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

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

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 Rice 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