DAVETGC'S Rankings and Predictions-117 NCAA-Division I Teams
Sunday, September 23, 2001 (ESPN/AP Polls/Bowl Predictions)
1-Miami-Florida 2-0 #1/1 Big East Champs/Rose Bowl
2-Oklahoma 3-0 #3/3 Big Twelve Champs/Rose Bowl
3-Florida 3-0 #2/2 SEC Champs/Sugar Bowl
4-Texas 2-0 #5/5/Cotton Bowl
5-Kansas State 2-0 #9/11/Sugar Bowl
6-Nebraska 4-0 #4/4/Orange Bowl
7-Tennessee 2-0 #8/7/Cotton Bowl
8-Virginia Tech 3-0 #7/8/Gator Bowl
9-Northwestern 2-0 #18/16 Big 10 Champs/Fiesta Bowl
10-Oregon 3-0. #6/6 PAC 10 Champs/Fiesta Bowl
11-UCLA 3-0 #10/12/Holiday Bowl
12-Fresno St. 4-0 #13/10 WAC Champs/Silicon Valley Bowl
13-South Carolina 3-0 #16/15/Florida Citrus Bowl
14-Georgia Tech 3-0 #11/9/ACC Champs/Orange Bowl
15-Washington 2-0 #12/13/Seattle Bowl
16-Michigan 2-1 #17/17/Florida Citrus Bowl
17--Florida State 2-1 #15/18 Peach Bowl
18-Oregon State 1-1 #19/19/Sun Bowl
19-Clemson 2-1 #25/28/Gator Bowl
20-Illinois 3-0 #23/22/Alamo Bowl
21-Georgia 1-1 #37/34/Music City Bowl
22-LSU 2-0 #14/14/Outback Bowl
23-Ohio State 1-1 #27/29/Outback Bowl
24-Mississippi St. 1-1 #22/21/Peach Bowl
25-Michigan State 2-0 #24/23/Sun Bowl
26- Purdue 2-0 #21/24/Independence Bowl
27-Notre Dame 0-2 #39/17/Holiday Bowl
28-Louisville 3-1 #42/41 Conference USA Champs/Liberty Bowl
29-BYU 3-0 #20/20 Mountain West Champs/Liberty Bowl
30-Toledo 3-0 #26/25 MAC Champs/GMAC Bowl
31-Southern Mississippi 2-0 #33/35/Gallery Furniture Bowl
32- Stanford 2-0 #30/27/Las Vegas Bowl
33-No. Carolina State 2-0 #29/44/Seattle Bowl
34-Texas A&M 2-0 #28/32/Alamo Bowl
35-Arizona 3-0/#40/39/Toilet Bowl
36-Iowa 2-0 #34/41/Toilet Bowl
37-Southern California 1-2 #47/45/San Francisco Bowl

38-Alabama 2-1 #35/33/NCAA Bowl Ineligible (Means)
39-Wisconsin 2-2 #36/31/Toilet Bowl
40-Pittsburgh 1-1 #45/-/Music City Bowl
41-Colorado 3-1 #31/26/Toilet Bowl
42-Auburn 2-1 #46/45/Independence Bowl
43-Texas Christian 2-2 GMAC Bowl
44-Iowa State 2-0 #44/45/Gallery Furniture Bowl
45-Mississippi 1-1 #-/48/Independence Bowl
46-Arkansas 1-2 Silicon Valley Bowl
47-Syracuse 1-2/Insight.com Bowl
48-East Carolina 1-1 #42/41 Toilet Bowl
49-Western Michigan 1-2 #-/45/Motor City Bowl
50-Maryland 3-0 #32/30/Toilet Bowl
51-Arizona St. 2-1 Humanitarian Bowl
52-Boston College 1-1 #-/40/San Francisco Bowl
53-Texas Tech 2-0 #38/-/Insight.com Bowl
54-Virginia 2-1/#-/38/Toilet Bowl
55-UNLV 0-3 Las Vegas Bowl
56-Washington St. 3-0/#47/36/Toilet Bowl
57-Colorado State 1-2 #48/-/New Orleans Bowl
58-Air Force 1-1 Toilet Bowl
59-Marshall 1-1 #40/42/Toilet Bowl
60-North Carolina 1-3/#-/37/Toilet Bowl
61-Baylor 2-0/Toilet Bowl
62--Bowling Green 3-0 #-/49/Toilet Bowl
63-Middle Tennessee State 3-0/Toilet Bowl
64-Cincinnati 1-2/Motor City Bowl
65-West Virginia 0-1/Toilet Bowl
66-Minnesota 1-1/Toilet Bowl
67-Penn State 0-2/Toilet Bowl
68-Kansas 0-2/Toilet Bowl
69-Louisiana Tech 1-1/Humanitarian Bowl
70--Alabama-Birmingham 2-1/#47/-Toilet Bowl
71-Utah 2-1/Toilet Bowl
72-Wake Forest 2-1/Toilet Bowl
73-Boise St. 1-2/Toilet Bowl
74-Miami-Ohio 1-2/Toilet Bowl
75-Akron 1-2/Toilet Bowl
76-Oklahoma State 1-2/Toilet Bowl
77-Wyoming 2-1/Toilet Bowl
78-San Jose St. 0-2/Toilet Bowl
79-Rice 2-1/Toilet Bowl
80-Indiana 0-2/Toilet Bowl
81-Vanderbilt 1-2/Toilet Bowl
82-Memphis State 2-1/Toilet Bowl
83--Rutgers 1-1/Toilet Bowl
84--Ohio University 0-3/Toilet Bowl
85--Temple 1-1/Toilet Bowl
86-Kentucky 1-2/Toilet Bowl
87-Missouri 1-1/Toilet Bowl
88--San Diego State 1-2/Toilet Bowl
89-Northern Illinois 2-1/Toilet Bowl
90-Texas-El Paso 1-2/Toilet Bowl
91-Army 0-2/Toilet Bowl
92-Houston 0-2/Toilet Bowl
93-Tulane 0-4/Toilet Bowl
94-Duke 0-3/Toilet Bowl
95-Hawaii 1-1/Toilet Bowl
96-Tulsa 1-1/Toilet Bowl
97-SMU 0-3/Toilet Bowl
98-Nevada 1-2/Toilet Bowl
99--New Mexico 1-2/Toilet Bowl
100--New Mexico State 0-4/Toilet Bowl
101--Utah State 0-3/Toilet Bowl
102-Buffalo 1-2/Toilet Bowl
103--Central Michigan 1-2/Toilet Bowl
104--Kent State 1-2/Toilet Bowl
105--Ball State 0-3/Toilet Bowl
106-Idaho 0-3/Toilet Bowl
107--Arkansas State 0-3/Toilet Bowl
108--Louisiana-Lafayette 1-2/Toilet Bowl
109--Louisiana-Monroe 0-3/Toilet Bowl
110--North Texas State 0-3/Toilet Bowl
111-California 0-3/Toilet Bowl
112-South Florida 1-2/Toilet Bowl
113-Troy State 1-2/Toilet Bowl
114-Central Florida 1-2/Toilet Bowl
115-Navy 0-3/Toilet Bowl
116-Eastern Michigan 1-2/Toilet Bowl
117-Connecticut 0-2/Toilet Bowl

Conference Ranks (teams in Top 25/50)
1-Southeastern-12 teams-(SEC)-6/10
2- Big Twelve-12 teams-4/7 (4 in Top 10)
3- Pacific-10 teams (PAC-10)-4/7
4-Big Ten-11 teams-5/8
5-ACC-9 teams-3/5
6-Big East-8 teams-2/4
7-Conference USA-10 teams-0/4
8-Mid-American-13 teams (MAC)-0/2
9-Mountain West-8 teams-0/1
10-Western Athletic-10 teams (WAC)-1/1
11-Sun Belt-7 teams-0/0
12-Independents-5 teams-0/1

Bowl	Team 1	Team 2	Matchup	Date
New Orleans	Middle Tennessee	Colorado State	Sun Belt #1 vs. Mountain West #3	18-Dec
GMAC	Texas Christian	Toledo	Conference USA #1 or #2 vs. MAC#1/2	19-Dec
Las Vegas	UNLV	Stanford	Mountain West #2 vs. Pac-10 #5	25-Dec
Independence	Auburn	Purdue	SEC vs. Big 12 #6	27-Dec
Seattle	Washington	No.Carolina St.	PAC-10#4 or #5 vs. ACC #4	12/27/2001
Gallery Furniture	Iowa State	So.Mississippi	Big 12 #6 vs. Conference USA #3	28-Dec
Music City	Pittsburgh	Mississippi	Big East #4 vs. SEC	28-Dec
Holiday	UCLA	Notre Dame	PAC-10#2 vs. Big 12#3	28-Dec
Alamo	Illinois	Texas A&M	Big 10#4 vs. Big 12 #4	29-Dec
Motor City	Western Michigan	Cincinnati	MAC#1 or #2 vs. Conference USA #4	29-Dec
Insight.com	Texas Tech	Syracuse	Big 12 #5 vs. Big East #3	29-Dec
San Francisco	USC	Boston College	PAC-10#4 or #5 vs. Big East #5	30-Dec
Silicon Valley	Fresno State	Arkansas	WAC #1or#2 vs. at-large	31-Dec
Humanitarian	Louisiana Tech	Arizona State	WAC #1or#2 vs. at-large	31-Dec
Liberty	Louisville	BYU	Conference USA#1 vs. Mountain West #1	31-Dec
Peach	Florida State	Mississippi St.	ACC#3 vs. SEC#4	31-Dec
Sun	Michigan State	Oregon State	Big 10#5 vs. Pac 10#3	31-Dec
Citrus	Michigan	South Carolina	Big 10#2 vs. SEC#2	1-Jan
Cotton	Texas	Tennessee	Big 12#2 vs. SEC	1-Jan
Gator	Clemson	Virginia Tech	ACC#2 vs. Big East#2/Notre Dame	1-Jan
Outback	Ohio State	LSU	Big 10#3 vs. SEC#3	1-Jan
Sugar	Florida	Kansas State	Alliance-SEC vs. Alliance	1-Jan
Fiesta	Northwestern	Oregon	Alliance Big 10 Vs. Alliance	1-Jan
Orange	Nebraska	Georgia Tech	Alliance-Big 12 vs. Alliance	2-Jan
Rose	Miami-Florida	Oklahoma	Alliance #1 vs. #2	3-Jan