2002 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	BCS12/8	APfinal pre-bowl	Coachesfinal pre-bowl
1	12-0	2390		Miami	Big East	37.1450	73.0	453.5	146	1	1	1
2	13-0	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	35.7476	80.0	473.5	160	2	2	2
3	10-2	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	35.4167	65.0	435.0	145	4	5	5
4	12-1	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	34.9236	73.0	466.0	159	3	4	4
5	11-2	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	31.4663	67.0	421.0	160	7	8	9
6	11-1	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	29.8247	67.0	351.5	145	5	3	3
7	10-2	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	29.0632	62.0	346.5	145	9	11	13
8	10-2	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	27.8457	60.5	337.5	148	10	9	8
9	10-2	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	26.8955	58.5	321.5	146	6	7	7
10	9-4	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	26.3125	58.5	349.0	160	14	16	18
11	9-3	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	25.8319	55.5	307.5	145	11	13	11
12	10-3	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama ineligible	SEC	25.7572	59.0	339.5	160		14
13	10-2	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	25.2827	56.5	304.5	148	8	6	6
14	10-3	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	24.6394	53.0	329.0	160		24	21
15	8-4	57	Tampa	Florida	SEC	24.2203	49.0	294.0	146		23	20
16	10-3	120	College Park	Maryland	ACC	24.1226	58.5	312.0	159		21	19
17	9-4	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	Big East	22.9830	54.0	297.5	158		18	14
18	9-3	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	22.9696	55.5	271.5	148	12	10	10
19	9-4	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	22.7646	52.5	294.0	157		22	22
20	9-4	38	Boulder	Colorado	Big 12	22.7588	57.0	299.5	163	13	12	12
21	10-3	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	22.4295	55.0	293.0	161		17	17
22	9-3	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big East	21.7995	52.0	258.5	148	15	15	16
23	8-5	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	20.6859	50.5	270.5	161
24	11-1	68	Boise	Boise St	WAC	20.6792	55.0	235.0	146		19	15
25	9-2	58	Tampa	South Florida	CUSA	20.6446	41.0	225.0	133
26	9-2	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	CUSA	20.3551	46.5	214.5	133
27	8-4	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	Big East	20.1570	47.5	236.5	146		25	24
28	8-5	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	20.1273	49.0	265.0	162
29	10-2	276	Huntington	Marshall	MAC	19.8904	48.0	232.0	146
30	8-4	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	19.3699	45.5	229.0	147			25
31	7-5	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	19.3636	42.5	231.0	146
32	8-4	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	19.1365	45.5	222.5	145
33	7-5	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	18.4583	44.0	213.0	144
34	7-6	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	18.3437	41.0	240.0	158
35	8-4	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	18.2660	47.0	209.5	146		20	23
36	9-4	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	18.1141	43.0	229.5	155
37	7-5	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	17.9372	41.0	212.0	146
38	8-5	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	17.8910	45.5	224.5	156
39	10-3	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	WAC	17.7548	48.0	225.0	160
40	8-4	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	17.4652	41.5	204.5	146
41	7-5	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	16.8974	42.5	199.0	149
42	7-6	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	16.7489	40.5	219.5	161
43	8-4	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	16.6655	43.0	191.0	146
44	7-5	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	16.5942	40.5	193.0	146
45	8-4	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	16.3282	49.0	180.0	147
46	8-4	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	Big East	16.3194	47.5	178.0	144
47	7-5	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	16.1927	42.5	188.5	149
48	8-5	278	Fresno	Fresno St	WAC	15.0144	40.0	191.0	160
49	9-3	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	14.8403	46.0	158.5	144
50	7-6	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	CUSA	14.8141	36.5	188.5	157
51	7-6	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big 12	14.7610	39.0	187.0	159
52	6-6	245	College Station	Texas A&M	Big 12	14.7230	36.0	173.5	148
53	7-5	97	Louisville	Louisville	CUSA	14.5365	38.0	166.0	146
54	7-5	96	Lexington	Kentucky ineligible	SEC	14.0674	41.0	155.5	146
55	7-5	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	CUSA	14.0347	33.0	162.5	144
56	7-5	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	13.9792	39.0	154.5	144
57	7-5	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	13.6239	36.5	154.5	146
58	7-5	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	13.4694	34.5	151.5	143
59	7-5	135	Lorman	Minnesota	Big Ten	13.1935	37.5	147.0	146
60	7-5	249		North Texas	Sun Belt	12.6801	33.0	142.0	143
61	6-6	154		Wake Forest	ACC	12.1892	36.0	136.0	148
62	7-5	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	Sun Belt	11.8208	35.0	130.0	146
63	6-6	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	11.6875	34.0	127.5	144
64	5-7	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	11.6036	31.0	133.5	148
65	6-6	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	11.1971	34.5	124.0	149
66	7-6	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	10.8067	34.5	128.0	157
67	7-5	2116		UCF	MAC	10.6466	33.0	114.5	145
68	5-7	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	10.6105	31.0	118.0	147
69	5-7	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	10.3502	26.5	120.5	148
70	5-7	142	Columbia	Missouri	Big 12	10.1765	29.5	115.0	149
71	4-8	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	10.1215	19.5	121.5	143
72	5-7	252	Provo	BYU	MWC	10.0850	26.5	115.0	146
73	4-7	328	Logan	Utah State	Sun Belt	9.4608	18.0	102.5	131
74	5-6	254		Utah	MWC	9.3867	26.5	93.5	134
75	4-8	151	Greenville	East Carolina	CUSA	9.3240	20.0	109.5	143
76	6-7	23	San Jose	San José St	WAC	9.1212	31.5	106.5	159
77	6-6	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	8.9885	28.0	96.5	145
78	5-7	2440	Reno	Nevada	WAC	8.9541	25.0	101.0	147
79	6-6	41		UConn	Ind	8.8819	29.5	92.5	144
80	4-8	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	Big East	8.6597	21.0	99.5	144
81	5-7	248	Houston	Houston	CUSA	8.4918	25.0	91.0	142
82	4-9	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	7.9981	20.0	104.0	161
83	5-7	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	7.2557	25.0	75.0	145
84	4-8	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	WAC	7.2055	21.5	78.5	145
85	3-9	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	6.7592	19.5	76.5	149
86	3-9	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	6.5556	14.5	77.0	144
87	4-8	2006		Akron	MAC	6.3276	18.0	70.0	145
88	4-8	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	6.3264	23.0	63.5	144
89	4-8	218	Philadelphia	Temple	Big East	6.2292	21.0	64.5	144
90	4-7	242	Houston	Rice	WAC	5.6615	20.0	51.5	134
91	4-8	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	Sun Belt	5.6537	21.5	56.0	145
92	6-7	2032		Arkansas St	Sun Belt	5.5669	26.0	56.0	157
93	3-9	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5.4281	15.0	61.0	146
94	3-9	235	Memphis	Memphis	CUSA	5.2092	13.0	59.0	143
95	4-8	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	4.8736	20.0	46.5	145
96	4-8	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	4.8562	18.0	49.0	146
97	2-9	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	4.8514	11.5	51.0	134
98	4-8	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	4.7986	18.0	47.5	144
99	3-9	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	4.4441	11.0	51.5	146
100	2-10	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	4.3311	8.0	53.5	146
101	2-10	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	4.2283	8.0	52.0	146
102	3-9	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4.2155	15.0	43.0	145
103	3-9	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	3.8958	18.0	34.5	144
104	3-9	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	3.8420	13.0	40.0	145
105	4-8	2653	Troy	Troy	Ind	3.8125	12.0	40.5	144
106	2-10	70	Moscow	Idaho	Sun Belt	3.6374	10.0	41.5	148
107	3-9	2567	Dallas	SMU	WAC	3.6130	15.0	34.5	146
108	2-10	2638	El Paso	UTEP	WAC	2.9612	8.0	33.5	146
109	2-10	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	2.8604	10.0	30.0	148
110	1-11	349	West Point	Army	CUSA	2.7244	5.0	33.0	143
111	3-9	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	2.7049	14.5	22.0	147
112	3-9	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	2.5251	11.0	23.0	143
113	2-10	2426	Annapolis	Navy	Ind	2.2222	10.0	20.0	144
114	2-10	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	1.7283	8.0	15.5	146
115	1-11	202		Tulsa	WAC	0.9572	5.0	8.0	148
116	1-11	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	0.8889	6.5	5.0	144
117	1-11	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big East	0.7568	5.0	5.0	147

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2002 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: Alabama (NCAA sanctions: NCAA bowl ban (2002 and 2003) in the Albert Means recruiting case; 10-3 Alabama won the SEC West but could not play in a bowl.); Kentucky (NCAA sanctions: Kentucky was not eligible for postseason play in 2002 under NCAA sanctions from the Hal Mumme-era violations (7-5).).

If Harbin had run the 2002 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 8 of 8 teams in the real lineup.

Game	Harbin lineup	Harbin #	W-L	Real lineup	Harbin #
Title game (Fiesta Bowl)	Miami C Big East title game #1	1	12-0	Miami C Big East #1 BCS / title game (AQ champion Big East)	1
	Ohio State C Big Ten title game #2	2	13-0	Ohio State C Big Ten #2 BCS / title game (AQ champion Big Ten)	2
Rose Bowl	Washington St C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10	9	10-2	Oklahoma C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12 (replacement pick for Ohio State)	5
	Iowa Big Ten at-large, replacement pick	6	11-1	Washington St C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10 (tie-in)	9
Sugar Bowl	Georgia C SEC AQ champion SEC	4	12-1	Georgia C SEC AQ champion SEC (tie-in)	4
	Florida St C ACC AQ champion ACC	10	9-4	Florida St C ACC AQ champion ACC (selected by the Sugar)	10
Orange Bowl	USC Pac-12 3-4 rule (#3, Pac-10 non-champion), replacement pick	3	10-2	USC Pac-12 #4 BCS, automatic under 3-4 rule (Pac-10 non-champion); picked by Orange using selection priority	3
	Oklahoma C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12	5	11-2	Iowa Big Ten at-large (#5; replaced Big East champion Miami)	6

Title game, 1/3/2003: Ohio State 31, Miami 24.

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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