In American college football, the 2007 BCS computer rankings are a part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) formula that determines who plays in the BCS National Championship Game as well as several other bowl games. Each computer system was developed using different methods which attempts to rank the teams' performance. For 2007, the highest and lowest rankings for a team are dropped and the remaining four rankings are summed. A team ranked #1 by a computer system is given 25 points, #2 is given 24 points and so forth. The summed values are then divided by 100 (the maximum value a team can earn if they received four first place votes that were summed). The values are then ranked by percentage. This percentage ranking is then averaged with the Coaches Poll and Harris Poll average rankings, each receiving equal weight, and the results become the BCS Rankings.
BCS computer rankings average
For 2007, the rankings released beginning with the eighth week of the season on October 13. The rankings are updated each week until the end of the season. Data taken from official BCS website. There are missing values in the table because the BCS Rankings only list the top 25 of the BCS Rankings, providing data on how those teams achieved their top 25 ranking. The computers ranking may include teams that do not make the top 25 BCS Rankings once averaged with the AP and Coaches Polls.
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
1.
South Florida
Boston College
Boston College
Ohio St.
LSU
LSU
Missouri
1.
2.
LSU
LSU
Tie: Ohio St.
Arizona St.
LSU
Kansas
Kansas
West Virginia
2.
3.
South Carolina
Ohio St.
NA
Oregon
Oregon
Tie: West Virginia
Ohio State
Arizona State
Ohio State
3.
4.
Kentucky
Arizona St.
LSU
Kansas
Arizona State
NA
Kansas
4.
5.
tie: Ohio St.
Arizona St.
South Florida
Kansas
Arizona St.
Missouri
NA
Georgia
5.
6.
NA
Virginia
Oregon
Boston College
Ohio State
Missouri
Virginia Tech
6.
7.
Boston College
Kansas
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Georgia
LSU
7.
8.
tie: Kansas
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Georgia
Missouri
West Virginia
Virginia Tech
Boston College
8.
9.
NA
Oregon
Oklahoma
Georgia
Georgia
Oregon
Arizona State
9.
10.
West Virginia
Tie: Florida
West Virginia
Virginia Tech
Tie: Connecticut
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Boston College
Tie: USC
Florida
10.
11.
Oklahoma
NA
Connecticut
NA
Florida
Florida
NA
11.
12.
Auburn
Kentucky
South Florida
West Virginia
Virginia
USC
Oklahoma
12.
13.
Oregon
Missouri
Missouri
Michigan
USC
Oklahoma
Tennessee
13.
14.
tie:Cal
Virginia
Oklahoma
Auburn
Virginia
Clemson
Virginia
Hawaii
14.
15.
NA
South Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Boston College
Connecticut
South Florida
15.
16.
Missouri
tie: Auburn
Connecticut
Michigan
Clemson
Illinois
Tennessee
Clemson
16.
17.
tie:Florida
Tennessee
NA
Florida
Auburn
Cincinnati
Texas
Illinois
17.
18.
NA
Wake Forest
Virginia
Texas
Connecticut
Illinois
Oregon
18.
19.
Georgia
Michigan
Tie: Clemson
Wake Forest
Penn State
Tennessee
South Florida
BYU
19.
20.
Kansas St.
Georgia
NA
Alabama
Texas
Clemson
Virginia
20.
21.
Wake Forest
USC
Tennessee
NA
Michigan
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
21.
22.
Cincinnati
Alabama
Boise State
Boise State
Kentucky
Hawaii
N/A
22.
23.
USC
UCLA
South Carolina
USC
NA
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
23.
24.
Michigan
Rutgers
Purdue
Tennessee
Wisconsin
BYU
Auburn
24.
25.
Hawaii
Boise State
USC
NA
NA
NA
Texas
25.
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
Dropped:
Cal
Cincinnati
Hawaii
Kansas St.
Maryland
Tennessee
Dropped:
Kentucky
UCLA
Rutgers
Dropped:
Purdue
South Carolina
South Florida
Wake Forest
Dropped:
Alabama
Auburn
Boise St.
Penn St.
Dropped: Kentucky
Michigan
Dropped: Connecticut
None
Anderson & Hester
Jeff Anderson and Chris Hester are the owners of this computer system that has been a part of the BCS since its inception. The Anderson & Hester Rankings claim to be distinct in four ways:[1]
These rankings do not reward teams for running up scores. Teams are rewarded for beating quality opponents, which is the object of the game. Margin of victory, which is not the object of the game, is not considered.
Unlike the AP and Coaches Polls, these rankings do not prejudge teams. These rankings first appear after the season's fifth week, and each team's ranking reflects its actual accomplishments on the field, not its perceived potential.
These rankings compute the most accurate strength of schedule ratings. Each team's opponents and opponents' opponents are judged not only by their won-lost records but also, uniquely, by their conferences' strength (see #4).
These rankings provide the most accurate conference ratings. Each conference is rated according to its non-conference won-lost record and the difficulty of its non-conference schedule.
The BCS once allowed computer rankings to consider margin of victory, but that was removed following the 2004 season. Therefore, all six computer systems currently do not include margin of victory. However, this computer system has never included it in its formula. In addition, only human polls (specifically the AP Poll and Coaches Poll in this reference) "prejudge" teams by releasing pre-season polls with the expected rankings of teams before they have played any games. The last two claims are subjective opinions by the authors of this computer system.
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
1.
South Florida (6-0)
Arizona State (7-0)
Ohio State (9-0)
Ohio State (10-0)
LSU (9-1)
LSU (10-1)
Missouri (11-1)
1.
2.
Arizona State (7-0)
Ohio State (8-0)
Boston College (8-0)
Oregon (8-1)
Oregon (8-1)
Arizona State (9-1)
West Virginia (10-1)
2.
3.
Ohio State (7-0)
Boston College (7-0)
LSU (7-1)
Kansas (9-0)
Kansas (10-0)
Kansas (11-0)
Ohio State (11-1)
3.
4.
LSU (6-1)
Kansas (7-0)
West Virginia (7-1)
Arizona State (8-1)
Arizona St (9-1)
Missouri (10-1)
Kansas (11-1)
4.
5.
South Carolina (6-1)
LSU (7-1)
Arizona State (8-0)
LSU (8-1)
Missouri (9-1)
Ohio State (11-1)
Georgia (10-2)
5.
6.
Boston College (7-0)
Oregon (6-1)
Oregon (7-1)
Missouri (8-1)
Ohio State (10-1)
West Virginia (9-1)
LSU (10-2)
6.
7.
Kansas (6-0)
South Florida (6-1)
Michigan (7-2)
Boston College (8-1)
Oklahoma (9-1)
Georgia (9-2)
Arizona State (9-2)
7.
8.
Kentucky (6-1)
Virginia (7-1)
Kansas (8-0)
Oklahoma (8-1)
Georgia (8-2)
Oregon (8-2)
USC (9-2)
8.
9.
Oregon (5-1)
Missouri (6-1)
Oklahoma (7-1)
Georgia (7-2)
West Virginia (8-1)
Florida (8-3)
Virginia Tech (10-2)
9.
10.
California (5-1)
Virginia Tech (6-1)
USC (6-2)
Connecticut (8-1)
USC (8-2)
Virginia Tech (9-2)
Boston College (10-2)
10.
11.
Missouri (5-1)
Florida (5-2)
Virginia Tech (6-2)
West Virginia (7-1)
Florida (7-3)
USC (8-2)
Florida (9-3)
11.
12.
Auburn (5-2)
UCLA (5-2)
Georgia (6-2)
Virginia (8-2)
Virginia (9-2)
Boston College (9-2)
Oklahoma (10-2)
12.
13.
Virginia (6-1)
Oklahoma (7-1)
Boise State (7-1)
Florida (6-3)
Texas (9-2)
Texas (9-2)
Oregon (8-3)
13.
14.
Oklahoma (6-1)
USC (6-1)
Connecticut (7-1)
Michigan (8-2)
Virginia Tech (8-2)
Oklahoma (9-2)
Tennessee (9-3)
14.
15.
Virginia Tech (6-1)
West Virginia (6-1)
Missouri (7-1)
USC (7-2)
Illinois (8-3)
Virginia (9-2)
Illinois (9-3)
15.
16.
West Virginia (5-1)
Auburn (5-3)
Purdue (7-2)
Virginia Tech (7-2)
Clemson (8-2)
Tennessee (8-3)
South Florida (9-3)
16.
17.
Georgia (5-2)
Georgia (5-2)
Florida (5-3)
Texas (8-2)
Tennessee (7-3)
Illinois (9-3)
Hawaii (11-0)
17.
18.
USC (5-1)
Kentucky (6-2)
Auburn (6-3)
Alabama (6-3)
Cincinnati (8-2)
Connecticut (9-2)
BYU (9-2)
18.
19.
Tennessee (4-2)
Wake Forest (5-2)
South Florida (6-2)
Penn State (7-3)
Boston College (8-2)
South Florida (8-3)
Clemson (9-3)
19.
20.
Florida (4-2)
Connecticut (6-1)
Rutgers (5-3)
Auburn (7-3)
Connecticut (8-2)
Wisconsin (9-3)
Texas (9-3)
20.
21.
UCLA (4-2)
Alabama (6-2)
Wake Forest (6-2)
California (6-3)
Penn State (8-3)
Cincinnati (8-3)
Wisconsin (9-3)
21.
22.
Wake Forest (4-2)
South Carolina (6-2)
Alabama (6-2)
Boise State (8-1)
Michigan (8-3)
Clemson (8-3)
Auburn (8-4)
22.
23.
Cincinnati (6-1)
Michigan (6-2)
Oregon State (5-3)
Florida State (6-3)
Wisconsin (8-3)
Auburn (7-4)
Virginia (9-3)
23.
24.
Kansas State (4-2)
California (5-2)
Clemson (6-2)
Tennessee (6-3)
Kentucky (7-3)
Hawaii (10-0)
Cincinnati (9-3)
24.
25.
Illinois (5-2)
Penn State (6-2)
Tennessee (5-3)
Clemson (7-2)
Auburn (7-4)
Michigan (8-4)
Michigan (8-4)
25.
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
Dropped:
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Kansas State
Illinois
Dropped:
Virginia
UCLA
Kentucky
South Carolina
California
Penn State
Dropped:
Purdue
South Florida
Rutgers
Wake Forest
Oregon State
None
None
None
None
Billingsley
Richard Billingsley owns this computer system. He describes himself as not a mathematician or computer-geek; simply a devout college football fan since the age of 7.[2] The main components in the formula are: Won-Loss Records, Opponent Strength (based on the opponent's record, rating, and rank), with a strong emphasis on the most recent performance. Very minor consideration is also given to the site of the game, and defensive scoring performance.
Billingsley did use margin of victory, but removed it after the 2001 season. It had accounted for 5% of the total ranking for his system and was part of it for 32 years. Also, this computer system releases rankings each week, using a complex formula to incorporate the previous season's rank (but not ranking score) into the early parts of the current season.
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
1.
Ohio State (7-0)
Ohio State (8-0)
Ohio State (9-0)
Ohio State (10-0)
LSU (9-1)
Ohio State (11-1)
West Virginia (10-1)
1.
2.
South Florida (6-0)
LSU (7-1)
Boston College (8-0)
LSU (8-1)
Ohio State (10-1)
LSU (10-1)
Ohio State (11-1)
2.
3.
Kentucky (6-1)
Boston College (7-0)
LSU (7-1)
Oregon (8-1)
Oregon (8-1)
West Virginia (9-1)
Missouri (11-1)
3.
4.
LSU (6-1)
Southern Cal (6-1)
West Virginia (7-1)
West Virginia (7-1)
West Virginia (8-1)
Kansas (11-0)
Kansas (11-1)
4.
5.
Boston College (7-0)
West Virginia (6-1)
Arizona State (8-0)
Arizona State (8-1)
Arizona State (9-1)
Arizona State (9-1)
LSU (10-2)
5.
6.
South Carolina (6-1)
Florida (5-2)
Oregon (7-1)
Boston College (8-1)
Kansas (10-0)
Missouri (10-1)
USC (9-2)
6.
7.
West Virginia (5-1)
South Florida (6-1)
Michigan (7-2)
Kansas (9-0)
Southern Cal (8-2)
Virginia Tech (9-2)
Virginia Tech (10-2)
7.
8.
Southern Cal (5-1)
Kentucky (6-2)
Kansas (8-0)
Oklahoma (8-1)
Virginia Tech (8-2)
USC (8-2)
Arizona State (9-2)
8.
9.
Arizona State (7-0)
Arizona State (7-0)
Oklahoma (7-1)
Michigan (8-2)
Oklahoma (9-1)
Georgia (9-2)
Georgia (10-2)
9.
10.
Virginia Tech (6-1)
Michigan (6-2)
Southern Cal (6-2)
Southern Cal (7-2)
Missouri (9-1)
Oregon (8-2)
Hawaii (11-0)
10.
11.
Michigan (5-2)
Virginia Tech (6-1)
Virginia Tech (6-2)
Connecticut (8-1)
Georgia (8-2)
Illinois (9-3)
Florida (9-3)
11.
12.
Oklahoma (6-1)
Oklahoma (7-1)
Georgia (6-2)
Virginia Tech (7-2)
Boise State (9-1)
Boise State (10-1)
Boston College (10-2)
12.
13.
California (5-1)
Oregon (6-1)
Boise State (7-1)
Missouri (8-1)
Illinois (8-3)
Boston College (9-2)
Illinois (9-3)
13.
14.
Florida (4-2)
Rutgers (5-2)
Connecticut (7-1)
Georgia (7-2)
Wisconsin (8-3)
Wisconsin (9-3)
Wisconsin (9-3)
14.
15.
Auburn (5-2)
Missouri (6-1)
Missouri (7-1)
Boise State (8-1)
Florida (7-3)
Florida (8-3)
Boise State (10-2)
15.
16.
Tennessee (4-2)
Boise State (6-1)
Purdue (7-2)
Florida (6-3)
Cincinnati (8-2)
Oklahoma (9-2)
Oklahoma (10-2)
16.
17.
Maryland (4-2)
Virginia (7-1)
Florida (5-3)
Auburn (7-3)
Clemson (8-2)
Connecticut (9-2)
Tennessee (9-3)
17.
18.
Oregon (5-1)
Purdue (6-2)
Auburn (6-3)
Penn State (7-3)
Michigan (8-3)
Texas (9-2)
Arkansas (8-4)
18.
19.
Purdue (5-2)
Auburn (5-3)
South Florida (6-2)
Clemson (7-2)
Penn State (8-3)
Hawaii (10-0)
Connecticut (9-3)
19.
20.
Boise State (5-1)
Kansas (7-0)
Rutgers (5-3)
Texas (8-2)
Connecticut (8-2)
Tennessee (8-3)
Cincinnati (9-3)
20.
21.
Missouri (5-1)
Wake Forest (5-2)
Wake Forest (6-2)
Florida State (6-3)
Texas (9-2)
Cincinnati (8-3)
Oregon (8-3)
21.
22.
Oregon State (4-3)
Alabama (6-2)
Alabama (6-2)
Tennessee (6-3)
Boston College (8-2)
Virginia (9-2)
BYU (9-2)
22.
23.
Wake Forest (4-2)
UCLA (5-2)
Oregon State (5-3)
Rutgers (5-4)
Tennessee (7-3)
Rutgers (7-4)
Clemson (9-3)
23.
24.
Georgia (5-2)
Penn State (6-2)
Clemson (6-2)
Alabama (6-3)
Virginia (9-2)
BYU (8-2)
Virginia (9-3)
24.
25.
Kansas (6-0)
Oregon State (4-3)
Tennessee (5-3)
Wisconsin (7-3)
Hawaii (9-0)
Oregon State (7-4)
Rutgers (7-4)
25.
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
Dropped:
South Carolina
California
Tennessee
Maryland
Georgia
Dropped:
Kentucky
Virginia
UCLA
Penn State
None
None
None
None
None
Colley Matrix
Wes Colley has a Ph.D. from Princeton University in astrophysical sciences. He attended Virginia and is therefore a Virginia fan. His brother, Will Colley, played for Georgia. Colley claims 5 advantages using his system:[3]
First and foremost, the rankings are based only on results from the field, with absolutely no influence from opinion, past performance, tradition or any other bias factor. This is why there is no pre-season poll here. All teams are assumed equal at the beginning of each year.
Second, strength of schedule has a strong influence on the final ranking. A team does not gain by padding its schedule, so those wins against James Madison or William & Mary are discounted. (Prior to 2007, these games were completely ignored. With the schedule expansion to 12 games, these are now counted[4] but still influence the scores very little since their strength of schedule makes them very weak teams.) For example, Wisconsin with 4 losses finished the 2000 season well ahead of TCU with only 2 losses. That's because Wisconsin's Big 10 schedule was much, much more difficult that TCU's WAC schedule.
Third, as with the NFL, NHL, NBA, and Major League, score margin does not matter at all in determining ranking, so a large victory margin may influence pollsters, but does not influence this scheme. This reflects Colley's view that the object of football is winning the game, not winning by a large margin.
Fourth, there is no ad hoc weighting of opponents' winning percentage and opponents' opponents' winning percentage, etc., ad infinitum (no random choices of 1/3 of this + 2/3 of that, for example). In this method, very simple statistical principles, with absolutely no fine tuning are used to construct a system of 117 equations with 117 variables, representing each team according only to its wins and losses, (see Ranking Method). The computer simply solves those equations to arrive at a rating (and ranking) for each team.
Fifth, comparison between this scheme and the final press polls (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) proves that the scheme produces sensible results.
While all computer systems are not biased towards the "Name recognition" of a school, Colley's system doesn't include any information that doesn't involve the current season. No pre-season poll and no carry-over from the previous season.
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
1.
South Florida (6-0)
Louisiana State (7-1)
Boston College (8-0)
Louisiana State (8-1)
LSU
Louisiana State (10-1)
West Virginia (10-1)
Louisiana State (11-2)
1.
2.
Arizona State (7-0)
Boston College (7-0)
Arizona State (8-0)
Oregon (8-1)
Oregon
Ohio State (11-1)
Missouri (11-1)
Virginia Tech (11-2)
2.
3.
Louisiana State (6-1)
Ohio State (8-0)
Louisiana State (7-1)
Ohio State (10-0)
Arizona St.
Arizona State (9-1)
Ohio State (11-1)
Georgia (10-2)
3.
4.
Ohio State (7-0)
Arizona State (7-0)
Ohio State (9-0)
Boston College (8-1)
Kansas
West Virginia (9-1)
Georgia (10-2)
Missouri (11-2)
4.
5.
Kentucky (6-1)
South Florida (6-1)
Oregon (7-1)
Arizona State (8-1)
Ohio St.
Kansas (11-0)
Louisiana State (10-2)
Ohio State (11-1)
5.
6.
South Carolina (6-1)
Virginia (7-1)
Kansas (8-0)
Kansas (9-0)
Missouri
Missouri (10-1)
Boston College (10-2)
West Virginia (10-2)
6.
7.
Boston College (7-0)
Oregon (6-1)
West Virginia (7-1)
Oklahoma (8-1)
West Virginia
Georgia (9-2)
Virginia Tech (10-2)
Florida (9-3)
7.
8.
Oregon (5-1)
Kansas (7-0)
Connecticut (7-1)
Connecticut (8-1)
Georgia
Oregon (8-2)
Florida (9-3)
Oklahoma (11-2)
8.
9.
Virginia Tech (6-1)
Virginia Tech (6-1)
Georgia (6-2)
Missouri (8-1)
Oklahoma
Boston College (9-2)
Arizona State (9-2)
Arizona State (10-2)
9.
10.
Kansas (6-0)
Kentucky (6-2)
Oklahoma (7-1)
Georgia (7-2)
Florida
Florida (8-3)
Kansas (11-1)
Kansas (11-1)
10.
11.
Oklahoma (6-1)
Missouri (6-1)
South Florida (6-2)
Virginia (8-2)
Virginia
Virginia Tech (9-2)
Oklahoma (10-2)
Boston College (10-3)
11.
12.
Virginia (6-1)
Florida (5-2)
Virginia Tech (6-2)
West Virginia (7-1)
Virginia Tech
Virginia (9-2)
Tennessee (9-3)
USC (10-2)
12.
13.
Auburn (5-2)
West Virginia (6-1)
Missouri (7-1)
Virginia Tech (7-2)
Clemson
South Florida (8-3)
USC (9-2)
South Florida (9-3)
13.
14.
California (5-1)
Oklahoma (7-1)
Michigan (7-2)
Florida (6-3)
Boston College
Texas (9-2)
South Florida (9-3)
Hawaii (12-0)
14.
15.
West Virginia (5-1)
South Carolina (6-2)
Virginia (7-2)
Michigan (8-2)
Texas
Oklahoma (9-2)
Oregon (8-3)
Clemson (9-3)
15.
16.
Missouri (5-1)
Connecticut (6-1)
Boise State (7-1)
Boise State (8-1)
Cincinnati
Tennessee (8-3)
Clemson (9-3)
BYU (10-2)
16.
17.
Cincinnati (6-1)
Michigan (6-2)
Alabama (6-2)
Texas (8-2)
Connecticut
Connecticut (9-2)
BYU (9-2)
Tennessee (9-4)
17.
18.
Florida (4-2)
Auburn (5-3)
Auburn (6-3)
Auburn (7-3)
South Florida
USC (8-2)
Hawaii (11-0)
Virginia (9-3)
18.
19.
Georgia (5-2)
Wake Forest (5-2)
Wake Forest (6-2)
South Florida (6-3)
USC
Illinois (9-3)
Illinois (9-3)
Illinois (9-3)
19.
20.
Hawaii (7-0)
Boise State (6-1)
Florida (5-3)
Alabama (6-3)
Illinois
Clemson (8-3)
Virginia (9-3)
Cincinnati (9-3)
20.
21.
Tennessee (4-2)
UCLA (5-2)
Clemson (6-2)
Clemson (7-2)
Tennessee
BYU (8-2)
Cincinnati (9-3)
Oregon (8-4)
21.
22.
Kansas State (4-2)
Alabama (6-2)
Kentucky (6-3)
Kentucky (6-3)
Kentucky
Cincinnati (8-3)
Texas (9-3)
Texas (9-3)
22.
23.
Illinois (5-2)
Georgia (5-2)
South Carolina (6-3)
Penn State (7-3)
Michigan
Hawaii (10-0)
Wisconsin (9-3)
Connecticut (9-3)
23.
24.
Michigan (5-2)
USC (6-1)
Tennessee (5-3)
Florida State (6-3)
Boise St.
Wisconsin (9-3)
Connecticut (9-3)
Auburn (8-4)
24.
25.
Wisconsin (5-2)
Rutgers (5-2)
Purdue (7-2)
USC (7-2)
Wisconsin
Boise State (10-1)
Auburn (8-4)
Oregon State (8-4)
25.
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
Dropped:
California
Cincinnati
Hawaii
Tennessee
Kansas State
Illinois
Wisconsin
None
None
None
None
None
None
Massey
Kenneth Massey is the owner of this complex computer system. He was a Ph.D. candidate of Mathematics at Virginia Tech. Only the score, venue, and date of each game are used to calculate the Massey ratings. However, Massey calculates an offensive and defensive ratings which combine to produce a power ranking as well. The overall team rating is a merit based quantity, and is the result of applying a Bayesian win-loss correction to the power rating.
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
1.
South Florida (6-0)
Boston College (7-0)
Boston College (8-0)
LSU (8-1)
LSU
LSU (10-1)
Missouri (11-1)
1.
2.
LSU (6-1)
LSU (7-1)
Arizona State (8-0)
Ohio State (10-0)
Kansas
Kansas (11-0)
West Virginia (10-1)
2.
3.
Boston College (7-0)
Ohio State (8-0)
LSU (7-1)
Kansas (9-0)
Oregon
Arizona State (9-1)
Georgia (10-2)
3.
4.
South Carolina (6-1)
South Florida (6-1)
Kansas (8-0)
Oregon (8-1)
Arizona State
Ohio State (11-1)
Ohio State (11-1)
4.
5.
Kentucky (6-1)
Arizona State (7-0)
Ohio State (9-0)
Arizona State (8-1)
Missouri
Georgia (9-2)
Virginia Tech (10-2)
5.
6.
Arizona State (7-0)
Virginia (7-1)
Oregon (7-1)
Boston College (8-1)
Ohio State
Missouri (10-1)
LSU (10-2)
6.
7.
Ohio State (7-0)
Kansas (7-0)
West Virginia (7-1)
Oklahoma (8-1)
Georgia
West Virginia (9-1)
Kansas (11-1)
7.
8.
Virginia Tech (6-1)
Virginia Tech (6-1)
Georgia (6-2)
Missouri (8-1)
Oklahoma
Virginia Tech (9-2)
Boston College (10-2)
8.
9.
West Virginia (5-1)
Florida (5-2)
Virginia Tech (6-2)
Virginia Tech (7-2)
West Virginia
Florida (8-3)
Florida (9-3)
9.
10.
Auburn (5-2)
Oregon (6-1)
South Florida (6-2)
Georgia (7-2)
Virginia Tech
Boston College (9-2)
Arizona State (9-2)
10.
11.
Kansas (6-0)
Kentucky (6-2)
Oklahoma (7-1)
Connecticut (8-1)
Florida
Oregon (8-2)
Tennessee (9-3)
11.
12.
Oregon (5-1)
West Virginia (6-1)
Connecticut (7-1)
West Virginia (7-1)
Clemson
NE Omaha (10-0)
USC (9-2)
12.
13.
Virginia (6-1)
South Carolina (6-2)
Auburn (6-3)
Florida (6-3)
NE Omaha
Tennessee (8-3)
Oklahoma (10-2)
13.
14.
Oklahoma (6-1)
Missouri (6-1)
Alabama (6-2)
Michigan (8-2)
Boston College
USC (8-2)
Clemson (9-3)
14.
15.
California (5-1)
Wake Forest (5-2)
Wake Forest (6-2)
Virginia (8-2)
Virginia
Oklahoma (9-2)
Hawaii (11-0)
15.
16.
Florida (4-2)
Auburn (5-3)
Missouri (7-1)
Alabama (6-3)
Tennessee
Virginia (9-2)
South Florida (9-3)
16.
17.
Missouri (5-1)
Oklahoma (7-1)
Florida (5-3)
Clemson (7-2)
Illinois
Connecticut (9-2)
Illinois (9-3)
17.
18.
Wake Forest (4-2)
Connecticut (6-1)
Clemson (6-2)
Auburn (7-3)
Kentucky
Illinois (9-3)
Oregon (8-3)
18.
19.
Tennessee (4-2)
Michigan (6-2)
Michigan (7-2)
USC
South Florida (8-3)
Auburn (8-4)
19.
20.
Georgia (5-2)
Georgia (5-2)
Virginia (7-2)
Penn State (7-3)
Connecticut
Clemson (8-3)
Virginia (9-3)
20.
21.
Michigan (5-2)
Rutgers (5-2)
Tennessee (6-3)
Michigan
Texas (9-2)
Connecticut (9-3)
21.
22.
Kansas State (4-2)
Alabama (6-2)
Kentucky (6-3)
Cincinnati
Auburn (7-4)
Northern Iowa (12-0)
22.
23.
Maryland (4-2)
Georgia Tech (5-3)
Texas
Kentucky (7-4)
Wisconsin (9-3)
23.
24.
Florida State (4-2)
Maryland (4-3)
Texas (8-2)
Wisconsin
Northern Iowa (11-0)
BYU (9-2)
24.
25.
USC (5-1)
UCLA (5-2)
USC (7-2)
South Florida
Cincinnati (8-3)
Cincinnati (9-3)
25.
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
Dropped:
California
Tennessee
Kansas State
Florida State
USC
None
None
None
None
None
None
Sagarin
Jeff Sagarin owns this computer system that is published in USA Today. He holds an MBA from Indiana. This system uses the Elo Chess system where winning and losing are the sole factors. He also publishes a "Predictor" system that uses margin of victory. However, the BCS only uses the Elo Chess system.
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
1.
South Florida (6-0)
Boston College (7-0)
Boston College (8-0)
Ohio State (10-0)
Kansas (10-0)
Kansas (11-0)
Missouri (11-1)
Virginia Tech (11-2)
1.
2.
LSU (6-1)
LSU (7-1)
Kansas (8-0)
Kansas (9-0)
LSU (9-1)
LSU (10-1)
West Virginia (10-1)
LSU (11-2)
2.
3.
South Carolina (6-1)
Ohio State (8-0)
Ohio State (9-0)
LSU (8-1)
Oregon (8-1)
West Virginia (9-1)
Kansas (11-1)
Oklahoma (11-2)
3.
4.
Kentucky (6-1)
Kansas (7-0)
Arizona State (8-0)
Oregon (8-1)
Arizona State (9-1)
Missouri (10-1)
Virginia Tech (10-2)
Ohio State (11-1)
4.
5.
Boston College (7-0)
Arizona State (7-0)
LSU (7-1)
Boston College (8-1)
Missouri (9-1)
Arizona State (9-1)
Ohio State (11-1)
Kansas (11-1)
5.
6.
Kansas (6-0)
South Florida (6-1)
Virginia Tech (6-2)
Arizona State (8-1)
Ohio State (10-1)
Ohio State (11-1)
Georgia (10-2)
Missouri (11-2)
6.
7.
Ohio State (7-0)
Virginia Tech (6-1)
West Virginia (7-1)
Missouri (8-1)
Oklahoma (9-1)
Georgia (9-2)
Boston College (10-2)
Georgia (10-2)
7.
8.
West Virginia (5-1)
Virginia (7-1)
Georgia (6-2)
Oklahoma (8-1)
West Virginia (8-1)
Virginia Tech (9-2)
LSU (10-2)
Hawaii (12-0)
8.
9.
Arizona State (7-0)
West Virginia (6-1)
Oklahoma (7-1)
Virginia Tech (7-2)
Virginia Tech (8-2)
Boston College (9-2)
Florida (9-3)
USC (10-2)
9.
10.
Virginia Tech (6-1)
South Carolina (6-2)
Oregon (7-1)
Georgia (7-2)
Georgia (8-2)
Florida (8-3)
USC (9-2)
Boston College (10-3)
10.
11.
Auburn (5-2)
Florida (5-2)
South Florida (6-2)
West Virginia (7-1)
Florida (7-3)
Oregon (8-2)
Hawaii (11-0)
West Virginia (10-2)
11.
12.
Oklahoma (6-1)
Kentucky (6-2)
Connecticut (7-1)
Connecticut (8-1)
Clemson (8-2)
Northern Iowa (11-0)
Arizona State (9-2)
Florida (9-3)
12.
13.
Tennessee (4-2)
Oregon (6-1)
Missouri (7-1)
Michigan (8-2)
Boston College (8-2)
USC (8-2)
Oklahoma (10-2)
Arizona State (10-2)
13.
14.
California (5-1)
Oklahoma (7-1)
Clemson (6-2)
Florida (6-3)
USC (8-2)
Oklahoma (9-2)
Tennessee (9-3)
Clemson (9-3)
14.
15.
Missouri (5-1)
Missouri (6-1)
South Carolina (6-3)
Clemson (7-2)
Tennessee (7-3)
Virginia (9-2)
Northern Iowa (12-0)
South Florida (9-3)
15.
16.
Virginia (6-1)
Wake Forest (5-2)
North Dakota State (8-0)
Virginia (8-2)
Virginia (9-2)
Tennessee (8-3)
Clemson (9-3)
Virginia (9-3)
16.
17.
Georgia (5-2)
Connecticut (6-1)
Auburn (6-3)
Illinois (8-3)
Connecticut (9-2)
South Florida (9-3)
Tennessee (9-4)
17.
18.
North Dakota State (6-0)
Auburn (5-3)
Tennessee (5-3)
Tennessee (6-3)
Connecticut (8-2)
South Florida (8-3)
Oregon (8-3)
Illinois (9-3)
18.
19.
Oregon (5-1)
Georgia (5-2)
Florida (5-3)
Alabama (6-3)
Kentucky (7-3)
Clemson (8-3)
Illinois (9-3)
Auburn (8-4)
19.
20.
Florida (4-2)
North Dakota State (7-0)
Alabama (6-2)
Auburn (7-3)
Cincinnati (8-2)
Illinois (9-3)
Virginia (9-3)
Connecticut (9-3)
20.
21.
Kansas State (4-2)
Georgia Tech (5-3)
Wake Forest (6-2)
Penn State (7-3)
Michigan (8-3)
Texas (9-2)
Auburn (8-4)
Oregon State (8-4)
21.
22.
Mississippi State (4-3)
Michigan (6-2)
Virginia (7-2)
Cincinnati (8-3)
Connecticut (9-3)
Cincinnati (9-3)
22.
23.
Wake Forest (4-2)
Maryland (4-3)
Michigan (7-2)
Texas (8-2)
Texas (9-2)
Hawaii (10-0)
Cincinnati (9-3)
BYU (10-2)
23.
24.
Maryland (4-2)
Alabama (6-2)
Georgia Tech (5-3)
USC (7-2)
Auburn (7-4)
BYU (9-2)
Florida State (7-5)
24.
25.
Florida State (4-2)
Clemson (5-2)
Northern Iowa (8-0)
Kentucky (7-4)
Florida State (7-5)
Wake Forest (8-4)
25.
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
Dropped:
Tennessee
California
Kansas State
Mississippi State
Florida State
Dropped:
Kentucky
Maryland
None
None
None
None
None
Wolfe
Peter Wolfe uses a Bradley-Terry model for his computer system. It uses wins and losses but also uses game location as a factor. In addition, he ranks all teams that can be connected by schedule played (over 700 involving Division I FBS, Division I FCS, II, III and NAIA).
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
1.
South Florida (6-0)
Boston College (7-0)
Boston College (8-0)
Ohio State
Kansas
LSU (10-1)
Missouri (11-1)
1.
2.
LSU (6-1)
LSU (7-1)
Arizona State (8-0)
LSU
LSU
Kansas (11-0)
West Virginia (10-1)
2.
3.
South Carolina (6-1)
Ohio State (8-0)
Ohio State (9-0)
Oregon
Oregon
West Virginia (9-1)
Ohio State (11-1)
3.
4.
Arizona State (7-0)
Arizona State (7-0)
Kansas (8-0)
Kansas
Missouri
Missouri (10-1)
Virginia Tech (10-2)
4.
5.
Kentucky (6-1)
South Florida (6-1)
LSU (7-1)
Arizona State
Arizona State
Ohio State (11-1)
Kansas (11-1)
5.
6.
Boston College (7-0)
Virginia (7-1)
Oregon (7-1)
Boston College
Ohio State
Arizona State (9-1)
Georgia (10-2)
6.
7.
Ohio State (7-0)
Oregon (6-1)
West Virginia (7-1)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Georgia (9-2)
Boston College (10-2)
7.
8.
West Virginia (5-1)
Virginia Tech (6-1)
Oklahoma (7-1)
Missouri
West Virginia
Virginia Tech (9-2)
LSU (10-2)
8.
9.
Virginia Tech (6-1)
West Virginia (6-1)
Virginia Tech (6-2)
Virginia Tech
Georgia
Boston College (9-2)
Oklahoma (10-2)
9.
10.
Kansas (6-0)
Kansas (7-0)
Georgia (6-2)
West Virginia
Virginia Tech
Oregon (8-2)
USC (9-2)
10.
11.
Oklahoma (6-1)
Missouri (6-1)
Connecticut (7-1)
Connecticut
Virginia
Oklahoma (9-2)
Arizona State (9-2)
11.
12.
Hawai'i (7-0)
Oklahoma (7-1)
South Florida (6-2)
Georgia
Hawaii
Florida (8-3)
Florida (9-3)
12.
13.
Missouri (5-1)
Florida (5-2)
Missouri (7-1)
Virginia
Florida
Virginia (9-2)
Tennessee (9-3)
13.
14.
Virginia (6-1)
Connecticut (6-1)
Hawaii (8-0)
Michigan
USC
USC (8-2)
Hawaii (11-0)
14.
15.
Oregon (5-1)
South Carolina (6-2)
Virginia (7-2)
Hawaii
Michigan
Connecticut (9-2)
South Florida (9-3)
15.
16.
California (5-1)
Kentucky (6-2)
Clemson (6-2)
Texas
Boston College
Texas (9-2)
Clemson (9-3)
16.
17.
Auburn (5-2)
Hawaii (7-0)
Alabama (6-2)
Clemson
Clemson
Hawaii (10-0)
Illinois (9-3)
17.
18.
Georgia (5-2)
Wake Forest (5-2)
Auburn (6-3)
Florida
Connecticut
Illinois (9-3)
BYU (9-2)
18.
19.
Tennessee (4-2)
Georgia (5-2)
Florida State
Cincinnati
South Florida (8-3)
Oregon (8-3)
19.
20.
Cincinnati (6-1)
Auburn (5-3)
Michigan (7-2)
Penn State
Illinois
Tennessee (8-3)
Cincinnati (9-3)
20.
21.
Connecticut (5-1)
Michigan (6-2)
Wake Forest (6-2)
Boise State
Texas
Cincinnati (8-3)
Connecticut (9-3)
21.
22.
Kansas State (4-2)
UCLA (5-2)
Tennessee
South Florida
BYU (8-2)
Virginia (9-3)
22.
23.
Florida (4-2)
USC (6-1)
Florida (5-3)
South Florida
Tennessee
Clemson (8-3)
Texas (9-3)
23.
24.
Texas Tech (6-1)
California (5-2)
Boise State (7-1)
USC
Boise State
Boise State (10-1)
Wisconsin (9-3)
24.
25.
Florida State (4-2)
Texas A&M (6-2)
Auburn
Penn State
Wisconsin (9-3)
Auburn (8-4)
25.
Week 8 Oct 13
Week 9 Oct 20
Week 10 Oct 27
Week 11 Nov 3
Week 12 Nov 10
Week 13 Nov 17
Week 14 Nov 24
Week 15 Dec 2
Dropped:
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Kansas State
Texas Tech
Florida State
None
None
None
None
None
None
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
Italics
Number of first place votes
(#-#)
Win–loss record
(t)
Tied with team above or below also with this symbol
