderson & Hester Rankings are distinct in four ways:

1. Unlike the polls, these rankings do not reward teams for running up scores. Teams are rewarded for beating quality opponents, which is the object of the game. Posting large margins of victory, which is not the object of the game, is not considered.

2. Unlike the 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, to date — 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.