Ratings 10/12/02  
Final Ratings (2002-2003)

What a great championship game! In a bowl season that was mostly blowouts, the last game was the best. So, the BCS got a controversy-free matchup and a great game (with just enough controversy) to boot. As far as I know, there is no strong feeling that the system needs to be changed this time.

The computer enjoyed Southern Cal winning easily. (Maybe they really are good!) In spite of a generally poor performance by the Pac 10, the Trojans remain a solid choice as the computer's number one. Otherwise, the computer ratings look a lot like the official polls.

Several conferences did much better than expected, notably the Big 10 and the ACC. The non-Bowden part of the ACC did quite well. It seems that the conference should "Gro" its coaching ranks. In general, the Big 10 and ACC teams are up from the last rankings and the Pac 10 teams are down.

I hope you enjoyed this year's By the Numbers. I especially hope that you used the ratings to do a better job picking bowl winners than I did. See you next year!

1 Southern Cal 68.21
2 Ohio State 65.18
3 Miami 64.67
4 Oklahoma 64.44
5 Georgia 63.66
6 Kansas State 63.20
7 Texas 62.04
8 Iowa 60.72
9 Michigan 59.22
10 Alabama 58.68
11 Penn State 58.36
12 Florida State 57.34
13 Wash State 57.05
14 Notre Dame 56.64
15 Maryland 56.53
16 Auburn 55.92
17 NC State 55.52
18 Colorado 55.26
19 Texas Tech 54.69
20 Boise 54.41
21 Virginia Tech 54.34
22 Arkansas 53.43
23 Florida 53.37
24 UCLA 52.86
25 Pittsburgh 52.73
26 Virginia 52.67
27 West Virginia 52.28
28 Oregon St 52.09
29 California 52.00
30 Boston College 51.79
31 South Florida 51.57
32 LSU 51.53
33 Wisconsin 51.35
34 Tennessee 50.54
35 Washington 49.64
36 Purdue 49.16
37 Arizona St 48.88
38 Colorado St 48.87
39 Oklahoma St 48.80
40 Iowa State 48.64
41 TCU 48.48
42 Minnesota 48.00
43 Clemson 47.38
44 Georgia Tech 47.35
45 Texas A&M 47.24
46 Kentucky 47.08
47 Mississippi 46.86
48 Wake Forest 46.82
49 Oregon 46.80
50 Marshall 46.47
51 Nebraska 46.27
52 Toledo 45.51
53 Bowling Green 45.49
54 Missouri 44.85
55 Air Force 44.79
56 Illinois 44.73
57 Cincinnati 44.13
58 North Illinois 43.48
59 S Carolina 43.42
60 Miami O 43.20
61 Hawaii 43.09
62 North Texas 42.62
63 Fresno 42.54
64 Louisville 42.02
65 Southern Miss 41.59
66 UCF 40.80
67 Tulane 40.23
68 UConn 39.63
69 Michigan St 38.99
70 Arizona 38.98
71 New Mexico 38.12
72 Utah 37.99
73 Syracuse 37.79
74 Stanford 37.70
75 Temple 37.19
76 NM State 37.16
77 North Carolina 36.39
78 UNLV 34.89
79 Miss State 34.81
80 Nevada 34.24
81 San Jose 34.18
82 Ball State 34.16
83 BYU 34.02
84 East Carolina 33.93
85 Houston 33.57
86 Vanderbilt 33.48
87 Western Mich 33.27
88 San Diego St 33.23
89 Northwestern 32.40
90 Duke 32.34
91 Indiana 32.26
92 UAB 31.65
93 Akron 30.82
94 Memphis 30.78
95 La Tech 30.60
96 Mid Tenn 30.10
97 Baylor 30.06
98 Ohio 29.66
99 Utah State 29.59
100 Troy State 29.51
101 Arkansas St 28.61
102 Rice 28.40
103 Central Mich 27.94
104 La-Lafayette 26.76
105 Wyoming 26.74
106 Navy 26.19
107 Kansas 25.36
108 Rutgers 24.98
109 Idaho 24.76
110 SMU 24.06
111 La-Monroe 23.98
112 Kent State 23.48
113 Eastern Mich 20.15
114 Tulsa 19.24
115 UTEP 18.71
116 Buffalo 17.81
117 Army 16.02