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Showing Which Teams Have Accomplished the Most to Date

 Michigan Takes over the #1 Spot
  • As of Friday, only 5 undefeated teams will remain, after West Virginia visits Louisville Thursday night
  • #5 USC has played the nation's toughest schedule through 7 games and gets to take one breath (on Saturday against #109 Stanford) before closing with games versus #25 Oregon, #7 Cal, #8 Notre Dame, and archrival UCLA (#49)
  • The SEC lands 4 teams in the top-15
  • Middle Tennessee St. is #55, Miami (Fla.) #56
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The Anderson & Hester College Football 
Computer Rankings, as of October 29 
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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.
Michigan
Ohio State
Rutgers
Louisville
USC
Florida
California
Notre Dame
Auburn
Tennessee
.840
.831
.803
.800
.800
.799
.794
.787
.782
.781
9
9
7
7
6
7
7
7
8
7
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
.568
.552
.504
.500
.615
.601
.594
.584
.566
.575
*to date
16
20
50
55
1
3
7
10
17
12
1-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-1
0-1
0-1
1-0
1-1
1-0
1-0
0-0
0-0
2-0
1-0
2-0
1-0
2-1
0-0
0
0
0
0
1
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.
West Virginia
Boise State
Texas
Arkansas
Boston College
Texas A&M
Wisconsin
Washington State
LSU
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Oklahoma
Wake Forest
Missouri
Oregon
.769
.755
.735
.718
.714
.705
.703
.701
.688
.686
.684
.679
.671
.667
.665
7
8
8
7
7
8
8
6
6
7
6
6
7
7
6
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
.454
.435
.503
.491
.486
.465
.462
.610
.542
.522
.538
.532
.436
.500
.517
86
102
54
61
65
80
81
2
24
31
26
28
101
57
36
  Southeastern
Pac-10
Big East
Big Ten
Atlantic Coast
Big 12
Conference USA
WAC
Mountain West
Mid-American
Sun Belt
*non-conference play
.620
.619
.616
.578
.537
.533
.437
.428
.415
.382
.366
33
20
32
30
27
33
19
16
15
13
10
7
9
8
11
13
15
28
19
19
29
26
.417
.505
.430
.436
.431
.419
.494
.454
.450
.496
.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.
Oregon State
Tulsa
Virginia Tech
Penn State
Iowa
Maryland
Pittsburgh
BYU
Alabama
South Carolina
Georgia
Navy
Nebraska
Arizona State
TCU
Hawaii
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Washington
Cincinnati
Oklahoma State
Western Michigan
UCLA
Central Michigan
Kansas State
Michigan State
Houston
Texas Tech
Mid. Tenn. St.
Miami, Fla.
Purdue
Southern Miss
South Florida
LA Lafayette
Florida State
East Carolina
San Jose State
Minnesota
Vanderbilt
Baylor
Nevada
Connecticut
Syracuse
Virginia
Arizona
Air Force
.665
.661
.653
.643
.634
.630
.622
.615
.614
.613
.605
.602
.599
.596
.580
.579
.573
.560
.560
.560
.555
.555
.548
.547
.544
.544
.540
.538
.531
.527
.526
.521
.514
.509
.509
.503
.489
.489
.489
.482
.479
.477
.475
.473
.472
.471
.460
5
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
6
5
6
5
5
6
4
5
6
4
5
5
6
4
5
5
4
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
5
3
4
4
5
3
3
4
3
3

3
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
4
4
3
5
4
3
2
4
3
4
5
3
4
3
3
4
4
3
3
4
4
2
6
5
5
3
4
6
5
5
4
.594
.425
.503
.545
.536
.478
.470
.462
.515
.539
.505
.528
.499
.522
.449
.425
.573
.527
.459
.592
.522
.479
.394
.547
.468
.510
.573
.437
.498
.451
.450
.487
.514
.434
.466
.503
.489
.361
.589
.516
.512
.403
.518
.574
.505
.547
.503
6
106
52
23
27
71
75
82
38
25
49
29
58
32
92
105
14
30
84
8
33
70
114
21
77
43
15
99
59
89
90
63
41
103
79
53
62
118
9
37
42
113
35
13
48
22
51
  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.
Northern Illinois
Idaho
Utah
Kent State
Wyoming
UTEP
New Mexico
N.C. State
Mississippi
Tulane
Arkansas State
Bowling Green
Kansas
Iowa State
Rice
Illinois
SMU
Florida Atlantic
Mississippi State
Troy
Marshall
UAB
Colorado State
Army
Akron
Louisiana Tech
Central Florida
Toledo
North Carolina
Northwestern
North Texas
New Mexico State
Fresno State
Ball State
Colorado
Temple
Stanford
San Diego State
Utah State
Memphis
Buffalo
LA Monroe
UNLV
Eastern Michigan
Duke
Miami, Ohio
Fla. International
.456
.453
.453
.451
.444
.443
.436
.431
.426
.425
.418
.415
.412
.406
.405
.404
.404
.400
.389
.384
.381
.379
.374
.369
.365
.363
.345
.323
.320
.309
.305
.303
.300
.298
.275
.273
.272
.270
.261
.251
.244
.242
.235
.227
.209
.205
.190
5
4
5
5
4
4
5
3
2
3
5
4
4
3
3
2
4
3
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
2
3
1
2
2
2
1
3
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
4
5
4
3
5
4
4
5
7
5
3
5
5
6
5
7
4
5
7
4
5
5
4
6
5
6
6
6
7
7
6
6
6
6
8
8
8
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
.423
.487
.421
.377
.478
.443
.404
.507
.598
.500
.346
.448
.445
.506
.480
.576
.404
.474
.560
.426
.454
.452
.374
.467
.437
.514
.495
.418
.554
.472
.449
.447
.518
.389
.510
.508
.600
.481
.482
.470
.460
.458
.448
.437
.514
.415
.484
107
64
108
116
72
97
112
46
5
56
119
93
96
47
69
11
111
73
18
104
87
88
117
78
98
39
60
109
19
74
91
95
34
115
44
45
4
68
67
76
83
85
94
100
40
110
66
*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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