LOGICAL APPROACH's 2000 COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS

UPDATED THROUGH GAMES OF JANUARY 3, 2001

FINAL Ratings -- After all Bowl Games

The following Power Ratings reflect the relatvie strengths of all 236 Division I-A and I-AA college football teams through the date shown above. The Pure Power Ratings reflect the strength of each team on a Neutral field. The Power Ratings reflect more than just win-loss record and margin of victory/defeat. The Ratings also consider how each team fared against each opponent played comparing the actual margin of victory or loss to the expected margin as projected prior to the game in addition to the strength of each team's conference, the quality of the opposition faced (and the opposition's conference strength). In general, a team's own performance accounts for approximately 70% of the Pure Power Rating and the quality of opposition accounts for approximately 30% of the Pure Power Rating.

Each of the 115 Division I-A college football teams has an individually computed Home Field Advantage. The Pure Power Ratings are adjusted for these Home Field Advantages and separte Home/Road Power Ratings are also shown. For the 121 Division I-AA teams a standard 3.0 points has been used for Home Field Advantage.

For each team we present, in addition to the Power Rating, the team's Win-Loss record, their average points scored and allowed (and their average margin of victory/defeat) plus their pointspread record against the Las Vegas line (Note that UNLV and Nevada-Reno are now reflected in the pointspread records using lines available at foreign Sports Books).

Each team is shown ranked according to its position amongst all 236 Division I-A and I-AA teams according to its Pure Power Rating. The 115 Division I-A teams (the teams regularly appearing on the betting boards) are also ranked according to their position amonst the Division I-A teams only and ignore all Division I-AA teams.

Division'Pure'HomeRoad
OverallI-APowerATSATSATSAVEAVEAVEPowerPower
RankRankTeamRatingSUWSULWLTP FP AMGNAOPRRatingRating
11FLORIDA ST197.2511276039.310.528.8176.4200.21194.29
22NEBRASKA U194.3310257043.519.224.3172.0197.12191.55
33OKLAHOMA U191.7713075137.014.922.1176.0193.76189.78
44MIAMI FLA190.4511192042.215.826.4172.5192.21188.69
55KANSAS ST189.7611376139.218.620.6172.9193.57185.95
66MICHIGAN U189.269356133.719.114.6176.3189.60188.92
77FLORIDA U188.1510384136.021.015.0177.4189.81186.49
88TENNESSEE U187.308456131.720.611.1175.2188.64185.97
99TEXAS U185.799375037.919.318.6171.4186.91184.66
1010WISCONSIN U185.369448125.220.44.8173.7187.98182.75
1111VIRGINIA TECH185.2011157040.322.417.9167.9186.72183.68
1212PURDUE U183.908455231.822.29.6173.2185.02182.78
1313OHIO STATE183.808456127.618.59.1179.0185.12182.48
1414OREGON U183.7410266029.220.88.4175.5186.19181.29
1515OREGON ST183.6911192033.317.715.6170.0185.53181.85
1616WASHINGTON U183.4511156132.222.59.7176.8184.22182.67
1717PENN STATE183.415757022.024.4-2.4176.7184.89181.93
1818GEORGIA U182.808456027.617.79.9175.0184.03181.58
1919COLORADO U182.463856022.925.8-2.9179.9183.15181.77
2020ALABAMA U182.113838020.722.4-1.7178.2181.95182.27
2121MICHIGAN ST181.705655117.921.2-3.3177.8184.65178.75
2222TEXAS A&M181.657566029.019.99.1174.7184.69178.61
2323GEORGIA TECH180.939393032.219.812.4171.8181.42180.44
2424MISSISSIPPI ST180.578475032.525.57.0175.2181.72179.42
2525LSU180.388465026.719.67.1175.0181.23179.53
2626AUBURN U180.319476024.320.53.8177.1180.49180.13
2727ILLINOIS U179.455647026.726.00.7175.1177.81181.08
2828MINNESOTA U179.316657031.226.54.7172.3181.66176.96
2929CLEMSON179.039338034.721.113.6170.2180.23177.83
3030S CAROLINA U178.488493023.615.18.5176.1177.59179.36
3131MISSISSIPPI U176.987557029.327.41.9170.9177.19176.76
3232NORTHWESTERN176.738484036.833.33.5177.8176.25177.20
3333STANFORD175.795683023.726.7-3.0172.8175.67175.91
3434ARKANSAS U175.586656023.224.1-0.9171.9178.47172.70
3535TEXAS TECH175.587676025.421.44.0170.0177.40173.76
3636ARIZONA U175.565656023.121.51.6177.6175.82175.30
3737SOUTHERN CAL175.235739025.828.1-2.3176.3175.83174.63
3838SOUTHERN MISS174.278465026.216.99.3167.7178.88169.67
3939UCLA173.926656129.430.7-1.3179.3174.68173.16
4040CALIFORNIA173.773874022.426.8-4.4177.0174.79172.75
4141IOWA U173.553984016.927.5-10.6181.5176.02171.08
4242ARIZONA ST173.246664226.125.20.9172.6174.40172.08
4343INDIANA U172.943838030.638.8-8.2178.9173.34172.54
4444IOWA STATE172.789375028.626.81.8169.1175.10170.46
4545N CAROLINA U172.696565024.525.8-1.3172.9172.47172.91
4646VANDERBILT172.683856017.524.8-7.3176.2173.34172.02
4747E CAROLINA U171.118466030.821.39.5166.6172.46169.77
4848N CAROLINA ST170.868475031.628.23.4170.1172.51169.22
4949MARYLAND U170.805656022.525.8-3.3170.7173.31168.29
5050WEST VIRGINIA170.697548029.730.2-0.5169.2171.81169.57
5151BOSTON COLLEGE170.647584031.523.18.4166.1170.94170.34
5252COLORADO ST170.0510265030.218.811.4161.5171.83168.27
5353LOUISVILLE169.829374033.822.311.5161.0170.34169.29
5454OKLAHOMA ST169.643837018.427.5-9.1171.1172.25167.03
5555SYRACUSE169.556574026.719.37.4166.0172.17166.94
5656WASHINGTON ST169.494765025.532.2-6.7175.0172.09166.89
5757KENTUCKY U169.342928023.134.8-11.7176.0169.81168.88
5858VIRGINIA U169.216637120.224.3-4.1173.1169.38169.04
5959KANSAS U168.754737023.732.6-8.9173.1172.27165.23
6060MISSOURI U168.703855023.231.6-8.4177.5171.27166.13
6161UTAH U168.674747021.318.82.5163.8169.47167.87
6262NOTRE DAME168.449384029.422.27.2174.2169.84167.04
6363PITTSBURGH168.117557024.720.64.1168.4170.18166.05
6464TCU167.6910275035.911.224.7151.7167.56167.81
6565BYU166.866657023.325.8-2.5166.7167.46166.26
6666WAKE FOREST165.932936116.532.9-16.4169.3166.31165.56
6767AIR FORCE164.949373135.126.09.1156.6165.45164.43
6868SAN DIEGO ST164.173856015.524.8-9.3168.5164.75163.59
6969CINCINNATI163.877575024.123.80.3163.9163.80163.94
7070BOISE ST163.3010282044.322.821.5150.0165.60161.00
7171MEMPHIS ST163.174747016.018.1-2.1163.7163.54162.79
7272ALA-BIRMINGHAM162.777473021.617.54.1160.0167.25158.30
7373FRESNO STATE161.747557026.420.95.5157.4165.69157.80
7474UNLV160.758585028.521.27.3160.9160.75160.75
7575TULANE158.996565029.931.5-1.6160.4160.29157.69
7676NEW MEXICO U158.935774019.120.8-1.7159.5160.00157.87
7777TEMPLE158.584774020.424.5-4.1165.6160.17157.00
7878HOUSTON U158.243829019.233.6-14.4165.2159.31157.17
7979DUKE158.0501156014.139.1-25.0174.8158.60157.50
8080TOLEDO157.5710172036.411.425.0144.2159.19155.94
8181CENT FLORIDA156.767444030.320.110.2150.8160.81152.70
82GA SOUTHERN156.6313200033.718.315.4138.0158.13155.13
8382TEXAS EL PASO156.568466031.528.03.5159.6159.44153.69
8483BAYLOR155.642946012.636.1-23.5172.0154.99156.29
8584W MICHIGAN154.129392029.911.618.3148.9156.33151.91
8685MARSHALL154.108548028.222.85.4147.3156.69151.51
87DELAWARE U153.7912200040.717.023.7137.4155.29152.29
88ILLINOIS ST153.427400032.820.112.7133.0154.92151.92
8986LOUISIANA TECH153.043946026.433.0-6.6154.5157.10148.98
9087ARMY152.6411047020.433.8-13.4160.0154.20151.07
9188WYOMING151.9111046115.535.7-20.2161.2154.55149.27
9289RICE151.563856021.529.3-7.8159.7154.53148.59
9390MID TENNESSEE151.256572031.828.73.1154.5157.74144.76
9491RUTGERS150.983846021.236.3-15.1163.1152.80149.16
9592HAWAII U150.413974024.533.2-8.7154.1151.50149.31
96W ILLINOIS149.799300032.519.213.3135.4151.29148.29
9793TULSA149.765775020.023.6-3.6153.9151.83147.69
9894SAN JOSE ST149.657583031.229.81.4158.6150.77148.53
99YOUNGSTOWN ST149.169300024.715.88.9134.8150.66147.66
10095N ILLINOIS148.836564037.225.511.7150.5151.11146.55
101APPALACHIAN ST148.7210400031.519.911.6138.2150.22147.22
10296NAVY148.2211047016.535.5-19.0162.2148.79147.65
103NORTHERN IOWA147.827400036.127.78.4134.4149.32146.32
10497OHIO U147.497455031.218.912.3143.3150.27144.72
105MASSACHUSETTS147.407400028.422.46.0132.4148.90145.90
10698IDAHO U146.525636029.234.3-5.1152.6147.18145.87
107RICHMOND146.1910300019.616.72.9143.9147.69144.69
108FURMAN145.899300031.617.414.2131.4147.39144.39
10999SMU145.813957015.129.3-14.2153.8146.02145.60
110100NEW MEXICO ST145.783865026.832.5-5.7152.5148.99142.57
111101UTAH STATE145.755645026.532.4-5.9151.8146.66144.84
112SW MISSOURI144.545600021.518.23.3138.5146.04143.04
113TROY ST144.359300027.516.111.4133.7145.85142.85
114WILLIAM & MARY144.245600024.428.5-4.1142.6145.74142.74
115JAMES MADISON143.976500027.316.810.5135.4145.47142.47
116MONTANA U143.2813200031.719.212.5132.9144.78141.78
117102AKRON143.156574030.326.83.5144.3147.11139.19
118103ARKANSAS ST143.0711046022.537.3-14.8159.8146.77139.37
119MAINE142.675600029.023.35.7134.1144.17141.17
120104MIAMI OHIO141.866565024.726.0-1.3145.7142.83140.90
121S ILLINOIS141.823800018.928.7-9.8141.4143.32140.32
122105BOWLING GREEN140.452956015.826.3-10.5148.4144.74136.16
123VILLANOVA140.275600035.032.82.2134.5141.77138.77
124MCNEESE ST139.648400026.218.77.5134.2141.14138.14
125106NEVADA RENO138.7821048017.238.7-21.5159.2140.93136.63
126WOFFORD138.697400027.725.12.6135.2140.19137.19
127SOUTH FLORIDA138.367400025.318.37.0141.2139.86136.86
128HOFSTRA138.239400034.229.54.7135.7139.73136.73
129107E MICHIGAN137.293838019.031.8-12.8148.2139.05135.53
130108NORTH TEXAS137.233855014.727.3-12.6150.5138.72135.74
131E TENNESSEE ST136.906500025.624.31.3135.9138.40135.40
132109BALL STATE136.725655019.331.7-12.4151.1139.27134.17
133SAM HOUSTON ST136.687400026.420.75.7130.3138.18135.18
134TEN CHATANOOGA136.545600030.225.44.8132.2138.04135.04
135NEW HAMPSHIRE136.496500026.328.5-2.2130.4137.99134.99
136STEPHEN AUSTIN136.316500026.327.0-0.7130.5137.81134.81
137NORTHEASTERN135.884700025.427.7-2.3137.6137.38134.38
138110UL LAFAYETTE135.6711053015.532.3-16.8147.1139.23132.10
139W KENTUCKY135.5211200031.111.219.9130.0137.02134.02
140SW TEXAS135.507400020.016.63.4132.5137.00134.00
141PORTLAND ST135.238400033.827.16.7131.4136.73133.73
142LEHIGH134.9212100030.516.514.0124.7136.42133.42
143111UL MONROE134.821101708.737.7-29.0154.0140.48129.16
144112C MICHIGAN134.792938012.534.2-21.7151.5138.43131.15
145FLORIDA A&M134.579300036.620.416.2117.6136.07133.07
146W CAROLINA134.154700028.733.7-5.0137.3135.65132.65
147INDIANA ST134.0911000011.137.1-26.0141.3135.59132.59
148NW LOUISIANA133.746500023.321.51.8131.3135.24132.24
149RHODE ISLAND133.513800015.923.4-7.5138.3135.01132.01
150EAST ILLINOIS132.528400036.920.216.7129.5134.02131.02
151E WASHINGTON131.926500026.222.14.1131.6133.42130.42
152113CONNECTICUT130.983834020.033.5-13.5142.2130.98130.98
153114KENT U130.9311037011.632.6-21.0148.6134.16127.71
154ELON130.467400025.320.35.0121.9131.96128.96
155DAYTON129.008300034.217.516.7112.2130.50127.50
156SOUTHERN UTAH128.997400035.127.87.3120.9130.49127.49
157N CAROLINA A&T128.548300029.415.813.6115.3130.04127.04
158N ARIZONA128.353800022.325.0-2.7127.7129.85126.85
159JACKSONVILLE ST128.194600017.023.4-6.4132.1129.69126.69
160CAL SACRAMENTO127.257400029.925.44.5119.9128.75125.75
161DRAKE126.947400037.324.313.0115.3128.44125.44
162TENNESSEE TECH126.198300028.819.79.1122.4127.69124.69
163CITADEL125.872900013.130.5-17.4139.9127.37124.37
164MURRAY ST125.666500033.330.23.1119.2127.16124.16
165WEBER ST125.617400024.719.94.8124.5127.11124.11
166EAST KENTUCKY124.776500024.314.210.1119.9126.27123.27
167CAL NORTHRIDGE124.724700028.035.5-7.5130.5126.22123.22
168115BUFFALO124.392974016.141.1-25.0144.2125.72123.06
169GRAMBLING124.0610200025.017.27.8120.8125.56122.56
170IDAHO ST123.636500029.931.9-2.0126.4125.13122.13
171SOUTHERN UNIV123.586500033.525.67.9116.1125.08122.08
172NICHOLLS ST123.5511000015.528.4-12.9132.8125.05122.05
173VMI123.302900020.639.5-18.9136.8124.80121.80
174JACKSON ST122.907400033.227.26.0112.4124.40121.40
175PENNSYLVANIA122.687300034.925.79.2117.4124.18121.18
176BETHUNE COOKMAN121.849200030.015.314.7110.8123.34120.34
177YALE121.787300027.618.39.3115.2123.28120.28
178TOWSON ST121.537400027.219.67.6115.4123.03120.03
179HARVARD121.445500032.725.57.2116.3122.94119.94
180MOREHEAD ST121.146300041.632.39.3111.2122.64119.64
181TENNESSEE ST121.073800025.333.8-8.5123.2122.57119.57
182VALPARAISO120.957400025.021.73.3109.2122.45119.45
183HAMPTON120.707400034.528.36.2114.0122.20119.20
184BUCKNELL120.266500022.015.66.4114.6121.76118.76
185CAL POLY SLO119.993800027.435.9-8.5125.9121.49118.49
186COLGATE119.497400021.421.8-0.4116.4120.99117.99
187LIBERTY118.993800017.729.1-11.4124.2120.49117.49
188HOLY CROSS118.287400022.320.32.0118.0119.78116.78
189DAVIDSON118.2210000027.113.513.6102.1119.72116.72
190BROWN118.007300037.530.17.4113.6119.50116.50
191ALABAMA A&M117.787500025.218.96.3110.3119.28116.28
192ROBERT MORRIS117.4910000036.514.022.5101.3118.99115.99
193DELAWARE ST116.837400034.534.40.1116.4118.33115.33
194SE MISSOURI116.113800020.436.6-16.2128.6117.61114.61
195SAMFORD114.904700016.626.5-9.9117.4116.40113.40
196LAFAYETTE114.512900022.231.8-9.6116.3116.01113.01
197ARK PINE BLUFF114.306500029.522.76.8109.9115.80112.80
198CHARLESTON SOU114.275600022.422.20.2112.8115.77112.77
199ST MARYS CALIF114.146500031.732.6-0.9112.7115.64112.64
200TEXAS SOUTHERN113.938300025.518.37.2109.1115.43112.43
201CORNELL113.355500026.433.4-7.0118.3114.85111.85
202SAN DIEGO U113.304600024.231.3-7.1112.8114.80111.80
203ALABAMA ST113.246500029.731.9-2.2117.0114.74111.74
204MONTANA ST113.1601100011.932.6-20.7124.9114.66111.66
205PRINCETON112.853700024.828.6-3.8116.9114.35111.35
206BUTLER112.202800035.637.8-2.2109.4113.70110.70
207FAIRFIELD112.028200038.715.423.393.4113.52110.52
208ALBANY111.095600031.128.92.2106.7112.59109.59
209HOWARD109.553800017.332.3-15.0121.8111.05108.05
210S CAROLINA ST109.243800028.041.8-13.8116.3110.74107.74
211DUQUESNE108.9310100038.517.221.395.8110.43107.43
212COLUMBIA108.843700025.630.6-5.0115.3110.34107.34
213FORDHAM108.703800019.228.9-9.7117.8110.20107.20
214JACKSONVILLE U108.193800016.627.0-10.4109.9109.69106.69
215DARTMOUTH108.122800023.138.8-15.7121.0109.62106.62
216NORFOLK ST108.053800013.926.5-12.6118.7109.55106.55
217MORGAN ST106.4411000015.736.6-20.9122.2107.94104.94
218ALCORN ST106.3201100014.527.0-12.5111.6107.82104.82
219WAGNER104.977400028.119.38.898.3106.47103.47
220MISS VALLEY104.002900018.139.4-21.3116.8105.50102.50
221AUSTIN PEAY102.952900016.636.1-19.5115.1104.45101.45
222SACRED HEART101.8110100028.513.415.1100.3103.31100.31
223GEORGETOWN101.735600025.629.6-4.0103.2103.23100.23
224MONMOUTH NJ100.715600018.215.82.4102.4102.2199.21
225STONY BROOK97.782800018.226.2-8.0101.199.2896.28
226TENN MARTIN97.212900011.241.2-30.0121.598.7195.71
227ST JOHNS NY95.625600015.419.6-4.298.097.1294.12
228MARIST95.235500021.823.9-2.194.996.7393.73
229PRAIRIE VIEW95.031100009.444.4-35.0119.096.5393.53
230CENTRAL CONN94.874600017.428.5-11.1100.996.3793.37
231LASALLE88.646500016.819.2-2.493.290.1487.14
232IONA88.574700023.530.3-6.893.690.0787.07
233SIENA86.681900016.731.3-14.695.488.1885.18
234ST PETERS84.754700013.218.3-5.192.086.2583.25
235ST FRANCIS PA79.950110006.539.6-33.1101.281.4578.45
236CANISIUS74.8301000010.037.3-27.395.876.3373.33

Key to Abbreviations --

PURE POWER RATING ..."Neutral' Site Power Rating based on factors
                     discussed above

SUW & SUL ...........Team's Straight Up Win-Loss Record vs. All Opponents

ATSW, ATSL, ATSP ....Pointspread Wins, Losses and Pushes in all Lined games


AVE PF & AVE PA .....Average Points Scored and Allowed in all games

AVE MGN .............Average Nets Points Scored minus Allowed in all games

AOPR ................Average Opponents' Power Rating

HOME POWER RATING....'Pure' Power Rating adjusted for Team's individually
                     computed Home Field Advantage for all 115 Division I-A
                     teams and a standard 3.0 Points for all 121 Division
                     I-AA teams.  A team's Pure Power Rating is increased
                     by one-half of its Home Field Advantage,

ROAD POWER RATING....'Pure' Power Rating adjusted for Team's individually
                     computed Home Field Advantage for all 115 Division I-A
                     teams and a standard 3.0 Points for all 121 Division
                     I-AA teams.  A team's Pure Power Rating is reduced
                     by one-half of its Home Field Advantage.

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