DAVETGC'S Rankings-120 NCAA-Division I Teams
Sunday, September 7, 2008

NCAA Division I Team Conference Ranking Record Loss(es)
USC Pacific 10 1 1W-0L n/a
Missouri Big 12-N 2 2W-0L n/a
LSU Southeastern-W 3 1W-0L n/a
Oklahoma Big 12-S 4 2W-0L n/a
Georgia Southeastern-E 5 2W-0L n/a
Kansas Big 12-N 6 2W-0L n/a
Ohio State Big Ten 7 2W-0L n/a
Florida Southeastern-E 8 2W-0L n/a
Alabama Southeastern-W 9 2W-0L n/a
Texas Big 12-S 10 2W-0L n/a
Auburn Southeastern-W 11 2W-0L n/a
Kentucky Southeastern-E 12 2W-0L n/a
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast-A 13 2W-0L n/a
Utah Mountain West 14 2W-0L n/a
South Florida Big East 15 2W-0L n/a
Wisconsin Big Ten 16 2W-0L n/a
California Pacific 10 17 2W-0L n/a
BYU Mountain West 18 2W-0L n/a
Arizona State Pacific 10 19 2W-0L n/a
Oregon Pacific 10 20 2W-0L n/a
Texas Tech Big 12-S 21 2W-0L n/a
Penn State Big Ten 22 2W-0L n/a
Fresno State Western Athletic 23 1W-0L n/a
Florida State Atlantic Coast-A 24 1W-0L n/a
East Carolina Conference USA-E 25 2W-0L n/a
Oklahoma State Big 12-S 26 2W-0L n/a
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 27 2W-0L n/a
Arkansas Southeastern-W 28 2W-0L n/a
UCLA Pacific 10 29 1W-0L n/a
Nebraska Big 12-N 30 2W-0L n/a
Colorado Big 12-N 31 2W-0L n/a
Illinois Big Ten 32 1W-1L Missouri
Tennessee Southeastern-E 33 0W-1L UCLA
Boston College Atlantic Coast-A 34 1W-1L Georgia Tech
Vanderbilt Southeastern-E 35 2W-0L n/a
Kansas State Big 12-N 36 2W-0L n/a
Ball State Mid-American-W 37 2W-0L n/a
West Virginia Big East 38 1W-1L East Carolina
South Carolina Southeastern-E 39 1W-1L Vanderbilt
Air Force Mountain West 40 2W-0L n/a
Notre Dame Independent 41 1W-0L n/a
Connecticut Big East 42 2W-0L n/a
Cincinnati Big East 43 1W-1L Oklahoma
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 44 1W-1L East Carolina
Navy Independent 45 1W-1L Ball State
Northwestern Big Ten 46 2W-0L n/a
Indiana Big Ten 47 2W-0L n/a
Michigan State Big Ten 48 1W-1L California
TCU Mountain West 49 2W-0L n/a
Purdue Big Ten 50 1W-0L n/a
Boise State Western Athletic 51 1W-0L n/a
Iowa Big Ten 52 2W-0L n/a
Michigan Big Ten 53 1W-1L Utah
Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast-C 54 1W-1L Florida
Clemson Atlantic Coast-A 55 1W-1L Alabama
Virginia Atlantic Coast-C 56 1W-1L USC
Iowa State Big 12-N 57 2W-0L n/a
Arkansas State Sun Belt 58 2W-0L n/a
Tulsa Conference USA-W 59 2W-0L n/a
Arizona Pacific 10 60 2W-0L n/a
Minnesota Big Ten 61 2W-0L n/a
North Carolina Atlantic Coast-C 62 1W-0L n/a
Mississippi Southeastern-W 63 1W-1L Wake Forest
Central Michigan Mid-American-W 64 1W-1L Georgia
Bowling Green Mid-American-E 65 1W-1L Minnesota
Maryland Atlantic Coast-A 66 1W-1L Middle Tennessee St.
Louisville Big East 67 1W-1L Kentucky
Rutgers Big East 68 0W-1L Fresno State
Stanford Pacific 10 69 1W-1L Arizona State
Oregon State Pacific 10 70 0W-2L Stanford/Penn State
Texas A&M Big 12-S 71 1W-1L Arkansas State
Wyoming Mountain West 72 1W-1L Air Force
Troy State Sun Belt 73 1W-0L n/a
Hawaii Western Athletic 74 1W-1L Florida
Southern Mississippi Conference USA-E 75 1W-1L Auburn
Houston Conference USA-W 76 1W-1L Oklahoma State
Central Florida Conference USA-E 77 1W-1L South Florida
Rice Conference USA-W 78 2W-0L n/a
Louisiana Tech Western Athletic 79 1W-1L Kansas
Middle Tennessee State Sun Belt 80 1W-1L Troy State
Florida Atlantic Sun Belt 81 1W-1L Texas
Washington State Pacific 10 82 0W-2L Oklahoma State/California
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast-A 83 1W-1L South Carolina
Pittsburgh Big East 84 1W-1L Bowling Green
Washington Pacific 10 85 0W-2L Oregon/BYU
New Mexico Mountain West 86 0W-2L TCU/Texas A&M
Nevada Western Athletic 87 1W-1L Texas Tech
Western Kentucky Independent 88 1W-1L Indiana
Duke Atlantic Coast-C 89 1W-1L Northwestern
Marshall Conference USA-E 90 1W-1L Wisconsin
Buffalo Mid-American-E 91 1W-1L Pittsburgh
Temple Mid-American-E 92 1W-1L Connecticut
Kent State Mid-American-E 93 0W-2L Boston College/Iowa State
Toledo Mid-American-W 94 0W-1L Arizona
UNLV Mountain West 95 1W-1L Utah
Western Michigan Mid-American-W 96 1W-1L Nebraska
Northern Illinois Mid-American-W 97 0W-2L Minnesota/Western Michigan
Akron Mid-American-E 98 1W-1L Wisconsin
Syracuse Big East 99 0W-2L Northwestern/Akron
Ohio University Mid-American-E 99 0W-2L Wyoming/Ohio State
Mississippi State Southeastern-W 100 1W-1L Louisiana Tech
San Jose State Western Athletic 101 1W-1L Nebraska
Baylor Big 12-S 103 1W-1L Wake Forest
Eastern Michigan Mid-American-W 104 1W-1L Michigan State
Tulane Conference USA-W 105 0W-1L Alabama
Colorado State Mountain West 106 1W-1L Colorado
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 107 1W-1L Southern Mississippi
Southern Methodist Conference USA-W 108 1W-1L Rice
Idaho Western Athletic 109 1W-1L Arizona
Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt 110 0W-2L Auburn/Arkansas
Memphis State Conference USA-E 111 0W-2L Mississippi/Rice
Miami-OH Mid-American-E 112 0W-2L Vanderbilt/Michigan
New Mexico State Western Athletic 113 0W-0L n/a
Texas-El Paso Conference USA-W 114 0W-2L Buffalo/Texas
Army Independent 115 0W-2L Temple/New Hampshire
San Diego State Mountain West 116 0W-2L Cal Poly/Notre Dame
Utah State Western Athletic 117 0W-2L UNLV/Oregon
Alabama-Birmingham Conference USA-E 118 0W-2L Tulsa/Florida Atlantic
Florida International Sun Belt 119 0W-2L Kansas/Iowa
North Texas State Sun Belt 120 0W-2L Kansas State

BEST CONFERENCES
Top Conferences Power Average Teams Champ
SEC 26.75 12 n/a
Big Twelve 33.08 12 n/a
Big Ten 39.45 11 n/a
ACC 50.58 12 n/a
Big East 57.00 8 n/a
PAC-10 45.20 10 n/a
Mountain West 66.22 9 n/a
Independents 72.25 4 n/a
WAC 83.77 9 n/a
MAC 87.85 13 n/a
Conference USA 86.33 12 n/a
Sunbelt 93.50 8 n/a

Records: Conference versus Conference 2007-8
Top Conferences Big Twelve SEC ACC Big Ten PAC 10 Big East WAC MAC Independents Sunbelt Conference USA MWC
SEC 4W-1L SEC 6W-0L 2W-1L 0W-1L 1W-1L 4W-0L None 1W-0L 11W-1L 7W-0L None
Big Twelve Big Twelve 1W-4L 4W-2L 3W-1L 1W-2L 0W-1L 4W-1L 2W-2L None 6W-0L 6W-0L 2W-1L
ACC 2W-4L 0W-6L ACC 2W-0L 0W-1L 0W-2L 0W-1L 2W-0L 5W-2L 4W-0L 4W-2L None
Big Ten 1W-3L 1W-2L 0W-2L Big Ten 1W-2L 2W-0L 1W-0L 6W-2L 4W-0L 1W-1L 1W-0L 1W-0L
Big East 1W-0L 2W-0L 2W-0L 0W-2L 1W-2L Big East None 7W-1L 3W-0L 1W-0L 2W-0L 1W-1L
PAC-10 2W-1L 1W-0L 1W-0L 2W-1L PAC 10 2W-1L 7W-0L None 0W-2L None 1W-0L 6W-5L
Mountain West 1W-2L None 1W-0L 0W-1L 5W-6L 1W-1L 4W-1L 1W-0L 2W-1L 6W-0L 2W-2L MWC
Independents None 0W-1L 2W-5L 0W-4L 2W-0L 0W-3L None 3W-5L Independents 1W-0L 1W-0L 1W-2L
WAC 1W-4L 0W-4L 1W-0L 0W-1L 0W-7L None WAC 0W-1L None None 2W-2L 1W-4L
MAC 2W-2L None 0W-2L 2W-6L None 1W-7L 1W-0L MAC 5W-3L 1W-0L 0W-1L 0W-1L
Conference USA 0W-6L 0W-7L 2W-4L 0W-1L 0W-1L 0W-2L 2W-2L 1W-0L 0W-1L 4W-0L Conference USA 2W-2L
Sunbelt 0W-6L 1W-11L 0W-4L 1W-1L None 0W-1L None 0W-1L 0W-1L Sunbelt 0W-4L None

Best Bowl Records

2008: SEC 7-2

2007: Big East 5-0

2006: ACC, Big Twelve 5-3

2005: MWC 2-1

2004: ACC 5-1

2003: Big Ten 5-2

1-SEC-Southeastern (26.75): Bowl Record: 7-2

SEC over ACC (3-1): Alabama over Clemson, Wake Forest over Mississippi, Florida over Miami-FL, South Carolina over North Carolina State

SEC over Conference USA (3-0): Alabama over Tulane, Mississippi over Memphis State, Auburn over Central Florida

SEC over Big East (1-0): Kentucky over Louisville

SEC over Sunbelt (2-0): Auburn/Arkansas over Louisiana-Monroe
Georgia Southeastern-E 5 2W-0L n/a
Florida Southeastern-E 8 2W-0L n/a
Kentucky Southeastern-E 12 2W-0L n/a
Tennessee Southeastern-E 33 0W-1L UCLA
Vanderbilt Southeastern-E 35 2W-0L n/a
South Carolina Southeastern-E 39 1W-1L Vanderbilt
LSU Southeastern-W 3 1W-0L n/a
Alabama Southeastern-W 9 2W-0L n/a
Auburn Southeastern-W 11 2W-0L n/a
Arkansas Southeastern-W 28 2W-0L n/a
Mississippi Southeastern-W 63 1W-1L Wake Forest
Mississippi State Southeastern-W 100 1W-1L Louisiana Tech

2-Big Twelve (33.08): Bowl Record: 5-3

Big Twelve over with Big Ten (1-0): Missouri over Illinois

Big Twelve even MAC (2-0): Iowa State over Kent State, Nebraska over Western Michigan

Big Twelve over Sunbelt (3-0): Kansas over Florida International, Kansas State over North Texas State, Texas over Florida Atlantic
Missouri Big 12-N 2 2W-0L n/a
Kansas Big 12-N 6 2W-0L n/a
Nebraska Big 12-N 30 2W-0L n/a
Colorado Big 12-N 31 2W-0L n/a
Kansas State Big 12-N 36 2W-0L n/a
Iowa State Big 12-N 57 2W-0L n/a
Oklahoma Big 12-S 4 2W-0L n/a
Texas Big 12-S 10 2W-0L n/a
Texas Tech Big 12-S 21 2W-0L n/a
Oklahoma State Big 12-S 26 2W-0L n/a
Texas A&M Big 12-S 71 1W-1L Arkansas State
Baylor Big 12-S 103 1W-1L Wake Forest

3-Big Ten (39.45): Bowl Record: 3-5

Big Ten over MAC (6-0): Michigan over Miami-OH, Michigan State over Eastern Michigan, Minnesota over Bowling Green, Wisconsin over Akron, Minnesota over Northern Illinois, Ohio State over Ohio University

Big Ten over Big East (1-0): Northwestern over Syracuse

Big Ten over ACC (1-0): Northwestern over Duke

Big Ten even with PAC 10 Mountain West (1-1): California over Michigan State, Penn State over Oregon State

Big Ten over Independents (1-0): Indiana over Western Kentucky

Big Ten over Conference USA (1-0): Wisconsin over Marshall

Ohio State Big Ten 7 2W-0L n/a
Wisconsin Big Ten 16 2W-0L n/a
Penn State Big Ten 22 2W-0L n/a
Illinois Big Ten 32 1W-1L Missouri
Northwestern Big Ten 46 2W-0L n/a
Indiana Big Ten 47 2W-0L n/a
Michigan State Big Ten 48 1W-1L California
Purdue Big Ten 50 1W-0L n/a
Iowa Big Ten 52 2W-0L n/a
Michigan Big Ten 53 1W-1L Utah
Minnesota Big Ten 61 2W-0L n/a
4-PAC 10-Pacific Athletic Conference (45.20): Bowl Record: 4-2

PAC 10 over SEC (1-0): UCLA over Tennessee

USC Pacific 10 1 1W-0L n/a
California Pacific 10 17 2W-0L n/a
Arizona State Pacific 10 19 2W-0L n/a
Oregon Pacific 10 20 2W-0L n/a
UCLA Pacific 10 29 1W-0L n/a
Arizona Pacific 10 60 2W-0L n/a
Stanford Pacific 10 69 1W-1L Arizona State
Oregon State Pacific 10 70 0W-2L Stanford/Penn State
Washington State Pacific 10 82 0W-2L Oklahoma State/California
Washington Pacific 10 85 0W-2L Oregon/BYU

5-ACC-Atlantic Coast (50.58): Bowl Record: 2-6

ACC over Big Twelve (1-0): Wake Forest over Baylor

Wake Forest Atlantic Coast-A 13 2W-0L n/a
Florida State Atlantic Coast-A 24 1W-0L n/a
Boston College Atlantic Coast-A 34 1W-1L Georgia Tech
Clemson Atlantic Coast-A 55 1W-1L Alabama
Maryland Atlantic Coast-A 66 1W-1L Middle Tennessee St.
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast-A 83 1W-1L South Carolina
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 27 2W-0L n/a
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 44 1W-1L East Carolina
Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast-C 54 1W-1L Florida
Virginia Atlantic Coast-C 56 1W-1L USC
North Carolina Atlantic Coast-C 62 1W-0L n/a
Duke Atlantic Coast-C 89 1W-1L Northwestern

6-Big East (57.00): Bowl Record: 3-2

Big East even with MAC (2-2): Connecticut over Temple, Pittsburgh over Buffalo, Bowling Green over Pittsburgh, Akron over Syracuse

South Florida Big East 15 2W-0L n/a
West Virginia Big East 38 1W-1L East Carolina
Connecticut Big East 42 2W-0L n/a
Cincinnati Big East 43 1W-1L Oklahoma
Louisville Big East 67 1W-1L Kentucky
Rutgers Big East 68 0W-1L Fresno State
Pittsburgh Big East 84 1W-1L Bowling Green
Syracuse Big East 99 0W-2L Northwestern/Akron

7-Mountain West (66.22): Bowl Record: 4-1

Mountain West over Big Ten (1-0): Utah over Michigan

Utah Mountain West 14 2W-0L n/a
BYU Mountain West 18 2W-0L n/a
Air Force Mountain West 40 2W-0L n/a
TCU Mountain West 49 2W-0L n/a
Wyoming Mountain West 72 1W-1L Air Force
New Mexico Mountain West 86 0W-2L TCU/Texas A&M
UNLV Mountain West 95 1W-1L Utah
Colorado State Mountain West 106 1W-1L Colorado
San Diego State Mountain West 116 0W-2L Cal Poly/Notre Dame

8--Independents (72.25): Bowl Record: 0-1

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Notre Dame Independent 41 1W-0L n/a
Navy Independent 45 1W-1L Ball State
Western Kentucky Independent 88 1W-1L Indiana
Army Independent 115 0W-2L Temple/New Hampshire

9-WAC-Western Athletic Conference (83.77): Bowl Record: 1-3

WAC even with SEC: Louisiana Tech over Mississippi State, Florida over Hawaii

Fresno State Western Athletic 23 1W-0L n/a
Boise State Western Athletic 51 1W-0L n/a
Hawaii Western Athletic 74 1W-1L Florida
Louisiana Tech Western Athletic 79 1W-1L Kansas
Nevada Western Athletic 87 1W-1L Texas Tech
San Jose State Western Athletic 101 1W-1L Nebraska
Idaho Western Athletic 109 1W-1L Arizona
New Mexico State Western Athletic 113 0W-0L n/a
Utah State Western Athletic 117 0W-2L UNLV/Oregon

10-MAC-Mid-American (87.85): Bowl Record 0-3

Big East even with MAC (2-2): Connecticut over Temple, Pittsburgh over Buffalo, Bowling Green over Pittsburgh, Akron over Syracuse

MAC over Independents (2-0): Ball State over Navy, Temple over Army

Bowling Green Mid-American-E 65 1W-1L Minnesota
Buffalo Mid-American-E 91 1W-1L Pittsburgh
Temple Mid-American-E 92 1W-1L Connecticut
Kent State Mid-American-E 93 0W-2L Boston College/Iowa State
Akron Mid-American-E 98 1W-1L Wisconsin
Ohio University Mid-American-E 99 0W-2L Wyoming/Ohio State
Miami-OH Mid-American-E 112 0W-2L Vanderbilt/Michigan
Ball State Mid-American-W 37 2W-0L n/a
Central Michigan Mid-American-W 64 1W-1L Georgia
Toledo Mid-American-W 94 0W-1L Arizona
Western Michigan Mid-American-W 96 1W-1L Nebraska
Northern Illinois Mid-American-W 97 0W-2L Minnesota/Western Michigan
Eastern Michigan Mid-American-W 104 1W-1L Michigan State

11-Conference USA (86.33): Bowl Record: 2-4

Conference USA over Big East (1-0): East Carolina over West Virginia

Conference USA over Sunbelt (1-0): Southern Mississippi over Louisiana-Lafayette

East Carolina Conference USA-E 25 2W-0L n/a
Southern Mississippi Conference USA-E 75 1W-1L Auburn
Central Florida Conference USA-E 77 1W-1L South Florida
Marshall Conference USA-E 90 1W-1L Wisconsin
Memphis State Conference USA-E 111 0W-2L Mississippi/Rice
Alabama-Birmingham Conference USA-E 118 0W-2L Tulsa/Florida Atlantic
Tulsa Conference USA-W 59 2W-0L n/a
Houston Conference USA-W 76 1W-1L Oklahoma State
Rice Conference USA-W 78 2W-0L n/a
Tulane Conference USA-W 105 0W-1L Alabama
Southern Methodist Conference USA-W 108 1W-1L Rice
Texas-El Paso Conference USA-W 114 0W-2L Buffalo/Texas

12-Sun Belt Conference (93.50): Bowl Record: 1-0

Arkansas State Sun Belt 58 2W-0L n/a
Troy State Sun Belt 73 1W-0L n/a
Middle Tennessee State Sun Belt 80 1W-1L Troy State
Florida Atlantic Sun Belt 81 1W-1L Texas
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 107 1W-1L Southern Mississippi
Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt 110 0W-2L Auburn/Arkansas
Florida International Sun Belt 119 0W-2L Kansas/Iowa
North Texas State Sun Belt 120 0W-2L Kansas State

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