2003 NCAA Division I-A Football Z-Ratings

Data courtesy Peter Wolfe.

Ratings include all games through 6 December 2003. 671 game results were used.

Weight of tied games = .00001

Conference ratings

Rk		Team	Conf.		Z-Rating	BSWP		Record	Pct	Ratio		SOS	Rk
1		Louisiana State	SE		6330.2	.9452		11-1	.917	11.000		575.48	3
2		Oklahoma	BT		5495.6	.9383		12-1	.923	12.000		457.97	8
3		Miami (Ohio)	MA		3437.5	.9109		12-1	.923	12.000		286.46	24
4		Ohio State	TN		2724.0	.8946		10-2	.833	5.000		544.81	5
5		Texas	BT		2636.8	.8922		10-2	.833	5.000		527.36	6
6		Michigan	TN		2337.3	.8829		10-2	.833	5.000		467.46	7
7		Southern California	PT		2239.1	.8794		11-1	.917	11.000		203.56	38
8		Georgia	SE		2033.3	.8715		10-3	.769	3.333		609.99	2
9		Florida State	AC		1950.1	.8679		10-2	.833	5.000		390.02	14
10		Miami (FL)	BE		1781.3	.8600		10-2	.833	5.000		356.25	15
11		Tennessee	SE		1749.6	.8584		10-2	.833	5.000		349.91	16
12		Iowa	TN		1641.2	.8526		9-3	.750	3.000		547.07	4
13		Kansas State	BT		1367.6	.8353		9-3	.750	3.000		455.86	9
14		Florida	SE		1331.0	.8326		7-4	.636	1.750		760.58	1
15		Purdue	TN		1284.1	.8290		9-3	.750	3.000		428.05	12
16		Oklahoma State	BT		1205.7	.8226		8-3	.727	2.667		452.13	10
17		Bowling Green	MA		1201.8	.8223		8-3	.727	2.667		450.66	11
18		Nebraska	BT		878.33	.7886		9-3	.750	3.000		292.78	22
19		Mississippi	SE		862.73	.7866		9-3	.750	3.000		287.58	23
20		Utah	MW		697.75	.7619		9-2	.818	4.500		155.06	49
21		Boise State	WA		674.44	.7578		11-1	.917	11.000		61.313	71
22		Arkansas	SE		648.05	.7530		8-4	.667	2.000		324.02	19
23		Maryland	AC		630.54	.7496		8-3	.727	2.667		236.45	27
24		Washington State	PT		618.60	.7473		9-3	.750	3.000		206.20	36
25		Texas Christian	US		602.94	.7441		11-1	.917	11.000		54.813	77
26		Auburn	SE		512.02	.7236		6-5	.545	1.200		426.68	13
27		Minnesota	TN		506.88	.7223		9-3	.750	3.000		168.96	47
28		Michigan State	TN		460.12	.7099		8-4	.667	2.000		230.06	29
29		Texas Tech	BT		455.62	.7086		7-5	.583	1.400		325.44	18
30		Clemson	AC		449.39	.7068		7-4	.636	1.750		256.79	26
31		Oregon	PT		399.03	.6911		8-4	.667	2.000		199.51	40
32		North Carolina State	AC		355.93	.6758		6-5	.545	1.200		296.61	21
33		Missouri	BT		350.21	.6736		7-4	.636	1.750		200.12	39
34		Wisconsin	TN		322.82	.6626		7-5	.583	1.400		230.59	28
35		Northern Illinois	MA		320.05	.6614		9-2	.818	4.500		71.123	68
36		Southern Mississippi	US		293.25	.6494		9-3	.750	3.000		97.750	65
37		New Mexico	MW		262.61	.6341		7-4	.636	1.750		150.06	51
38		West Virginia	BE		262.37	.6340		8-4	.667	2.000		131.18	57
39		California	PT		252.51	.6287		7-6	.538	1.167		216.44	34
40		Colorado State	MW		251.03	.6279		6-5	.545	1.200		209.20	35
41		Virginia	AC		243.51	.6236		7-5	.583	1.400		173.94	45
42		Pittsburgh	BE		238.78	.6209		8-4	.667	2.000		119.39	60
43		Notre Dame	IN		238.01	.6204		5-7	.417	0.714		333.21	17
44		Virginia Tech	BE		237.95	.6204		7-4	.636	1.750		135.97	56
45		Georgia Tech	AC		228.24	.6146		6-6	.500	1.000		228.24	30
46		Oregon State	PT		226.17	.6133		6-5	.545	1.200		188.47	41
47		Northwestern	TN		224.05	.6120		6-6	.500	1.000		224.05	32
48		Colorado	BT		223.89	.6119		5-7	.417	0.714		313.45	20
49		UCLA	PT		187.33	.5869		6-6	.500	1.000		187.33	42
50		Boston College	BE		159.17	.5640		7-5	.583	1.400		113.69	61
51		South Carolina	SE		157.43	.5625		5-7	.417	0.714		220.40	33
52		Washington	PT		152.01	.5576		6-6	.500	1.000		152.01	50
53		Air Force	MW		151.21	.5569		6-5	.545	1.200		126.01	59
54		Nevada - Las Vegas	MW		142.84	.5489		6-6	.500	1.000		142.84	54
55		Fresno State	WA		142.68	.5488		7-5	.583	1.400		101.92	62
56		Kansas	BT		142.14	.5482		5-6	.455	0.833		170.57	46
57		Texas A&M	BT		132.13	.5381		4-8	.333	0.500		264.25	25
58		Wake Forest	AC		126.94	.5326		5-7	.417	0.714		177.72	44
59		Connecticut	IN		115.56	.5196		8-3	.727	2.667		43.335	83
60		Toledo	MA		104.15	.5055		7-4	.636	1.750		59.512	72
61		Louisville	US		103.56	.5047		9-3	.750	3.000		34.521	89
62		Brigham Young	MW		102.82	.5038		4-8	.333	0.500		205.65	37
63		Alabama	SE		100.33	.5004		4-9	.308	0.444		225.74	31
64		San Diego State	MW		98.571	.4981		4-6	.400	0.667		147.86	52
65		Syracuse	BE		98.397	.4978		6-6	.500	1.000		98.397	64
66		Navy	IN		97.357	.4964		7-3	.700	2.333		41.725	85
67		Stanford	PT		95.515	.4938		4-7	.364	0.571		167.15	48
68		North Texas	SB		94.679	.4927		9-3	.750	3.000		31.560	92
69		Tulsa	WA		91.468	.4881		7-4	.636	1.750		52.267	78
70		Hawaii	WA		89.787	.4856		7-5	.583	1.400		64.134	70
71		Memphis	US		83.219	.4756		7-4	.636	1.750		47.554	81
72		Arizona State	PT		72.258	.4573		4-7	.364	0.571		126.45	58
73		South Florida	US		71.444	.4559		5-4	.556	1.250		57.155	73
74		Marshall	MA		70.064	.4534		7-4	.636	1.750		40.036	86
75		Duke	AC		67.105	.4479		3-8	.273	0.375		178.95	43
76		Houston	US		62.761	.4395		7-5	.583	1.400		44.829	82
77		Rutgers	BE		57.753	.4293		5-7	.417	0.714		80.854	67
78		Nevada	WA		53.551	.4202		5-6	.455	0.833		64.261	69
79		Wyoming	MW		53.244	.4195		3-8	.273	0.375		141.98	55
80		Louisiana Tech	WA		40.415	.3876		5-7	.417	0.714		56.581	74
81		Alabama - Birmingham	US		39.976	.3864		5-7	.417	0.714		55.967	75
82		Arizona	PT		29.167	.3530		2-10	.167	0.200		145.84	53
83		Troy State	IN		28.636	.3511		4-6	.400	0.667		42.954	84
84		Rice	WA		24.137	.3344		5-7	.417	0.714		33.792	90
85		Tulane	US		22.253	.3267		4-7	.364	0.571		38.943	87
86		Baylor	BT		21.949	.3254		2-9	.182	0.222		98.770	63
87		Cincinnati	US		21.237	.3224		4-7	.364	0.571		37.165	88
88		North Carolina	AC		17.833	.3069		2-10	.167	0.200		89.165	66
89		Penn State	TN		16.314	.2993		3-9	.250	0.333		48.941	80
90		Western Michigan	MA		11.323	.2704		4-7	.364	0.571		19.816	94
91		Mississippi State	SE		9.8927	.2605		2-10	.167	0.200		49.463	79
92		Ball State	MA		5.8906	.2263		3-8	.273	0.375		15.708	95
93		Kentucky	SE		5.5594	.2228		3-8	.273	0.375		14.825	96
94		Vanderbilt	SE		5.4882	.2220		1-10	.091	0.100		54.882	76
95		Temple	BE		3.2331	.1924		1-10	.091	0.100		32.330	91
96		Kent State	MA		3.0045	.1886		4-7	.364	0.571		5.2579	98
97		Middle Tennessee State	SB		2.9050	.1869		4-7	.364	0.571		5.0837	99
98		Louisiana - Lafayette	SB		2.5597	.1806		3-8	.273	0.375		6.8260	97
99		Akron	MA		2.3991	.1774		5-5	.500	1.000		2.3991	106
100		Iowa State	BT		2.1395	.1720		1-10	.091	0.100		21.395	93
101		Arkansas State	SB		1.4973	.1560		3-7	.300	0.429		3.4937	101
102		Utah State	SB		1.4361	.1543		3-9	.250	0.333		4.3082	100
103		Idaho	SB		1.2106	.1473		3-7	.300	0.429		2.8248	104
104		Eastern Michigan	MA		.77768	.1306		2-8	.200	0.250		3.1107	102
105		New Mexico State	SB		.62782	.1233		2-9	.182	0.222		2.8252	103
106		Louisiana - Monroe	SB		.30744	.1024		1-9	.100	0.111		2.7669	105
107		Central Michigan	MA		.26013	.0981		1-9	.100	0.111		2.3411	107
108		Central Florida	MA		.18799	.0907		2-9	.182	0.222		.84595	110
109		Buffalo	MA		.11838	.0816		1-10	.091	0.100		1.1838	108
110		Ohio	MA		.10827	.0800		1-10	.091	0.100		1.0827	109
111		San Jose State	WA		.00053	.0496		2-8	.200	0.250		.00213	111
112		East Carolina	US		.00009	.0405		1-11	.083	0.091		.00101	113
113		Indiana	TN		.00007	.0394		1-10	.091	0.100		.00074	115
114		Texas - El Paso	WA		.00000002	.0254		1-10	.091	0.100		.0000002	117
115		Army	US		0	.0136		0-13	.000	0.000		.00119	112
116		Illinois	TN		0	.0127		0-11	.000	0.000		.00081	114
117		Southern Methodist	WA		0	.0000		0-12	.000	0.000		.0000002	116

Conference ratings

Rk	Conference	BSWP	Tms	Top Team
1	Big XII Conference (BT)	.6708	12	Oklahoma (2)
2	Southeastern Conference (SE)	.6417	12	Louisiana State (1)
3	Atlantic Coast Conference (AC)	.6224	9	Florida State (9)
4	Pacific-10 Conference (PT)	.6093	10	Southern California (7)
5	Big Ten Conference (TN)	.6012	11	Ohio State (4)
6	Mountain West Conference (MW)	.5733	8	Utah (20)
7	Big East Conference (BE)	.5557	8	Miami (FL) (10)
8	Independent (IN)	.4968	4	Notre Dame (43)
9	Conference USA (US)	.3865	11	Texas Christian (25)
10	Western Athletic Conference (WA)	.3371	10	Boise State (21)
11	Mid-American Conference (MA)	.3148	14	Miami (Ohio) (3)
12	Sun Belt Conference (SB)	.1732	8	North Texas (68)

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