Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 09:53:24 -0700 From: Chris Montgomery Chris Montgomery`s College Football Rankings for games played through 07-Dec-03 Div. I-A SS = Strength of Schedule = average rating of teams played so far incl. home field advantage. LW = Last Week`s rank. Home field advantage = 1.64 points. Rank Team W-L Rating SS LW 1 Southern Cal 11- 1 65.95 51.21 2 2 LSU 12- 1 65.45 51.34 3 3 Kansas St 11- 3 64.05 50.43 7 4 Oklahoma 12- 1 63.63 51.63 1 5 Georgia 10- 3 62.66 53.41 4 6 Michigan 10- 2 62.14 50.88 5 7 Miami OH 12- 1 61.11 47.76 9 8 Texas 10- 2 60.77 50.99 6 9 Purdue 9- 3 59.61 51.75 8 10 Florida St 10- 2 59.61 53.55 10 11 Iowa 9- 3 59.50 52.27 11 12 Boise St 12- 1 59.15 44.43 14 13 Florida 8- 4 58.65 52.15 15 14 Miami FL 10- 2 58.55 51.42 16 15 Tennessee 10- 2 58.54 51.58 12 16 Ohio St 10- 2 58.47 53.47 13 17 Maryland 9- 3 57.78 49.88 18 18 Minnesota 9- 3 57.70 48.81 17 19 Mississippi 9- 3 57.22 50.34 20 20 Clemson 8- 4 57.21 51.17 21 21 Arkansas 8- 4 57.08 52.45 22 22 Nebraska 9- 3 57.00 51.22 25 23 West Virginia 8- 4 56.54 49.71 26 24 Oklahoma St 9- 3 56.36 49.66 24 25 Bowling Green 10- 3 56.29 46.25 19 26 Washington St 9- 3 56.21 50.96 23 27 Wisconsin 7- 5 56.10 52.59 27 28 Virginia Tech 8- 4 55.89 49.51 30 29 Auburn 7- 5 55.69 52.96 28 30 Utah 9- 2 55.68 50.32 29 31 Michigan St 8- 4 55.44 51.15 31 32 North Carolina St 7- 5 55.41 51.54 32 33 Missouri 8- 4 55.11 48.83 33 34 California 7- 6 54.98 52.64 34 35 New Mexico 8- 4 54.81 48.12 35 36 Virginia 7- 5 54.71 52.32 37 37 Pittsburgh 8- 4 54.63 50.34 38 38 Connecticut 9- 3 54.58 45.78 39 39 Texas Tech 7- 5 54.44 51.74 36 40 Colorado St 7- 5 53.38 51.40 41 41 South Carolina 5- 7 53.30 53.12 42 42 Alabama 4- 9 53.05 54.41 43 43 Georgia Tech 6- 6 52.85 53.38 44 44 Boston College 7- 5 52.75 51.80 46 45 Southern Miss 9- 3 52.65 48.01 48 46 Northwestern 6- 6 52.62 53.27 47 47 Syracuse 6- 6 52.50 50.11 62 48 Oregon St 7- 5 52.41 50.14 45 49 Air Force 7- 5 52.27 49.31 50 50 Northern Illinois 10- 2 52.26 43.12 52 51 Wake Forest 5- 7 52.16 52.55 49 52 Kansas 6- 6 52.12 49.93 53 53 Memphis 8- 4 52.11 44.20 51 54 Notre Dame 5- 7 51.85 55.52 40 55 TCU 11- 1 51.82 44.85 56 56 Marshall 8- 4 51.72 46.20 63 57 Washington 6- 6 51.53 50.23 54 58 UNLV 6- 6 51.31 51.46 58 59 UCLA 6- 6 51.27 52.43 55 60 Rutgers 5- 7 51.22 50.09 59 61 Oregon 8- 4 51.18 51.25 57 62 San Diego St 6- 6 50.75 48.40 60 63 Navy 8- 4 50.64 43.16 64 64 Arizona St 5- 7 50.59 51.08 61 65 Toledo 8- 4 50.51 44.94 68 66 Colorado 5- 7 50.27 54.07 65 67 Hawai`i 8- 5 49.81 46.24 66 68 North Texas 9- 3 49.72 44.31 67 69 Louisville 9- 3 49.17 44.13 72 70 Brigham Young 4- 8 49.11 53.59 70 71 Fresno St 8- 5 49.04 47.84 69 72 Tulsa 8- 4 48.85 44.71 73 73 Penn St 3- 9 48.67 52.37 74 74 Texas A&M 4- 8 48.40 53.36 75 75 Duke 4- 8 47.98 51.34 76 76 Houston 6- 5 47.75 47.18 77 77 Stanford 4- 7 47.63 52.27 71 78 Wyoming 4- 8 47.50 51.68 78 79 South Florida 7- 4 47.26 41.22 79 80 Alabama-Birmingham 5- 7 46.78 48.34 80 81 Rice 5- 7 46.57 46.18 81 82 Akron 7- 5 46.44 42.28 82 83 Troy St 6- 6 45.73 45.99 85 84 Cincinnati 5- 7 45.71 46.73 84 85 Nevada 6- 6 45.52 46.89 83 86 North Carolina 2-10 45.14 52.77 86 87 Kentucky 4- 8 44.85 48.24 87 88 Western Michigan 5- 7 44.71 47.09 88 89 Tulane 5- 7 44.00 46.53 89 90 Louisiana Tech 5- 7 43.71 49.14 90 91 Mississippi St 2-10 43.58 52.51 92 92 Ball St 4- 8 43.46 47.49 93 93 Arizona 2-10 43.46 53.42 91 94 Vanderbilt 2-10 43.15 50.87 94 95 Illinois 1-11 42.92 53.38 95 96 Iowa St 2-10 42.26 54.00 96 97 Temple 1-11 41.61 50.93 100 98 San Jos 99 Utah St 3- 9 41.50 46.11 99 100 Baylor 3- 9 41.41 50.61 98 101 Middle Tennessee St 4- 8 40.99 45.70 101 102 Kent St 5- 7 40.80 46.90 102 103 Indiana 2-10 40.11 51.45 103 104 Louisiana-Lafayette 4- 8 39.42 45.06 104 105 Idaho 3- 9 38.89 44.89 105 106 New Mexico St 3- 9 38.27 43.40 106 107 Ohio U. 2-10 37.51 45.41 107 108 Central Florida 3- 9 36.75 46.33 111 109 Central Michigan 3- 9 36.64 45.61 110 110 Arkansas St 5- 7 36.55 41.91 108 111 East Carolina 1-10 36.30 48.85 109 112 Eastern Michigan 3- 9 36.23 45.20 112 113 Buffalo 1-11 35.54 48.90 114 114 SMU 0-12 35.24 47.64 113 115 Louisiana-Monroe 1-11 34.33 45.39 115 116 UTEP 2-11 33.31 45.08 116 117 Army 0-13 32.41 48.25 117 Average conference ratings: 1 SEC 54.44 7 Mountain West 51.85 2 Big 10 53.93 8 Independents 50.70 3 Big 12 53.82 9 Conference USA 46.00 4 ACC 53.65 10 WAC 45.27 5 Big East 52.96 11 Mid-American 45.00 6 PAC 10 52.52 12 Sun Belt 39.96 Chris Montgomery`s College Football Rankings for games played through 07-Dec-03 Div. I-AA Home field advantage = 1.64 points. Rank Team W-L SS Rating 1 Montana 9- 4 39.6 47.6 2 Delaware 13- 1 36.8 47.0 3 Southern Illinois 10- 2 32.1 45.9 4 Wofford 12- 1 30.8 45.5 5 Western Illinois 9- 4 38.1 45.4 6 Western Kentucky 9- 4 34.6 45.0 7 Northern Iowa 10- 3 39.5 44.6 8 Colgate 14- 0 32.6 44.4 9 Northern Arizona 9- 4 39.3 43.8 10 Montana St 7- 6 39.2 43.7 11 Massachusetts 10- 3 36.6 43.1 12 Northern Colorado 9- 2 28.1 43.0 13 Lehigh 8- 3 32.8 42.0 14 Florida Atlantic 11- 2 32.2 41.8 15 Eastern Washington 6- 5 40.7 41.7 16 Weber St 8- 4 34.8 41.6 17 Cal Poly-SLO 7- 4 36.8 41.5 18 Villanova 7- 4 36.1 41.3 19 Pennsylvania 10- 0 30.4 41.1 20 Idaho St 8- 4 40.6 41.0 21 McNeese St 10- 2 35.0 39.9 22 UC Davis 6- 4 33.5 39.7 23 Northeastern 8- 4 32.4 39.5 24 Stephen F. Austin 7- 4 33.8 38.6 25 Illinois St 6- 6 35.5 37.6 26 Portland St 4- 7 41.4 37.5 27 Maine 6- 5 35.9 37.3 28 CSU-Sacramento 2- 9 40.5 37.0 29 Fordham 9- 3 29.3 36.9 30 Youngstown St 5- 7 36.9 36.2 31 Jacksonville St 8- 4 33.4 36.1 32 Harvard 7- 3 30.4 35.9 33 William & Mary 5- 5 36.2 35.7 34 Nicholls St 5- 6 32.4 35.7 35 SW Missouri St 4- 7 36.0 35.2 36 James Madison 6- 6 33.5 35.1 37 Southern Utah 4- 7 36.9 34.8 38 Furman 6- 5 31.2 34.8 39 Northwestern St 6- 6 29.6 34.3 40 Eastern Kentucky 7- 5 33.4 34.0 41 New Hampshire 5- 7 33.9 33.9 42 Southern U. 11- 1 16.8 33.9 43 Rhode Island 4- 8 37.3 33.0 44 Grambling St 9- 3 21.6 32.8 45 Yale 6- 4 31.3 32.7 46 Appalachian St 7- 4 31.2 32.3 47 Samford 7- 4 29.8 32.0 48 Lafayette 5- 6 29.5 31.9 49 Georgia Southern 7- 4 27.5 31.6 50 Dartmouth 5- 5 31.8 31.5 51 Bucknell 6- 6 29.6 31.4 52 Brown 5- 5 31.2 31.2 53 SE Missouri St 5- 7 32.2 30.8 54 Princeton 2- 8 33.8 30.7 55 SW Texas St 4- 8 36.5 30.3 56 Tennessee St 7- 5 27.6 30.0 57 Towson 6- 6 29.1 29.8 58 Hofstra 2-10 36.8 29.4 59 South Carolina St 8- 4 22.1 29.0 60 Sam Houston St 2- 9 37.1 28.9 61 Indiana St 3- 9 37.7 28.8 62 Alabama A&M 8- 4 20.4 28.6 63 The Citadel 6- 6 31.0 28.5 64 Richmond 2- 9 37.0 28.5 65 Eastern Illinois 4- 8 31.1 28.1 66 Bethune-Cookman 9- 3 22.3 27.9 67 Alabama St 8- 4 20.4 27.9 68 Columbia 4- 6 32.3 27.3 69 Hampton 7- 4 21.1 27.0 70 North Carolina A&T 10- 3 23.1 26.9 71 Western Carolina 5- 7 30.6 26.8 72 Tennessee Tech 2- 9 33.5 26.7 73 Gardner-Webb 8- 4 21.9 26.2 74 Florida A&M 6- 6 26.0 25.5 75 Florida Int'l 2-10 32.1 25.4 76 Murray St 4- 8 31.2 25.3 77 East Tennessee St 5- 7 27.0 24.8 78 VMI 6- 6 21.6 24.8 79 Morgan St 6- 5 21.9 24.6 80 Alcorn St 7- 5 22.0 24.5 81 Liberty 6- 6 24.8 24.0 82 Georgetown DC 4- 8 27.1 23.9 83 Chattanooga 3- 9 31.0 23.9 84 Albany NY 7- 4 16.3 22.7 85 San Diego 8- 2 13.6 21.8 86 Morehead St 8- 3 16.1 21.5 87 SE Louisiana 5- 7 22.2 21.4 88 Holy Cross 1-11 32.3 21.1 89 Dayton 9- 2 11.5 21.1 90 Duquesne 8- 3 12.3 20.9 91 Elon 2-10 30.5 20.1 92 Cornell 1- 9 32.7 19.9 93 Monmouth NJ 10- 2 11.4 19.5 94 Texas Southern 5- 6 21.9 19.0 95 Howard 4- 7 23.0 18.9 96 Valparaiso 8- 4 13.3 18.7 97 Tennessee-Martin 2-10 30.0 18.6 98 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4- 7 20.8 18.1 99 Jackson St 2-10 26.1 17.7 100 St Mary's CA 1-11 34.1 17.0 101 Drake 6- 6 13.3 16.1 102 Coastal Carolina 6- 5 13.0 15.2 103 Jacksonville FL 5- 6 15.3 14.5 104 Stony Brook 6- 4 10.3 14.0 105 Delaware St 1-10 23.8 12.5 106 Robert Morris 6- 4 11.4 12.2 107 Austin Peay 4- 7 12.7 10.3 108 Wagner 6- 5 7.9 10.0 109 Davidson 3- 8 15.7 9.7 110 Mississippi Valley 2- 9 20.8 9.6 111 Sacred Heart 6- 5 8.9 9.4 112 Central Conn St 3- 8 15.1 7.8 113 Norfolk St 1-11 21.4 7.6 114 Iona 6- 5 7.4 7.5 115 Marist 4- 6 10.5 6.1 116 Butler 2- 9 17.8 5.4 117 St Peter's 2- 8 11.1 3.6 118 Savannah St 0-12 22.6 1.8 119 Charleston Southern 1-11 23.1 1.0 120 St Francis PA 1- 9 14.2 1.0 121 La Salle 3- 8 6.5 -0.2 122 Prairie View A&M 1-10 19.9 -5.0 123 Siena 0-11 10.5 -11.1