New York Times Computer Poll =========================================================================== ||| Opponents Performances Victory ||| Victory Rank | Team | Record | Margin | Rating||| Record | Win % | Margin | -----+------------+--------+--------+-------+++----------+-------+----------+ 1 |Florida St | 12-1 | 31.3 | 1.000 ||| 91-50-0 | 0.645 | 7.1 | 2 |Florida | 11-2 | 20.7 | 0.951 ||| 87-45-5 | 0.648 | 8.3 | 3 |Auburn | 11-0 | 14.6 | 0.918 ||| 59-50-5 | 0.538 | 1.3 | 4 |Notre Dame | 11-1 | 17.7 | 0.900 ||| 72-57-0 | 0.558 | 5.0 | 5 |Nebraska | 11-1 | 20.3 | 0.893 ||| 74-50-3 | 0.592 | 7.1 | -----+------------+--------+--------+-------+++----------+-------+----------+ 6 |Ohio State | 10-1-1| 13.2 | 0.839 ||| 71-55-0 | 0.563 | 2.5 | 6 |Penn State | 10-2 | 14.4 | 0.839 ||| 70-56-2 | 0.554 | 3.2 | 8 |Tennessee | 9-2-1| 25.7 | 0.836 ||| 71-55-1 | 0.562 | 3.3 | 9 |Texas A&M | 10-2 | 23.5 | 0.833 ||| 64-55-5 | 0.535 | 1.0 | 10 |W Virginia | 11-1 | 16.3 | 0.825 ||| 69-55-2 | 0.555 | 0.2 | -----+------------+--------+--------+-------+++----------+-------+----------+ 11 |Wisconsin | 10-1-1| 13.3 | 0.824 ||| 63-60-2 | 0.512 | 2.3 | 12 |Oklahoma | 9-3 | 14.3 | 0.804 ||| 68-53-5 | 0.557 | 4.8 | 13 |Boston Coll | 9-3 | 14.0 | 0.802 ||| 69-56-1 | 0.551 | 0.8 | 13 |Michigan | 8-4 | 15.2 | 0.802 ||| 72-52-3 | 0.577 | 2.6 | 15 |Arizona | 10-2 | 11.1 | 0.801 ||| 65-62-0 | 0.512 | 1.7 | -----+------------+--------+--------+-------+++----------+-------+----------+ 15 |Miami (Fla) | 9-3 | 13.7 | 0.801 ||| 86-41-2 | 0.672 | 7.4 | 17 |Colorado | 8-3-1| 9.8 | 0.796 ||| 71-53-2 | 0.570 | 3.8 | 18 |Va Tech | 9-3 | 14.6 | 0.772 ||| 65-57-3 | 0.531 | -0.3 | 19 |UCLA | 8-4 | 11.5 | 0.772 ||| 82-46-1 | 0.638 | 6.6 | 20 |Kansas St | 9-2-1| 9.4 | 0.771 ||| 68-56-1 | 0.548 | 1.2 | -----+------------+--------+--------+-------+++----------+-------+----------+ 21 |USC | 8-5 | 7.4 | 0.763 ||| 86-53-1 | 0.617 | 5.4 | 22 |Louisville | 9-3 | 8.9 | 0.751 ||| 65-55-4 | 0.539 | 4.1 | 23 |Alabama | 9-3-1| 13.2 | 0.737 ||| 71-61-4 | 0.536 | 2.6 | 24 |California | 9-4 | 8.3 | 0.710 ||| 70-67-0 | 0.511 | 0.2 | 25 |No Carolina | 10-3 | 13.7 | 0.703 ||| 69-71-1 | 0.496 | -1.3 | -----+------------+--------+--------+-------+++----------+-------+----------+ The newspaper said it was the third closest final poll out of the 15 that have been done. I find that very weird because there is a large gap between FSU and UF. Hardest Schedule (by opponents record, the NCAA uses this method) ---------------- 1 Miami (Fla) 0.678 2 Florida 0.648 3 FSU 0.645 Highest Opponent's Victory Margin -------------------------------- 1. Florida 8.3 2. Miami 7.4 3 FSU 7.1 3 Nebraska 7.1 Worst Opponent's Victory Margin (top 25 teams only) ------------------------------ 1. North Carolina -1.3 2. Virginia Tech -0.3 3. California 0.2 4. West Virginia 0.2