College Football 2002
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 2002/8/22 and 2003/1/3
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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2002 - Ranking of Division I-A teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Predict		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Comp	AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
2	30.05	4	28.11	3	30.09	2	29.97	Southern California	2	4	4	13	11-2	1	13	11-2	PAC-10
12	20.01	12	19.64	10	19.55	3	34.52	Florida State	16	21	23	14	9-5	3	14	9-5	ACC
29	10.98	40	7.41	30	10.33	4	37.26	Iowa State	43			13	6-7	29	14	7-7	BIG 12
15	17.91	11	19.75	17	15.16	5	37.31	Michigan	10	9	9	13	10-3	4	13	10-3	BIG 10
73	-5.42	64	-1.83	74	-6.60	6	39.22	North Carolina	76			12	3-9	5	12	3-9	ACC
5	26.66	3	29.50	4	24.51	7	39.33	Georgia	4	3	3	13	12-1	12	14	13-1	SEC
67	-3.00	59	1.59	71	-4.62	8	39.58	Stanford	80			11	2-9	2	11	2-9	PAC-10
11	20.02	15	17.56	13	18.27	9	39.64	Colorado	20	20	21	14	9-5	6	14	9-5	BIG 12
82	-9.42	95	-14.15	85	-8.81	10	40.33	Vanderbilt	92			11	1-10	18	12	2-10	SEC
24	12.49	32	10.73	23	12.46	11	40.47	LSU	31			12	7-5	40	13	8-5	SEC
27	12.00	25	13.56	32	9.17	12	40.62	Florida	26		24	13	8-5	8	13	8-5	SEC
17	17.75	16	17.24	14	16.73	13	41.42	Auburn	18	14	16	12	8-4	37	13	9-4	SEC
25	12.46	26	13.41	24	12.10	14	41.64	Virginia	24	22	25	14	9-5	10	14	9-5	ACC
13	18.91	7	24.17	19	14.24	15	41.90	Notre Dame	14	17	17	13	10-3	13	13	10-3	I-A-Ind
23	14.09	23	13.77	22	12.91	16	42.05	Texas Tech	21			14	9-5	11	14	9-5	BIG 12
101	-16.81	90	-11.57	110	-22.00	17	43.27	Baylor	102			11	2-9	61	12	3-9	BIG 12
37	8.14	34	10.18	48	4.81	18	43.56	Clemson	45			13	7-6	16	13	7-6	ACC
9	22.13	13	18.43	8	22.14	19	43.90	Alabama	9	11		13	10-3	14	13	10-3	SEC
21	14.33	17	16.74	29	10.46	20	43.90	Wisconsin	32			14	8-6	9	14	8-6	BIG 10
18	17.06	19	16.08	16	15.31	21	44.00	Arkansas	25			14	9-5	22	14	9-5	SEC
74	-6.33	67	-2.62	73	-5.61	22	44.12	Arizona	71			11	3-8	23	12	4-8	PAC-10
4	26.81	5	27.16	5	24.44	23	44.78	Miami (FL)	3	2	2	12	11-1	49	13	12-1	BE
1	33.20	2	31.96	2	30.98	24	45.00	Oklahoma	5	5	5	14	12-2	31	14	12-2	BIG 12
32	10.52	30	11.58	27	10.65	25	45.10	UCLA	29			13	8-5	7	13	8-5	PAC-10
14	18.57	8	21.12	15	16.61	26	45.14	Washington State	11	10	10	12	9-3	27	13	10-3	PAC-10
26	12.17	39	8.20	31	9.96	27	45.22	Purdue	39			12	6-6	36	13	7-6	BIG 10
10	21.69	10	19.92	12	19.18	28	45.28	North Carolina State	13	12	11	12	9-3	54	14	11-3	ACC
54	1.92	47	4.87	60	1.75	29	45.36	South Carolina	63			12	5-7	15	12	5-7	SEC
8	22.74	9	20.25	9	21.93	30	46.31	Texas	6	6	7	13	11-2	19	13	11-2	BIG 12
62	-0.02	60	-0.22	67	-2.63	31	46.56	Michigan State	73			12	4-8	28	12	4-8	BIG 10
96	-14.73	98	-15.57	102	-15.69	32	46.76	Indiana	91			11	2-9	43	12	3-9	BIG 10
16	17.81	20	15.16	11	19.39	33	46.82	Penn State	15	16	15	13	9-4	17	13	9-4	BIG 10
49	5.66	37	9.43	49	4.64	34	46.87	Arizona State	42			13	7-6	26	14	8-6	PAC-10
31	10.56	36	9.77	35	8.39	35	47.03	Minnesota	41			12	7-5	55	13	8-5	BIG 10
83	-10.19	81	-9.74	82	-8.36	36	47.09	Mississippi State	87			11	2-9	53	12	3-9	SEC
3	29.68	1	36.68	6	23.47	37	47.36	Ohio State	1	1	1	14	14-0	25	14	14-0	BIG 10
39	7.13	22	14.06	41	7.07	38	47.50	West Virginia	23	25	20	12	8-4	60	13	9-4	BE
43	6.66	58	1.66	42	6.67	39	47.62	Georgia Tech	44			13	7-6	21	13	7-6	ACC
20	14.82	14	18.10	21	13.12	40	47.72	Maryland	12	13	13	13	10-3	51	14	11-3	ACC
40	6.82	46	5.95	45	5.45	41	47.90	Mississippi	47			13	7-6	33	13	7-6	SEC
45	6.44	53	3.10	33	9.06	42	48.44	Nebraska	52			13	6-7	35	14	7-7	BIG 12
57	1.25	61	-0.82	44	5.67	43	48.97	Missouri	60			12	5-7	38	12	5-7	BIG 12
78	-8.72	74	-6.09	91	-12.07	44	49.25	Northwestern	89			12	3-9	30	12	3-9	BIG 10
47	6.22	51	4.06	37	8.18	45	49.36	Washington	40			13	7-6	24	13	7-6	PAC-10
38	7.71	38	8.48	34	8.48	46	49.38	Wake Forest	46			13	7-6	32	13	7-6	ACC
88	-11.03	92	-12.55	78	-7.49	47	49.48	Syracuse	74			11	3-8	65	12	4-8	BE
6	26.12	18	16.64	1	31.79	48	49.52	Kansas State	7	7	6	11	9-2	50	13	11-2	BIG 12
80	-8.76	73	-4.58	80	-7.65	49	49.64	Temple	75			11	3-8	52	12	4-8	BE
35	9.78	29	11.96	38	8.17	50	49.97	Tennessee	33			13	8-5	45	13	8-5	SEC
48	6.15	45	6.26	39	7.85	51	50.25	Oregon State	34			12	7-5	42	13	8-5	PAC-10
81	-9.07	87	-10.78	83	-8.61	52	50.28	Duke	97			12	2-10	41	12	2-10	ACC
33	10.33	31	11.49	28	10.49	53	50.31	California	36			12	7-5	20	12	7-5	PAC-10
7	25.90	6	25.86	7	22.94	54	50.36	Iowa	8	8	8	13	11-2	39	13	11-2	BIG 10
63	-0.15	71	-3.57	50	4.63	55	50.36	Illinois	62			12	5-7	34	12	5-7	BIG 10
65	-0.96	55	2.33	62	0.22	56	50.39	Oregon	56			12	6-6	46	13	7-6	PAC-10
110	-23.68	107	-22.74	109	-21.29	57	50.58	Rutgers	112			11	1-10	57	12	1-11	BE
53	2.92	68	-3.04	47	5.23	58	52.25	Texas A&M	51			12	6-6	44	12	6-6	BIG 12
19	15.48	21	14.38	18	14.26	59	53.76	Virginia Tech	19	18	14	14	10-4	48	14	10-4	BE
22	14.21	24	13.70	25	11.87	60	54.74	Pittsburgh	22	19	18	13	9-4	47	13	9-4	BE
42	6.67	42	7.07	46	5.26	61	55.17	Oklahoma State	37			12	7-5	63	13	8-5	BIG 12
108	-20.82	106	-20.35	108	-20.60	62	55.48	Kansas	110			11	1-10	66	12	2-10	BIG 12
103	-18.71	112	-27.06	95	-14.01	63	57.79	Troy	103			8	0-8	118	12	4-8	I-A-Ind
51	4.26	56	1.96	51	4.52	64	57.83	Kentucky	49			12	7-5	58	12	7-5	SEC
36	9.55	28	11.98	36	8.35	65	58.96	South Florida	27			9	7-2	115	11	9-2	I-A-Ind
34	9.94	44	6.58	26	10.89	66	59.15	Boston College	28			13	9-4	62	13	9-4	BE
55	1.64	49	4.30	61	1.00	67	62.42	North Texas	57			12	7-5	79	13	8-5	SBC
58	0.94	69	-3.29	55	3.06	68	62.55	Cincinnati	61			14	7-7	59	14	7-7	CUSA
66	-2.85	65	-2.30	68	-3.14	69	63.00	Southern Mississippi	66			12	6-6	86	13	7-6	CUSA
41	6.67	41	7.31	40	7.64	70	63.02	Colorado State	35			14	10-4	56	14	10-4	MWC
87	-10.55	94	-13.76	76	-7.34	71	63.64	Western Michigan	86			11	3-8	88	12	4-8	MAC
93	-12.39	88	-11.47	86	-8.88	72	63.64	East Carolina	85			12	4-8	69	12	4-8	CUSA
105	-19.09	104	-19.40	106	-18.23	73	63.83	Navy	107			12	2-10	77	12	2-10	I-A-Ind
52	2.99	54	2.40	54	3.18	74	63.97	Toledo	48			13	8-5	87	14	9-5	MAC
90	-11.55	86	-10.72	84	-8.69	75	64.10	San Diego State	84			13	4-9	64	13	4-9	MWC
107	-20.47	111	-26.43	97	-14.46	76	64.12	Wyoming	106			11	1-10	71	12	2-10	MWC
91	-11.61	85	-10.48	104	-16.58	77	64.52	Louisiana Monroe	105			11	3-8	70	12	3-9	SBC
106	-19.84	101	-17.53	101	-15.53	78	65.06	Idaho	108			11	2-9	68	12	2-10	SBC
98	-15.96	103	-18.72	94	-13.46	79	65.47	Utah State	93			10	3-7	73	11	4-7	I-A-Ind
59	0.92	57	1.83	58	2.20	80	66.31	Miami (OH)	59			12	7-5	80	12	7-5	MAC
112	-25.80	113	-27.44	112	-26.98	81	66.50	Kent State	111			10	1-9	108	12	3-9	MAC
71	-4.52	70	-3.47	69	-3.63	82	66.51	New Mexico	68			13	6-7	82	14	7-7	MWC
104	-18.89	105	-20.13	92	-13.11	83	66.82	Memphis	99			11	2-9	91	12	3-9	CUSA
100	-16.68	89	-11.55	100	-15.18	84	67.06	Louisiana Lafayette	104			12	3-9	78	12	3-9	SBC
69	-3.51	72	-3.75	65	-2.20	85	67.62	Louisville	65			13	7-6	75	13	7-6	CUSA
102	-17.60	109	-24.65	93	-13.17	86	68.24	Akron	96			11	3-8	112	12	4-8	MAC
50	4.90	43	7.04	53	3.34	87	68.48	Northern Illinois	50			11	8-3	81	12	8-4	MAC
85	-10.23	84	-10.19	81	-8.12	88	69.14	Nevada Las Vegas	79			12	5-7	67	12	5-7	MWC
114	-27.55	110	-26.02	115	-31.20	89	70.00	Eastern Michigan	113			10	1-9	103	12	3-9	MAC
92	-11.89	91	-11.90	90	-10.92	90	70.31	Houston	83			12	5-7	89	12	5-7	CUSA
56	1.43	50	4.25	57	2.69	91	70.31	Air Force	58			13	8-5	85	13	8-5	MWC
68	-3.12	62	-1.17	72	-4.73	92	70.81	Fresno State	54			14	9-5	72	14	9-5	WAC
70	-3.94	96	-14.46	64	-0.62	93	71.15	Connecticut	69			11	5-6	105	12	6-6	I-A-Ind
109	-21.46	102	-17.55	107	-18.39	94	71.83	Louisiana Tech	95			12	4-8	83	12	4-8	WAC
75	-6.79	75	-6.11	79	-7.56	95	71.88	Ball State	77			11	5-6	100	12	6-6	MAC
79	-8.73	77	-7.40	77	-7.47	96	71.94	Middle Tennessee	94			11	4-7	93	12	4-8	SBC
86	-10.40	99	-15.57	88	-8.99	97	72.64	Ohio University	90			11	4-7	94	12	4-8	MAC
95	-14.49	82	-9.99	96	-14.45	98	73.18	San Jose State	78			13	6-7	90	13	6-7	WAC
64	-0.74	76	-6.74	63	-0.32	99	73.24	Central Florida	67			11	6-5	113	12	7-5	MAC
76	-8.29	79	-7.91	70	-4.62	100	73.70	Utah	70			11	5-6	76	11	5-6	MWC
117	-36.56	115	-30.99	116	-34.87	101	73.97	Texas El Paso	114			11	1-10	98	12	2-10	WAC
72	-5.25	63	-1.23	75	-6.63	102	74.11	New Mexico State	72			12	7-5	97	12	7-5	SBC
84	-10.22	93	-12.68	87	-8.96	103	74.11	Brigham Young	82			12	5-7	74	12	5-7	MWC
89	-11.15	80	-8.89	99	-14.64	104	74.50	Alabama Birmingham	88			12	5-7	95	12	5-7	CUSA
99	-16.43	100	-17.48	105	-17.09	105	74.73	Central Michigan	101			11	3-8	102	12	4-8	MAC
94	-13.03	78	-7.75	103	-16.21	106	74.97	Arkansas State	98			11	4-7	117	13	6-7	SBC
77	-8.61	83	-10.06	89	-9.23	107	74.97	Nevada Reno	81			12	5-7	84	12	5-7	WAC
44	6.53	48	4.85	59	1.82	108	76.06	Tulane	64			12	7-5	111	13	8-5	CUSA
60	0.20	52	3.24	66	-2.33	109	77.15	Hawaii	55			13	9-4	96	14	10-4	WAC
30	10.64	27	13.40	43	6.62	110	77.56	Texas Christian	30	23	22	12	10-2	99	12	10-2	CUSA
111	-25.26	117	-31.78	111	-22.07	111	77.82	Buffalo	116			11	1-10	104	12	1-11	MAC
116	-34.97	116	-31.31	117	-35.51	112	77.85	Army	117			11	1-10	106	12	1-11	CUSA
113	-27.16	108	-22.86	113	-27.33	113	78.22	Southern Methodist	109			12	3-9	92	12	3-9	WAC
61	0.13	66	-2.47	56	3.00	114	79.67	Bowling Green	53			11	8-3	114	12	9-3	MAC
46	6.32	35	9.78	52	3.76	115	80.47	Marshall	38	24	19	12	10-2	109	13	11-2	MAC
115	-29.28	114	-29.07	114	-28.45	116	81.36	Tulsa	115			12	1-11	101	12	1-11	WAC
28	11.91	33	10.53	20	13.79	117	83.92	Boise State	17	15	12	13	12-1	107	13	12-1	WAC
97	-15.22	97	-14.60	98	-14.52	118	85.76	Rice	100			11	4-7	110	11	4-7	WAC

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College Football 2002Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 2002/8/22 and 2003/1/3Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 2002
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 2002/8/22 and 2003/1/3
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)