College Football 2002
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 2002/8/22 and 2003/1/3
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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2002 - Ranking of Division I-A teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
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
1	33.20	2	31.96	2	30.98	24	45.00	Oklahoma	5	5	5	14	12-2	2	14	12-2	BIG 12
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
3	29.68	1	36.68	6	23.47	37	47.36	Ohio State	1	1	1	14	14-0	3	14	14-0	BIG 10
4	26.81	5	27.16	5	24.44	23	44.78	Miami (FL)	3	2	2	12	11-1	5	13	12-1	BE
5	26.66	3	29.50	4	24.51	7	39.33	Georgia	4	3	3	13	12-1	6	14	13-1	SEC
6	26.12	18	16.64	1	31.79	48	49.52	Kansas State	7	7	6	11	9-2	4	13	11-2	BIG 12
7	25.90	6	25.86	7	22.94	54	50.36	Iowa	8	8	8	13	11-2	7	13	11-2	BIG 10
8	22.74	9	20.25	9	21.93	30	46.31	Texas	6	6	7	13	11-2	8	13	11-2	BIG 12
9	22.13	13	18.43	8	22.14	19	43.90	Alabama	9	11		13	10-3	9	13	10-3	SEC
10	21.69	10	19.92	12	19.18	28	45.28	North Carolina State	13	12	11	12	9-3	12	14	11-3	ACC
11	20.02	15	17.56	13	18.27	9	39.64	Colorado	20	20	21	14	9-5	13	14	9-5	BIG 12
12	20.01	12	19.64	10	19.55	3	34.52	Florida State	16	21	23	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	16	13	10-3	I-A-Ind
14	18.57	8	21.12	15	16.61	26	45.14	Washington State	11	10	10	12	9-3	11	13	10-3	PAC-10
15	17.91	11	19.75	17	15.16	5	37.31	Michigan	10	9	9	13	10-3	15	13	10-3	BIG 10
16	17.81	20	15.16	11	19.39	33	46.82	Penn State	15	16	15	13	9-4	14	13	9-4	BIG 10
17	17.75	16	17.24	14	16.73	13	41.42	Auburn	18	14	16	12	8-4	17	13	9-4	SEC
18	17.06	19	16.08	16	15.31	21	44.00	Arkansas	25			14	9-5	21	14	9-5	SEC
19	15.48	21	14.38	18	14.26	59	53.76	Virginia Tech	19	18	14	14	10-4	19	14	10-4	BE
20	14.82	14	18.10	21	13.12	40	47.72	Maryland	12	13	13	13	10-3	18	14	11-3	ACC
21	14.33	17	16.74	29	10.46	20	43.90	Wisconsin	32			14	8-6	26	14	8-6	BIG 10
22	14.21	24	13.70	25	11.87	60	54.74	Pittsburgh	22	19	18	13	9-4	23	13	9-4	BE
23	14.09	23	13.77	22	12.91	16	42.05	Texas Tech	21			14	9-5	22	14	9-5	BIG 12
24	12.49	32	10.73	23	12.46	11	40.47	LSU	31			12	7-5	30	13	8-5	SEC
25	12.46	26	13.41	24	12.10	14	41.64	Virginia	24	22	25	14	9-5	28	14	9-5	ACC
26	12.17	39	8.20	31	9.96	27	45.22	Purdue	39			12	6-6	29	13	7-6	BIG 10
27	12.00	25	13.56	32	9.17	12	40.62	Florida	26		24	13	8-5	27	13	8-5	SEC
28	11.91	33	10.53	20	13.79	117	83.92	Boise State	17	15	12	13	12-1	20	13	12-1	WAC
29	10.98	40	7.41	30	10.33	4	37.26	Iowa State	43			13	6-7	34	14	7-7	BIG 12
30	10.64	27	13.40	43	6.62	110	77.56	Texas Christian	30	23	22	12	10-2	33	12	10-2	CUSA
31	10.56	36	9.77	35	8.39	35	47.03	Minnesota	41			12	7-5	38	13	8-5	BIG 10
32	10.52	30	11.58	27	10.65	25	45.10	UCLA	29			13	8-5	24	13	8-5	PAC-10
33	10.33	31	11.49	28	10.49	53	50.31	California	36			12	7-5	25	12	7-5	PAC-10
34	9.94	44	6.58	26	10.89	66	59.15	Boston College	28			13	9-4	31	13	9-4	BE
35	9.78	29	11.96	38	8.17	50	49.97	Tennessee	33			13	8-5	35	13	8-5	SEC
36	9.55	28	11.98	36	8.35	65	58.96	South Florida	27			9	7-2	36	11	9-2	I-A-Ind
37	8.14	34	10.18	48	4.81	18	43.56	Clemson	45			13	7-6	45	13	7-6	ACC
38	7.71	38	8.48	34	8.48	46	49.38	Wake Forest	46			13	7-6	46	13	7-6	ACC
39	7.13	22	14.06	41	7.07	38	47.50	West Virginia	23	25	20	12	8-4	40	13	9-4	BE
40	6.82	46	5.95	45	5.45	41	47.90	Mississippi	47			13	7-6	47	13	7-6	SEC
41	6.67	41	7.31	40	7.64	70	63.02	Colorado State	35			14	10-4	43	14	10-4	MWC
42	6.67	42	7.07	46	5.26	61	55.17	Oklahoma State	37			12	7-5	41	13	8-5	BIG 12
43	6.66	58	1.66	42	6.67	39	47.62	Georgia Tech	44			13	7-6	44	13	7-6	ACC
44	6.53	48	4.85	59	1.82	108	76.06	Tulane	64			12	7-5	53	13	8-5	CUSA
45	6.44	53	3.10	33	9.06	42	48.44	Nebraska	52			13	6-7	39	14	7-7	BIG 12
46	6.32	35	9.78	52	3.76	115	80.47	Marshall	38	24	19	12	10-2	50	13	11-2	MAC
47	6.22	51	4.06	37	8.18	45	49.36	Washington	40			13	7-6	37	13	7-6	PAC-10
48	6.15	45	6.26	39	7.85	51	50.25	Oregon State	34			12	7-5	32	13	8-5	PAC-10
49	5.66	37	9.43	49	4.64	34	46.87	Arizona State	42			13	7-6	42	14	8-6	PAC-10
50	4.90	43	7.04	53	3.34	87	68.48	Northern Illinois	50			11	8-3	58	12	8-4	MAC
51	4.26	56	1.96	51	4.52	64	57.83	Kentucky	49			12	7-5	49	12	7-5	SEC
52	2.99	54	2.40	54	3.18	74	63.97	Toledo	48			13	8-5	59	14	9-5	MAC
53	2.92	68	-3.04	47	5.23	58	52.25	Texas A&M	51			12	6-6	48	12	6-6	BIG 12
54	1.92	47	4.87	60	1.75	29	45.36	South Carolina	63			12	5-7	61	12	5-7	SEC
55	1.64	49	4.30	61	1.00	67	62.42	North Texas	57			12	7-5	60	13	8-5	SBC
56	1.43	50	4.25	57	2.69	91	70.31	Air Force	58			13	8-5	54	13	8-5	MWC
57	1.25	61	-0.82	44	5.67	43	48.97	Missouri	60			12	5-7	51	12	5-7	BIG 12
58	0.94	69	-3.29	55	3.06	68	62.55	Cincinnati	61			14	7-7	55	14	7-7	CUSA
59	0.92	57	1.83	58	2.20	80	66.31	Miami (OH)	59			12	7-5	63	12	7-5	MAC
60	0.20	52	3.24	66	-2.33	109	77.15	Hawaii	55			13	9-4	57	14	10-4	WAC
61	0.13	66	-2.47	56	3.00	114	79.67	Bowling Green	53			11	8-3	62	12	9-3	MAC
62	-0.02	60	-0.22	67	-2.63	31	46.56	Michigan State	73			12	4-8	65	12	4-8	BIG 10
63	-0.15	71	-3.57	50	4.63	55	50.36	Illinois	62			12	5-7	56	12	5-7	BIG 10
64	-0.74	76	-6.74	63	-0.32	99	73.24	Central Florida	67			11	6-5	68	12	7-5	MAC
65	-0.96	55	2.33	62	0.22	56	50.39	Oregon	56			12	6-6	52	13	7-6	PAC-10
66	-2.85	65	-2.30	68	-3.14	69	63.00	Southern Mississippi	66			12	6-6	67	13	7-6	CUSA
67	-3.00	59	1.59	71	-4.62	8	39.58	Stanford	80			11	2-9	72	11	2-9	PAC-10
68	-3.12	62	-1.17	72	-4.73	92	70.81	Fresno State	54			14	9-5	64	14	9-5	WAC
69	-3.51	72	-3.75	65	-2.20	85	67.62	Louisville	65			13	7-6	66	13	7-6	CUSA
70	-3.94	96	-14.46	64	-0.62	93	71.15	Connecticut	69			11	5-6	73	12	6-6	I-A-Ind
71	-4.52	70	-3.47	69	-3.63	82	66.51	New Mexico	68			13	6-7	75	14	7-7	MWC
72	-5.25	63	-1.23	75	-6.63	102	74.11	New Mexico State	72			12	7-5	79	12	7-5	SBC
73	-5.42	64	-1.83	74	-6.60	6	39.22	North Carolina	76			12	3-9	80	12	3-9	ACC
74	-6.33	67	-2.62	73	-5.61	22	44.12	Arizona	71			11	3-8	74	12	4-8	PAC-10
75	-6.79	75	-6.11	79	-7.56	95	71.88	Ball State	77			11	5-6	96	12	6-6	MAC
76	-8.29	79	-7.91	70	-4.62	100	73.70	Utah	70			11	5-6	77	11	5-6	MWC
77	-8.61	83	-10.06	89	-9.23	107	74.97	Nevada Reno	81			12	5-7	83	12	5-7	WAC
78	-8.72	74	-6.09	91	-12.07	44	49.25	Northwestern	89			12	3-9	90	12	3-9	BIG 10
79	-8.73	77	-7.40	77	-7.47	96	71.94	Middle Tennessee	94			11	4-7	99	12	4-8	SBC
80	-8.76	73	-4.58	80	-7.65	49	49.64	Temple	75			11	3-8	82	12	4-8	BE
81	-9.07	87	-10.78	83	-8.61	52	50.28	Duke	97			12	2-10	88	12	2-10	ACC
82	-9.42	95	-14.15	85	-8.81	10	40.33	Vanderbilt	92			11	1-10	81	12	2-10	SEC
83	-10.19	81	-9.74	82	-8.36	36	47.09	Mississippi State	87			11	2-9	94	12	3-9	SEC
84	-10.22	93	-12.68	87	-8.96	103	74.11	Brigham Young	82			12	5-7	89	12	5-7	MWC
85	-10.23	84	-10.19	81	-8.12	88	69.14	Nevada Las Vegas	79			12	5-7	93	12	5-7	MWC
86	-10.40	99	-15.57	88	-8.99	97	72.64	Ohio University	90			11	4-7	106	12	4-8	MAC
87	-10.55	94	-13.76	76	-7.34	71	63.64	Western Michigan	86			11	3-8	95	12	4-8	MAC
88	-11.03	92	-12.55	78	-7.49	47	49.48	Syracuse	74			11	3-8	85	12	4-8	BE
89	-11.15	80	-8.89	99	-14.64	104	74.50	Alabama Birmingham	88			12	5-7	101	12	5-7	CUSA
90	-11.55	86	-10.72	84	-8.69	75	64.10	San Diego State	84			13	4-9	92	13	4-9	MWC
91	-11.61	85	-10.48	104	-16.58	77	64.52	Louisiana Monroe	105			11	3-8	112	12	3-9	SBC
92	-11.89	91	-11.90	90	-10.92	90	70.31	Houston	83			12	5-7	97	12	5-7	CUSA
93	-12.39	88	-11.47	86	-8.88	72	63.64	East Carolina	85			12	4-8	100	12	4-8	CUSA
94	-13.03	78	-7.75	103	-16.21	106	74.97	Arkansas State	98			11	4-7	109	13	6-7	SBC
95	-14.49	82	-9.99	96	-14.45	98	73.18	San Jose State	78			13	6-7	98	13	6-7	WAC
96	-14.73	98	-15.57	102	-15.69	32	46.76	Indiana	91			11	2-9	102	12	3-9	BIG 10
97	-15.22	97	-14.60	98	-14.52	118	85.76	Rice	100			11	4-7	104	11	4-7	WAC
98	-15.96	103	-18.72	94	-13.46	79	65.47	Utah State	93			10	3-7	108	11	4-7	I-A-Ind
99	-16.43	100	-17.48	105	-17.09	105	74.73	Central Michigan	101			11	3-8	120	12	4-8	MAC
100	-16.68	89	-11.55	100	-15.18	84	67.06	Louisiana Lafayette	104			12	3-9	123	12	3-9	SBC
101	-16.81	90	-11.57	110	-22.00	17	43.27	Baylor	102			11	2-9	111	12	3-9	BIG 12
102	-17.60	109	-24.65	93	-13.17	86	68.24	Akron	96			11	3-8	124	12	4-8	MAC
103	-18.71	112	-27.06	95	-14.01	63	57.79	Troy	103			8	0-8	125	12	4-8	I-A-Ind
104	-18.89	105	-20.13	92	-13.11	83	66.82	Memphis	99			11	2-9	103	12	3-9	CUSA
105	-19.09	104	-19.40	106	-18.23	73	63.83	Navy	107			12	2-10	126	12	2-10	I-A-Ind
106	-19.84	101	-17.53	101	-15.53	78	65.06	Idaho	108			11	2-9	134	12	2-10	SBC
107	-20.47	111	-26.43	97	-14.46	76	64.12	Wyoming	106			11	1-10	132	12	2-10	MWC
108	-20.82	106	-20.35	108	-20.60	62	55.48	Kansas	110			11	1-10	131	12	2-10	BIG 12
109	-21.46	102	-17.55	107	-18.39	94	71.83	Louisiana Tech	95			12	4-8	119	12	4-8	WAC
110	-23.68	107	-22.74	109	-21.29	57	50.58	Rutgers	112			11	1-10	154	12	1-11	BE
111	-25.26	117	-31.78	111	-22.07	111	77.82	Buffalo	116			11	1-10	165	12	1-11	MAC
112	-25.80	113	-27.44	112	-26.98	81	66.50	Kent State	111			10	1-9	158	12	3-9	MAC
113	-27.16	108	-22.86	113	-27.33	113	78.22	Southern Methodist	109			12	3-9	155	12	3-9	WAC
114	-27.55	110	-26.02	115	-31.20	89	70.00	Eastern Michigan	113			10	1-9	167	12	3-9	MAC
115	-29.28	114	-29.07	114	-28.45	116	81.36	Tulsa	115			12	1-11	160	12	1-11	WAC
116	-34.97	116	-31.31	117	-35.51	112	77.85	Army	117			11	1-10	216	12	1-11	CUSA
117	-36.56	115	-30.99	116	-34.87	101	73.97	Texas El Paso	114			11	1-10	170	12	2-10	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 Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 2002
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 2002/8/22 and 2003/1/3
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)