From: "Herman Matthews" Subject: Initial Ratings 2002 Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 05:50:12 -0400 Matthews Grid Ratings 216 South 22nd Street Middlesboro, KY 40965 Here are the initial ratings for the 2002 season: Rank Team Rating 1 Oklahoma 112.88 2 Miami-FL 111.82 3 Texas 111.29 4 Florida State 109.70 5 Tennessee 108.65 6 Florida 107.59 7 Nebraska 106.53 8 Colorado 105.47 9 Georgia 104.94 10 Washington 104.41 11 Michigan 103.88 12 Oregon 103.35 13 Wash. State 102.82 14 L.S.U. 102.72 15 Virginia Tech 101.76 16 Ohio State 101.44 17 Louisville 101.23 18 Mich. State 100.81 19 Marshall 100.70 20 Wisconsin 100.18 21 N.C. State 99.65 22 Illinois 99.54 23 Southern Cal 99.33 24 Maryland 99.22 25 Auburn 99.12 26 South Carolina 99.01 27 Syracuse 98.90 28 Texas A&M 98.59 29 Oregon State 98.48 30 Alabama 98.37 31 Penn State 98.16 32 Georgia Tech 98.06 33 Kansas State 97.95 34 Mississippi 97.63 35 Boston College 97.32 36 Stanford 97.10 37 Utah 97.00 38 Brigham Young 96.89 39 Notre Dame 96.57 40 Purdue 96.36 41 Texas Tech 95.94 42 Clemson 95.83 43 U.C.L.A. 95.73 44 Arkansas 95.62 45 Southern Miss 95.52 46 Colo. State 95.41 47 Pittsburgh 95.30 48 Fresno State 95.09 49 Iowa State 94.99 50 Iowa 94.93 51 Boise State 94.88 52 Miss. State 94.35 53 Virginia 93.93 54 Bowling Green 93.82 55 Cincinnati 93.50 56 Louisiana Tech 92.97 57 T.C.U. 92.76 58 Hawaii 92.34 59 East Carolina 92.23 60 Okla. State 91.92 61 Wake Forest 91.70 62 North Carolina 91.60 63 Minnesota 91.39 64 Arizona 91.07 65 Missouri 90.75 66 Middle Tenn. 90.64 67 Miami-OH 90.12 68 Memphis 89.80 69 Central Fla. 89.48 70 Arizona State 89.06 71 NV-Las Vegas 88.74 72 New Mexico 88.63 73 West Virginia 88.53 74 Toledo 88.42 75 Northwestern 88.21 76 Indiana 87.79 77 Temple 87.68 78 Air Force 87.47 79 Kentucky 87.36 80 Kansas 86.94 81 Ala.-B'ham 86.62 82 Northern Ill. 86.41 83 Western Mich. 86.20 84 S.M.U. 86.09 85 Baylor 85.56 86 California 85.35 87 Vanderbilt 85.14 88 South Florida 85.03 89 Ball State 84.93 90 Montana 84.82 91 Kent State 84.61 92 San Diego St. 84.50 93 New Mex. State 84.29 94 North Texas 83.87 95 Akron 83.66 96 Rice 83.23 97 Rutgers 83.02 98 Troy State 81.54 99 Nevada 81.12 100 Tulane 81.01 101 TX-El Paso 80.59 102 Wyoming 80.27 103 San Jose St. 80.06 104 Houston 79.53 105 Utah State 79.42 106 Ohio 79.21 107 Duke 79.00 108 LA.-Lafayette 78.47 109 Idaho 78.36 110 Central Mich. 78.26 111 Army 78.15 112 Tulsa 77.94 113 Buffalo 77.73 114 Ark. State 77.52 115 Eastern Mich. 77.30 116 LA.-Monroe 77.09 117 Navy 76.99 118 Connecticut 76.88 119 Appalachian St. 76.77 120 Youngstown St. 76.56 121 Lehigh 76.46 122 Northern Iowa 76.35 123 Portland St. 76.03 124 Eastern Ill. 75.82 125 Ga. Southern 75.72 126 Eastern Ky. 75.29 127 Wm. & Mary 74.76 128 Hofstra 74.55 129 Grambling 74.34 130 Furman 74.13 131 Western Ky. 73.92 132 Northern Ariz. 73.81 133 Tennessee Tech 73.70 134 Florida A&M 73.60 135 Cal Davis 73.39 136 Delaware 73.07 137 McNeese State 72.86 138 Colgate 72.75 139 Villanova 72.65 140 Maine 72.54 141 East Tenn. St. 72.43 142 Sam Houston St. 72.33 143 N'western St. 72.12 144 Murray State 71.59 145 S.F. Austin 71.37 146 Tenn. State 71.27 147 Western Caro. 71.16 148 Mont. State 71.06 149 Jackson State 70.85 150 Eastern Wash. 70.74 151 Southern 70.63 152 Hampton 70.53 153 Harvard 69.26 154 Wofford 68.94 155 Western Ill. 68.73 156 Richmond 68.52 157 Pennsylvania 68.41 158 Brown 68.30 159 Cal Poly SLO 68.20 160 Massachusetts 67.99 161 Rhode Island 67.78 162 SW Missouri St. 67.56 163 Cal Sacramento 67.35 164 James Madison 67.03 165 N.C. A&T 66.82 166 New Hampshire 66.61 167 Weber State 66.40 168 Elon 66.29 169 Southern Utah 66.08 170 Bucknell 65.87 171 SW Texas St. 65.66 172 TN-Chattanooga 65.45 173 Idaho State 65.23 174 Ill. State 65.02 175 Yale 64.60 176 Northeastern 64.17 177 Citadel 64.07 178 Jack'ville St. 63.86 179 Ala. State 63.64 180 Sacred Heart 63.12 181 Ind. State 62.06 182 Southern Ill. 61.00 183 Samford 60.89 184 St. Mary's 60.68 185 Dayton 60.47 186 Holy Cross 60.26 187 SE Missouri St. 59.94 188 Beth.-Cookman 59.73 189 Gardner-Webb 59.62 190 Princeton 59.41 191 Cornell 59.20 192 Duquesne 58.99 193 Fordham 58.88 194 Towson State 58.67 195 Robert Morris 58.56 196 Nicholls State 58.03 197 Alcorn State 57.82 198 Liberty 56.76 199 Ala. A&M 56.34 200 V.M.I. 56.13 201 Columbia 55.70 202 Drake 55.49 203 Dela. State 55.17 204 Lafayette 54.65 205 Tex. Southern 53.59 206 Dartmouth 52.95 207 Albany 52.53 208 Fla. Atlantic 52.42 209 Charleston So. 52.00 210 Morris Brown 51.68 211 S.C. State 51.47 212 Ark.-Pine Bluff 51.15 213 Fairfield 50.94 214 Davidson 50.41 215 St. Peter's 50.20 216 Norfolk State 48.29 217 Georgetown 47.23 218 San Diego 46.70 219 Monmouth 46.60 220 Morehead St. 46.18 221 Morgan State 45.96 222 Prairie View 45.86 223 Jacksonville 45.43 224 Wagner 44.06 225 Butler 43.00 226 Howard 42.89 227 TN-Martin 42.04 228 Miss. Valley 41.62 229 Valparaiso 41.52 230 Savannah St. 41.09 231 Marist 40.88 232 Cent. Conn. St. 39.82 233 Stony Brook 38.76 234 Iona 38.23 235 LaSalle 37.17 236 St. John's 34.53 237 Austin Peay 32.41 238 Siena 29.23 239 Canisius 25.00 240 St. Francis PA 22.88 241 Fla. Int'l N.R.