Nutshell Sports NCAA Football Ratings
6 January 2005

Predictive Ratings Final (So, what's to predict?)

Also see my Retrodictive Ratings 1869-present.
Who was really best in any particular year?

rank team               rating

1 USC                 129.0
2 Utah                109.0
3 Auburn              105.4
4 Miami FL            104.8
5 Oklahoma             97.8
6 Boise State          96.2
7 Virginia Tech        95.6
8 Louisville           93.4
9 LSU                  92.3
10 Ohio State          92.0
11 Iowa                91.7
12 Georgia             91.2
13 California          90.4
14 Texas               90.1
15 Boston College      89.9
16 Michigan            89.5
17 Northwestern        88.6
18 Arizona State       88.2
19 Maryland            88.1
20 Texas Tech          86.9
21 Florida Stat        86.9
22 Virginia            86.8
23 Tennessee           86.4
24 Georgia Tech        85.6
25 Oregon State        84.6
26 West Virginia       84.1
27 Pittsburgh          83.1
28 North Carolina      82.6
29 Connecticut         82.2
30 Purdue              81.5
31 Wisconsin           80.6
32 Fresno State        79.2
33 Syracuse            79.2
34 Notre Dame          79.1
35 Florida             78.9
36 Colorado            78.4
37 Clemson             77.5
38 Texas A&M           77.4
39 Arkansas            76.7
40 NC State            76.6
41 Oklahoma State      76.2
42 Minnesota           75.3
43 Kansas State        75.3
44 Wake Forest         75.1
45 Nebraska            75.1
46 Navy                74.3
47 Washington State    74.3
48 Southern Miss       73.6
49 New Mexico          73.4
50 Missouri            72.1
51 Northern Illinois   72.0
52 Arizona             71.4
53 Cincinnati          71.4
54 Duke                71.1
55 Penn State          70.4
56 Bowling Green       70.4
57 Toledo              70.0
58 UCLA                69.8
59 Kansas              69.5
60 Louisiana Tech      69.4
61 BYU                 68.7
62 Wyoming             68.6
63 Iowa State          68.1
64 Rutgers             68.1
65 Alabama             67.3
66 Miami Ohio          67.3
67 Mississippi         67.0
68 Stanford            66.5
69 Memphis             66.5
70 Hawaii              66.4
71 Michigan State      66.2
72 Oregon              66.0
73 UTEP                66.0
74 South Carolina      65.7
75 Tulane              64.8
76 Washington          63.1
77 Mississippi St      62.9
78 Air Force           62.5
79 San Diego State     62.3
80 South Florida       62.3
81 TCU                 62.3
82 Colorado State      61.9
83 Baylor              61.7
84 Akron               61.5
85 Marshall            60.4
86 Temple              58.2
87 North Texas         58.2
88 UNLV                58.2
89 Houston             58.1
90 Tulsa               57.6
91 Troy State          57.2
92 UAB                 57.1
93 Illinois            55.7
94 Kentucky            54.3
95 Vanderbilt          54.3
96 NM State            53.9
97 East Carolina       53.1
98 Kent State          52.5
99 Nevada              52.0
100 Middle Tenn        51.9
101 Indiana            50.9
102 Army               48.3
103 La-Lafayette       48.1
104 E Michigan         47.4
105 SMU                47.1
106 Utah State         46.1
107 Florida Atlantic   45.3
108 Rice               45.2
109 San Jose State     44.7
110 W Michigan         44.4
111 C Michigan         43.5
112 La-Monroe          41.9
113 Idaho              41.7
114 Arkansas State     41.6
115 Ohio               41.1
116 Buffalo            39.4
117 Ball State         37.3
118 Central Florida    27.0

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