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      Nebraska Beats Out Virginia Tech for the #2 Spot
• Nebraska's 4-1 record vs. the top-25 is more impressive than Va. Tech's 0-0 mark 
• Only two teams in the country were above-.500 vs. the top-15 and perfect otherwise: 
#1 Florida State and #2 Nebraska
 
Considering the strengths of their schedules, 
the teams with the best won-lost records in the land...
The Anderson & Hester/Seattle Times
 College Football Computer Rankings,
end of the regular season
 


          Sched. Sched.   Top-10 vs. the vs.   other
    Rating W L Strength Rank   Breakdown: top-10 #11-#20 losses
1. Florida State .825 11 0 .541 35   Florida State 1-0 1-0 0
2. Nebraska .789 11 1 .555 29   Nebraska 1-0 2-1 0
3. Virginia Tech .779 11 0 .468 85   Virginia Tech 0-0 0-0 0
4. Alabama .772 10 2 .592 6   Alabama 3-1 0-0 1
5. Kansas State .769 10 1 .532 48   Kansas State 0-1 1-0 0
6. Michigan .762 9 2 .589 7   Michigan 0-1 3-0 1
7. Michigan St. .757 9 2 .583 13   Michigan State 1-0 1-2 0
8. Tennessee .754 9 2 .579 16   Tennessee 1-1 0-0 1
9. Florida .742 9 3 .608 2   Florida 1-3 0-0 0
10. Mississippi St. .722 9 2 .537 41   Mississippi State 0-1 0-0 1
11. Penn State .722 9 3 .582 14            
12. Wisconsin .693 9 2 .502 66      
13. Texas .685 9 4 .576 17   Conference   Non-Conf. Non-Conf.
14. Texas A&M .684 8 3 .552 32   Rankings: Rating W L Sched.
15. Marshall .681 12 0 .348 113   Southeastern .632 28 8 .462
16. Georgia Tech .676 8 3 .544 37   Big Ten .625 28 7 .439
17. East Carolina .668 9 2 .473 83   Atlantic Coast .595 19 9 .487
18. BYU .666 8 3 .533 44   Big 12 .567 27 11 .439
19. Purdue .663 7 4 .586 11   Pac-10 .559 19 14 .514
20. Stanford .655 8 3 .520 57   Mountain West .535 21 11 .441
21. Minnesota .652 8 3 .517 58   Big East .508 17 16 .499
22. Illinois .651 7 4 .573 19   Conference USA .500 23 22 .494
23. Oregon .649 8 3 .514 59   WAC .430 15 20 .472
24. Colorado St. .646 8 3 .511 61   Big West .399 15 23 .461
25. Southern Miss .646 8 3 .510 62   Mid-American .315 11 28 .440

 


          Sched. Sched.             Sched. Sched.
    Rating W L Strength rank       Rating W L Strength rank
26. Virginia .639 7 4 .560 24   71. Iowa State .456 4 7 .538 39
27. Utah .637 8 3 .501 67   72. Rice .455 5 6 .482 77
28. Georgia .636 7 4 .556 26   73. LSU .450 3 8 .589 8
29. Louisiana Tech .628 8 3 .491 71   74. Northwestern .449 3 8 .588 9
30. Washington .627 7 4 .547 34   75. Duke .447 3 8 .586 12
31. Miami, Fla. .627 8 4 .528 50   76. New Mexico State .447 6 5 .420 96
32. Arkansas .625 7 4 .545 36   77. Western Michigan .441 7 5 .393 103
33. Mississippi .621 7 4 .541 38   78. Miami, Ohio .438 7 4 .359 109
34. Clemson .608 6 5 .582 15   79. Akron .426 7 4 .348 112
35. Oklahoma .604 7 4 .522 54   80. UTEP .426 5 7 .476 82
36. Ohio State .597 6 6 .597 4   81. New Mexico .423 4 7 .505 64
37. Wyoming .593 7 4 .511 60   82. UL Monroe .422 5 6 .449 89
38. Colorado .582 6 5 .555 28   83. West Virginia .415 4 7 .496 68
39. Kentucky .581 6 5 .554 30   84. North Carolina .414 3 8 .552 31
40. Boston College .581 8 3 .442 91   85. Central Florida .399 4 7 .480 78
41. Oregon State .568 7 4 .486 74   86. Navy .398 5 7 .447 90
42. Louisville .567 7 4 .485 75   87. Utah State .398 4 7 .479 80
43. Houston .562 7 4 .479 79   88. Toledo .390 6 5 .365 108
44. Auburn .560 5 6 .587 10   89. Washington State .380 3 9 .533 45
45. Wake Forest .559 6 5 .532 47   90. SMU .375 4 6 .433 92
46. Arizona State .558 6 5 .531 49   91. Cincinnati .371 3 8 .508 63
47. N.C. State .548 6 6 .548 33   92. UNLV .357 3 8 .493 69
48. Boise State .546 9 3 .393 102   93. Tulane .354 3 8 .490 72
49. Notre Dame .546 5 7 .595 5   94. Arkansas State .353 4 7 .431 93
50. USC .537 6 6 .537 40   95. Army .348 3 8 .484 76
51. Oklahoma State .535 5 6 .562 21   96. Ohio .348 5 6 .373 107
52. Vanderbilt .534 5 6 .561 22   97. Iowa .345 1 10 .607 3
53. Texas Tech .532 6 5 .504 65   98. Temple .340 2 9 .535 43
54. Arizona .526 6 6 .526 52   99. San Jose State .339 3 7 .455 86
55. Fresno State .524 8 4 .424 95   100. Nevada .335 3 8 .469 84
56. Air Force .520 6 5 .493 70   101. Bowling Green .330 5 6 .355 110
57. UAB .509 5 6 .536 42   102. Eastern Michigan .328 4 7 .404 100
58. Hawaii .508 8 4 .408 98   103. Northern Illinois .311 5 6 .334 114
59. Syracuse .503 6 5 .476 81   104. South Carolina .308 0 11 .641 1
60. Memphis .500 5 6 .527 51   105. Baylor .299 1 10 .555 27
61. Maryland .494 5 6 .522 55   106. Mid. Tenn. St. .280 3 8 .405 99
62. San Diego St. .494 5 6 .521 56   107. Central Michigan .278 4 7 .349 111
63. Missouri .491 4 7 .573 18   108. Rutgers .273 1 10 .524 53
64. TCU .490 7 4 .409 97   109. Tulsa .271 2 9 .453 87
65. Kansas .482 5 7 .532 46   110. UL Lafayette .270 2 9 .452 88
66. Indiana .481 4 7 .563 20   111. North Texas .251 2 9 .428 94
67. UCLA .478 4 7 .560 23   112. Kent .215 2 9 .380 105
68. California .475 4 7 .557 25   113. Ball State .141 0 11 .396 101
69. Idaho .473 7 4 .392 104   114. Buffalo .130 0 11 .374 106
70. Pittsburgh .459 5 6 .487 73  
 

 
The Anderson & Hester/Seattle Times Rankings are distinct in four ways:  1. they compute the most accurate strength of schedule ratings—each team's opponents and opponents' opponents are judged not only by their records but also, uniquely, by their conferences' strength; 2. they rank teams solely upon success in defeating quality opponents, rather than upon margins of victory; 3. in premiering after the season's 5th week, they reward actual accomplishments, not perceived potential; 4. they provide the most accurate conference ratings—each conference is rated according to its out-of-conference record and the difficulty of its out-of-conference schedule.

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