In the off-season, we will be running our computer analysis of each of the previous seasons of college football moving backward through time as far as it makes sense to do so. Here are the final rankings from 1973:
1. Ohio State Buckeyes (10-0-1) - 1.7
2. Oklahoma Sooners (10-0-1) - 1.8
3. Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1) - 3.3
4. Penn State Nittany Lions (12-0) - 3.5
5. Michigan Wolverines (10-0-1) - 5.2
6. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-0) - 5.5
7. Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-2-1) - 7.8
8. Arizona State Sun Devils (11-1) - 8.8
9. Houston Cougars (11-1) - 9.2
10. USC Trojans (9-2-1) - 10.7
11. Texas Tech Red Raiders (11-1) - 11.1
12. Miami University RedHawks (11-0) - 12.3
(tie) San Diego State Aztecs (9-1-1) - 12.3
14. NC State Wolfpack (9-3) - 14.5
15. Texas Longhorns (8-3) - 14.8
(tie) UCLA Bruins (9-2) - 14.8
17. Kent State Golden Flashes (9-2) - 16.6
18. LSU Tigers (9-3) - 18.8
19. ECU Pirates (9-2) - 19.1
20. Maryland Terrapins (8-4) - 19.7
21. Temple Owls (9-1) - 20.3
22. Missouri Tigers (8-4) - 22.3
23. Georgia Bulldogs (7-4-1) - 23.8
24. Arizona Wildcats (8-3) - 25.6
25. Kansas Jayhawks (7-4-1) - 25.8
26. Oklahoma State Cowboys (5-4-2) - 26.3
27. Tulane Green Wave (9-3) - 27.1
28. Richmond Spiders (8-2) - 27.9
29. Boston College Eagles (7-4) - 29.6
30. Dartmouth Big Green (6-3) - 30.5
31. Harvard Crimson (7-2) - 32.7
(tie) Stanford Cardinal (7-4) - 32.7
33. South Carolina Gamecocks (7-4) - 32.8
34. Tennessee Volunteers (8-4) - 34.0
35. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (6-4-1) - 34.9
36. Memphis Tigers (8-3) - 36.1
37. Pennsylvania Relays (6-3) - 36.7
38. Yale Bulldogs (6-3) - 37.6
39. Ole Miss Rebels (6-5) - 38.3
40. Colorado Buffaloes (5-6) - 40.9
41. Pacific Tigers (7-2-1) - 41.8
42. Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-4) - 41.9
43. Utah Utes (7-5) - 44.1
44. Bowling Green Falcons (7-3) - 45.0
45. Florida Gators (7-5) - 45.6
46. Kansas State Wildcats (5-6) - 46.5
47. Auburn Tigers (6-6) - 46.7
48. Texas A&M Aggies (5-6) - 46.8
49. Kentucky Wildcats (5-6) - 47.5
50. Utah State Aggies (7-4) - 48.6
51. Brown Bears (4-3-1) - 48.8
52. Iowa State Cyclones (4-7) - 49.7
53. Tampa Spartans (8-3) - 54.7
54. Air Force Falcons (6-4) - 54.8
55. Pittsburgh Panthers (6-5-1) - 55.8
56. SMU Mustangs (6-4-1) - 57.2
57. Miami Hurricanes (5-6) - 59.0
58. Rice Owls (5-6) - 59.3
59. San Jose State Spartans (5-4-2) - 61.0
60. Navy Midshipmen (4-7) - 61.3
61. Wyoming Cowboys (4-7) - 61.9
62. Cincinnati Bearcats (4-7) - 62.0
63. Purdue Boilermakers (5-6) - 64.4
64. West Virginia Mountaineers (6-5) - 65.0
65. Ohio Bobcats (5-5) - 66.0
66. BYU Cougars (5-6) - 66.8
67. Arkansas Razorbacks (5-5-1) - 67.4
(tie) Michigan State Spartans (5-6) - 67.4
69. Illinois Fighting Illini (5-6) - 67.7
70. Vanderbilt Commodores (5-6) - 68.4
71. Wisconsin Badgers (4-7) - 71.2
72. Washington State Cougars (5-6) - 71.6
73. Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-5-2) - 72.1
74. Cornell Big Red (3-5-1) - 72.4
75. Furman Paladins (7-4) - 73.6
76. Northern Illinois Huskies (6-5) - 74.9
77. New Mexico Lobos (4-7) - 76.0
78. Western Michigan Broncos (6-5) - 76.6
79. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (6-5) - 77.7
80. Louisville Cardinals (5-6) - 78.3
81. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (6-5) - 79.9
82. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (5-6) - 80.7
83. North Carolina Tar Heels (4-7) - 84.2
84. Northwestern Wildcats (4-7) - 84.9
85. Villanova Wildcats (3-8) - 85.5
86. Colgate Raiders (5-5) - 86.7
87. Holy Cross Crusaders (5-6) - 87.4
88. William & Mary Tribe (6-5) - 87.6
89. TCU Horned Frogs (3-8) - 87.7
90. Clemson Tigers (5-6) - 88.1
91. Toledo Rockets (3-8) - 89.8
92. Dayton Flyers (5-5-1) - 92.0
93. Indiana Hoosiers (2-9) - 95.5
94. California Golden Bears (4-7) - 95.7
95. Marshall Thundering Herd (4-7) - 95.8
96. Colorado State Rams (5-6) - 96.0
97. Oregon Ducks (2-9) - 97.7
98. North Texas Mean Green (5-5-1) - 98.7
99. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (4-6) - 98.8
100. Xavier Musketeers (5-5-1) - 102.3
101. Duke Blue Devils (2-8-1) - 103.0
102. Southern Illinois Salukis (3-7-1) - 103.2
103. Syracuse Orange (2-9) - 104.2
104. Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs (4-7) - 104.6
105. New Mexico State Aggies (5-6) - 106.8
106. Oregon State Beavers (2-9) - 107.3
107. Baylor Bears (2-9) - 108.0
108. Virginia Cavaliers (4-7) - 108.2
(tie) Virginia Tech Hokies (2-9) - 108.2
110. Princeton Tigers (1-8) - 112.3
111. Idaho Vandals (4-7) - 112.9
112. Washington Huskies (2-9) - 113.5
113. Fresno State Bulldogs (2-9) - 113.8
114. Wichita State Shockers (4-7) - 115.0
115. VMI Keydets (3-8) - 115.7
116. Appalachian State Mountaineers (3-7-1) - 116.1
117. Lamar Cardinals (5-5) - 116.8
118. Long Beach State 49ers (1-9-1) - 117.0
119. Citadel Bulldogs (3-8) - 119.4
120. Davidson Wildcats (2-8) - 121.2
121. Drake Bulldogs (2-9) - 122.5
122. Columbia Lions (1-7-1) - 122.9
123. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1-9-1) - 124.8
(tie) West Texas A&M Buffaloes (2-9) - 124.8
125. Iowa Hawkeyes (0-11) - 125.1
126. Florida State Seminoles (0-11) - 127.0
127. Army Black Knights (0-10) - 128.1
128. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (0-10) - 128.7
129. UTEP Miners (0-11) - 129.8
Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
1974 Final Rankings
In the off-season, we will be running our computer analysis of each of the previous seasons of college football moving backward through time as far as it makes sense to do so. Here are the final rankings from 1974:
1. Oklahoma Sooners (11-0) - 1.0
2. Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1) - 2.4
3. Ohio State Buckeyes (10-2) - 3.1
4. Michigan Wolverines (10-1) - 4.2
5. USC Trojans (10-1-1) - 4.7
6. Miami University RedHawks (10-0-1) - 6.1
7. Auburn Tigers (10-2) - 6.5
8. Yale Bulldogs (8-1) - 8.4
9. Maryland Terrapins (8-4) - 9.6
10. Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2) - 10.3
11. Texas Longhorns (8-4) - 10.9
12. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-2) - 13.4
13. Florida Gators (8-4) - 14.3
14. Temple Owls (8-2) - 14.5
15. Mississippi State Bulldogs (9-3) - 14.8
16. NC State Wolfpack (9-2-1) - 14.9
17. Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-3) - 15.6
18. Tennessee Volunteers (7-3-2) - 19.0
19. Wisconsin Badgers (7-4) - 20.0
20. Texas A&M Aggies (8-3) - 20.4
21. Harvard Crimson (7-2) - 21.7
22. Michigan State Spartans (7-3-1) - 22.4
23. Baylor Bears (8-4) - 23.0
24. Arkansas Razorbacks (6-4-1) - 24.0
25. Vanderbilt Commodores (7-3-2) - 24.6
26. San Diego State Aztecs (8-2-1) - 24.7
27. Pittsburgh Panthers (7-4) - 26.1
28. Boston College Eagles (8-3) - 28.5
29. Kentucky Wildcats (6-5) - 29.1
30. North Carolina Tar Heels (7-5) - 30.2
31. Oklahoma State Cowboys (7-5) - 31.9
32. Houston Cougars (8-3-1) - 33.4
33. California Golden Bears (7-3-1) - 33.6
34. Arizona Wildcats (9-2) - 34.5
35. Clemson Tigers (7-4) - 35.5
(tie) Tulsa Golden Hurricane (8-3) - 35.5
37. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-5) - 37.4
38. Missouri Tigers (7-4) - 38.2
39. LSU Tigers (5-5-1) - 38.8
40. Georgia Bulldogs (6-6) - 40.9
41. San Jose State Spartans (8-3-1) - 41.7
42. Arizona State Sun Devils (7-5) - 42.3
43. Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-4-2) - 42.6
44. Memphis Tigers (7-4) - 43.8
45. Utah State Aggies (8-3) - 44.5
46. UCLA Bruins (6-3-2) - 44.7
47. Bowling Green Falcons (6-4-1) - 49.3
(tie) Duke Blue Devils (6-5) - 49.3
49. Cincinnati Bearcats (7-4) - 50.1
50. Kent State Golden Flashes (7-4) - 50.4
51. BYU Cougars (7-4-1) - 51.0
52. ECU Pirates (7-4) - 51.3
53. Stanford Cardinal (5-4-2) - 51.8
54. Ohio Bobcats (6-5) - 53.4
55. Pennsylvania Relays (6-2-1) - 55.5
56. Lamar Cardinals (8-2) - 55.7
57. Brown Bears (5-4) - 58.1
58. Miami Hurricanes (6-5) - 59.2
59. Princeton Tigers (4-4-1) - 59.7
60. Kansas State Wildcats (4-7) - 60.1
61. Tampa Spartans (6-5) - 61.5
62. SMU Mustangs (6-4-1) - 62.4
63. Illinois Fighting Illini (6-4-1) - 63.1
64. Colorado Buffaloes (5-6) - 63.2
65. West Texas A&M Buffaloes (6-5) - 63.3
66. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (6-5) - 64.8
67. VMI Keydets (7-4) - 66.0
68. Iowa State Cyclones (4-7) - 67.6
(tie) Purdue Boilermakers (4-6-1) - 67.6
70. Arkansas State Red Wolves (7-3) - 68.5
71. Washington Huskies (5-6) - 70.4
72. West Virginia Mountaineers (4-7) - 72.3
73. Dartmouth Big Green (3-6) - 72.9
74. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (7-3-1) - 73.0
75. Kansas Jayhawks (4-7) - 73.9
76. Virginia Tech Hokies (4-7) - 76.2
77. Ole Miss Rebels (3-8) - 76.9
78. Cornell Big Red (3-5-1) - 78.5
79. Colorado State Rams (4-6-1) - 80.4
80. Virginia Cavaliers (4-7) - 80.5
81. Holy Cross Crusaders (5-5-1) - 81.2
82. Navy Midshipmen (4-7) - 81.4
83. Pacific Tigers (6-5) - 82.2
84. Hawaii Warriors (6-5) - 84.9
85. Tulane Green Wave (5-6) - 85.1
86. Long Beach State 49ers (6-5) - 86.3
87. Fresno State Bulldogs (5-7) - 86.8
88. South Carolina Gamecocks (4-7) - 87.3
89. Toledo Rockets (6-5) - 88.1
90. New Mexico State Aggies (5-6) - 91.1
91. Oregon State Beavers (3-8) - 91.2
92. Rice Owls (2-8-1) - 91.9
93. Appalachian State Mountaineers (6-5) - 93.7
(tie) Iowa Hawkeyes (3-8) - 93.7
(tie) Louisville Cardinals (4-7) - 93.7
96. New Mexico Lobos (4-6-1) - 95.8
97. William & Mary Tribe (4-7) - 96.8
98. Furman Paladins (5-6) - 97.2
99. Richmond Spiders (5-5) - 98.8
100. Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-7) - 101.0
101. UTEP Miners (4-7) - 101.1
102. Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs (4-7) - 101.9
103. Syracuse Orange (2-9) - 102.7
104. Colgate Raiders (4-6) - 104.3
105. Washington State Cougars (2-9) - 105.3
106. North Texas Mean Green (2-7-2) - 106.4
107. Air Force Falcons (2-9) - 107.7
108. Citadel Bulldogs (4-7) - 108.5
109. Florida State Seminoles (1-10) - 109.5
110. Villanova Wildcats (3-8) - 109.6
111. Western Michigan Broncos (3-8) - 112.6
112. Army Black Knights (3-8) - 113.1
113. Indiana Hoosiers (1-10) - 114.7
114. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (2-9) - 115.9
115. Idaho Vandals (2-8-1) - 116.0
116. Wyoming Cowboys (2-9) - 116.1
117. Northwestern Wildcats (3-8) - 116.8
118. Northern Illinois Huskies (4-7) - 117.6
119. Drake Bulldogs (3-7-1) - 119.6
120. Wichita State Shockers (1-9-1) - 120.9
121. Southern Illinois Salukis (2-9) - 121.1
122. Oregon Ducks (2-9) - 123.7
123. Dayton Flyers (3-8) - 124.4
124. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1-10) - 124.8
125. Marshall Thundering Herd (1-10) - 125.3
126. Columbia Lions (1-8) - 127.8
(tie) TCU Horned Frogs (1-10) - 127.8
128. Utah Utes (1-10) - 128.4
129. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (1-10) - 129.8
Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/
1. Oklahoma Sooners (11-0) - 1.0
2. Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1) - 2.4
3. Ohio State Buckeyes (10-2) - 3.1
4. Michigan Wolverines (10-1) - 4.2
5. USC Trojans (10-1-1) - 4.7
6. Miami University RedHawks (10-0-1) - 6.1
7. Auburn Tigers (10-2) - 6.5
8. Yale Bulldogs (8-1) - 8.4
9. Maryland Terrapins (8-4) - 9.6
10. Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2) - 10.3
11. Texas Longhorns (8-4) - 10.9
12. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-2) - 13.4
13. Florida Gators (8-4) - 14.3
14. Temple Owls (8-2) - 14.5
15. Mississippi State Bulldogs (9-3) - 14.8
16. NC State Wolfpack (9-2-1) - 14.9
17. Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-3) - 15.6
18. Tennessee Volunteers (7-3-2) - 19.0
19. Wisconsin Badgers (7-4) - 20.0
20. Texas A&M Aggies (8-3) - 20.4
21. Harvard Crimson (7-2) - 21.7
22. Michigan State Spartans (7-3-1) - 22.4
23. Baylor Bears (8-4) - 23.0
24. Arkansas Razorbacks (6-4-1) - 24.0
25. Vanderbilt Commodores (7-3-2) - 24.6
26. San Diego State Aztecs (8-2-1) - 24.7
27. Pittsburgh Panthers (7-4) - 26.1
28. Boston College Eagles (8-3) - 28.5
29. Kentucky Wildcats (6-5) - 29.1
30. North Carolina Tar Heels (7-5) - 30.2
31. Oklahoma State Cowboys (7-5) - 31.9
32. Houston Cougars (8-3-1) - 33.4
33. California Golden Bears (7-3-1) - 33.6
34. Arizona Wildcats (9-2) - 34.5
35. Clemson Tigers (7-4) - 35.5
(tie) Tulsa Golden Hurricane (8-3) - 35.5
37. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-5) - 37.4
38. Missouri Tigers (7-4) - 38.2
39. LSU Tigers (5-5-1) - 38.8
40. Georgia Bulldogs (6-6) - 40.9
41. San Jose State Spartans (8-3-1) - 41.7
42. Arizona State Sun Devils (7-5) - 42.3
43. Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-4-2) - 42.6
44. Memphis Tigers (7-4) - 43.8
45. Utah State Aggies (8-3) - 44.5
46. UCLA Bruins (6-3-2) - 44.7
47. Bowling Green Falcons (6-4-1) - 49.3
(tie) Duke Blue Devils (6-5) - 49.3
49. Cincinnati Bearcats (7-4) - 50.1
50. Kent State Golden Flashes (7-4) - 50.4
51. BYU Cougars (7-4-1) - 51.0
52. ECU Pirates (7-4) - 51.3
53. Stanford Cardinal (5-4-2) - 51.8
54. Ohio Bobcats (6-5) - 53.4
55. Pennsylvania Relays (6-2-1) - 55.5
56. Lamar Cardinals (8-2) - 55.7
57. Brown Bears (5-4) - 58.1
58. Miami Hurricanes (6-5) - 59.2
59. Princeton Tigers (4-4-1) - 59.7
60. Kansas State Wildcats (4-7) - 60.1
61. Tampa Spartans (6-5) - 61.5
62. SMU Mustangs (6-4-1) - 62.4
63. Illinois Fighting Illini (6-4-1) - 63.1
64. Colorado Buffaloes (5-6) - 63.2
65. West Texas A&M Buffaloes (6-5) - 63.3
66. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (6-5) - 64.8
67. VMI Keydets (7-4) - 66.0
68. Iowa State Cyclones (4-7) - 67.6
(tie) Purdue Boilermakers (4-6-1) - 67.6
70. Arkansas State Red Wolves (7-3) - 68.5
71. Washington Huskies (5-6) - 70.4
72. West Virginia Mountaineers (4-7) - 72.3
73. Dartmouth Big Green (3-6) - 72.9
74. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (7-3-1) - 73.0
75. Kansas Jayhawks (4-7) - 73.9
76. Virginia Tech Hokies (4-7) - 76.2
77. Ole Miss Rebels (3-8) - 76.9
78. Cornell Big Red (3-5-1) - 78.5
79. Colorado State Rams (4-6-1) - 80.4
80. Virginia Cavaliers (4-7) - 80.5
81. Holy Cross Crusaders (5-5-1) - 81.2
82. Navy Midshipmen (4-7) - 81.4
83. Pacific Tigers (6-5) - 82.2
84. Hawaii Warriors (6-5) - 84.9
85. Tulane Green Wave (5-6) - 85.1
86. Long Beach State 49ers (6-5) - 86.3
87. Fresno State Bulldogs (5-7) - 86.8
88. South Carolina Gamecocks (4-7) - 87.3
89. Toledo Rockets (6-5) - 88.1
90. New Mexico State Aggies (5-6) - 91.1
91. Oregon State Beavers (3-8) - 91.2
92. Rice Owls (2-8-1) - 91.9
93. Appalachian State Mountaineers (6-5) - 93.7
(tie) Iowa Hawkeyes (3-8) - 93.7
(tie) Louisville Cardinals (4-7) - 93.7
96. New Mexico Lobos (4-6-1) - 95.8
97. William & Mary Tribe (4-7) - 96.8
98. Furman Paladins (5-6) - 97.2
99. Richmond Spiders (5-5) - 98.8
100. Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-7) - 101.0
101. UTEP Miners (4-7) - 101.1
102. Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs (4-7) - 101.9
103. Syracuse Orange (2-9) - 102.7
104. Colgate Raiders (4-6) - 104.3
105. Washington State Cougars (2-9) - 105.3
106. North Texas Mean Green (2-7-2) - 106.4
107. Air Force Falcons (2-9) - 107.7
108. Citadel Bulldogs (4-7) - 108.5
109. Florida State Seminoles (1-10) - 109.5
110. Villanova Wildcats (3-8) - 109.6
111. Western Michigan Broncos (3-8) - 112.6
112. Army Black Knights (3-8) - 113.1
113. Indiana Hoosiers (1-10) - 114.7
114. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (2-9) - 115.9
115. Idaho Vandals (2-8-1) - 116.0
116. Wyoming Cowboys (2-9) - 116.1
117. Northwestern Wildcats (3-8) - 116.8
118. Northern Illinois Huskies (4-7) - 117.6
119. Drake Bulldogs (3-7-1) - 119.6
120. Wichita State Shockers (1-9-1) - 120.9
121. Southern Illinois Salukis (2-9) - 121.1
122. Oregon Ducks (2-9) - 123.7
123. Dayton Flyers (3-8) - 124.4
124. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1-10) - 124.8
125. Marshall Thundering Herd (1-10) - 125.3
126. Columbia Lions (1-8) - 127.8
(tie) TCU Horned Frogs (1-10) - 127.8
128. Utah Utes (1-10) - 128.4
129. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (1-10) - 129.8
Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/
Monday, July 12, 2010
1975 Final Rankings
In the off-season, we will be running our computer analysis of each of the previous seasons of college football moving backward through time as far as it makes sense to do so. Here are the final rankings from 1975:
1. Arkansas State Red Wolves (11-0) - 1.0
2. Ohio State Buckeyes (11-1) - 2.5
3. Arizona State Sun Devils (12-0) - 3.5
4. Oklahoma Sooners (11-1) - 4.0
5. Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1) - 4.2
6. Arkansas Razorbacks (10-2) - 6.1
7. Texas Longhorns (10-2) - 6.7
8. Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-2) - 8.0
9. Penn State Nittany Lions (9-3) - 9.9
10. Michigan Wolverines (8-2-2) - 10.0
11. Arizona Wildcats (9-2) - 11.2
12. UCLA Bruins (9-2-1) - 12.7
13. Texas A&M Aggies (10-2) - 13.9
14. Miami University RedHawks (11-1) - 14.9
15. Pittsburgh Panthers (8-4) - 15.6
16. San Jose State Spartans (9-2) - 16.0
17. Colorado Buffaloes (9-3) - 18.4
18. USC Trojans (8-4) - 19.6
19. California Golden Bears (8-3) - 19.7
20. Florida Gators (9-3) - 19.8
21. Maryland Terrapins (9-2-1) - 21.2
22. San Diego State Aztecs (8-3) - 22.3
23. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-3) - 22.7
24. West Virginia Mountaineers (9-3) - 23.0
25. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (8-2) - 24.1
26. Missouri Tigers (6-5) - 25.2
27. Georgia Bulldogs (9-3) - 26.0
28. Oklahoma State Cowboys (7-4) - 27.0
29. Kansas Jayhawks (7-5) - 28.0
30. Harvard Crimson (7-2) - 29.6
31. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (7-4) - 30.8
32. Ball State Cardinals (9-2) - 33.7
33. Michigan State Spartans (7-4) - 33.9
34. Bowling Green Falcons (8-3) - 35.8
35. Long Beach State 49ers (9-2) - 36.2
36. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (9-2) - 36.4
37. Tennessee Volunteers (7-5) - 36.7
38. Washington Huskies (6-5) - 39.5
39. Navy Midshipmen (7-4) - 39.7
40. Central Michigan Chippewas (8-2-1) - 40.6
41. Cincinnati Bearcats (6-5) - 41.5
42. Mississippi State Bulldogs (6-4-1) - 41.8
43. NC State Wolfpack (7-4-1) - 43.2
(tie) Yale Bulldogs (7-2) - 43.2
45. Ole Miss Rebels (6-5) - 44.3
46. Boston College Eagles (7-4) - 44.7
47. New Mexico Lobos (6-5) - 45.9
48. Stanford Cardinal (6-4-1) - 47.2
49. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (7-4) - 48.2
50. Brown Bears (6-2-1) - 49.5
51. South Carolina Gamecocks (7-5) - 51.6
52. Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-5) - 52.0
53. Syracuse Orange (6-5) - 52.2
54. ECU Pirates (8-3) - 53.9
55. Temple Owls (6-5) - 56.3
56. Memphis Tigers (7-4) - 59.1
57. Illinois Fighting Illini (5-6) - 59.3
58. Princeton Tigers (4-5) - 59.8
59. North Texas Mean Green (7-4) - 60.3
60. Appalachian State Mountaineers (8-3) - 60.6
(tie) BYU Cougars (6-5) - 60.6
62. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (7-4) - 61.3
63. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (6-5) - 61.4
64. Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-5) - 62.9
65. Vanderbilt Commodores (7-4) - 64.2
66. McNeese State Cowboys (7-4) - 65.0
67. Virginia Tech Hokies (8-3) - 65.5
68. Ohio Bobcats (5-5-1) - 68.1
69. LSU Tigers (4-7) - 68.2
70. Baylor Bears (3-6-2) - 69.0
71. Kentucky Wildcats (2-8-1) - 69.5
72. Dartmouth Big Green (5-3-1) - 71.2
73. Auburn Tigers (3-6-2) - 73.6
74. Duke Blue Devils (4-5-2) - 74.2
75. Colorado State Rams (6-5) - 76.1
76. Dayton Flyers (5-6) - 76.4
77. Pacific Tigers (5-6-1) - 77.4
78. Citadel Bulldogs (6-5) - 79.1
79. Iowa State Cyclones (4-7) - 80.1
80. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (4-7) - 80.5
81. Akron Zips (7-4) - 81.0
82. Richmond Spiders (5-6) - 82.6
83. Washington State Cougars (3-8) - 83.4
84. Purdue Boilermakers (4-7) - 85.0
85. Utah State Aggies (6-5) - 85.9
86. Miami Hurricanes (2-8) - 87.1
87. Hawaii Warriors (6-5) - 87.3
88. Tulane Green Wave (4-7) - 87.4
89. SMU Mustangs (4-7) - 88.5
90. West Texas A&M Buffaloes (5-6) - 90.3
91. Wisconsin Badgers (4-6-1) - 90.6
92. Florida State Seminoles (3-8) - 92.4
(tie) Toledo Rockets (5-6) - 92.4
94. Colgate Raiders (6-4) - 93.0
95. Furman Paladins (5-5-1) - 93.4
96. Indiana State Sycamores (5-5) - 95.9
97. Iowa Hawkeyes (3-8) - 96.4
98. Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs (5-5-1) - 98.0
99. Oregon Ducks (3-8) - 98.2
100. Eastern Michigan Eagles (4-6) - 99.2
101. Kansas State Wildcats (3-8) - 99.3
102. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (3-8) - 102.5
103. Rice Owls (2-9) - 104.6
104. Pennsylvania Relays (3-6) - 105.3
105. Kent State Golden Flashes (4-7) - 105.5
106. Northwestern Wildcats (3-8) - 105.7
107. North Carolina Tar Heels (3-7-1) - 107.9
108. Houston Cougars (2-8) - 108.4
109. Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (4-6-1) - 108.5
110. Wyoming Cowboys (2-9) - 108.8
111. Northern Illinois Huskies (3-8) - 110.0
112. VMI Keydets (3-8) - 112.0
113. Air Force Falcons (2-8-1) - 112.4
114. New Mexico State Aggies (5-6) - 113.2
115. Indiana Hoosiers (2-8-1) - 114.3
116. Cornell Big Red (1-8) - 115.2
117. Columbia Lions (2-7) - 116.0
118. Fresno State Bulldogs (3-8) - 117.7
119. Clemson Tigers (2-9) - 119.0
120. Army Black Knights (2-9) - 121.6
121. Illinois State Redbirds (2-7-1) - 123.2
122. Oregon State Beavers (1-10) - 123.8
123. Villanova Wildcats (4-7) - 123.9
124. Drake Bulldogs (3-8) - 125.0
125. Wichita State Shockers (3-8) - 125.6
126. Virginia Cavaliers (1-10) - 127.8
127. TCU Horned Frogs (1-10) - 128.0
(tie) William & Mary Tribe (2-9) - 128.0
129. Lamar Cardinals (1-10) - 129.8
130. Marshall Thundering Herd (2-9) - 130.7
131. Cal State Fullerton Titans (2-9) - 131.3
132. Western Michigan Broncos (1-10) - 131.9
133. Holy Cross Crusaders (1-10) - 134.1
134. Louisville Cardinals (1-10) - 135.8
135. Utah Utes (1-10) - 136.0
(tie) UTEP Miners (1-10) - 136.0
137. Southern Illinois Salukis (1-9-1) - 137.5
Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/
1. Arkansas State Red Wolves (11-0) - 1.0
2. Ohio State Buckeyes (11-1) - 2.5
3. Arizona State Sun Devils (12-0) - 3.5
4. Oklahoma Sooners (11-1) - 4.0
5. Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1) - 4.2
6. Arkansas Razorbacks (10-2) - 6.1
7. Texas Longhorns (10-2) - 6.7
8. Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-2) - 8.0
9. Penn State Nittany Lions (9-3) - 9.9
10. Michigan Wolverines (8-2-2) - 10.0
11. Arizona Wildcats (9-2) - 11.2
12. UCLA Bruins (9-2-1) - 12.7
13. Texas A&M Aggies (10-2) - 13.9
14. Miami University RedHawks (11-1) - 14.9
15. Pittsburgh Panthers (8-4) - 15.6
16. San Jose State Spartans (9-2) - 16.0
17. Colorado Buffaloes (9-3) - 18.4
18. USC Trojans (8-4) - 19.6
19. California Golden Bears (8-3) - 19.7
20. Florida Gators (9-3) - 19.8
21. Maryland Terrapins (9-2-1) - 21.2
22. San Diego State Aztecs (8-3) - 22.3
23. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-3) - 22.7
24. West Virginia Mountaineers (9-3) - 23.0
25. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (8-2) - 24.1
26. Missouri Tigers (6-5) - 25.2
27. Georgia Bulldogs (9-3) - 26.0
28. Oklahoma State Cowboys (7-4) - 27.0
29. Kansas Jayhawks (7-5) - 28.0
30. Harvard Crimson (7-2) - 29.6
31. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (7-4) - 30.8
32. Ball State Cardinals (9-2) - 33.7
33. Michigan State Spartans (7-4) - 33.9
34. Bowling Green Falcons (8-3) - 35.8
35. Long Beach State 49ers (9-2) - 36.2
36. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (9-2) - 36.4
37. Tennessee Volunteers (7-5) - 36.7
38. Washington Huskies (6-5) - 39.5
39. Navy Midshipmen (7-4) - 39.7
40. Central Michigan Chippewas (8-2-1) - 40.6
41. Cincinnati Bearcats (6-5) - 41.5
42. Mississippi State Bulldogs (6-4-1) - 41.8
43. NC State Wolfpack (7-4-1) - 43.2
(tie) Yale Bulldogs (7-2) - 43.2
45. Ole Miss Rebels (6-5) - 44.3
46. Boston College Eagles (7-4) - 44.7
47. New Mexico Lobos (6-5) - 45.9
48. Stanford Cardinal (6-4-1) - 47.2
49. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (7-4) - 48.2
50. Brown Bears (6-2-1) - 49.5
51. South Carolina Gamecocks (7-5) - 51.6
52. Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-5) - 52.0
53. Syracuse Orange (6-5) - 52.2
54. ECU Pirates (8-3) - 53.9
55. Temple Owls (6-5) - 56.3
56. Memphis Tigers (7-4) - 59.1
57. Illinois Fighting Illini (5-6) - 59.3
58. Princeton Tigers (4-5) - 59.8
59. North Texas Mean Green (7-4) - 60.3
60. Appalachian State Mountaineers (8-3) - 60.6
(tie) BYU Cougars (6-5) - 60.6
62. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (7-4) - 61.3
63. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (6-5) - 61.4
64. Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-5) - 62.9
65. Vanderbilt Commodores (7-4) - 64.2
66. McNeese State Cowboys (7-4) - 65.0
67. Virginia Tech Hokies (8-3) - 65.5
68. Ohio Bobcats (5-5-1) - 68.1
69. LSU Tigers (4-7) - 68.2
70. Baylor Bears (3-6-2) - 69.0
71. Kentucky Wildcats (2-8-1) - 69.5
72. Dartmouth Big Green (5-3-1) - 71.2
73. Auburn Tigers (3-6-2) - 73.6
74. Duke Blue Devils (4-5-2) - 74.2
75. Colorado State Rams (6-5) - 76.1
76. Dayton Flyers (5-6) - 76.4
77. Pacific Tigers (5-6-1) - 77.4
78. Citadel Bulldogs (6-5) - 79.1
79. Iowa State Cyclones (4-7) - 80.1
80. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (4-7) - 80.5
81. Akron Zips (7-4) - 81.0
82. Richmond Spiders (5-6) - 82.6
83. Washington State Cougars (3-8) - 83.4
84. Purdue Boilermakers (4-7) - 85.0
85. Utah State Aggies (6-5) - 85.9
86. Miami Hurricanes (2-8) - 87.1
87. Hawaii Warriors (6-5) - 87.3
88. Tulane Green Wave (4-7) - 87.4
89. SMU Mustangs (4-7) - 88.5
90. West Texas A&M Buffaloes (5-6) - 90.3
91. Wisconsin Badgers (4-6-1) - 90.6
92. Florida State Seminoles (3-8) - 92.4
(tie) Toledo Rockets (5-6) - 92.4
94. Colgate Raiders (6-4) - 93.0
95. Furman Paladins (5-5-1) - 93.4
96. Indiana State Sycamores (5-5) - 95.9
97. Iowa Hawkeyes (3-8) - 96.4
98. Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs (5-5-1) - 98.0
99. Oregon Ducks (3-8) - 98.2
100. Eastern Michigan Eagles (4-6) - 99.2
101. Kansas State Wildcats (3-8) - 99.3
102. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (3-8) - 102.5
103. Rice Owls (2-9) - 104.6
104. Pennsylvania Relays (3-6) - 105.3
105. Kent State Golden Flashes (4-7) - 105.5
106. Northwestern Wildcats (3-8) - 105.7
107. North Carolina Tar Heels (3-7-1) - 107.9
108. Houston Cougars (2-8) - 108.4
109. Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (4-6-1) - 108.5
110. Wyoming Cowboys (2-9) - 108.8
111. Northern Illinois Huskies (3-8) - 110.0
112. VMI Keydets (3-8) - 112.0
113. Air Force Falcons (2-8-1) - 112.4
114. New Mexico State Aggies (5-6) - 113.2
115. Indiana Hoosiers (2-8-1) - 114.3
116. Cornell Big Red (1-8) - 115.2
117. Columbia Lions (2-7) - 116.0
118. Fresno State Bulldogs (3-8) - 117.7
119. Clemson Tigers (2-9) - 119.0
120. Army Black Knights (2-9) - 121.6
121. Illinois State Redbirds (2-7-1) - 123.2
122. Oregon State Beavers (1-10) - 123.8
123. Villanova Wildcats (4-7) - 123.9
124. Drake Bulldogs (3-8) - 125.0
125. Wichita State Shockers (3-8) - 125.6
126. Virginia Cavaliers (1-10) - 127.8
127. TCU Horned Frogs (1-10) - 128.0
(tie) William & Mary Tribe (2-9) - 128.0
129. Lamar Cardinals (1-10) - 129.8
130. Marshall Thundering Herd (2-9) - 130.7
131. Cal State Fullerton Titans (2-9) - 131.3
132. Western Michigan Broncos (1-10) - 131.9
133. Holy Cross Crusaders (1-10) - 134.1
134. Louisville Cardinals (1-10) - 135.8
135. Utah Utes (1-10) - 136.0
(tie) UTEP Miners (1-10) - 136.0
137. Southern Illinois Salukis (1-9-1) - 137.5
Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
1976 Final Rankings
In the off-season, we will be running our computer analysis of each of the previous seasons of college football moving backward through time as far as it makes sense to do so. Here are the final rankings from 1976:
1. Pittsburgh Panthers (12-0) - 1.0
2. Michigan Wolverines (10-2) - 2.6
3. Maryland Terrapins (11-1) - 3.9
4. Texas A&M Aggies (10-2) - 4.0
5. USC Trojans (11-1) - 4.1
6. Houston Cougars (10-2) - 6.6
7. Georgia Bulldogs (10-2) - 7.6
8. Texas Tech Red Raiders (10-2) - 7.7
9. Oklahoma State Cowboys (9-3) - 9.6
10. Ohio State Buckeyes (9-2-1) - 11.7
(tie) Oklahoma Sooners (9-2-1) - 11.7
12. UCLA Bruins (9-2-1) - 11.8
13. Alabama Crimson Tide (9-3) - 11.9
14. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (11-0) - 13.2
15. Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-3-1) - 14.8
16. Colorado Buffaloes (8-4) - 15.0
17. ECU Pirates (9-2) - 17.4
18. Iowa State Cyclones (8-3) - 18.5
(tie) Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-3) - 18.5
20. Missouri Tigers (6-5) - 20.7
21. Yale Bulldogs (8-1) - 21.1
22. Kentucky Wildcats (8-4) - 22.0
23. Mississippi State Bulldogs (9-2) - 23.5
24. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (9-2) - 24.9
25. Cincinnati Bearcats (8-3) - 25.1
26. Florida Gators (8-4) - 26.5
27. San Diego State Aztecs (10-1) - 27.3
28. William & Mary Tribe (7-4) - 27.6
29. LSU Tigers (6-4-1) - 29.7
30. Kansas Jayhawks (6-5) - 30.9
31. Dartmouth Big Green (6-3) - 31.9
32. Penn State Nittany Lions (7-5) - 32.8
33. Brown Bears (8-1) - 32.9
34. BYU Cougars (9-3) - 34.1
35. Baylor Bears (7-3-1) - 34.5
36. McNeese State Cowboys (10-2) - 35.5
37. Virginia Tech Hokies (6-5) - 36.9
38. South Carolina Gamecocks (6-5) - 39.2
39. San Jose State Spartans (7-4) - 41.2
40. Furman Paladins (6-4-1) - 41.6
41. Tennessee Volunteers (6-5) - 41.9
42. Texas Longhorns (5-5-1) - 43.1
43. North Carolina Tar Heels (9-3) - 43.2
44. Arkansas Razorbacks (5-5-1) - 43.5
45. Appalachian State Mountaineers (6-4-1) - 43.9
46. Kent State Golden Flashes (8-4) - 45.1
47. Memphis Tigers (7-4) - 47.6
48. Harvard Crimson (6-3) - 47.9
49. Ole Miss Rebels (5-6) - 50.4
50. Richmond Spiders (5-6) - 51.0
51. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (7-4-1) - 51.1
52. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (6-5) - 52.6
53. Stanford Cardinal (6-5) - 53.0
54. Ball State Cardinals (8-3) - 54.4
55. Boston College Eagles (8-3) - 55.1
56. Duke Blue Devils (5-5-1) - 56.4
(tie) Illinois Fighting Illini (5-6) - 56.4
58. Western Michigan Broncos (7-4) - 57.5
59. North Texas Mean Green (6-5) - 59.0
60. Ohio Bobcats (7-4) - 59.3
61. Colgate Raiders (8-2) - 60.2
62. California Golden Bears (5-6) - 60.8
63. West Virginia Mountaineers (5-6) - 63.0
64. Long Beach State 49ers (8-3) - 63.4
65. Purdue Boilermakers (5-6) - 63.9
66. Washington Huskies (5-6) - 65.6
67. Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-5) - 66.1
68. Navy Midshipmen (4-7) - 67.5
69. Wisconsin Badgers (5-6) - 69.4
70. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (4-6-1) - 70.8
71. Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs (6-4-1) - 71.2
72. Bowling Green Falcons (6-5) - 72.0
73. Miami Hurricanes (3-8) - 72.3
74. Clemson Tigers (3-6-2) - 74.8
75. Citadel Bulldogs (6-5) - 75.3
76. Wyoming Cowboys (8-4) - 76.8
77. Villanova Wildcats (6-4-1) - 77.6
78. Fresno State Bulldogs (5-6) - 77.8
79. Florida State Seminoles (5-6) - 78.0
80. Arkansas State Red Wolves (5-6) - 78.1
81. Auburn Tigers (3-8) - 78.4
82. VMI Keydets (5-5) - 80.5
83. New Mexico Lobos (4-7) - 82.7
84. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (5-6) - 85.8
85. Michigan State Spartans (4-6-1) - 86.2
86. Colorado State Rams (6-5) - 87.5
87. Arizona Wildcats (5-6) - 88.0
88. NC State Wolfpack (3-7-1) - 89.5
89. Central Michigan Chippewas (7-4) - 89.7
90. Southern Illinois Salukis (7-4) - 89.9
91. Louisville Cardinals (4-7) - 90.1
92. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (5-6) - 92.3
93. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (2-9) - 93.3
94. Indiana Hoosiers (5-6) - 93.9
95. Army Black Knights (5-6) - 94.3
96. Oregon Ducks (4-7) - 95.5
97. Iowa Hawkeyes (5-6) - 97.5
98. SMU Mustangs (3-8) - 97.9
99. Arizona State Sun Devils (4-7) - 98.2
100. Miami University RedHawks (3-8) - 99.9
101. Cornell Big Red (2-7) - 100.0
102. West Texas A&M Buffaloes (4-5-2) - 100.7
103. Northwestern State Demons (5-5) - 101.5
104. Washington State Cougars (3-8) - 102.1
105. Air Force Falcons (4-7) - 106.0
(tie) Tulane Green Wave (2-9) - 106.0
107. Temple Owls (4-6) - 106.4
108. Columbia Lions (3-6) - 106.9
109. Wichita State Shockers (4-7) - 109.9
110. Vanderbilt Commodores (2-9) - 110.6
111. Princeton Tigers (2-7) - 111.2
112. Pennsylvania Relays (3-6) - 112.6
113. Kansas State Wildcats (1-10) - 113.5
114. Toledo Rockets (3-8) - 113.9
115. Syracuse Orange (3-8) - 117.2
116. Marshall Thundering Herd (4-7) - 117.8
117. Dayton Flyers (4-7) - 118.5
(tie) Illinois State Redbirds (5-6) - 118.5
119. Utah State Aggies (3-8) - 119.6
120. New Mexico State Aggies (4-6-1) - 120.7
121. Rice Owls (3-8) - 121.8
122. Northwestern Wildcats (1-10) - 123.0
123. Indiana State Sycamores (3-7) - 123.3
124. Cal State Fullerton Titans (3-7-1) - 125.8
125. Oregon State Beavers (2-10) - 126.3
126. Utah Utes (3-8) - 126.7
127. Holy Cross Crusaders (3-8) - 126.9
128. Pacific Tigers (2-9) - 128.6
129. Virginia Cavaliers (2-9) - 128.9
130. Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (2-9) - 130.0
131. Eastern Michigan Eagles (2-9) - 131.2
132. Lamar Cardinals (2-9) - 132.3
133. Drake Bulldogs (1-10) - 133.8
134. Hawaii Warriors (3-8) - 135.3
135. UTEP Miners (1-11) - 135.7
136. TCU Horned Frogs (0-11) - 137.2
137. Northern Illinois Huskies (1-10) - 137.8
Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/
1. Pittsburgh Panthers (12-0) - 1.0
2. Michigan Wolverines (10-2) - 2.6
3. Maryland Terrapins (11-1) - 3.9
4. Texas A&M Aggies (10-2) - 4.0
5. USC Trojans (11-1) - 4.1
6. Houston Cougars (10-2) - 6.6
7. Georgia Bulldogs (10-2) - 7.6
8. Texas Tech Red Raiders (10-2) - 7.7
9. Oklahoma State Cowboys (9-3) - 9.6
10. Ohio State Buckeyes (9-2-1) - 11.7
(tie) Oklahoma Sooners (9-2-1) - 11.7
12. UCLA Bruins (9-2-1) - 11.8
13. Alabama Crimson Tide (9-3) - 11.9
14. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (11-0) - 13.2
15. Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-3-1) - 14.8
16. Colorado Buffaloes (8-4) - 15.0
17. ECU Pirates (9-2) - 17.4
18. Iowa State Cyclones (8-3) - 18.5
(tie) Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-3) - 18.5
20. Missouri Tigers (6-5) - 20.7
21. Yale Bulldogs (8-1) - 21.1
22. Kentucky Wildcats (8-4) - 22.0
23. Mississippi State Bulldogs (9-2) - 23.5
24. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (9-2) - 24.9
25. Cincinnati Bearcats (8-3) - 25.1
26. Florida Gators (8-4) - 26.5
27. San Diego State Aztecs (10-1) - 27.3
28. William & Mary Tribe (7-4) - 27.6
29. LSU Tigers (6-4-1) - 29.7
30. Kansas Jayhawks (6-5) - 30.9
31. Dartmouth Big Green (6-3) - 31.9
32. Penn State Nittany Lions (7-5) - 32.8
33. Brown Bears (8-1) - 32.9
34. BYU Cougars (9-3) - 34.1
35. Baylor Bears (7-3-1) - 34.5
36. McNeese State Cowboys (10-2) - 35.5
37. Virginia Tech Hokies (6-5) - 36.9
38. South Carolina Gamecocks (6-5) - 39.2
39. San Jose State Spartans (7-4) - 41.2
40. Furman Paladins (6-4-1) - 41.6
41. Tennessee Volunteers (6-5) - 41.9
42. Texas Longhorns (5-5-1) - 43.1
43. North Carolina Tar Heels (9-3) - 43.2
44. Arkansas Razorbacks (5-5-1) - 43.5
45. Appalachian State Mountaineers (6-4-1) - 43.9
46. Kent State Golden Flashes (8-4) - 45.1
47. Memphis Tigers (7-4) - 47.6
48. Harvard Crimson (6-3) - 47.9
49. Ole Miss Rebels (5-6) - 50.4
50. Richmond Spiders (5-6) - 51.0
51. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (7-4-1) - 51.1
52. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (6-5) - 52.6
53. Stanford Cardinal (6-5) - 53.0
54. Ball State Cardinals (8-3) - 54.4
55. Boston College Eagles (8-3) - 55.1
56. Duke Blue Devils (5-5-1) - 56.4
(tie) Illinois Fighting Illini (5-6) - 56.4
58. Western Michigan Broncos (7-4) - 57.5
59. North Texas Mean Green (6-5) - 59.0
60. Ohio Bobcats (7-4) - 59.3
61. Colgate Raiders (8-2) - 60.2
62. California Golden Bears (5-6) - 60.8
63. West Virginia Mountaineers (5-6) - 63.0
64. Long Beach State 49ers (8-3) - 63.4
65. Purdue Boilermakers (5-6) - 63.9
66. Washington Huskies (5-6) - 65.6
67. Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-5) - 66.1
68. Navy Midshipmen (4-7) - 67.5
69. Wisconsin Badgers (5-6) - 69.4
70. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (4-6-1) - 70.8
71. Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs (6-4-1) - 71.2
72. Bowling Green Falcons (6-5) - 72.0
73. Miami Hurricanes (3-8) - 72.3
74. Clemson Tigers (3-6-2) - 74.8
75. Citadel Bulldogs (6-5) - 75.3
76. Wyoming Cowboys (8-4) - 76.8
77. Villanova Wildcats (6-4-1) - 77.6
78. Fresno State Bulldogs (5-6) - 77.8
79. Florida State Seminoles (5-6) - 78.0
80. Arkansas State Red Wolves (5-6) - 78.1
81. Auburn Tigers (3-8) - 78.4
82. VMI Keydets (5-5) - 80.5
83. New Mexico Lobos (4-7) - 82.7
84. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (5-6) - 85.8
85. Michigan State Spartans (4-6-1) - 86.2
86. Colorado State Rams (6-5) - 87.5
87. Arizona Wildcats (5-6) - 88.0
88. NC State Wolfpack (3-7-1) - 89.5
89. Central Michigan Chippewas (7-4) - 89.7
90. Southern Illinois Salukis (7-4) - 89.9
91. Louisville Cardinals (4-7) - 90.1
92. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (5-6) - 92.3
93. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (2-9) - 93.3
94. Indiana Hoosiers (5-6) - 93.9
95. Army Black Knights (5-6) - 94.3
96. Oregon Ducks (4-7) - 95.5
97. Iowa Hawkeyes (5-6) - 97.5
98. SMU Mustangs (3-8) - 97.9
99. Arizona State Sun Devils (4-7) - 98.2
100. Miami University RedHawks (3-8) - 99.9
101. Cornell Big Red (2-7) - 100.0
102. West Texas A&M Buffaloes (4-5-2) - 100.7
103. Northwestern State Demons (5-5) - 101.5
104. Washington State Cougars (3-8) - 102.1
105. Air Force Falcons (4-7) - 106.0
(tie) Tulane Green Wave (2-9) - 106.0
107. Temple Owls (4-6) - 106.4
108. Columbia Lions (3-6) - 106.9
109. Wichita State Shockers (4-7) - 109.9
110. Vanderbilt Commodores (2-9) - 110.6
111. Princeton Tigers (2-7) - 111.2
112. Pennsylvania Relays (3-6) - 112.6
113. Kansas State Wildcats (1-10) - 113.5
114. Toledo Rockets (3-8) - 113.9
115. Syracuse Orange (3-8) - 117.2
116. Marshall Thundering Herd (4-7) - 117.8
117. Dayton Flyers (4-7) - 118.5
(tie) Illinois State Redbirds (5-6) - 118.5
119. Utah State Aggies (3-8) - 119.6
120. New Mexico State Aggies (4-6-1) - 120.7
121. Rice Owls (3-8) - 121.8
122. Northwestern Wildcats (1-10) - 123.0
123. Indiana State Sycamores (3-7) - 123.3
124. Cal State Fullerton Titans (3-7-1) - 125.8
125. Oregon State Beavers (2-10) - 126.3
126. Utah Utes (3-8) - 126.7
127. Holy Cross Crusaders (3-8) - 126.9
128. Pacific Tigers (2-9) - 128.6
129. Virginia Cavaliers (2-9) - 128.9
130. Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (2-9) - 130.0
131. Eastern Michigan Eagles (2-9) - 131.2
132. Lamar Cardinals (2-9) - 132.3
133. Drake Bulldogs (1-10) - 133.8
134. Hawaii Warriors (3-8) - 135.3
135. UTEP Miners (1-11) - 135.7
136. TCU Horned Frogs (0-11) - 137.2
137. Northern Illinois Huskies (1-10) - 137.8
Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/
Sunday, June 20, 2010
1977 Final Rankings
In the off-season, we will be running our computer analysis of each of the previous seasons of college football moving backward through time as far as it makes sense to do so. 1977 was the final year before Division 1 split into Division 1-A and Division 1-AA. In anticipation of this, several teams (in fact entire conferences), such as Grambling State (to give one team as an example) moved up to compete for a single year at this highest division before joining the new Division 1-AA. As a result, the rankings list is particularly long this year, and it is possible that some teams who were very successful were really only playing a Division II (or I-AA) schedule against each other and not playing teams from conferences that truly were Division I-A, which is a problem for our system, because it does rely a great deal on non-conference games to help our adjustments for quality of competition be more accurate. Regardless, here are the final rankings from 1977:
1. Arkansas Razorbacks (11-1) - 1.8
2. Texas Longhorns (11-1) - 2.0
3. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-1) - 2.4
4. Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1) - 3.8
5. Penn State Nittany Lions (11-1) - 5.4
6. Oklahoma Sooners (10-2) - 6.1
7. Pittsburgh Panthers (9-2-1) - 6.9
8. San Diego State Aztecs (10-1) - 9.0
9. Ohio State Buckeyes (9-3) - 9.2
10. Kentucky Wildcats (10-1) - 10.0
11. Michigan Wolverines (10-2) - 11.6
12. Florida State Seminoles (10-2) - 12.7
13. Grambling State Tigers (10-1) - 13.7
14. Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-3) - 14.2
15. Fresno State Bulldogs (9-2) - 15.4
16. USC Trojans (8-4) - 16.5
17. North Carolina Tar Heels (8-3-1) - 16.6
18. Tennessee State Tigers (8-1-1) - 19.0
19. North Texas Mean Green (9-2) - 19.5
20. Colgate Raiders (10-1) - 19.9
(tie) Washington Huskies (8-4) - 19.9
22. BYU Cougars (9-2) - 22.6
23. Texas A&M Aggies (8-4) - 23.9
24. Clemson Tigers (8-3-1) - 24.8
25. NC State Wolfpack (8-4) - 25.5
26. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (9-1-2) - 25.9
27. Arizona State Sun Devils (9-3) - 26.3
28. Colorado State Rams (9-2-1) - 27.9
29. Ball State Cardinals (9-2) - 29.0
30. Maryland Terrapins (8-4) - 30.7
(tie) Miami University RedHawks (10-1) - 30.7
32. Central Michigan Chippewas (10-1) - 32.0
33. Colorado Buffaloes (7-3-1) - 32.4
34. UCLA Bruins (7-4) - 33.1
35. Yale Bulldogs (7-2) - 34.0
36. Michigan State Spartans (7-3-1) - 34.9
37. Stanford Cardinal (9-3) - 38.4
38. Washington State Cougars (6-5) - 40.0
39. ECU Pirates (8-3) - 40.8
40. California Golden Bears (7-4) - 40.9
41. LSU Tigers (8-4) - 41.1
42. Iowa State Cyclones (8-4) - 42.2
43. Mississippi State Bulldogs (5-6) - 43.0
44. Texas Tech Red Raiders (7-5) - 43.2
45. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (8-3) - 43.7
46. Brown Bears (7-2) - 45.6
47. Ole Miss Rebels (5-6) - 47.9
48. Duke Blue Devils (5-6) - 50.1
(tie) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-5) - 50.1
50. Houston Cougars (6-5) - 50.2
51. Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-5) - 51.2
52. Jackson State Tigers (8-3) - 52.1
53. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (6-4-2) - 52.4
54. Syracuse Orange (6-5) - 53.2
55. Florida Gators (6-4-1) - 54.6
(tie) South Carolina Gamecocks (5-7) - 54.6
57. Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs (9-1-1) - 54.9
58. Memphis Tigers (6-5) - 58.5
59. Missouri Tigers (4-7) - 58.8
60. Baylor Bears (5-6) - 59.8
61. Navy Midshipmen (5-6) - 61.5
62. Auburn Tigers (5-6) - 62.6
63. West Virginia Mountaineers (5-6) - 63.3
64. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (6-6) - 65.1
65. Hawaii Warriors (5-6) - 65.2
66. Cincinnati Bearcats (5-4-2) - 68.6
67. William & Mary Tribe (6-5) - 68.9
68. Tennessee Volunteers (4-7) - 69.4
69. Arizona Wildcats (5-7) - 69.8
70. Army Black Knights (7-4) - 70.0
71. Temple Owls (5-5-1) - 70.3
72. Pacific Tigers (6-5) - 71.8
73. West Texas A&M Buffaloes (6-4-1) - 72.5
74. Georgia Bulldogs (5-6) - 74.2
75. Eastern Michigan Eagles (8-3) - 74.7
76. Dartmouth Big Green (6-3) - 76.6
77. Boston College Eagles (6-5) - 76.8
78. Princeton Tigers (3-6) - 77.2
79. Purdue Boilermakers (5-6) - 79.3
80. VMI Keydets (7-4) - 80.7
81. Indiana Hoosiers (5-5-1) - 81.3
82. SMU Mustangs (4-7) - 82.4
83. Louisville Cardinals (7-4-1) - 82.5
84. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (5-6) - 83.3
85. Iowa Hawkeyes (4-7) - 84.3
86. Northwestern State Demons (6-5) - 84.7
87. Kent State Golden Flashes (6-5) - 85.4
88. New Mexico Lobos (5-7) - 87.4
89. Virginia Tech Hokies (3-7-1) - 88.9
90. Pennsylvania Relays (5-4) - 90.3
91. Villanova Wildcats (4-7) - 90.8
92. Harvard Crimson (4-5) - 91.7
93. Oklahoma State Cowboys (4-7) - 92.9
94. Texas Southern Tigers (6-4-1) - 95.8
95. Wisconsin Badgers (5-6) - 95.9
96. McNeese State Cowboys (5-5-1) - 96.8
97. Western Michigan Broncos (4-7) - 97.7
98. Wyoming Cowboys (4-6-1) - 98.7
99. Miami Hurricanes (3-8) - 99.1
100. Bowling Green Falcons (5-7) - 99.4
101. San Jose State Spartans (4-7) - 99.8
102. Utah State Aggies (4-7) - 101.1
103. Arkansas State Red Wolves (7-4) - 101.4
104. Tulane Green Wave (3-8) - 102.7
105. Kansas Jayhawks (3-7-1) - 103.3
106. Furman Paladins (4-5-2) - 104.2
107. Long Beach State 49ers (4-6) - 105.7
108. Western Carolina Catamounts (6-4-1) - 106.7
109. Wichita State Shockers (5-6) - 108.5
110. Oregon State Beavers (2-9) - 110.1
111. Citadel Bulldogs (5-6) - 110.6
112. Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (5-5) - 110.9
113. Illinois State Redbirds (3-7-1) - 111.8
114. New Mexico State Aggies (4-7) - 114.3
115. Utah Utes (3-8) - 115.7
116. Columbia Lions (2-7) - 116.4
117. Illinois Fighting Illini (3-8) - 117.6
118. Cal State Fullerton Titans (4-7) - 119.0
119. Richmond Spiders (3-8) - 119.2
120. Air Force Falcons (2-8-1) - 119.6
121. Kansas State Wildcats (1-10) - 121.2
122. Vanderbilt Commodores (2-9) - 123.3
123. Cornell Big Red (1-8) - 124.0
124. Northern Illinois Huskies (3-8) - 125.0
125. Lamar Cardinals (2-9) - 126.4
126. Oregon Ducks (2-9) - 127.6
127. Prairie View A&M Panthers (3-8) - 129.7
128. Alcorn State Braves (3-8) - 132.0
(tie) Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1-10) - 132.0
130. Appalachian State Mountaineers (2-9) - 132.4
131. Southern Jaguars (3-7-1) - 132.8
132. Virginia Cavaliers (1-9-1) - 133.0
133. TCU Horned Frogs (2-9) - 133.8
134. Southern Illinois Salukis (3-8) - 134.0
135. Indiana State Sycamores (3-7) - 134.1
136. Toledo Rockets (2-9) - 135.4
137. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (3-8) - 135.5
138. Ohio Bobcats (1-10) - 138.5
139. Holy Cross Crusaders (2-9) - 139.1
140. Drake Bulldogs (2-9) - 140.0
141. Northwestern Wildcats (1-10) - 140.6
142. Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (2-9) - 143.1
143. Rice Owls (1-10) - 144.3
(tie) UTEP Miners (1-10) - 144.3
145. Marshall Thundering Herd (2-9) - 145.5
Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/
1. Arkansas Razorbacks (11-1) - 1.8
2. Texas Longhorns (11-1) - 2.0
3. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-1) - 2.4
4. Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1) - 3.8
5. Penn State Nittany Lions (11-1) - 5.4
6. Oklahoma Sooners (10-2) - 6.1
7. Pittsburgh Panthers (9-2-1) - 6.9
8. San Diego State Aztecs (10-1) - 9.0
9. Ohio State Buckeyes (9-3) - 9.2
10. Kentucky Wildcats (10-1) - 10.0
11. Michigan Wolverines (10-2) - 11.6
12. Florida State Seminoles (10-2) - 12.7
13. Grambling State Tigers (10-1) - 13.7
14. Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-3) - 14.2
15. Fresno State Bulldogs (9-2) - 15.4
16. USC Trojans (8-4) - 16.5
17. North Carolina Tar Heels (8-3-1) - 16.6
18. Tennessee State Tigers (8-1-1) - 19.0
19. North Texas Mean Green (9-2) - 19.5
20. Colgate Raiders (10-1) - 19.9
(tie) Washington Huskies (8-4) - 19.9
22. BYU Cougars (9-2) - 22.6
23. Texas A&M Aggies (8-4) - 23.9
24. Clemson Tigers (8-3-1) - 24.8
25. NC State Wolfpack (8-4) - 25.5
26. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (9-1-2) - 25.9
27. Arizona State Sun Devils (9-3) - 26.3
28. Colorado State Rams (9-2-1) - 27.9
29. Ball State Cardinals (9-2) - 29.0
30. Maryland Terrapins (8-4) - 30.7
(tie) Miami University RedHawks (10-1) - 30.7
32. Central Michigan Chippewas (10-1) - 32.0
33. Colorado Buffaloes (7-3-1) - 32.4
34. UCLA Bruins (7-4) - 33.1
35. Yale Bulldogs (7-2) - 34.0
36. Michigan State Spartans (7-3-1) - 34.9
37. Stanford Cardinal (9-3) - 38.4
38. Washington State Cougars (6-5) - 40.0
39. ECU Pirates (8-3) - 40.8
40. California Golden Bears (7-4) - 40.9
41. LSU Tigers (8-4) - 41.1
42. Iowa State Cyclones (8-4) - 42.2
43. Mississippi State Bulldogs (5-6) - 43.0
44. Texas Tech Red Raiders (7-5) - 43.2
45. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (8-3) - 43.7
46. Brown Bears (7-2) - 45.6
47. Ole Miss Rebels (5-6) - 47.9
48. Duke Blue Devils (5-6) - 50.1
(tie) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-5) - 50.1
50. Houston Cougars (6-5) - 50.2
51. Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-5) - 51.2
52. Jackson State Tigers (8-3) - 52.1
53. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (6-4-2) - 52.4
54. Syracuse Orange (6-5) - 53.2
55. Florida Gators (6-4-1) - 54.6
(tie) South Carolina Gamecocks (5-7) - 54.6
57. Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs (9-1-1) - 54.9
58. Memphis Tigers (6-5) - 58.5
59. Missouri Tigers (4-7) - 58.8
60. Baylor Bears (5-6) - 59.8
61. Navy Midshipmen (5-6) - 61.5
62. Auburn Tigers (5-6) - 62.6
63. West Virginia Mountaineers (5-6) - 63.3
64. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (6-6) - 65.1
65. Hawaii Warriors (5-6) - 65.2
66. Cincinnati Bearcats (5-4-2) - 68.6
67. William & Mary Tribe (6-5) - 68.9
68. Tennessee Volunteers (4-7) - 69.4
69. Arizona Wildcats (5-7) - 69.8
70. Army Black Knights (7-4) - 70.0
71. Temple Owls (5-5-1) - 70.3
72. Pacific Tigers (6-5) - 71.8
73. West Texas A&M Buffaloes (6-4-1) - 72.5
74. Georgia Bulldogs (5-6) - 74.2
75. Eastern Michigan Eagles (8-3) - 74.7
76. Dartmouth Big Green (6-3) - 76.6
77. Boston College Eagles (6-5) - 76.8
78. Princeton Tigers (3-6) - 77.2
79. Purdue Boilermakers (5-6) - 79.3
80. VMI Keydets (7-4) - 80.7
81. Indiana Hoosiers (5-5-1) - 81.3
82. SMU Mustangs (4-7) - 82.4
83. Louisville Cardinals (7-4-1) - 82.5
84. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (5-6) - 83.3
85. Iowa Hawkeyes (4-7) - 84.3
86. Northwestern State Demons (6-5) - 84.7
87. Kent State Golden Flashes (6-5) - 85.4
88. New Mexico Lobos (5-7) - 87.4
89. Virginia Tech Hokies (3-7-1) - 88.9
90. Pennsylvania Relays (5-4) - 90.3
91. Villanova Wildcats (4-7) - 90.8
92. Harvard Crimson (4-5) - 91.7
93. Oklahoma State Cowboys (4-7) - 92.9
94. Texas Southern Tigers (6-4-1) - 95.8
95. Wisconsin Badgers (5-6) - 95.9
96. McNeese State Cowboys (5-5-1) - 96.8
97. Western Michigan Broncos (4-7) - 97.7
98. Wyoming Cowboys (4-6-1) - 98.7
99. Miami Hurricanes (3-8) - 99.1
100. Bowling Green Falcons (5-7) - 99.4
101. San Jose State Spartans (4-7) - 99.8
102. Utah State Aggies (4-7) - 101.1
103. Arkansas State Red Wolves (7-4) - 101.4
104. Tulane Green Wave (3-8) - 102.7
105. Kansas Jayhawks (3-7-1) - 103.3
106. Furman Paladins (4-5-2) - 104.2
107. Long Beach State 49ers (4-6) - 105.7
108. Western Carolina Catamounts (6-4-1) - 106.7
109. Wichita State Shockers (5-6) - 108.5
110. Oregon State Beavers (2-9) - 110.1
111. Citadel Bulldogs (5-6) - 110.6
112. Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (5-5) - 110.9
113. Illinois State Redbirds (3-7-1) - 111.8
114. New Mexico State Aggies (4-7) - 114.3
115. Utah Utes (3-8) - 115.7
116. Columbia Lions (2-7) - 116.4
117. Illinois Fighting Illini (3-8) - 117.6
118. Cal State Fullerton Titans (4-7) - 119.0
119. Richmond Spiders (3-8) - 119.2
120. Air Force Falcons (2-8-1) - 119.6
121. Kansas State Wildcats (1-10) - 121.2
122. Vanderbilt Commodores (2-9) - 123.3
123. Cornell Big Red (1-8) - 124.0
124. Northern Illinois Huskies (3-8) - 125.0
125. Lamar Cardinals (2-9) - 126.4
126. Oregon Ducks (2-9) - 127.6
127. Prairie View A&M Panthers (3-8) - 129.7
128. Alcorn State Braves (3-8) - 132.0
(tie) Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1-10) - 132.0
130. Appalachian State Mountaineers (2-9) - 132.4
131. Southern Jaguars (3-7-1) - 132.8
132. Virginia Cavaliers (1-9-1) - 133.0
133. TCU Horned Frogs (2-9) - 133.8
134. Southern Illinois Salukis (3-8) - 134.0
135. Indiana State Sycamores (3-7) - 134.1
136. Toledo Rockets (2-9) - 135.4
137. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (3-8) - 135.5
138. Ohio Bobcats (1-10) - 138.5
139. Holy Cross Crusaders (2-9) - 139.1
140. Drake Bulldogs (2-9) - 140.0
141. Northwestern Wildcats (1-10) - 140.6
142. Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (2-9) - 143.1
143. Rice Owls (1-10) - 144.3
(tie) UTEP Miners (1-10) - 144.3
145. Marshall Thundering Herd (2-9) - 145.5
Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/
Monday, June 14, 2010
Superconferences
Here is (we think) our final blog on the subject of what would truly be the ideal setup for a four-superconference college football landscape. This version takes into account both competitive balance AND geography. We do have a few teams travelling a little bit, but that is a result of our desire to keep all eight divisions of all four superconferences relatively equal based on our 40-year analysis. This seems to us to be the best compromise - and with some tweaks might present the ideal alignment for a four-superconference NCAA football landscape.
East Conference
North Division
Boston College Eagles
Connecticut Huskies
Georgia Bulldogs
Penn State Nittany Lions
Pittsburgh Panthers
Syracuse Orange
Virginia Cavaliers
West Virginia Mountaineers
South Division
Clemson Tigers
Florida Gators
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Maryland Terrapins
Miami Hurricanes
North Carolina Tar Heels
NC State Wolfpack
South Florida Bulls
Mideast Conference
North Division
Cincinnati Bearcats
Louisville Cardinals
Michigan State Spartans
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Ohio State Buckeyes
Purdue Boilermakers
Virginia Tech Hokies
Wisconsin Badgers
South Division
Alabama Crimson Tide
Auburn Tigers
Florida State Seminoles
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Ole Miss Rebels
South Carolina Gamecocks
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Texas A&M Aggies
Midwest Conference
North Division
Iowa Hawkeyes
Kentucky Wildcats
Michigan Wolverines
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Missouri Tigers
Oklahoma Sooners
TCU Horned Frogs
Tennessee Volunteers
South Division
Arizona Wildcats
Arizona State Sun Devils
Arkansas Razorbacks
Kansas Jayhawks
Kansas State Wildcats
LSU Tigers
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Texas Longhorns
West Conference
North Division
Boise State Broncos
Colorado Buffaloes
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Oregon Ducks
Oregon State Beavers
Utah Utes
Washington Huskies
Washington State Cougars
South Division
Air Force Falcons
BYU Cougars
California Golden Bears
Fresno State Bulldogs
Stanford Cardinal
Texas Tech Red Raiders
UCLA Bruins
USC Trojans
Okay, enough fantasizing about what could but never will be. Back to analyzing and ranking previous years' football seasons.
East Conference
North Division
Boston College Eagles
Connecticut Huskies
Georgia Bulldogs
Penn State Nittany Lions
Pittsburgh Panthers
Syracuse Orange
Virginia Cavaliers
West Virginia Mountaineers
South Division
Clemson Tigers
Florida Gators
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Maryland Terrapins
Miami Hurricanes
North Carolina Tar Heels
NC State Wolfpack
South Florida Bulls
Mideast Conference
North Division
Cincinnati Bearcats
Louisville Cardinals
Michigan State Spartans
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Ohio State Buckeyes
Purdue Boilermakers
Virginia Tech Hokies
Wisconsin Badgers
South Division
Alabama Crimson Tide
Auburn Tigers
Florida State Seminoles
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Ole Miss Rebels
South Carolina Gamecocks
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Texas A&M Aggies
Midwest Conference
North Division
Iowa Hawkeyes
Kentucky Wildcats
Michigan Wolverines
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Missouri Tigers
Oklahoma Sooners
TCU Horned Frogs
Tennessee Volunteers
South Division
Arizona Wildcats
Arizona State Sun Devils
Arkansas Razorbacks
Kansas Jayhawks
Kansas State Wildcats
LSU Tigers
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Texas Longhorns
West Conference
North Division
Boise State Broncos
Colorado Buffaloes
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Oregon Ducks
Oregon State Beavers
Utah Utes
Washington Huskies
Washington State Cougars
South Division
Air Force Falcons
BYU Cougars
California Golden Bears
Fresno State Bulldogs
Stanford Cardinal
Texas Tech Red Raiders
UCLA Bruins
USC Trojans
Okay, enough fantasizing about what could but never will be. Back to analyzing and ranking previous years' football seasons.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Four Equally Competitive Conferences
If balanced competitiveness between the eight superconferences is most important and geography no longer matters - apparently that's true at least for the Big 12 and PAC-10 now - here's an alignment of our 64-team, four-conference setup with the teams spread out so that, historically speaking, they should stand the best chance of being equally competitive top to bottom.
First Conference
First Division
Arizona State Sun Devils
Boise State Broncos
Florida Gators
Kansas State Wildcats
Michigan State Spartans
Michigan Wolverines
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Washington State Cougars
Second Division
Alabama Crimson Tide
Cincinnati Bearcats
Colorado Buffaloes
Georgia Bulldogs
Maryland Terrapins
TCU Horned Frogs
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Wisconsin Badgers
Second Conference
First Division
Air Force Falcons
California Golden Bears
Connecticut Huskies
LSU Tigers
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Ohio State Buckeyes
Purdue Boilermakers
Utah Utes
Second Division
Arkansas Razorbacks
Kansas Jayhawks
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Ole Miss Rebels
Penn State Nittany Lions
Stanford Cardinal
Texas A&M Aggies
Washington Huskies
Third Conference
First Division
Clemson Tigers
Florida State Seminoles
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Missouri Tigers
NC State Wolfpack
South Carolina Gamecocks
Tennessee Volunteers
UCLA Bruins
Second Division
BYU Cougars
Iowa Hawkeyes
Louisville Cardinals
Miami Hurricanes
Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Pittsburgh Panthers
Syracuse Orange
Fourth Conference
First Division
Arizona Wildcats
Auburn Tigers
Boston College Eagles
Kentucky Wildcats
North Carolina Tar Heels
Oregon Ducks
Oregon State Beavers
USC Trojans
Second Division
Fresno State Bulldogs
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Minnesota Golden Gophers
South Florida Bulls
Texas Longhorns
Virginia Cavaliers
Virginia Tech Hokies
West Virginia Mountaineers
Your analysis? We'd love to hear what you think.
First Conference
First Division
Arizona State Sun Devils
Boise State Broncos
Florida Gators
Kansas State Wildcats
Michigan State Spartans
Michigan Wolverines
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Washington State Cougars
Second Division
Alabama Crimson Tide
Cincinnati Bearcats
Colorado Buffaloes
Georgia Bulldogs
Maryland Terrapins
TCU Horned Frogs
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Wisconsin Badgers
Second Conference
First Division
Air Force Falcons
California Golden Bears
Connecticut Huskies
LSU Tigers
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Ohio State Buckeyes
Purdue Boilermakers
Utah Utes
Second Division
Arkansas Razorbacks
Kansas Jayhawks
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Ole Miss Rebels
Penn State Nittany Lions
Stanford Cardinal
Texas A&M Aggies
Washington Huskies
Third Conference
First Division
Clemson Tigers
Florida State Seminoles
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Missouri Tigers
NC State Wolfpack
South Carolina Gamecocks
Tennessee Volunteers
UCLA Bruins
Second Division
BYU Cougars
Iowa Hawkeyes
Louisville Cardinals
Miami Hurricanes
Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Pittsburgh Panthers
Syracuse Orange
Fourth Conference
First Division
Arizona Wildcats
Auburn Tigers
Boston College Eagles
Kentucky Wildcats
North Carolina Tar Heels
Oregon Ducks
Oregon State Beavers
USC Trojans
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Fresno State Bulldogs
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Minnesota Golden Gophers
South Florida Bulls
Texas Longhorns
Virginia Cavaliers
Virginia Tech Hokies
West Virginia Mountaineers
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