DAVETGC'S Rankings-120 NCAA-Division I Teams
Sunday, September 16, 2007: 24 undefeated teams
NCAA Division I Team Conference Ranking Record Loss(es)
USC Pacific 10 1 2W-0L None
LSU Southeastern-W 2 3W-0L None
Oklahoma Big 12-S 3 3W-0L None
West Virginia Big East 4 3W-0L None
Florida Southeastern-E 5 3W-0L None
Texas Big 12-S 6 3W-0L None
California Pacific 10 7 3W-0L None
Oregon Pacific 10 8 3W-0L None
Wisconsin Big Ten 9 3W-0L None
Penn State Big Ten 10 3W-0L None
Ohio State Big Ten 11 3W-0L None
Rutgers Big East 12 3W-0L None
Boston College Atlantic Coast-A 13 3W-0L None
Louisville Big East 14 2W-1L Kentucky
South Carolina Southeastern-E 15 3W-0L None
Clemson Atlantic Coast-A 16 3W-0L None
Alabama Southeastern-W 17 3W-0L None
Arkansas Southeastern-W 18 1W-1L Alabama
Kentucky Southeastern-E 19 3W-0L None
Texas A&M Big 12-S 20 3W-0L None
Hawaii Western Athletic 21 3W-0L None
Purdue Big Ten 22 2W-0L None
Missouri Big 12-N 23 3W-0L None
South Florida Big East 24 2W-0L None
Arizona State Pacific 10 25 3W-0L None
Texas Tech Big 12-S 26 3W-0L None
Nebraska Big 12-N 27 2W-1L USC
Florida State Atlantic Coast-A 28 2W-1L Clemson
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 29 2W-1L Boston College
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast-A 30 1W-2L Nebraska/Boston College
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 31 2W-1L LSU
Tennessee Southeastern-E 32 1W-2L California/Florida
Georgia Southeastern-E 33 2W-1L South Carolina
Washington State Pacific 10 34 2W-1L Wisconsin
Kansas Big 12-N 35 3W-0L None
Michigan State Big Ten 36 3W-0L None
Washington Pacific 10 37 2W-1L Ohio State
Tulsa Conference USA-W 38 2W-0L None
Boise State Western Athletic 39 2W-1L Washington
Michigan Big Ten 40 1W-2L Oregon/Appalachian State
Maryland Atlantic Coast-A 41 2W-1L West Virginia
Air Force Mountain West 42 3W-0L None
TCU Mountain West 43 1W-2L Texas/Air Force
Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast-C 44 2W-1L Oklahoma
Cincinnati Big East 45 3W-0L None
Connecticut Big East 46 3W-0L None
Wyoming Mountain West 47 2W-1L Boise State
Houston Conference USA-W 48 2W-1L Oregon
Pittsburgh Big East 49 2W-1L Michigan State
Central Florida Conference USA-E 50 1W-1L Texas
Oregon State Pacific 10 51 2W-1L Cincinnati
Utah Mountain West 52 1W-2L Air Force/Oregon State
UCLA Pacific 10 53 2W-1L Utah
Southern Mississippi Conference USA-E 54 2W-1L Tennessee
BYU Mountain West 55 1W-2L UCLA/Tulsa
Illinois Big Ten 56 2W-1L Missouri
Indiana Big Ten 57 3W-0L None
Troy State Sun Belt 58 1W-2L Arkansas/Florida
Bowling Green Mid-American-E 59 1W-1L Michigan State
Ball State Mid-American-W 60 2W-1L Miami-OH
New Mexico Mountain West 61 1W-1L Texas El-Paso
Vanderbilt Southeastern-E 62 2W-1L Alabama
Navy Independent 63 1W-2L Rutgers/Ball State
Mississippi State Southeastern-W 64 1W-1L LSU
Florida Atlantic Sun Belt 65 2W-0L None
Auburn Southeastern-W 66 1W-2L South Florida/Mississippi St.
Central Michigan Mid-American-W 67 1W-1L Kansas
Kansas State Big 12-N 68 1W-1L Auburn
Colorado Big 12-N 69 1W-2L Arizona State/Florida State
Arizona Pacific 10 70 1W-2L BYU/New Mexico
Iowa Big Ten 71 2W-1L Iowa State
Oklahoma State Big 12-S 72 1W-2L Georgia/Troy St.
East Carolina Conference USA-E 73 1W-2L Virginia Tech/Southern Mississippi
Colorado State Mountain West 74 0W-2L Colorado/California
Ohio University Mid-American-E 75 2W-1L Virginia Tech
Virginia Atlantic Coast-C 76 2W-1L Wyoming
Nevada Western Athletic 77 1W-2L Northwestern/Nebraska
Western Michigan Mid-American-W 78 0W-3L West Virginia/Indiana/Missouri
Baylor Big 12-S 79 2W-1L TCU
North Carolina Atlantic Coast-C 80 1W-2L East Carolina/Virginia
Mississippi Southeastern-W 81 1W-2L Missouri/Vanderbilt
Texas-El Paso Conference USA-W 82 1W-2L Texas Tech/New Mexico St.
Northwestern Big Ten 83 2W-1L Duke
Syracuse Big East 84 0W-3L Iowa/Washington/Illinois
Akron Mid-American-E 85 1W-2L Ohio State/Indiana
Minnesota Big Ten 86 1W-2L Bowling Green/Florida Atlantic
Middle Tennessee State Sun Belt 87 0W-3L Louisville/LSU/Florida Atlantic
Notre Dame Independent 88 0W-3L Penn State/Georgia Tech/Michigan
Kent State Mid-American-E 89 2W-1L Kentucky
Stanford Pacific 10 90 1W-1L UCLA
Toledo Mid-American-W 91 0W-3L Purdue/Central Michigan/Kansas
Southern Methodist Conference USA-W 92 1W-2L Texas Tech/Arkansas St.
Army Independent 93 1W-2L Akron/Wake Forest
Arkansas State Sun Belt 94 1W-1L Texas
Louisiana Tech Western Athletic 95 1W-2L Hawaii/California
New Mexico State Western Athletic 96 2W-1L New Mexico
Miami-OH Mid-American-E 97 1W-2L Minnesota/Cincinnati
Memphis State Conference USA-E 98 1W-1L Mississippi
Tulane Conference USA-W 99 0W-2L Houston/Mississippi St.
Idaho Western Athletic 100 1W-2L USC/Washington St.
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast-A 101 1W-2L Boston College/Central Florida
Alabama-Birmingham Conference USA-E 102 1W-2L Florida State/Michigan State
Duke Atlantic Coast-C 103 1W-2L Virginia/Connecticut
Fresno State Western Athletic 104 1W-2L Texas A&M/Oregon
Iowa State Big 12-N 105 1W-2L Kent State/Northern Iowa
North Texas State Sun Belt 106 0W-2L Oklahoma/SMU
UNLV Mountain West 107 1W-2L Wisconsin/Hawaii
San Diego State Mountain West 108 0W-2L Washington State/Arizona State
Eastern Michigan Mid-American-W 109 1W-2L Ball State/Pittsburgh
Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt 110 0W-3L Clemson/Tulsa/Texas A&M
Northern Illinois Mid-American-W 111 0W-3L Iowa/Southern Illinois/Eastern Michigan
Rice Conference USA-W 112 0W-3L Baylor/Nichols State/Texas Tech
Buffalo Mid-American-E 113 1W-2L Rutgers/Penn State
Marshall Conference USA-E 114 0W-3L West Virginia/Miami-FL/New Hampshire
Florida International Sun Belt 115 0W-3L Penn State/Maryland/Miami-FL
Utah State Western Athletic 116 0W-3L Wyoming/UNLV/Oklahoma
San Jose State Western Athletic 117 0W-3L Arizona State/Kansas State/Stanford
Western Kentucky Independent 118 2W-1L Florida
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 119 0W-3L South Carolina/Ohio Univ./McNeese St.
Temple Mid-American-E 120 0W-3L Navy/Buffalo/Connecticut
1-SEC-Southeastern (34.50): Bowl Record: 6-3

SEC over Big 12: Auburn over Kansas State

Big Twelve even with SEC: Missouri over Mississippi, Georgia over Oklahoma State
Florida Southeastern-E 5 3W-0L None
South Carolina Southeastern-E 15 3W-0L None
Kentucky Southeastern-E 19 3W-0L None
Tennessee Southeastern-E 32 1W-2L California/Florida
Georgia Southeastern-E 33 2W-1L South Carolina
Vanderbilt Southeastern-E 62 2W-1L Alabama
LSU Southeastern-W 2 3W-0L None
Alabama Southeastern-W 17 3W-0L None
Arkansas Southeastern-W 18 1W-1L Alabama
Mississippi State Southeastern-W 64 1W-1L LSU
Auburn Southeastern-W 66 1W-2L South Florida/Mississippi St.
Mississippi Southeastern-W 81 1W-2L Missouri/Vanderbilt

2-Big East (34.75): Bowl Record: 5-0

Big East over Independents: Rutgers over Navy

Big East over SEC: South Florida over Auburn
West Virginia Big East 4 3W-0L None
Rutgers Big East 12 3W-0L None
Louisville Big East 14 2W-1L Kentucky
South Florida Big East 24 2W-0L None
Cincinnati Big East 45 3W-0L None
Connecticut Big East 46 3W-0L None
Pittsburgh Big East 49 2W-1L Michigan State
Syracuse Big East 84 0W-3L Iowa/Washington/Illinois

3-PAC 10-Pacific Athletic Conference(37.60): Bowl Record: 3-3

PAC 10 even with Big Ten: Oregon over Michigan; Wisconsin over Washington State

PAC 10 over SEC: California over Tennessee

Big East even PAC 10: Cincinnati over Oregon State, Washington over Syracuse

PAC 10 over Mountain West: BYU over Arizona, UCLA over BYU, Oregon State over Utah, Washington State over San Diego State, California over Colorado State, Utah over UCLA

PAC 10 over WAC: Washington over Boise State, Oregon over Fresno State
USC Pacific 10 1 2W-0L None
California Pacific 10 7 3W-0L None
Oregon Pacific 10 8 3W-0L None
Arizona State Pacific 10 25 3W-0L None
Washington State Pacific 10 34 2W-1L Wisconsin
Washington Pacific 10 37 2W-1L Ohio State
Oregon State Pacific 10 51 2W-1L Cincinnati
UCLA Pacific 10 53 2W-1L Utah
Arizona Pacific 10 70 1W-2L BYU/New Mexico
Stanford Pacific 10 90 1W-1L UCLA

4-Big Ten (43.73): Bowl Record: 2-5

Big Ten over MAC (5-1): Michigan State over Bowling Green, Ohio State over Akron, Bowling Green over Minnesota, Indiana over Western Michigan, Iowa over Northern Illinois, Purdue over Toledo

Big Ten over Big East: Iowa over Syracuse

Big Ten over Mountain West: Wisconsin over UNLV

Big Ten over WAC: Northwestern over Nevada

Big Ten over Independents: Penn State over Notre Dame, Michigan over Notre Dame
Wisconsin Big Ten 9 3W-0L None
Penn State Big Ten 10 3W-0L None
Ohio State Big Ten 11 3W-0L None
Purdue Big Ten 22 2W-0L None
Michigan State Big Ten 36 3W-0L None
Michigan Big Ten 40 1W-2L Oregon/Appalachian State
Illinois Big Ten 56 2W-1L Missouri
Indiana Big Ten 57 3W-0L None
Iowa Big Ten 71 2W-1L Iowa State
Northwestern Big Ten 83 2W-1L Duke
Minnesota Big Ten 86 1W-2L Bowling Green/Florida Atlantic

5-Big Twelve (44.42): Bowl Record: 3-5

Big Twelve over with Big Ten: Missouri over Illinois

Big Twelve even with SEC: Missouri over Mississippi, Georgia over Oklahoma State

Big Twelve over Mountain West: Colorado over Colorado State, Texas over TCU, TCU over Baylor

Big 12 over ACC: Nebraska over Wake Forest, Oklahoma over Miami-FL

MAC even Big 12: Kent State over Iowa State, Kansas over Central Michigan
Missouri Big 12-N 23 3W-0L None
Nebraska Big 12-N 27 2W-1L USC
Kansas Big 12-N 35 3W-0L None
Kansas State Big 12-N 68 1W-1L Auburn
Colorado Big 12-N 69 1W-2L Arizona State/Florida State
Iowa State Big 12-N 105 1W-2L Kent State/Northern Iowa
Oklahoma Big 12-S 3 3W-0L None
Texas Big 12-S 6 3W-0L None
Texas A&M Big 12-S 20 3W-0L None
Texas Tech Big 12-S 26 3W-0L None
Oklahoma State Big 12-S 72 1W-2L Georgia/Troy St.
Baylor Big 12-S 79 2W-1L TCU

6-ACC-Atlantic Coast (49.33): Bowl Record: 4-3

ACC over Independents: Georgia Tech over Notre Dame

Boston College Atlantic Coast-A 13 3W-0L None
Clemson Atlantic Coast-A 16 3W-0L None
Florida State Atlantic Coast-A 28 2W-1L Clemson
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast-A 30 1W-2L Nebraska/Boston College
Maryland Atlantic Coast-A 41 2W-1L West Virginia
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast-A 101 1W-2L Boston College/Central Florida
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 29 2W-1L Boston College
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 31 2W-1L LSU
Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast-C 44 2W-1L Oklahoma
Virginia Atlantic Coast-C 76 2W-1L Wyoming
North Carolina Atlantic Coast-C 80 1W-2L East Carolina/Virginia
Duke Atlantic Coast-C 103 1W-2L Virginia/Connecticut

7-Mountain West (65.44): Bowl Record: 3-1

Mountain West over ACC: Wyoming over Virginia
Air Force Mountain West 42 3W-0L None
TCU Mountain West 43 1W-2L Texas/Air Force
Wyoming Mountain West 47 2W-1L Boise State
Utah Mountain West 52 1W-2L Air Force/Oregon State
BYU Mountain West 55 1W-2L UCLA/Tulsa
New Mexico Mountain West 61 1W-1L Texas El-Paso
Colorado State Mountain West 74 0W-2L Colorado/California
UNLV Mountain West 107 1W-2L Wisconsin/Hawaii
San Diego State Mountain West 108 0W-2L Washington State/Arizona State

8-Conference USA (80.17): Bowl Record: 1-4

Conference USA over ACC: Central Florida over North Carolina State, East Carolina over North Carolina
Central Florida Conference USA-E 50 1W-1L Texas
Southern Mississippi Conference USA-E 54 2W-1L Tennessee
East Carolina Conference USA-E 73 1W-2L Virginia Tech/Southern Mississippi
Memphis State Conference USA-E 98 1W-1L Mississippi
Alabama-Birmingham Conference USA-E 102 1W-2L Florida State/Michigan State
Marshall Conference USA-E 114 0W-3L West Virginia/Miami-FL/New Hampshire
Tulsa Conference USA-W 38 2W-0L None
Houston Conference USA-W 48 2W-1L Oregon
Texas-El Paso Conference USA-W 82 1W-2L Texas Tech/New Mexico St.
Southern Methodist Conference USA-W 92 1W-2L Texas Tech/Arkansas St.
Tulane Conference USA-W 99 0W-2L Houston/Mississippi St.
Rice Conference USA-W 112 0W-3L Baylor/Nichols State/Texas Tech

9-WAC-Western Athletic Conference (85.00): Bowl Record: 3-1
Hawaii Western Athletic 21 3W-0L None
Boise State Western Athletic 39 2W-1L Washington
Nevada Western Athletic 77 1W-2L Northwestern/Nebraska
Louisiana Tech Western Athletic 95 1W-2L Hawaii/California
New Mexico State Western Athletic 96 2W-1L New Mexico
Idaho Western Athletic 100 1W-2L USC/Washington St.
Fresno State Western Athletic 104 1W-2L Texas A&M/Oregon
Utah State Western Athletic 116 0W-3L Wyoming/UNLV/Oklahoma
San Jose State Western Athletic 117 0W-3L Arizona State/Kansas State/Stanford

10-MAC-Mid-American (88.77): Bowl Record 1-3

MAC over Independents: Akron over Army

MAC even Big 12: Kent State over Iowa State, Kansas over Central Michigan
Bowling Green Mid-American-E 59 1W-1L Michigan State
Ohio University Mid-American-E 75 2W-1L Virginia Tech
Akron Mid-American-E 85 1W-2L Ohio State/Indiana
Kent State Mid-American-E 89 2W-1L Kentucky
Miami-OH Mid-American-E 97 1W-2L Minnesota/Cincinnati
Buffalo Mid-American-E 113 1W-2L Rutgers/Penn State
Temple Mid-American-E 120 0W-3L Navy/Buffalo/Connecticut
Ball State Mid-American-W 60 2W-1L Miami-OH
Central Michigan Mid-American-W 67 1W-1L Kansas
Western Michigan Mid-American-W 78 0W-3L West Virginia/Indiana/Missouri
Toledo Mid-American-W 91 0W-3L Purdue/Central Michigan/Kansas
Eastern Michigan Mid-American-W 109 1W-2L Ball State/Pittsburgh
Northern Illinois Mid-American-W 111 0W-3L Iowa/Southern Illinois/Eastern Michigan

11--Independents (90.50): Bowl Record: 0-2
Navy Independent 63 1W-2L Rutgers/Ball State
Notre Dame Independent 88 0W-3L Penn State/Georgia Tech/Michigan
Army Independent 93 1W-2L Akron/Wake Forest
Western Kentucky Independent 118 2W-1L Florida

Future Notre Dame Schedules

12-Sun Belt Conference (94.25): Bowl Record: 1-1
Troy State Sun Belt 58 1W-2L Arkansas/Florida
Florida Atlantic Sun Belt 65 2W-0L None
Middle Tennessee State Sun Belt 87 0W-3L Louisville/LSU/Florida Atlantic
Arkansas State Sun Belt 94 1W-1L Texas
North Texas State Sun Belt 106 0W-2L Oklahoma/SMU
Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt 110 0W-3L Clemson/Tulsa/Texas A&M
Florida International Sun Belt 115 0W-3L Penn State/Maryland/Miami-FL
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 119 0W-3L South Carolina/Ohio Univ./McNeese St.

Most Division I Football Programs by State

Texas (10)
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
Houston
Rice
North Texas State
Baylor
SMU
Texas El-Paso

Ohio (8)
Ohio State
Bowling Green
Toledo
Miami-OH
Cincinnati
Kent State
Ohio Univ.
Akron

California (7)
USC
Stanford
UCLA
Fresno State
California
San Jose State
San Diego State

Florida (7)
Miami-Florida
Florida State
Florida
Central Florida
South Florida
Florida Atlantic
Florida International

Michigan (5)
Michigan
Michigan State
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan

North Carolina (5)
Wake Forest
No.Carolina State
Duke
North Carolina
East Carolina

Louisiana (5)
LSU
Tulane
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe

Alabama (4)
Alabama
Auburn
Troy State
Alabama-Birmingham

Tennessee (4)
Middle Tennessee State
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
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 (3)
Louisville

Kentucky

Western 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 (Boston College), 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