This are the final ratings for the 1998 season. Tennessee is, of course, first. However, Ohio State is not second.
A team's rating is the average of its opponents' ratings plus 100 for a win or minus 100 for a loss. Wins that lower the rating and losses that raise the rating count one twentieth as much as the other games. Post-season games count double. These ratings are in the public domain and may be freely published.
W L
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1 Tennessee 13 0 1141
2 Wisconsin 11 1 1061
3 Ohio St. 11 1 1052
4 Florida St. 11 2 1048
5 Florida 10 2 1046
6 Arizona 12 1 1019
7 Michigan 10 3 1012
UCLA 10 2 1012
9 Georgia 9 3 1011
10 Georgia Tech 10 2 1006
11 Texas A&M 11 3 1003
Penn St. 9 3 1003
13 Tulane 12 0 983
14 Air Force 12 1 982
15 Texas 9 3 981
16 Kansas St. 11 2 979
17 Purdue 9 4 975
18 Miami 9 3 974
19 Virginia 9 3 968
Missouri 8 4 968
Syracuse 8 4 968
22 Arkansas 9 3 967
23 Nebraska 9 4 965
24 Notre Dame 9 3 961
25 Virginia Tech 9 3 949
26 Colorado 8 4 945
Kentucky 7 5 945
28 Southern Cal 8 5 941
29 Oregon 8 4 939
30 Wyoming 8 3 936
31 Miami, Ohio 10 1 934
Marshall 12 1 934
33 Alabama 7 5 931
34 West Virginia 8 4 929
35 Michigan St. 6 6 927
36 Mississippi St. 8 5 924
37 Washington 6 6 923
38 North Carolina 7 5 920
39 Colorado St. 8 4 915
40 Mississippi 7 5 914
41 Texas Christian 7 5 912
42 N. Carolina St. 7 5 910
43 Minnesota 5 6 909
44 Texas Tech 7 5 908
45 California 5 6 907
46 Oklahoma 5 6 905
47 Oklahoma St. 5 6 903
48 Louisiana St. 4 7 900
Cent. Florida 9 2 900
50 Arizona St. 5 6 897
51 Oregon St. 5 6 895
52 Auburn 3 8 894
53 Brigham Young 9 5 886
54 Rice 5 6 884
55 Southern Miss. 7 5 883
56 Indiana 4 7 880
57 San Diego St. 7 5 876
58 Boston College 4 7 874
Rutgers 5 6 874
60 Louisville 7 5 873
61 Southern Meth. 5 7 872
62 Stanford 3 8 869
63 Idaho 9 3 868
64 Iowa St. 3 8 862
65 Baylor 2 9 860
66 Kansas 4 7 855
67 Tulsa 4 7 853
Washington St. 3 8 853
69 Utah 7 4 850
70 Iowa 3 8 848
71 Louisiana Tech 6 6 846
72 Toledo 7 5 844
Bowling Green 5 6 844
74 East Carolina 6 5 843
75 Illinois 3 8 831
Fresno St. 5 6 831
77 Duke 4 7 829
78 Army 3 8 825
Wake Forest 3 8 825
80 Nevada 6 5 824
Vanderbilt 2 9 824
82 Houston 3 8 819
83 Ohio U. 5 6 818
84 Maryland 3 8 816
85 W. Michigan 7 4 815
86 San Jose St. 4 8 808
87 Clemson 3 8 805
88 Cent. Michigan 6 5 802
Northwestern 3 9 802
90 North Texas 3 8 799
91 Navy 3 8 798
Boise St. 6 5 798
93 Pittsburgh 2 9 797
94 Memphis 2 9 794
95 Temple 2 9 790
96 Cincinnati 2 9 785
97 Texas-El Paso 3 8 778
98 Louisiana-Monroe 5 6 772
99 New Mexico St. 3 8 765
100 Akron 4 7 764
101 Ala.-Birmingham 4 7 762
Utah St. 3 8 762
103 Arkansas St. 4 8 760
104 La.-Lafayette 2 9 748
105 South Carolina 1 10 744
106 New Mexico 3 9 735
107 N. Illinois 2 9 726
108 E. Michigan 3 8 725
109 Nevada LV 0 11 712
110 Ball St. 1 10 691
111 Hawaii 0 12 647
112 Kent 0 11 629
David L. Wilson /
dwilson@engr.wisc.edu