DAVETGC'S Rankings-117 NCAA-Division I Teams
Sunday, December 5, 2004
1-USC 12-0, PAC 10 Champ-Orange Bowl
2-Oklahoma 12-0, Big 12 Champ-Orange Bowl
3-Auburn 12-0, SEC Champ-Sugar Bowl
4-Texas 10-1; Rose Bowl, Loss to Oklahoma 0-12
5-Utah 11-0, Mountain West Champ-Fiesta Bowl
6-Virginia Tech 10-2, ACC Champs: BCS-Sugar Bowl, Losses to USC 13-24, Upset by North Carolina State 16-17
7-Tennessee 9-3; Cotton Bowl, Losses to Auburn 10-34 and 28-38, Notre Dame 13-17
8-Georgia 9-2, Outback Bowl, Losses to Tennessee 14-19, at Auburn 6-24
9-LSU 9-2, Capital One Bowl, Losses at Auburn 9-10, at Georgia 16-41
10-Miami-Florida 8-3, Peach Bowl, Losses at North Carolina 28-31, Clemson 17-24 OT, Virginia Tech 10-16
11-Michigan 9-2, Big Ten Co-Champs-Rose Bowl, Losses at Notre Dame 20-28, Ohio State 21-37
12-Louisville 10-1, Conference USA Champ-Liberty Bowl, Loss at Miami-FL 38-41
13-California 10-1, Holiday Bowl vs. Michigan, Loss at USC 17-23
14-Florida State 8-3, Gator Bowl, Losses at Miami-FL 10-16 OT, at Maryland 17-20, Florida 13-20
15-Virginia 8-3; MPC Computer Bowl, Losses at Florida State 3-36, Miami-Florida 21-31, Virginia Tech 10-24
16-Arizona State 8-3, Sun Bowl, Losses at USC 7-45, California 0-27, Arizona 27-34
17-Iowa 9-2, Big Ten Co-Champs: Capital One Bowl, Losses at Arizona State 7-44, at Michigan 17-30
18-Boise State 11-0, WAC Champ-Liberty Bowl
19-Wisconsin 9-2, Outback Bowl, Loses to Michigan State 14-49, Iowa 7-30
20-Purdue 7-4; Sun Bowl, Losses to Wisconsin 17-20, Michigan 14-16, Northwestern 10-13, at Iowa 21-23; beat Notre Dame and Ohio State
21-Pittsburgh 8-3; Big East Co-Champs-Fiesta Bowl, Losses to Nebraska 17-24, at Connecticut 17-29, at Syracuse 31-38 OT; beat Boston College and Notre Dame
22-Boston College 8-3, Big East Co-Champs-Continental Tire Bowl, Upsets at Wake Forest 14-17, at Pittsburgh 17-20 OT, Loss to Syracuse
23-Notre Dame 6-5, Insight Bowl, Upset at BYU 17-20, Losses to Purdue 16-41, Boston College 23-24, Pittsburgh 38-41, at USC 10-41; beat Tennessee and Michigan
24-Ohio State 7-4; Alamo Bowl, Losses at Northwestern 27-33 OT, Wisconsin 13-24, at Iowa 7-33, at Purdue 17-24; beat Michigan
25-Texas A&M 7-4; Cotton Bowl, Losses at Utah 21-41, at Baylor 34-35 OT, Oklahoma 35-42, Texas 13-26
26-Texas Tech 7-4, Holiday Bowl, Upset at New Mexico 24-27, Loss at Oklahoma 13-28, Texas 21-51, Texas A&M 25-32 OT
27-Oklahoma State 7-4; Alamo Bowl, Losses to Texas A&M 20-36, Texas 35-56, Oklahoma 35-38, Texas Tech 15-31
28-Florida 7-4, Peach Bowl, Losses at Tennessee 28-30, at LSU 21-24, at Mississippi State 31-38, Georgia 24-31
29-West Virginia 8-3, Gator Bowl; Losses to Virginia Tech 13-19, Boston College 17-36, at Pittsburgh 13-16
30-North Carolina 6-5; Continental Tire Bowl, Losses to Virginia 24-56, Louisville 0-34, Florida State 16-38, Utah 16-46, Virginia Tech 24-27; beat Georgia Tech, North Carolina State, Wake Forest, Duke, Upset Miami-Florida
31-Georgia Tech 6-5; Champs (Tangerine) Bowl, Losses at North Carolina 13-34, Miami-FL 3-27, Virginia Tech 20-34, Virginia 10-30, Georgia 13-19; beat Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina State, Connecticut
32-Arkansas 5-6, Toilet Bowl, Losses to Texas 20-22, at Florida 30-45, Auburn 20-38, Georgia 14-20, South Carolina 32-35
33-Alabama 6-5, Music City Bowl, Losses at Arkansas 10-27, South Carolina 3-20, Tennessee 13-17, LSU 10-26, Auburn 13-21
34-North Carolina State 5-6, Toilet Bowl, Losses to Ohio State 14-22, Miami-Florida 31-45, Georgia Tech 14-24, Florida State 10-17, upset by North Carolina 24-30
35-Maryland 5-6, Toilet Bowl, Losses at West Virginia 16-19 OT, Georgia Tech 7-20, North Carolina State 3-13, Clemson 7-10, Virginia 0-16, Virginia Tech 6-55; upset Florida State, beat Northern Illinois, Temple, Duke
36-Clemson 6-5; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Georgia Tech 24-28, at Texas A&M 6-27, at Florida State 22-41, at Virginia 10-30, Duke 13-16; beat North Carolina State, Maryland, Wake Forest, Miami-FL
37-South Carolina 6-5, Toilet Bowl, Losses to Georgia 16-20, Mississippi 28-31, Tennessee 29-43, Florida 14-48, Clemson 7-29
38-UCLA 6-5, Las Vegas Bowl, Losses to Oklahoma State 20-31, at California 28-45, at Arizona State 42-48, Washington State 29-31, USC 24-29
39-Syracuse 6-5; Big East Co-Champs-Champs (Tangerine) Bowl, Losses to Purdue, Virginia, Florida State, West Virginia, Temple; beat Buffalo, Cincinnati, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Boston College
40-Oregon State 6-5, Insight Bowl, Losses at LSU 21-22 OT, at Boise State 34-53, at Arizona State 14-27, California 7-49, USC 20-28
41-Michigan State 5-7, Toilet Bowl, Losses at Rutgers, Iowa, Notre Dame, at Michigan, Ohio State, at Penn State, at Hawaii; beat Central Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin
42-Northwestern 6-6; Toilet Bowl, Losses at TCU 45-48 2OT, Arizona State 21-30, at Minnesota 17-43, Wisconsin 12-24, Michigan 20-42, Hawaii 41-49; beat Ohio State OT, Purdue, Indiana OT, Kansas, Penn State, Illinois OT
43-Oregon 5-6; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Indiana, Oklahoma, Arizona State, California, UCLA, Oregon State; beat Idaho, Washington State, Arizona, Stanford, Washington
44-Wake Forest 4-7, Toilet Bowl, Losses at Clemson 30-37 2OT, at North Carolina State 21-27 OT, Virginia Tech 10-17, Florida State 17-20, Miami-FL 7-52
45-Stanford 4-7, Toilet Bowl, Losses to USC 28-31, Notre Dame 15-23, Oregon 13-16, UCLA 0-21, Arizona State 31-34, Oregon State 19-24, California 6-41
46-Connecticut 7-4, Motor City Bowl, Losses at Boston College 7-27, West Virginia 19-31, Syracuse 30-42, Georgia Tech 10-30
47-Texas-El Paso 8-3; Houston Bowl, Losses to Arizona State 9-41, Boise State 31-47, Tulsa 35-37
48- Fresno State 8-3; MPC Computer Bowl, Losses at Louisiana Tech 21-28, Texas-El Paso 21-24, Boise State 16-33
49-Colorado 7-4; Houston Bowl, Losses to Missouri 9-17, Oklahoma State 14-42, Texas A&M 26-29 OT, Texas 7-31
50-Iowa State 6-5; Independence Bowl, Losses to Iowa 10-17, Oklahoma State 7-36, Texas A&M 3-34, Colorado 14-19, Missouri 14-17 OT
51-Kansas State 4-7, Toilet Bowl, Losses to Fresno State 21-45, at Texas A&M 30-42, Kansas 28-31, Oklahoma 21-31, Texas Tech 25-35, Colorado 31-38
52-Nebraska 5-6, Toilet Bowl, Losses to Southern Mississippi 17-21, Texas Tech 10-70, Kansas State 21-45, Iowa State 27-34, Oklahoma 3-30, Colorado 20-26
53-Toledo 9-3; MAC Champs-Motor City Bowl, Losses to Minnesota, Kansas, Miami-OH
54-Northern Illinois 8-3, Silicon Valley Bowl, Losses at Maryland 20-23, at Iowa State 41-48, Toledo 17-31
55-Bowling Green 8-3, GMAC Bowl, Losses to Oklahoma, Northern Illinois, Toledo; beat Temple, Central Michigan, Ball State, Ohio University, Eastern Michigan
56-Kansas 4-7; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Northwestern 17-20, Texas Tech 30-31, Nebraska 8-14, Oklahoma 10-41, Iowa State 7-13, Colorado, Texas
57-Missouri 5-6, Toilet Bowl, Losses at Troy State 14-24, at Texas 20-28, Oklahoma State 17-20, Nebraska 3-24, Kansas State 24-35, Kansas 14-31
58-Washington State 5-6, Toilet Bowl, Losses to Colorado 12-20, Oregon 38-41, Stanford 17-23, Oregon State 19-38, USC 12-42, Arizona State 28-45; beat New Mexico, Idaho, Arizona, UCLA, Washington
59-New Mexico 7-4; Emerald Bowl, Losses to Washington State, Oregon State, Utah, Air Force; beat Texas Tech, New Mexico State, UNLV, BYU, Colorado State, Wyoming and San Diego State
60-Alabama-Birmingham 7-4; Hawaii Bowl, Losses at Florida State 7-34, at Tulane 55-59, South Florida 20-45, Southern Mississippi 21-26
61-Troy State 7-4; Silicon Valley Bowl, Losses at South Carolina 7-17, at New Mexico State 18-22, Arkansas State 9-13, LSU 20-24
62-Navy 9-2, Houston Bowl, Losses to Notre Dame 9-27, Tulane 10-42
63-Wyoming 6-5; Las Vegas Bowl, Losses to Texas A&M, BYU, Colorado State, Utah, New Mexico; beat Air Force, San Diego State, Louisiana-Monroe, Mississippi
64-Mississippi 4-7; Toilet Bowl, Upset by Memphis State, Losses to Alabama, Wyoming, Tennessee, Auburn, Arkansas, LSU
65-Rutgers 4-7; Toilet Bowl, Losses to New Hampshire, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Boston College, Navy, Connecticut; beat Michigan State, Kent State, Vanderbilt, Temple
66-Mississippi State 3-8; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Auburn, Maine, LSU, Vanderbilt, Alabama-Birmingham, Alabama, Arkansas; beat Tulane, Kentucky, Upset Florida
67-BYU 5-6, Toilet Bowl, Losses at Stanford 10-37, USC 10-42, at Boise State 27-28, UNLV 20-24, New Mexico 14-21, Utah 21-52; beat Notre Dame, Colorado State, Wyoming, Air Force, San Diego State
68-Cincinnati 6-5; Fort Worth Bowl, Losses to Ohio State, Syracuse, Alabama-Birmingham, upset by Army; beat Miami-Ohio, East Carolina, Memphis State, TCU, Southern Mississippi
69-Memphis State 8-3, GMAC Bowl, Losses to Alabama-Birmingham 28-35, Cincinnati 10-49, Louisville 49-56
70-Southern Mississippi 6-5; New Orleans Bowl, Losses at Alabama 3-29, Cincinnati 24-52, at Memphis State 26-30, at TCU 17-42, Cal 16-26
71-Air Force 5-6; Toilet Bowl, Losses to California, Utah, Navy, BYU, Wyoming, San Diego State; beat UNLV, New Mexico, Army, Colorado State
72-Minnesota 6-5, Music City Bowl, Losses at Michigan 24-27, Michigan State 17-51, Indiana 21-30, Wisconsin 14-38; beat Toledo, Colorado State, Northwestern, Illinois, Penn State
73-Miami-Ohio 8-4; Independence Bowl, Losses to Michigan, Cincinnati, Marshall and Toledo; beat Ohio Univ., Kent State, Buffalo, Central Florida, Toledo, Western Michigan, Akron
74-TCU 5-6, Toilet Bowl, Loss to South Florida 44-45 2OT, at Texas Tech 35-70, Alabama-Birmingham 25-41, Cincinnati 10-21
75-Illinois 3-8; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Purdue, UCLA, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Northwestern OT; beat Western Michigan, Indiana
76-Penn State 4-7; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Boston College, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Purdue, Iowa, Ohio State; beat Akron, Central Florida, Michigan State
77-Arizona 3-8; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Utah, Wisconsin, Washington State, UCLA, Oregon, California, Oregon State, USC; beat Washington, Arizona State
78-Indiana 3-8, Toilet Bowl, Losses to Kentucky, Michigan State, Michigan, Northwestern 2OT, Ohio State, Illinois, Purdue; Upset Oregon, Minnesota, beat Central Michigan
79-North Texas State 7-4; New Orleans Bowl, Losses to Texas, Florida Atlantic, Colorado, Baylor; beat Middle Tennessee State, Utah State, New Mexico State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Idaho, Arkansas State
80-Akron 6-5; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Penn State, Middle Tennessee State, Virginia, Northern Illinois, Miami-OH; beat Kent State, Buffalo, Central Florida, Ball State, Marshall
81-Marshall 6-5; Fort Worth Bowl, Losses to Troy State, Ohio State, Georgia, Akron, Bowling Green; beat Miami-OH, Kent State, Buffalo, Ohio Univ., Central Florida, Western Michigan
82-San Diego State 4-7; Toilet Bowl, Losses at Michigan, at UCLA, at Wyoming, Colorado State, New Mexico, Utah; beat Nevada, Air Force
83-Louisiana Tech 5-6; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Miami-FL, Tennessee, Auburn, UTEP, Hawaii, Boise State; beat Nevada, Louisiana-Lafayette, Fresno State, SMU
84-Colorado State 4-7; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Colorado, USC, Minnesota, BYU, New Mexico, Utah, Air Force; beat San Diego State, Wyoming, UNLV
85-Baylor 3-8; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Alabama-Birmingham, Texas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa State, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma; beat North Texas State, Upset Texas A&M
86-Washington 1-10; Toilet Bowl, Losses to UCLA, Fresno State, Notre Dame, Stanford, Oregon State, USC, Oregon, Arizona, California, Washington State; beat San Jose State
87-UNLV 2-9; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Tennessee, Wisconsin, Air Force, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah State, Utah, Colorado State; beat BYU, Nevada
88-South Florida 4-6; Toilet Bowl, Losses at South Carolina, Southern Mississippi, Louisville, Army, Cincinnati, Memphis State; beat TCU, Alabama-Birmingham, East Carolina
89-Kent State 5-6; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Iowa, Rutgers, Akron, Central Michigan, Miami-OH, Marshall; beat Buffalo, Ohio Univ., Eastern Michigan, Central Florida
90-Ohio University 4-7; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Pittsburgh, Miami-OH, Marshall, Toledo, Bowling Green, Kent State, Akron; beat Kentucky, Buffalo, Central Florida
91-Kentucky 2-9; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Louisville, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, Ohio University, Mississippi State, Tennessee; beat Indiana, Vanderbilt
92-Vanderbilt 2-9; Toilet Bowl, Losses to South Carolina, Mississippi, Navy, Rutgers, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee; beat Mississippi State
93-Rice 3-7; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Texas, Upset by San Jose State 63-70, Nevada, Navy, Tulsa, Texas-El Paso; beat Houston, Hawaii, SMU
94-Hawaii 7-5; Hawaii Bowl, Losses to Florida Atlantic, Rice, Texas-El Paso, Boise State, Fresno State; beat Tulsa, Nevada, San Jose State, Louisiana Tech, Idaho, Northwestern, Michigan State
95-Duke 2-9; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Navy, Connecticut, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Wake Forest, Florida State, North Carolina; beat Clemson
96-Houston 3-8; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Rice, Oklahoma, Miami-FL, Memphis State, Southern Mississippi, Alabama-Birmingham, Louisville; beat Army, Tulane, East Carolina
97-SMU 3-8; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Texas Tech, TCU, Oklahoma State, Boise State, Fresno State, Louisiana Tech, Rice, Texas-El Paso; beat San Jose State, Tulsa, Nevada
98-Nevada 5-7; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Louisiana Tech, San Diego State, UNLV, Hawaii, SMU, Fresno State, Boise State; beat Rice, Tulsa, San Jose St. and Buffalo
99-Tulsa 4-8; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Kansas, Oklahoma State, Navy, Hawaii, Boise State, Nevada, SMU; beat Rice, San Jose State, UTEP
100-San Jose State 2-9; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Stanford, SMU, Washington, Hawaii, Texas-El Paso, Nevada, Boise State, Fresno State, Tulsa; Upset Rice
101-East Carolina 2-9; Toilet Bowl, Losses to West Virginia, Wake Forest, Cincinnati, Louisville, Southern Mississippi, Houston, South Florida, Memphis State, North Carolina State; beat Tulane and Army
102-Tulane 5-6; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Mississippi State, Southern Mississippi, East Carolina, Houston, Louisville and Memphis State; Upset Alabama-Birmingham, beat Navy, Army, TCU
103-Army 2-9; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Louisville, Houston, Connecticut, TCU, Air Force, East Carolina, Tulane, Alabama-Birmingham, Navy; Upset Cincinnati and South Florida
104-Temple 2-9; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Virginia, Maryland, Toledo, Bowling Green, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Connecticut, West Virginia, Boston College; beat Syracuse
105-Louisiana-Monroe 5-6; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Auburn, Arkansas, Arkansas State, Wyoming, North Texas State, Middle Tennessee St.; beat Idaho, Utah State
106-New Mexico State 5-6; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Arkansas, California, New Mexico, Texas-El Paso, North Texas St., Utah State; upset Troy State, beat Middle Tennessee
107-Louisiana-Lafayette 4-7; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Louisiana Tech, Kansas State, New Mexico State, Idaho, North Texas State, Troy State, Louisiana-Monroe; beat Middle Tennessee State, Arkansas State
108-Middle Tennessee State 5-6; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Florida Atlantic, Louisiana-Lafayette, North Texas St., Florida, New Mexico State, Troy State; beat Akron, Arkansas State, Utah State, Louisiana-Monroe
109-Idaho 3-9; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Boise State, Utah State, Washington State, Oregon, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, Troy State, North Texas State, Hawaii; beat Eastern Michigan, Louisiana-Lafayette, Arkansas State
110-Eastern Michigan 4-7; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Florida, Toledo, Eastern Illinois, Idaho, Bowling Green, Kent State, Northern Illinois; beat Ball State, Western Michigan, Central Michigan
111-Arkansas State 3-8; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Missouri, LSU, Memphis State, Mississippi, Middle Tennessee State, Louisiana-Lafayette, North Texas State; beat Troy State, Louisiana-Monroe, Utah State
112-Utah State 3-8; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Alabama, Utah, Troy State, North Texas State, Clemson, Middle Tennessee, Louisiana-Monroe; beat Idaho, UNLV, New Mexico State
113-Buffalo 2-9; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Eastern Michigan, Syracuse, Nevada, Ohio Univ., Miami-FL, Marshall, Kent State, Connecticut; beat Central Florida, Central Michigan
114-Central Michigan 4-7; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Indiana, Michigan State, Bowling Green, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Buffalo; beat Kent State, Western Michigan, Ball State
115-Ball State 2-9; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Boston College, Purdue, Missouri, Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Bowling Green, Akron, Northern Illinois, Central Michigan; beat Western Michigan, Central Florida
116-Western Michigan 1-10; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Virginia Tech, Illinois, Ball State, Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Central Michigan, Bowling Green, Marshall, Miami-OH
117-Central Florida 0-11; Toilet Bowl, Losses to Wisconsin, West Virginia, Penn State, Buffalo, Northern Illinois, Akron, Miami-Ohio, Marshall, Ohio Univ., Ball State, Kent State

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Bowl Schedule

Possible Bowl Scenarios

Bowl Predictions (14-10):

Oklahoma over USC
Auburn over Virginia Tech
Michigan over Texas
Utah over Pittsburgh
Tennessee over Texas A&M
Louisville over Boise State
LSU over Iowa
Georgia over Wisconsin
Florida over Miami-Florida
Florida State over West Virginia
Oklahoma State over Ohio State
Arizona State over Purdue
Notre Dame over Oregon State
Boston College over North Carolina
California over Texas Tech
Colorado over Texas-El Paso
Virginia over Fresno State
Alabama over Minnesota
UCLA over Wyoming
Iowa State over Miami-Ohio
Toledo over Connecticut
Navy over New Mexico
Northern Illinois over Troy State
Cincinnati over Marshall
Hawaii over Alabama-Birmingham
Southern Mississippi over North Texas State

Georgia Tech over Syracuse
Final Rankings Prediction
Oklahoma 13-0
USC 12-1
Auburn 13-0
Utah 13-0
Tennessee 10-3
Virginia Tech 10-3
Georgia 10-2
LSU 10-2
Michigan 10-2
Texas 10-2
Louisville 11-1
California 11-1
Florida 8-4
Florida State 9-3
Miami-Florida 8-4
Virginia 9-3
Arizona State 9-3
Iowa 9-3
Wisconsin 9-3
Oklahoma State 8-4
Boise State 11-1
Pittsburgh 8-4
Bowl Schedule

Conference Rankings
1-SEC-Southeastern: Bowl Record: 5-2

SEC-East	Bowl Commit
Tennessee	Cotton
Georgia	Outback
Florida	Peach
South Carolina
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
SEC-West
Auburn	BCS-Sugar
LSU	Capital One
Arkansas
Alabama	Music City
Mississippi
Mississippi State

2-Big Twelve: Bowl Record: 2-6

Big 12-North	Bowl Commit
Colorado	Houston
Iowa State	Independence
Nebraska
Kansas State
Missouri
Kansas
Big 12-South
Oklahoma	BCS-Orange
Texas	BCS-Rose
Texas A&M	Cotton
Oklahoma State	Alamo
Texas Tech	Holiday
Baylor

3-Big Ten: Bowl Record: 3-5

Big 10	Bowl Commit
Michigan	BCS-Rose
Iowa	Capital One
Wisconsin	Outback
Northwestern
Purdue	Sun
Ohio State	Alamo
Michigan State
Minnesota	Music City
Illinois
Penn State
Indiana

4-ACC-Atlantic Coast: Bowl Record: 5-1

ACC	Bowl Commit
Virginia Tech	BCS-Sugar
Miami-Florida	Peach
Florida State	Gator
Virginia	MPC Computer
Georgia Tech	Champs/Tangerine
North Carolina	Continental Tire
Clemson
North Carolina State
Maryland
Wake Forest
Duke

5-Big East: Bowl Record: 2-3

Big East	Bowl Commit
Pittsburgh	BCS-Fiesta
Boston College	Continental Tire
West Virginia	Gator
Syracuse	Champs (Tangerine)
Connecticut	Motor City
Rutgers
Temple

6-PAC 10-Pacific Athletic Conference: Bowl Record: 4-2

PAC-10	Bowl Commit
USC	BCS-Orange
California	Holiday
Arizona State	Sun
Oregon State	Insight
UCLA	Las Vegas
Oregon
Stanford
Washington State
Arizona
Washington

7-Mountain West: Bowl Record: 1-2

Mountain West	Bowl Commit
Utah	BCS-Sugar
New Mexico	Emerald
Wyoming	Las Vegas
BYU
Air Force
Colorado State
San Diego State
UNLV

8-Conference USA: Bowl Record: 1-4

Conference USA	Bowl Commit
Louisville	Liberty
Alabama-Birmingham	Hawaii
Cincinnati	Fort Worth
Memphis State	GMAC
Southern Mississippi	New Orleans
Texas Christian
South Florida
Houston
Tulane
East Carolina
Army

9-MAC-Mid-American: Bowl Record 2-0

MAC-West	Bowl Commit
Toledo	Motor City
Bowling Green	GMAC
Northern Illinois	Silicon Valley
Eastern Michigan
Central Michigan
Ball State
Western Michigan
MAC-East
Miami-Ohio	Las Vegas
Akron
Marshall	Fort Worth
Ohio University
Kent State
Buffalo
Central Florida

10-WAC-Western Athletic Conference: Bowl Record: 3-1

WAC	Bowl Commit
Boise State	Liberty
Texas El-Paso	Houston
Fresno State	MPC Computer
Hawaii	Hawaii
Rice
Louisiana Tech
San Jose State
Tulsa
Nevada
SMU

11-Sun Belt Conference: Bowl Record: 0-1

Sun Belt	Bowl Commit
North Texas State	New Orleans
Troy State
New Mexico State
Louisiana-Lafayette
Arkansas State
Middle Tennessee State
Louisiana-Monroe
Idaho
Utah State

Independents

Notre Dame (Insight Bowl)

Navy (Emerald Bowl)

Football Playoff System including Bowl games
Alternate quarterfinal, semi-final and championship final games so Rose, Sugar, Orange and Fiesta rotate every year; Outback and Capital One will alternate as quarterfinal events
Sugar Bowl 2004-Championship-January 17-8:00 p.m. Michigan-Big Ten vs. Oklahoma-Big Twelve
Rose Bowl-Semi-Final #1-January 10 4:30 p.m. Capital One winner-Michigan-Big Ten vs. Orange Bowl winner-USC-PAC-10
Fiesta Bowl-Semi-Final #2-January 10 1:00 p.m. Gator Bowl winner-ACC-Florida State vs. Cotton Bowl winner-Big Twelve-Oklahoma
Orange Bowl-Quarter-Final #1-January 3 8:00 p.m. PAC 10-USC vs. At Large-Miami-FL
Capital One or Outback Bowl-Quarter-Final #2-January 2-Big Ten-Michigan vs. SEC-LSU
Cotton Bowl-Quarter-Final #2-Big Twelve-Oklahoma (highest seed) vs. Holiday Bowl winner-TCU or At Large-Texas, Georgia or Washington State (lowest seed)
Gator Bowl-Quarter-Final #4-January 1-Big East-Pittsburgh vs. ACC-Florida State
Holiday Bowl-December 27-Motor City Bowl winner-Boise St. vs. Liberty Bowl winner-TCU; winner gets at large bid if high enough BCS ranking to Orange Bowl
Motor City Bowl-December 20-MAC Champ-Miami-OH vs. WAC Champ-Boise State
Liberty Bowl-December 20-Conference USA Champ-TCU vs. Mountain West Champ-Utah
Conference Championship games-December 13-SEC (Atlanta)-LSU, Big 12(Kansas City)-Oklahoma, Big 10 (Chicago)-Michigan, PAC 10 (Los Angeles)-USC, ACC (Baltimore or Washington-DC)-Florida State, Big East (New York or Philadelphia)-Virginia Tech, MAC-Miami-OH, Conference USA (Memphis, Houston, Louisville, Cincinnati)-TCU, WAC (Reno, Boise, Fresno, Houston)-Boise State, Mountain West (Albuquerque, Denver, Las Vegas, San Diego or Salt Lake City)-Utah, etc.
Outback or Capital One-Big Ten #2/3/4 vs. SEC #2/3
Sun Bowl-Big Ten #2/3/4/5 vs. PAC 10 #2/3
Alamo Bowl-Big Ten #2/3/4/5 vs. Big Twelve #2/3
Music City-SEC #3/4 vs. Big 10 #3/4/5/6
Independence-SEC #4/5 vs. Big 12 #2/3
Tangerine-ACC #2/3 vs. Big Twelve #2/3
Insight-Big East #2/3 vs. PAC 10 #2/3
San Francisco-Mountain West #2 vs. Big East #2/3
Continental Tire-Big East #2/3 vs. ACC #2/3
Las Vegas-PAC 10 #4 vs. WAC #2/3
GMAC-MAC #2 vs. Conference USA #2/3
Hawaii-WAC #2/3 vs. Conference USA #2/3
Silicon Valley-ACC #4/5 vs. Big Ten #5
Humanitarian-ACC #4/5 vs. WAC #4
Fort Worth-Big 12 #4/5 vs. ACC #4
Houston-Big 12 #4/5 vs. SEC #5/6
New Orleans-Sunbelt #1 (if Sun Belt disbands, MAC #3) vs. Conference USA #4

Conference Realignment for 2004-2005 and future years

Big 10-East

Michigan

Michigan State

Penn State

Purdue

Ohio State

add one

Big Ten-West

Iowa

Northwestern

Wisconsin

Illinois

Indiana

Minnesota

Possibilities:

Notre Dame

Syracuse

Pittsburgh

Iowa State

ACC-North

Boston College

Virginia Tech

Duke

North Carolina

Virginia

Wake Forest

ACC-South

Clemson

Maryland

North Carolina State

Miami-FL

Florida State

Georgia Tech

PAC-10-North

Washington

Washington State

Oregon State

Oregon

California

Stanford

PAC-10-South

Southern Cal

Arizona State

Arizona

UCLA

add two

Possibilities:

UNLV

Nevada

San Jose State

Fresno State

WAC-North

Boise State

Nevada

Fresno State

Hawaii

Idaho

San Jose State

Utah State

WAC-South

New Mexico State

Texas-El Paso

North Texas State

Louisiana Tech

Louisiana-Lafayette

Louisiana-Monroe

Arkansas State

Possibilities:

Montana

Northern Arizona

Idaho State

Northern Colorado

Weber State

Montana State

Cal Poly

Mountain West

Utah

Colorado State

Air Force

New Mexico

Wyoming

BYU

UNLV

San Diego State

add four

Possibilities:

Nevada

Utah State

Boise State

Idaho

New Mexico St.

San Jose State

Fresno State

Conference USA-East

East Carolina

Memphis State

Central Florida

Marshall

Alabama-Birmingham

Troy State

Middle Tennessee St.

Conference USA-West

Texas Christian

Tulane

Houston

Rice

SMU

Tulsa

Southern Mississippi

Possibilities:

McNeese State

Wofford

Grambling

North Carolina AT&T

Furman

Hampton

Florida A&M

Tennessee State

Samford

The Citadel

MAC-West

Northern Illinois

Ball State

Toledo

Western Michigan

Central Michigan

Eastern Michigan

MAC-East

Miami-Ohio

Kent State

Akron

Ohio Univ.

Buffalo

Bowling Green

Possibilities:

Western Illinois

Northern Iowa

Dayton

Southern Illinois

Western Kentucky

Eastern Illinois

Illinois State

Big East-East

Army

Navy

Syracuse

Rutgers

Temple

Connecticut

Big East-West

Cincinnati

Louisville

South Florida

West Virginia

Pittsburgh

Notre Dame

Possibilities:

Delaware

Massachusetts

Villanova

Colgate

Northeastern

Fordham

Sun Belt

North Texas State

Florida Atlantic

Middle Tennessee State

Louisiana-Lafayette

Arkansas State

Florida International

Louisiana-Monroe

Idaho

Big Twelve and SEC stay the same!

Top Football Programs by State

Texas (10)

Texas

Texas A&M

Texas Christian

Texas Tech

Houston

Rice

North Texas State

Baylor

SMU

Texas El-Paso

California (7)

USC

Stanford

UCLA

Fresno State

California

San Jose State

San Diego State

Ohio (8)

Ohio State

Bowling Green

Toledo

Miami-OH

Cincinnati

Kent State

Ohio Univ.

Akron

Michigan (5)

Michigan

Michigan State

Western Michigan

Central Michigan

Eastern Michigan

North Carolina (5)

Wake Forest

No.Carolina State

Duke

North Carolina

East Carolina

Florida (5)

Miami-Florida

Florida State

Florida

Central Florida

South Florida

Louisiana (5)

LSU

Tulane

Louisiana Tech

Louisiana-Lafayette

Louisiana-Monroe

Alabama (4)

Alabama

Auburn

Troy State

Alabama-Birmingham

Tennessee (4)

Tennessee

Vanderbilt

Middle Tennessee State

Memphis State

New York/New Jersey (4)

Syracuse

Rutgers

Army

Buffalo

Virginia/West Virginia (4)

Virginia Tech

Virginia

Marshall

West Virginia

Indiana (4)

Purdue

Notre Dame

Ball State

Indiana

Pennsylvania (3)

Penn State

Pittsburgh

Temple

Mississippi (3)

Southern Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi State

Illinois (3)

Northern Illinois

Illinois

Northwestern

Oklahoma (3)

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

Tulsa

Colorado (3)

Colorado

Colorado State

Air Force

Utah (3)

Utah

BYU

Utah State

Idaho (3)

Boise State

Idaho

Utah State

Arkansas (2)

Arkansas

Arkansas State

Georgia (2)

Georgia

Georgia Tech

Kentucky (2)

Louisville

Kentucky

Nevada (2)

UNLV

Nevada

New Mexico (2)

New Mexico

New Mexico State

Washington (2)

Washington State

Washington

Arizona (2)

Arizona State

Arizona

Oregon (2)

Oregon

Oregon State

Maryland/District of Columbia (2)

Maryland

Navy

South Carolina (2)

South Carolina

Clemson

Iowa (2)

Iowa

Iowa State

Kansas (2)

Kansas State

Kansas

1 each from:

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Wyoming and Hawaii

None from Maine, Rhode Island, Delaware, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska or Montana

Parity in NCAA Division I football has resulted from:

1)Reduction in Scholarships--95 to 85 (may go to 72 soon)

2)Strength & Conditioning Coaches/Methods influencing high school and college programs

3)Excellent coaches and coaching staffs, methods and techniques including national recruiting of athletes