2001 Harbin Rankings: FBS

BCS era

Latest update: 2026-10-18 5:01 am ET | Week 16 status: COMPLETE

Top 2 teams by Harbin average would play for the title
Current Rank	Rated W-L	ID #	City	School	Conf	Current Average	Level 1	Level 2	L2 divisor	BCS12/9	APfinal pre-bowl	Coachesfinal pre-bowl
1	11-0	2390	Pasadena	Miami	Big East	37.7686	70.0	380.0	121	1	1	1
2	10-2	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	32.1065	63.5	362.0	135	6	8	8
3	10-1	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big 12	31.9778	62.0	324.0	123	2	4	4
4	10-2	38	Boulder	Colorado	Big 12	30.2762	62.0	344.0	137	3	3	3
5	10-1	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	30.2265	62.0	300.0	122	4	2	2
6	10-1	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	30.0673	62.0	300.5	123	8	7	7
7	9-2	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	28.9113	57.0	289.5	122	9	11	11
8	9-2	57		Florida	SEC	28.3519	55.5	289.0	124	5	5	5
9	10-1	120	College Park	Maryland	ACC	27.6689	62.0	271.0	123	10	6	6
10	10-2	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	27.5231	60.5	303.5	135	11	10	10
11	8-3	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	26.6497	49.0	273.0	123		17	15
12	8-3	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	25.7893	50.5	256.5	121	15	21	20
13	10-2	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	25.6046	62.0	280.0	137	7	9	9
14	9-3	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	25.3148	54.0	281.0	135	13	12	12
15	9-3	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	Big East	24.9235	55.5	272.0	134		18	18
16	9-2	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	24.8099	52.0	243.0	121	12	13	13
17	11-2	278	Fresno	Fresno St	WAC	24.3085	59.5	294.0	149		20	21
18	7-4	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	22.6441	42.5	231.0	123
19	9-3	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	WAC	22.4799	43.0	274.0	145
20	7-4	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	22.2258	44.0	226.0	124		24	24
21	8-3	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	21.7716	49.0	213.0	123		16	19
22	8-3	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	21.3459	47.0	210.0	123	14	14	14
23	12-1	252	Provo	BYU	MWC	20.8736	63.0	234.0	146		19	17
24	7-4	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	20.5826	45.5	199.0	121
25	10-2	97	Louisville	Louisville	CUSA	20.4032	49.5	216.5	133		23	22
26	10-2	276	Huntington	Marshall	MAC	20.2619	46.0	218.5	133			25
27	7-4	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	20.0902	39.0	203.5	123
28	7-4	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	19.9292	42.5	196.0	122		22	23
29	8-3	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	Big East	19.2369	47.5	183.5	123		15	16
30	8-3	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	19.1674	44.5	186.0	123
31	7-4	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	18.3405	39.0	180.5	122
32	6-5	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	18.2042	37.5	180.5	122
33	9-2	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	18.1653	48.0	167.0	121		25
34	7-5	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	18.0637	42.5	197.5	136
35	7-4	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	17.9669	39.0	174.5	121
36	6-5	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	17.6529	36.0	174.0	121
37	7-4	245	College Station	Texas A&M	Big 12	17.4418	40.5	172.0	125
38	6-5	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	17.3856	36.0	175.0	124
39	6-5	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	17.2565	36.0	172.0	123
40	7-5	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	17.0592	40.5	182.0	133
41	7-4	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	17.0088	42.5	163.0	124
42	5-6	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	16.5174	31.0	168.5	123
43	7-4	254	Las Vegas	Utah	MWC	15.8182	36.5	155.0	124
44	6-5	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	15.6312	34.0	155.5	124
45	6-4	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	CUSA	15.4779	30.0	141.0	113
46	7-5	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	15.4167	35.0	167.5	134
47	6-5	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	15.3459	36.0	148.5	123
48	7-4	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	15.3218	40.5	145.5	125
49	6-5	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	15.2124	37.5	144.0	122
50	8-4	68	Boise	Boise St	WAC	15.1217	40.0	161.5	137
51	6-5	154		Wake Forest	ACC	15.0974	32.5	153.0	126
52	6-5	221		Pitt	Big East	14.8122	34.0	143.0	122
53	7-4	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	Big East	14.5661	42.5	129.5	121
54	7-4	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	WAC	14.4913	35.0	142.5	126
55	5-6	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	14.3070	32.5	138.5	122
56	5-7	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	14.2549	29.0	161.0	136
57	6-5	151	Greenville	East Carolina	CUSA	13.7455	28.0	140.0	125
58	6-5	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	13.4695	30.0	137.5	128
59	6-5	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	13.4326	28.0	135.0	124
60	5-6	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	13.2200	27.5	134.0	125
61	5-6	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	13.0661	31.0	124.0	121
62	6-5	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	12.8733	28.0	126.0	122
63	8-3	58	Tampa	South Florida	Ind	12.8106	35.5	115.0	120
64	8-3	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	Sun Belt	12.7481	41.5	109.5	122
65	4-7	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	12.5491	21.0	133.0	125
66	8-4	242	Houston	Rice	WAC	11.5324	41.5	109.0	135
67	6-5	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	11.3063	31.5	103.0	122
68	7-4	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	CUSA	11.2867	35.0	100.5	124
69	5-7	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	10.8981	29.0	114.5	135
70	6-5	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	10.8873	30.0	102.0	125
71	5-6	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	10.5527	25.0	103.5	125
72	6-4	2653	Troy	Troy	Ind	10.3227	25.5	85.5	110
73	6-5	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	10.2955	28.0	93.0	120
74	5-6	249		North Texas	Sun Belt	10.0826	25.0	94.5	121
75	6-5	2116		UCF	Ind	9.9845	28.0	91.5	123
76	5-6	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	9.5909	23.0	91.5	122
77	4-7	135		Minnesota	Big Ten	9.4711	21.0	91.5	121
78	5-6	235	Memphis	Memphis	CUSA	9.3673	23.0	89.5	123
79	6-6	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	9.0871	28.0	90.5	134
80	4-7	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	8.7149	24.5	78.5	121
81	5-6	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	8.0000	28.0	66.0	121
82	3-8	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	7.6120	18.0	73.5	123
83	4-7	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	7.5693	21.5	68.5	122
84	4-7	2567	Dallas	SMU	WAC	7.1753	20.0	67.5	126
85	4-7	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	6.9795	20.0	64.0	124
86	3-8	2440	Reno	Nevada	WAC	6.8675	15.0	71.0	129
87	4-7	142	Columbia	Missouri	Big 12	6.7203	22.5	57.5	123
88	3-8	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	6.4238	13.0	65.0	124
89	4-7	2006		Akron	MAC	6.3710	20.0	56.0	123
90	3-8	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	6.2369	14.5	60.5	123
91	4-7	328	Logan	Utah State	Ind	6.0180	16.0	57.5	126
92	4-7	218	Philadelphia	Temple	Big East	5.2314	23.0	38.0	121
93	5-7	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	Sun Belt	5.1430	25.0	41.0	134
94	3-8	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big East	5.0246	16.5	43.0	122
95	3-8	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	4.9113	13.0	45.5	122
96	3-9	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	CUSA	4.8893	13.0	51.0	134
97	2-9	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	4.7037	8.0	50.5	127
98	3-8	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	4.6778	13.0	43.0	123
99	3-8	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	3.9246	15.0	31.5	123
100	2-9	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	3.8277	11.5	34.5	124
101	2-9	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	3.7546	10.0	35.0	123
102	3-8	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3.3130	13.0	26.0	122
103	3-9	23	San Jose	San José St	WAC	3.1478	15.0	26.0	137
104	2-9	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	2.8523	8.0	25.5	120
105	2-9	41		UConn	Ind	2.5455	11.5	18.0	120
106	3-8	349	West Point	Army	CUSA	2.4380	15.0	13.0	121
107	2-9	2032		Arkansas St	Sun Belt	2.3845	10.0	18.0	122
108	2-9	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big East	2.1488	10.0	15.0	121
109	2-9	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	1.6013	9.5	9.0	122
110	2-9	2638	El Paso	UTEP	WAC	1.5740	8.0	10.5	124
111	1-10	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	1.5115	5.0	13.0	123
112	1-10	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	1.4039	6.5	10.0	123
113	1-10	70	Moscow	Idaho	Sun Belt	1.2419	5.0	10.0	127
114	1-10	202		Tulsa	WAC	1.1254	3.0	11.0	129
115	0-10	2426	Annapolis	Navy	Ind	0.0000	0.0	0.0	114
116	0-11	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	0.0000	0.0	0.0	125
117	0-11	248	Houston	Houston	CUSA	0.0000	0.0	0.0	123

If Harbin had run the 2001 BCS

The BCS, as if Harbin had run it: Harbin #1 plays Harbin #2 for the title, every AQ conference champion goes to its bowl, the non-AQ, Notre Dame and #3/#4 automatic rules apply that year, and the best-ranked eligible teams fill the at-large spots. Harbin matches 7 of 8 teams in the real lineup.

Game	Harbin lineup	Harbin #	W-L	Real lineup	Harbin #
Title game (Rose Bowl)	Miami C Big East title game #1	1	11-0	Miami C Big East #1 BCS / title game (AQ champion Big East)	1
	Tennessee SEC title game #2	2	10-2	Nebraska Big 12 #2 BCS / title game (not the Big 12 champion; Colorado was)	3
Sugar Bowl	LSU C SEC AQ champion SEC	14	9-3	LSU C SEC AQ champion SEC (tie-in)	14
	Maryland C ACC AQ champion ACC	9	10-1	Illinois C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten (displaced from Rose)	6
Orange Bowl	Nebraska Big 12 3-4 rule (#3, Big 12 non-champion), replacement pick	3	10-1	Florida SEC at-large (replaced Big East champion Miami, who was in the title game)	8
	Oregon C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10	5	10-1	Maryland C ACC AQ champion ACC	9
Fiesta Bowl	Colorado C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12	4	10-2	Oregon C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10 (Rose tie-in, displaced by title game)	5
	Illinois C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten	6	10-1	Colorado C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12 (also #3, 3-4 rule; Nebraska held the Big 12 slot in the title game)	4

Title game, 1/3/2002: Miami 37, Nebraska 14.

C = AQ conference champion. Green = in the Harbin lineup but not the real one; red = in the real lineup but not the Harbin one. The small note under each team is how it got in (Harbin: that year’s BCS rules applied to the Harbin ranking; real: the actual BCS selection). Harbin # is the team’s national Harbin rank.

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