2004 NCAA Division I-A Football Z-Ratings

Data courtesy Peter Wolfe.

Ratings include all games through 4 January 2005. 651 game results were used.

Weight of tied games = .035

Conference ratings

Rk		Team	Conf.		Z-Rating	BSWP		Record	Pct	Ratio		SOS	Rk
1		Southern California	PT		194,695,670	.9998		13-0	1.000	743.857		261,738	2
2		Oklahoma	BT		3,455,443	.9882		12-1	.923	11.811		292,566	1
3		Auburn	SE		1,348,539	.9830		12-0	1.000	686.714		1963.8	4
4		Utah	MW		212,043	.9704		12-0	1.000	686.714		308.78	29
5		Texas	BT		119,504	.9656		11-1	.917	10.828		11037	3
6		Georgia	SE		6195.4	.9056		9-2	.818	4.470		1386.1	8
7		Tennessee	SE		5407.6	.8996		10-3	.769	3.320		1628.9	5
8		Louisville	US		4360.6	.8891		11-1	.917	10.828		402.72	21
9		Virginia Tech	AC		4280.6	.8881		9-3	.750	2.988		1432.4	6
10		Boise State	WA		3906.2	.8832		11-1	.917	10.828		360.75	24
11		California	PT		3632.3	.8792		10-2	.833	4.965		731.55	11
12		Iowa	TN		2372.0	.8527		10-2	.833	4.965		477.72	17
13		Arizona State	PT		2204.1	.8477		9-3	.750	2.988		737.54	10
14		Miami (FL)	AC		2183.9	.8470		9-3	.750	2.988		730.80	12
15		Texas A&M	BT		1965.1	.8394		7-5	.583	1.399		1405.1	7
16		Louisiana State	SE		1843.0	.8347		9-3	.750	2.988		616.73	14
17		Texas Tech	BT		1458.2	.8162		8-4	.667	1.996		730.67	13
18		Florida State	AC		1107.9	.7926		9-3	.750	2.988		370.73	22
19		Michigan	TN		1034.6	.7863		9-3	.750	2.988		346.21	27
20		Virginia	AC		914.14	.7746		8-4	.667	1.996		458.07	19
21		Oregon State	PT		834.31	.7657		7-5	.583	1.399		596.53	15
22		Wisconsin	TN		784.34	.7595		9-3	.750	2.988		262.46	34
23		North Carolina	AC		706.78	.7489		5-6	.455	0.834		847.65	9
24		Georgia Tech	AC		693.47	.7469		6-5	.545	1.199		578.23	16
25		Oklahoma State	BT		667.82	.7429		7-5	.583	1.399		477.49	18
26		Ohio State	TN		547.06	.7213		8-4	.667	1.996		274.13	32
27		Colorado	BT		540.73	.7200		8-5	.615	1.598		338.40	28
28		Boston College	BE		446.18	.6980		8-3	.727	2.657		167.93	51
29		Clemson	AC		424.62	.6922		6-5	.545	1.199		354.06	25
30		Purdue	TN		399.87	.6850		7-5	.583	1.399		285.91	30
31		Fresno State	WA		399.57	.6849		8-3	.727	2.657		150.38	55
32		Florida	SE		389.19	.6817		7-5	.583	1.399		278.27	31
33		Notre Dame	IN		364.08	.6736		6-6	.500	1.000		364.08	23
34		West Virginia	BE		357.82	.6715		7-4	.636	1.747		204.85	39
35		Pittsburgh	BE		316.64	.6563		7-4	.636	1.747		181.27	47
36		Texas - El Paso	WA		309.53	.6534		7-4	.636	1.747		177.21	50
37		North Carolina State	AC		292.75	.6464		4-6	.400	0.668		438.49	20
38		Navy	IN		230.58	.6153		8-2	.800	3.974		58.023	81
39		Iowa State	BT		226.58	.6130		6-5	.545	1.199		188.93	44
40		New Mexico	MW		224.45	.6117		7-5	.583	1.399		160.48	53
41		Maryland	AC		218.48	.6081		5-6	.455	0.834		262.02	35
42		Syracuse	BE		207.00	.6009		6-6	.500	1.000		207.00	38
43		Hawaii	WA		200.72	.5967		7-4	.636	1.747		114.91	63
44		Connecticut	BE		196.08	.5936		7-4	.636	1.747		112.25	64
45		Louisiana Tech	WA		189.15	.5887		6-6	.500	1.000		189.15	43
46		Northwestern	TN		183.07	.5842		6-6	.500	1.000		183.07	46
47		Arkansas	SE		162.77	.5681		5-6	.455	0.834		195.21	42
48		UCLA	PT		159.91	.5657		6-6	.500	1.000		159.91	54
49		South Carolina	SE		150.69	.5575		6-5	.545	1.199		125.65	58
50		Minnesota	TN		150.65	.5574		6-5	.545	1.199		125.62	59
51		Brigham Young	MW		148.69	.5556		5-6	.455	0.834		178.33	48
52		Washington State	PT		138.56	.5458		5-6	.455	0.834		166.18	52
53		Nebraska	BT		131.28	.5383		4-6	.400	0.668		196.63	41
54		Wyoming	MW		127.27	.5339		6-5	.545	1.199		106.12	65
55		Oregon	PT		116.05	.5210		6-6	.500	1.000		116.05	62
56		Wake Forest	AC		114.33	.5189		3-7	.300	0.430		265.89	33
57		Kansas	BT		108.00	.5108		4-7	.364	0.572		188.65	45
58		Stanford	PT		101.66	.5023		4-7	.364	0.572		177.57	49
59		Alabama	SE		97.122	.4959		5-6	.455	0.834		116.48	60
60		Memphis	US		90.988	.4867		7-4	.636	1.747		52.090	83
61		Southern Mississippi	US		90.332	.4857		7-5	.583	1.399		64.588	74
62		Kansas State	BT		86.513	.4796		3-7	.300	0.430		201.20	40
63		Michigan State	TN		83.224	.4741		5-7	.417	0.715		116.40	61
64		Alabama - Birmingham	US		82.148	.4723		7-5	.583	1.399		58.736	80
65		Missouri	BT		79.273	.4673		5-6	.455	0.834		95.072	68
66		Air Force	MW		66.337	.4423		4-6	.400	0.668		99.361	67
67		Bowling Green	MA		66.227	.4421		8-3	.727	2.657		24.925	97
68		Northern Illinois	MA		65.464	.4405		8-3	.727	2.657		24.638	98
69		Toledo	MA		61.469	.4317		9-4	.692	2.245		27.386	95
70		Cincinnati	US		61.194	.4311		7-6	.538	1.166		52.474	82
71		Penn State	TN		59.855	.4280		4-7	.364	0.572		104.55	66
72		Arizona	PT		59.752	.4278		2-8	.200	0.252		237.45	36
73		Baylor	BT		58.318	.4244		2-8	.200	0.252		231.76	37
74		North Texas	SB		57.118	.4215		7-4	.636	1.747		32.700	94
75		Colorado State	MW		55.724	.4181		3-7	.300	0.430		129.59	57
76		Rutgers	BE		54.286	.4145		4-6	.400	0.668		81.311	71
77		Mississippi	SE		54.130	.4141		4-7	.364	0.572		94.551	69
78		Texas Christian	US		50.862	.4056		5-6	.455	0.834		60.999	78
79		Duke	AC		39.818	.3725		1-9	.100	0.113		352.88	26
80		San Diego State	MW		36.843	.3622		3-7	.300	0.430		85.683	70
81		Tulane	US		32.711	.3467		4-6	.400	0.668		48.995	89
82		Troy State	SB		28.481	.3289		6-5	.545	1.199		23.748	99
83		Mississippi State	SE		27.515	.3246		3-7	.300	0.430		63.989	75
84		South Florida	US		26.892	.3217		3-7	.300	0.430		62.539	77
85		Miami (Ohio)	MA		22.963	.3022		7-5	.583	1.399		16.418	105
86		New Mexico State	SB		19.570	.2831		3-6	.333	0.501		39.026	93
87		Tulsa	WA		19.274	.2813		3-8	.273	0.376		51.212	85
88		Houston	US		19.101	.2803		3-8	.273	0.376		50.750	86
89		Southern Methodist	WA		19.054	.2800		3-8	.273	0.376		50.626	87
90		Indiana	TN		18.595	.2771		3-8	.273	0.376		49.407	88
91		Illinois	TN		16.941	.2664		2-8	.200	0.252		67.325	73
92		Temple	BE		16.494	.2634		1-9	.100	0.113		146.18	56
93		Rice	WA		15.515	.2565		3-8	.273	0.376		41.223	92
94		Middle Tennessee State	SB		14.375	.2482		5-5	.500	1.000		14.375	106
95		Nevada	WA		13.420	.2407		4-7	.364	0.572		23.441	100
96		Nevada - Las Vegas	MW		13.346	.2402		2-9	.182	0.224		59.654	79
97		Marshall	MA		11.624	.2257		6-6	.500	1.000		11.624	108
98		East Carolina	US		11.572	.2253		2-9	.182	0.224		51.724	84
99		Akron	MA		10.584	.2162		6-5	.545	1.199		8.8252	109
100		Army	US		10.468	.2151		2-9	.182	0.224		46.788	90
101		Kentucky	SE		9.7829	.2085		2-9	.182	0.224		43.726	91
102		Louisiana - Monroe	SB		8.8169	.1986		3-6	.333	0.501		17.583	103
103		Vanderbilt	SE		7.7000	.1862		1-9	.100	0.113		68.241	72
104		Utah State	SB		7.6570	.1857		3-8	.273	0.376		20.345	101
105		Arkansas State	SB		7.0250	.1782		3-8	.273	0.376		18.665	102
106		Washington	PT		5.8570	.1630		1-11	.083	0.092		63.420	76
107		Ohio	MA		4.9246	.1496		4-7	.364	0.572		8.6020	110
108		Louisiana - Lafayette	SB		4.8409	.1484		2-7	.222	0.287		16.838	104
109		Idaho	SB		4.8047	.1478		3-8	.273	0.376		12.766	107
110		San Jose State	WA		3.0041	.1168		1-9	.100	0.113		26.624	96
111		Kent State	MA		1.9141	.0932		3-6	.333	0.501		3.8170	111
112		Eastern Michigan	MA		1.0093	.0684		4-6	.400	0.668		1.5118	112
113		Central Michigan	MA		.40507	.0458		3-7	.300	0.430		.94203	114
114		Buffalo	MA		.33634	.0425		2-9	.182	0.224		1.5033	113
115		Ball State	MA		.01442	.0182		2-9	.182	0.224		.06447	117
116		Central Florida	MA		.00024	.0045		0-10	.000	0.002		.13989	115
117		Western Michigan	MA		.00024	.0045		0-10	.000	0.002		.13938	116

Conference ratings

Rk	Conference	BSWP	Tms	Top Team
1	Atlantic Coast Conference (AC)	.7125	11	Virginia Tech (9)
2	Big XII Conference (BT)	.6939	12	Oklahoma (2)
3	Independent (IN)	.6457	2	Notre Dame (33)
4	Pacific-10 Conference (PT)	.6320	10	Southern California (1)
5	Southeastern Conference (SE)	.5975	12	Auburn (3)
6	Big Ten Conference (TN)	.5888	11	Iowa (12)
7	Big East Conference (BE)	.5600	7	Boston College (28)
8	Mountain West Conference (MW)	.5179	8	Utah (4)
9	Western Athletic Conference (WA)	.4547	10	Boise State (10)
10	Conference USA (US)	.4064	11	Louisville (8)
11	Sun Belt Conference (SB)	.2184	9	North Texas (74)
12	Mid-American Conference (MA)	.1368	14	Bowling Green (67)

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