The New York Times's Computer Ranking

The New York Times's Computer Ranking

he New York Times's computer football ranking is based on an analysis of each team's record with emphasis on who won and against what quality of opposition. The quality of an opponent is determined by examining the opponent's record against other teams.

The Times's computer model takes note of a home-field advantage.Recent games count more than earlier games. Bowl games count as one and a half times a regular season game.

The top team is assigned a rating of 1.000; the ratings of all other teams are percentages reflecting their strength relative to the top team. This week, for example, there is almost no difference between Southern California (No. 1) and Louisiana State (2), while the difference between Louisiana State (2) and Maryland (3) is much larger.

(The 2004 rankings will start to appear on or about October 3.)

Rank	Team	Prev. Rank	Wins	Losses	Rating	Opp. Wins	Opp. Losses
1	Southern Cal	1	12	1	1.000	84	67
2	Louisiana State	2	13	1	0.996	96	70
3	Maryland	11	10	3	0.934	85	65
4	Ohio State	8	11	2	0.927	95	60
5	Miami	10	11	2	0.909	86	65
6	Georgia	12	11	3	0.902	98	67
7	Mississippi	17	10	3	0.872	80	72
8	Clemson	19	9	4	0.869	86	64
9	Iowa	15	10	3	0.856	85	67
10	Florida State	7	10	3	0.848	90	61
11	Washington State	21	10	3	0.841	79	69
12	Texas	4	10	3	0.840	88	65
13	Michigan	3	10	3	0.836	89	63
14	Oklahoma	5	12	2	0.834	99	69
14	Tennessee	9	10	3	0.834	82	70
16	Kansas State	6	11	4	0.826	114	62
17	Auburn	26	8	5	0.817	92	63
18	Arkansas	23	9	4	0.811	88	65
19	N.C. State	29	8	5	0.804	89	62
20	Nebraska	19	10	3	0.803	81	71
21	Miami (Ohio)	22	13	1	0.800	88	74
22	Florida	13	8	5	0.791	99	53
23	California	27	8	6	0.778	91	72
24	Minnesota	28	10	3	0.776	72	78
25	Virginia	37	8	5	0.775	82	68
26	West Virginia	14	8	5	0.772	78	72
27	Connecticut	25	9	3	0.771	59	76
28	Boston College	35	8	5	0.752	75	73
29	Boise State	34	13	1	0.750	79	82
30	Utah	33	10	2	0.743	72	66
31	Bowling Green	36	11	3	0.740	100	61
32	Purdue	18	9	4	0.738	80	72
33	Oklahoma State	16	9	4	0.735	82	70
34	Georgia Tech	49	7	6	0.732	83	69
34	Oregon State	47	8	5	0.732	86	65
36	Texas Tech	45	8	5	0.718	82	70
37	Oregon	24	8	5	0.709	82	67
38	Notre Dame	32	5	7	0.692	90	50
39	Southern Miss.	30	9	4	0.671	82	67
40	Pittsburgh	31	8	5	0.666	76	72
41	Washington	48	6	6	0.665	74	65
42	Fresno State	51	9	5	0.664	85	78
43	Marshall	46	8	4	0.653	69	69
43	Michigan State	38	8	5	0.653	79	70
45	Hawaii	61	9	5	0.632	82	80
45	T.C.U.	39	11	2	0.632	70	79
47	Virginia Tech	43	8	5	0.631	80	70
48	Missouri	41	8	5	0.628	75	77
49	Memphis	60	9	4	0.625	72	74
50	Northern Illinois	57	10	2	0.624	53	82
51	Northwestern	40	6	7	0.622	87	66
52	South Carolina	58	5	7	0.621	86	56
52	Wisconsin	42	7	6	0.621	83	68
54	Colorado	53	5	7	0.608	86	59
54	Syracuse	55	6	6	0.608	70	68
56	Navy	44	8	5	0.607	70	80
57	Toledo	59	8	4	0.605	67	68
58	Wake Forest	62	5	7	0.601	78	62
59	Tulsa	50	8	5	0.599	73	77
60	Duke	62	4	8	0.590	77	63
61	Colorado State	54	7	6	0.589	90	61
61	New Mexico	52	8	5	0.589	75	72
63	Alabama	65	4	9	0.582	105	50
63	Arizona State	68	5	7	0.582	75	65
65	U.C.L.A.	55	6	7	0.573	81	70
66	Rutgers	67	5	7	0.559	69	71
67	Akron	72	7	5	0.549	60	73
68	Stanford	75	4	7	0.546	68	59
69	South Florida	70	7	4	0.545	55	71
70	Louisville	66	9	4	0.539	67	82
70	Rice	71	5	7	0.539	64	76
72	Louisiana Tech	78	5	7	0.526	81	63
72	Texas A&M	69	4	8	0.526	89	53
74	Kansas	64	6	7	0.524	77	74
75	San Diego State	77	6	6	0.520	72	63
76	U.N.L.V.	76	6	6	0.517	76	62
77	Nevada-Reno	80	6	6	0.504	70	68
78	Western Mich.	81	5	7	0.501	72	62
79	Penn State	82	3	9	0.494	78	63
80	North Texas St.	74	9	4	0.491	65	82
81	Air Force	79	7	5	0.489	75	65
82	Houston	72	7	6	0.488	73	78
83	Arizona	83	2	10	0.484	88	56
84	Kent State	85	5	7	0.483	67	70
85	U.A.B.	86	5	7	0.471	71	67
85	Brigham Young	87	4	8	0.471	81	56
87	Troy State	88	6	6	0.465	70	69
88	Tulane	84	5	7	0.459	70	70
89	Vanderbilt	89	2	10	0.451	77	64
90	North Carolina	92	2	10	0.449	70	69
91	Mississippi St.	95	2	10	0.435	79	63
92	Ball State	93	4	8	0.433	77	62
93	Kentucky	93	4	8	0.431	60	79
94	Cincinnati	91	5	7	0.430	70	69
95	Wyoming	90	4	8	0.429	78	61
96	Eastern Mich.	99	3	9	0.420	74	63
97	Indiana	97	2	10	0.417	70	68
98	Baylor	95	3	9	0.404	72	69
98	Iowa State	98	2	10	0.404	92	52
100	San Jose State	101	3	8	0.391	65	64
101	La-Lafayette	100	4	8	0.387	59	78
102	Middle Tenn. St.	103	4	8	0.371	65	74
103	Central Mich.	104	3	9	0.360	72	64
104	Illinois	102	1	11	0.353	79	64
105	Buffalo	105	1	11	0.351	84	55
106	Arkansas State	107	5	7	0.337	54	82
106	Idaho	108	3	9	0.337	63	73
108	Central Florida	106	3	9	0.334	66	72
109	New Mexico St.	110	3	9	0.320	57	71
110	Temple	109	1	11	0.317	71	66
111	Utah State	112	3	9	0.305	59	76
112	East Carolina	111	1	11	0.300	66	72
113	Ohio	114	2	10	0.289	63	72
114	U.T.E.P.	113	2	11	0.285	67	81
115	La-Monroe	117	1	11	0.265	66	70
115	S.M.U.	115	0	12	0.265	70	70
117	Army	116	0	13	0.246	75	73

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