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2001 FINAL BCS
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE RANKINGS
AS OF DECEMBER 9, 2001
2001 Opponents Opponents'
Opponents
Strength of Schedule
Rank School W-L Pct W-L Pct SOS
1
California
71-39
0.6455
611-589
0.5092
0.6000
2
Colorado
74-45
0.6218
728-603
0.5470
0.5969
3
Tennessee
72-45
0.6154
720-591
0.5492
0.5933
4
Kansas State
67-42
0.6147
634-567
0.5279
0.5858
5
Mississippi State
63-42
0.6000
623-567
0.5235
0.5745
6
Auburn
65-44
0.5963
625-563
0.5261
0.5729
7
Kansas
62-42
0.5962
598-548
0.5218
0.5714
8
Florida State
65-43
0.6019
599-594
0.5021
0.5686
9
Syracuse
70-48
0.5932
670-626
0.5170
0.5678
10
Louisiana State
67-49
0.5776
712-591
0.5464
0.5672
11
Wisconsin
68-45
0.6018
635-641
0.4976
0.5671
12
UCLA
61-46
0.5701
652-527
0.5530
0.5644
13
Penn State
65-45
0.5909
612-587
0.5104
0.5641
14
Nebraska
66-48
0.5789
686-605
0.5314
0.5631
15
Oklahoma State
60-41
0.5941
571-574
0.4987
0.5623
16
Notre Dame
63-46
0.5780
627-560
0.5282
0.5614
17
Michigan
63-46
0.5780
632-566
0.5275
0.5612
18
Miami FL
61-45
0.5755
631-554
0.5325
0.5611
19
Florida
62-47
0.5688
647-539
0.5455
0.5610
20
Kentucky
63-46
0.5780
622-567
0.5231
0.5597
21
Washington
61-47
0.5648
641-535
0.5451
0.5582
22
Stanford
62-48
0.5636
649-551
0.5408
0.5560
23
Arkansas
61-45
0.5755
581-562
0.5083
0.5531
24
North Carolina
68-51
0.5714
662-652
0.5038
0.5489
25
Oregon State
59-45
0.5673
588-580
0.5034
0.5460
26
Colorado State
65-48
0.5752
598-638
0.4838
0.5448
27
Texas A&M
55-45
0.5500
598-532
0.5292
0.5431
28
Texas Tech
57-46
0.5534
588-551
0.5162
0.5410
29
Alabama
58-49
0.5421
632-556
0.5320
0.5387
30
Missouri
57-48
0.5429
594-542
0.5229
0.5362
31
Oregon
56-50
0.5283
650-531
0.5504
0.5357
32
Purdue
60-49
0.5505
591-595
0.4983
0.5331
33
Texas
61-56
0.5214
731-588
0.5542
0.5323
34
Southern Cal
57-53
0.5182
670-529
0.5588
0.5317
35
West Virginia
59-50
0.5413
601-581
0.5085
0.5303
36
Oklahoma
61-56
0.5214
704-599
0.5403
0.5277
37
Illinois
56-52
0.5185
648-539
0.5459
0.5277
38
Arizona State
57-50
0.5327
607-580
0.5114
0.5256
39
Indiana
58-52
0.5273
623-572
0.5213
0.5253
40
South Carolina
55-50
0.5238
606-544
0.5270
0.5249
41
Nevada
64-52
0.5517
603-687
0.4674
0.5236
42
Washington State
55-50
0.5238
592-549
0.5188
0.5222
43
Pittsburgh
54-47
0.5347
534-591
0.4747
0.5147
44
Houston
60-47
0.5607
493-682
0.4196
0.5137
45
Ohio State
54-54
0.5000
636-550
0.5363
0.5121
46
Minnesota
55-49
0.5288
536-605
0.4698
0.5092
47
Temple
57-52
0.5229
562-607
0.4808
0.5089
48
San Jose State
62-60
0.5082
698-677
0.5076
0.5080
49
Iowa
54-54
0.5000
622-567
0.5231
0.5077
50
Georgia
53-54
0.4953
629-560
0.5290
0.5066
51
Fresno State
65-65
0.5000
771-715
0.5188
0.5063
52
Miami OH
62-55
0.5299
588-694
0.4587
0.5062
53
Vanderbilt
54-52
0.5094
569-571
0.4991
0.5060
54
Boston College
55-54
0.5046
600-586
0.5059
0.5050
55
Baylor
55-52
0.5140
546-580
0.4849
0.5043
56
Wake Forest
51-49
0.5100
558-576
0.4921
0.5040
57
Clemson
53-51
0.5096
555-593
0.4834
0.5009
58
Utah
54-51
0.5143
551-627
0.4677
0.4988
59
Iowa State
47-52
0.4747
614-521
0.5410
0.4968
60
Northern Illinois
50-43
0.5376
447-631
0.4147
0.4966
61
East Carolina
53-49
0.5196
515-629
0.4502
0.4965
62
Virginia
57-59
0.4914
635-623
0.5048
0.4958
63
Utah State
55-48
0.5340
452-633
0.4166
0.4949
64
Hawaii
60-57
0.5128
623-737
0.4581
0.4946
65
Arizona
51-56
0.4766
621-550
0.5303
0.4945
66
Georgia Tech
57-58
0.4957
614-634
0.4920
0.4944
67
Northwestern
53-56
0.4862
600-589
0.5046
0.4924
68
Virginia Tech
53-55
0.4907
585-598
0.4945
0.4920
69
Duke
53-56
0.4862
604-607
0.4988
0.4904
70
Tulane
58-54
0.5179
509-729
0.4111
0.4823
71
Southern Methodist
54-59
0.4779
614-656
0.4835
0.4797
72
North Carolina State
50-59
0.4587
615-590
0.5104
0.4759
73
San Diego State
49-52
0.4851
525-623
0.4573
0.4759
74
Tulsa
56-58
0.4912
550-688
0.4443
0.4756
75
Ohio
52-55
0.4860
527-637
0.4527
0.4749
76
Mississippi
48-56
0.4615
560-572
0.4947
0.4726
77
Troy State
48-48
0.5000
385-551
0.4113
0.4704
78
Maryland
47-57
0.4519
597-589
0.5034
0.4691
79
UNLV
50-59
0.4587
588-613
0.4896
0.4690
80
Boise State
55-64
0.4622
646-703
0.4789
0.4677
81
Western Michigan
51-55
0.4811
487-619
0.4403
0.4675
82
Louisiana Tech
50-62
0.4464
641-621
0.5079
0.4669
83
Michigan State
46-61
0.4299
638-546
0.5389
0.4662
84
Air Force
53-59
0.4732
560-682
0.4509
0.4658
85
Marshall
51-56
0.4766
502-659
0.4324
0.4619
86
Louisville
51-61
0.4554
588-655
0.4730
0.4613
87
Bowling Green
49-58
0.4579
550-628
0.4669
0.4609
88
Akron
48-58
0.4528
535-638
0.4561
0.4539
89
Texas Christian
46-56
0.4510
516-621
0.4538
0.4519
90
Memphis
47-56
0.4563
489-619
0.4413
0.4513
91
Wyoming
43-55
0.4388
539-598
0.4741
0.4505
92
Kent State
45-57
0.4412
504-606
0.4541
0.4455
93
New Mexico
46-62
0.4259
567-633
0.4725
0.4415
94
Rutgers
44-65
0.4037
593-583
0.5043
0.4372
95
Rice
49-72
0.4050
668-692
0.4912
0.4337
96
Brigham Young
49-77
0.3889
731-678
0.5188
0.4322
97
Southern Miss
42-63
0.4000
572-593
0.4910
0.4303
98
Idaho
44-57
0.4356
464-669
0.4095
0.4269
99
UTEP
44-64
0.4074
555-644
0.4629
0.4259
100
Central Michigan
42-56
0.4286
456-637
0.4172
0.4248
101
Navy
41-60
0.4059
511-594
0.4624
0.4248
102
North Texas
44-59
0.4272
471-669
0.4132
0.4225
103
New Mexico State
48-70
0.4068
568-711
0.4441
0.4192
104
Ball State
39-59
0.3980
502-595
0.4576
0.4178
105
Central Florida
40-62
0.3922
521-592
0.4681
0.4175
106
UAB
40-62
0.3922
504-612
0.4516
0.4120
107
Cincinnati
41-67
0.3796
543-622
0.4661
0.4085
108
Toledo
39-64
0.3786
523-608
0.4624
0.4066
109
LA-Monroe
39-58
0.4021
438-676
0.3932
0.3991
110
Connecticut
37-61
0.3776
425-665
0.3899
0.3817
111
Army
36-70
0.3396
529-636
0.4541
0.3778
112
Middle Tennessee State
35-70
0.3333
495-653
0.4312
0.3660
113
Eastern Michigan
36-65
0.3564
391-638
0.3800
0.3643
114
Buffalo
35-72
0.3271
502-656
0.4335
0.3626
115
LA-Lafayette
34-73
0.3178
446-658
0.4040
0.3465
116
South Florida
27-65
0.2935
427-540
0.4416
0.3428
117
Arkansas State
32-70
0.3137
418-644
0.3936
0.3403