Robert's Rankings
College Football 2001
Introduction
Coll. Men's Basketball
Coll. Women's Basketball
Coll. Football
Pro Basketball
Pro Football
Pro Baseball
Pro Hockey
Number of Teams: 117
Number of Games: 652
Number of Upsets: 107 (16.4%)
Grouping Factor: 0.137526
Empirical Probability of Future Upsets
Chance of Upset
50%
35%
25%
15%
10%
5%
2%
Quality Factor Difference
0
0.321
0.570
0.900
1.140
1.528
2.020
Rank
Name
Record
Strength of Schedule
Quality Factor
Previous
1
Miami Fla
12 - 0
34
2.55947
1
2
Florida
10 - 2
12
2.12685
3
3
Tennessee
11 - 2
3
2.10322
4
4
Oregon
11 - 1
45
1.92403
5
5
Nebraska
11 - 2
29
1.83561
2
6
Texas
11 - 2
50
1.79538
7
7
Oklahoma
11 - 2
58
1.78734
8
8
LSU
10 - 3
8
1.70503
12
9
Colorado
10 - 3
16
1.60813
6
10
Illinois
10 - 2
56
1.60042
9
11
Maryland
10 - 2
54
1.57115
11
12
Syracuse
10 - 3
19
1.5555
16
13
Washington State
10 - 2
51
1.55178
13
14
Stanford
9 - 3
37
1.49778
10
15
South Carolina
9 - 3
14
1.4531
20
16
Louisville
11 - 2
85
1.44764
21
17
Florida State
8 - 4
7
1.43398
24
18
Michigan
8 - 4
31
1.42856
15
19
Fresno State
11 - 3
81
1.39604
14
20
Georgia
8 - 4
22
1.3594
19
21
Marshall
11 - 2
75
1.33799
25
22
Washington
8 - 4
11
1.33624
18
23
BYU
12 - 2
105
1.31725
17
24
UCLA
7 - 4
25
1.30714
22
25
North Carolina
8 - 5
28
1.2799
35
26
Virginia Tech
8 - 4
52
1.27387
23
27
Georgia Tech
8 - 5
35
1.26144
41
28
Toledo
10 - 2
113
1.24912
32
29
Boston College
8 - 4
41
1.24788
39
30
Alabama
7 - 5
27
1.23373
33
31
Auburn
7 - 5
13
1.20002
26
32
Bowling Green
8 - 3
106
1.19695
34
33
Hawaii
9 - 3
102
1.18843
29
34
Utah
8 - 4
76
1.18579
42
35
Arkansas
7 - 5
2
1.16543
30
36
Texas A&M
8 - 4
39
1.1597
38
37
Mississippi
7 - 4
59
1.15658
37
38
Iowa
7 - 5
66
1.14382
44
39
Texas Tech
7 - 5
33
1.14204
27
40
Ohio State
7 - 5
60
1.12821
31
41
Michigan State
7 - 5
72
1.12381
46
42
Kansas State
6 - 6
21
1.10273
28
43
N.C. State
7 - 5
65
1.08206
40
44
Pittsburgh
7 - 5
36
1.07872
53
45
Boise State
8 - 4
87
1.06355
43
46
USC
6 - 6
44
1.0635
36
47
Clemson
7 - 5
42
1.05432
55
48
Iowa State
7 - 5
57
0.996406
45
49
Middle Tenn. St.
8 - 3
115
0.991125
51
50
Notre Dame
5 - 6
17
0.987792
52
51
Miami Ohio
7 - 5
78
0.976461
54
52
Colorado State
7 - 5
69
0.970545
60
53
Penn State
5 - 6
15
0.969493
56
54
Purdue
6 - 6
47
0.96569
49
55
South Florida
8 - 3
110
0.95941
59
56
Wake Forest
6 - 5
48
0.955752
63
57
Rice
8 - 4
103
0.95486
50
58
Wisconsin
5 - 7
18
0.943512
58
59
Indiana
5 - 6
53
0.939187
62
60
Oregon State
5 - 6
30
0.9348
57
61
TCU
6 - 6
82
0.926632
48
62
Southern Miss
6 - 5
97
0.923354
64
63
East Carolina
6 - 6
63
0.917651
61
64
Louisiana Tech
7 - 5
92
0.907729
47
65
Troy State
7 - 4
5
0.887733
65
66
Northern Illinois
6 - 5
73
0.865153
67
67
New Mexico
6 - 5
107
0.852046
68
68
Cincinnati
7 - 5
108
0.849022
66
69
Arizona
5 - 6
55
0.846249
69
70
Central Florida
6 - 5
89
0.84463
71
71
Oklahoma State
4 - 7
23
0.829039
70
72
Arizona State
4 - 7
43
0.817111
72
73
Virginia
5 - 7
40
0.81636
74
74
Mississippi St.
3 - 8
10
0.808536
73
75
Memphis
5 - 6
68
0.795866
76
76
Kent State
6 - 5
90
0.794993
75
77
Ball State
5 - 6
109
0.781558
78
78
Northwestern
4 - 7
64
0.780051
77
79
Western Michigan
5 - 6
74
0.76331
79
80
Minnesota
4 - 7
46
0.76201
80
81
UAB
6 - 5
101
0.761178
81
82
Air Force
6 - 6
80
0.749211
83
83
West Virginia
3 - 8
24
0.733103
87
84
Kentucky
2 - 9
1
0.731785
88
85
UNLV
4 - 7
91
0.727095
85
86
Missouri
4 - 7
20
0.72466
82
87
Temple
4 - 7
38
0.714412
90
88
North Texas
5 - 7
96
0.697211
84
89
Utah State
4 - 7
32
0.689162
91
90
Kansas
3 - 8
6
0.681067
86
91
SMU
4 - 7
84
0.672862
89
92
New Mexico State
5 - 7
99
0.663725
92
93
Akron
4 - 7
94
0.65161
95
94
Nevada
3 - 8
77
0.64536
93
95
Baylor
3 - 8
26
0.64419
94
96
Vanderbilt
2 - 9
4
0.633359
97
97
California
1 - 10
9
0.613631
96
98
Tulane
3 - 9
70
0.5874
99
99
San Jose State
3 - 9
67
0.584814
98
100
San Diego State
3 - 8
83
0.563236
100
101
Central Michigan
3 - 8
93
0.547102
101
102
Rutgers
2 - 9
62
0.543132
103
103
Army
3 - 8
114
0.527052
102
104
Buffalo
3 - 8
116
0.520904
104
105
Louisiana Monroe
2 - 9
100
0.515234
105
106
Connecticut
2 - 9
111
0.502573
106
107
Wyoming
2 - 9
86
0.498144
107
108
Ohio
1 - 10
79
0.497281
108
109
Duke
0 - 11
49
0.491087
111
110
Idaho
1 - 10
95
0.487835
109
111
Arkansas State
2 - 9
112
0.48414
110
112
Houston
0 - 11
61
0.475716
112
113
La Lafayette
3 - 8
117
0.469039
114
114
UTEP
2 - 9
98
0.466965
113
115
Eastern Michigan
2 - 9
104
0.465773
115
116
Navy
0 - 10
88
0.455611
117
117
Tulsa
1 - 10
71
0.448658
116
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