DAVETGC'S Rankings and Predictions-117 NCAA-Division I Teams
Sunday, November 18, 2001 (ESPN/AP/BCS Polls/Bowl Predictions)
1-Miami-Florida 9-0 #1/1/2 Big East Champs/Rose Bowl
plays Washington/Virginia Tech
2-Nebraska 11-0 #2/2/1/Big 12 Champs/Rose Bowl
plays Colorado/Big 12 title game vs. Oklahoma
3-Oklahoma 10-1 #4/4/3/Orange Bowl (loss to Nebraska)
plays Oklahoma State/Big 12 title vs. Nebraska or Colorado
4-Florida 9-1 #3/3/5/SEC Champs/Sugar Bowl (loss to Auburn)
plays Tennessee/SEC title game vs. Auburn (rematch) or Arkansas
5--Texas 9-1 #5/5/6/Sugar or Holiday or Cotton Bowl (loss to Oklahoma)
plays at Texas A&M
6-Tennessee 8-1 #6/7/7/Sugar or Cotton Bowl (loss to Georgia)
plays Vanderbilt/Florida/SEC Title game vs. Auburn or Arkansas
7-Oregon 9-1. #7/6/4/PAC-10 Champs/Fiesta Bowl (loss to Stanford)
plays Oregon State on December 1st
8-Washington 8-2 #12/12/Holiday Bowl (losses to UCLA/Oregon State)
plays Miami-FL
9-Washington State 9-2/#16/15/8/Sun Bowl (losses to Oregon/Washington)
10--Stanford 7-2 #13/13/9/San Francisco Bowl (losses to Washington/Washington State)
plays Notre Dame/San Jose State
11-BYU 11-0 #8/9/13/Mountain West Champs/Liberty or Cotton Bowl
plays at Mississippi St./at Hawaii
12-Maryland 10-1 #9/8/12/ACC Champs/Orange Bowl (loss to Florida State)
13-Colorado 8-2 #14/14/14/Holiday or Cotton or Orange Bowl (losses to Texas/Fresno State)
plays Nebraska/Big 12 title game vs. Oklahoma
14-Michigan 8-2 #11/11/11/Big Ten Champs/Fiesta Bowl (losses to Washington/Michigan State)
plays Ohio State
15--South Carolina 8-3 #18/18/Peach Bowl (losses to Tennessee/Arkansas/Florida)
16-Illinois 9-1 #10/10/10/Florida Citrus Bowl (loss to Michigan)
plays Northwestern
17-Syracuse 8-3/#21/22/Gator Bowl (losses to Georgia Tech/Tennessee/Miami-FL)
plays Boston College
18-Virginia Tech 8-2 #15/16/Insight.com Bowl (losses to Pittsburgh/Syracuse)
plays Miami-FL
19--Florida State 6-4 #27/27/Tangerine Bowl (losses to North Carolina/North Carolina State/Miami-FL/Florida)
plays Georgia Tech
20-Auburn 7-3 #24/26/Florida Citrus Bowl (losses to Syracuse/Arkansas/Alabama)
plays at LSU
21-Georgia 6-3 #23/19/Music City Bowl (losses to South Carolina/Florida/Auburn)
plays at Georgia Tech/Houston
22-UCLA 6-4 #35/33/Seattle Bowl (losses to Oregon/Stanford/Washington State/USC)
plays Arizona State
23-Texas A&M 7-3 #30/31/Insight.com Bowl (losses to Oklahoma/Colorado/Texas Tech)
plays Texas
24-Boston College 7-3/#26/25/Music City Bowl (losses to Miami-FL/Stanford/Virginia Tech)
plays Syracuse
25-Arkansas 7-3/#25/24/Outback Bowl (losses to Georgia/Alabama/Tennessee)
plays at LSU/SEC Championship vs. Florida or Tennessee
26-Mississippi 6-3/#38/38/Independence Bowl (losses to Arkansas/Auburn/Georgia)
plays at Mississippi State/Vanderbilt
27-Georgia Tech 6-3 #19/21/Gator Bowl (Losses to Virginia/Maryland/Clemson)
plays Georgia/at Florida State
28-Purdue 6-3 #29/28/Alamo Bowl (Losses to Michigan/Ohio State/Illinois)
plays at Indiana/Notre Dame
29-North Carolina 6-5/#32/35/Peach Bowl (Losses to Wake Forest/Oklahoma/Texas/Maryland/Georgia Tech)
plays SMU
30-Michigan State 5-4/-/#37/Sun Bowl (Losses to Indiana/Minnesota/Northwestern/Purdue)
plays Penn State/Missouri
31-Clemson 5-5/Silicon Valley Bowl (Losses to Maryland/Virginia/North Carolina/Florida State/South Carolina)
plays Duke
32-North Carolina State 7-4/#32/32/Seattle Bowl (Losses to North Carolina/Georgia Tech/Clemson)
33-LSU 6-3/#31/30/Toilet Bowl (Losses to Tennessee/Florida/Mississippi)
plays Arkansas/Auburn
34-Ohio State 6-4/#39/-/Outback Bowl (Losses to UCLA/Wisconsin/Penn State/Illinois)
plays at Michigan
35-Louisville 9-1 #17/17/Conference USA Champs/Liberty Bowl (Loss to Illinois)
plays at TCU
36-Texas Tech 6-4/#37/40/Alamo Bowl (Losses to Texas/Kansas/Nebraska/Oklahoma)
plays Stephen F. Austin
37-Kansas State 5-5/Independence Bowl (Losses to Nebraska/Oklahoma/Colorado/Texas Tech/Texas A&M)
plays Missouri (must win to be bowl eligible)
38-Iowa 6-4/#39/38/Tangerine or Silicon Valley Bowl (Losses to Michigan/Michigan State/Wisconsin/Purdue)
plays at Iowa State
39--Fresno State 9-2 #22/23/Cotton or Liberty Bowl (Losses to Boise State/Hawaii)
plays San Jose State/Utah State
40-Notre Dame 4-5/Toilet Bowl (Losses to Boston College/Texas A&M/Michigan State/Tennessee/Nebraska)
plays at Stanford/at Purdue (must win both to be bowl eligible)
41-Alabama 5-5/#36/-/Toilet Bowl/NCAA Bowl Ineligible (Means)
plays Southern Mississippi
42-Arizona State 4-5/Toilet Bowl
plays Arizona/at UCLA (must win both games to be bowl eligible)
43-Iowa State 6-4/Gallery Furniture Bowl (Losses to Colorado/Kansas State/Nebraska/Texas A&M)
plays Iowa
44-Toledo 7-1 #28/29/MAC Champs/GMAC Bowl (Loss to Ball State)
plays Bowling Green/Marshall-MAC Championship
45-Southern Mississippi 5-3/Gallery Furniture Bowl (Losses to Louisville/Memphis State/Penn State)
plays at East Carolina/at Alabama/TCU
46-East Carolina 6-4/-/#41/GMAC Bowl (Losses to Wake Forest/Syracuse/North Carolina/Louisville)
plays Southern Mississippi
47-Marshall 9-1/#20/20/GMAC or Motor City Bowl if eligible (Loss to Florida)
plays Youngstown State/vs. Toledo-MAC Championship
48-Utah 7-3/#34/35/New Orleans Bowl (Losses to Oregon/Colorado State/BYU)
plays at Air Force
49-Oregon State 5-5/Toilet Bowl (Losses to Fresno State/UCLA/Washington State/USC/Arizona State)
plays Oregon
50-Southern California 6-5/#39/33/Las Vegas Bowl (Losses to Kansas State/Oregon/Stanford/Washington/Notre Dame)
51-Wisconsin 5-6/Toilet Bowl (5 years probation) (Losses to Fresno State/Oregon/Michigan State/Indiana/Illinois/Michigan)
plays at Minnesota
52-Wake Forest 5-5/Toilet Bowl (Losses to Maryland/Florida State/North Carolina State/Clemson)
plays Northern Illinois
53-Virginia 4-7/Toilet Bowl
plays Penn State
54-Louisiana Tech 6-4/WAC Champs/Silicon Valley Bowl (Losses to Auburn/Fresno State/Oklahoma State/Kansas State)
plays at Tulsa
55-Penn State 4-5/Toilet Bowl (Losses to Michigan/Miami-FL/Wisconsin/Iowa/Illinois)
plays Michigan State/Virginia
56-Rice 8-3/Toilet Bowl (Losses to Nebraska/Louisiana Tech/Fresno State)
57-Colorado State 6-5/Las Vegas Bowl (Losses to Colorado/BYU/Fresno State/Louisville/San Diego State)
58-Boise State 7-4/Humanitarian Bowl (Losses to South Carolina/Washington State/Rice/Louisiana Tech)
plays Central Michigan
59-Miami-Ohio 7-4/Toilet Bowl (Losses to Michigan/Iowa/Marshall/Hawaii)
60--Bowling Green 7-3/Toilet Bowl (Losses to Western Michigan/Marshall/Miami-Ohio)
plays Toledo
61-Northwestern 4-6/Toilet Bowl
plays Illinois
62-Air Force 5-5/Toilet Bowl
plays Utah
63-Arizona 4-6/Toilet Bowl
plays Arizona State
64-Western Michigan 5-5/Toilet Bowl
plays Ball State
65-Middle Tennessee State 8-3/New Orleans Bowl (Losses to Mississippi/LSU/North Texas State)
66-Cincinnati 5-4/Motor City Bowl (Losses to Purdue/Miami-OH/Louisville/East Carolina)
plays Memphis State/Louisiana-Monroe
67-Hawaii 7-3/Toilet Bowl (Losses to Boise State/Rice/Nevada)
plays Air Force/BYU
68--New Mexico 5-5/Toilet Bowl (Losses to Texas Tech/Baylor/Utah/BYU/Colorado State)
plays New Mexico State
69-Texas Christian 4-5/Toilet Bowl
plays Louisville/Southern Mississippi
70-Mississippi State 2-7/Toilet Bowl
plays Mississippi/BYU
71-UNLV 4-7/Toilet Bowl
72--Temple 3-7/Toilet Bowl
plays Connecticut
73--West Virginia 3-7/Toilet Bowl
plays Pittsburgh
74-Minnesota 3-7/Toilet Bowl
plays Wisconsin
75-Kansas 2-8/Toilet Bowl (upset Texas Tech)
plays Wyoming
76-Pittsburgh 4-5/Toilet Bowl (upset Virginia Tech)
plays West Virginia/Alabama-Birmingham
77--Alabama-Birmingham 6-4/Toilet Bowl
78-Northern Illinois 6-4/Toilet Bowl
plays at Wake Forest
79-South Florida 7-3/Toilet Bowl (Losses to Northern Illinois/Utah/Memphis State)
80-Central Florida 5-5/Toilet Bowl
plays Louisiana-Lafayette
81-Memphis State 5-5/Toilet Bowl
plays Cincinnati
82-Missouri 4-5/Toilet Bowl
plays Kansas State/Michigan State
83-Oklahoma State 3-7/Toilet Bowl (upset Louisiana Tech)
plays Oklahoma
84-Baylor 2-8/Toilet Bowl (upset New Mexico)
plays Southern Illinois
85--New Mexico State 5-6/Toilet Bowl
plays New Mexico
86-Vanderbilt 2-7/Toilet Bowl
plays at Tennessee/at Mississippi
87-Kentucky 2-8/Toilet Bowl
88-Indiana 3-6/Toilet Bowl (upset Michigan State/Wisconsin)
plays Purdue/Kentucky
89-California 0-10/Toilet Bowl
plays at Rutgers
90-Akron 3-7/Toilet Bowl
91--Rutgers 2-8/Toilet Bowl
92-Wyoming 2-8/Toilet Bowl (almost beat BYU)
93-Troy State 6-4/Toilet Bowl
94--San Diego State 3-8/Toilet Bowl
95--Kent State 5-5/Toilet Bowl
96--Ball State 4-6/Toilet Bowl (upset Toledo)
97--Central Michigan 3-7/Toilet Bowl
98-Nevada 2-8/Toilet Bowl (upset Hawaii)
99-Texas-El Paso 2-8/Toilet Bowl
100-Army 2-8/Toilet Bowl
101-Tulane 3-9/Toilet Bowl
102--North Texas State 5-5/Toilet Bowl
103--Utah State 4-5/Toilet Bowl
104-SMU 3-6/Toilet Bowl
105-San Jose State 3-7/Toilet Bowl
106--Arkansas State 2-8/Toilet Bowl
107--Louisiana-Lafayette 3-7/Toilet Bowl
108--Louisiana-Monroe 2-8/Toilet Bowl
109-Tulsa 1-9/Toilet Bowl
110--Ohio University 1-9/Toilet Bowl
111-Connecticut 2-8/Toilet Bowl
112-Eastern Michigan 2-8/Toilet Bowl
113-Buffalo 2-7/Toilet Bowl
114-Houston 0-10/Toilet Bowl
115-Duke 0-10/Toilet Bowl
116-Navy 0-9/Toilet Bowl
117-Idaho 1-9/Toilet Bowl

Conference Rankings (teams in Top 25/50)
1-Southeastern-12 teams-(SEC)-6/9 (2 in Top 10-Florida/Tennessee)
8 bowl eligible teams (South Carolina/Auburn/Arkansas/Georgia/Mississippi/LSU)
2-Big Twelve-12 teams-5/8 (3 in Top 5-Nebraska/Oklahoma/Texas)
7 bowl eligible teams (Colorado/Texas Tech/Texas A&M/Kansas State/Iowa State)
3-Pacific-10 teams (PAC-10)-5/8 (2 in Top 10-Oregon/Washington)
6 bowl eligible teams (Washington State/Stanford/USC/UCLA)
4-Big Ten-11 teams-2/6 (0 in Top 10)
6 bowl eligible teams (Michigan/Illinois/Ohio State/Purdue/Iowa/Michigan State)
5-ACC-9 teams-2/6 (0 in Top 10)
7 bowl eligible teams (Maryland/Georgia Tech/Florida State/North Carolina/North Carolina State/Clemson/Wake Forest)
6-Big East-8 teams-4/4 (1 in Top 10-Miami-FL)
4 bowl eligible teams (Syracuse/Virginia Tech/Boston College)
7-Conference USA-10 teams-0/3 (0 in Top 10-Louisville/East Carolina/Southern Mississippi/Cincinnati/UAB)
3+ bowl eligible teams
8-Mid-American-13 teams (MAC)-0/2 (Toledo/Marshall/Miami-OH/Bowling Green)
1 bowl eligible team
9-Mountain West-8 teams-1/2 (BYU/Utah/Colorado State)
3 bowl eligible teams
10-Western Athletic-10 teams (WAC)-0/1 (Fresno State/Louisiana Tech/Boise State)
2 or 3 bowl eligible teams
11-Sun Belt-7 teams-0/0 (Middle Tennessee State)
1 bowl eligible team
12-Independents-5 teams-0/1 (Notre Dame)