Chris Montgomery`s College
Football Rankings
for games played through 04-Jan-04
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 =
1.65 points.
Rank Team W-L
Rating SS LW
1 Southern Cal 12-
1 67.59 52.75 1
2 LSU 13-
1 65.70 52.38 2
3 Georgia 11-
3 62.79 54.19 5
4 Oklahoma 12-
2 62.35 52.01 4
5 Michigan 10-
3 62.13 52.26 6
6 Kansas St 11-
4 61.90 50.62 3
7 Miami OH 13-
1 61.49 47.76 7
8 Iowa 10-
3 60.45 52.64 11
9 Florida St 10-
3 60.15 54.51 10
10 Boise St 13-
1 59.87 45.15 12
11 Ohio St 11-
2 59.79 54.18 16
12 Purdue 9-
4 59.78 52.85 9
13 Texas 10-
3 59.47 51.07 8
14 Maryland 10-
3 59.10 50.85 17
15 Washington St 10-
3 58.59 52.05 26
16 Clemson 9-
4 58.47 52.29 20
17 Miami FL 11-
2 58.38 51.88 14
18 Tennessee 10-
3 58.14 52.32 15
19 Florida 8-
5 57.84 52.98 13
20 Mississippi 10-
3 57.56 50.87 19
21 Arkansas 9-
4 57.43 52.57 21
22 Auburn 8-
5 57.32 53.42 29
23 Minnesota 10-
3 56.99 48.89 18
24 Nebraska 10-
3 56.94 50.88 22
25 Bowling Green 11-
3 56.45 46.81 25
26 North Carolina St 8-
5 56.37 52.12 32
27 West Virginia 8-
5 56.20 50.43 23
28 Virginia 8-
5 55.81 53.03 36
29 Oregon St 8-
5 55.72 51.10 48
30 Virginia Tech 8-
5 55.70 50.00 28
31 California 8-
6 55.57 53.13 34
32 Utah 10-
2 55.52 49.99 30
33 Oklahoma St 9-
4 55.25 49.62 24
34 Wisconsin 7-
6 55.16 52.97 27
35 Missouri 8-
5 54.60 48.93 33
36 Connecticut 9-
3 54.57 45.94 38
37 Michigan St 8-
5 54.49 51.64 31
38 South Carolina 5-
7 54.35 53.32 41
39 Pittsburgh 8-
5 54.21 50.69 37
40 Georgia Tech 7-
6 54.15 53.57 43
41 Texas Tech 8-
5 54.09 51.13 39
42 Boston College 8-
5 53.67 51.83 44
43 New Mexico 8-
5 53.29 48.38 35
44 Alabama 4-
9 53.02 54.53 42
45 Wake Forest 5-
7 52.69 53.26 52
46 Washington 6-
6 52.56 51.13 57
47 Northwestern 6-
7 52.55 53.45 46
48 Southern Miss 9-
4 52.53 48.58 45
49 Syracuse 6-
6 52.48 50.08 47
50 Northern Illinois 10-
2 52.37 43.11 49
51 Oregon 8-
5 52.30 52.33 61
52 Colorado St 7-
6 52.22 51.18 40
53 Memphis 9-
4 52.08 44.52 51
54 Notre Dame 5-
7 51.95 55.78 55
55 TCU 11-
2 51.75 45.92 54
56 Air Force 7-
5 51.52 48.67 50
57 Kansas 6-
7 51.25 49.85 53
58 Marshall 8-
4 51.22 45.91 56
59 Arizona St 5-
7 51.10 51.94 64
60 Rutgers 5-
7 51.05 49.96 59
61 UNLV 6-
6 50.69 50.78 58
62 Navy 8-
5 50.44 44.02 63
63 UCLA 6-
7 50.43 52.58 60
64 Toledo 8-
4 50.11 44.80 65
65 Hawai`i 9-
5 50.06 46.30 67
66 Colorado 5-
7 49.72 53.63 66
67 San Diego St 6-
6 49.59 47.92 62
68 Fresno St 9-
5 49.56 48.11 71
69 Penn St 3-
9 49.28 52.42 73
70 Louisville 9-
4 49.12 45.44 70
71 North Texas 9-
4 48.87 44.58 68
72 Duke 4-
8 48.36 51.92 75
73 Brigham Young 4-
8 48.15 53.41 69
74 Tulsa 8-
5 47.95 45.43 72
75 Texas A&M
4- 8 47.79 52.76
74
76 Stanford 4-
7 47.74 53.08 77
77 Houston 6-
6 47.66 47.51 76
78 South Florida 7-
4 47.21 41.15 79
79 Wyoming 4-
8 46.78 51.01 78
80 Alabama-Birmingham 5-
7 46.71 48.33 80
81 Rice 5-
7 46.44 46.06 81
82 Akron 7-
5 46.25 42.10 82
83 North Carolina
2-10 45.71 53.34
86
84 Nevada 6-
6 45.71 47.04 85
85 Cincinnati 5-
7 45.65 46.72 83
86 Troy St 6-
6 45.47 45.63 84
87 Kentucky 4-
8 44.92 48.28 87
88 Western Michigan 5-
7 44.71 47.03 88
89 Arizona
2-10 44.47 54.25
93
90 Tulane 5-
7 43.92 46.37 89
91 Mississippi St
2-10 43.75 52.80
91
92 Louisiana Tech 5-
7 43.54 49.08 90
93 Vanderbilt
2-10 43.52 51.13
94
94 Ball St 4-
8 43.47 47.47 92
95 Illinois
1-11 42.42 53.14
95
96 Iowa St
2-10 41.83 53.47
96
97 Temple
1-11 41.64 50.94
97
98 San José St 3-
8 41.62 46.18 98
99 Utah St 3-
9 41.17 45.75 100
100 Baylor 3- 9 40.92 49.83 99
101 Kent St 5- 7 40.71 46.84 102
102 Middle Tennessee St 4-
8 40.66 45.50 101
103 Indiana 2-10 40.22 51.52 103
104 Louisiana-Lafayette 4-
8 39.19 44.80 104
105 Idaho 3- 9 38.69 44.99 105
106 New Mexico St 3- 9
38.06 43.26 106
107 Ohio U. 2-10 37.29 45.26 107
108 Central Florida 3- 9
36.53 46.13 108
109 Central Michigan 3- 9
36.51 45.56 109
110 East Carolina 1-10
36.27 48.87 111
111 Arkansas St 5- 7 36.19 41.62 110
112 Eastern Michigan 3- 9
36.11 45.24 112
113 Buffalo 1-11 35.37 48.90 113
114 SMU 0-12 35.11
47.50 114
115 Louisiana-Monroe 1-11
34.11 45.35 115
116 UTEP 2-11 33.25 45.07 116
117 Army 0-13 32.38 48.15 117
Average conference ratings:
1 SEC 54.69 7 Mountain West 50.97
2 ACC 54.53 8 Independents 50.61
3 Big 10 53.93 9 Conference USA 45.94
4 PAC 10 53.61 10 WAC 45.31
5 Big 12 53.01 11 Mid-American 44.90
6 Big East 52.92 12 Sun Belt 39.62