2002

2003 Rankings
​Final

2004

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Louisiana State	(13-1)		0.7772	Southeastern
2	Southern California	(12-1)		0.7359	Pac 10
3	Ohio State	(11-2)		0.6820	Big Ten
4	Miami (Florida)	(11-2)		0.6787	Big East
5	Georgia	(11-3)		0.6440	Southeastern
6	Florida State	(10-3)		0.6359	Atlantic Coast
7	Oklahoma	(12-2)		0.6203	Big Twelve
8	Miami (Ohio)	(13-1)		0.6016	Mid-American
9	Iowa	(10-3)		0.5930	Big Ten
10	Michigan	(10-3)		0.5921	Big Ten
11	Tennessee	(10-3)		0.5653	Southeastern
12	Mississippi	(10-3)		0.5559	Southeastern
13	Maryland	(10-3)		0.5456	Atlantic Coast
14	Utah	(10-2)		0.5379	Mountain West
15	Boise State	(13-1)		0.5335	Western Athletic
16	Washington State	(10-3)		0.5330	Pac 10
17	Florida	(8-5)		0.5172	Southeastern
18	Texas	(10-3)		0.5169	Big Twelve
19	Kansas State	(11-4)		0.5119	Big Twelve
20	Clemson	(9-4)		0.4945	Atlantic Coast
21	Arkansas	(9-4)		0.4915	Southeastern
22	Purdue	(9-4)		0.4792	Big Ten
23	Texas Christian	(11-2)		0.4623	Conference USA
24	Nebraska	(10-3)		0.4581	Big Twelve
25	Minnesota	(10-3)		0.4539	Big Ten
26	Bowling Green State	(11-3)		0.4487	Mid-American
27	North Carolina State	(8-5)		0.4117	Atlantic Coast
28	Auburn	(8-5)		0.4082	Southeastern
29	Oklahoma State	(9-4)		0.3826	Big Twelve
30	Virginia	(8-5)		0.3821	Atlantic Coast
31	California	(8-6)		0.3786	Pac 10
32	Michigan State	(8-5)		0.3755	Big Ten
33	Northern Illinois	(10-2)		0.3731	Mid-American
34	Southern Mississippi	(9-4)		0.3630	Conference USA
35	West Virginia	(8-5)		0.3516	Big East
36	Oregon State	(8-5)		0.3457	Pac 10
37	Oregon	(8-5)		0.3440	Pac 10
38	Virginia Tech	(8-5)		0.3431	Big East
39	Texas Tech	(8-5)		0.3401	Big Twelve
40	Wisconsin	(7-6)		0.3342	Big Ten
41	Pittsburgh	(8-5)		0.3336	Big East
42	Connecticut	(9-3)		0.3243	Independent
43	Marshall	(8-4)		0.3220	Mid-American
44	Boston College	(8-5)		0.3200	Big East
45	Memphis	(9-4)		0.3116	Conference USA
46	New Mexico	(8-5)		0.3087	Mountain West
47	Georgia Tech	(7-6)		0.3047	Atlantic Coast
48	Louisville	(9-4)		0.2967	Conference USA
49	Colorado State	(7-6)		0.2901	Mountain West
50	Missouri	(8-5)		0.2820	Big Twelve
51	Fresno State	(9-5)		0.2636	Western Athletic
52	North Texas	(9-4)		0.2590	Sun Belt
53	Hawaii	(9-5)		0.2540	Western Athletic
54	South Carolina	(5-7)		0.2476	Southeastern
55	Notre Dame	(5-7)		0.2466	Independent
56	Toledo	(8-4)		0.2389	Mid-American
57	Air Force	(7-5)		0.2368	Mountain West
58	Washington	(6-6)		0.2309	Pac 10
59	South Florida	(7-4)		0.2306	Conference USA
60	Alabama	(4-9)		0.2260	Southeastern
61	Wake Forest	(5-7)		0.2176	Atlantic Coast
62	Northwestern	(6-7)		0.2129	Big Ten
63	UCLA	(6-7)		0.2108	Pac 10
64	Tulsa	(8-5)		0.2045	Western Athletic
65	Nevada-Las Vegas	(6-6)		0.2028	Mountain West
66	Colorado	(5-7)		0.1989	Big Twelve
67	Syracuse	(6-6)		0.1779	Big East
68	Navy	(8-5)		0.1527	Independent
69	Akron	(7-5)		0.1442	Mid-American
70	Houston	(7-6)		0.1419	Conference USA
71	Nevada	(6-6)		0.1411	Western Athletic
72	San Diego State	(6-6)		0.1392	Mountain West
73	Cincinnati	(5-7)		0.1287	Conference USA
74	Troy	(6-6)		0.1247	Independent
75	Arizona State	(5-7)		0.1225	Pac 10
76	Kansas	(6-7)		0.1131	Big Twelve
77	Rutgers	(5-7)		0.1066	Big East
78	Louisiana Tech	(5-7)		0.0847	Western Athletic
79	Brigham Young	(4-8)		0.0845	Mountain West
80	Alabama-Birmingham	(5-7)		0.0774	Conference USA
81	Stanford	(4-7)		0.0688	Pac 10
82	Texas A&M	(4-8)		0.0648	Big Twelve
83	Penn State	(3-9)		0.0615	Big Ten
84	Kentucky	(4-8)		0.0484	Southeastern
85	Duke	(4-8)		0.0403	Atlantic Coast
86	Western Michigan	(5-7)		0.0316	Mid-American
87	Tulane	(5-7)		0.0288	Conference USA
88	Wyoming	(4-8)		0.0260	Mountain West
89	Kent State	(5-7)		-0.0014	Mid-American
90	Rice	(5-7)		-0.0063	Western Athletic
91	Vanderbilt	(2-10)		-0.0513	Southeastern
92	North Carolina	(2-10)		-0.0528	Atlantic Coast
93	Arizona	(2-10)		-0.0664	Pac 10
94	Middle Tennessee State	(4-8)		-0.0706	Sun Belt
95	Ball State	(4-8)		-0.0937	Mid-American
96	Mississippi State	(2-10)		-0.0966	Southeastern
97	Louisiana-Lafayette	(4-8)		-0.0985	Sun Belt
98	New Mexico State	(3-9)		-0.1071	Sun Belt
99	Baylor	(3-9)		-0.1128	Big Twelve
100	San Jose State	(3-8)		-0.1151	Western Athletic
101	Arkansas State	(5-7)		-0.1329	Sun Belt
102	Utah State	(3-9)		-0.1573	Sun Belt
103	Illinois	(1-11)		-0.1601	Big Ten
104	Iowa State	(2-10)		-0.1668	Big Twelve
105	Indiana	(2-10)		-0.1812	Big Ten
106	Idaho	(3-9)		-0.1862	Sun Belt
107	Central Florida	(3-9)		-0.2402	Mid-American
108	Ohio	(2-10)		-0.2517	Mid-American
109	Temple	(1-11)		-0.2531	Big East
110	Central Michigan	(3-9)		-0.2630	Mid-American
111	East Carolina	(1-11)		-0.3152	Conference USA
112	Eastern Michigan	(3-9)		-0.3165	Mid-American
113	Louisiana-Monroe	(1-11)		-0.3324	Sun Belt
114	Buffalo	(1-11)		-0.3720	Mid-American
115	Southern Methodist	(0-12)		-0.4050	Western Athletic
116	Texas-El Paso	(2-11)		-0.4800	Western Athletic
117	Army	(0-13)		-0.5166	Conference USA

Average Ratings by Conference (2003)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.3611
2	Atlantic Coast		0.3311
3	Big Ten		0.3130
4	Pac 10		0.2904
5	Big Twelve		0.2674
6	Big East		0.2573
7	Mountain West		0.2283
8	Independent		0.2121
9	Conference USA		0.1099
10	Western Athletic		0.0475
11	Mid-American		0.0444
12	Sun Belt		-0.1032