LOGICAL APPROACH's 2001 COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS

UPDATED THROUGH GAMES OF DECEMBER 8, 2001

CURRENT Ratings (Will be Updated Again Following all Bowl Games)

The following Power Ratings reflect the relatvie strengths of all 240 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 117 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 123 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 240 Division I-A and I-AA teams according to its Pure Power Rating. The 117 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
11MIAMI FLA203.0711065043.29.433.8176.1204.56201.58
22FLORIDA U197.299264043.814.129.7175.3199.54195.04
33NEBRASKA U192.5911175037.415.821.6172.6194.99190.19
44TEXAS U192.4110266039.213.725.5173.4195.16189.66
55OKLAHOMA U190.9810266032.213.818.4174.4193.12188.83
66FLORIDA ST190.337455133.926.17.8178.6193.36187.30
77TENNESSEE U189.8110255229.619.510.1181.4192.22187.41
88KANSAS ST189.236583029.716.313.4176.2192.98185.48
99VIRGINIA TECH188.728365032.613.419.2169.6190.09187.34
1010OREGON U188.3010165034.021.812.2177.7191.08185.53
1111MICHIGAN U187.538356027.517.510.0177.7188.93186.13
1212LSU186.919355130.922.38.6177.4189.07184.75
1313COLORADO U186.2810264233.023.39.7178.6185.93186.63
1414GEORGIA U186.008356028.618.99.7176.4186.97185.03
1515ALABAMA U185.616556027.619.97.7179.1186.34184.88
1616OREGON ST185.385655026.123.52.6172.7186.89183.87
1717S CAROLINA U185.388345125.418.47.0178.7185.30185.46
1818SOUTHERN CAL184.836565026.517.98.6178.4184.44185.23
1919UCLA184.747455128.820.58.3182.9185.59183.89
2020TEXAS TECH184.467463135.123.811.3174.6186.70182.22
2121WASHINGTON U184.098356028.229.4-1.2181.2184.53183.65
2222OHIO STATE184.007455125.819.46.4176.5184.83183.17
2323SYRACUSE183.269374125.720.35.4180.2186.30180.22
2424PENN STATE182.875674022.525.5-3.0183.9185.24180.50
2525STANFORD182.819274037.128.68.5177.3182.43183.19
2626ILLINOIS U182.2410174032.421.610.8177.6181.53182.95
2727MICHIGAN ST180.936556030.025.14.9175.2183.97177.89
2828IOWA U180.736574033.822.011.8172.1182.38179.08
2929WASHINGTON ST180.319273035.222.013.2173.4181.92178.70
3030WISCONSIN U179.885756026.128.8-2.7177.9181.05178.71
3131TEXAS A&M179.737445120.018.51.5174.5182.63176.82
3232PURDUE U179.676538020.322.3-2.0176.1181.67177.67
3333ARKANSAS U179.667473026.524.52.0176.9183.17176.15
3434BOSTON COLLEGE179.517465028.819.29.6169.6181.01178.00
3535N CAROLINA U179.187557026.821.85.0176.5178.47179.89
3636GEORGIA TECH179.157538031.822.29.6169.2179.61178.69
3737MARYLAND U179.12101101035.519.116.4169.5181.22177.02
3838AUBURN U179.077447022.224.1-1.9177.4180.11178.03
3939PITTSBURGH177.936564023.820.53.3169.6179.95175.91
4040MINNESOTA U177.644746028.027.20.8173.1179.88175.39
4141INDIANA U177.495656027.727.10.6179.3179.17175.81
4242MISSISSIPPI ST177.453865017.826.2-8.4178.7178.63176.27
4343IOWA STATE177.077473026.921.05.9172.6178.53175.61
4444MISSISSIPPI U176.627446035.528.27.3168.5177.36175.88
4545ARIZONA ST176.234756034.032.81.2174.1177.61174.85
4646CLEMSON176.106545129.128.60.5173.2178.33173.87
4747WEST VIRGINIA175.773847021.424.4-3.0172.6176.65174.90
4848ARIZONA U175.605656029.134.3-5.2175.6174.76176.44
4949N CAROLINA ST174.797456027.320.37.0169.1176.22173.36
5050OKLAHOMA ST174.154746022.025.5-3.5175.3177.39170.91
5151NORTHWESTERN173.724747029.134.4-5.3174.7174.26173.18
5252E CAROLINA U173.506555032.726.95.8167.6174.73172.27
5353SOUTHERN MISS173.496547025.316.98.4166.2177.14169.84
5454KENTUCKY U173.402956023.533.4-9.9179.2174.81171.99
5555LOUISVILLE171.8410274030.517.812.7161.8172.81170.87
5656VIRGINIA U171.405774020.827.6-6.8176.9172.56170.25
5757FRESNO STATE170.6211285040.423.117.3161.5175.05166.19
5858CALIFORNIA170.5711038018.339.2-20.9180.4171.17169.97
5959BYU170.1712166146.830.516.3161.8171.43168.91
6060VANDERBILT169.952946020.536.5-16.0176.6170.79169.11
6161UTAH U169.787474029.018.510.5162.2168.81170.75
6262WAKE FOREST169.196554126.528.3-1.8171.4169.83168.55
6363MISSOURI U168.844745121.830.0-8.2173.0172.13165.55
6464COLORADO ST168.296565023.023.1-0.1165.5169.88166.70
6565NOTRE DAME167.425656019.519.50.0179.7168.41166.43
6666TEMPLE167.384756018.028.3-10.3168.1167.88166.88
6767UNLV167.224765025.824.51.3166.2167.62166.81
6868ALA-BIRMINGHAM167.116564024.118.75.4162.2170.45163.77
6969BOISE ST166.588484034.223.310.9157.7169.06164.10
7070TCU166.186564025.523.42.1162.1166.41165.95
7171NEW MEXICO U166.026564127.622.15.5162.4167.37164.67
7272MEMPHIS ST165.395645126.725.51.2165.2165.52165.25
7373KANSAS U164.483837016.536.2-19.7178.7167.56161.39
7474CINCINNATI163.397465029.124.34.8157.8163.97162.81
7575BAYLOR162.933846018.632.5-13.9176.0162.28163.59
7676AIR FORCE162.136638028.132.2-4.1161.1163.39160.87
7777CENT FLORIDA162.056563130.318.511.8159.3166.17157.93
7878SAN DIEGO ST161.073846016.726.4-9.7167.1160.82161.32
7979HAWAII U160.169374040.226.513.7154.0161.42158.90
80GA SOUTHERN158.8212100039.114.724.4138.4160.32157.32
8180DUKE158.3901128119.344.6-25.3177.7158.45158.33
8281TULANE157.643938028.741.2-12.5162.3159.53155.75
8382TOLEDO157.569246134.925.59.4151.6159.32155.80
8483MARSHALL157.3510245137.325.711.6150.1161.03153.67
8584W MICHIGAN154.655637025.224.21.0155.0156.86152.44
86APPALACHIAN ST154.488400028.922.06.9146.8155.98152.98
8785HOUSTON U154.1001147017.339.3-22.0168.0155.38152.81
88RICHMOND154.093800018.317.21.1152.4155.59152.59
89FURMAN153.9011200034.414.719.7138.4155.40152.40
90DELAWARE U153.534600018.819.9-1.1146.2155.03152.03
9186MID TENNESSEE153.338356037.126.011.1150.0160.47146.20
9287RUTGERS153.292947010.836.1-25.3167.0155.25151.32
9388LOUISIANA TECH153.277474034.731.03.7158.4158.48148.06
9489BOWLING GREEN153.098363230.319.510.8152.0157.09149.09
9590ARMY152.723865020.833.2-12.4161.1153.24152.20
9691WYOMING152.112955020.833.5-12.7164.9154.60149.62
97WILLIAM & MARY151.608400030.224.65.6149.0153.10150.10
9892N ILLINOIS151.456546027.526.51.0151.1155.15147.75
9993SAN JOSE ST151.203957024.638.4-13.8162.6152.36150.04
10094MIAMI OHIO151.107575026.625.80.8157.2152.47149.73
101MAINE151.079300029.322.46.9142.9152.57149.57
10295RICE150.948456127.827.9-0.1153.5155.09146.79
10396NORTH TEXAS149.915683023.222.50.7153.4152.29147.53
104VILLANOVA149.418300036.527.88.7140.8150.91147.91
10597TROY STATE149.307443022.424.5-2.1153.8149.30149.30
106W KENTUCKY149.188400026.512.214.3142.3150.68147.68
107NORTHERN IOWA149.0911200029.023.55.5141.6150.59147.59
10898UTAH STATE149.074735128.738.3-9.6159.7150.38147.76
10999SMU148.104765020.526.8-6.3155.7148.39147.81
110100AKRON147.804755125.532.7-7.2154.8150.93144.67
111YOUNGSTOWN ST147.458300033.518.215.3132.9148.95145.95
112101OHIO U147.3411047018.029.4-11.4156.5150.79143.89
113102NEW MEXICO ST147.015757023.833.3-9.5158.7150.27143.75
114W CAROLINA146.697400025.521.04.5142.8148.19145.19
115MONTANA U145.9513100034.420.513.9133.2147.45144.45
116WOFFORD145.894700023.626.4-2.8150.2147.39144.39
117103TULSA145.7211019017.435.2-17.8155.8147.54143.90
118104TEXAS EL PASO145.432928021.437.6-16.2151.2148.53142.33
119105BALL STATE145.395655024.426.9-2.5149.7147.57143.20
120106NEVADA RENO145.153865026.039.2-13.2158.2146.87143.43
121107SOUTH FLORIDA144.408351235.221.014.2146.5144.40144.40
122108NAVY143.8501045118.334.4-16.1165.0143.94143.76
123109IDAHO U143.8211037028.544.9-16.4155.4145.66141.98
124NORTHEASTERN143.795600020.520.40.1142.1145.29142.29
125MCNEESE ST143.098400028.917.211.7135.1144.59141.59
126RHODE ISLAND142.808300024.722.91.8143.2144.30141.30
127110KENT U142.596582022.525.5-3.0151.9144.87140.31
128MASSACHUSETTS142.513800016.231.1-14.9146.9144.01141.01
129JAMES MADISON142.252900018.323.6-5.3142.1143.75140.75
130E TENNESSEE ST142.096500017.520.5-3.0139.1143.59140.59
131ILLINOIS ST142.012900023.534.1-10.6139.6143.51140.51
132W ILLINOIS141.985500025.729.0-3.3138.9143.48140.48
133HOFSTRA141.789300036.824.512.3141.9143.28140.28
134NW LOUISIANA141.778400026.619.37.3139.3143.27140.27
135111C MICHIGAN141.723854122.831.5-8.7150.5145.66137.78
136CITADEL141.403700017.218.3-1.1147.2142.90139.90
137SW MISSOURI141.266500027.024.62.4135.7142.76139.76
138SAM HOUSTON ST140.3810300036.224.811.4132.2141.88138.88
139TEN CHATANOOGA140.303800019.730.7-11.0141.1141.80138.80
140NEW HAMPSHIRE139.884700029.935.6-5.7143.1141.38138.38
141EAST ILLINOIS139.299200036.623.213.4129.2140.79137.79
142TENNESSEE TECH138.307300031.321.310.0129.2139.80136.80
143112UL LAFAYETTE138.153828021.233.2-12.0153.5141.74134.56
144LEHIGH138.0411100035.618.017.6121.9139.54136.54
145PORTLAND ST137.817400033.228.54.7133.6139.31136.31
146STEPHEN AUSTIN137.696500022.424.0-1.6140.5139.19136.19
147N ARIZONA137.008400033.228.44.8138.4138.50135.50
148113ARKANSAS ST135.992954016.132.5-16.4146.1139.54132.44
149114E MICHIGAN135.222963017.932.4-14.5142.1137.07133.37
150EAST KENTUCKY134.868200032.015.516.5123.5136.36133.36
151JACKSONVILLE ST134.125600031.727.74.0133.1135.62132.62
152E WASHINGTON134.057400041.931.710.2124.5135.55132.55
153115BUFFALO134.043865018.626.0-7.4143.9139.09128.99
154SW TEXAS134.024700017.123.5-6.4136.1135.52132.52
155WEBER ST133.593800031.540.1-8.6138.5135.09132.09
156S ILLINOIS133.2611000015.230.8-15.6140.9134.76131.76
157MONTANA ST132.865600028.129.9-1.8142.3134.36131.36
158NICHOLLS ST131.933800019.828.0-8.2136.9133.43130.43
159116CONNECTICUT131.812972117.533.6-16.1150.8134.18129.44
160117UL MONROE131.692964013.531.9-18.4151.3137.38126.00
161MURRAY ST131.334600021.631.5-9.9143.4132.83129.83
162PENNSYLVANIA131.058100029.311.417.9119.8132.55129.55
163TENNESSEE ST130.568300035.420.315.1123.2132.06129.06
164DAYTON130.409100040.715.325.4109.7131.90128.90
165GRAMBLING129.529100037.518.319.2117.4131.02128.02
166IDAHO ST129.404700030.130.3-0.2128.7130.90127.90
167COLGATE129.057300024.418.95.5128.1130.55127.55
168VMI128.8911000014.940.5-25.6143.3130.39127.39
169INDIANA ST128.593800015.331.5-16.2139.8130.09127.09
170BROWN128.216300035.426.19.3124.3129.71126.71
171HARVARD128.099000032.620.412.2121.2129.59126.59
172BUCKNELL127.806400024.015.78.3122.7129.30126.30
173CAL NORTHRIDGE127.013700034.239.0-4.8124.6128.51125.51
174FLORIDA A&M126.817400031.527.34.2120.9128.31125.31
175N CAROLINA A&T126.698300034.220.813.4114.9128.19125.19
176SE MISSOURI126.254700025.425.5-0.1132.4127.75124.75
177ELON126.112900018.131.5-13.4136.5127.61124.61
178SOUTHERN UTAH124.632900019.926.9-7.0125.0126.13123.13
179FORDHAM123.917400029.922.37.6120.4125.41122.41
180CAL SACRAMENTO123.852900022.638.5-15.9128.8125.35122.35
181HOLY CROSS123.804600024.727.9-3.2124.9125.30122.30
182SOUTHERN UNIV122.967400025.019.55.5118.9124.46121.46
183CAL POLY SLO122.726500026.522.54.0123.4124.22121.22
184ST MARYS CALIF122.676500022.622.00.6120.9124.17121.17
185HAMPTON122.297400030.428.71.7119.9123.79120.79
186YALE122.143600023.827.7-3.9122.9123.64120.64
187BETHUNE COOKMAN122.016400030.320.59.8110.0123.51120.51
188MOREHEAD ST121.456500027.122.44.7111.6122.95119.95
189PRINCETON120.923600022.222.4-0.2124.0122.42119.42
190DRAKE120.485500027.627.8-0.2114.0121.98118.98
191LAFAYETTE119.862800021.030.8-9.8125.9121.36118.36
192ALABAMA ST118.788300037.523.613.9110.3120.28117.28
193JACKSON ST118.447400035.431.14.3116.6119.94116.94
194TOWSON ST117.963700014.925.7-10.8118.8119.46116.46
195SAMFORD117.645500026.927.4-0.5123.0119.14116.14
196DELAWARE ST117.325600028.729.5-0.8114.0118.82115.82
197BUTLER116.475500027.832.8-5.0115.8117.97114.97
198CORNELL116.312700020.832.4-11.6125.4117.81114.81
199LIBERTY116.223800020.536.7-16.2129.9117.72114.72
200SAN DIEGO U115.736300026.222.63.6113.1117.23114.23
201DARTMOUTH115.371800022.433.4-11.0125.8116.87113.87
202DAVIDSON115.115400022.123.1-1.0108.2116.61113.61
203ROBERT MORRIS114.816300034.424.310.1102.1116.31113.31
204SACRED HEART114.7910000041.915.226.797.1116.29113.29
205CHARLESTON SOU114.135600023.823.00.8113.5115.63112.63
206COLUMBIA113.673700020.632.6-12.0122.6115.17112.17
207VALPARAISO113.563800013.525.6-12.1112.9115.06112.06
208ALABAMA A&M113.444700019.522.4-2.9109.9114.94111.94
209S CAROLINA ST112.306500021.021.9-0.9114.9113.80110.80
210TEXAS SOUTHERN111.803700019.124.5-5.4113.7113.30110.30
211DUQUESNE111.108200035.515.220.399.9112.60109.60
212JACKSONVILLE U109.466400025.422.23.2108.1110.96107.96
213MORGAN ST109.222900022.828.7-5.9116.0110.72107.72
214TENN MARTIN107.9411000018.038.4-20.4122.3109.44106.44
215ALCORN ST107.746500024.528.4-3.9112.3109.24106.24
216HOWARD107.692900021.134.0-12.9118.6109.19106.19
217GEORGETOWN107.683700016.031.6-15.6117.7109.18106.18
218AUSTIN PEAY107.263700023.626.5-2.9109.3108.76105.76
219ARK PINE BLUFF106.584700014.024.5-10.5111.1108.08105.08
220NORFOLK ST106.565600014.625.3-10.7112.3108.06105.06
221ALBANY105.927300023.619.54.1100.1107.42104.42
222MONMOUTH NJ104.727300024.015.48.697.5106.22103.22
223FAIRFIELD104.325500027.325.61.797.2105.82102.82
224GARDNER WEBB103.525400029.825.24.6106.4105.02102.02
225FLA ATLANTIC103.454600017.724.5-6.8113.6104.95101.95
226WAGNER102.953600027.730.7-3.0102.9104.45101.45
227PRAIRIE VIEW101.563700019.430.2-10.8113.9103.06100.06
228MORRIS BROWN99.795600019.525.2-5.7105.7101.2998.29
229STONY BROOK99.273600023.426.4-3.0103.7100.7797.77
230MISS VALLEY99.1201100016.042.9-26.9117.1100.6297.62
231ST PETERS98.9310100026.28.218.089.8100.4397.43
232SAVANNAH ST95.272700011.731.4-19.7110.696.7793.77
233CENTRAL CONN95.012700016.225.9-9.7102.396.5193.51
234MARIST91.793600016.221.9-5.794.293.2990.29
235ST JOHNS NY90.60190008.526.8-18.3100.092.1089.10
236IONA84.794500019.828.4-8.691.186.2983.29
237LASALLE84.525400017.122.9-5.887.886.0283.02
238SIENA82.321800010.330.7-20.496.083.8280.82
239ST FRANCIS PA81.280100007.838.1-30.3105.082.7879.78
240CANISIUS79.671900017.540.4-22.9102.981.1778.17

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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