1998

1999 Rankings
​Final

2000

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Florida State	(12-0)		0.8659	Atlantic Coast
2	Michigan	(10-2)		0.7928	Big Ten
3	Nebraska	(12-1)		0.7645	Big Twelve
4	Alabama	(10-3)		0.7498	Southeastern
5	Michigan State	(10-2)		0.7423	Big Ten
6	Penn State	(10-3)		0.6710	Big Ten
7	Tennessee	(9-3)		0.6421	Southeastern
8	Wisconsin	(10-2)		0.6365	Big Ten
9	Virginia Tech	(11-1)		0.6221	Big East
10	Kansas State	(11-1)		0.5762	Big Twelve
11	Mississippi State	(10-2)		0.5746	Southeastern
12	Marshall	(13-0)		0.5734	Mid-American
13	Florida	(9-4)		0.5538	Southeastern
14	Oregon	(9-3)		0.5222	Pac 10
15	Illinois	(8-4)		0.4915	Big Ten
16	Miami (Florida)	(9-4)		0.4814	Big East
17	Southern Mississippi	(9-3)		0.4716	Conference USA
18	Minnesota	(8-4)		0.4698	Big Ten
19	Utah	(9-3)		0.4656	Mountain West
20	Purdue	(7-5)		0.4620	Big Ten
21	Mississippi	(8-4)		0.4517	Southeastern
22	Brigham Young	(8-4)		0.4508	Mountain West
23	Georgia	(8-4)		0.4469	Southeastern
24	Stanford	(8-4)		0.4384	Pac 10
25	Georgia Tech	(8-4)		0.4329	Atlantic Coast
26	Arkansas	(8-4)		0.4179	Southeastern
27	Texas	(9-5)		0.4177	Big Twelve
28	Washington	(7-5)		0.4130	Pac 10
29	Texas A&M	(8-4)		0.4118	Big Twelve
30	Colorado State	(8-4)		0.4076	Mountain West
31	Louisiana Tech	(8-3)		0.3792	Independent
32	Wyoming	(7-4)		0.3654	Mountain West
33	East Carolina	(9-3)		0.3644	Conference USA
34	Ohio State	(6-6)		0.3628	Big Ten
35	Virginia	(7-5)		0.3372	Atlantic Coast
36	Clemson	(6-6)		0.3317	Atlantic Coast
37	Boise State	(10-3)		0.3292	Big West
38	Southern California	(6-6)		0.3199	Pac 10
39	Oklahoma	(7-5)		0.3170	Big Twelve
40	Oregon State	(7-5)		0.3017	Pac 10
41	Boston College	(8-4)		0.2994	Big East
42	Air Force	(6-5)		0.2989	Mountain West
43	Louisville	(7-5)		0.2931	Conference USA
44	Notre Dame	(5-7)		0.2913	Independent
45	Colorado	(7-5)		0.2895	Big Twelve
46	Auburn	(5-6)		0.2875	Southeastern
47	Syracuse	(7-5)		0.2780	Big East
48	Arizona	(6-6)		0.2572	Pac 10
49	Vanderbilt	(5-6)		0.2510	Southeastern
50	Wake Forest	(7-5)		0.2473	Atlantic Coast
51	Kentucky	(6-6)		0.2447	Southeastern
52	Texas Christian	(8-4)		0.2350	Western Athletic
53	San Diego State	(5-6)		0.2276	Mountain West
54	Fresno State	(8-5)		0.2232	Western Athletic
55	Houston	(7-4)		0.2219	Conference USA
56	Memphis	(5-6)		0.2143	Conference USA
57	Arizona State	(6-6)		0.2002	Pac 10
58	Hawaii	(9-4)		0.1992	Western Athletic
59	North Carolina State	(6-6)		0.1934	Atlantic Coast
60	Western Michigan	(7-5)		0.1625	Mid-American
61	Idaho	(7-4)		0.1620	Big West
62	California	(4-7)		0.1605	Pac 10
63	UCLA	(4-7)		0.1530	Pac 10
64	Maryland	(5-6)		0.1461	Atlantic Coast
65	Oklahoma State	(5-6)		0.1428	Big Twelve
66	Miami (Ohio)	(7-4)		0.1407	Mid-American
67	Akron	(7-4)		0.1368	Mid-American
68	Indiana	(4-7)		0.1359	Big Ten
69	Alabama-Birmingham	(5-6)		0.1320	Conference USA
70	Pittsburgh	(5-6)		0.1263	Big East
71	Texas Tech	(6-5)		0.1234	Big Twelve
72	Navy	(5-7)		0.0999	Independent
73	New Mexico	(4-7)		0.0838	Mountain West
74	Iowa State	(4-7)		0.0768	Big Twelve
75	West Virginia	(4-7)		0.0751	Big East
76	Missouri	(4-7)		0.0749	Big Twelve
77	Toledo	(6-5)		0.0731	Mid-American
78	Rice	(5-6)		0.0588	Western Athletic
79	Cincinnati	(3-8)		0.0547	Conference USA
80	New Mexico State	(6-5)		0.0532	Big West
81	Louisiana State	(3-8)		0.0463	Southeastern
82	Central Florida	(4-7)		0.0350	Independent
83	Utah State	(4-7)		0.0304	Big West
84	Arkansas State	(4-7)		0.0267	Big West
85	Washington State	(3-9)		0.0263	Pac 10
86	Kansas	(5-7)		0.0239	Big Twelve
87	Northwestern	(3-8)		0.0236	Big Ten
88	Louisiana-Monroe	(5-6)		0.0186	Independent
89	Ohio	(5-6)		0.0010	Mid-American
90	Duke	(3-8)		-0.0067	Atlantic Coast
91	Texas-El Paso	(5-7)		-0.0108	Western Athletic
92	Eastern Michigan	(4-7)		-0.0435	Mid-American
93	Northern Illinois	(5-6)		-0.0482	Mid-American
94	Bowling Green State	(5-6)		-0.0528	Mid-American
95	Iowa	(1-10)		-0.0542	Big Ten
96	Temple	(2-9)		-0.0630	Big East
97	North Carolina	(3-8)		-0.0774	Atlantic Coast
98	Tulane	(3-8)		-0.0969	Conference USA
99	Nevada	(3-8)		-0.1051	Big West
100	Army	(3-8)		-0.1109	Conference USA
101	Southern Methodist	(4-6)		-0.1608	Western Athletic
102	South Carolina	(0-11)		-0.1621	Southeastern
103	Central Michigan	(4-7)		-0.1750	Mid-American
104	Nevada-Las Vegas	(3-8)		-0.1817	Mountain West
105	San Jose State	(3-7)		-0.1861	Western Athletic
106	Middle Tennessee State	(3-8)		-0.2767	Independent
107	Rutgers	(1-10)		-0.3393	Big East
108	Baylor	(1-10)		-0.3428	Big Twelve
109	Kent State	(2-9)		-0.3447	Mid-American
110	Louisiana-Lafayette	(2-9)		-0.3649	Independent
111	Tulsa	(2-9)		-0.3657	Western Athletic
112	North Texas	(2-9)		-0.4220	Big West
113	Ball State	(0-11)		-0.5805	Mid-American
114	Buffalo	(0-11)		-0.6889	Mid-American

Average Ratings by Conference (1999)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Ten		0.4304
2	Southeastern		0.3754
3	Pac 10		0.2792
4	Atlantic Coast		0.2745
5	Mountain West		0.2648
6	Big Twelve		0.2396
7	Big East		0.1850
8	Conference USA		0.1716
9	Independent		0.0261
10	Big West		0.0106
11	Western Athletic		-0.0009
12	Mid-American		-0.0651