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Last updated 8:30 p.m. Thursday, January 3, 2002

Anderson & Hester/Seattle Times computer rankings

More info: Jeff Anderson, one-half of the team that produces these rankings, offers analysis and commentary on college football and other sports on his Web site: http://www.andersonsports.com. If you want to comment about the rankings, send e-mail here: clhester@hotmail.com

The Anderson & Hester/Seattle Times computer rankings, provided by Jeff Anderson and Chris Hester, are used before the bowl season to help determine which two teams will play for the national championship.

The rankings are distinct in four ways:

1. They compute the most accurate strength-of-schedule ratings -- each team's opponents and its opponents' opponents are judged not only by their records but also their conference's strength.

2. Using these schedule ratings, teams are ranked solely upon their success in defeating quality opponents, rather than upon margin of victory.

3. In premiering after the season's fifth week, rankings reward actual accomplishments, not perceived potential.

4. These rankings provide the most accurate and informative conference ratings -- each conference is rated according to its out-of-conference record and the difficulty of its out-of-conference schedule.

Final rankings for 2001 season

No. TEAM Rating W L Sched Strength Sched Rank 1. Miami, Fla. .837 12 0 .562 27 2. Oregon .797 11 1 .566 23 3. Tennessee .783 11 2 .599 7 4. Florida .766 10 2 .584 15 5. Nebraska .763 11 2 .571 22 6. Texas .756 11 2 .562 28 7. Colorado .749 10 3 .604 4 8. Oklahoma .744 11 2 .546 39 9. LSU .744 10 3 .598 8 10. Washington State .730 10 2 .537 43 11. Illinois .729 10 2 .536 45 12. Syracuse .725 10 3 .574 20 13. Stanford .724 9 3 .585 13 14. Maryland .710 10 2 .512 58 15. South Carolina .703 9 3 .560 32 16. Washington .684 8 4 .590 11 17. UCLA .678 7 4 .602 5 18. Florida State .674 8 4 .580 18 19. BYU .669 12 2 .447 82 20. Michigan .668 8 4 .573 21 21. Fresno State .649 11 3 .475 71 22. Louisville .649 11 2 .432 93 23. Georgia .648 8 4 .551 35 24. Auburn .645 7 5 .598 9 25. Arkansas .638 7 5 .591 10 26. Texas A&M .634 8 4 .536 44 27. Marshall .632 11 2 .415 99 28. Boston College .630 8 4 .531 47 29. Alabama .630 7 5 .582 16 30. North Carolina .629 8 5 .562 26 31. Virginia Tech .620 8 4 .521 54 32. Toledo .604 10 2 .395 108 33. Kansas State .601 6 6 .601 6 34. Georgia Tech .596 8 5 .527 49 35. Utah .595 8 4 .495 65 36. Texas Tech .594 7 5 .545 40 37. Mississippi .588 7 4 .507 62 38. Ohio State .588 7 5 .538 42 39. USC .580 6 6 .580 17 40. Bowling Green .577 8 3 .438 89 41. Iowa .576 7 5 .527 50 42. Iowa State .576 7 5 .526 51 43. Pittsburgh .571 7 5 .521 53 44. Clemson .570 7 5 .520 55 45. Michigan State .567 7 5 .518 57 46. Hawaii .563 9 3 .409 103 47. N.C. State .559 7 5 .509 60 48. Notre Dame .558 5 6 .585 14 49. Penn State .548 5 6 .575 19 50. Purdue .548 6 6 .548 37

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