Top NCAA Division I Football Teams-October 3, 2004

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

Possible Bowl Scenario

Bowl	Team 1	Team 2	Matchup
New Orleans	Utah State	Alabama-Birmingham	Sun Belt vs. Conference USA
Tangerine	North Carolina St.	Kansas State	ACC vs. Big Twelve
GMAC	Memphis State	Marshall	Conference USA vs. MAC
Fort Worth	Southern Mississippi	Texas A&M	Conference USA vs. Big 12
Las Vegas	New Mexico	Oregon State	Mountain West vs. Pac-10
Hawaii Bowl	South Florida	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA vs. WAC
Motor City	Northern Illinois	Iowa	MAC vs. Big 10
MPC Computer	Boise State	Wake Forest	WAC vs. ACC
Insight.com Bowl	Washington State	Connecticut	PAC 10 vs. Big East (or Notre Dame)
Independence	Alabama	Texas Tech	SEC vs. Big 12
Alamo	Michigan	Nebraska	Big 10 vs. Big 12
Silicon Valley	Fresno State	UCLA	WAC vs. PAC-10
Continental Tire	Boston College	Virginia	Big East vs. ACC
Houston	South Carolina	Kansas	SEC vs. Big 12
Holiday	California	Oklahoma State	PAC-10 vs. Big 12
Emerald Bowl	San Diego State	Stanford	Mountain West vs. PAC 10
Music City	Northwestern	Florida	Big Ten vs. SEC
Liberty	Louisville	Utah	Conference USA vs. Mountain West
Sun	Wisconsin	Arizona State	Big 10 vs. Pac 10
Peach	Maryland	Arkansas	ACC vs. SEC
Rose	Purdue	Texas	Alliance-Big 10 vs.Alliance-PAC 10
Outback	Ohio State	LSU	Big 10 vs. SEC
Capital One	Minnesota	Georgia	Big 10 vs. SEC
Gator	Florida State	Notre Dame	ACC vs. Big East (or Notre Dame)
Cotton	Colorado	Tennessee	Big 12 vs. SEC
Fiesta	West Virginia	n/a	Alliance #2 pick vs. Alliance-Big 12
Sugar	Auburn	Miami-FL	Alliance-SEC vs. Alliance #1 pick
Orange	USC	Oklahoma	BCS#1 vs. BCS#2

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

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

2-Big Twelve: Bowl Record: 2-6

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

3-Big Ten: Bowl Record: 3-5

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

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

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

5-Big East: Bowl Record: 2-3

Big East	Bowl Commit
West Virginia	BCS-Fiesta
Boston College	Continental Tire
Connecticut	Insight
Syracuse	Emerald
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Temple

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

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

7-Mountain West: Bowl Record: 1-2

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

8-Conference USA: Bowl Record: 1-4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Independents

Notre Dame (Gator Bowl)

Navy

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