DAVETGC'S Rankings-117 NCAA-Division I Teams
Sunday, September 28, 2003
1-Oklahoma 4-0; Big 12 Champ-Sugar Bowl
2-Tennessee 4-0; SEC Champ-Sugar Bowl
3-Florida State 5-0; ACC Champ-Fiesta Bowl
4-LSU 5-0; SEC Runner-Up-Fiesta Bowl
5-Virginia Tech 3-0; Big East Champ-Orange Bowl
6-Miami-Florida 3-0; Big East Runner Up; Gator Bowl
7-USC 3-1; Loss to California 30-33 3OT, PAC-10 Champ-Rose Bowl
8-Washington State 3-1; Upset by Notre Dame 26-29 1OT, PAC 10-Runner-Up, Orange Bowl
9-Georgia 3-1; Loss to LSU, 10-17, Outback Bowl
10-Minnesota 5-0; Big Ten Champ, Rose Bowl (note: they do not play Ohio State)
11-Arkansas 4-0; Cotton or Capital One Bowl
12-Nebraska 4-0; Alamo Bowl
13-Texas 3-1; Loss to Arkansas, Holiday Bowl
14-Oregon 3-1; Loss to Washington State 16-55, PAC-10 #3, Holiday Bowl

15-Ohio State 5-0; Big Ten #2-Capital One Bowl
16-Michigan 4-1; Loss to Oregon 27-31, Big Ten #3-Outback Bowl

17-Florida 3-2; Losses to Miami-FL 33-38/Tennessee 10-24; Capital One, Outback, Peach or Cotton Bowl
18-Northern Illinois 4-0; beat Alabama/Maryland/Iowa St.; Motor City Bowl
19-Bowling Green 3-1; Loss to Ohio State, 17-24; Liberty Bowl
20-Purdue 3-1; Loss to Bowling Green 26-27; Big Ten #4-Alamo Bowl
21-Washington 3-1; Loss to Ohio State 9-28,
22-Michigan State 3-1; Upset by Louisiana Tech 21-22, Big Ten #5-Sun Bowl
23-Iowa 3-1; Loss to MSU 10-20, Big Ten #6-Music City Bowl
24-Louisville 3-0; Liberty Bowl
25-Alabama 2-3; Losses to Oklahoma 13-20, Northern Illinois 16-19, Arkansas 30-33 OT; Peach Bowl
26-South Carolina 3-2; Losses to Georgia 7-31, Tennessee 20-23 OT, Independence Bowl
27-Virginia 3-1; Loss to South Carolina 7-31, ACC Runner-Up-Gator Bowl
28-Wake Forest 3-2; Loss to Purdue 10-16, Virginia, ACC Runner-Up, Tangerine Bowl
29-North Carolina State 3-2; Losses to Wake Forest 24-38, Ohio State 38-44 3OT, Peach Bowl
30-Boston College 3-2; Losses to Wake Forest 28-32, Miami-FL 14-33; San Francisco Bowl
31-Notre Dame 1-3; Losses to Michigan 0-38, Michigan State 16-22, Purdue 10-23, Continental Tire Bowl
32-UNLV 3-1; Upset by Kansas 24-46;
33-Syracuse 3-1; Loss to Louisville 20-30
34-Toledo 2-2; Loss to UNLV 18-28, Syracuse 7-34
35-Marshall 2-2; Losses to Tennessee 24-34, Toledo 17-24, Troy St. 24-33
36-Kansas State 4-1, Loss to Marshall 20-27; Cotton Bowl
37-Colorado 2-2; Losses to Florida State 7-47, Washington State 26-47; Fort Worth Bowl
38-Pittsburgh 3-1; Loss to Toledo, 31-35, Insight Bowl
39-Texas A&M 2-2; Losses to Virginia Tech, 19-35, Pittsburgh 26-37, Houston Bowl
40-Wisconsin 4-1; Loss to UNLV 5-23; Big Ten #7, Motor City Bowl
41-Penn State 2-3; Losses to Boston College 14-27, Nebraska 10-18, Minnesota 14-20
42-Air Force 5-0; San Francisco Bowl
43-Fresno State 3-2; Losses to Tennessee 6-24, Oklahoma 28-52, Silicon Valley Bowl
44-Oregon State 4-1; Loss to Fresno State 14-16, Insight Bowl
45-Utah 3-1; Loss to Texas A&M 26-28
46-California 3-3; Losses to Kansas State 28-42, Colorado State 21-23, Utah 24-31
47-Stanford 2-1, Loss to Washington 17-28
48-Arizona State 2-2, Losses to Iowa, 2-21, Oregon State 17-45
49-UCLA 2-2; Losses to Colorado 14-16, Oklahoma 24-59
50-Miami-Ohio 3-1; Loss to Iowa 3-21; GMAC Bowl
51-Boise State 3-1; Loss to Oregon State, 24-26
52-Cincinnati 3-1; Loss to Miami-OH 37-42, Hawaii Bowl
53-TCU 4-0; GMAC Bowl
54-Oklahoma State 3-1; Loss to Nebraska 7-17
55-Maryland 3-2; Losses to Florida State/Northern Illinois, Silicon Valley Bowl
56-Hawaii 2-2; Losses to USC/UNLV
57-BYU 2-3; Losses to USC/Stanford/Air Force
58-Colorado State 1-3; Losses to Colorado 35-42, Miami-FL, Utah
59-Clemson 3-1; Loss to Georgia 0-30
60-Texas Tech 3-1; Loss to North Carolina State 21-49,
61-Iowa State 2-2; Losses to Iowa 21-40, Northern Illinois 16-24
62-Georgia Tech 2-3; Losses to BYU 13-24, Florida State 13-14, Clemson 3-39; Humanitarian Bowl
63-West Virginia 1-3; Losses to Wisconsin/Cincinnati/Maryland
64-Auburn 2-2; Losses to USC/Georgia Tech, Houston Bowl
65-Kentucky 2-3; Losses to Louisville/Alabama/Florida
66-Northwestern 2-3; Losses to Air Force/Miami-OH/Ohio St.
67-Kansas 4-1; Loss to Northwestern 20-28, Upset UNLV and Missouri
68-Missouri 4-1; Loss to Kansas, Independence or Cotton Bowl
69-Connecticut 3-2; Losses to Boston College, Virginia Tech
70-Tulane 2-2; Losses to TCU/Texas
71-San Diego State 3-2; Losses to Ohio State 13-16/UCLA 10-20
72-North Carolina 0-4; Losses to Syracuse/Florida State/Wisconsin/North Carolina St.
73-Illinois 1-4; Losses to Missouri/UCLA/California/Wisconsin
74-Western Michigan 2-2; Losses to MSU/Virginia Tech
75-Southern Mississippi 2-2; Losses to California/Nebraska
76-Memphis State 3-1; Loss to Southern Mississippi
77-Mississippi 2-2; Losses to Memphis State/Texas Tech
78-Central Michigan 2-2; Losses to Michigan/Ball State
79-Ball State 3-3; Losses to Missouri/Pittsburgh/Boston College
80-Indiana 1-4; Losses to Washington/Connecticut/Kentucky/Michigan
81-Arizona 1-4; Losses to LSU/Oregon/Purdue/TCU
82-Vanderbilt 1-3; Losses to Mississippi/Auburn/TCU/Georgia Tech
83-Louisiana Tech 2-2; Loss to Miami-FL 9-48/Fresno St. 6-16, Upset Michigan State
84-New Mexico 2-3; Loss to Texas Tech/BYU/Washington State
85-South Florida 2-1; Loss to Alabama 17-40
86-Nevada 3-1; Loss to Oregon 23-31
87-Central Florida 1-3; Losses to Virginia Tech/Syracuse
88-New Mexico State 1-3; Losses to Texas/Oregon State
89-North Texas State 2-2; Losses to Oklahoma/Air Force/Arkansas
90-San Jose State 1-3; Losses to Stanford/Florida/Nevada
91-Troy State 3-2; Losses to Kansas State 5-41, Minnesota 7-48, Upset Marshall
92-Houston 3-1; Loss to Michigan
93-Rutgers 3-1; Loss to MSU
94-Tulsa 2-2; Losses to Minnesota/Arkansas
95-Duke 2-3; Losses to Virginia/Northwestern/Florida St.
96-Navy 2-2; Losses to TCU/Rutgers
97-Kent State 3-2; Losses to Pittsburgh/Penn State
98-Akron 3-2; Losses to Wisconsin/Kent State
99-Mississippi State 0-4; Losses to Oregon/Tulane/Houston/LSU
100-Alabama-Birmingham 1-3; Losses to Southern Mississippi/Troy St./South Carolina
101-Baylor 2-2; Losses to North Texas/UAB
102-Utah State 1-3; Losses to Nebraska/Utah/Arizona State
103-East Carolina 0-4; Losses to West Virginia/Cincinnati/Miami-FL/Wake Forest
104-Arkansas State 2-3; Loss to Texas A&M/Tulsa/Memphis St.
105-Temple 0-4; Losses to Penn State/Villanova/Cincinnati OT
106-Ohio University 1-3; Losses to Iowa State/Minnesota/Western Michigan
107-Wyoming 1-4 Loss to Oklahoma State/Air Force/Kansas/Boise St.
108-Rice 0-4; Losses to Houston/Duke/Texas/Hawaii
109-Middle Tennessee State 0-4; Losses to Georgia/Florida Atlantic/Clemson/Missouri in OT
110-SMU 0-4; Losses to Texas Tech/Baylor/Oklahoma State/Nevada
111-Louisiana-Lafayette 0-5; Losses to South Carolina/Louisiana Tech/Houston/Minnesota/North Texas St.
112-Eastern Michigan 1-4; Losses to Western Illinois/Akron/Navy/Maryland
113-UTEP 1-4; Losses to Arizona/Cal Poly/San Diego St./Louisville
114-Louisiana-Monroe 0-5; Losses to Stephen F. Austin/LSU/Mississippi/Northwesern St./Utah St.
115-Army 0-4; Losses to Connecticut/Rutgers/Tulane/South Florida
116-Buffalo 0-5; Losses to Rutgers/Iowa/Connecticut/Colgate/Akron
117-Idaho 0-5; Losses to Washington State/Eastern Washington/Boise St./Washington/Montana

Top 7-10 Games deciding Conference/National Title/Rivalries each week-Fall, 2003:

September 13
Notre Dame 0 at Michigan 38
South Carolina 7 at Georgia 31
Arkansas 38 at Texas 28
Purdue 16 at Wake Forest 10
Iowa 40 at Iowa State 21
Washington State 49 at Colorado 21
North Carolina State 38 at Ohio State 44 3OT
Georgia Tech 13 at Florida State 14
Penn State 10 at Nebraska 18

September 20
Tennessee 24 at Florida 10
Texas A&M 19 at Virginia Tech 35
Michigan 27 at Oregon 31
UCLA 24 at Oklahoma 59
Georgia 10 at LSU 17
Miami-FL 33 at Boston College 14
Bowling Green 17 at Ohio State 24
Michigan State 22 at Notre Dame 16
Colorado 7 at Florida State 42
Arizona State 2 at Iowa 21

September 27
Pittsburgh 37 at Texas A&M 26
South Carolina 20 at Tennessee 23 OT
Iowa 10 at Michigan State 20
Wake Forest 24 at Virginia 27
Minnesota 20 at Penn State 14
Washington State 55 at Oregon 16
USC 30 at California 33 3OT
Notre Dame 10 at Purdue 23
Arkansas 34 at Alabama 31 2OT

October 4
Kansas State at Texas
Michigan at Iowa
Alabama at Georgia
Texas A&M at Texas Tech
USC at Arizona State
Washington at UCLA
Tennessee at Auburn
Wisconsin at Penn State
Oklahoma at Iowa State

October 11
Miami-FL at Florida State
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
Oklahoma at Texas
Penn State at Purdue
Oregon at Arizona State
Florida at LSU
Ohio State at Wisconsin
Iowa State at Texas Tech
Stanford at USC

October 18
USC at Notre Dame
LSU at South Carolina
Colorado at Kansas State
Florida State at Virginia
Texas at Iowa State
Missouri at Oklahoma
Purdue at Wisconsin
Iowa at Ohio State
Texas A&M at Nebraska
Florida at Arkansas

October 25
Oklahoma at Colorado
Wake Forest at Florida State
Purdue at Michigan
Iowa State at Nebraska
Notre Dame at Boston College
USC at Washington
Arizona State at UCLA
Auburn at LSU
Virginia Tech at West Virginia

November 1
Georgia at Florida
Florida State at Notre Dame
Michigan at Michigan State
Big East Championship: Miami-FL at Virginia Tech
Nebraska at Texas
Ohio State at Penn State
Pittsburgh at Boston College
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma
Washington State at USC
Oregon at Washington

November 8
Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh
Tennessee at Miami-FL
Texas A&M at Oklahoma
Michigan State at Ohio State
UCLA at Washington State
California at Oregon
Kansas State at Iowa State
Wisconsin at Minnesota
Missouri at Colorado
Iowa at Purdue

November 15
Kansas State at Nebraska
LSU at Alabama
Auburn at Georgia
North Carolina State at Florida State
Texas Tech at Texas
Colorado at Iowa State
Purdue at Ohio State
Florida at South Carolina
BYU at Notre Dame
Arizona State at Washington State

November 22
Big Ten Championship: Ohio State at Michigan
UCLA at USC
Alabama at Auburn
Washington State at Washington
Oregon State at Oregon
California at Stanford
Missouri at Kansas State
Boston College at Virginia Tech
Iowa at Wisconsin
Oklahoma at Texas Tech

November 28
Nebraska at Colorado (Nov. 27)
Florida State at Florida
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Texas at Texas A&M
Miami-FL at Pittsburgh
Arizona at Arizona State
Georgia at Georgia Tech
Notre Dame at Stanford
Iowa State at Missouri

December 5
Army vs. Navy

December 12
SEC Championship: Tennessee/Georgia vs. LSU/Arkansas/Alabama/Auburn
Big 12 Championship: Oklahoma/Texas/Texas A&M/Texas Tech vs. Kansas State/Colorado/Nebraska
MAC Championship: Miami-OH/Marshall vs. Bowling Green/Northern Illinois/Toledo

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Conference Rankings-Top 25/Top 50
1-SEC-Southeastern: Tennessee/LSU/Georgia/Arkansas/Florida/South Carolina/Alabama (7)/(0)

SEC-East Bowl Commit
Tennessee BCS-Sugar #1
Georgia Outback #3
Florida Cotton
South Carolina Independence
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
SEC-West
LSU BCS/Capital One #2
Arkansas Music City
Auburn Houston
Alabama Peach #4
Mississippi
Mississippi State

2-Big Ten: Michigan/Ohio State/Iowa/Minnesota/Purdue (5)/Michigan State/Penn State/Wisconsin (3)

Big 10 Bowl Commit
Minnesota BCS-Rose #1
Ohio State BCS/Capital One #2
Michigan Outback #3
Purdue Alamo #4
Michigan State Sun #5
Iowa Music City #6
Wisconsin Motor City #7
Penn State
Illinois
Northwestern
Indiana

3-Big Twelve: Oklahoma/Texas/Nebraska/Missouri (4)/Kansas State/Colorado/Texas A&M(3)

Big 12-North Bowl Commit
Kansas State BCS/Cotton #2
Nebraska Alamo #4
Colorado Independence
Missouri Fort Worth #8
Iowa State
Kansas
Big 12-South
Oklahoma BCS #1
Texas Holiday #3
Texas A&M Houston
Texas Tech Tangerine
Oklahoma State
Baylor

4-PAC 10-Pacific Athletic Conference: USC/Oregon (2)/Washington State/Arizona State/Washington/Oregon State/Stanford/UCLA (5)

PAC-10 Bowl Commit
USC BCS-Rose #1
Washington State BCS/Holiday #2
Oregon Sun #3
Washington Insight #4/5
Oregon State Las Vegas #4/5
California
Stanford
Arizona State
UCLA
Arizona

5-MAC-Mid-American: Northern Illinois/Bowling Green (2)/Toledo/Marshall/Miami-OH (3)

MAC-West Bowl Commit
Bowling Green Liberty #1
Northern Illinois Motor City
Toledo
Western Michigan
Ball State
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
MAC-East
Miami-Ohio GMAC
Marshall
Central Florida
Kent State
Akron
Ohio Univ.
Buffalo

6-Big East: Virginia Tech/Miami-FL (2)/Pittsburgh/Boston College (2)

Big East Bowl Commit
Virginia Tech BCS-Orange
Miami-FL BCS/Gator
Pittsburgh San Francisco
Boston College Continental Tire
Syracuse
West Virginia
Rutgers
Temple

7-ACC-Atlantic Coast: Florida State(1)/Wake Forest/North Carolina State/Virginia (3)

ACC Bowl Commit
Florida State BCS #1
Virginia Gator #2
Wake Forest Peach #3
North Carolina State Tangerine #4
Clemson Continental Tire#5
Georgia Tech Humanitarian #6
Maryland Silicon Valley
Duke
North Carolina

8-Conference USA: Louisville/TCU (2)/Cincinnati (1)

Conference USA Bowl Commit
Louisville Liberty #1
Texas Christian GMAC #2
Cincinnati Hawaii
Southern Mississippi New Orleans #4
Tulane Fort Worth #6
South Florida
Memphis State
East Carolina
Houston
Army
Alabama-Birmingham

9-Mountain West: (0)/UNLV/Air Force (2)

Mountain West Bowl Commit
Air Force Liberty #1
UNLV Las Vegas #2
Colorado State San Francisco#3
BYU
Utah
San Diego State
New Mexico
Wyoming

10-WAC-Western Athletic Conference: (0)/Fresno State (1)

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

11-Sun Belt Conference: 0/0

Sun Belt Bowl Commit
Arkansas St. New Orleans
Louisiana-Laf.
New Mexico St.
Middle Tenn.St.
Louisiana-Mon.
North Texas St.
Utah St.
Idaho

Independents
Notre Dame
Connecticut
Navy
Troy State

Possible Bowl Matchups 2003-2004

Bowl Team 1 Team 2 Matchup
New Orleans Arkansas State Southern Miss. Sun Belt #1 vs. Conference USA #4
GMAC TCU Northern Illinois Conference USA #2 vs. MAC/WAC
Tangerine North Carolina St. Texas A&M ACC #4 vs. Big Twelve
Fort Worth Tulane Missouri Conference USA #6 vs. Big 12 #8
Las Vegas UNLV Oregon State Mountain West #2 vs. Pac-10 #4/5
Hawaii Bowl Cincinnati Hawaii Conference USA vs. WAC
Motor City Miami-OH Wisconsin MAC vs. Big 10 #7
Insight.com Washington Pittsburgh PAC 10 #4/5 vs. Big East #3
Continental Tire Notre Dame Clemson Big East #4/5 vs. ACC #5
Alamo Penn State Texas Big 10#4 vs. Big 12 #4
Houston Kentucky Texas Tech SEC vs. Big 12
Holiday Oregon Texas PAC-10#2 vs. Big 12#3
Silicon Valley Fresno State Maryland WAC vs. ACC
San Francisco Air Force Boston College Mountain West #3 vs. Big East #4/5
Independence South Carolina Colorado SEC vs. Big 12
Music City Michigan State Auburn Big Ten #6 vs. SEC
Liberty Louisville Air Force Conference USA#1 vs. Mountain West #1
Sun Iowa California Big 10#5 vs. Pac 10#3
Outback Michigan Florida Big 10#3 vs. SEC#3
Capital One Ohio State Arkansas Big 10#2 vs. SEC#2
Gator Virginia Miami-FL ACC#2 vs. Big East#2
Orange Washington State Virginia Tech Alliance- vs. Alliance-Big East
Rose Minnesota USC Alliance-Big 10 vs.Alliance PAC-10
Peach Wake Forest Alabama ACC#3 vs. SEC#4
Cotton Kansas State Georgia Big 12#2 vs. SEC
Fiesta LSU Florida State Alliance vs. Alliance-ACC
Humanitarian Boise State Georgia Tech WAC vs. ACC #6
Sugar Oklahoma Tennessee Alliance #1 vs. Alliance #2

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